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Las Vegas is a shallow choice of venue. Anywhere on the East Coast from say Boston down to Jacksonville (where they actually play the game) would have been a better choice. Probably should have involved a couple of the ESL clubs too. I think the game has a future there, even if it’s going to be a niche thing for the foreseeable future. Plenty of NFL-calibre players who can’t get a start in the NFL, and plenty of NFL fans waking up to the fact that their sport is as fake as wrestling, who are craving something real again. The players already have us on speed and strength, and I’ve often thought that if they ever get their stamina up to league standard then they would become a huge force internationally. They are the true sleeping giants of the game in my opinion. The Vegas jaunt is just that, as others have pointed out. An extended off-season for four clubs.
Las Vegas gamble a high-risk, low-reward play by NRL … the US couldn’t care less about your funny little game
It’s 89 and 97 ARL for mine, the latter being my personal #1. Any chance 2015 had for immortality was ruined by moronic Gould commentary. Also it was an insanely dull second half; all the action was in the first 10 mins and the last 0.06 mins. I have noticed a lot of people talk up 2016, might be worth a re-evaluation? Ditto 2005 and 2003.
ANALYSIS: No matter what you do, Penrith will get you eventually - just ask the Broncos
To be fair, that AFL game was a right belter. Wouldn’t say outshone, as both game were crackers.
ANALYSIS: No matter what you do, Penrith will get you eventually - just ask the Broncos
This wasn’t a shameful loss, not by a longshot. It would be shameful if you went in as white hot favourites and then blew it. In retrospect I feel Penrith’s 2020 loss was shameful, even though they weren’t necessarily favourites that day. They had the skills to get the job done but were ultimately outclassed when it mattered and it was all but over by halftime. It wasn’t like this today, you guys as a team had very little GF experience yet had these battle hardened Panthers on the ropes. As a fan I had basically conceded defeat after 50 mins, it was that impressive. Ezra really was deserving of a CC medal in this one. If anything, this loss is the perfect platform to build on. Which they will. This is a good, well-coached team and GF glory is not far away.
Cleary's immortal display inspires Panthers to pull off record comeback win for three-peat and break Broncos hearts
“Absolutely awful” is selling both of these great teams short. It will only get better for these Broncos from here. They proved they are championship material in spite of the final result. Their game resembles the Panthers game, they will be true contenders from here on and will enter 2024 with the same passion for redemption as the Panthers did in 2021. In summary, they came real close, they now know what needs to be done, and they are in the best position to do what no other team in the NRL can, which is beat the best when it counts. Every time you beat the best, it will be against their top squad. That Broncos backline speed is not to be ignored, it is something to behold. With that potency it certainly won’t be allowed to go to waste. It will eventually be this team that takes the Panthers and their greatness down.
Cleary's immortal display inspires Panthers to pull off record comeback win for three-peat and break Broncos hearts
We’re going to miss Leniu more than we miss Crichton. We’ll miss both really, but Leniu’s contributions are criminally underrated.
Cleary's immortal display inspires Panthers to pull off record comeback win for three-peat and break Broncos hearts
You couldn’t be mad after that display. A loss hurts, there’s no sugar coating that. But there was no shame in losing in this one. As a Penrith guy I had already made my peace. Broncos were worthy of victory today. We had the chops to steal it which was a bonus but even if we came up short, would still be applauding a solid opponent. We don’t often encounter them. The future really looks bright for Brisbane.
Cleary's immortal display inspires Panthers to pull off record comeback win for three-peat and break Broncos hearts
You’re dealing with winners here. That’s what they do. One day you Rabbits fans will understand. Maybe not in this generation, but maybe one day once the fitness gods decide to stop in at the Souths main pokie den and de-Latrell the team. To be fair he was good in 2023, he didn’t predictably die after 35 minutes for a pleasant change. Damien Cook is still a weapon though. Hopefully he finds success at one of the success clubs before he retires. We’d have him post-Koroisau. Not a diss on Kenny, especially after tonight’s effort, but still…. he is a gun.
Cleary's immortal display inspires Panthers to pull off record comeback win for three-peat and break Broncos hearts
Penrith through and through, but have to say well done Broncos. I gave up, I genuinely thought you guys had us. Most worthy opponents for certain. Ezra Mam is the deserved CC medal winner in my opinion. Still blown away by the speed of that backline. A genuine rival to a greatness I never expected to see in my lifetime. It’s only a matter of time, Kevvie has that team running perfectly.
Cleary's immortal display inspires Panthers to pull off record comeback win for three-peat and break Broncos hearts
Why does any team to be based in Cairns always have the requirement that it must identify as an overseas club, yet host the majority of its home games in Cairns? Its sure-to-fail business model is right there for EVERYONE to see – yet it comes up every single time the discussion turns to expansion, and is always promoted as if it isn’t an astoundingly short-sighted suggestion. It’s ridiculous. Just give Cairns their own team with their own identity already. Apparently they are ready enough to host a franchise.
