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Tex Evans Thigh

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  1. From a pure quality of game perspective the 2013 semi final. I was absolutely gutted but felt privileged to have been there and witnessed it. Personal level Fev beating Wigan in '93 will stay with me forever and was the game where I really realized the magic of sport. Shame we're trying our best to kill those moments as a sport but hey ho. Fev v Cas 2012 Randomly I was at the 2004 3 or 4 nations game between Aus and NZ with about 10k fans there when NZ turned them over. I absolutely loved that game for a multitude of reasons. It wont rank high on any list but in terms of games I've been to personally, that was great.
  2. There's a very good chance we'd have finished second if Long had stayed on. He was garbage.
  3. Fev were much much better after Ford came in, we comfortably beat Sheffield and Toulouse away as well as beating Bulls away. Yes, we choked in the semi against a rampant London but it wasn't because we got rid of Sean Long. We were getting progressively worse under Long and some of his behaviour behind the scenes wasn't good. He's not a head coach.
  4. That forward pass call against Fev is one of the worst I’ve ever seen and then leads to a sin bin and try.
  5. This was the main problem. Spent well over a million last year so should have been full time and had better players than they did for the money spent. Some of the salaries for fairly average players was eye watering. That said the squad was good enough to win it but choked. That money was available so I think this is less about spending more than they had but the issue is the investment now going. I dont blame any club for having a crack once we saw the ridiculousness of the IMG plan. Hopefully Fev can get a new investor to take over from MC and someone more competent than Vickers running the place.
  6. Would recommend anyone going to come along and watch 9s at Desert Breeze Park Thursday and Friday and the Master tournament plus USA v Canada on the Friday. Should be great events!
  7. Easier to stomach. Come off it, we have to listen to Australians constantly belittling anyone and everything that isnt NRL. If Penrith were so superior they wouldnt need a couple of marginal calls. Wigan got the rub of the green but deserved the win. Let's not forget things like the high shot on Fields and French's marginal disallowed try. Try focusing on the quality of the product not trying to appease whinging Australians.
  8. The fact it is generating discussion with all the braindead Australian social media following doing their predictable 'refs are ruining the game' whinge, directly after their 'This will be a cricket score' ###### is a massive plus. Yes, there were a couple of dubious calls but whatever happens with decisions that would have been a close, hard game. It was a pleasure to watch and well done Wigan for creating the event they did, the crowd for making the atmosphere and both teams for ripping in. Great night for RL. They should have given that last try to go to extra time. More drama and would have reduced the whinging somewhat but then again they are hard wired to whinge.
  9. Lebanon is one of many elephants in the crowded elephant room that is the international RL front office. Very competitive team for a nation that simply doesn't compete at a high level in any sport. I'm convinced Lebanon is fertile ground but it's completely ignored outside world cups. I can only imagine your average lebaneseer being at the very least least interested in Lebanon playing countries such as France and England and likely winning in the France case. Take games to Lebanon. Invest just a small amount and it'll likely become a RL stronghold very quickly. But we wont.
  10. The RLU teams will join as affiliates so will formally be part of it going forward. This will enable players to be selected for the national team without any hassle and the winner of the division being able to go into the national play-offs, so positive progress. The make-up of the board is also a lot more balanced now as others have pointed out so again more good progress. The game over here is coming along nicely after the horrible NARL debacle.
  11. That Fev squad will only slightly resemble the squad that ends up playing in the league. Fev's first 17 is the second strongest in the league and could challenge Wakey on its day but the big problem for Fev is depth as a few injuries and you're into the aforementioned released League 1 squad players. A lot will depend on injuries and the dual reg agreement with HKR. I could see Fev anywhere from 2nd to 6th.
  12. Likely being funded by the teams themselves like the USA v Jamaica game was, but good that it's going on. I think the Masters game between the same two teams is the curtain raiser.
  13. Great guy, awful news. Hopefully he can get through it.
  14. Noticed a couple more Mick Morgan rip-off quotes in that game. Mardle has got no shame!
  15. great news! They also have a better chance of being in SL than London next year so all to play for/install floodlights for. Good luck to them, would have been a massive shame to lose all the work that's gone on up there over the years.
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