Adelaide Rams

[Zerô]

correct, Storm were a super league team. i have the very last Super League magazine, season wrap up , and its got a section at the back all about next year. Lazarus signing and shit

What could have been

 

[PARRA_FAN]

Hahndorf outside of Adelaide is good value.

Went to Adelaide last year and had a spare day. There was not much to do in the city but we hired a car to Hahndorf and spent a good few hours there.

 

[LESStar58]

is that Chubby Checker? lol

This made me laugh...

https://www.theguardian.com/technol...penis-measurement-app-lawsuit-hewlett-packard

 

[Timbo]

What could have been

Is this back when they were still going to be the Melbourne Monarchs?

It's also why their main colour was purple I think?

 

[kdalymc]

Is this back when they were still going to be the Melbourne Monarchs?

It's also why their main colour was purple I think?

Was Mavericks .
And they chose purple and gold (as well as Victorian navy) to sell more jerseys

 

[King hit]

What could have been

The Super League jerseys we’re absolute shit and that’s putting it politely

 

[Foreign Legion]

I think from memory a fashion designer told them to add purple to the Melbourne jersey.. it would be more appealing.

 

[Zerô]

Yeah Melbourne wanted navy and silver, but consulted with someone from Country Road, who advised them to add purple and gold.

At least it wasn't purple and jade. #jadepride

 

[LESStar58]

The Super League jerseys we’re absolute shit and that’s putting it politely

Think it was Opes who called them a disastrous experiment involving paint, Gorillas and whiskey

 

[Perth Red]

The Super League jerseys we’re absolute shit and that’s putting it politely

I liked the Reds SL jersey better than the NSWRL one. Too many colours in the original. Red and black with a dash of gold/yellow worked better. Design was boring though and whoever thought one design for nearly every team would work was a dck.

 

[LESStar58]

I don’t know why everyone is bagging Adelaide, last time I was there I had a barrel of laughs.

"Adelaides a funny place, eh. I start laughing 300 is out"! - Rodney Rude

 

[magpie_man]

Compared to the other major cities, Adelaide itself doesn't have a huge amount going for it but the surrounding winery regions and the Adelaide Hills are top notch.
I'd rank Adelaide ahead of Perth for this reason but still behind Brisbane.

 

[King hit]

When I think about it’s no wonder the Rams lasted 2 seasons

- Rushed in to make up the numbers with hardly any exposure to Rugby League ever. I know premiership games were played in Adelaide in the early 90’s but it doesn’t compare to Origin games in Melbourne or Perth’s junior base where there was some history

- Hardly anyone there knows what Rugby League is. I’ve met some people from South Australia and they have no idea who the Rams were or that there are 2 rugby codes

- Some poor crowds showed up besides the sellout at the Adelaide Oval for their first game. Support really drained up. They averaged only 7,000 or so in 1998.

- They hardly had any success. Don’t count the 1997 world club challenge as that is one of the biggest sporting farces ever put out on the Australian public

- They had basically no chance of surviving the cut even being a news creation. No club was going to merge with Adelaide. News even withdrew funding.

 

[Zerô]

I think Adelaide will return to top tier sometime in the future. Just not as Adelaide.

They will be based, and play in Adelaide. But they will be called Southern.

Likewise with Perth, they will be Western or West Coast if they can get away with it.

Gone will be the days of naming franchises after cities.

 

[ed-grimley]

- Hardly anyone there knows what Rugby League is. I’ve met some people from South Australia and they have no idea who the Rams were or that there are 2 rugby codes.

I have little recollection of the Rams. Red/Blue? Did one of the Walters brothers play for them?

 

[AlwaysGreen]

I think Adelaide will return to top tier sometime in the future. Just not as Adelaide.

They will be based, and play in Adelaide. But they will be called Southern.

Likewise with Perth, they will be Western or West Coast if they can get away with it.

Gone will be the days of naming franchises after cities.

Wot?

 

[thorson1987]

I'm trying to explore as much of Australia as possible and I'm thinking about going to Adelaide for my next trip. Just spent 6 days in Sydney which is my favourite destination. My dad used to go to Adelaide for work and he thought Adelaide was a pretty dull place.

If you go, make sure you head to Hahndorf for lunch.

 

[thorson1987]

I have little recollection of the Rams. Red/Blue? Did one of the Walters brothers play for them?

Kerrod

 

[Foreign Legion]

Is it time to bring back the rams?

 

[ATOWN2]

I think Adelaide will return to top tier sometime in the future. Just not as Adelaide.

They will be based, and play in Adelaide. But they will be called Southern.

Likewise with Perth, they will be Western or West Coast if they can get away with it.

Gone will be the days of naming franchises after cities.

It didn't work out too well when they tried adopting that in Super 15 e.g. Western Force. If a NRL team is ever established in SA it needs to be called Adelaide!!!