Australian Rugby Union errs in decision to cull Western Force

The ARU’s decision to cull the Force leaves Western Australia without a rugby union team, despite participation numbers being third behind NSW and QLDIT was painful, messy and at times looked like a black comedy, but the ARU finally got its way last Friday and culled a Super Rugby team. But did the ARU cut the wrong team? Was the Western Force the team that had to go, or was it just the one that could be axed? And will the decision come back to haunt Australian rugby?At the beginning of last year, the financially challenged Melbourne Rebels had been taken off the ARU’s hands by private owner A…