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Why cant NSWRL take care of NSW Country ???

Why the f**k would anyone want the sydney nrl clubs running rl in the bush? The reason the crl exists is because this was a bad idea in 1934. It's still a bad idea. And therefore arlc policy of course.
 

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Why the f**k would anyone want the sydney nrl clubs running rl in the bush? The reason the crl exists is because this was a bad idea in 1934. It's still a bad idea. And therefore arlc policy of course.

NSWRL no longer represents the elite NRL competition

Only SOO team NSW Cup and a 2 Sydney leagues

In fact after Canberra Illawarra and Newcastle joined there isnt mych NSW Country left anyway

So basing the NSW-CRL in a NRL heartland seems strange
 
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You're talking about NRL clubs. Canberra Rugby League is a CRL comp. As is Newcastle and Illawarra. There are more players in the CRL than the NSWRL at both senior and junior level despite the population of Sydney being much bigger than country nsw.
 

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Canberra RL Newcastle RL and Illawarra RL are the same as Pentith or Souths A grade district comps these days

Even the Far North Coast has been taken over by the Gold Coast

Easts have taken over the CC

Sothat really on leaves Riverina Dubbo New England and North Coast

Without running the elite comp there is no reason why the NSWRL cant run these areas just as QRL VRL WARL NTRL SARL run their states
 
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Absolute bullshit.

Everywhere in NSW and act outside Sydney is run by CRL organisations. Why you think otherwise is anyone's guess.
 

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Why the f**k would anyone want the sydney nrl clubs running rl in the bush? The reason the crl exists is because this was a bad idea in 1934. It's still a bad idea. And therefore arlc policy of course.

Policy is now outdated

But I agree metro / country and SOO should have equal say on a NSWRL board
 
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You were trying to claim Newcastle, Illawarra, Central Coast, Canberra and Northern Rivers weren't run by the CRL before and then listed a bunch of places that were that didn't even cover half of the rest of the state. Somehow I don't think you're qualified to even comment on this issue. If you are also unaware of what the nswrl is and does, I'd say that only confirms your lack of credentials on the matter.
 

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Dont you see the duplication

Kids on the Central Coast should be playing under one state logo

I have no issue for one representative from all NSW Country districts in eaqual representation to the metro representatives

CCRL do a function just like Penrith RL do a function in running district and junior RL

But its the same function

The layer that exists above this as the NSW-CRL is a dinsaour and no longer needed after the ARLC and the NRL

The top level of admin above the districts should be housed within the NSWRL and all NSW Country badged NSWRL not just Sydney RL
 
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Nonsense. Arbitrary nonsense. Should the Townsville Rugby League also be part of the nswrl because it "does the same function" as the Penrith RL? Whatever that means. The Country Rugby League of NSW runs rugby league in country NSW. That's why it's called the Country Rugby League of NSW. The fact the nswrl inaccurately suggests it runs rugby league in NSW has nothing to do with the CRL and to suggest the CRL has to cease to exist to make this stupid misnoma correct is one of the more ridiculous things I've ever heard. Which, again, is probably why the cretins at the NRL think its pure genius.
 

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Townsville is part of QLD not NSW

What about duplication in CC Newcastle Illawarra and Canberra where they field U16 U18 teams in a NSW state based junior league under the NSWRL badge ?

And then the CRL still expects them to play in a country championship inder the CRL badge

You seem to think NSWRL should be rebadged Sydney RL
 
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Townsville is part of QLD not NSW

What about duplication in CC Newcastle Illawarra and Canberra where they field U16 U18 teams in a NSW state based junior league under the NSWRL badge ?

And then the CRL still expects them to play in a country championship inder the CRL badge

You seem to think NSWRL should be rebadged Sydney RL
Yeah and Newcastle, Illawarra and every other CRL region is in f**king country NSW. That's why they are country rugby league regions.

And there is no duplication in under 16s and 18s because the SG ball and Matthews teams are not CRL teams, they're NRL teams. The country championships actually provide opportunities for kids not in those squads a chance to represent. In fact they are true rep teams, unlike the so called junior reps who don't even have to be from the district they're supposedly representing. The fact the Sydney districts don't provide this opportunity is just one more reason why the CRL is better than the nswrl and why getting rid of the CRL would be a f**king stupid idea.
 

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Sorry Matts and SGBall are not NRL teams they are NSWRL team playing in a NSW State competition

Anyway here is a quote from your beloved Canberra country district

"Our region extends from Hardon to Crookwell-Goulburn, and as far down as Bungendore and Cooma, as well as Canberra," he said.

Mr Furner said the Raiders were one of the few NRL clubs to be running local competitions and elite teams.

"In this region we're both the Canberra district rugby league and the Raiders."

So what is CRL doing in the old Monaro division any more ????
 
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No. Matts and ball ARE NRL teams. The Newcastle, Illawarra and Canberra teams are run by NRL clubs. The fact they play in a nswrl comp is irelevent to bush football. So you're totally wrong.

And the Canberra situation is only different because the raiders have taken on a much more hands on role there, by choice. That is not the case anywhere else and extends in part back to super league days. You'll notice Canberra still plays in CRL competitions.

The premise of your ridiculous and contradictory argument seems to be that the CRL is uneccessary and yet you are completely ignorant of how the game is run. Why would anyone give any credence to anything you say when you have shown nothing but a complete lack of understanding about anything you're talking about.

You seemed to start this by questioning what the f**k the nswrl does yet you want to destroy the CRL by merging it with an organisation whose role and activities you admit to knowing nothing about.

The only conclusion is that you are Shane Richardson because this is the kind of shit he came up with before the fat slug made his exit from the NRL after spending a year doing f**k all.
 

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If only I could eat that many pies

The old 1934 CRL concept is slowly dying

1982 and 1988 the NSWRL brought in Newcastle, Illawaera, Canberra

We have seen Sydney sprawl people commute from these locations as they are looking more and more like a suburb of Sydney. People have been doing this for over 30 years

We have seen 5 clubs from the CC play in NSWRL senior competitions

What used to CRL in 1934 has now shrunk in real terms to only be Riverina, Western Division, New England and North Coast

The SL War held off any potential reform until finally the ARLC was seup

And we KNOW that the NSWRL is not the NRL. And hasnt been since 1997

And I will stanby my opinion that the admin layer above the Regional divisions that is the CRL needs to be merged with the NSWRL admin. Now that the NSWRL no longer runs the National elite competition.

AND with this we should expand the Matts and SGBall to include the 4 missing NSW Country regions

I havent seen one person argue against bringing in NSW Country rep teams into the NSWRL junior rep program and even NSW Cup

The good work being done below this by all district communities doesnt change

And any Newcastle CC Canberra or Illawarra CRL U16 or U18 division team is only a B team as their better players are already playing at a higher level
 
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Then you're a f**king idiot.

You're not even counting all of the country regions because you clearly don't know anything about the game.

Like I said, you must be smoking from the same bong as Shane Richardson because this is all complete shit.
 

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You seem to be stuck in the land time forgot

Newcastle CC Canberra and Illawarra now have such strong ties to their NRL and NSWRL pathways any CRL reference is only a token gesture to appease the dinosaurs
 
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