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Great news. Good to see the legacy of Bob Brown's work in the early years still lives on.

Behind a paywall unfortunately. https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=DTWEB_WRE170_a_GGL&dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailytelegraph.com.au%2Fsport%2Fnrl%2Fpeter-vlandys-makes-lastditch-attempt-to-put-western-australia-back-to-expansion-path%2Fnews-story%2F4aea854ef220a859b32e9454a5a9f347&memtype=anonymous&mode=premium&v21=GROUPA-Segment-1-NOSCORE NRL, WA government hold crucial talks to save expansion bid The NRL and the Western Australia government have been locked in crucial talks on Friday afternoon as they try to salvage the Western Bears side from the brink of collapse.

Both sides are using their local media on opposite sides of Australia to communicate with each other, which is hardly encouraging. However Cook seems keen to keep the bid alive. "In an exclusive sit-down with 9News Perth, Roger Cook said WA remained open to a deal if the NRL treated the state with “more respect”, while also declaring he believes the game’s competitors may have tried to torpedo the deal." “There’s no point in the state’s history, or perhaps ever, where you’ll have a premier that supports rugby league the way I do,” Cook said. https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/v-landys-doesn-t-understand-wa-premier-takes-aim-at-nrl-boss-20250407-p5lpwo.html

Thanks for highlighting this

Of course it wouldn't just be the AFL who would want to block a Perth NRL team. I don't imagine the Western Force are too happy either about the thought of an NRL team in Perth. Of the three rounds so far the force have the lowest attendances in the SR Comp. Namely, 7,377 , 6,011 and 5,328 So if they could also but the boot into the NRL bid.......It wouldn't be the first time RU has done so, that's for sure.

"AFL and its media friends play dirty over NRL’s Western Bears" https://www.codesports.com.au/nrl/afl-and-its-media-friends-play-dirty-over-nrls-western-bears/news-story/0790f2ff60fcad060f763fdc7df04033 "The noise from media in WA is solely an attempt to try and stop the NRL from taking a slice of the AFL’s pie. “There are dirty tactics to shut the NRL out of Perth, https://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/got-them-rattled-code-wars-erupt-as-nrl-and-afl-bosses-take-vicious-swipes-at-rival-codes/news-story/fa0dbf0543b381c8efd495db48b46d94

James Graham claims several British women playing in Australia were knocked back . He claims the RFL said they were confident the British based women could do the job. Jammer maintains this fixture ( GB women/ Jillaroos will not happen again in Vegas. 18m 30sec in :

Wow Unbelievable scoreline ! And the Featherstone fans not getting behind their team.

Does anyone remember "Scots Dave" in the late 80's early 90's very tall with long hair and a big beard from Glasgow. He was forever looking to have a tear up with anyone from Union. I remember a big set to with some union lads on a tube train. You could never accuse Scots Dave of being shy or reluctant to express his opinion.

Canada Rugby League News @CanadaRLnews · Aug 12 Replying to @CyclingRugbyFan @SherAndLil and @ONGreybeards And no men's games as well this year. Sad to see rugby league basically disappear in Ontario this year. Used to be a big province in Canada when it came to the sport of rugby league.