never mind the records for tv and crowds..

Alternatively, everyone should feel free to read the Four Corners transcript to make up their own minds:

http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/content/2004/s1100551.htm

but, you don’t like to say just what he did – - and at the time, he was niether charged, interviewed nor considered involved in the alledged assault.

Do you KNOW otherwise? If not, then I’d advise you to leave it alone.

Samantha Lane for mine (Before the game Ch 10) although none of my mates can see it.

Redb

p.s. nice save AndyRoo….. ahh the magic of the edit button.

Magnay is the bearer of bad news but someone has to do it. At least it comes accross as fair and researched (i.e. journalism)

R Wilson…. well she is the Daily Telegraph personified.

Why is that Redb?

You do recall the story don’t you?

Why was no attention paid to it Redb? Should we ask the NRL, or should wer ask the AFL?

Why is the AFL so happy to ignore their own problems Redb?

Why are they so happy to promote their “better values” when something unseamly occurs in the NRL, as they did in the aftermath of the Matthew John s scandal Redb?

Or should NRL fans just suck all that up and ignore it as AFL fans are want to do?

If Carney misbehaves again at the Roosters who is going to be shocked?
I hope he has a good year and shows fulfils his potential but if he doesn’t the rooster should be accountable

Ask an NRL sponsor?

The brother in the back sat who constantly blames his sibling always ends up in more trouble Sure the AFL kid is the blonde blue eyed smart arse, the NRL kid the rough and tumble ranga. Attempting to implicate others as just as bad doesnt work, fix from within.

Aim at the players and coaches in the NRL for your troubles, ask how is that that Arana Taumata is now at his 5th club West Tigers – not acceptable. If the club members had any guts or love for their club they would protest. They don’t.

Redb

“What goes on in the AFL, stays in the AFL”.

How dare anyone suggest otherwise.

As Roy Masters likes to tell us all, RL is a soap opera – well if you live by the sword you die by it. RL scandals sell papers in Sydney.

Sponsors on the other hand abhor them, so whilst News Ltd is keen to manipulate the NRL for its benefit – rollercoaster of bad stories and rejuvenated stories (game cant be killed type stuff) , the sponsors now have club CEOs and Gallop on a hair trigger.

Stop whinging and stop trying to stain other codes. Stop buying papers and fix your own problem.

Redb

Another team in Queensland and the Central Coast Bears are no brainers. We need to protect our grassroots, and it makes sense demographically. Another team in NZ would be great as well. The remaining team should be based in Perth. There has been some very minor development in WA and they have a team in the Jim Beam Cup. They have also produced Daniel Holdsworth and Matt Petereson. Demographically, Perth will grow at a faster rate than Adeliade with many expats from NSW and QLD moving there. They have also a large South African population who may enjoy rubgy league or support it as their second choice of code. Plus the economy is grow as commodiity prices continue to rise.

compare the pair:

both News Ltd papers
DT website “Sports” homepage :http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport
It very much appears as NRL ‘plus’. The top half of the webpage is about 85% NRL.

compare to HS webstie “Sports” homepage : http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport
not one bit of AFL in the thumbnails – - and this is the Melbourne major paper with a packed MCG due tonight and tomorrow night. No AFL photos. Nothing until you get to

Perhaps this shows the NRL – News Ltd vested interest at its best. The DT is effectively a pseudo NRL homepage. This just magnifies the NRL coverage.

And perhaps this illustrates the ‘new media’ new age of NRL coverage in the Sydney market?? Which – it might appear – is very much a different balance than in Melbourne.

Throwing a mic at you is not the way to do things, obviously in America they have equal rights, but you could see the tension
on the players face having to do a running interveiw after the game with helmet just taken off.

And his wogball thoery will come back to haunt him once they inject a second Melbourne team. You seen those nutters down there, dancing in the isles, imagine trying to watch a game there. It was like being at a rave party, but without a dance floor, thats boring 20 year old EPL behaviour, something the EPL has gone to great trouble to get rid of out of their fans , and still not succeeded,(milwal)
The writing is on the wall for trouble with this footy code, too many young kids full of adrenilen. Thats how all the trouble starts overseas, youth without a future finding a outlet to explode their frustrations.

http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/behind-enemy-lines-life-as-a-woman-sports-reporter-20090918-ftwi.html

The question is, where do you expand if you could, Wellington seems a must, or at least another team out of NZ, the Bears want back in, that would be a easy option, we need to look at least Perth, and i think Brisbane is alright with only one team, they can play double headers up here anytime if they need to. Even if we went to 21 teams and played each other team once a seaon, that would give us 20 rounds , And then we could use a 3 week span middle of the season for SOO and a mini NRL olympics. Fastest over 1,2 and 4 hundred, Shot put, High jump, drop kicks punts, shoot-outs, weight lift.etc.