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February 4th could not have been a better day for rugby league even if the Independent Commission took over from the ARL tomorrow.
This day is the day that the NRL should promote more than that of the Centenary, for this is the day rugby league reclaimed a lost son, scheduled a very decent Four Nations, and the American Rugby League formalised a structure along with announcing some well-known players for their professional inaugural year.
West Tigers unveiled that they recruited Lote Tuquiri, one of our last rep players to return from Unionland. Now the Tigers have a star recruit that can attract season members, which is what will hopefully happen.
Willie ‘Bad Boy’ Mason is now Willie ‘Cowboy’ Mason, and it seems that the Cowboys culture will stem the flow of incidents by the big ‘Johnson’. And now the Roosters can focus on footy instead of appearance.
The Four Nations are scheduled, with New Zealand the big winner with a double-header at Auckland’s Eden Park, along with Brisbane once again enjoying the final. And Melbourne now gets to taste another “Convicts vs the Old Dart”, with rugby league staging a great game in a great new stadium.
Season memberships are up mostly across the board, and hopefully they become an integral part of every club.
The U.S.A. have now got a professional competition scheduled in for 2011, along with confirmation of a couple of great inclusions. Stacey Jones and Daniel Wagon are confirmed for the inaugural competition, along with a fixed schedule, all of this to be launched and confirmed on the patriotic 4th July.
It seems this is a day of relief for the greatest game of all.
Finally, all the puzzle pieces are joining without some childish-character producing a dummy spit to ruin it.
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