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nadera78

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  1. That's not true at all. The reduction in money in 1999 was a correction to the overpayment in 1995 (which was a result of them wanting GB on their side for the SL War in Australia), the fact that we hadn't followed through on our plans to re-structure and that we had no other broadcaster to turn to. Nothing to do with ratings at all. You're just making things up.
  2. Why would Sky drop RL? It makes no sense. We give them 8 months of good viewing figures 2 or 3 nights a week, they don't have to do any work to generate an audience, and at a price point they obviously dictate (and it's a sport where most clubs and fans would accept whatever pennies are thrown at them). I've spent the last 25 years listening to fans saying "what if Sky pull out?" It aint happening folks.
  3. At the moment, the Welsh U16s put together some good performances but the players often return to union because the only RL option involves relocating to the north of England to join a SL academy at 16. A Welsh academy might alleviate that, or at least make relocating a more palatable option if they're a few years older when it comes time to make a decision. We'd still lose a few, no doubt, but it would certainly help.
  4. Oh look, it's Mr Whippet. Come along to tell us why RL will never amount to anything outside the M62.
  5. And you've done such a wonderful job of cultivating that area over the past 127 years.
  6. You could say the exact same thing about English RLs entire approach over the past 10 years.
  7. Games involving the Kumuls are always good fun to watch. And the Kukis always give it a go too. There is perhaps a bit more freedom in the way these teams play.
  8. I'm sure I read in the Guardian article that the games were on the same day. If they're not, then there's no problem. As to the rest, he took the Lebanon job first, anything else should fit in around that.
  9. The big question for me, around Cheika, is what he does when the fixtures clash. That will be telling. He was desperate to take the Lebanon job, went out of his way to get it when no-one in union wanted him, and made a big song and dance about his family, etc, etc. And it's the World Cup! If he disappears to coach some rah-rah team in a friendly match then that's all I need to know about him.
  10. This is a bugbear of mine too. It is, frankly, astonishing that you can't pick your own seat, and I find it hard to believe that no-one involved in organising this event brought it up as an issue beforehand so it must have been a conscious choice on behalf of Dutton and co.
  11. Don't, I still haven't recovered from that game. Not sure I ever will.
  12. Now let's sit back and watch England lose in the 1/4s.
  13. Big blow for PNG to lose Coates to injury. They're also missing two other outside backs in Gebbie and Ngutlik. Dan Russell moves from 2nd Row to the wing, which is a double blow because it means he's one of their biggest forwards and they're up against a massive Tongan pack.
  14. Things like this are unforgivable. And it's not even a one-off.
  15. I have some very, very close friends from Tonga, and I've loved watching their RL rise over the past few years, but this is rugby league and I can't ever bring myself to cheer against Papua New Guinea. So c'mon the Kumuls!
  16. I like the idea that the BBC, or any other broadcaster, would allow some untrained RL ref to operate their output. When I worked at the old BBC TV Centre very few people were even able to access the actual broadcast area, and without the appropriate clearance you actually had to be let in by someone already on the inside. The problem at a couple of games was quite obviously that so many fixtures over the weekend has required the use of tv directors with little or no experience of RL and who therefore don't quite understand what the video ref needs.
  17. Yes to both. I'm not sure RU is actually played in Lebanon at all.
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