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    The Rugby League White Paper: A Road Map for International Rugby League

    I haven't read your paper yet dru, but I will. I justed wanted to weigh in on this first. I feel the NRL and the ESL should go their separate ways. The RFL and the ARL need to cut any strings they have attached to those two groups, and likewise, anyone involved in the NRL and ESL should severe...
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    Rugby's Great Split

    I'll agree with you there, but I do believe government and their big business cronies and lobbyists would rather we didn't know what was going on behind closed doors. But having agreed with your statement I will say this - in the 19th century and the early 20th century the upper class would make...
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    "American Rugby"?

    Fair enough. But further to your viewpoint - when you say rugby in the United States or Canada people think rugby union. When you say "American Rugby" people think rugby union.
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    Rugby's Great Split

    I wasn't talking about rugby. I was talking about life.
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    Going Global

    I think this channel would be similar to Sportsnet World (formerly Setanta) here in Canada. I live on the west coast, if you work during the day and you sleep at night (a lot of people do that right) you see very little rugby league. Prime time stuff is reserved for union and soccer (I'm a...
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    "American Rugby"?

    Are we going to go through this again. Rugby arrived in America over 100 years ago. Rugby league has been here for just over a decade. American rugby, that's like English rugby, right? That's different than rugby league, right?
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    Going Global

    What? Nobody has ever accused me of being the sharpest tool in the box. So, can somebody explain all of this to me and how it pertains to rugby league in the US. It seems to me the catalyst for all of this chicken scratch is Rugby Sevens who are enjoying some excellent publicity lately. They are...
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    Rugby's Great Split

    Well that is my opinion. Would you care to elaborate on your stance?
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    Rugby's Great Split

    Great find Poul, very interesting. I would suggest that the upper classs (especially the political arm and their big business friends) still doesn't like to be watched by the unwashed masses.
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    French Super XIII?

    I put the text through a google French-to-English translator. All it says (I think) is that Al Jazeera will be broadcasting Catalan Dragons games for the next three years. They will also be showing NRL for the next three years. How many games? I don't know, but I think maybe all of the Catalan...
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    Bring the SOO to USA

    You said it - before. He was just a fan. After - he had a vested interest. Why didn't he help out before - I can only guess at his reasons for not helping out in the US. Maybe, he wasn't asked, maybe he was busy, or maybe, as has been shown by others, he wasn't on the same page as Niu, who at...
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    Bring the SOO to USA

    IMO by promoting the Rabbitohs he is promoting rugby league. The Rabbitohs may be the most iconic team in rugby league - seems like a no-brainer from where he sits. He doesn't have the authority to speak on behalf of other organizations per se, but he does have the authority to speak on behalf...
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    French Super XIII?

    I think what the orginal quote is saying is that this Dayan fellow wants to be part of a French Elite competion that is in the very early planning stages. I am assuming by some of the posts that Lille is not a rugby league hotbed, but if there is money backing a team from that area that could...
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    ESL Superthread

    I have seen in more than one thread that Leeds were preoccupied with next week's match against Manly, rather than the contest against Wigan. I really find that hard to believe. These are professional athletes - their only concern should be with the task at hand. If that indeed were the case -...
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    A Successful Club

    I'd say it's a sure thing. They have removed the Titans logo from the USARL website and added the Baltimore logo. All that needs to be said is that the team is not involved at this time. Further details when they become available. Honest, direct. Don't just sweep it under the rug.
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    "American Rugby"?

    I don't think that is necessary Poul. I watched some of the Las Vegas 7's today and the announcers were making comparisons to American football when the need arose. IMO that seems the way to educate American fans. I don't think that rugby league needs to lose its identity. It will just take...
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    A Successful Club

    I am a USARL supporter in that I think they did the right thing by splitting with Niu's bunch, and I thought they had done a great job in getting their competition up and running in a very short time, and were being very professional in way they were doing things. But if the Titans have left...
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    "American Rugby"?

    That's what I thought, but, somewhere on the internet I read that Cumbria was involved in some way. I'm trying to find that article, but am having no luck. Maybe I dreamt it. Nevertheless, you get my drift. Again, I don't see how calling rugby league "American rugby" would help to differentiate...
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    Bring the SOO to USA

    You are probably right Victory. I guess what I am saying is - A SOO game would be the game to showcase rugby league to the American public. And if it made sense financially for all the parties than go for it. I also still feel that an expanded WCC (8 teams) in October/November would be the next...
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    "American Rugby"?

    Ha, Ha. I had forgotten about this. It is a jumble of the first three letters of Cumbria, Yorkshire and Lancashire. The birth place of rugby league.
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