Oi - the title of this thread is "rugby league is crap", so no praise please.
The titanic clash that had to bribe and harangue fans all week to go to the game, and still only got 25,000.
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Oi - the title of this thread is "rugby league is crap", so no praise please.
The titanic clash that had to bribe and harangue fans all week to go to the game, and still only got 25,000.
Two of the world top 3 teams playing in Sydney only gets 25k.
If Spain played Holland in Kurri they'd get more than that.
More than 3 countries play this garbage?
Wasn't too bad for a rugby league crowd better then the home end at the 20/20 cricket, Having that I didn't buy one of those roo crew t shirts alot were wearing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Premy
There's lots of islands in the pacific.Quote:
Originally Posted by Blackmac79
No...it IS a bad crowd. The prime international of the year.Quote:
Originally Posted by Superdylan
RL is NRL and thats it.
I thought the crowd would be around 25,000 unfortunately due to Australia having so much dominance over the last couple of years people have somewhat lost interest in attending test matches as it has often been a large win by Australia and pretty much a certain win. I myself thought we would win comfortably so I'm actually glad new Zealand made us work hard, made it a good game. Having said that had the game been played in Newcastle no doubt we would have packed out hunter stadium on Friday night.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jetmaster
Yes but so would the Socceroos and Wallabies, even if they played lower tier nations.
International rugby league died with the emergence of SOO and Superleague.
:rof: I'll never forget getting into an argument with a guy who is obsessed with League a few years ago. I said the Rugby League World Cup was a farce as you could count the amount of teams competing in it on two hands only.Quote:
Originally Posted by Blackmac79
He then replied with:
"that's bullshit, m8. You've got (used fingers to count each team):
1. Australia
2. New Zealand
3. England
4. Fiji
5. American Western New Caledonian....
.........
6. A heap of other shitty islands that would go to at least 12"
and then theres the "aussie" nrl players who hop into a country through a distant ancestor, Ital, dutch to get another one in. Its another nrl in different coloursQuote:
Originally Posted by pv4
italyQuote:
Originally Posted by pv4
usa
canada
france
ireland
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So if we disregard American Western New Caledonian, as I have my doubts over whether that is an actual country :rof: , if I add Aus, NZ, England & Fiji to your list I get 10 teams - two hands worth, with a legitimate count :rof:Quote:
Originally Posted by parksey
cant even playQuote:
Originally Posted by parksey
Why was that guy allowed to play for both Australia and Italy?
International eligibility resets after each “World Cup” cycle.Quote:
Originally Posted by Blackmac79
So say I’m a fringe up and coming Aus player, if I miss the cut for the Australian team and have say Fijian, Italian or Russian ancestry & have not played for Australia yet I can nominate to represent them, then it reverts back to a clean slate after the tournament. It’s such a joke designed to allow as many NRL players to play in the tournament to lift the quality of the fringe nations.
Hahahaha.. What a joke of a "competition"..Quote:
Originally Posted by Pico
kunceQuote:
Roosters halfback Mitchell Pearce has been arrested after an early morning altercation with police outside a Kings Cross nightclub
Police attended the club on Roslyn Street at Potts Point at 1:30am after receiving complaints about a patron
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/l...#ixzz31ScD18eo
Acab
grub rageQuote:
Zane Tetevano has had his contract terminated by the Newcastle Knights due to disciplinary reasons, effective immediately.
Tetevano was fined $440 and convicted in Belmont Local Court on Wednesday morning for smashing a taxi windscreen.
The court heard Tetevano lost his temper after an argument with his then partner.
Court documents show the Merewether 23-year-old punched the glass panel on April 28.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/l...#ixzz31klZMBsh
just on run 'n' cuddle: Tinkler has been unable to pay 20 staff/players of the Knights. More later
Hopefully another nail in the coffin and a new owner coming in for the Jets
"Apocalypse Now" http://www.newcastleknights.com.au/n...hip_issue.html
status quoQuote:
A QUEENSLAND supporter allegedly shot dead a teenage NSW fan in Western Sydney after an altercation at a pub where he had been watching State of Origin
Massive coverage of this one....a football fan litters and we're all hooligansQuote:
Originally Posted by hawk
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NRL's copycat coaches losing sight of the big picture
Phil Gould
One of the more common inquiries I receive each week from fans is to explain why all teams play their attacking football the same way.
To a point, that is very true. I guess if all teams played in the same coloured jerseys, it would be hard to tell them apart.
They all have the same structures, patterns, philosophies and the same plays. Each set of six in their own half looks the same.
When they get into attacking positions and are trying to score points, the structures and plays all look the same.
