gingerjon

I honestly don't personally know a single football fan (of any team) who is interested in the European competitions ahead of their national ones. And, included in that group, are young (to me and actually young) fans of Arsenal, Liverpool and Chelsea.

Except it's a reply to someone who did raise them? Anyway, Geelong beat Essendon good and proper to all is well. And I have no idea what the crowd was.

I think it dropped off the news because the damage and impact was far more nuanced than initially feared. This seems to be a decent overview: https://thediplomat.com/2022/02/assessing-the-aftermath-of-tongas-volcanic-eruption-and-tsunami/

It is a terrible name. But then in RL we have had the equally awful National Conference League for decades now.

Aye, some teams will not give a wotnot and others will really go for it. It's not a tournament that specifically interests me but it's clear for a lot of supporters and clubs in Europe, it's an enjoyable tournament to be part of.

It's the third tier tournament. So, if you remember far enough back that there was the European Cup, the UEFA Cup *and* the Cup Winners Cup then it's *sort of* like that. It looks like some teams are taking it seriously and others are not.

What's one of those?

Compares to 10,058 (I presume they counted the same way then) in the most recent completely unaffected season. A Saturday in April 2019.

71/1 at the close. England slightly ahead of the draw with the bookies. There is still plenty of time left in the match but it's going to take something special to force a result unless the Windies implode.

The sentence starts with 'if'. A pedant would understand that it's a suggested alternative rather than a command.

If you want a rugby absolutely crippled by needless over analysis of rules then there's another code for you. You'll especially like the part where the referees can decide which of multiple offences to penalise or ignore in literally every passage of play. The simple game quote always struck me about being the things that made the game pleasurable. The skills you take for granted and the tactics you don't see because no one points them out. Fussing over the rule book like some golf club committee member? Not so much.

Just saw that pop up. Proper fourth inning rearguards are the thing that no other format of the game can come close to replicating. They don't really happen often but when they do...

21 overs to go and Australia still need to take 6 wickets. Pakistan, in theory, need 134 runs.

Details: https://www.londoncitylionesses.com/post/london-city-lionesses-to-sponsor-brasil-women-s-national-rugby-team-in-women-s-rugby-world-cup

That's really good news - especially with the women's soccer World Cup heading imminently to Oz.

Do you actually enjoy the game?

I don't disagree but it's not exactly unknown that we have (at least) three different sets of rules with differing interpretations. There's no great conspiracy behind that, it's just where we are - and where we have been for decades.

Christ. If they're happy with it then good but that is one ugly mother.

Is it because international matches are played under international rules with international interpretations and not simply an extension of the NRL fixture list and rule book?

Are you on the right thread? This thread is for detailed analyses of play-the-balls and nothing else.

Nothing like so much but soccer does have the classic, short and brutal, chant that I've not heard replicated in RL of: "S**t ground, no fans ..."

And yet, because it's Australian and we're not in Australia, it very obviously isn't. Hence why, in the UK, if you had a spare 5p you could probably buy the UK broadcast rights for the NRL but not Super League.

It shows a standard for the game that is possible when a whole bunch of advantages fall into place. But it really is a niche of a niche over here regardless of how good it is to watch or how popular is it is in Australia. And that is never going to change.

If they enter administration before the end of the season then potentially. Otherwise - no.

What if we want to just laugh about it amongst friends because, politics aside, it is very funny seeing Chelsea - CHELSEA! - in the mire?