PNG bid has potential but NRL can’t have further expansion without the three Rs - relocation, relegation or rationalisation
We can still have a Perth or Adelaide NRL club. They can simply play all their home games in Cairns.
NRL faces philosophical question as expansion race heats up with new Brisbane bid throwing down gauntlet to rivals
We could have a US or Lebanon team based out of Cairns as well. Or a second New Zealand team which we could call Western NZ. Anything but an NRL franchise based in Cairns, called Cairns. That would obviously never work!
NRL faces philosophical question as expansion race heats up with new Brisbane bid throwing down gauntlet to rivals
A few years back Super Rugby had a golden opportunity to become the southern hemisphere’s premier football code; they had teams splashed all across Australia, NZ, South Africa, South America. Even Singapore and (greedily) Japan. They had so many time-zones covered, and these zones even allowed for replayed matches and analysis during the “in-between” hours. They could have been as big as anything the northern hemisphere had to offer. Of course it didn’t happen.
The problem (aside from the logistics involved as well as the overall dullness of the game itself) was and still is, that the teams had already had their identities stripped down to just their emblem. Where once it would have been for example, Queensland Reds vs Auckland Blues, the powers that be and their marketing minions had decided instead that Reds vs Blues was what the fans wanted, and by doing this they squashed their sport even further down into the ‘who cares’ basket. To the outsider, where is the appeal in tuning in to see who wins what is essentially a glorified battle between red and blue? They went from having a huge chunk of the southern hemisphere covered and so much potential to grow (albeit with no geographical identities to warm to) to the fractured rubbish they have now that no one gives two hoots about.
We are seeing something similar with this Dolphins expansion, who are apparently also playing out of the same mysterious locale as those rugby teams, known as “The”. Another team that can’t have a normal franchise name, for whatever dumb reason, to the detriment of the league. Why can’t we have some kind of PROFESSIONAL standard for naming franchises? Everyone from the good folks out “Wests” way to Mr. George Illawarra himself knows the pain of having to explain the circumstances behind the ghastly names bestowed upon their teams. So why are we still following the lead of the morons in charge of rugby? Who exactly are we appeasing here? Just call them Redcliffe Dolphins and be done with it. Enough with these soulless names that are an embarrassment to professional sport as a whole.
Same goes for these Western, Northern, similarly vaguely named teams. Why are the powers that be so ashamed of having an actual geographic location as a feature in a team name? You just already know that whatever team ends up in Perth will be called Western something. It’s as stupid as it is for that AFL franchise based in WEST MELBOURNE, that rugby franchise based in PERTH, and that A-League franchise based in GOD ONLY KNOWS WHERE. Everything has to be fancy for fancy’s sake.
As for expansion, boy there are some ridiculous suggestions every time. I will admit that the PNG based out of Cairns idea is pretty hilarious, as is the thought of someone with money giving that proposal any serious consideration. I’m not against any of the other areas suggested for expansion really (as long as they are stand-alone regions i.e. none of this Logan-Toowoomba nonsense) but in my opinion Central Coast Bears and Ipswich Jets are THE must-haves for the immediate future. No one ever seems to consider keeping expansion simple, and surely it wouldn’t hurt to right some past wrongs along the way. The Bears were cruelled by the weather in 1999, and then Manly in that ill-fated merger. Just because a quarter of a century has passed since the Super League war, does not mean that the pain and resentment has gone away. Still water runs deep. I know it flies in the face of conventional NRL thinking, but putting teams in areas with ready-made fanbases could work, radical as it may sound to those in charge.
I’m not a Bears tragic, but we could have erased a good chunk of that bad merger karma in 2007 by bringing them back on the Central Coast. They had the cash and the backers, an excellent stadium, and an entire region of supporters that would stretch down into North Sydney itself and pack said stadium week after week. Instead we chose to go with a (then) soulless new outfit in a renowned sporting graveyard and handed the rugby league mad Central Coast to the A-League on a platter in the process. We could have easily brought the Titans in a few years later (or even relocated a struggling/demerged Sydney side) and then Redcliffe now, and we’d be at 18 teams already. Of course it didn’t happen that way.
Using their own logic as the standard when it comes to expansion, I guess we can rule out Central Coast or Ipswich as viable options. We can now look forward to some sort of Western Pasifika hybrid making their respective home ground debuts in each of their respective hometowns of Perth, Port Moresby and Christchurch over the course of the 2025 season, in jerseys designed by marketing types with no rugby league background or interest.
The only thing missing here is a gambling sponsor wedged in between “Western” and “Pasifika” but I guess that glorious day isn’t too far away either.
Bring back the Bears nostalgia only goes so far: Norths no certainty to be a success if brought out of hibernation
Bunkerball 😊
Rugby league needs a new name but what can you call it to stand out in football’s confusingly crowded landscape of codes?