why do all of you idiots out there post positive nrl news and turn it into an australia v england thing? it is pathetic. lets be happy that the game is doing so well in both hemispheres. if you stopped carrying on like idiots, i think you would find that most english posters on here enjoy the nrl and are glad of its success, and instead of retaliating to the original post which turns into petty bickering between the two countries. everybody is here because enjoy rugby league, stop embarrassing us fellow australians who actually follow all forms of rugby league around the world. if you dont like super league or rugby league outside of the nrl, there are plenty of nrl forums. it is f*cking pathetic sometimes.

Well I guess all those responsible for the national surveys which continuously show that RL is more popular then AFL and RU must have "lost the plot" then....

Ok we had a bit of fun lol.And yes I love English RL I just wish it was popular like our comp.I just want RL to thrive, not only here but everywhere in the World.

Has Gibbsy shagged your wife or somethin

he wishes!

I've just realised what i've inferred there..never mind

I feel incredibly proud of Australia. In the same way as I feel proud of my son dribbling round me on the local park or my daughter beating me in the swimming pool.

I mean, you are all just Englishmen living in another country.

Does he have a specific illness or was he just brain damaged at birth?

Well said! I am pleased to see rugby league doing well in Aus and only wish Sky still had the contract to show the games. I'm fairly sure that bagging those who follow the sport in the UK is counter productive and isn't really helping anything. Maybe the person who posted this thread should bare that in mind..

Or as i mentioned on another thread it could just be a lazy attempt at trolling.

a RL game which will capture the attention of a majority of a nation?

yeah we aint talking about england ....

are you happy about that?

people should know their place thats all.

when it comes to league, im proud of what has been achieved here since 1908.


RL is what it is in england and australia because of the respective leaderships.

a game like tomorrow is a fantastic achievement for our game and when i go to games like this i think about what people like gillitnan, hoyle and trumper did over 100 years ago

Over 75,000 tickets sold,this is massive for our game we all love.

wow, amazing

cant wait for this game. the atmosphere with 2 traditional sides in there will be hectic

Sounds good.
Whats the reason so many are turning out for this game? Talk about a bandwagon

2 popular sydney sides.

they played a number of very close grand finals in the 80s with either side winning against the other.

the eels are a sleeping giant of our RL scene but havent won the comp. since 1986.

the dogs have amongst the highest sydney crowd averages and are the 2nd most succesful side in terms of GFs won since 1980

you get a lot of sydney clubs which have a traditional rivalry and when it gets down to a big game like tomorrow or a GF, it really does go off.

the nrl hasnt really experienced a GF between 2 popular sydney teams. when that happens the game will get a massive shot in the arm.

So there's a lot of casual fans of times gone by turning out for this one?
Be sort of like how warry took 30,000 to Wembley yet couldnt average 10,000 this year!
On a slightly different note, the fans are obviously out there so instead of the respective clubs sitting back on their laurels they should be trying to find out how to get these people to the games regularly

Wow, the aussies and aussie wannabee's still singing the same tired old song (sounds a bit like Karaoke on a bad night - deep in their minds they know how bad they are at singing but they need the attention)

Shouldn't this be on the Aussie R/L board - Oh I forgot - no one reads that so your fervent need for attention would remain unsatisfied.

As for Barry_McNumpty, I can only assume he's a league Freak wanabee. Freaks comments about Chev walker were low but your:

"Does he have a specific illness or was he just brain damaged at birth?"

Comment is beyond what most people find acceptable.

Hutch summed it up:

[iif you dont like super league or rugby league outside of the nrl, there are plenty of nrl forums. it is f*cking pathetic sometimes.[/i

the parramatta eels fans have been starved of success since the 80s

A bit like the saints!

What happened to your Giants Dragons WCC.
Unlucky..yet if you see a pig flying then one half of your prediction may come true

we choked.

on your previous post, parra have a new administration which will target increasing season ticket holders from a pathetic 1500 - 3000 up to 10,000.

the dogs are at 8000 now and their crowds are around 15,000 - 17,000.

they are one of the sydney teams that can get to 30,000 crowds with the right marketing.

clubs never used to push for crowds as they had rich Leagues Club behind them to fund their teams

i agree, we should have been pushing the whole membership thing for the last 15 years, but clubs are starting to catch on. each club has hundreds of thousands of fans, its just a matter of getting bums on seats. within a few years i would expect the tigers, bulldogs and souths to be pushing 25k averages. the dragons and parra would be close to that as well but are restricted by their home stadiums.

souths are leading the way and showing others how to do it.

the dogs with their success are building and todd greenberg is such a good CEO.

you guys are always popular and some semi final success will push it on.

still souths playing at homebush and tigers at the SFS is what is wrong with RL.

Teams should have their own identity in a stadium.
I understand why they take it to the bigger ground but about 5 teams groundsharing.i dunno..it loses some identity for me.
Having said that it's a different country but over here if teams did that it just wouldnt wash.

25k averages would be amazing for those teams though.