My AMNRL Vision

[winnyason]

warnabal f**k off, you waste of space, tell your mum the fat f**king s**t to stop calling me, me & my mates are sick of the spit roasting.

like throwing a sausage in a hallway, like a bowl of custard.
had to roll her in flour to find the wet spot.

 

[Woods99]

warnabal f**k off, you waste of space, tell your mum the fat f**king s**t to stop calling me, me & my mates are sick of the spit roasting.

like throwing a sausage in a hallway, like a bowl of custard.
had to roll her in flour to find the wet spot.

Winny,

Are you a league supporter, by any chance?

 

[Woods99]

Would someone ban this clown?

Why ban me? Don't you like a bit of a debate, or would you rather spend your time dreaming?

 

[Loser]

woods99 is cool, what has he done to upset anyone?

 

[taipan]

Errr, what about us rah rahs who attended government schools, do we count?

I think most Australians actually enjoy good international sport. Last time I checked, the Wallabies were the most recognisable sporting brand in the country. As for the losses, well, as Wayne Bennett said, that goes with the territory of a competitive environment. Do you really prefer to see the Kangaroos win year after year after year after......well, you get the drift.

Taipan, all is never lost when there are still some dreamers around to dream their dreams.

What about the rahs rahs who attended govt schools? so what I was talking about my experience at a private school and the dumb statements I got there which you have duplicated.Having attended a state school also up to year 7,i have a fair recollection of attitudes.

The Kangaroos if I remember correctly ,lost against the Kiwis at Telstra stadium in rd 1 of the tri nations .
One thing about the Kangaroos they are a consistently skilled and winning rugby team in a competitive environment,it is a pity the same cant be said for your Walls.
Maybe you should check again because the Socceroos may have just usurped the Wallabies as the most recognised sporting brand and they will play in a real world cup,not in a cup where the same 8 teams each year have only a realistic chance(a quote yesterday by a union official).
Yeah mate the same dreamers who have started up the game in Netherlands and Germany and Serbia.
Whilst there are dreamers from another code who spend half their valuable productive life,making ignorant comments about rugby league on this forum,to confirm the perception many have of some of that code's followers.:^o

 

[taipan]

woods99 is cool, what has he done to upset anyone?

Uhm how about hijacking the original thread.He has been involved in too many scrum collapses methinks.

 

[Woods99]

What about the rahs rahs who attended govt schools? so what I was talking about my experience at a private school and the dumb statements I got there which you have duplicated.Having attended a state school also up to year 7,i have a fair recollection of attitudes.

The Kangaroos if I remember correctly ,lost against the Kiwis at Telstra stadium in rd 1 of the tri nations .
One thing about the Kangaroos they are a consistently skilled and winning rugby team in a competitive environment,it is a pity the same cant be said for your Walls.
Maybe you should check again because the Socceroos may have just usurped the Wallabies as the most recognised sporting brand and they will play in a real world cup,not in a cup where the same 8 teams each year have only a realistic chance(a quote yesterday by a union official).
Yeah mate the same dreamers who have started up the game in Netherlands and Germany and Serbia.
Whilst there are dreamers from another code who spend half their valuable productive life,making ignorant comments about rugby league on this forum,to confirm the perception many have of some of that code's followers.:^o

Taipan,

1. I spend about 20 minutes a day here. Not every day, incidentally.

2. The "Socceroos" are having their moment in the sun. I will wait for the next Sweeney Report to see how they are doing in terms of recognition. Remember they played in the 1974 World Cup too, with little or no impact on the popularity of the game.

3. Only seven nations have won the Soccer World Cup, so if there are 8 who can win the Rugby version that is not too shabby, is it? (Uruguay, Italy, Germany, Brazil, England, Argentina and France have all won the Soccer World Cup. Of these countries, England, Argentina and France have all beaten the Wallabies, Italy toured here this year, and Uruguay and Germany have domestic rugby union competitions. Just for interest )

4. The Kangaroos play three or four times a year, on average, against the same two teams. That is a competitive environment?

