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    You go girls

    Defenders always continue after the call of "Held". It's deemed to be momentum in the tackle. If it's excessive, the ref will penalize. I'd rather everybody focussed on a decisive moment of genuine injustice involving the same player in golden point. Summed up by Matt Thompson's commentary -...
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    You go girls

    Which is a double movement. The law applies exactly the same to an upright tackle as one where the ball-carrying arm has reached the ground. The post above yours suggests going back to play the ball. Such as happens after a simultaneous pass out of the tackle. Another example is where the...
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    18th club, whose next?

    Choose a chairman. Dan Andrews or Xi Jinping.
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    18th club, whose next?

    The Kumuls have never won a test series against GB or England. Most recent result was England 46 PNG 6 in the RLWC last year. PNG beat GB 28-10 in a one-off test in November 2019. That game was two weeks after the joy of Tonga 16 Australia 12.
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    2023 TV/Fox/Streaming Ratings

    Huge difference in perception of prestige watching a national team in a global competition rather than a club team in a national competition. Women's Soccer in England has prospered primarily through the medium of the England team. Would never have happened with just a domestic club comp. In...
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    2023 TV/Fox/Streaming Ratings

    NRL could imbibe a few lessons on how to market NRLW when the FIFA carnival moves on. Instead of targeting the existing men's RL fanbase, try to reach those vast audiences watching the Matildas. Couple of facts can be reasonably assumed about most of those viewers 1) They don't watch men's RL...
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    You go girls

    I've just had another look at this on the highlights. Think I can hear Kasey calling "Held, Release" before the put down. Only heard a fragment of Channel 9 commentary. They might have misread the decision. We'll see if Annesley explains it on Monday. No idea what you're on about here mate. At...
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    You go girls

    You sound like a real barrel of laughs.
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    OT: Association Football

    The Dutch have gone backwards since they won the women's Euros on home soil in 2017. Spain are looking pretty good. Sometimes struggle to turn a mountain of possession into goals, but probably the best side they've ever had.
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    More proof that the NRL got it right

    Probably would be better if refs addressed players by number. Easier to do when they wear positional numbers. If a tackler needs to be called out quickly to avoid a flop penalty, the ref would remember a name more readily than a squad number. France and Brazil got a rough deal at the women's...
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    OT: Association Football

    It can be, but you're deluded if you think this WC has been excellent on the pitch. Major tournaments are rarely great to watch objectively. This isn't week-to-week club football. As with the men's WC, most players from lesser nations play in minor leagues. The gap between the best and the rest...
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    More proof that the NRL got it right

    A Saturday night NRLW FTA game would be in direct competition with the NRL game on Fox League. Would you trust Nine to stay the course?
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    More proof that the NRL got it right

    Look on the bright side mate. A prick to kick against is grist to your mill.
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    More proof that the NRL got it right

    Maybe just accept that lunchtime kick-offs are a struggle and go for quality over quantity. With ratings climbing slowly but surely as the effects of the female participation boom feed through. Alternative weekend timeslots will unavoidably clash with men's games. When the ninth NRL game...
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    More proof that the NRL got it right

    Are you saying that passes and offloads need verbal approval from the ref? I'm not criticising relevant communication between officials and players. Quite the opposite. Particularly useful at the ruck where it forestalls infringements. I preferred two refs for that reason. Thank goodness...
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    OT: Association Football

    Faroe Islands v Scotland has been a mouth-watering prospect for connoisseurs of Scottish football disasters. Given our North Britain chums a fair few frights over the years. Highly amusing. Wish the Faroese would leave the whales alone. Ghastly business.
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    More proof that the NRL got it right

    RFL and NRL livestream commentators routinely praise inexperienced officials for seeing and calling things. Despite replays proving the things they saw didn't happen. Obsessive compulsive calling seems the way to gain respect and rise through the refereeing ranks. Nowadays, they even make a...
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    More proof that the NRL got it right

    Pros and cons with men's/women's double-headers. I'm undecided. Awkward balance between at-the-ground exposure (no tittering please) and TV coverage in a market saturated by men's RL. Five-game NRLW rounds have inevitably led to some overlap with NRL fixtures this year. Raiders v Tigers NRLW...
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    More proof that the NRL got it right

    The entertainment value of NRLW is not helped by nit-picking referees. Several forward passes called in games at the weekend looked level at worst. Creative play halted in its tracks. These injustices on top of all the imaginary knock-ons and obstructions that get called. Seems at times the refs...
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    More proof that the NRL got it right

    I'm currently dipping in and out of Australia v Denmark. After watching most of England v Nigeria earlier. Both games have been poor on any measure. I'm guessing the standard hasn't attracted much negative comment in Oz media or from Matildas fans. People have probably made up their mind to...
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