If you watch the NRL regularly you know with 90 per cent certainty what comes next. It’s just a matter of whether your team can do it better than the rival team this weekend.
Very few NRL teams have a style they could truly call their own. Perhaps the Warriors provide a point of difference to other teams. There are certain aspects of Des Hasler’s Bulldogs that stand them apart. The Sea Eagles have a little something, too.
My simple answer to these questions is that if all NRL coaches are playing the game pretty much the same way, then this must be the best way to play.
It’s difficult for those of us on the outside looking in, to question those who are engrossed in this space every day.
If there was a better way, I’m sure someone would’ve produced it by now. I get the feeling that if someone tried to play the game differently, they would probably get thumped. That’s certainly the fear that prevents most coaches from straying too far from the beaten path.
I do understand how fans of particular teams must get exasperated when they see their team is struggling, but they keep doing the same things over and over, each and every week, even though the results don’t get any better. I share their frustration.
I get irritated watching games where teams are going through their attacking plays as though they were choreographed dance sequences, even though this style of football doesn’t necessarily suit the skill set of their players they have at their disposal.
Some of them look like a dog trying to run on wet lino. There’s plenty of energy and effort, you can see where they’d like to go, but all they are doing is spinning their wheels going nowhere.
Don’t get me wrong. Today’s players are truly outstanding athletes. They are fitter, stronger, bigger and more powerful than ever.
But how many of them are really students of the game? How many of them actually look outside their own pocket of action on the field? I guess the bigger question is, how many are encouraged to look outside their pocket of action?
The scary thing is that it goes far deeper than just the NRL teams we see on television every weekend.
If you watch the lower-grade football, it is identical. The development pathways and junior representative teams pretty much replicate what the big boys are doing.
Even if you go right back down into park and junior league football, you can see the influence of NRL structures as far back as teams at 10 years of age.
From very early in a young player’s career they are being taught to play in lanes.
The vast majority of kids are confined to a playing zone, either in the middle, left or right side of the field. The skill set being taught to kids may well be specific; however, I find it to be very limited and restrictive.
I don’t think it gives kids an overall knowledge of the game. Versatility is now a rare commodity. The kid could end up playing in this one part of the field for the rest of his days, because that is all he has ever been taught.
So if this is all we are coaching into kids from the time they start playing, chances are we are going to be locked into this style of football for at least another 20 years.
If we study the evolution of attacking football down through the decades, we can see elements of the game that was played in the 60s and 70s still very evident in the modern game.
We can see the influence of great coaches and special individual players from certain eras on today’s action. However, the roles of players and positions within a team framework have become more defined, more scripted and more controlled.
I have long held the fear that junior league has been far too influenced by what they see in the professional game. The thought of junior coaches coaching kids like they were NRL teams has always been of great concern to me.
I think we coach creativity out of kids. By the time they have come through the more elite development and junior representative programs, we have pretty much taken their size and their skill set, and moulded it into becoming a more common cog in an even more common wheel.
Kids are coached very much on the HOW. I’m not so sure coaching spends enough time coaching the WHY.
Of course, attacking football in the professional game has been heavily sculptured by several factors.
The effects of almost two decades of full-time training, rigorous video analysis, the vastly improved fitness and strength of the individuals, constant rule changes and the evolution of tackling and wrestling techniques. It’s something of a vicious cycle in this regard.
The players being recruited and developed these days are primarily in the size and power mode. They are recruited to fit a mould or a specific job within a team framework, therefore, the style of game and player is being perpetuated.
Old timers, such as me, keep an eye out for the kid that just plays like a footballer. They are still around.
But if they can’t hit, stick, wrestle or physically push their frame through the defensive line with brute force, they are generally overlooked before they get the chance to develop their talents.
Players are not so much promoted on ABILITY, but rather on their RELIABILITY. Coaches look more at whether the athlete will stand up to the physical demands for the long term, rather than imagining what else the footballer may bring to the team?
The basics of football have never really changed. If you want to win consistently , your team needs to be able to go forward, control the ball, kick, chase and tackle.
That’s pretty much football in a nutshell. There isn’t a great deal of science in all of that. If the player has the physical capabilities, the coach can find a role for him within this framework.
However, I believe so many other aspects of these basics are being neglected. Or at least they are not being fully explored.
How conscious are we of developing or expanding the individual talents of a playmaker? Or helping all players within the team THINK their way through games rather than just using their bodies and following a rigid script?
I would like to replace teaching the kids the HOW with teaching them more about the WHY. Or better still, the WHY NOT?
