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For the past 25 years, the two second-tier rugby league competitions in Australia have been run by the NSWRL and QRL, mostly independent from…
Last month we heard the announcement of a looming merger between the NSWRL and Country Rugby League, which would see rugby league in NSW…
For the past two NRL seasons Sam Burgess and Sonny Bill Williams have been regarded as the NRL's benchmark forwards. Both players will depart…
Earlier this month we heard the announcement the Super Rugby competition will expand to 17 teams from 2016 onwards, with the inclusion of an…
Several NRL clubs have in recent years been forced to develop new ownership and management structures to alleviate the financial difficulties that have threatened…
The NRL will continue to push the game into new regions this year, with Cairns, Darwin, Perth, Waikato and Wellington and all set to…
When I first started following rugby league in the 80s, there were many colourful nicknames for both current and former players. There were descriptive…
It's time we stopped this obsession of trying to artificially strengthen international rugby league teams by manipulating the concept of nationality. Allowing Australians to…
This success of rugby league can be attributed to its willingness to embrace new ideas and keep pace with the ever-increasing demands of spectators…
One of the most frustrating things we have witnessed throughout the current Ashes series has been the abuse of the DRS by players and…
While rugby league administrators often look to NRL expansion in the battle for code dominance, their efforts would be best served by restructuring the…
In terms of overall strength the Queensland Cup would probably be somewhere in between the proposed Platinum League and the NSW Cup (Reserve Grade).
Why the NSW Platinum League could be a third-tier tournament
Hey Stevo@Lennox, some good comments there.
Jason Smith was an outstanding player and I believe he was most valuable as a lock / second row forward. But selection dilemmas in the Queensland Origin camp and at Parramatta forced him into the five-eighth role on many occasions where his real talents were wasted. Its a shame Parramatta couldn’t attract or produce quality halves in the 90’s. He also headed to England too early in my opinion – after only 8 seasons in the top grade (1993 to 2000).
Regarding Burgess and Williams, I do hope they both return to the NRL as I think they have so much to offer, but unfortunately the NRL record books my not reflect their true value.
The best rugby league backrow forwards of the modern era
I considered Hugh McGahan as he did win the Prestigious Golden Boot award and was also named Dally M Second Rower of year in 1987. Here is one of his tries from that year:
The best rugby league backrow forwards of the modern era
Excellent analysis Ryan.
Could you develop a points-based system to assess the contribution to the team’s wickets ? For example, lets say a wicket is worth 100 points – you could give 75 points to the wicket taker and 5 points to each of the 5 ‘red-zone’ overs. So if a wicket falls when two bowlers are operating in tandem:
* Wicket Taker would earn: 85 points (%)
* Partner Bowler would earn: 15 points (%)
If a wicket is taken in the first 5 overs after a break, then the left over ‘red zone’ points would be credited to the wicket taker. So if a bowler takes a wicket straight after lunch / drinks / tea, then he would earn all 100 points (%).
The points-based system should be fairly close to the number of wickets taken, however the arithmetic difference between an individual’s wicket tally and his contribution to team wickets could be quite interesting.
Cricket’s 'red zone': Who helps take wickets?
The ball deflected enough for Broad to know that he had hit it. He admitted that to the UK newspapers.
I don’t blame him for standing his ground though as only an umpire can give a batsman OUT. But the on-field umpires need to utilise the third umpire to make a decision in these cases, otherwise they are only creating more controversy.
Story of the Ashes: not walking is not cheating
Fiji were hoping to be admitted to the second-tier NSW Cup (Intrust Super Premiership). The Fijians would not have any NRL affiliations and they would need to develop their own juniors and local competition to feed into the Fijian team.
The Murrumbidgee (Bidgee) Bulls are the junior rep team for the Riverina, based in Wagga. The Monaro Colts are the junior rep team for the Capital region which includes Queanbeyan, Goulburn, Canberra, the far south coast (Batemans Bay) and the snowy mountains (Cooma).
Why the NSW Platinum League could be a third-tier tournament