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1 minute ago, MatthewWoody said:

From 1973 Australia won thirteen consecutive Ashes series.
We lost to Samoa, Ashes stopped being interesting because we couldn't win any game (even outiside the Ashed, last GB/Eng win was in...?), it's not that we're exactly an attractive opposition. 

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Who’s this ‘we’? You’ve got your own team Woody! 

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How great is it seeing all the footage of Samoans celebrating all over the world . From Samoa itself to Samoan parades in Melbourne , Sydney , Brisbane , Auckland through to places in the States . 

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Thank you Big Picture, I am sure no one else on this thread would have realised that. Glad to see you have decided to bring the positivity

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Super League should look into having a club in North America. 

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I went to the local supermarket and going through the checkout I heard honking and shouting outside. A convoy of Samoan supporters had diverted off the road to drove around the carpark. It went on and on, at least 50 vehicles, probably more. I was surprised so many Samoans live in our town.

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15 hours ago, fighting irish said:

I'm sorry for leaving so much implied. In general I much prefer explicit communication.

I was once in a meeting with my companies owner and our bankers. He was asking that they extend our overdraft (a little) to see us past a short term cash flow deficit and the bank manager said ''why don't you just let the business fail?'' instead of working so hard.

My friend, got very angry, using a cricket analogy he said ''while you are up on the gantry, operating the scoreboard, I'm down at the crease trying to make the runs''.

They looked at him with that vacant soulless expression that bankers are famous for, the world over.

The reason he was angry was that he was putting his heart and soul (and straining every sinew) into keeping the business running and trying to build it over time but all they were interested in was the immediate future.

Because the short term outlook was underwhelming, they were happy to let the business fail and die.

He was taking a longer term view, he could see a grand vision of the future, where our business would be a huge success for the benefit of all concerned. He was backing that vision with everything we had.

They just wanted the overdraft paid off as quickly as possible.

I'm suggesting that while the vast majority of fans see a grand vision of the future for International Rugby League, that future is being hamstrung and forestalled by the powerbrokers at the ARLC, too fixated with the short term perception of the NRL amongst the Australian public.

I'm not suggesting that they shouldn't preserve and promote what they've got at home, but for goodness sake, lend some support to the International growth initiatives. 

Thanks for the explanation. 

I'm not sure that "soulless number crunchers" is quite right though.

The NRL are very focused on a TV product, and the racial mix of the current NRL is far more TV friendly than the sort of 'bogan ball' we had in the early 90s. The current ethnic mix is making the game attractive to more people, and an inevitable result of that will be stronger Pasifika countries as they have more players to choose from. 

The NRL benefits from being (and also appearing to be) more international. 

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7 hours ago, RayCee said:

I went to the local supermarket and going through the checkout I heard honking and shouting outside. A convoy of Samoan supporters had diverted off the road to drove around the carpark. It went on and on, at least 50 vehicles, probably more. I was surprised so many Samoans live in our town.

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Next step a big game in the states Tonga vs Samoa . 

Possible venues - 

RIce Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City  51K  , Home of University of Utah 

Or 

Levi Stadium in Santa Clara (Bay area) 68k. Home of the 49ers 

 

Or 

Allegiant stadium in Las Vegas 65k . Home of the Las Vegas Raiders 

Thoughts? 

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