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From what I’ve seen here in Australia heaps of people enjoyed seeing Penrith lose. Social media is full of people thanking St Helens. I know it feels good to think you got one over the arrogant masses but you’ll find that in reality the arrogant RL folks are in a minority but seem to have a loud voice.

Gould is a parochial panthers fan.

It’s a real pain the way they switched across so quickly. I wanted to see the presentation. I suspect most fans here in Canberra really enjoyed seeing Penrith lose.

It’s fantastic for Australians as we love seeing Penrith defeated.

If you’re gonna throw it flat it’s gonna be 50/50

A lot of people on the Gold Coast are migrants from colder parts of Australia who wanted a piece of sunshine and subtropical weather.

It’s highly likely that any NRL jersey on aliexpress is not the real deal.

A 20/20 cricket match is still much longer than a rugby league game.

Yep. This year there are 10 (up from 6).

With state of origin and international match payments in addition to individual sponsorships, some of these players will be able to transition to becoming full time professional athletes. https://www.nrl.com/news/2023/02/14/everything-you-need-to-know-nrlw-cba/ How much can players earn and what will rosters look like? The NRL and RLPA confirmed the following amounts to be split across squads of 24 each season, with minimum wages for each player also confirmed: 2023 - $900,000 ($30,000 minimum wage per player) 2024 - $1,020,000 ($34,000 minimum wage per player) 2025 - $1,254,000 ($41,800 minimum wage per player) 2026 - $1,386,000 ($46,200 minimum wage per player) 2027 - $1,518,000 ($50,600 minimum wage per player)

It’s great on the harbour or at a beach or river.

A lot of bays appear to be full. https://premier.ticketek.com.au/events/PENWCC23/venues/PEN/performances/ENPP2023650WC/tickets

They review every try before the conversion attempt. If they think there’s something to review more closely they’ll tell the ref who’ll then send it upstairs for a final review.

The commentator said it’s currently forecast to be 40 degrees in Penrith next week… with a 6pm kickoff it’ll still be very hot.

15 players on the bench for the Dragons tonight… https://www.dragons.com.au/news/2023/02/07/nrl-team-announcement-pre-season-v-st-helens/

If it’s your first marathon my non-professional advice is to pace yourself to get to 32km comfortably. Get to 32km and feel like you maybe haven’t given it enough. The last 10km can do some really weird things to your brain and body and that’s what you have to prepare for.

Some witnesses say they were having a stupid wrestle when the police intervened and everything escalated.

Newcastle isn’t rough. I’d live there. There are some big town centres out west, for example Parramatta, it’s not one big huge estate out west. A single young person on $150k won’t struggle to find somewhere ok to live in most parts of Sydney.

Newcastle is a great place and there are plenty of ok places to live in western Sydney. Western Sydney hosts a few nrl teams.

This is so crazy I’d probably really enjoy it.

The vast majority of people I know who are involved in crypto seem to be average blokes cosplaying a business man or entrepreneur. They don’t really know what they’re doing… the wannabes in the gym have their “bro science” and the crypto guys have their “bro economics”

I know someone who enjoys painting board game miniatures. People pay to watch him livestream painting miniature monsters and soldiers. He doesn’t even have to speak to the viewers. He just paints.

Same

They already have a team in the QLD Cup and Queensland teams have been traveling there for years to play away games in PNG. Anything can be achieved with the correct safety protocols in place.

That’s cheap soft power influence for the Australian government if they want to help fund an nrl team in PNG and help combat against Chinese influence. The Australian government currently gives around $500 million to PNG annually so diverting some to subsidise an NRL team isn’t a big deal financially…. the Australian domestic politics would be hard though. “Australian government wastes money on NRL team” would be the headlines in the anti-government press.