City v Country

[drago brelli]

What's the point of this game? If they want to have a trial for Origin why don't they have a possibles v probables. Why can't the selectors pick the NSW team based on the week to week NRL comp?

 

[Ozzy]

Either extra money into the coffers or promotion of the game to country NSW. Pick your choice.

 

[East Coast Tiger]

Yeah but who cares about that? The NRL clubs get nothing out of it and that's all that matters.

 

[Everlovin' Antichrist]

Same thread pops up every year.

Tedious.

Country NSW is the strongest heartland we have, so let's ignore them.

 

[drago brelli]

Not anymore it isn't. Players coming into the game are Pacific Islanders. Not necessarily the country. Country league is dying.

 

[Hutty1986]

Not anymore it isn't. Players coming into the game are Pacific Islanders. Not necessarily the country. Country league is dying.

Seems like a very sensational comment, got any proof for that?

 

[East Coast Tiger]

Not anymore it isn't. Players coming into the game are Pacific Islanders. Not necessarily the country. Country league is dying.

And if it is dying it's because of farkwits like you. But to run with your ridiculous statement:

*Where did Willie Mason, Brent Kite, Aku Uate (not that he's Polynesian), Pat Matautia and several others come from?
*How come the CRL has more juniors and more seniors than the NSWRL and has done for years and years?
and
*If the game can do without the country, will it be better off without players like Greg Inglis, Jamie Lyon, Jamie Soward, Aiden Tolman, Blake Ferguson, Michael Weyman, Ryan Hinchcliffe, Tom Learoyd-Lahrs, Danny Buderus... (the list could go on and on and on) in the future?

If the answer to that last one is yes then the NRL has a duty to let country football die, in fact it should speed up the process instead of wasting money on it.

 

[Spot On]

Have a look at the NSWPSSA Rugby League Knockout draws EastCoast. They are littered with schools that go by the name of "bye".

Those league numbers you are talking about are rubbish. Now, go and have a look at the amount of draws and schools involved in the NSWPSSA Soccer (Football) Knockout.

The IC needs to clean out the Country Rugby League and the cronies that run it. They need to reward country clubs financially for developing juniors that leave the bush and play in the NRL. They need to fix the referreeing and politics involved in all levels of country league. They need entice ex-Nrl players to play and coach in the bush and promote the game in those areas. They need to help finance upgrades to grounds. They need to employ a shit load of development officers who go into schools and run coaching clinics. They need to compete with the AFL in promoting and implementing a youth based after school program similar to the AFL's Auskick program etc, etc, etc.

This City/Country fixture is treated as meaningless by some players and coaches and therefore loses it's appeal and becomes a mickey mouse affair that many fans couldn't care about. If it was a fairdinkum origin trial and those who stood out were picked for NSW then it would have some greater relevance.

I just can't see Josh McCrone, who possibly could have a blinder in the game, being picked for NSW. Can you?

 

[East Coast Tiger]

The CRL has more juniors than Sydney f**k wit. This is not a figure under dispute and can be seen in any ARL annual report. If you think looking a school knockout comp draw proves anything you are a bigger moron than you have already proved yourself to be. You don know the NSWPSSA has nothing to do with the CRL or NSWRL or any other league body don't you? Actually you probably don't. You clearly don't know much about anything.

I've heard all this shit before from clowns in Sydney who know NOTHING about country football and what goes on here. Just for starters:

*Country clubs already get paid development fees for producing NRL players.
*The CRL already has a program that encourages NRL (and Toyota Cup etc) players to go back and play or coach in the bush. It's called "Back to the Bush".
*Grounds don't need upgrading and if they do it's local councils and governments who should be doing it not CRL clubs who generally don't even own these grounds.
*Development offciers already go into every school they can and run coaching clinics. More officers is not going to increase the number of schools who run clinics.
*Auskick is a joke and is simply used by the VFL to boost its "participation" numbers.

It's lucky the people who run the game don't listen to ignorant, f**kwits like you otherwise the would be no game in country NSW. Yet still we have backward morons who clearly have no understanding of bush footy trying to dictate what should be done. It's f**king laughable. Just because dickheads like you think the game is nothing more than an Origin trial doesn't mean it is true. The game is about promoting country football, boosting the host region and provinding a vital revenue source for the CRL. Fortunately the CRL and the ARLC know this, even if you don't.

