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Rugby League growing slowly on world stage
19 Aug 2011Rugby League has seen a lot of growth in the past decade, and internationally, since the 2008 World Cup. The growth hasn’t been world dominating, but it has been exponential – which is all a sport could ask. But with this growth the international scene has not really found a formal time slot, like that [...]
Hot topics and cold reactions in rugby league
15 Jul 2011Rugby league, like all sports, has its fair share of gossip, but the most recent has re-stoked a fire that should always be burning in any sports fan’s heart. The most recent hot topics have been the leadership of the rugby league in Australia, the TV rights deal, and expansion or retention. The leadership will [...]
League in England is in serious trouble
5 Nov 2010Up until the Four Nations Test in Melbourne on Sunday (31 October), England actually had a higher winning percentage against Australia; it now stands at 50 per cent. But alarmingly, not only did they lose the game, they lost it convincingly against a team that was seen as below standard. This English team needs to [...]
Who should be the next Broncos CEO?
16 Jul 2010On Monday, 12th July, Bruno Cullen announced he is stepping down as the CEO of the Brisbane Broncos as of the 31st December of this year. With all his knockers, myself sometimes included, he has undoubtedly been a long term servant of the club (since 1989). But with this impending change the question is asked, [...]
2013 will be the greatest league World Cup ever
25 Jun 2010Rugby League has been in the doldrums on the international stage, and still is. But in 2013, we will see the current, and first time, World Champions play in the opposite hemisphere. We will see more teams than ever play for the World Cup (which I like to call Lorelei). And Rugby League will be [...]
Future of the NRL rests in fostering communities
3 Jun 2010Rugby league has, up until 1995 (or the Super League era), been before its time. It was one of the first codes to become professional and the sport that made mid-week games popular in Australia. Rugby league made changes to traditional rules because the public wanted it. However, lately (maybe due to recovering from the [...]
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