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    The NRL and TV

    The draw for next year’s AFL season has just been released. Predictions that the AFL would lose control of things under the new TV contract have proven to be completely inaccurate. The AFL is able to determine the exact date of every game before the season starts. They have the blockbusters...
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    Manly/Norths: Now its off to court

    First the player bungle and now this from the Central Coast Bears Website. 15/10/01 - For over 50 years, the North Sydney Bears and Manly have fought great battles on the Rugby League fields of North Sydney Oval and Brookvale Oval. But THIS THURSDAY, they will fight in the Supreme Court of NSW...
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    Grand Final Rates Well in Melbourne

    An article on the WORL website says that the Grand Final got over 400,000 viewers in Melbourne on Sunday night. Details are sketchy (e.g., don't know if that is a peak or the average for the entire telecast) but any way you look at it this is a pretty good result. I doubt that a figure like that...
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    What are News Up To?

    The High Court has just rejected a bid by News Ltd to bring forward a hearing to overturn Souths court victory. Their application for leave to appeal will now be held in February 2002. Since Souths have a licence to play in the NRL until 2005 the attempt to bring the court case forward was not...
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    A Different Semi-Final Format

    I think it's time for something a bit different in the finals, especially if we keep the top 8. So here's my thoughts. Teams that finish in places one to four go into Pool A while the remaining four go into Pool B. In Pool A the team that finished 1st gets the right to choose their opponents...
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    Favourite Definition

    What's your favourite definition? One that comes to mind for me is:- What's a nanosecond? The length of time it takes some driver in a line of cars to toot his horn when the light turns green.v
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    NRL vs AFL - Aussie Rules Rules

    It's one of the great ironies of modern sport that the AFL started out trying to do what Superleague also attempted. To 'rationalise' their sport especially by reducing the number of 'uneconomic' teams in the city in which the competition originated. The AFL failed but, in doing so, actually...
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    Your favourite sandwich

    Most of us like movies and seem to listen to music. Some of us can even read (loved Classic Comics). But we all eat. So okay what's your favorite sandwich? Feel free to include anything between two slices of bread or roll, so even a hamburger or hot dog will do. My is a tuna, onion and tomato on...
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    Best line from a movie

    This forum seems to go for topics like this - what's your favourite line from a movie? Being an oldie, amongst many favourites, I love the last line of Casablanca "Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship" and Rick (Humphrey Bogart) and Louis (Claude Rains) walk off...
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    Believe this and youd believe anything!

    What are some of the great claims (past or present) made by people that you really couldn't believe. You know like "Germany has no further territorial ambitions" (made in 1934, 35, 36, 37, 38 and 39). I'd like to concentrate on the NRL but others are welcome. I'll start the ball rolling with:-...
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    Poor Crowds on the Weekend

    After the euphoria of the Buldogs-Eels match the crowds for this weekend were pathetic (and in one or two cases were probably over-stated). Less than 80,000 turned up to watch a full round of matches and this has continued the disappointing trend for the year. Since the half-way mark of the...
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    Souths-Roosters to kick off the 2002 season

    Today's papers both report that the NRL is looking at Souths and the Roosters playing in the opening round as part of their local derbies promotion. The Warriors would have the bye. This would leave St George Illawarra up against the Sharks, Parramatta-Penrith, Bulldogs -Wests Tigers, Northern...
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    NRL Clubs Face Financial Challenges

    According to the Weekend Australian, in an article which looked at the financial state of NRL and AFL clubs, there are a lot of teams that will struggle over the next few years. In 2000, nine NRL clubs posted large financial losses ranging from $724,000 (Penrith) to $4,500,000 (NQ). Canberra and...
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    Commentator Bloopers

    What are some of the great commentator bloopers you can remember? I like Frank Hyde's fairly simple "If it wasn't for the rain it would be a fine day" but my favourite actually goes to an AFL radio "expert" who was asked (in the mid 1980's) to explain why Fitzroy was having a great year. Meaning...
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    What is the most controversial incident in league history?

    Here's another go at launching Controversy Corner. I could nominate two Souths-Balmain grand finals. 1909 (when Balmain didn't turn up but reckon Souths had agreed not to turn up either as a protest against the match merely being a curtain raiser). Souths kicked off, scored a try and won. And of...
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    Can anyone make sense of the Northern Eagles mess?

    It now appears that the Northern Eagles will fold, probably next week. The licence will then revert to Manly who reckon they can afford to pick up the debts and still fund the Eagles. Apparently they will have to sell some equity to an American sports company. Will that be good for Rugby League...
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    Leagues Club Funding - The End of Some Clubs?

    The just announced changes to the rules governing the use of poker machines in NSW, especially by large clubs, could pose even more problems for the NRL. John Ballesty says that the Canterbury Leagues Club will not be able to support the Bulldogs in the NRL because their income will be...
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    How many Points to Make the Eight?

    The Storm currently hold down eighth spot with a 9:11 record and 18 points. What will be the final points tally of the team that finishes eighth? I reckon 23 might do it. µ
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    Pronunciation?

    My wife and I just got into a fight. How do you pronounce controversy?L
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    If the Eagles Collapse

    I'll toss in this suggestion for a revamp if the Eagles go bust. That would leave 14 teams but with noone on the North side nor in Gosford. What to do? Two clubs, Roosters and Bulldogs, have given up their geographic connection so why not propose (not force) that the Bulldogs go to Gosford and...

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