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    West Coast Pirates Bid News

    I remember turning up at a servo at 4:55 and them telling me to piss off. There was one off St George’s Terrace that was open all night but only for taxis. PR can say it is ancient history but opening shops on Sundays (11 am start) was an election issue until 2012 and they actually had 2...
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    2024 Crowd Watch

    My strange Victorian brother in law became deeply offended when he said "My family have been Essendon supporters since 1889" and I burst out laughing
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    West Coast Pirates Bid News

    It was 1987 Couldn’t believe I had arrived in such a backward, parochial place.
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    West Coast Pirates Bid News

    While since I lived in Perth but: 1. Do they still turn the street lights off at 11pm? 2. Are servos now allowed to stay open after 5?
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    2024 Crowd Watch

    The NRL can not stand behind the excuse of ground capacity for these poor crowds
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    2024 Crowd Watch

    Barely a pass - disgraceful
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    2024 Crowd Watch

    It’s good to be getting back to the normal procedure for this thread. It has always been a place to attack the NRL and its followers. All that was needed was a recalibration: where once <10K was “disgusting” it is now <15K. The bare pass mark for a round has now been reset at 150K. Given these...
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    2024 Crowd Watch

    Thanks, i thought that you probably didn’t have direct knowledge of the geographical and socioeconomic factors that determine the support of sports in Australia
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    2024 Crowd Watch

    Brian Tell me, have you ever been to Australia?
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    2024 TV and Streaming Ratings Discussion

    For some reason you remind me of the guy on bigfooty who once said: “Apparently more people watch NFL than AFL”
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    2024 TV and Streaming Ratings Discussion

    Yes, as someone said before this forum and big footy are just pissing contests that keep some of us amused
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    2024 Crowd Watch

    While there is a banner saying you can buy 10 tickets in GA section - this is the general limit if tickets are available. If you try to buy one, you find that there are none available.
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    2024 TV and Streaming Ratings Discussion

    Do you mean ritchitigrub has invented what he is posting or the numbers are just not available?
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    Rugby League is in the greatest shape ever. (Discuss)

    One point made is that off season behaviour, often a turn off for women in particular, has improved markedly. is this due to better governance or has the Christian ethos among the islanders had an effect? I suspect both.
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    2024 Crowd Watch

    A long history - 20 years ago the Bulldogs proposed the Oasis development. The man who is accused of promising to get it through the bureaucracy for a consideration of a mere $1M is still in gaol, but for other reasons...
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    2024 TV and Streaming Ratings Discussion

    I I sympathise with you trying to make any sense of this and then being attacked by partisans of both stripes.
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    The Las Vegas Thread

    Biden played rah rah at some stage. However in Ireland he made the fatal faux pas of confusing the All Blacks with the Black and Tans https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/apr/13/white-house-corrects-black-and-tans-to-all-blacks-after-biden-gaffe To avoid any further confusion these are the...
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    The Las Vegas Thread

    Good photo board of the games in the Las Vegas Review Journal https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/australian-rugby-league-takes-over-allegiant-stadium-photos-3010737/
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    The Las Vegas Thread

    Nah PNG is the go. Joe Biden is onboard. https://www.afr.com/world/north-america/biden-backs-secret-weapon-nrl-expansion-into-pacific-20240303-p5f9b8#:~:text=As%20the%20NRL%20launches%20its,team%20as%20a%20diplomatic%20strategy.
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    The Las Vegas Thread

    Miserable rainy and windy in LV at least it is a covered stadium
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