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The Raiders season is heading towards a point in time where they will start looking towards their pre-season. For the past handful of seasons they have been highly fancied as a team that could make a run towards and into September.
Tasmanian media has, at various times, been saturated with calls for an AFL team. There is plenty of passion, but not much objective thought.
A lot has been said about the NRL crowds after last weekend, and the question on many people’s lips is: how do we revitalise the game and get more people to stump up their hard-earned dollars to come and see the games?
What a weekend of games we had. All of the matches were not decided until the final minutes and offered great theatre.
Watching the Wallabies on Monday morning was almost too much. In fact I had to turn the TV over a couple of times, but I would quickly turn it back to the action.
Being a Wallabies fan is hard, it requires a certain level of dedication. There is no such thing as a fair weather fan, as there is not enough sunshine for them.
I love a lot of sports, but one of my truly big passions is baseball. What do baseball and rugby league have in common? Both sports, and indeed all sports, are statistic and percentage based.
There was plenty of interest yesterday in the article Time for A-League supporters to take responsibility.
Think for a moment how the Australian media would react if one of the biggest names in Australian sport tested positive to a banned substance. One of the pin-up boys, the sort of guy that kids look up to, a face of a franchise.
It has been in the works for almost a year now. A rumour that has had all rugby and league fans in Tasmania looking forward to a rare top-flight sporting opportunity in Hobart.
The World Series of baseball is one of the great sporting events. While it is a purely North America spectacle, sports fans can appreciate the effort that it takes to appear and succeed in ‘The Show’.
The road to baseball’s World Series is one step closer for four teams, with the Texas Rangers, Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Cardinals and Milwaukee Brewers the unlikely quartet set to face off in post-season MLB.
Professional baseball is making a comeback in Australia. With six sides from the six major cities in Australia competing, it has the potential to restore baseball in Australia.
I had an idea that came to me this morning. The NRL and the A-League are struggling to keep pace with the AFL in almost all aspects of business at current times.
‘Don’t give me that card…’
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They don’t stay upright in the tackle because of the likelihood of the ball being locked up and going nowhere so therefore giving away possession by way of a scrum to the opposition. It doesn’t have a great deal to do with losing the ball itself. I think the new strip rule is worth pursuing for a little bit longer as teams continue to get used to it and how to mitigate some of the risks
Hey Robbo - without competition for the ball, league can be formulaic and predictable
The boys running with the ball could also lower their body height and hit the deck on their front more therefore getting a quick play the ball ala Sam Thaiday. There’s plenty of ways to counter the tactic.
Hey Robbo - without competition for the ball, league can be formulaic and predictable
I would have to think that a perpetual motion machine would be terrible efficient and effective…
Wallabies well poised to double down on All Blacks
NZ didn’t win the men’s softball this time around either…
Wallabies well poised to double down on All Blacks
The referee is actually meant to call held the moment forward momentum has ceased – as per the rules. So I’m not sure why they don’t call it sooner…
Hey Robbo - without competition for the ball, league can be formulaic and predictable
I don’t think it’s a zero sum game. Most offloads occur when a player hits the defensive line hard and has a lot of his upper body loose as it is. So holding the ball tightly, hitting and then passing is still going to happen.
Hey Robbo - without competition for the ball, league can be formulaic and predictable
No i think that was a decision made by the team. He was able to get into the taxi unassisted so they chose to ignore the ambulance that was available.
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Or Robinson could teach his players to hold onto the ball properly. It’s really not that difficult. Ball security at times in the NRL is a bit of a joke to be honest
Hey Robbo - without competition for the ball, league can be formulaic and predictable
It is a bit of a sad indictment that players have to be trained to hold onto the ball properly….
Hey Robbo - without competition for the ball, league can be formulaic and predictable
That man is still a giant. I know height doesn’t go away but he is still scary at what 50 odd
Union head and shoulders above league for player welfare
All about perspective I suppose…
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So by that reasoning they should ignore the ones they did spot because there could have maybe possibly been others?
if they actually call what they do see then players will take more care overall so that they don’t risk the chance of being spotted.
All Blacks only see the red in a Wallabies bolt from the blue
Yep I follow the other code probably a little more out of convenience and the attitude in the NRL re: player welfare is pretty pathetic. The first thought is always that the contest is somehow ruined if a player is punished for a dangerous tackle. There’s too little consideration made to player welfare and how a change in playing style will take some time but eventually will lead to safer playing conditions.
All Blacks only see the red in a Wallabies bolt from the blue
There’s plenty of roofing companies on the CC I’m sure
Central Coast fans shouldn’t have to grin and Bear it
Doubt it’s watched by many in Tas. I have to watch it on Gem and they go to a movie the moment the fulltime whistle goes. I for one would like to see Sam Thaiday do his changeroom interviews (said no one ever)
Central Coast fans shouldn’t have to grin and Bear it
Agreed, I think if anything the NRL needs to focus more on the Gold Coast and then on the heartland. The Bears and Jets are well enough established that they would surely have a reasonable fan base immediately.
Central Coast fans shouldn’t have to grin and Bear it
What i got from this article is that the Western Force should be brought back and Tasmania should get an AFL side cause we “deserve” it
Central Coast fans shouldn’t have to grin and Bear it
You’ll get consistency to the degree that the rule book is adhered to but consistency as to what is a forward pass/obstruction/double movement/strip/loose carry is nigh on impossible and that’s what the media keeps telling me I want (if I was a non thinker I’d listen to them).
I agreed with the crackdown and a whole heap of people on here agreed as well. Suddenly the rule book was a thing! But rules still need to be interpreted to a degree, it’s like a legal system needs some level of interpretation because some of the laws actually contradict each other, at least partially.
Rugby league's demand for consistency means rugby league is consistently wrong
I quite often forget to comment seriously on a lot of articles like this one. It’s hard to take too seriously. Your examples are flawed but your overall position is correct. I can live with the application of the forward pass at the moment more than the knock on. But even that doesn’t really phase me.
What does get me is listening to commentators and journalists (and fans) wax lyrical about consistency. As if it is a possible thing to expect on the field (let’s forget the judiciary for the moment – they are working in a broken system). Consistency, read – perfection, ain’t happening. The thing about sport is there is lots of little gray areas, lots of moving parts and the entire game is so unpredictable and that’s what makes it great…but we somehow want to adopt a “consistent” ruling on plays? It just doesn’t fit.
Rugby league's demand for consistency means rugby league is consistently wrong
It gets called obstruction because we all (or someone somewhere on a Fox Sports tv show) called for consistency with the rules of the game and how they are applied. Instead of applying a pragmatic approach of whether a player directly influenced the play by obstructing the defender we have the outside shoulder inside shoulder rubbish.
Rugby league's demand for consistency means rugby league is consistently wrong
You’re right let’s allow the forward pass!
Rugby league's demand for consistency means rugby league is consistently wrong
I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords
Rugby league's demand for consistency means rugby league is consistently wrong
I’m pretty sure people that say that should spend less time kissing their sister and watch a bit more footy…
Parra matter, the Panthers lose their puff and the Broncos are going to make the eight