Rugby WA

Brent Stewart takes a scientific approach to his role with Synovate.

New Rugby WA chairman Tony Howarth is aiming for growth in crowds and membership in the 2016 Western Force season after what he admits have been some challenging times for the game.

Former corporate lawyer Ian Cochrane has joined the board of Ausdrill as deputy chairman, adding to a suite of board positions on the private companies of some of Perth’s wealthiest families.

Brian J Rear has resigned as a director of Horseshoe Metals. 

Committee for Perth chief executive Marion Fulker has been appointed chair of the state government’s new Conservation and Parks Commission.

The Road Safety Commission has signed on with the Western Force to become the club’s naming rights partner for the 2017 Super Rugby season.

The Western Force is calling on the public to purchase $10 million worth of shares in the club in what it has labelled a “last call” to save it from being cut from the Super Rugby competition.

Western Force chief executive Mark Sinderberry is urging fans to put their money where their mouth is after the threat of the club's extinction intensified over the weekend.

The Australian Rugby Union has offered the Melbourne Rebels and the Western Force more time to state their case for Super Rugby survival beyond 2017.

Billionaire mining magnate Andrew Forrest has issued a blunt warning to the Australian Rugby Union - if you want to cut the Western Force, you are going to have to defeat him first.

The Western Force is set to take the Australian Rugby Union to court after being axed from the Super Rugby competition.

Rugby WA has gained an injunction order against the ARU's decision to axe the Western Force from the Super Rugby competition.

The Western Australian government is considering suing the Australian Rugby Union for more than $100 million over the decision to axe the Western Force, threatening to bankrupt the body.

Billionaire backer Andrew Forrest has vowed to continue the Western Force's fight with the Australian Rugby Union after losing an appeal to remain in the Super Rugby competition.

A Senate committee will inquire into the future of rugby union in Australia, a day after the ARU's victory in its fight to axe the Western Force from Super Rugby.

Our weekly appointments wrap includes David Edwards, Laura Benger, Simon Taylor, Nathan Charles, Mark Davies, Teck Lim, Dirk Adams, Josh Robertson, Ben Bradstreet, Chris Wyhoon, Nicole Batten and Debbie Gillam.