 

[Spot On]

The CRL has more juniors than Sydney f**k wit. This is not a figure under dispute and can be seen in any ARL annual report. If you think looking a school knockout comp draw proves anything you are a bigger moron than you have already proved yourself to be. You don know the NSWPSSA has nothing to do with the CRL or NSWRL or any other league body don't you? Actually you probably don't. You clearly don't know much about anything.

I've heard all this shit before from clowns in Sydney who know NOTHING about country football and what goes on here. Just for starters:

*Country clubs already get paid development fees for producing NRL players.
*The CRL already has a program that encourages NRL (and Toyota Cup etc) players to go back and play or coach in the bush. It's called "Back to the Bush".
*Grounds don't need upgrading and if they do it's local councils and governments who should be doing it not CRL clubs who generally don't even own these grounds.
*Development offciers already go into every school they can and run coaching clinics. More officers is not going to increase the number of schools who run clinics.
*Auskick is a joke and is simply used by the VFL to boost its "participation" numbers.

It's lucky the people who run the game don't listen to ignorant, f**kwits like you otherwise the would be no game in country NSW. Yet still we have backward morons who clearly have no understanding of bush footy trying to dictate what should be done. It's f**king laughable. Just because dickheads like you think the game is nothing more than an Origin trial doesn't mean it is true. The game is about promoting country football, boosting the host region and provinding a vital revenue source for the CRL. Fortunately the CRL and the ARLC know this, even if you don't.

You are living in a fantasy world. There are clubs in the bush still waiting for money owed to them from producing juniors who have been snapped up by NRL clubs.

The NSWPSSA Knockout encompasses every public school in NSW that is able to nominate a team. Not many nominate because the kids aren't playing league anymore.

There are no ex NRL players worth mention playing in the local group where I am.

Most Councils aren't going to give a brass razoo to clubs to upgrade facilities.

The schools in my local area have not had a rugby league development officer for almost two years. You can ridicule Auskick all you want but parents flock to it. They love it and can't wait to hand over the $40 bucks for the six week program. The last one run at the local school here was oversubscribed.

Your approach to rebuke is reminiscent of the narrow minded, fearful of change country rugby league officials that have ruined the game out here. It's like listening to Terry Quinn on Talkin' Sport a few weeks back after he finally agreed to do an interview after months of saying he didn't have time to talk. Do yourself a favour and listen to the interview. You will not believe the responses he gives. Wow!

 

[East Coast Tiger]

Yes there are clubs waiting for money. And it's up to the NRL to make sure they get it. Nothing to do with the CRL. So why aren't you bitvhing about the NRL and clubs?

The PSSA is a governemt organisation. Nothing to do with CRL. So again why are you having a go at the CRL? Junior numbers in the CRL are greater than in the NSWRL and are rising every year.

If there's no ex NRL players in your area it doesn't mean there aren't in others. There's 3 captain-coaches in my home group out of 7 clubs that are former NRL players. Maybe your area is just shit.

Councils across the state are already funding upgares to grounds. Why do you think Mudgee just got a new stadium - you know, the one hosting Sunday's game? I know several clubs who have recently got funding for upgrades to facilities. Most clubs do quite regularly.

Development officers go to every school that allows them in. If your schools aren't letting them in they can't come. That's the only thing stopping them. Your schools are probably full of Victorian bigots for principals. Not that the CRL even runs most school clinics. That is done by the ARL. Not that you'd know this.

I did listen the interview with Quinn and he was spot on. It's f**king nuffies who know nothing who come to him with mythical grievances and ridiculous questions that are wrong. You're just like the Sydney-based dickheads from Talkin Sport - you don't know what the f**k you are talking about but you think you know more than the boss of the CRL abour country football. And everything you say proves that you very very much don't.

 

[Spot On]

Is that you Terry Quinn?

 

[Spot On]

The decline in the number teams participating in a state wide knockout comp like the PSSA is a direct reflection on the dwindling numbers of kids playing league Terry.

