thats a bit harsh on sturt then who missed out by 1 point. should sturt be playing forestville and the other 2 teams be disqualified completly.

do you know which players were not qualified to play

Anon, I don't see anyone being overly critical of West - it was probably just an oversight to not get injury dispensation or honest mistake. No-one said they were regular starters either. Just that they haven't qualified.

However to say that Forestville were petty for following the rules is a bit off too. And if it was the girl with the big knee brace - she hit 2 or 3 3's and played well against Sturt the week before, so perhaps they wouldn't have even been playing Forestville if West hadn't played her or if Sturt were "petty"...

Who were the players from North.

I dont think its fair that west get kicked out and north still get another chance.

i think they both should go and sturt get put in.

does anyone know the actuall rule for a player to be qualified

I think that this is stupid. I am in the west team and it is really disappointing to be kicked out like that. This particular player missed out by one game and i believe that it was verbally agreed on that it was fine for her to play as it was her injury which kept her out. Can we have a rematch :-( but then againit still wouldnt be fair that she wouldnt be allowed to play in that

WHAT IM NOT UNDERSTANDING IS WHY DOES WEST KICKED OUT BUT NORTH GET ANOTHER SHOT. I KNOW THEY GOT THAT SECOND CHANCE THING BUT TO ME YOU CHEAT YOU LOSE. IF ONE TEAM GETS KICKED OUT THEN THE OTHER SHOULD TO

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is it a fact of disqualification cost west the 3/4 final therefore they lose on a forfeit

if north were playing for 1/2 and forfeit they are entitled to play the winner of 3/4 for the chance to play the grand finalist


make sense to me and i'm not from any of the clubs involved

Too right anon.

North forfeited the match - so they get a "L". They've earned the right to get the double chance by finishing top 2 over the season.

To the West player - what isn't fair is not that you were kicked out "that way" - but that other teams that were (Sturt) or nearly were (Forestville) eliminated "that way" - teams that managed to field eligible players being eliminated by teams that weren't. Having said that, I'm sure it was a misunderstanding, I don't think anyone believes it was a deliberate rort, but the other teams ensured they knew who qualified for their teams. Whilst it is impossible to know for sure, some may suggest you might not have beaten Sturt by 1 point with a qualified team.

It actually shows that some clubs care more about stupid rules than actually playing.

Sturt chose not to bother protesting, or even trying to look up about eligibilty. They played against West on merrit and the team the West though honnored the rules.

But Forestville have always tried to find out when clubs have made honest mistakes. IMO it shows a lack of character from Forestville.

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i actually think that is harsh

before you start i am not from forestville nor from sturt

whether clubs choose or not choose to protest is up to them.

some chose not to win by those means but if teams are not challenged in general not just using these particular teams doesn't it get out of hand.

the point i am trying to make, if it wasn't for teams or clubs that protest some clubs would try or continue sometimes by legimate mistake sometimes not (not pointing the finger or aportioning blame on anyone) these clubs do have to be brought to account.

don't we all - or at least some - bitch on here about NBL clubs rorting the salary cap don't tell me we wouldn't want brisbane or sydney to be brought to account and if we thought we knew the secret we wouldn't be tempted to inform the nbl?

where is the difference?

there is a difference because this is reserves women, not nbl

the player in question for West has played reserves for years

too say Forrestville is petty and picky is being about as nice as possible

haven't forrestville cronies worked in the BASA office before, why else would someone scan over the score sheets for reserves

Don't have any rules....then West and North wouldnt break them and petty Forestville wouldnt have to be petty

West and North are cheats or are lazy! How hard is it to get an injury clearance for finals...not very i can assure you. Rules are rules! If a club is run by incompetent twits that can't follow simple procedures to insure that there is no foul play involved at any age group then stuff em...once again they are either dumb, lazy or cheats!...most probably a mixture of all three.

who is the reserves sturt coach. Does anyone know how he or the team feels about the situation

You are dumb 46450. Anyone who thinks that a verbal agreement is enough in this situation is dumb. Who did they have an agreement with...Father Christmas, is that it is it, excuse me Santa, but I would like to play in the reserves finals please for Christmas, can I please, can I? Tool!

Who won the pre lims last night anyway. I believe it was Forestville vs North in the girls, and North vs West in the men.

Who won the Forestville v North reserve women's game?

FORESTVILLE BY ABOUT 2 THINK

I have also asked BASA re eligibility of players. and it tooik them until after the game to get back to us.

Agree with those above who think that Forestville show a lack of sportsmanship. They could have warned the other club of their impending situation rather than wait until after the game.