the show presented RL in a very positive light

big tv deal, solid expansion plans

the oneill comment about thurston playing 7s at the olympics was laughed at by the media there.

Quote ="Catalancs"What exactly was this? Just found this, www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010 ... ugbyleague.'" O'Neill trying to talk Union up. A bit like Nero fiddling while Rome burns. In another article he's crapping on about how he won't poach any more NRL stars unless they "come for the challenge on an incentive based contract". www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/ ... 5851097651 If they go, they go for the dough. I also like when he says "Union is emerging from a trough", what a load of rubbish. Union is deep in the trough in Australia and still on the downswing. They haven't yet hit rock bottom because all he has to talk about is Rugby League.

Quote ="Catalancs"What exactly was this? Just found this, www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010 ... ugbyleague.'" O'Neill trying to talk Union up. A bit like Nero fiddling while Rome burns. In another article he's crapping on about how he won't poach any more NRL stars unless they "come for the challenge on an incentive based contract". www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/ ... 5851097651 If they go, they go for the dough. I also like when he says "Union is emerging from a trough", what a load of rubbish. Union is deep in the trough in Australia and still on the downswing. They haven't yet hit rock bottom because all he has to talk about is Rugby League.

Quote ="EA"O'Neill trying to talk Union up. A bit like Nero fiddling while Rome burns. In another article he's crapping on about how he won't poach any more NRL stars unless they "come for the challenge on an incentive based contract". www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/ ... 5851097651 If they go, they go for the dough. I also like when he says "Union is emerging from a trough", what a load of rubbish. Union is deep in the trough in Australia and still on the downswing. They haven't yet hit rock bottom because all he has to talk about is Rugby League.'" I like how he didn't offer one bit of evidence for the "emerging from the trough" crap. Perhaps because he had NIL

Quote ="EA"O'Neill trying to talk Union up. A bit like Nero fiddling while Rome burns. In another article he's crapping on about how he won't poach any more NRL stars unless they "come for the challenge on an incentive based contract". www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/ ... 5851097651 If they go, they go for the dough. I also like when he says "Union is emerging from a trough", what a load of rubbish. Union is deep in the trough in Australia and still on the downswing. They haven't yet hit rock bottom because all he has to talk about is Rugby League.'" I like how he didn't offer one bit of evidence for the "emerging from the trough" crap. Perhaps because he had NIL

at least he admits union is declining

the gate from an origin game is $5 - 8 million per game

It still is...









What a massive shame.

If you look closely you can see O'Neill working his jaw muscles hard whenever Gallop is talking...





Alan Pease anyone?

thats because hes thinking of giving gallop a BJ.

ill bet he wishes he could be in charge of the nrl now rather than union

Although he clearly thinks it, he wouldn't admit it unless he was placed on the rack and stretched considerably...

And that's the funny thing, for all Gallops flaws, some people about 6/7 years ago wanted this muppet O'Neil to run RL, he'd have killed it in two ways...

Incompetence and vengefulness, the guys a complete c0ck.

The closest he should get to RL is a first hand view of Bozo's cement truck - from under the wheels...

For sure, the merkin would murder RL on purpose if he had the chance.

oneill is the man to thank for destroying rugby union in oz

he blew $40 million in their funds and now the sport is saddled with salaries it cant afford

hes playing extra bledisloe games in hong kong, more test matches and club games to cover the financial holes

still the game just keeps shrinking

the collapse in bledisloe ratings by 50% is a major problem for them

messenger i played the game for 10 years are you saying i was just pretending to like the game!!! ha! going to the warriors play the storm later this month and world champ kiwi's vs the nation that used to world champs at the new melbourne stadium in may! if your going? ill met you before the game you can call me names to my face if you want?


anyway just saying gallop until this year has done little in regards to expansion or improving tv coverage for people outside nsw and qld! he wants a well paid gig on the new commision thats his angle in my opinion. good that he is finally doing his job tho better later than never

like i said before gold coast titans

if you are a RL fan are you saying youve never heard of them?

yeah im going to travel to melbourne to talk to someone who might or might not be a league fan

***** Internet tough guy alert ******

Excellent news if true.


I live in Catalonia/Spain and the Super 14 is available on pay tv. They also show the union six nations on free tv here. I know the NRL would be a massive hit here and I think it would be well worth Gallop et al. getting a deal in place to show the greatest domestic rugby comp in the world on tv in place like Catalonia, Italy, Germany and Serbia where the game is slowly but surely taking off.

there has been talk of les cats linking about with the big catalonian soccer team in spain?

good move by them tapping into that market

FC Barcelona, but nothing in that I'm afraid.

NRL should be giving games away in Europe and Nth America. They still haven't woken up to the potential to take our game to a bigger audience. Mind you they can't spread it around the country so i guess the world is a bit much to ask!

Sod's law says it will happen when I move back to England

The troll handle seems quite apt.

Tough guy too.

Thanks for the heads up, EA.

is this programme available to view online anywhere?

www.brisbanetimes.com.au/sport/a ... N_Yww2rNgg shows how difficult expansion is and soccer is very popular on the gold coast too. cant survive on sub 5000 crowds though and nth queensland had to be bailed out as well.

www.brisbanetimes.com.au/sport/a ... N_Yww2rNgg shows how difficult expansion is and soccer is very popular on the gold coast too. cant survive on sub 5000 crowds though and nth queensland had to be bailed out as well.