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		<title>By: Crooscoder</title>
		<link>http://www.theroar.com.au/2010/02/05/a-great-day-for-the-greatest-game-of-all/comment-page-4/#comment-296055</link>
		<dc:creator>Crooscoder</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 01:18:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I feel the pain already,but all I have to do is remove the special specs,and Petero becomes a mere mortal again,albeit a huge mere mortal.Throw in the Pommy guy and David Taylor hitting a screen near you.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I feel the pain already,but all I have to do is remove the special specs,and Petero becomes a mere mortal again,albeit a huge mere mortal.Throw in the Pommy guy and David Taylor hitting a screen near you.</p>
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		<title>By: Realist</title>
		<link>http://www.theroar.com.au/2010/02/05/a-great-day-for-the-greatest-game-of-all/comment-page-3/#comment-295751</link>
		<dc:creator>Realist</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 05:50:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>allblackfan/siva

The Broncos&#039; crowds will be much higher than the Reds&#039; crowds.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>allblackfan/siva</p>
<p>The Broncos&#8217; crowds will be much higher than the Reds&#8217; crowds.</p>
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		<title>By: Rod</title>
		<link>http://www.theroar.com.au/2010/02/05/a-great-day-for-the-greatest-game-of-all/comment-page-3/#comment-295642</link>
		<dc:creator>Rod</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 01:39:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I watch online mate.

Go to LU and sign up or if you are already a member bump a thread like this

http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/showthread.php?t=349948

I&#039;ll send you a PM.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I watch online mate.</p>
<p>Go to LU and sign up or if you are already a member bump a thread like this</p>
<p><a href="http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/showthread.php?t=349948" rel="nofollow">http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/showthread.php?t=349948</a></p>
<p>I&#8217;ll send you a PM.</p>
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		<title>By: Corey</title>
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		<dc:creator>Corey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 01:28:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m sorry, I meant more people watching Union (as the starting point is here and with Siva promoting Union it would now be here- a greater level than the previous here), forgive my rhetoric.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m sorry, I meant more people watching Union (as the starting point is here and with Siva promoting Union it would now be here- a greater level than the previous here), forgive my rhetoric.</p>
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		<title>By: Mick from Giralang</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mick from Giralang</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 20:36:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It&#039;s a disconcerting thought to have big Petero running at you in your lounge room in 3D.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s a disconcerting thought to have big Petero running at you in your lounge room in 3D.</p>
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		<title>By: Crosscoder</title>
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		<dc:creator>Crosscoder</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 20:27:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Good to see your back in another guise Siva.AllBlackFan sounds good.
The All stars match is already a sellout.I will see you and raise you one.Although I can&#039;t&quot; see&quot; you on FTA.
Oh and you will be able to see a SOO match in 3D this year,just thought I would keep you up to date on rl in Australia.Ideal for the 13 man  running game ,hey what.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good to see your back in another guise Siva.AllBlackFan sounds good.<br />
The All stars match is already a sellout.I will see you and raise you one.Although I can&#8217;t&#8221; see&#8221; you on FTA.<br />
Oh and you will be able to see a SOO match in 3D this year,just thought I would keep you up to date on rl in Australia.Ideal for the 13 man  running game ,hey what.</p>
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		<title>By: allblackfan</title>
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		<dc:creator>allblackfan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:23:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Lot more people are watchng union.
North Harbour stadium (NZ) and ME stadium (Perth) were near capacity full for the start of the S14.
Over to u, RL!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lot more people are watchng union.<br />
North Harbour stadium (NZ) and ME stadium (Perth) were near capacity full for the start of the S14.<br />
Over to u, RL!</p>
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		<title>By: Realist</title>
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		<dc:creator>Realist</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:15:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;you don’t see the numbers of rugby league players drop from 40.000 to 15.000 as struggling and the nzrl having no money in the bank.&quot; -- Siva Samoa

