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Damien

Damien

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3 minutes ago, Mathius Hellwege said:

but not the head honchos after getting roundly beaten by the AFL in the last respective TV-negotiations

 

Todd Greenberg was on it while CEO of the NRL. You don't get any higher than that.

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Barley Mow

Barley Mow

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6 minutes ago, Gomersall said:

Does the Cowboys’ CEO know something we don’t know?

https://7news.com.au/sport/rugby-league/nrl-wrecking-ball-jason-taumalolo-given-green-light-to-pursue-surprise-career-change-in-boxing-c-9919738

“There is no Test football post-season, so subject to Jase getting through the season and not having any injuries, we’ve given him the green light to fight.

So much for the Australian governing bodies getting rid of mid-season internationals to focus on post-season ones!

gingerjon

gingerjon

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9 hours ago, Gomersall said:

“There is no Test football post-season ...

But the Pacific Cup! Locked in! The NRL is the saviour of international football!

Or, to put it another way, FFS.

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)

Tommygilf

Tommygilf

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10 hours ago, Gomersall said:

Does the Cowboys’ CEO know something we don’t know?

https://7news.com.au/sport/rugby-league/nrl-wrecking-ball-jason-taumalolo-given-green-light-to-pursue-surprise-career-change-in-boxing-c-9919738

“There is no Test football post-season, so subject to Jase getting through the season and not having any injuries, we’ve given him the green light to fight.

According to Simon Johnson the RFL have agreed a test series but can't announce it till the CBA is sorted

RP London

RP London

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1 hour ago, gingerjon said:

But the Pacific Cup! Locked in! The NRL is the saviour of international football!

Or, to put it another way, FFS.

All in on the euros then.. we simply have no choice.. 

gingerjon

gingerjon

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2 hours ago, Tommygilf said:

According to Simon Johnson the RFL have agreed a test series but can't announce it till the CBA is sorted

Are England playing three games against BARLA Select?

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)

Gomersall

Gomersall

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2 hours ago, Tommygilf said:

According to Simon Johnson the RFL have agreed a test series but can't announce it till the CBA is sorted

The CBA is sorted now isn’t it?

gingerjon

gingerjon

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26 minutes ago, Gomersall said:

The CBA is sorted now isn’t it?

Agreed but not formally signed off?

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)

doc

doc

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Do we need to get the Netherlands in to sort out the international calendar? 

Gomersall

Gomersall

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Aussie journalist Brad Walter has tweeted saying he has spoken to the Cowboys CEO and apparently it wasn’t meant to be “no Test football post-season” but an international window that won’t be as long as the one for the WC was! 😳

The Hallucinating Goose

The Hallucinating Goose

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11 hours ago, Tommygilf said:

According to Simon Johnson the RFL have agreed a test series but can't announce it till the CBA is sorted

I saw this. I think he said something along the lines of, 'we've identified a competitive opponent', to paraphrase. Am I the only one that thinks the vagueness of that almost sounds like some sort of rep side as opposed to a nation like a Pacific Islands XIII or something? I hope to God it isn't. 

Keith989

Keith989

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We're going to get to the next world cup with only a handful (if even that) of tests between tier 1 sides again, aren't we? Imagine how good a pacific series would be now.

gingerjon

gingerjon

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11 hours ago, The Hallucinating Goose said:

I saw this. I think he said something along the lines of, 'we've identified a competitive opponent', to paraphrase. Am I the only one that thinks the vagueness of that almost sounds like some sort of rep side as opposed to a nation like a Pacific Islands XIII or something? I hope to God it isn't. 

Heh kids, remember the Exiles?

Well, Oxen have done this retro kit and, well, ...

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)

Eddie

Eddie

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On 02/03/2023 at 21:21, Gomersall said:

Does the Cowboys’ CEO know something we don’t know?

https://7news.com.au/sport/rugby-league/nrl-wrecking-ball-jason-taumalolo-given-green-light-to-pursue-surprise-career-change-in-boxing-c-9919738

“There is no Test football post-season, so subject to Jase getting through the season and not having any injuries, we’ve given him the green light to fight.

That probably just means Australia aren’t playing, and he doesn’t care / isn’t aware of what Tonga and New Zealand are doing. 

Guest

Guest

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17 hours ago, The Hallucinating Goose said:

I saw this. I think he said something along the lines of, 'we've identified a competitive opponent', to paraphrase. Am I the only one that thinks the vagueness of that almost sounds like some sort of rep side as opposed to a nation like a Pacific Islands XIII or something? I hope to God it isn't. 

Probably Tonga or Samoa. Meanwhile, they will continue to ignore European rugby by fielding the Knights. Lebanon and Jamaica are two countries who want to play but are stuck in limbo. Lebanon are at the behest of Australia and could play down under but that won't promote the sport in Lebanon. Jamaica have no real competition in the Americas unless they field a domestic squad but even then it is a stretch.

The ERL don't help matters here. Spain don't belong in the A championship and now there are doubts about whether Scotland can meet the player requirements.

My preference would a four nations tournament between England, Lebanon, France, and Ireland. The second tier can have Scotland, Wales, Jamaica and Greece, Serbia, Malta. And so on. 

The other Pacific nations need to organise their own comp and tell the Aussies do one.

gingerjon

gingerjon

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3 hours ago, NW10LDN said:

Probably Tonga or Samoa. Meanwhile, they will continue to ignore European rugby by fielding the Knights. Lebanon and Jamaica are two countries who want to play but are stuck in limbo. Lebanon are at the behest of Australia and could play down under but that won't promote the sport in Lebanon. Jamaica have no real competition in the Americas unless they field a domestic squad but even then it is a stretch.

The ERL don't help matters here. Spain don't belong in the A championship and now there are doubts about whether Scotland can meet the player requirements.

My preference would a four nations tournament between England, Lebanon, France, and Ireland. The second tier can have Scotland, Wales, Jamaica and Greece, Serbia, Malta. And so on. 

The other Pacific nations need to organise their own comp and tell the Aussies do one.

Spain are in the A Championship because they qualified though, aren’t they?

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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