We teach them the HOW as though this is the only way to perform their role. Every player, in each position, in every team, is pretty much given the same job. The frustrating thing is that their skill sets are rarely developed beyond the narrow scope of their restricted roles.
I get more excited in coaching the WHY.
Why do we run this sequence, this play, this angle, this pass?
What reaction are we looking for from the defensive line? How can we get a defender to react the way we want him to react? How many different plays can we execute to get the reaction we desire?
What other possible reactions could we see? How will we react if they do what we predict? How will we act if they react differently? What comes next? How do we take advantage of any confusion or disorganisation we have created in the defensive line?
I always liked to explore the talents of an individual and determine how and when he likes to get the ball to bring his unique skills or footwork into play.
I liked to study all the ways he will react instinctively in a given situation and then have the teamwork to create these opportunities for the individual.
Coaches should be constantly searching for ways to push beyond the boundaries of what currently exists. Anyone can become good at this game if they train hard and work hard. But how do you become great? And how do you go from being great to being No.1?
You can’t be the best if you simply follow what everyone else is doing.
To me, that should be the goal. Not to be like everyone else, but to be the best.
Phil Gould is general manager of the Penrith Panthers
This story was found at: http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/l...621-zsh9n.html
even Gus reckons the game is repetive and predictable.
it s agood article for anyone interested in coaching, he practcly preaches for coaches to utilise the "Games Sense Approach" to develop more intelligent players..... a move the ASC started promting years and yeras and years ago, the idea is old the PDHPE Syllabus for high school pretty much forces PE staff to use it. (just not many "old school" types do.
http://m.liveleak.com/view?i=486_1403588160
Canberra raiders fan from friday night parro on a bus coming home from the game.
once more just for posterity
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BrRLIP4CQAA5E8x.jpg:large
He must have been parched
Fighting for the shire's indepence from nsw rule.
Well, at least he's not beating the shit out of women or raping Labradors.
Very true. It's amazing how low the bar is set.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Dunster
not as bad as suarez
Maybe if he bit his own wang whilst pissing in his mouth?Quote:
Originally Posted by snake
https://au.news.yahoo.com/nsw/video/...-rugby-battle/
Save it for origin boys. It's worshipped there.
Happens every week around the country. "Smack him", "Hit him", "Get a dog up ya" it's just culture come on "Bring back the biff".Quote:
Originally Posted by GazFish35
i cant believe it but I should expect it. Todd carney is a pisshead & joins the Monaghan club. dirty low cvnts
stuff like this isnt a one off for this grub
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_yOV8dhzN4jk/Sd...0/toddnude.jpg
turns out its just normal nrl behaviour, sorry toddy. just puttin it out there but I bet he's too gutless to eat a turd and show proof.Quote:
NOV 2006: Banned from driving after being arrested for drink-driving
MAY 2007: Sentenced to 200 hours of community service and banned from driving until 2012 after police chase in Canberra
AUG 2008: Sacked by Canberra and deregistered by NRL after urinating on a patron in a Canberra nightclub
MARCH 2009: Banned from home town Goulburn for a year and ordered to alcohol counselling after a drunken rampage
JAN 2010: Sets alight a man’s trousers at a New Year’s Eve party, causing burns to his buttock, scrotum and thighs
FEB 2011: Charged with drink-driving the morning after sinking eight to 10 beers
MAR 2011: Narrowly avoids jail for drink-driving charge and vows to attend Alcoholics Anonymous
APRIL 2011: Stood down by Roosters after alcohol-related indiscretions with teammate Anthony Watts, returns in round 10
JUNE 2014: Sacked by Cronulla after unsavoury photo of him at a urinal appeared on social media
See the sob story on NBN tonight with that Weidler weasel....even brought his mum into it of course.
Odds on will sign for the Knights!
http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/l...701-zss9q.html
phwoar steve mascord laying it down
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The rebellious response to Carney's sacking from Sharks players represents a tipping point for the game's culture in this country. It's not just a clash of cultures, it's a war of ideologies.
On one side, there is an eternal boys club, an Orwellian Animal Farm that has arisen as a result of a male-only workplace, too much money, too much time and countless troubled childhoods.
This group wants the media blamed for reporting what they do (even when not a single paper was printed between the Carney picture emerging and his sacking), they want punching and shoulder charges reinstated, they think spewing and shitting and pissing are funny.
On the other is a governing body run by a former corporate banker trying to figure out why twice as many Australian women say they have been to an AFL game as to a rugby league match, and why rugby union still gets blue chip sponsors despite all other indicators of its health indicating imminent cardiac arrest.