The game in New Zealand is struggling at the grassroots level.  It&#039;ll need to correct the situation if it doesn&#039;t want to go the same way as the ARU is heading.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;you don’t see the numbers of rugby league players drop from 40.000 to 15.000 as struggling and the nzrl having no money in the bank.&#8221; &#8212; Siva Samoa</p>
<p>The game in New Zealand is struggling at the grassroots level.  It&#8217;ll need to correct the situation if it doesn&#8217;t want to go the same way as the ARU is heading.</p>
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		<title>By: Corey</title>
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		<dc:creator>Corey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:03:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If Siva spent as much time promoting Union as he did bagging League we would see a lot more people watching Union.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If Siva spent as much time promoting Union as he did bagging League we would see a lot more people watching Union.</p>
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		<title>By: Corey</title>
		<link>http://www.theroar.com.au/2010/02/05/a-great-day-for-the-greatest-game-of-all/comment-page-3/#comment-295468</link>
		<dc:creator>Corey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:51:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Just a query Rod, how do u do that. I love my pie eaters (Wigan) and I&#039;m a supporter of the Crusaders (I&#039;m of Welsh heritage) and of the Catalans, just love watching French man not romancing some woman. Mind you the Crusaders and Catalans (especially the Crusaders) haven&#039;t had the greatest start. The crowds for the Crusaders are awesome at the moment, lets hope they get the results to maintain and grow the crowds in the future. And hopefully Les Catalans plays some more games in Spain, as they got a good crowd last time (over 13k last time i think).</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just a query Rod, how do u do that. I love my pie eaters (Wigan) and I&#8217;m a supporter of the Crusaders (I&#8217;m of Welsh heritage) and of the Catalans, just love watching French man not romancing some woman. Mind you the Crusaders and Catalans (especially the Crusaders) haven&#8217;t had the greatest start. The crowds for the Crusaders are awesome at the moment, lets hope they get the results to maintain and grow the crowds in the future. And hopefully Les Catalans plays some more games in Spain, as they got a good crowd last time (over 13k last time i think).</p>
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		<title>By: Corey</title>
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		<dc:creator>Corey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:39:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>allblackfan.... what about the new Rugby rules to make it more spectator friendly, they were trialled in the Super 14 before any where else in the world (at least in the top professional level), this is what led the rest of the Rugby world to introduce some of these rules. SANZAR recommended it to them. But in the end it doesn&#039;t really matter, All sports borrow from others, what about Baseball (evolved from cricket), NFL (from Union), AFL (from Union and Aboriginal games), even Union (from football- yes Union and Soccer were once the same game). There is nothing wrong with this, lets stop this feudal attempt of choosing which sport is better, i think the sports tagline says it: Union- the game played in Heaven; League- the greatest game of all. Jks. But I did just receive my Broncos season membership passes just then.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>allblackfan&#8230;. what about the new Rugby rules to make it more spectator friendly, they were trialled in the Super 14 before any where else in the world (at least in the top professional level), this is what led the rest of the Rugby world to introduce some of these rules. SANZAR recommended it to them. But in the end it doesn&#8217;t really matter, All sports borrow from others, what about Baseball (evolved from cricket), NFL (from Union), AFL (from Union and Aboriginal games), even Union (from football- yes Union and Soccer were once the same game). There is nothing wrong with this, lets stop this feudal attempt of choosing which sport is better, i think the sports tagline says it: Union- the game played in Heaven; League- the greatest game of all. Jks. But I did just receive my Broncos season membership passes just then.</p>
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		<title>By: Rod</title>
		<link>http://www.theroar.com.au/2010/02/05/a-great-day-for-the-greatest-game-of-all/comment-page-3/#comment-295457</link>
		<dc:creator>Rod</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:58:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yep not much RL so far siva, still it&#039;s only the beginning of 2010.

Well I&#039;ve already watched RL from Wales, England and France this year siva, and I&#039;ll be watching the All Stars game tomorrow, life&#039;s not too bad, oh and I&#039;ll be watching Wigan vs Hull KR at about 7am  :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yep not much RL so far siva, still it&#8217;s only the beginning of 2010.</p>
<p>Well I&#8217;ve already watched RL from Wales, England and France this year siva, and I&#8217;ll be watching the All Stars game tomorrow, life&#8217;s not too bad, oh and I&#8217;ll be watching Wigan vs Hull KR at about 7am  <img src='http://cdn0.theroar.com.au/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Corey</title>
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		<dc:creator>Corey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:37:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think that the states of the former USSR need to be the focus of the next money maker. Imagine Russia eventually hosting a RLWC. A fair way off yet, but if we invest money into Russia then we a have a non-English speaking nation that has money to spread the game globally.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think that the states of the former USSR need to be the focus of the next money maker. Imagine Russia eventually hosting a RLWC. A fair way off yet, but if we invest money into Russia then we a have a non-English speaking nation that has money to spread the game globally.</p>
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		<title>By: Springs</title>
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		<dc:creator>Springs</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:28:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>King&#039;s 3 favourite phrases:

