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I also used to subscribe to Rugby League Review quite a few years ago.

Canberra stadium has a Laurie Daley and a Mal Meninga statue.

My fitness is improving significantly. I’ve started doing a 17km slow trail run with 600m of elevation change on the weekend in addition to parkrun. I also do one or two shorter runs during the week.

I only watch ch9 4 times a year.. 3xSOO & 1 NRLGF. Their commentary is so bad. So so bad. I’m used to watching NRL on Kayo (Foxtel) where the commentators are generally far superior. I can’t believe that for one of the biggest TV events of the year ch9 uses this commentary team.

Andrew Johns really can make anything sound boring.

It’s a bit of a mix really. Canberra has a lot of internal migrants and they bring their allegiances and hand them down through their families.

If you want a good laugh, this is something Foxtel has done in the past when a major sporting event is on: https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/50-000-people-watch-wrong-grand-final.274900/

The brumbies are named after the environmentally destructive feral horses that destroy national parks to the south of Canberra. The feral horses are called brumbies. Every now and then the government shoots huge numbers to keep numbers down. The horses are heavily romanticised in some parts of society but most think they are a pest.

Double headers for Australian rules football could mean a fan of both matches is in the stadium for over 6 hours. That’s crazy.

Unfortunately Jed Stuart was quite a liability during the match. It was like he simply didn’t exist to his opposite player at times.

His wife may have issues getting a visa as she was convicted very recently in a local Canberra court of running onto a rugby league field and assaulting people, including a 17 year old girl. She’s on a 15 month good behaviour order.

His 4th child arrived yesterday so it will be a lot of them coming over..

I’ve probably watched from in the stadium nearly every home game he’s played in the NRL. While he’s clearly no longer in his prime he still has something to offer at the top level. If he’s paid a sensible wage, and he brings a good mindset, he’ll definitely have something to offer a SL club. A 1 to 2 year contract with a sensible wage would be appropriate.

I have a completely untested theory that if a club actively and publicly promoted itself as an equal playing time club, parents and kids would love it. One of my children had a coach that embraced equal playing time and even took off the best player at critical moments when enforcing it. All the kids understood the rules and so did the parents. Those kids stayed together for years and built great friendships. Everyone also had ample time on field to build their skills. The kids just wanted to have fun and the parents wanted the kids to be involved in the community in a healthy way. Nobody was going to be an NRL star. When kids left the team it wasn’t because of frustration or bitterness with rugby league, they left because their interests changed.

While kids do drop out of junior sports because their interests change I’ve found nasty parents and unequal playing time are the two other significant factors that result in kids drop out of junior sport. These last two factors are also correctable.