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after having to suffer the euros - all those teams from different countries - all the fan mixing - then the tennis for this to happen is sickening 

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see you later undertaker - in a while necrophile 

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23 minutes ago, Man of Kent said:

Adam Pearson pipes up with Super League clubs' very own 'selfish and parochial' view https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/adam-pearson-hull-fc-super-5686936

Just read that and just muttered FFS. This wonderful sport will never get the recognition it deserves when we have self serving people running the clubs and game.

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6 minutes ago, Big Picture said:

The fact remains that the Australian national RU team will be playing in Britain this November, so their claim that it won't be safe for the RL players won't wash.

We don't know what accommodations have been made for other sports though, do we? In terms of how those players are being looked after etc. The union mob could be putting them up on a private island for all we know.

Questions do need answering, without a doubt. 

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2 hours ago, The Frying Scotsman said:

Right.

The problem is, "their ###### little sport "down under" actually IS effectively global Rugby League as a viable professional game.

The NRL is Fox News, KFC, Toyota, McDonalds and Subway; whereas Rugby League over here is The Warrington Guardian, Eddie Stobart and ABI Sundecks. 

Their "pathetic competition" is where all the best players in the world want to play. It is where every Australian, NZer, Tongan, Samoan, Fijian, PNG, USA, and even a good few of the English squad plays or aims to play their Rugby League.

The failure of the game to develop any sort of global professional presence leaves us in this situation.

Yes.... The World Cup could go ahead now, made up of guys who play for Barrow and train 2 nights a week. Who knows.... England might actually squeak a win, and then you could include that every year in your "fully integrated international calendar" but the outcome would ultimately be the same... Without NRL participants, international Rugby League would be quite simply laughable. 

Another one  who doesn't grasp the truth in Australia they don't have the Premier League or Rugby Union like in the UK, even decent Non-League football clubs get decent gates. Rugby League down under is the Man Utds or Leeds United.

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5 minutes ago, Man of Kent said:

Suggestions there could be Australian Indigenous and NZ Maori teams. Just an idea, but an interesting one.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p09q4fwl

Just get SL-based Aussies and Kiwis and rebrand the international teams with a catchy US-style tag line, like “The Real Kangaroos”

Better still, choose a different treasured national animal, and call them the “Duck-Billed Platypi” or “Box Jellyfishes”.

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1 hour ago, tiffers said:

Is this our opportunity, given the amount of emotion on here alone, to 1) sell more tickets to the home audience that are mostly incensed and want to support NH RL and stick a finger up to the NRL? 2) push this to a wider audience in the UK?

Could we capitalise on all this PR and sell a few more tickets?

Esp. as the general public may get behind an England team with a very good chance of winning it...
I suppose it depends on whether we can prove its still a legitimate product. To sponsors, the media, fans.

I should think the sponsors have been sorted already & has i have pointed out before you cant make the media print your story but i will guess every newspaper tomorrow has a write up.

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53 minutes ago, hunsletgreenandgold said:

I think Damien was being rather facetious when he said that, after another poster suggested 99.2% of Aus population was in 5 cities that didn't include those areas. 

Well Damien use quote then other people are aware what your talking about at the moment theirs 24 pages to read.

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there is an awful lot of anger. upset and anguish on this thread - but for once guys we are all together on this which shows the true steel of real uk rugby league fans 

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see you later undertaker - in a while necrophile 

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6 minutes ago, Devon Ram said:

Well Damien use quote then other people are aware what your talking about at the moment theirs 24 pages to read.

He did but as I say it was in response to a troll, who's posts were subsequently removed - it made sense at the time but in isolation I can see why it might not now. 

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There has just been the European football championships and the copa America and the whole world was gripped. I'm not a football person ,but I take an interest. Cant the Australians see our sport needs to show itself as a world sport in a well presented tournament. Otherwise???

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2 minutes ago, fieldofclothofgold said:

There has just been the European football championships and the copa America and the whole world was gripped. I'm not a football person ,but I take an interest. Cant the Australians see our sport needs to show itself as a world sport in a well presented tournament. Otherwise???

No, because it would mean they’re not top dogs anymore 

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14 minutes ago, Phil said:

No, because it would mean they’re not top dogs anymore 

they have already gone from top dogs to scaredy cats and dirty rats within 12 hours 

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I’m glad the reaction has been strong and all the stakeholders here are standing firm on this . The reaction from players and Madge McGuire tells a story to . I’m not sure the NRL expecting this , probably thinking they’re so powerful the organisers would fold . Hopefully talks go on behind the scenes and a u-turn comes about . I wouldn’t be surprised . I’m convinced lots of players and the two coaches are up for it - they’ve been disrespected to 

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1 hour ago, Griff said:

Yeah - but what are the infection rates ?

Probably lower than ours (I don't much care) but mainly because they cannot get out and infect people.. ours would be lower if we were in lockdown but with good vaccination rates that would be pointless..

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5 minutes ago, RP London said:

Probably lower than ours (I don't much care) but mainly because they cannot get out and infect people.. ours would be lower if we were in lockdown but with good vaccination rates that would be pointless..

Infections down below 40k again today. That the third day in a row of falling? Still way to high but interesting if it keeps dropping…

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1 minute ago, GeordieSaint said:

Infections down below 40k again today. That the third day in a row of falling? Still way to high but interesting if it keeps dropping…

It's following the modelling from my understanding which makes this sort of decision, based on what they say, so puzzling and therefore why it's so obviously horse manure

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