3. Face the facts
2. 4 Nations was a financial disaster
1. As evidenced by the poorly attended 4 Nations</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>King&#8217;s 3 favourite phrases:</p>
<p>3. Face the facts<br />
2. 4 Nations was a financial disaster<br />
1. As evidenced by the poorly attended 4 Nations</p>
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		<title>By: Crosscoder</title>
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		<dc:creator>Crosscoder</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:21:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Actually many of us are fully aware of the drop in numbers in NZ.One of the knockers had the figure down as low as 8,000,but disappeared when asked to verify.You keep reminding us about every day or so.
Whilst the NZRL is not exactly loaded with money,they did get some from the 4 nations tournament for starters,and further comps such as those will add to the coffers.They also got money from the world cup,an event you stated wouldn&#039;t be held and would lose money.
BTW the Crusaders one of the top S14 franchises lost $800,000 last year,where the game is the national code.
Gee ,so these Auckland players get to be taken up by Australian clubs,so what?.If there were few available from NZ,it wouldn&#039;t happen.
Is it dying?,with a new administration for the various districts,doubt it very much.And still  awaiting your response to the countries where league is dying.
And the Sparc investigation led to?The streamlining of the code in that country.You love ancient history,some of us like to keep up with the present.No one is suggesting rl is booming there,although you appear to responding as if we did.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Actually many of us are fully aware of the drop in numbers in NZ.One of the knockers had the figure down as low as 8,000,but disappeared when asked to verify.You keep reminding us about every day or so.<br />
Whilst the NZRL is not exactly loaded with money,they did get some from the 4 nations tournament for starters,and further comps such as those will add to the coffers.They also got money from the world cup,an event you stated wouldn&#8217;t be held and would lose money.<br />
BTW the Crusaders one of the top S14 franchises lost $800,000 last year,where the game is the national code.<br />
Gee ,so these Auckland players get to be taken up by Australian clubs,so what?.If there were few available from NZ,it wouldn&#8217;t happen.<br />
Is it dying?,with a new administration for the various districts,doubt it very much.And still  awaiting your response to the countries where league is dying.<br />
And the Sparc investigation led to?The streamlining of the code in that country.You love ancient history,some of us like to keep up with the present.No one is suggesting rl is booming there,although you appear to responding as if we did.</p>
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		<title>By: Siva Samoa</title>
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		<dc:creator>Siva Samoa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:39:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>you don&#039;t see the numbers of rugby league players drop from 40.000 to 15.000 as struggling and the nzrl having no money in the bank.
many have been saying about the warriors under 20&#039;s for a while yet most of them find clubs in australia to play for. more of what ? the auckland rugby league clubs are struggling to get junior to play in their clubs and some age groups have to drop because of lack of players.
rugby league in nz is struggling big time and i don&#039;t have to show you all the articles from sparc to prove it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>you don&#8217;t see the numbers of rugby league players drop from 40.000 to 15.000 as struggling and the nzrl having no money in the bank.<br />
many have been saying about the warriors under 20&#8242;s for a while yet most of them find clubs in australia to play for. more of what ? the auckland rugby league clubs are struggling to get junior to play in their clubs and some age groups have to drop because of lack of players.<br />
rugby league in nz is struggling big time and i don&#8217;t have to show you all the articles from sparc to prove it.</p>
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		<title>By: Crosscoder</title>
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		<dc:creator>Crosscoder</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:53:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wouldn&#039;t want him following you in a combat  patrol. 
Deception is not one of his strong points,getting egg on his face a constant.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wouldn&#8217;t want him following you in a combat  patrol.<br />
Deception is not one of his strong points,getting egg on his face a constant.</p>
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		<title>By: Mick from Giralang</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mick from Giralang</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:39:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;we need to focus on our own backyard, and that means fighting AFL in our western heartlands&quot;

