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Thanks! I now have 6 more records ordered and in the post. I couldn’t help myself. Audio Technica seems to be the easiest to find brand of record player in stores in Canberra. We do have one high end Hi-Fi store but I’m yet to pay it a visit. I suspect all the other brands you mentioned are easily available in Sydney or Melbourne and can be delivered but I want to actually see my first purchase in the shop.

Someone bought me a record for Xmas… I haven’t had a record player for 35 years! I’m now on the lookout for one to bring back the past.

I’ve used the Radio Garden app for a few years now. I listen to radio stations from all over the planet. It’s great!!

I was given a green bucket hat … because it’s green and I like the Canberra Raiders.

So far so good . 26 degrees Celsius, blue sky, cold cider and sitting on the end of a jetty with a fishing rod.

If they eventually make money, it’s brilliant. If they eventually get even a small gambling interest it will promote rugby league more in the US than any other previous attempt.

This is all starting to look quite impressive. Link ups with UFC, nascar, a 9s tournament, a talent search etc. It all means nothing though if, after a few years, it fails to create an ongoing income stream.

Possibly the ex RL players that are now fighters? I’m just guessing here.

I look forward to the rugby league expansion

I saw it on the TV news the other night.

ARU pay overs for Joseph Suaalii from the Roosters. Roosters just buy an ARU golden child in return.

If you are a minor sport you can attach yourself to the giant. If the giant gets even bigger you can potentially grab more viewers too.

The UK may use different terminology however in Australia South Sea Islanders are generally the Australian based descendants of Pacific Islanders who were tricked or kidnapped to work in Queensland sugar cane fields. In the US it’s most likely Pacific Islander immigrant communities.

That’s great!

Very funny https://www.betootaadvocate.com/sports/average-aussie-soccer-fan-just-noticed-the-a-league-season-started-a-month-ago/?fbclid=IwAR3vztcC3vG3QNf5TY8JO-WMXuzBv1Ef-taLYtm3Pf5yIkVTXO_HgL0T24w_aem_AacotqcfKGO-JV6MCpe1H_kX5rq18alx7L_0KBTM3QeZB8x007x4WZHfFPcR3r21dTc

I hope Kayo in Australia picks up every SL game too

I had no idea it was on until I read your post, and I read the media every day. I now see they’re adding a second division! That’s brave for a cash strapped sport in a country with no P&R sporting culture. The travel costs for the second division clubs will be quite a financial hit.

A currently famous English rugby union player is also not a big name in the minds of nrl fans. I doubt many even know of many current wallaby’s players let alone any from England. If the nrl grabs any, it will be for playing potential, not for headlines.

PNG has a sizeable trekking tourism industry. Lots of Australians go there to trek PNG’s famous trails. It’s a well protected cocoon that the international travelers are kept in from arrival at the airport to the return to the airport. This is one example https://trekkokoda.com.au/safety-on-the-kokoda-track/ I imagine that if a similar set up was provided for any international visitors wanting to watch an NRL match they’d also have no problems.

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It’s like some cheesy internet advertisement: “With this one trick, the NRL can boost rugby union wage demands!”

I welcome it but union will take over if increased interest is not managed properly.

Brilliant! The way the journalists sometimes speak in the US can be quite weird.

I doubt the nrl would use any new salary cap exemptions on a large scale. V’landys seems so vindictive he’s probably doing it for psychological reasons to rattle the ARU. I suspect he also has things up his sleeve to annoy them during a union lions tour and union World Cup. The current ARU boasts and belittles rugby league when chasing nrl players. If you are a small sport in Australia and you go for V’landys you better not miss.