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2 hours ago, DC77 said:

 

As an Irishman when I see an English RL team on tv I think that’s a culture that belongs to a specific geographic group in the north of England. When I see an English football club (certainly one of the bigger clubs) I think a combination of the city they are based in as well as its English and international identity. When I’m at Anfield I’m surrounded by other non scousers in the stands. I then see a team made up of an Egyptian top goalscorer, a Dutch leader in defence, Brazilian in nets, led by a German manager, and flags representing a range of player nationalities being waved around the stadium. And before the game starts an anthem that is probably the most famous on the planet is played (and sung). Anyone in the world can identity with this. 

Not sure how you can be passionate about a team you have no connection to or even in the same country as you are from but each to their own... as long as you support your local team as well suppose no harm done.

Great to see as an Irish person you sing our National Anthem to our Queen with pride at Liverpool matches- well done lad.

Hope to see you at Newcastle singing it for Englands first WC game. 👍

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1 hour ago, Griff said:

Why can't they wipe their own weights bench down ?

If the gym is being block-booked for 2 hour sessions then the gym employees would wipe the benches down. That's protocol. Like any waiter in any restaurant when a group vacates a table.

Please Allora don't make a mountain out of a molehill? Or are you Gus Gould's love child?

I've often thought that a lot of Aussies look like they've all been issued by the same dad?

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4 hours ago, DC77 said:

Not sure it can be done.

It’s not so much just the names that Big Picture is alluding to (towns that RL clubs are based in) it’s the perception that the sport of RL is parochial, ie. entrenched in their own communities which leaves it detached from outsiders. Even London Broncos for instance, they are in London, have London in its name, so you would think “global”, buts it’s RL, viewed as a parochial game. Also London is just seen as an outpost.

Unless people outside the RL heartland suddenly took up the game (and they haven’t in 125 years) the club game will remain parochial within England. I think the opportunity is outside England as fans in Toronto don’t have this same perception of the game in England. Perhaps a London Broncos would resonate more with foreigners. 

As an Irishman when I see an English RL team on tv I think that’s a culture that belongs to a specific geographic group in the north of England. When I see an English football club (certainly one of the bigger clubs) I think a combination of the city they are based in as well as its English and international identity. When I’m at Anfield I’m surrounded by other non scousers in the stands. I then see a team made up of an Egyptian top goalscorer, a Dutch leader in defence, Brazilian in nets, led by a German manager, and flags representing a range of player nationalities being waved around the stadium. And before the game starts an anthem that is probably the most famous on the planet is played (and sung). Anyone in the world can identity with this. 

Britpop was very parochial which is why it didn’t have the same international resonance that a Coldplay had for example. RL in England is the sports equivalent of Britpop just in a more confined space within England.

Of course it's not just the names, it's the places behind the names and what those places mean in the world.  The issue in Liverpool or Manchester is much the same as in London: will the public there consider the likes of Warrington, Wigan and St Helens opponents worth their time, attention and money?

It seems clear that they'd have less interest in seeing the soccer teams there play the likes of Bolton, Blackburn and Preston than a team from another big city, and there's no reason to think that Warrington, Wigan and St Helens would have any greater appeal for them.  That's what would have to be solved to have successful pro teams in such cities and I suggest that the path to that goes through places like Toronto and New York.

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2 hours ago, Griff said:

Why can't they wipe their own weights bench down ?

Don’t listen to him. It’s just another excuse to hide the real thing. They value preseason games over internationals. They said so when this all started everything else since then is just noise

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31 minutes ago, fighting irish said:

If the gym is being block-booked for 2 hour sessions then the gym employees would wipe the benches down. That's protocol. Like any waiter in any restaurant when a group vacates a table.

Sure - and if they don't think that the gym's standards are high enough, they're free to do a bit more cleaning.

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15 minutes ago, Spidey said:

Don’t listen to him. It’s just another excuse to hide the real thing. They value preseason games over internationals. They said so when this all started everything else since then is just noise

I don't mind listening.  But the fella doesn't have a viable point to listen to.

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2 hours ago, londonrlfan said:

The NRL can't even grow in Australia! Where are the sides in Perth and Adelaide? But they're going to grow the sport globally?

What have the NRL ever done to grow RL globally? They have the biggest market in the world on their doorstep and have done nothing. Even the AFL have gone to China. 

The RFL, while not perfect, have done far more for the sport. Brought French, Welsh and Canadian clubs into the professional game. Brought Serbian and Russian clubs into the Challenge Cup. Agreed to take internationals to the USA. The RFL funded RLEF has resulted in the global spread of RL over the last decade. 

Maybe the RFL should take over running the IRL? 

Yes its all very well people knocking the RFL however their record on expansion has been pretty damm good they have never shied away from welcoming new clubs and countries + new stadiums 

 

Let me remind the RFL knockers out there 

* Russia teams in the CC

* French teams in the CC

* Catalan Dragons Super League

* Toulouse Championship 

* Last 40 years new teams (Ones still with us)  in London (2) Coventry Sheffield Newcastle Wales ETC (Compared to new rugby union clubs in the top 2 divisions ZERO:)

* Canada 

* Test in USA

* Internationals in London

* CC Final and MM in Edinburgh

* Same as above in Cardiff

* New stadiums Wigan/Warrington/St Helens/Hull FC/Huddersfield Giants/Salford Red Devils/Widnes/Dewsbury/Doncaster/Halifax/Leigh

* Major upgrades in many stadiums 

* Women RL

For what is perceived as a small regional sport the RFL have taken many more risks than the NRL with a tiny fraction of the income.