It&#039;s hilarious the way this KOG bloke pretends he&#039;s some sort of rugby league supporter.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;we need to focus on our own backyard, and that means fighting AFL in our western heartlands&#8221;</p>
<p>It&#8217;s hilarious the way this KOG bloke pretends he&#8217;s some sort of rugby league supporter.</p>
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		<title>By: Crosscoder</title>
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		<dc:creator>Crosscoder</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:29:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Gee another futile trolling attempt at bagging  rl . 
Struggling depends on what you mean by struggling.The code has streamlined its organisation.Sky News NZ throws in $12m pa to have the NRL rights.The Warriors seem to have any number of up and comers in their under 20 squad.
Get back to us when your code ,understands what the meaning of entertainment is all about,and does something about the falling crowds and TV ratings for S14 in NZ.
The next Tv contract for rugby league will ensure there are sufficients funds available to compete with any comp,be it AFL or world series darts.
The 4 nations in fact made a profit in the UK,and even if they get 30,000 at Eden Park,a profit would be expected.It is a start,and there will be more of them as the code grows.Just get used to it,and squirm.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Gee another futile trolling attempt at bagging  rl .<br />
Struggling depends on what you mean by struggling.The code has streamlined its organisation.Sky News NZ throws in $12m pa to have the NRL rights.The Warriors seem to have any number of up and comers in their under 20 squad.<br />
Get back to us when your code ,understands what the meaning of entertainment is all about,and does something about the falling crowds and TV ratings for S14 in NZ.<br />
The next Tv contract for rugby league will ensure there are sufficients funds available to compete with any comp,be it AFL or world series darts.<br />
The 4 nations in fact made a profit in the UK,and even if they get 30,000 at Eden Park,a profit would be expected.It is a start,and there will be more of them as the code grows.Just get used to it,and squirm.</p>
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		<title>By: King of the Gorganites</title>
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		<dc:creator>King of the Gorganites</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:44:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>RL in NZ is struggling. they will struggle to sell out the game in auckland. i tip for a crowd of 30K max. 

face the facts. RL is a pointless game on an international level.

we need to focus on our own backyard, and that means fighting AFL in our western heartlands.

the 4 nations proved that people are not interested in international RL. i suggest the four nations be repalced by a 4 teams competiion (two top from NRL and two from ESL).</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>RL in NZ is struggling. they will struggle to sell out the game in auckland. i tip for a crowd of 30K max. </p>
<p>face the facts. RL is a pointless game on an international level.</p>
<p>we need to focus on our own backyard, and that means fighting AFL in our western heartlands.</p>
<p>the 4 nations proved that people are not interested in international RL. i suggest the four nations be repalced by a 4 teams competiion (two top from NRL and two from ESL).</p>
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		<title>By: oikee</title>
		<link>http://www.theroar.com.au/2010/02/05/a-great-day-for-the-greatest-game-of-all/comment-page-3/#comment-292722</link>
		<dc:creator>oikee</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 04:20:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Siva, rugby league has 2 best codes for sale around the world, super league and nrl. That is all we need, you have what,? 5, maybe more, but not 1 is sold to FTA Australia, not even 6 nations, because nobody is interested.

You are like a old man trapped in a young body, and i am trying to get rid of oldmen outta rugby league, We want Gen Y for our supporters. Rugby union is a old mans sport. 

