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I'll be interested to see what sort of kennel of celebrities they assemble to call the games. Corey Parker's retiring this year but I think he's already signed with Fox Sports. I can't remember the last time I watched Channel 7 so I don't know which unemployables are currently being passed off as "personalities" there.

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I never listen to radio so I don't know what those 2 are like. I can't remember who they had last time - Voss? and ......? In 2013 they only needed to "top and tail" each game so they had a 3-man panel made up of a rotation of about 6 ex-players.

 

I suppose SKYNZ will get the NZ rights so they might throw some of their on-air people into the deal - Darryl Halligan, Ritchie Barnett, Awen Gutenbiel.

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Ive heard andrew moore on 2gb before he was sacked and moved to abc,and i listen to dan on triple every week...happy with both of em..

And yeah i suspect they'll put together somekind of panel show..guess blocker roach will be on there as hes close with andrew moore..and ginnane might bring ryan girdler with him from triple m?

Basically cherry pick anyone not contracted to 9 or fox

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Ive heard andrew moore on 2gb before he was sacked and moved to abc,and i listen to dan on triple every week...happy with both of em..

And yeah i suspect they'll put together somekind of panel show..guess blocker roach will be on there as hes close with andrew moore..and ginnane might bring ryan girdler with him from triple m?

Basically cherry pick anyone not contracted to 9 or fox

 

With Ray Warren retiring there could be a bit of a shuffle going on at the end of this season at 9 and Fox. I only ever watch the Fox coverage of NRL but I don't think Channel 9 has a clear heir to Ray Warren.

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How about 7 offer rabs a 5 week contract?

Please God NO!!! where's Buffy the Vampire Slayer when you need her?

 

 

What are the odds on Stevo doing a gig down under?

 

Depending on who gets the rights, I would expect some Brit commentators or colour men, ideally Carney and/or Wells. Steve McNamara will be available, knows all the Brit players and all the NRL players.

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The full draw is announced tomorrow. Based on information already out it appears to be the following;

 

Group A

Australia
England
France
Lebanon

Group B

New Zealand
Scotland
Tonga
Samoa

Group C

European Qualifier 1 
European Qualifier 2 
Papua New Guinea

Group D

Fiji
European Qualifier 3 
USA

Cross-over games

Fiji v Euro Qualifier 2
Euro Qualifier 1 v Euro Qualifier 3
USA v Papua New Guinea

 

Only two games are in NSW, Aus v Lebanon and England v Lebanon, the final and a semi are in Brisbane and the other semi is in New Zealand. Aus v England opener at Etihad stadium.

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Yes. if true the scottish lads will know they are alive!

 

They'll be a little sore after 3 games against those sides... it'll also be a massively impressive feat if they qualify as Tonga and Samoa will be very different propositions in the Southern Hemisphere - brutal group.

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The full draw is announced tomorrow. Based on information already out it appears to be the following;

 

Group A

Australia

England

France

Lebanon

Group B

New Zealand

Scotland

Tonga

Samoa

Group C

European Qualifier 1 

European Qualifier 2 

Papua New Guinea

Group D

Fiji

European Qualifier 3 

USA

Cross-over games

Fiji v Euro Qualifier 2

Euro Qualifier 1 v Euro Qualifier 3

USA v Papua New Guinea

 

Only two games are in NSW, Aus v Lebanon and England v Lebanon, the final and a semi are in Brisbane and the other semi is in New Zealand. Aus v England opener at Etihad stadium.

Are you ###### kidding me?

PNG and Fiji are in the 3 teams groups up against the weakest squads in the cup while France and Scotland get pinned by Aus/ENG/NZ/Samoa. 

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Is it 3 through from Group A & B and one through from C & D to give QF's?

Wouldn't fancy being Scotland though, that's 3 tough games (assuming this turns out to be the draw tomorrow)

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In theory France should only need to beat Lebanon to get to the Quarter-Finals. Same with Scotland and beating Tonga although thats probably a more difficult task. Top 3 from Group A and B progress along with the winners of group C and D. Lebanon are the ones who appear to have been shafted, if these do turn out to be the groups. On the whole though, everyone has something to play for.

 

These groups haven't been announced yet so might not be true if the information being leaked over the past weekend turns out to be false but several papers have reported things which match up.

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Are you ###### kidding me?

PNG and Fiji are in the 3 teams groups up against the weakest squads in the cup while France and Scotland get pinned by Aus/ENG/NZ/Samoa. 

Nothing has been announced yet, and if it's the same format as last time, that would still leave a spot for France/Lebanon and Scotland/Tonga

Check out upcoming international fixtures and highlights of past matches at http://rlfixtures.weebly.com

 

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Are you ###### kidding me?

PNG and Fiji are in the 3 teams groups up against the weakest squads in the cup while France and Scotland get pinned by Aus/ENG/NZ/Samoa. 

 

3 Teams qualify from that group. Basically France need to beat Lebanon to get to the quarter final. Arguably, that is easier than trying to get the one place in a group with potentially PNG and Wales in PNG.

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The full draw is announced tomorrow. Based on information already out it appears to be the following;

 

Group A

Australia

England

France

Lebanon

Group B

New Zealand

Scotland

Tonga

Samoa

Group C

European Qualifier 1 

European Qualifier 2 

Papua New Guinea

Group D

Fiji

European Qualifier 3 

USA

Cross-over games

Fiji v Euro Qualifier 2

Euro Qualifier 1 v Euro Qualifier 3

USA v Papua New Guinea

 

Only two games are in NSW, Aus v Lebanon and England v Lebanon, the final and a semi are in Brisbane and the other semi is in New Zealand. Aus v England opener at Etihad stadium.

According to the information that's out, England v Australia will kick off the tournament in Melbourne during the first weekend of November, so not all the leaks are correct

Check out upcoming international fixtures and highlights of past matches at http://rlfixtures.weebly.com

 

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According to the information that's out, England v Australia will kick off the tournament in Melbourne during the first weekend of November, so not all the leaks are correct

That would make sense because it ties in with the Melbourne Cup which is the first Tuesday in November every year.

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