JWAD
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For those who did not watch the Wests Tigers vs Sydney Roosters final, Gareth Ellis went over the Roosters try line with the ball three times in the first 13 minutes, but did not get a try awarded. Then a few minutes later he was put on report for a high tackle
Is it going to be a church do for you two or a simple registry office affair?
Seriously, you're posting about this fella like a bloody stalker!
The other English player, lock/loose forward Chris Heighington, had an outstanding game. He may have played his way into the England 17 for the Four NationsHe's Australian. From Central Coast NSW in fact.
Happens to be a dual-passport holder which would allow him to qualify for England if he so chose to do (in other words, if he wanted to play international RL and didn't make a Roos squad).
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http://www.thethe.com/sections/cinema/in_concert.html - Not available on DVD so have clips playing background.
What a great tour that was (1990).
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All the other commentators on Channel 9 who were assigned to the Wests Tigers vs Gold Coast Titans telecast agreed that with Gould that the Sheens comment was a great compliment to Gareth Ellis.
No comment yet on this revelation from Andrew Voss and those commentating the Brisbane vs Canberra game.
The attention given to the Sheens comment may be part of a pre-publicity campaign for the upcoming Four Nations. Gareth Ellis has been a little in the shadow of the Hollywood-sponsored glamour boy Sam Burgess. Bringing Gareth out of Sam's shadow will increase interest in the England team among the Australian public.
Ffs, are you really this bored?
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But, ask someone with a remotely passive interest in RL if they remember "that big, intimidating Aussie who knocked out Fielden with one punch about four years ago" and it's a fair bet they will remember him
People will ask "who the f*** is Stuart Fielden?".
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I am a Sydney Roosters fan. So I know what I am talking about
All you've proven with the diatribe below is that you love good juicy gossip regardless.
The first thing that strict disciplinarian coach Brian Smith demanded before he arrived at Bondi Junction was that the club get rid of Willy Mason.If you really want to know what Willy Mason is like off the pitch, have a chat with the Roosters Brad Fittler, Mitchell Pearce or Nate Myles, or the former Canterbury Bulldogs team members who travelled to an ill fated weekend at Coffs Harbour a few years ago, before you start your ignorant abuse of others about Willy Mason.
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yes I see what you are getting at here. It's a telling statement bout alienation in modern society, about the way we communicate, yet at the same time fail to.
I wept.
Subtly dropping in the clue "Follow that van and you've found your cat-nappers"
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He said Mason had "Resigned himself to playing in Super League next season" interesting choice of word that..
In other words, "F*** it, I'll retire to the UK".
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I see Norths in three of those.
Would I be mistaken if that was a Tamworth team in sixth pic down? Kit is familiar.
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With the London Olympics only two years away I wondered how the Rugby Sevens side will be chosen.
Do players have to be regfistered with a RU club or is anyone eligible for selection?
Who will select the squad?
Most importantly, will RL players (and anyone else) be eligible for selection?
A genuine question BTW - I have no idea what the answers are.
Its rugby union sevens so yes, they'd have to have been playing rugby union.
For how long they will have to have played hasn't been established yet as its still some time away.
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Last night's England game only had 73200 there, 12000 less than our cup final.
That wasn't a friendly this time either.
There'll be more though. And as the qualifiers progress with the games becoming more crucial, the crowds will hit maximum.
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I've followed leeds R.L and Leeds utd for many years and have to say that since the late 70's through to present day only on a few occasions have leeds utd fans attended rugby games to cause trouble
Only a few??
Why even these few occasions in the first place? How bloody stupid are those alleged adults?
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when was the last time you saw fighting in a ground in the uk
not including west ham v millwall last season (that happens every time they play)
its now to dear to get a ticket for a prem game
my team chelsea its up too
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IMO football as sorted it hooligans out Not saying it does not go on but with cctv at all grounds its moved elswere and thats not football problem
Far from it.
If soccer (I take you mean Brit or English soccer) had "sorted its hooligans out", there'd be no more trouble on match day, no need for expensive extra police security or even segregation.
Simply shoving it under the carpet doesn't make the problem go away.
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Many are ex soccer fans
Really? Thats a fact is it?
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Just stop them drinking during the game at least. If a Challenge Cup final at Wembley gets in the way of going out on the sauce, then they should give their ticket to somebody else who actually appreciates what is being played in front of them.
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I only hope the RFL and Wembley don't go down the road of banning booze and making fans sit in seperate stands because of a few minor incidents.
They wouldn't do that. A large part of revenue on match day comes from the bars and food stalls.
What could follow however is that no grog permitted to be brought in to the stands. This makes sense and works.
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No one expected Great Britain to win a game. But it did win the first Test. Then the second Test was at Bolton, and should have sold out all 28,000 seats. But it didn't because Nigel Wood, who was in charge of promotion and budget for the RFL, did not want to spend any money on promotion
Just down to "the promotion" was it?
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Hey Futtocks, thought you might like this:- http://www.state.ie/2010/08/news/hear-a-fu...toms-for-peace/
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I was near what happened and what I could see, for what was pretty much the whole game before it kicked off, was a core of about 6 Leeds fans who seemed to spend their time yelling abuse at the Warrington fans, throwing obscene gestures and generally behaving like a group of yobs
Maybe they thought it was a soccer match?
What a pack of buttnuggets.
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I haven't forgotten. You haven't grasped my point. Whenever you lowball internationals by holding them in second rate venues ( and doing little promotional expenditure) you get second rate crowds
When you put them in prestige stadia people -- who include soft core fans of rugby league --- take them more seriously
All very well in theory. If the birthplace of the sport isn't "prestigious" enough for you however . . .
The other factor is the soft core southern audience for rugby league. A huge percentage of the crowds for internationals at Wembley are from the south of England. They won't travel north, while the hard core northern fans will travel south to Wembley. Look at the figures I posted and try to digest them. Wembley outscored even a prestigious northern venue like Old Trafford every year, while Old Trafford got bigger crowds than Elland RoadYou may as well go back to the forties and fifties if you're going to apply comparisons like that.
Only Nigel Wood and you don't seem to grasp thisIf you think the stadia used are the reason for poor international crowds then its you who is missing the trick. Expectancy and who is on the field have a lot more of an effect on numbers than any of this.
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I know, but there seemed to be a few 'blocks' of empty seats. There wasn't a single section that didn't have some empty red seats in it, and to be honest you don't normally see that at events at Wembley like the FA Cup final (apart from segregation purposes of course).
There seemed to be such a demand for this game that it's a shame some couldn't make it on the day when so many wanted to.
The premium level of a large stadium is the hardest to ensure filling.
As for early leavers, they bug me to no end. They're not exclusive to any one sport. Extremely annoying trying to watch a match when there is a bunch walking across you ten minutes from the end. Can't stop them. Not your fault if they are like that. If a match gets in the way of their wanting an early beer or the futility of trying to avoid traffic.
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How could I be ignoring internationals of the past decade? During most of the past decade Wembley was closed and under reconstruction. It was only reopened in 2007
Internationals still took place and did not fill up.
Or have you conveniently forgotten?
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Why can't you make predictions based on evidence of past experience, rather than based on nothing?
They aren't. You're ignoring past internationals of this decade.
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Franchise? Which franchises will be in the play-offs?
Those teams aren't franchises? I was under the impression they were.
Tim Sheens says he would pick Gareth Ellis in the Australian team.
in The General Rugby League Forum
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He's an Aussie who is not good enough to make his own team so he declares for another.
Its simple.
The joke part is that if he ever was deemed good enough for Australia, he could switch back again.