Keep watching your 6 nations, i have heard its thrilling ;) as ussual. 
The reason we dont buy 6 nations is because. the whole of europe would hear us say its boring, The only people watching it is your little mungo group on pay t/v.
The rest of us, AFL and rugby league folk dont care. And thats nearly the full population.
NZ took a gamble, Rugby union, sorry, wrong bet. 
The 22 million australians are showing their support, and union ain&#039;t winning my friend. As a matter of fact, its dead in the water come kickoff.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Siva, rugby league has 2 best codes for sale around the world, super league and nrl. That is all we need, you have what,? 5, maybe more, but not 1 is sold to FTA Australia, not even 6 nations, because nobody is interested.</p>
<p>You are like a old man trapped in a young body, and i am trying to get rid of oldmen outta rugby league, We want Gen Y for our supporters. Rugby union is a old mans sport. </p>
<p>Keep watching your 6 nations, i have heard its thrilling <img src='http://cdn0.theroar.com.au/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' />  as ussual.<br />
The reason we dont buy 6 nations is because. the whole of europe would hear us say its boring, The only people watching it is your little mungo group on pay t/v.<br />
The rest of us, AFL and rugby league folk dont care. And thats nearly the full population.<br />
NZ took a gamble, Rugby union, sorry, wrong bet.<br />
The 22 million australians are showing their support, and union ain&#8217;t winning my friend. As a matter of fact, its dead in the water come kickoff.</p>
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		<title>By: Siva Samoa</title>
		<link>http://www.theroar.com.au/2010/02/05/a-great-day-for-the-greatest-game-of-all/comment-page-2/#comment-292640</link>
		<dc:creator>Siva Samoa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 02:08:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>my gosh you guys don&#039;t even know your codes own history. samoa and tonga played rugby league before the 90&#039;s. why mention the 1995 rlwc when samoa, tonga and fiji were in the 2008 rlwc which had more teams than 2008 ?
those local rugby union players who made the fijian rugby league world cup squad and also the ones who played in and won the police world cup in their first game of rugby league.
most of the world cup teams in rugby league would get their players from the nrl and superleague competitions.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>my gosh you guys don&#8217;t even know your codes own history. samoa and tonga played rugby league before the 90&#8242;s. why mention the 1995 rlwc when samoa, tonga and fiji were in the 2008 rlwc which had more teams than 2008 ?<br />
those local rugby union players who made the fijian rugby league world cup squad and also the ones who played in and won the police world cup in their first game of rugby league.<br />
most of the world cup teams in rugby league would get their players from the nrl and superleague competitions.</p>
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		<title>By: Crosscoder</title>
		<link>http://www.theroar.com.au/2010/02/05/a-great-day-for-the-greatest-game-of-all/comment-page-3/#comment-292463</link>
		<dc:creator>Crosscoder</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:20:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Siva Samoa.Dying out! in which countries?.Struggling in Russia I will give you,but please advise the others.Singapore never started.
Really interested to know or is it another of your wildly glib generalisations.
You talking about the countries ru officials tried to kill off rl.Now that would be a first and really unique.

And guess what champ,some ru players in countries such as Wales are making rl their first sport.
Gee maybe I was  one of them,played ru then rl. Sheesh!
RU in the UK has many former rl players involved in official capacities with ru clubs,such as Betts,Ford,Connolly, off the top of my head,and others used in coaching defensive and conditioning.

In France many of the grounds are council owned.And I would say the grounds in the U.S  in which rl is played are not owned by ru,but by colleges etc.The Celtic Crusader are not playing on a ru ground.
In Serbia rl is now played in the same season as RU,Lebanon plays whenever it damn likes.In the Czech Republic the rl season is on against the ru season and the 4 trl teams are out and out rl players(source RL World Feb 2010.)In Sth Africa it is all about developing their own rl players,not relying on ru converts,whcih have not helped in the past.

Not like a ru blogger(whose name is a secret LOL), who spends his life bagging rl on many forums,and finds it difficult to accept it when someone says something positive about rl.Wouldn&#039;t  have any idea who the gent is?

If ru had been bright enough 100 years ago and recompensed their players ,we would have one rugby code now.That code used players like cattle.The only smart ones were the players,who had had enough and defected to be recompensed for their efforts.It took another near 100 years for ru authorities to  get the message(of course the under the lap payments prevailed).And yet this was brought about by a RL war ,not by the initiatives of ru officials.Slow learners.

Your grudging comments pervade all discussions, rugby league.There are more countries playing rl than ever before,and appears you find that difficult to accept.
Heaven help a successful pro RL  tournament in the U.S,you would be in a real lather.
It is rugby for me too Siva:NRL/ESL/Toyota cup/SOO

