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    2024 Crowd Watch

    Any SEQ residents got info, anecdotal or otherwise, on how well the Dolphins are building a reliable support base beyond their immediate catchment area? I accept the point about AFL attendances in absolute terms, but it's important for the NRL expansion strategy that the second franchise in...
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    2024 Crowd Watch

    Too much, or wrong type of, hype can backfire. Pull a crowd to see a particular player and the bloke could have an awful game or be carted off inside the first minute. Same hazards ensue from generating superficial interest in a successful team. Despite last year's sharp rise in attendances...
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    Female Refs

    Do 50-metre penalties provoke similar acrimony?
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    Female Refs

    Post the evidence, next time you see a player allowed to pass after a tackle was complete. Start this weekend. In 44 years of watching Rugby League, the only time I've witnessed such a faux pas is in developing nations where the players and officials are more familiar with the rules of Rugby Union.
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    Female Refs

    Before a call of Held. And before the ball-carrying arm has touched the ground. Whether the ref should have called Held is a separate question. On that subject, this clause in the rulebook is germane: Moving tackled player - "Where opponents do not make a tackle effective in the quickest...
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    Female Refs

    This is the exact wording - A player in possession is tackled: (a) When he is held by one or more opposing players and the ball or the hand or arm holding the ball comes into contact with the ground. (b) When he is held by one or more opposing players in such a manner that he can make no...
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    Female Refs

    Not if no defender is in contact. Substantive point was that passing off the ground is not intrinsically illegal. Only after a tackle is complete. I've never seen that happen. The surrender tackle interpretation supersedes the voluntary tackle rule. I see amendments like this as akin to the...
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    Female Refs

    Perfectly legal if you were not held and/or kept the ball-carrying arm above the ground. It's only illegal to pass after the tackle is complete. Really? Surrender Tackle - "Where the ball-carrier succumbs in readiness to be tackled and is not looking to take any further advantage, the...
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    Super League 2024 discussion

    If memory serves, this model was followed by a radical revamp. Embodied animated cans of Pepsi running across Brookvale.
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    Female Refs

    No idea whether this depiction applies to AFL. It isn't true in RL. If you genuinely think it is, give specific examples.
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    Super League 2024 discussion

    Following a backlash, this partnership was terminated 5 minutes after it was announced. Wouldn't have been the first time the company sponsored a glamorous eastern shoreline RL club.
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    2024 TV and Streaming Ratings Discussion

    The bidders may be serious, but will they be taken seriously? All the signs are that Foxtel and Nine regard NRL as in the bag. Alternative bids won't create competitive tension unless the existing rights holders genuinely believe one of those bids could succeed.
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    Female Refs

    Don't push me 'cause I'm close to the edge
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    Female Refs

    I'd prefer either of them to the media or most fans. We had Ashley in England for several years. His weakness back then was benefit of the doubt calls relative to the tackle count. Too many game-changing interventions based on guesswork. Inexperienced refs often try too hard to get everything...
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    Female Refs

    Don't you think it reflects the integrity of the players and coaches?
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    Female Refs

    This has become a rite of passage for every NRL ref. When Annesley tells the baying media pack that he "holds his hand up", it means he's about to chuck another schmuck under the bus.
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    2024 TV and Streaming Ratings Discussion

    All available evidence indicates PVL is not prepared to risk antagonizing the Murdoch empire. Probably more pertinent that NRL clubs know what AFL are getting. If NRL settle for another relatively poor deal, have a nasty feeling that Reach data will be cited as justification. The adoption of...
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    2024 TV and Streaming Ratings Discussion

    Is there a fumbler equivalent on Seven of Phil Gould on Nine?
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    2024 TV and Streaming Ratings Discussion

    Re the Covid payment reductions, PVL insisted a problem for Foxtel was a problem for NRL.
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    New Zealand 2 will deal a massive blow to NZ rugby

    The second statement in this proposition disproves the first. Your error stems from placing too much weight on a priori reasoning over a posteriori. NRL philosophers negotiating the next TV deal must follow empirical methods.
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