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Having grown up in England and watching English League in the 60's I have always considered the NRL to be a far superior game to watch.
I have watched the NRL regularly since moving to NZ in the 70's and Oz in 2000. I watched the ESL Grand Final at the weekend and admit I was amazed at the lack of penalties and stoppages it seemed to be more entertaining than most of the NRL games I watched from the 2004 season.
And I started the season watching at least 4 games on Austar every weekend, by the end of the season I was only watching the Raiders.
I believe that the NRL are refeering the game to death in Oz, it is now more like touch football. Whilst I was staggered at some of the tackles that were let go in the ESL Grand Final, the game certainly had more momentum and was more entertaining. Similarly the Tri Nations Test on Saturday with an English Referee seemed to flow better and definately had less penalties, which I think evened out both ways. Given the pig headed attitude of David Gallup & Co I will not hold my breath for any changes for the better, but boy I miss the NRl of a few years ago. Bring back the BIFF !!! I am not talking about the skill levels of our NRL players, just the way the game is refereed. What do others think ?[/b]
I have watched the NRL regularly since moving to NZ in the 70's and Oz in 2000. I watched the ESL Grand Final at the weekend and admit I was amazed at the lack of penalties and stoppages it seemed to be more entertaining than most of the NRL games I watched from the 2004 season.
And I started the season watching at least 4 games on Austar every weekend, by the end of the season I was only watching the Raiders.
I believe that the NRL are refeering the game to death in Oz, it is now more like touch football. Whilst I was staggered at some of the tackles that were let go in the ESL Grand Final, the game certainly had more momentum and was more entertaining. Similarly the Tri Nations Test on Saturday with an English Referee seemed to flow better and definately had less penalties, which I think evened out both ways. Given the pig headed attitude of David Gallup & Co I will not hold my breath for any changes for the better, but boy I miss the NRl of a few years ago. Bring back the BIFF !!! I am not talking about the skill levels of our NRL players, just the way the game is refereed. What do others think ?[/b]