BTW Nick you are wrong the NRL don&#039;t tell the countries what to do,never have.It is under the auspices of the RLIF and the ARL and RLEF.The NRL is set up soley to administer the NRL comp.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Siva Samoa.Dying out! in which countries?.Struggling in Russia I will give you,but please advise the others.Singapore never started.<br />
Really interested to know or is it another of your wildly glib generalisations.<br />
You talking about the countries ru officials tried to kill off rl.Now that would be a first and really unique.</p>
<p>And guess what champ,some ru players in countries such as Wales are making rl their first sport.<br />
Gee maybe I was  one of them,played ru then rl. Sheesh!<br />
RU in the UK has many former rl players involved in official capacities with ru clubs,such as Betts,Ford,Connolly, off the top of my head,and others used in coaching defensive and conditioning.</p>
<p>In France many of the grounds are council owned.And I would say the grounds in the U.S  in which rl is played are not owned by ru,but by colleges etc.The Celtic Crusader are not playing on a ru ground.<br />
In Serbia rl is now played in the same season as RU,Lebanon plays whenever it damn likes.In the Czech Republic the rl season is on against the ru season and the 4 trl teams are out and out rl players(source RL World Feb 2010.)In Sth Africa it is all about developing their own rl players,not relying on ru converts,whcih have not helped in the past.</p>
<p>Not like a ru blogger(whose name is a secret LOL), who spends his life bagging rl on many forums,and finds it difficult to accept it when someone says something positive about rl.Wouldn&#8217;t  have any idea who the gent is?</p>
<p>If ru had been bright enough 100 years ago and recompensed their players ,we would have one rugby code now.That code used players like cattle.The only smart ones were the players,who had had enough and defected to be recompensed for their efforts.It took another near 100 years for ru authorities to  get the message(of course the under the lap payments prevailed).And yet this was brought about by a RL war ,not by the initiatives of ru officials.Slow learners.</p>
<p>Your grudging comments pervade all discussions, rugby league.There are more countries playing rl than ever before,and appears you find that difficult to accept.<br />
Heaven help a successful pro RL  tournament in the U.S,you would be in a real lather.<br />
It is rugby for me too Siva:NRL/ESL/Toyota cup/SOO</p>
<p>BTW Nick you are wrong the NRL don&#8217;t tell the countries what to do,never have.It is under the auspices of the RLIF and the ARL and RLEF.The NRL is set up soley to administer the NRL comp.</p>
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		<title>By: Springs</title>
		<link>http://www.theroar.com.au/2010/02/05/a-great-day-for-the-greatest-game-of-all/comment-page-2/#comment-292423</link>
		<dc:creator>Springs</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 11:25:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Siva, listen for once. If you did some actual research then you would know that of the 4 other countries that joined for the 1995 World Cup, Fiji, Tonga and Samoa were only introduced to League in the early 90s and South Africa was too small and the quality was not good enough (it showed in their pool games).

Where else are the Irish, Samoan etc squads gonna get their players from? Let&#039;s not take Irish-qualified players from pro teams because the pro league is in England?
I find it strange that a lot of the Fijian League players (who played country football in Australia) could immediately make it into the National Union team. Anyway they came back to League for the Pacific Cup and will play next year.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Siva, listen for once. If you did some actual research then you would know that of the 4 other countries that joined for the 1995 World Cup, Fiji, Tonga and Samoa were only introduced to League in the early 90s and South Africa was too small and the quality was not good enough (it showed in their pool games).</p>
<p>Where else are the Irish, Samoan etc squads gonna get their players from? Let&#8217;s not take Irish-qualified players from pro teams because the pro league is in England?<br />
I find it strange that a lot of the Fijian League players (who played country football in Australia) could immediately make it into the National Union team. Anyway they came back to League for the Pacific Cup and will play next year.</p>
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		<title>By: Siva Samoa</title>
		<link>http://www.theroar.com.au/2010/02/05/a-great-day-for-the-greatest-game-of-all/comment-page-3/#comment-292376</link>
		<dc:creator>Siva Samoa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 07:58:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I would envy it if theres heaps of rugby league around the world to watch. So I guess its rugby for me.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I would envy it if theres heaps of rugby league around the world to watch. So I guess its rugby for me.</p>
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		<title>By: Realist</title>
		<link>http://www.theroar.com.au/2010/02/05/a-great-day-for-the-greatest-game-of-all/comment-page-3/#comment-292323</link>
		<dc:creator>Realist</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 03:27:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>:D

Siva Samoa has rugby league envy.</description>
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<p>Siva Samoa has rugby league envy.</p>
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		<title>By: Realist</title>
		<link>http://www.theroar.com.au/2010/02/05/a-great-day-for-the-greatest-game-of-all/comment-page-2/#comment-292321</link>
		<dc:creator>Realist</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 03:25:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;rugby union is not run by sanzar its run by a governing body the IRB &quot; -- Nick

