Precisely my point. This doll issue was a non-event in Australia. The game however was massive and has seen people from countless other sports comment on its sheer quality. The BBC saw fit not to report on that but to find some curious agenda which was hidden to the vast bulk of Australians.

Further, rugby league people in Australia take great offence and rightly so at being lumped in with the AFLs disastrous treatment of Adam Goodes. It is a total irrelevance to the Australian rugby league community which has embraced indigenous players for many decades.

George Kay played in the academy at warrington 97-2000.

Whilst I'm not one to defend the BBCs perceived Union bias, to be fair they've pretty much just nicked that Thurston article from the Sydney Morning Herald;

[urlhttp://m.smh.com.au/rugby-league/johnathan-thurstons-daughters-doll-gets-the-country-talking-20151004-gk133e.html[/url

Well that is a union infested rag from way back. And perceived?

They obviously missed the other 1000s of articles on the quality of the game while including that particular one selectively. But as long as it's perceived...well I am happy.

Quote ="Big Jim Slade"It's like this BBC article www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-league/34419249 about doping being widespread in rugby. By and large the article is about Union, but it only features on the League area of the site. Strange that.'" Except it didn't. It was also on the Union section of the BBC Sport website, albeit a bit further down given they've got something quite important going at the moment. Still, carry on with the rampant paranoia if it helps you sleep at night.

Quote ="Big Jim Slade"It's like this BBC article www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-league/34419249 about doping being widespread in rugby. By and large the article is about Union, but it only features on the League area of the site. Strange that.'" Except it didn't. It was also on the Union section of the BBC Sport website, albeit a bit further down given they've got something quite important going at the moment. Still, carry on with the rampant paranoia if it helps you sleep at night.

Except it was added later and it was under the heading other stories of interest
RUGBY LEAGUE

"doping is widespread".

"Rugby league star" haha- did he even play a first team game?
He's only called a "rugby league star" because he's spent time at her majesty's pleasure.
He's spent more time inside than on the pitch.

Another win for quality coverage in the UK. You would have to be a complete simpleton to not see the agenda.

Even the general public have tagged on to how it works with #blameburgess. lol

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... g-pin.html And strides out again with the charges thrown out by the Magistrate. I'll wait for the pages of material about that in the Daily Mail. No agenda to see here.

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... g-pin.html And strides out again with the charges thrown out by the Magistrate. I'll wait for the pages of material about that in the Daily Mail. No agenda to see here.

'General public'?



And there was me thinking it was Union-obsessives like you.

By rampant paranoia do you mean a fair and reasonable interpretation of what I've seen? I'm an intelligent guy so please don't patronise me. Look at the article, it was classified as a rugby league story, not union or both, while most of the content focused on union.

But then you probably couldn't see that as you're an agenda driven troll.

galliant,

Took you off ignore as a mod said you had been banned as an obvious union troll with nothing to add. Yet you are back. Obviously the moderation needs work here.

Not to worry, back on ignore. Have a happy life. You may wish to consider getting some treatment for why as a union troll you spend so much time on a rugby league board. Don't bother replying. I won't be reading it. haha

Toodles.

As for the thread substance rather than the troll, the fact the #blameburgess joke is so widely known says it all about how transparent union's pathetic agenda is. What sort of a gormless sport tries to blame the new bloke who has been there less than 1 year while ignoring the dozens who have played the game all their lives? Almost the very definition of failing to take responsibility for their actions. Truly laughable.

Listened to TalkSport for an hour and a half this morning and forty minutes at lunch and not one mention of the SL Grand Final. The Wales v Australia game was heavily covered, with repeat features on it and several interviews on it. They went on several times about the massive weekend of sport coming, then previewed Wales v Australia again, listed every race in the horse racing and every international football game, then every Union World Cup game. Not even a mention for the GF. TalkSport historically has always mentioned league, even if not showing any real interest in it. To not even mention the biggest game of RL of the year, when they routinely at least list the fixtures and results is bizarre. Makes you wonder whether it's a deliberate omission, perhaps due to their deal with the RUWC? Are Union really going back to the 80s and 90s and actively seeking to prevent the media covering RL? Or is it just the Union-biased producers being fools?

I'm sure they used to cover RL on Friday afternoon. There will be some coverage tomorrow as f*ck all else of note is happening

The report is presented as a Rugby League story, strange given that the quoted statistics in the article show that Union players have been guilty of around 50% more positive tests than Rugby League players.

[iAs for the thread substance rather than the troll, the fact the #blameburgess joke is so widely known says it all about how transparent union's pathetic agenda is. What sort of a gormless sport tries to blame the new bloke who has been there less than 1 year while ignoring the dozens who have played the game all their lives? Almost the very definition of failing to take responsibility for their actions. Truly laughable[/i.

What cracked me up was the real disappointment shown by the "England supporters" in the studio that Sam didn't get a yellow.

It's like they felt that by not getting a yellow like Farrell, they had been somehow cheated out of being able to blame the whole defeat on him.

Pathetic.

The bloke doing some outside shots around Manchester for BBC North West Tonight at 18 will be the place to be tomorrow night".

The sports reader also said "I'm going to Wigan-Leeds as well, can't wait"!

Before that BBC 6 o'clock News didn't mention the Grand Final, and after it, the One Show talked about a load of rugby and football games at the very end as being part of a "great weekend of sport" and didn't mention the Grand Final.

That's typical BBC.
The RFL need to improve their media department and get the message out.

www.independent.co.uk/sport/gene ... 88711.html This laughable attempt, despite trying to be positive about rugby league I suspect (who knows the writer is so muddled), contains such obvious failings that anyone calling themselves a Senior Writer should just hand in their ID and leave the building. Rugby union is a dubious fourth most popular football code in Australia, not sport. Hayne's NFL telecasts have been outrating union matches though so fifth is on the way.

www.independent.co.uk/sport/gene ... 88711.html This laughable attempt, despite trying to be positive about rugby league I suspect (who knows the writer is so muddled), contains such obvious failings that anyone calling themselves a Senior Writer should just hand in their ID and leave the building. Rugby union is a dubious fourth most popular football code in Australia, not sport. Hayne's NFL telecasts have been outrating union matches though so fifth is on the way.

A positive article here from the Telegraph. www.telegraph.co.uk/men/active/1 ... y-fit.html

A positive article here from the Telegraph. www.telegraph.co.uk/men/active/1 ... y-fit.html

BBC TV News excelled themselves last night. Leeds won and legend Kevin Sinfield played his last match before switching to Rugby Union. No mention of Peacock retiring.

BBC TV News excelled themselves last night. Leeds won and legend Kevin Sinfield played his last match before switching to Rugby Union. No mention of Peacock retiring.

The BBC still comes up short with its Rugby League coverage.
They need to have someone in the studio giving out the sports news who understands our game.