 

YES there is much more that can be done however lets STOP being so negative.

 

Paul

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51 minutes ago, ATLANTISMAN said:

Yes its all very well people knocking the RFL however their record on expansion has been pretty damm good they have never shied away from welcoming new clubs and countries + new stadiums 

 

Let me remind the RFL knockers out there 

* Russia teams in the CC

* French teams in the CC

* Catalan Dragons Super League

* Toulouse Championship 

* Last 40 years new teams (Ones still with us)  in London (2) Coventry Sheffield Newcastle Wales ETC (Compared to new rugby union clubs in the top 2 divisions ZERO:)

* Canada 

* Test in USA

* Internationals in London

* CC Final and MM in Edinburgh

* Same as above in Cardiff

* New stadiums Wigan/Warrington/St Helens/Hull FC/Huddersfield Giants/Salford Red Devils/Widnes/Dewsbury/Doncaster/Halifax/Leigh

* Major upgrades in many stadiums 

* Women RL

For what is perceived as a small regional sport the RFL have taken many more risks than the NRL with a tiny fraction of the income.

 

YES there is much more that can be done however lets STOP being so negative.

 

Paul

Great post. RFL and IRL may be pushed together by having a common enemy now A summer Nines series in British cities with teams called Samoa, Ireland, England, USA but using unknowns to mirror The Hundred ('The Nines") would be a great start to this new relationship. Sky want our sport to be more dynamic and forward thinking. That's the start. The international game must learn to do without NRL players if it is to realise its commercial ambitions. 

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41 minutes ago, steavis said:

Great post. RFL and IRL may be pushed together by having a common enemy now A summer Nines series in British cities with teams called Samoa, Ireland, England, USA but using unknowns to mirror The Hundred ('The Nines") would be a great start to this new relationship. Sky want our sport to be more dynamic and forward thinking. That's the start. The international game must learn to do without NRL players if it is to realise its commercial ambitions. 

Certainly worth exploring.

Old f@rts of a conservative bent seem to hate The Hundred but it's a solid gold hit.

It's essentially putting an old product in new packaging, of course, but I think they've done a fantastic job of making cricket appear young, fresh and exciting.

  

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3 minutes ago, Man of Kent said:

Jon Dutton on Sky Sports for the Leeds Vs. Wire game. Doesn’t sound like a man who’s about to pull the plug on the RLWC.

Coming across really well IMO.

That ARLC bio security report is a lot of old horse manure… so utterly wrong and full of lies.

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5 minutes ago, Man of Kent said:

Jon Dutton on Sky Sports for the Leeds Vs. Wire game. Doesn’t sound like a man who’s about to pull the plug on the RLWC.

Hes been superb, really good to listen to. Very telling that he said the organisers haven't seen this independent report the NRL muppets keep referring to.

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6 minutes ago, Man of Kent said:

Jon Dutton on Sky Sports for the Leeds Vs. Wire game. Doesn’t sound like a man who’s about to pull the plug on the RLWC.

Just switched it on and caught the very end of it, good to hear they have people on the ground in Australia working for them

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Just now, dkw said:

Hes been superb, really good to listen to. Very telling that he said the organisers haven't seen this independent report the NRL muppets keep referring to.

A moral victory isn't a victory.

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1 minute ago, dkw said:

Hes been superb, really good to listen to. Very telling that he said the organisers haven't seen this independent report the NRL muppets keep referring to.

“NRL players will catch COVID-19 as biosecurity measure in places will be breached…”

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8 minutes ago, Man of Kent said:

Jon Dutton on Sky Sports for the Leeds Vs. Wire game. Doesn’t sound like a man who’s about to pull the plug on the RLWC.

He came across really well. It was going to be, and hopefully still will be, a fantastic World Cup.

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Just now, dkw said:

I've no idea what that refers to.

Being right isn't going to win this battle. Pointing out hypocrisy is not going to make a difference. Showing up the NRL for being myopic, self-interested shysters will not move anything in our favour.

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4 minutes ago, gingerjon said:

Being right isn't going to win this battle. Pointing out hypocrisy is not going to make a difference. Showing up the NRL for being myopic, self-interested shysters will not move anything in our favour.

So what, just allow them to put out garbage statements with no basis in reality and not put their view over?

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16 minutes ago, Man of Kent said:

Jon Dutton on Sky Sports for the Leeds Vs. Wire game. Doesn’t sound like a man who’s about to pull the plug on the RLWC.

I think he’s coming across very well, calm, professional but I reckon there’s a bit of steel there

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5 hours ago, Mr Frisky said:

Not sure how you can be passionate about a team you have no connection to or even in the same country as you are from but each to their own... as long as you support your local team as well suppose no harm done.

Great to see as an Irish person you sing our National Anthem to our Queen with pride at Liverpool matches- well done lad.

Hope to see you at Newcastle singing it for Englands first WC game. 👍

Sure we were all signing it before team GB got smacked around the place by PNG on the last tour. 😉

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6 minutes ago, dkw said:

So what, just allow them to put out garbage statements with no basis in reality and not put their view over?

No. Absolutely challenge them.

But accept that it will not shift the dial one bit.

Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. (Terry Pratchett)

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