5. Germany? Not much progress according to Der Kaiser. Holland? Not much progress according to Yanto. Maybe you know better.

6. Finally, I have played both games, and have a fair grasp of the history of both. Rugby union was a minor sport in Australia when I first started playing and following it. It has grown enormously in both player numbers and support over the years. That is not a dream, sunshine.

 

[taipan]

Taipan,

1. I spend about 20 minutes a day here. Not every day, incidentally.

2. The "Socceroos" are having their moment in the sun. I will wait for the next Sweeney Report to see how they are doing in terms of recognition. Remember they played in the 1974 World Cup too, with little or no impact on the popularity of the game.

3. Only seven nations have won the Soccer World Cup, so if there are 8 who can win the Rugby version that is not too shabby, is it? (Uruguay, Italy, Germany, Brazil, England, Argentina and France have all won the Soccer World Cup. Of these countries, England, Argentina and France have all beaten the Wallabies, Italy toured here this year, and Uruguay and Germany have domestic rugby union competitions. Just for interest )

4. The Kangaroos play three or four times a year, on average, against the same two teams. That is a competitive environment?

5. Germany? Not much progress according to Der Kaiser. Holland? Not much progress according to Yanto. Maybe you know better.

6. Finally, I have played both games, and have a fair grasp of the history of both. Rugby union was a minor sport in Australia when I first started playing and following it. It has grown enormously in both player numbers and support over the years. That is not a dream, sunshine.

1.20 minutes,seems like an eternity.
2.The sweeeny report :lol: ,mate if you use that as the be all,after the report had more holes put throughh it by offical NRL stats
3>And how did Italy fare in oz ?Or Uruguay and Germany for that matter thats right they didnt play here?BTW i think he is being generous 5 at the best could win the 2007 union WC in the land of the Vichy;-)
4.The tri nations rugby league has been competitive,whereas the all Blacks look as though they will go through unbeaten and continue this for years to come .And thats not good for the game ????,ever heard of invincibility and fans wanting to see a team eventually get knocked over.
5.Check a little further in what Yanto has stated before blurting off at a tangent.Spending 20 minutes in hijacking a topic,would be better spent doing a little homework champion.All this without financial assistance from the RLIF BTW.
6>I to have played both games and have a fair history of both,particularly league in France,Oz and UK.Rugby union can thank one thing professionalism for their growth(the very thing administrators of that code chided league for nearly a century).Must say the history in some parts of the union world aint pretty.Farr-Jones stated that the game needs to strengthen outside its current predictable competitive group,and thats why the decision to exclude Japan was dumb.
WTF has the growth of rugby union in Oz got to do with growing league in other countries or establishing league in other countries as per the topic.I suppose the dreamers who thought up current rugby league comps in Wales ,Scotland,Jamaica and Ireland are pie in the sky.:lol:
After listening to John O'Neill state that union would be the no 1 code after the 2003 WC,and whilst union has grown ,both codes AFL and NRL have had record seasons player numbers and TV ratings and Tv contracts.The NRL hasnt even started to really splash the money around until the new TV contract money next year flows in.Of course the NRL are dreamers,they wont use the money and they will p..s it up against a wall.;-)

 

[joshreading]

SO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF THIS POST!!!

I actually think the numbers of teams is not in any way some incredible dream, difficult but not impossible. I am not talking of a pro league in this format simply the presence of RL Clubs in the areas proposed. Aussie Rules already has more teams than that in the USA, I think we can match them with time and smart initiatives.

 

[phonetic]

Woods where would you be without your Sweeney report?

Down off your soapbox I suspect, or at least half heartedly hope. Each time you revert to such farce draws a giggle out of me.

Between flicking through the pages of your Sweeney report, researching far and wide for information on exotic RU playing countries, and then regurgitating it all over this forum, you surely don't fit in much time to think for yourself do you?

