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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.
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His 4th child arrived yesterday so it will be a lot of them coming over..
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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.
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Shocking Scenes at an u14s Match
Copa replied to Tommygilf's topic in The General Rugby League Forum
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. -
Shocking Scenes at an u14s Match
Copa replied to Tommygilf's topic in The General Rugby League Forum
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. -
When I was a child we went off track exploring and walked many kilometres through untouched wilderness. We came across a rocky overhang and inside against the wall were a few indigenous handprints created by spitting ochre (or ochre type material) at a hand held against a rock. I have no idea how old it was. Since then I’ve always enjoyed looking for indigenous engravings and artworks. My favourite is a huge whale near the beach where I grew up. It’s around 30m off the bush path to the beach and I suspect almost nobody who visits the beach knows about it.
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Shocking Scenes at an u14s Match
Copa replied to Tommygilf's topic in The General Rugby League Forum
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The NRL Round 14 Thread
Copa replied to THE RED ROOSTER's topic in The Australian Rugby League Forum
It was cold out there today. Lots of people not taking their seats and gathering undercover around the stadiums food outlets to avoid the icy rain. The most interesting non match thing was the chief of the Royal Australian Navy’s car out the front of the stadium with a chauffeur standing alert next to the car. I’ve never seen anything like that before at a Raider’s match. -
After a month off because of injury i returned to parkrun. I’ve started on a different parkrun with roughly 100m in elevation change. The hills are all short, steep and hard to run up… they are fun to run down though.
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Bears Perth is getting people asking about memberships. Bears Perth being a club for large hairy men who like large hairy men. https://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/a-perth-social-club-for-gay-men-has-been-mistaken-for-the-nrls-new-perth-bears-team/news-story/86b3826ca45bd48d67b05878ee3a535c
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The Bulldogs should bring a few. Americans may wonder what’s going on when they see Muslim Australian women wearing hijabs in team colours on the streets of Vegas. I do hope the US’s current reputation doesn’t make them reluctant to attend.
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England v Australia 2025 - coming to the UK!
Copa replied to Chris22's topic in The General Rugby League Forum
The NRL has had a few watch partners for a while now. Every new partnership with business helps the bottom line. Some examples. 3 different Canberra Raiders watches. https://www.bradford.com.au/mens-raiders-watch.html https://www.dadshop.com.au/canberra-raiders-nrl-legends-series-watch https://www.thatsmyfootyteam.com.au/products/tcbnrlsts03