 

[Spot On]

Who are the three Captain coaches in your area Terry?

 

[Spot On]

I do not know of nor have I ever heard of a school refusing to allow any development officer from any sport access to a public school Terry.

 

[Spot On]

One of those "Sydney based dickheads' (as you refer to them) on talkin Sport has a massive interest in country league you goose. In fact, I have just emailed him a snippet of some of the points we have been discussing. Tune in today and tomorrow Terry if you have the time!

 

[Fordy20]

What's the point of this game? If they want to have a trial for Origin why don't they have a possibles v probables. Why can't the selectors pick the NSW team based on the week to week NRL comp?

The point is to allow Tigers players to play a representative football match during the regular season. If it was a possibles v probables it would end up just being two teams made of up Manly, Newcastle and Dragons players.

 

[East Coast Tiger]

Is that you Terry Quinn?

No. But I know him and have dealt with him many times. As well as Bert Lowrie, Jock Colley, John Anderson and many other past and present CRL officials. So, you know, I actually know what I'm talking about. I'm not just some ignorant, hack wind-bag nuffy who clearly has nothing whatsoever to do with rugby league in any fashion but still likes to sit on your fat arse and whinge about people who actually do devote their life to the sport. Merkin.

The decline in the number teams participating in a state wide knockout comp like the PSSA is a direct reflection on the dwindling numbers of kids playing league Terry.

There is no decline in participation in the PSSA. Prove that there is. And as every single statistic shows junior numbers right across the country have been on the increase ever since the end of Super League, and that includes in the CRl. But as an ignorant big-mouth know-nothing hack you wouldn't know that. Merkin.

Who are the three Captain coaches in your area Terry?

Nathan Blakclock, Anthony Kaberry and Paul Stephenson. All former NRL players who now coach local clubs. Merkin.

I do not know of nor have I ever heard of a school refusing to allow any development officer from any sport access to a public school Terry.

Then you don't know much, as has been well established. Not every school says yes when a development officer comes calling, but every single school is invited to host clincis. Every one. I bet you have never even met a CRL or ARL development officer. I know several and talk to them on a weekly basis. So once agin your (lack of) information is based on ignorance. Merkin.

One of those "Sydney based dickheads' (as you refer to them) on talkin Sport has a massive interest in country league you goose. In fact, I have just emailed him a snippet of some of the points we have been discussing. Tune in today and tomorrow Terry if you have the time!

Yeah, more of an interest than, say, the CEO of the CRL? You can email Talkin Sport all you like. It will just be one ignorant hack talking to a bunch of other ignorant hacks abour issues you know nothing about. Merkin.

 

[Spot On]

Geez Terry. Getting a bit hot under the collar there.

You're making about as much sense as your alter ego did in his interview on Talkin' Sport. What a wonderful advertisement for the game in the country that was? Listeners really got a good understanding of the "merkins" as you like to call people, who run footy in the bush.

All that waffle you provided above is meaningless. You obviously know nothing about the PSSA Knockout and the number of dwindling teams in it.

As for the former NRL players in your area - Blacklock is a beauty. I hope you don't call him a merkin Terry. You are lucky to have someone of his profile still running around.

It's a shame you feel programs such as Talkin Sport and the blokes who work on them are just ignorant hacks Terry. I suppose it's a bit beyond people of your ilk to use their wide ranging audience to further promote and highlight all the injustices you have spoken of. But hey, that would mean actually speaking civily to someone who may be able to push your agendas (or maybe some of the CRL agendas should not be spoken about publicly Terry, hence the cold shoulder by you when approached for months for interviews maybe???)

 

[East Coast Tiger]

You've shown what a complete genius you are on multiple threads now. Yet you still come back for more. This is the problem with thoroughly ignorant people. They just don't know how f**king stupid they are. I'd like to hear more about...

the PSSA Knockout and the number of dwindling teams in it.

I think you need to go back to PSSA because it would mean a stint in primary school to learn to speak English. What the f**k is a dwindling team? Even after editing four hours later you still don't make sense. Just confirms what a clown you are.