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Madrileño

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  1. He already was a 2nd row!
  2. Nonsense. Marty sadler started a thread on the news forum only last week that les Catalans are looking to grow the number of French guys in their squad, and a week later they have one of their very few French guys running about in 5th tier Rugby union. They didn't "let him go" he was at the world cup and decided the offer and potential pathway from union was far better than what rugby League could offer.
  3. For me, the problem is not the rfu, the problem is Touch England weirdly clamouring to suck up to union. I speak from a reasonable position of knowledge, as I have been involved on touch for many years, refereed at the 2018 European championships and played in the World Cup a few years before that. Touch England have brought in a high performance coach named Bell from Australia. He speaks as if rugby league doesn't exist. Seriously.... it is bizarre - I have heard him interviewed and he uses phrases like "transitioning from Touch to 'contact' " and when he is asked what sports people would transition from in Australia, he said that female players often come from netball and hockey, and male players come from rugby, and also soccer or basketball!! This is talking about high performance national squad players in Australia. He was interviewed 2 seasons ago by Russell earnshaw on the magic academy sports coaching podcast, and his language used was incredibly specific around "rugby". In a discussion lasting more than an hour, he did not mention Rugby League even once. Given the tie in between Touch Australia and the NRL this is more than bizarre. High performance Touch in Oz is now played as NRL curtain raisers, yet this guy somehow completely omitted to even mention the sport. He is clearly someone who needs watching.
  4. Really? Are you sure about this??
  5. We are talking about a club who vociferously rejected IMG's involvement in English rugby league. They obviously feel they do not need any help promoting or marketing themselves, and that external consultants have nothing they can teach the cougars. The shirt looks ridiculous to me, but clearly I am not their target market, so no worries. Peace. Love. Unity.
  6. Judean People's Front. People's Front of Judea.
  7. I have thought for many years this has to be the location. It would put the "national" into National Rugby League and offer a different time zone for TV, big Kiwi population, as well as a metro area with 2 million people living in it. Will be a big step forward for the game.
  8. Sounds like a top guy. Who did he play for?
  9. Sensational. My absolute favourite. Highly, highly recommend.
  10. I assume you that you are talking about Madrí? It is a weird one, in that you can buy it here in Spain, but it is basically a tiny microbrewery. I saw it in Carrefour today, and there were 2 bottles on a shelf, among the other speciality beers (compared to literally racks of the big Spanish brands). It looks like 90 odd percent of their sales are in the UK these days, with a version that Molson Coors are brewing industrially under licence in the UK and pushing as a replacement for Carling in a lot of bars. In short, it is big in the UK, but essentially unknown over here.
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