gallop asked on expansion said growing the salary cap was the key but as we would be getting "a whole chunk of money" from our new tv deals expansion was on the agenda

he was asked about central coast and went on about their merits and then without being asked added perth. when said it had failed previously he defended them saying it was because of the SL war.

when AFL people were asked where they could expand to next they said PNG




it seems everyone is now saying the nrl will get 1 billion next time round

it was also mentioned the nrl was already well advanced in tv negotiations and gallop is confident of a massive outcome for us

richard colless was quoted saying the new AFL team will not only fail but also kill them off as well

on western sydney talked about how hard it will be to "buy fans" for other sports

talked about how if you play RL as a junior you can play for the local nrl teams, but if you play AFL you can end up in freemantle

the AFL guy looked miffed at this

john oneil was asked about the league boys beating his mob in the 7s and he fluffed it

oneill was asked about lote tuqiris return to league and he got grumpy.

gallop keeps talking about how important it is for kids to play for australia.

really good shots at afl.

the AFL guys said how big western sydney is, as big as perth and adelaide combined

Funny stuff DM.

Shame no-one asked O'Neill how his "the rah rah will take over RL" fantasy is going...

No doubt it is well advanced in his mind.

Why do people pick on Fremantle? It's a great place to live!



Somebody has clearly written Gallop a new song book to sing from.

anyone find it funny that news ltd yes man gallop is now talking the talk and fighting the fight eg; tv deals and expansion?
when for years said did nothing to get league on tv at decent hour outside of nsw,qld,act, northern territory! Now he mention nrl cant get a loan to buy headquaters cause theres nothing in the bank 1/2 goes to news ltd and 1/2 is grants to the clubs! could have mentioned that 5 years ago buddy and startd saving a 1% nowd = a decent amount.

in victoria, s.a, w.a, tasmania you often cant even whatch game on pay tv? and have to wait til midnight for the game on channel 9. i whatch 2009 anzac test live on justintv because no free to air coverage till midnight( with ads your going to be up till 2.30am an if you have to work in morning!!!) and not on pay tv! friday night nrl coverage is the same in victoria!

anyway i wont be believing anything gallop says till he actually does something! i personally think with his new limited masters leaving the game hes been let off the chain from being thier yes man! and his angle is a high ranking well payed spot on new idependant commision. well he better pull off a mega deal, get better coverage to the rest of oz states, as for saving money well they can only start now!

I must admit I like Fremantle too...

Little Creatures brewery especially. Great Pale Ale.

As for the Dockers, well, they can take a flying f$#k.

He has been guaranteed a spot on the IC.

I suspect he knows that and is finally having to promote the game rather than pontificating, which seems to be his specialty.

to be fair where he has taken RL since he took over from moffatt, and the idiot ex balmain guy forgot his name is brilliant

its easy to take a sport going well and grow it

he took a sport with major troubles and has turned it around

if the next tv deal is 1 billion hes better than arko / quayle imo

because if you come from sydney, especially western sydney its the end of the earth

as both codes battle for juniors its a brilliant point

the way he talked about michael jennings being a penrith junior, then playing for the penrith nrl club, also playing for nsw in origin and then for australia

jeeze he got AFL 3 times in one sentence

if you are a junior athlete in western sydney why play AFL?

look i dont know if you are a troll or a real RL fan but gallop brought in the gold coast titans.

RL junior in western sydney- play for your local NRL club, play origin for nsw, play tests for your country

RL junior in western sydney being tempted by AFL - play for fremantle dockers

I am reserving judgment on the same question.

Saw the coverage of this...

O'Neill is the lowest scum in sports admin.

He looked like the bloke who gets asked questions out of embarrassment because no-one is really interested in him or what he sells.

Bit like Clive Woody...

and they both watch lots of nrl too.

Sounds like it was a good value.

What exactly was this? Just found this, www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010 ... ugbyleague.

What exactly was this? Just found this, www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010 ... ugbyleague.

ARU using RL to get some coverage, nothing more.

Was this some kind of debate with reps from Aussie sports there?

Yeah happens every year, all the 4 top dogs from the footy codes get together with Cricket as well and talk about where their games are going blah blah blah, usually, the union guy is ignored lol.

For the past 2 years, the GayFL head honcho hasn't bothered to turn up, he must think he's too good to be amongst the lesser codes hobnobs so he sends one of hios play things in his place.

I didn't see it yesterday so I can say much about it, but the reports in the media about O'neil and the ARU/Olympics thing is Union using RL to get some much needed headlines.

There will be more shortly as SOO is getting pretty close.

$4million for one game is pretty impressive though.

Interesting the NRL (Gallop) using the international chances line to outmaneouvre Aussie Rules. That is why most league players in Europe are tempted to switch to union and with the greatest respect Australia has hardly championed international rugby league over recent years. I'd love international rugby league to grow and flourish, but naturally, not force-fed to confused locals as in the often used rugby union method. A competitive international rugby league scene coupled by a strong NRL would do some serious damage to Aussie Rules and Aussie union in my opinion.

When the NRL signed the last TV contract with ch numpty, the money for the Internationals was put aside as well, and each year until the next TV deal, it goes up if I remember right, that's why we have seen more promotion of IRL over the last few seasons, it's set to continue.

the bloodyslow is small compared to SOO, 4 million wouldn't be half maybe even a quarter what the SOO makes.