I rang Channel Nein Adelaide last week, more in divine hope as I knew what the answer would be. Made me laugh/despair when I was told that they had no plans whatsoever to broadcast it however maybe I could catch it on Foxtel - I had to explain that they had bought it from Foxtel! I explained that despite the AFL brainwashing and total contempt for the game by the SA media there was a strong RL audience out there - especially given the large number of Pommy Barstewards here. So yet another letter off to Ch Nein to be ignored!!

Forgot to complain about cutting off the GF celebrations too - surely the news could have waited a quarter of an hour!

They are all fighting right now to work out how they are going to do sport on TV in Australia.


The free to air networks want to be able to show sports that are protected by the anti siphoning list on their secondary digital channels.

Fox Sports of course is opposed to that, saying its anti competitive. They want any sport thats free to air stations dont show on their main channel to then revert back to them.


At the end of the day the NRL has to make sure that outside of the NSW/QLD markets, its product is shown on the main channel of its broadcaster. Having games played on secondary channels is rubbish.

The ESL is considered to be a competition where our players go to die and get paid heaps for doing so.

Its widely regarded as being less skilful than our park footy.

English players are a joke and even the NRL trying to help out by giving poms like Ellis and that other idiot from Bradford (Burgess??) a run would not increase the interest enough to warrant showing the SL 'grand' final live in Australia


thank god

I think Barry would be the perfect motivator for the English in two weeks time!
Want a job where you dont wear a scruffy tshirt and pants Baz?? you dont have to clean up the fag ends either

Even this guy couldn't motivate England







Sometimes I would really LOVE to do a job where I got to wear scruffy pants and a T shirt instead of having to get suited and booted every morning

Oh god...Mr Motivator...the HORROORRRRR!!!
Im sure that bloke looked bigger back in the day, the day where everyones mums had to watch his videos and got the 3 year old kids to join in..Im still a tortured child