RU has grown enormously, and so has RL. But I think your surmise of where RU stands in the eyes of the Australian public is misguided in the very least.

And where RL has clearly got more work to do Internationally out of the two codes, it seems you have a false sense of invincibity over League on this stage. Most of these nobody countries who you lay claim to being RU footholds are nations who's sporting interests are almost entirely focused on other events. You are merely pleasing a minor share of a market. A share that can easily be captured.

And the fact remains RL has the product to do it, given time.

As for the AMNRL, even I think that's an outlandish blueprint. But you won't get much done without a plan. Lets hope it really kicks on over there.

Go the tomahawks!!

 

[screeny]

I quite like the idea of including the Canadians in the mix. The more I think about it, the more I'm becoming fond of regional leagues that are defined by natural geography rather than man made borders. A good example of that is Der Kaiser's Alpine League that will include both German and Austrian clubs, it just makes a lot of sense. It's a shame that the old Tri-Counties league never kicked on between the 2 Canadian clubs and the New Yorkers.

So the Holy Roman Empire XIII is back on?

18th Century grand alliances RL tournaments are definitely the way to go.

 

[screeny]

GBT2,

Yeah, Japan is a "figment of the imagination" with over 4000 clubs and 125000 registered players.

There is certainly something legitimate about all genuine domestic sporting competitions, but I wonder about the value of dreaming.

Tee hee hee....do you really, really, honestly, really believe that there are FOUR THOUSAND RU clubs in Japan? I mean, really?

It's a big place and all that, but 4000....?

 

[winnyason]

wake up warnabal, you space cadet.
rugby smugby, what bullsh*t, what a laugh, union bigger than league here yeah ok tosser.
the only people who play rugby, private school poofs, islanders & wankers, there supporters bankers,accountants,lawyers.
rugby in essence upperclass snobs in this country.
socceroos the peoples national team not the snobobies.

 

[Hugo Tantamount-Stirrup]

Tee hee hee....do you really, really, honestly, really believe that there are FOUR THOUSAND RU clubs in Japan? I mean, really?

It's a big place and all that, but 4000....?

There are (according to the IRB website) 9 clubs in Canada and 54,509 registered players. So it must be true.

 

[Copa]

There are (according to the IRB website) 9 clubs in Canada and 54,509 registered players. So it must be true.

good god!! That's a lot of bench players.... how do they fit them all in?

 

[Hugo Tantamount-Stirrup]

good god!! That's a lot of bench players.... how do they fit them all in?

Aye, and don't forget, half of 'em are lumberjacks.

 

[Woods99]

There are (according to the IRB website) 9 clubs in Canada and 54,509 registered players. So it must be true.

And according to the Rugby Canada website (www.rugbycanada.ca) there are 135 rugby union clubs.

I would find this easier to believe than to believe that rugby league exists, for example, in Singapore.

 

[Hugo Tantamount-Stirrup]

And according to the Rugby Canada website (www.rugbycanada.ca) there are 135 rugby union clubs.

I would find this easier to believe than to believe that rugby league exists, for example, in Singapore.

But like many kick 'n' clappers you fail to give us the complete picture.

So there are 135 clubs from that source, as opposed to the IRB's (who you conveniently used previously) which gives a figure of nine clubs. The real figure is probably 'registered players', which knowing how RU uses it's infamous calculator can mean anything.

So, who of the two is being economical with the truth?

 

[Woods99]

But like many kick 'n' clappers you fail to give us the complete picture.

So there are 135 clubs from that source, as opposed to the IRB's (who you conveniently used previously) which gives a figure of nine clubs. The real figure is probably 'registered players', which knowing how RU uses it's infamous calculator can mean anything.

So, who of the two is being economical with the truth?

Go look for yourself, penis-head. If you try hard, you should be able to work it out.

 

[Copa]

Go look for yourself, penis-head. If you try hard, you should be able to work it out.

So... what's your AMNRL vision woody?