DOW and I were referring to the Super 14, which is controlled by SANZAR.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;rugby union is not run by sanzar its run by a governing body the IRB &#8221; &#8212; Nick</p>
<p>DOW and I were referring to the Super 14, which is controlled by SANZAR.</p>
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		<title>By: oikee</title>
		<link>http://www.theroar.com.au/2010/02/05/a-great-day-for-the-greatest-game-of-all/comment-page-2/#comment-292268</link>
		<dc:creator>oikee</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:25:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I said give it away, not sell the game. If you cant sell it, give it away. Over time it can then be sold.
Al i said was that i was giving rugby league 1 year to get its house in order. The game needs more than cow-cockies running the damm game, if you think otherwise thyen your a fool, not me, and if i was 30 years younger, i would be running for top job with the commiss, but i happen to be a dinosaur, and this is what i insist we get rid off, so take what you want from that.

The game as it stands is perfect, i happen to love the game, its just the top end needs fixing, if you cant see that with what i have said in my posts, i have no chance running the game. We need excellent selling the game, at the moment we are not even giving the game away because the top end wants money for the game, meanwhile every other code is gaining more fans while rugby league flounders. 
Give the game away for 3 months, and sell the other3 months for cash. Just get the damm game out their, we are wasting time,.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I said give it away, not sell the game. If you cant sell it, give it away. Over time it can then be sold.<br />
Al i said was that i was giving rugby league 1 year to get its house in order. The game needs more than cow-cockies running the damm game, if you think otherwise thyen your a fool, not me, and if i was 30 years younger, i would be running for top job with the commiss, but i happen to be a dinosaur, and this is what i insist we get rid off, so take what you want from that.</p>
<p>The game as it stands is perfect, i happen to love the game, its just the top end needs fixing, if you cant see that with what i have said in my posts, i have no chance running the game. We need excellent selling the game, at the moment we are not even giving the game away because the top end wants money for the game, meanwhile every other code is gaining more fans while rugby league flounders.<br />
Give the game away for 3 months, and sell the other3 months for cash. Just get the damm game out their, we are wasting time,.</p>
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		<title>By: Mick from Giralang</title>
		<link>http://www.theroar.com.au/2010/02/05/a-great-day-for-the-greatest-game-of-all/comment-page-3/#comment-292214</link>
		<dc:creator>Mick from Giralang</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:22:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Gotta laugh at Siva talking about obssession</description>
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		<title>By: Realist</title>
		<link>http://www.theroar.com.au/2010/02/05/a-great-day-for-the-greatest-game-of-all/comment-page-2/#comment-292173</link>
		<dc:creator>Realist</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:59:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;your version of rugby and league history is the same use by most paranoid rugby league fans. its a history from rugby league forums and full of hatered towards rugby union . keep up the crusade you guys are doing on wikipedia changing history to your favour.&quot; -- Sia Samoa

The information I stated is readily available to anyone who is willing to search for it from reputable sources. I was able to find information about rugby union&#039;s ties with the military during the 19th and early 20th Centuries by searching through a reputable British encyclopaedia that&#039;s been around for many decades.

Sorry Siva, but your refusal to accept the truth about your sport&#039;s history proves you&#039;re a zealot.  You&#039;re the sort of person who&#039;ll keep on spreading a lie until it&#039;s accepted by anyone who doesn&#039;t know the truth.  People like you are the reason I turned my back on rugby union in 2008.  I know other people who&#039;ve turned their backs on rugby union for the same reason.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;your version of rugby and league history is the same use by most paranoid rugby league fans. its a history from rugby league forums and full of hatered towards rugby union . keep up the crusade you guys are doing on wikipedia changing history to your favour.&#8221; &#8212; Sia Samoa</p>
<p>The information I stated is readily available to anyone who is willing to search for it from reputable sources. I was able to find information about rugby union&#8217;s ties with the military during the 19th and early 20th Centuries by searching through a reputable British encyclopaedia that&#8217;s been around for many decades.</p>
<p>Sorry Siva, but your refusal to accept the truth about your sport&#8217;s history proves you&#8217;re a zealot.  You&#8217;re the sort of person who&#8217;ll keep on spreading a lie until it&#8217;s accepted by anyone who doesn&#8217;t know the truth.  People like you are the reason I turned my back on rugby union in 2008.  I know other people who&#8217;ve turned their backs on rugby union for the same reason.</p>
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