Exiled Wiganer
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Well done to Saints. They did enough to take advantage of the extra men advantages. Wigan have plenty to take away and learn from that. We lost the cup semi when down to 12 men and threw away a winning position here. One thing I suspect we will shelve is the idea of Fench teeing up a running chance for Smith from an attacking scrum. I am not sure which genius thought up that move. We need to be really on it against Leigh where again the crowd will go wild at the slightest touch. That’s the perfect next game for focusing the mind.
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Brits in the NRL: 2024 Edition
Exiled Wiganer replied to Futtocks's topic in The General Rugby League Forum
It is my subjective opinion. Even setting the bar at your level, there are a lot of them. Having asserted that, my key point remains that the clubs and the competition produce many top class players, and yet we are so so far behind the NRL in telling the world what we are privileged to see every week, and far too meekly concede the NRL = gods narrative that most of the NRLers ascribe to. -
Brits in the NRL: 2024 Edition
Exiled Wiganer replied to Futtocks's topic in The General Rugby League Forum
I must confess that I have not actually prepared a list of those 100 players, but looking at WIgan’s squad we have 15 English players good enough to play in the NRL. Saints will have at least that many. The pool from which we draw players is far shallower, but once those players are in our system they get excellent coaching, training and exposure to high level games. Smithies for instance may not have been a stand out compared to many players in the Aussie youth system, but has clearly out stripped huge numbers of Aussies by virtue of the environment in which he played. What is scandalous is that the RFL and the clubs over here have been so abject at selling our game, and our players. -
Brits in the NRL: 2024 Edition
Exiled Wiganer replied to Futtocks's topic in The General Rugby League Forum
As Smithies and KPP and the Club World Champions for the last 2 years show, there is very little difference between a good SL and a good NRL player. Our top 100 players would get a game. Sutton and Hodgson perfectly illustrate the point. SL massively undersells itself and its players. -
How can Hull FC be getting so much wrong?
Exiled Wiganer replied to Roy Haggerty's topic in The General Rugby League Forum
I remember dreading Monday morning assemblies, with the Widnes contingent at our school pitying a poor Wigan fan, a club about which this headline could have been written. I even found myself rooting for FC as one of the few clubs who could beat them, as indeed they did in a glorious replayed Cup Final. A few years later, along came Brett Kenny and John Ferguson and then… the wheels can turn, and I hope they do for FC. They simply need to find some Knocker, Crane and Topliss DNA from somewhere. -
Will 2024 be the best NRL season ever?
Exiled Wiganer replied to Damien's topic in The General Rugby League Forum
Wow!!! That is absolutely amazing work. Where can I buy tickets to their World Cup???? -
I ring them at least once a year to see what deals are on offer. They are always very friendly, and I always end up better off (or less out of pocket as Mrs Exiled would frame it). If you have a few minutes to spare of course.
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I can’t imagine anyone hates a game that means absolutely nothing to any of us. It is as relevant to our lives as the kangaroo racing in calgoolie (am guessing that’s a place name). Honestly this is a sad compulsion - surely they have their own web sites? If not, maybe you could set one up.
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But but but everyone loves fumblecheeserolling - ALL of Sydney can’t get enough of it.
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Is that the attendance or tickets sold/allocated? I think the figure should always be tickets sold/allocated, because that takes out “life” choices/illness etc.