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    The Game 2023 Crowd Watch

    Any chance the two games on Sunday might persuade thicko doom-mongers that NRL games involving teams at the bottom of the ladder can be a great watch? In some ways these teams are more entertaining. Knowing they won't make the finals gives them licence to chance their arm. Instead of dumping...
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    The Game 2023 Crowd Watch

    There have been incidents at Soccer games of fans falling from upper tiers in big stadia. Bad one at Celtic Park during an Old Firm derby a few years back. At some EPL clubs, hospitality is as important as the game. Depends on the stadium. At Arsenal for instance there are often numerous empty...
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    2023 R23 Fri - Gold Coast 18-28 Warriors @ Cbus Super

    The NRL have turned the obstruction rule into the "running behind your own player" rule. It's out of control. The rulebook specifically states that running behind your own player is not necessarily illegal. This nonsense is destroying kick returns. Fullbacks and wingers have to try and pick a...
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    More proof that the NRL got it right

    If you're referring to the two tours, those were in the days when we competed as GB. We began playing under the England banner in 2007.
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    The Game 2023 Crowd Watch

    What are the reasons for that? QRL were the first to adopt Tag for under-6s as a precursor to tackle-ready programmes, so they obviously recognize the value of Tag in maximizing participation.
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    More proof that the NRL got it right

    Time will tell how much of the international calendar announced today will prove to be wishful thinking. The IRL board say the 2026 RLWC will take place in the Southern Hemisphere with men's, women's and wheelchair. I suspect SH organizers are only keen to host the men's. NRL might have to step...
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    The Game 2023 Crowd Watch

    Children of parents from AFL states are more likely than those of other domestic migrants to embrace the Titans since they won't inherit a rival NRL club allegiance. Key is to purge the fumbling. RL participation is the best disinfectant. Heaven will rejoice when long-time cave-dwellers emerge...
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    The Game 2023 Crowd Watch

    Couple of years ago I saw an interview with a Tweed Seagulls women's player. Said she'd grown up on the GC and Dad was an AFL fan from Victoria. The family only got into RL when she started playing. RL has only recently targeted the female half of the population in participation strategies. We...
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    More proof that the NRL got it right

    What's the deal with Storm and Dolphins as regards Sunshine Coast as a feeder region? The Brazilians at Noosa Pirates seem to have gone okay this year. If they remain in Oz, would be great to see them in a Falcons BMD team. I saw Maria Graf and Franciny Amaral in the women's RLWC. Byanca Santa...
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    2023 TV/Fox/Streaming Ratings

    Origin disrupts NRL - Fox Fumble viewers start watching cricket. Australian chaos theory.
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    More proof that the NRL got it right

    Two rounds into NRLW 2023 and any dispassionate observer would conclude that this year's expansion is a substantial success. What next? I believe 10 teams at this stage is optimum. Maintains standards and affordability. Major flaw in no imminent further enlargement is the absence of the...
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    2023 TV/Fox/Streaming Ratings

    This week will be telling. Ratings on Fox League and Fox Fumble plummeted in the past couple of months. Even games with no direct competition from Cricket, Soccer, RU have underperformed. This in the context of inordinately high NRL figures earlier in the season. Hard to make sense of it all...
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    2023 TV/Fox/Streaming Ratings

    If FIFA could choose between big crowds and NRL fans following their tournament, I reckon they'd take the former. What percentage of NRL fans barely know NRLW is on?
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    More proof that the NRL got it right

    One takeaway from the FIFA women's WC is that, whatever some NRL fans think, international competition galvanizes sections of the Australian populace that club comps of any sport leave untouched. The whole event is perceived as prestigious regardless of objective standards on the pitch. Safe to...
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    2023 Challenge Cup

    Red planet.
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    Peter V'landys - New NRL/ARLC Chairman

    The Champions League version was Jeux Sans Frontieres. You should have sent a team. Maybe not. Would affect Aussie It's a Knockout pre-season.
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    2023 Challenge Cup

    You need to hear Swinton fans warbling "Take me home Station Road". To the tune of John Denver's Country Roads. Poignant, heart-rending and with a hint of homicidal intent towards certain former owners of the club.
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    2023 Challenge Cup

    Few rumours swirling that your mob didn't entirely behave themselves. Colour me shocked.
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    Female Participation Numbers in NSW

    Over-35s League Tag can be a "brilliant entry point". Or re-entry point. Ex-Tackle players or former juniors keen to stay fit and healthy. Plus those who played other codes (particularly RU). Good way to make converts. On average, middle-aged people have more time, contacts, disposable income...
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    NRLW - 2023

    Judiciary will likely feel obliged to make a point. I would say send-off sufficient. It was a mad moment. And probably only a nip. If the offence were repeated, by all means throw the book at her.

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