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    Tri Nations and World Cup

    What a great thread this is. Some great ideas especially from Dimitri and Screeny. Hope someone with some power reads it.
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    Hungarian RL?

    Personally, I think the Commonwealth Games/ Asia Games route would be the best way to go first, building to the Olympics in years to come. The beauty of participation in events like that - aside from the obvious great international publicity - is the opportunity they bring for building the...
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    Rest of the World Match

    It's good to have ideas but I don't think there is the will among rugby league people to put something like that on, especially in the current climate of player burn-out. It might work as a one-off charity thing, as rugged says, otherwise it's a no-goer.
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    World Club Challenge doomed

    [url]http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,12141144%255E2722,00.html [url] What do people think? The WCC as a concept has its problems but 35,000 people in Leeds seem to want it. Also on the overplaying front, the Brits play far more games than the Aussies plus...
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    Russian bosses quit

    Just been doing a bit of digging about with some friends in Russia and it seems that things may not be as black and white as the trl story paints them, although it is all still very delicate. Apparently, there is a meeting on January 29th to discuss the situation and it is THEN that it will...
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    Russian bosses quit

    Not blaming the ERLF Screeny, it's obviously an internal issue and not their fault at all. I would just like to see them take a more hands-on role in things, that's all. The RL public has a right to know what is going on. Maybe the ERLF and their new development officer guy already are...
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    Russian bosses quit

    Sadly, it appears that the situation in Russian rugby league has deteriorated, with RRL benefactor Akhmet Kamaldinov officially quitting, along with his chairman and ERLF board member Vladimir Dolgin. See here http://www.totalrl.com/cgi-bin/news/viewnews.cgi?newsid1106563150,93800, It's...
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    Reply from Russian Rugby League

    My understanding (and I've seen Russian rugby league operating at first hand) is that Mr Kamaldinov doesn't really "own" Russian rl as such. If he wasn't there, pulled out or whatever, the game would go on in its own small way in Moscow, Tartarstan etc without him, just as it did over the past...
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    Lebanon Rugby League

    The guys in Lebanon need saluting. They are doing international development the right way around. I'd be interested to know if they see a full-time pro league somewhere down the line (say 10 or more years, realistically) or whether they would like to see Beirut one day in the Euro Super League.
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    Can international RL ever be really competitive?

    Rugged, If you think French rugby league is made up of "second rate rugby union" players, you couldn't be more wrong. Most of these lads are league players through and through. They usually only end up in union when league can't provide them with the rewards their talents deserve. Hopefully...
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    Super League France competition?

    I got as far as the word "moron" and stopped reading. Sorry. Come back when you have developed an intellect.
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    Can international RL ever be really competitive?

    At the risk of attracting the attention of lunatic name-calling Polynesian morons :lol: I am having a go at starting a thread of my own. So try and be friendly. The thing is, although rugby league has never looked busier internationally (a very very good thing) will countries like Russia...
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    Super League France competition?

    Just having a French team in Super League and the organisation it has taken to get that far is "running". What international rugby league needs is a well thought through plan of action, coupled to sensible development projects, not cloud cuckoo land schemes that don't stack up financially or in...
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    The real World Game

    Goodness, you are all very friendly on here aren't you? No wonder there is only about 10 people ever post a message. :(
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    LER XIII results round 3

    Fair point. But it just seems sometimes that we get too hung up on them. It's nearly always the first question people ask: "How many were there?" Not "who won?" On this thread, it was the second post!
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    LER XIII results round 3

    They probably stood or sat on the other side of the touchline and watched the action on the field. What is the rugby league obsession with crowd figures? It's pathetic and neurotic. Only the clubs themselves (who make money from it) should care really. Sometimes the size of the crowd seems...
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    The real World Game

    You are spot on in all your arguments Screeny, 'cept the first bit of this one. The fact is that the original breakaway "Northern (rugby) Union" clubs had just as much right to consider themselves "rugby" as the ones who maintained their amateur status (ha ha!) in the south. As you say in...
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    Bad news about Russian RL?

    Don't worry about Russia. They did okay for years without anybody in the west giving a &^%$. This is just a bit of political posturing on all sides. It will work itself out.
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    Super League France competition?

    I think David Waite meant "a competitive Super League TEAM" in France. Anything else at the moment is a pure pipe dream. Let's walk before we run.

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