Anita Bath
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Not another ‘world’ series with only teams from two countries eligible.
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I hold the record for most appearances in skins in Rochdale
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I suppose that would be Canberras bye week.
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6 hours ago, Dave T said:
I'm stunned whenever anyone tries to deny that point, although it is so obvious now that does seem to have calmed down.
I don't know what crowd Wire expect tonight, very few I expect, but an example of how little effort they've put in is in their comms. I've checked a few of their releases about this match, and they don't mention the prices. They simply give a link for tickets and say there are discounts for members. They did summarise the pricing 11 days ago just after the draw, but other than that no mention.
Yet they have actually reduced the prices - all adult tickets are £20 for anywhere in the ground, even main stand seats, or £15 for members. They should be shouting about the pricing, but it really feels like this game is an inconvenience tbh.
Yes, with Footy being on international break and England game in the evening it was a great opportunity to have a big push on marketing the cup games. Opportunity missed?
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9 hours ago, sam4731 said:
For me it's a retro weekend. All teams playing in a kit from a successful season. Maybe that celebrates a significant anniversary too.
Titans would play naked presumably
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13 hours ago, Sports Prophet said:
It’s a bit different when there are 50 states to accomodate. The NFL have 1.4 teams per state represented and are spread pretty well across the breadth of the country. The NRL on the other hand has 4 of 7 states/territories represented by 16 teams at 4 teams per state.
Australia’s 4th and 5th most populous cities are not represented in the NRL.
4 states covered? NSW, QLD, Victoria………Canberra is not a state…its a bus stop between Melbourne and Sydney. Tassie, Adelaide and WA not covered and neither is Northern Territory. So teams in only half the states and half the territories. Most northerly team is Cowboys, most westerly team is Melbourne. So the professional game covers about 20% of the country.
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1 hour ago, M j M said:
The Silk Cut sponsorship was hugely lucrative and the banning of that revenue stream (absolutely the correct thing to do) was very costy to the sport.
Where is Eddie Stobart when you need him?
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Yes for some reason the NRL seem to like putting up the same clashes at Magic Round…its Manly v Broncos this year…i think thats three years in a row…..though you never tire of hammering the sea eagles.
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1 hour ago, going for the corner said:
Definitely based in Lae.
both teams should be running u17’s,u19’s and u21’s age grade sides in the Queensland competitions as well.
And how will QRL teams afford two trips to PNG per season (and possibly more depending on play offs).
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8 hours ago, Dunbar said:
Good game fom Young, a try, a couple of assists and plenty of tackle busts. Just one dropped high ball under no real pressure to blot the day.
No idea why Souths left Tom Burgess on the bench for the entire first half as he added much needed go forward for them when he came on - but the game was already gone. Souths are a very poorly coached side.
They are poor on the field but the source of their problems lies off the field. Who is calling the shots?
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8 hours ago, Graham said:
Roosters absolutely demolished Souths in that game.
It was Roosters second biggest all time win v Souths.
I was at the biggest win…62-0 easter weekend 1996.
At least the bunnies cheerleaders performed well.
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2 hours ago, Hate the rec said:
Cian Tryer in as well from Oldham.
Its Cian Tyrer…but he is a tryer
You wont be disappointed…he’s a good un. I was sorry to see him leave Rochdale for the dark side of Royton.
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2 minutes ago, Pulga said:
The NRL has more states covered as a percentage than the NFL. Nobody says anything about the NFL not being national. A classic poor argument.
NFL Coast to Coast, North to south.
If you live in Perth the nearest NRL team is 3500kms away
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6 hours ago, The Phantom Horseman said:
Right on both counts. The great man storming through for two tries...and massive areas of near-empty terracing at Wembley.
Lowe was a tremendous player and in many ways the prototype for some of the huge, fast back-rowers we saw from Australia in years to come.
Great footage and how about those kickers, Clawson and Langlands in the traditional style.
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1 hour ago, Copa said:
They’ll be selling 3 and 6 match memberships well into the season.
as well as non ticketed memberships that gives you some sort of team gift and discount on individual game tickets.
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44 minutes ago, JimBronco said:
That Walsh head clash was nasty.
Tough few weeks for Broncos schedule-wise. They could struggle without arguably their best three players.
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2 hours ago, shrewsbury roughyed said:
No surprise there. He'll (along with the rest of the ex-Roughyeds) have a point he wants to prove next weekend. It's going to be a spicy one!
Emmerson Whittel joins Hornets until end of season (hornetsrugbyleague.co.uk)
Welcome to Rochdale, Emmerson. A career enhancing move!
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Of course…i wasnt questioning that….but all others show their national flag as well as a cultural community/heritage flag ( Aboriginal, torres strait islands). Is this a political statement I wonder….if so would he feel the same if ever he was good enough to be considered for an Australian national team?
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4 hours ago, Stevos Barber said:
From Wikipedia. Just to check where it was invented. Once again Oldham leads and Rochdale follows
Born in Oldham, perfected in Rochdale!
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1 hour ago, Dave W said:
He also said this:
"My thing that makes me the most nervous is the rule changes," he said. "I don't support it whatsoever. If someone wants to create a new version of rugby league then do that.
"Rugby league has already gone too far away from what rugby league was, in my opinion. In terms of what players want to play and in terms of what people want to watch. It's why we've got less people watching it and less companies wanting to broadcast it for less money. If people can't see that, then I don't know what's wrong. You've got to get back to what people want to watch, going back to gladiatorial type in the Roman ages, putting lions in with people"
Maybe he's thinking of going back to Leigh Centurions?
Dont know about leopards…..his thinking seems to be more related to dinosaurs
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2 hours ago, Sports Prophet said:
The Titans are cack! Not for the crowds, but for their continued pitiful performances.
Lets see if the bulldogs and tigers avoid missing out on the “attendance boom” this weekend. Two more teams who are “cack”.
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unforseen circumstances hardly explains the decision. What were those circumstances?
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One of them shows the aboriginal flag only…I wonder what passport he uses.
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1 hour ago, THE RED ROOSTER said:
In response, I was at Gold Coast's very first game in 2006 at Suncorp when they selected as their opponent the "bottom feeder" club you mentioned. I will let others respond on that description of St George-Illawarra.
I have also seen the Gold Coast at Carrara and Robina and always with empty seats and sales of the oppositions gear at the ground outstripping that for the home team.
I have been on the Gold Coast last week, and saw no publicity for the Titans nor anyone wearing their shirt. It's noticeable that when you go to Best and Less in Kippa Ring mall for example you see items for the Bronx, Dolphins and North Queensland Cowboys but diddly squat on the Titans.
You comment about an AFL game being a bigger draw than Rugby League for the Gold Coasr fanbase proves my point rather than yours.
The Titans are not the first time that the game has tried and failed to establish a team on the Gold Coast with its transient tourist population. With expansion back on the agenda, would it not be a good idea for the Titans to relocate to a real RL stronghold out west in Ipswich.
The Ipswich Titans, now that makes sense.
So what about the 20k average attendance last season?
Ipswich…….playing on a cricket ground? Maybe thats the plan given they now have adopted the jets as one of their QRL affiliates.
Not sure you understood the significance of the AFL game in question….one of the greatest coaches in history in charge of his first game for the suns against the team he took to be one of the best teams in history. The equivalent of Titans signing wayne bennet as coach and his first game being v Broncos.
The NRL Round 3 Match Thread
in The Australian Rugby League Forum
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The nearest Australia has to Pompeii…..But Pompeii is in better shape