NRL launches touch football premiership

[Coparugby]

Fantastic.

Starting with 3 from qld and 3 from nsw.

Played before regular NRL matches with TV coverage.

Men and women’s teams.

https://www.nrl.com/news/2018/04/18...utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=NetworkContent

 

[titoelcolombiano]

Wow! Nice one! This is the vehicle that will get us into more schools and in with the 'soccer mums' who are scared of their kids getting hurt - great move NRL!!

 

[Coparugby]

Wow! Nice one! This is the vehicle that will get us into more schools and in with the 'soccer mums' who are scared of their kids getting hurt - great move NRL!!

It is a good move indeed. It brings more of the 600,000 touch footy players into the NRL “world” including huge numbers of women.

 

[titoelcolombiano]

I also love that the women's tackle and the touch football comps will be aligned with existing NRL clubs to broaden the brand. This is honestly one of the most forward thinking things that RL in this country has done since introducing Perth, NQ, Auckland and Brisbane 2 in 1995.

 

[titoelcolombiano]

It is a good move indeed. It brings more of the 600,000 touch footy players into the NRL “world” including huge numbers of women.

Which equates to increased Govt funding - Nice!

 

[T-Boon]

Oh man!! Great, great move. This could be really something.
Draft the top shelf touch footy men and women into the NRL clubs. That guy Dylan Hennessy should be the number 1 draft pick. Go watch his youtube.
This gets every touch footy player in the country thinking about NRL. Watching NRL.

 

[cleary89]

They still really need to push league tag/oztag as well.

I started playing touch last year after a lifetime of oztag and really enjoy the differences.

 

[gUt]

Fantastic!

 

[LineBall]

Great News. May help improve crowd numbers at games with this added game day experience.

 

[ReddFelon]

They still really need to push league tag/oztag as well.

I started playing touch last year after a lifetime of oztag and really enjoy the differences.

OzTag is vastly superior to touch for me, pretty effectively replicates most aspects of the full game minus contact. Always annoyed me that you can't chip in a little grubber and run into it in touch.

 

[T-Boon]

Who should the teams be:
Broncos
Gold Coast
Cowboys
Newcastle
Sydney
West Sydney

 

[LineBall]

OzTag is vastly superior to touch for me, pretty effectively replicates most aspects of the full game minus contact. Always annoyed me that you can't chip in a little grubber and run into it in touch.

Loved Oztag except for often jarring or dislocating fingers trying to grab the bloody tags.

 

[gUt]

Who should the teams be:
Broncos
Gold Coast
Cowboys
Newcastle
Sydney
West Sydney

Perth
Perth
Perth
Perth
Central Coast
North Sydney

 

[T-Boon]

Always annoyed me that you can't chip in a little grubber and run into it in touch.

I agree. I've always thought the rule should be you can chip kick, but if the ball hits the ground it is a turn over.

 

[ReddFelon]

Who should the teams be:
Broncos
Gold Coast
Cowboys
Newcastle
Sydney
West Sydney

I'd be pretty shocked if Souths and Cronulla don't get two of the NSW spots as a consolation for missing out on the Women's NRL teams.

For me personally;
Newcastle
Souths
Wests
Broncos
Cowboys
Titans (but based in Central Queensland to provide a pathway for Rocky, Mackay, etc.)

 

[Canard]

NQ and Parra have been playing touch all year in preparation.

 

[titoelcolombiano]

Who should the teams be:
Broncos
Gold Coast
Cowboys
Newcastle
Sydney
West Sydney

Which West Sydney team would you go with? They are using existing NRL clubs so would be either Parra, Dogs, Tigers or Panthers.

Hopefully it doesn't matter which Sydney NRL teams miss out in the first year because all clubs will follow shortly after. It can't cost that much to run a comp of amatuer players, playing on grounds that are already rented for NRL matches.

Great that it is televised!

 

[titoelcolombiano]

I'd be pretty shocked if Souths and Cronulla don't get two of the NSW spots as a consolation for missing out on the Women's NRL teams.

For me personally;
Newcastle
Souths
Wests
Broncos
Cowboys
Titans (but based in Central Queensland to provide a pathway for Rocky, Mackay, etc.)

I think the Titans touch team will have to play out of the Gold Coast becaue the touch game will lead into the Titans first grade match.

 

[ReddFelon]

I think the Titans touch team will have to play out of the Gold Coast becaue the touch game will lead into the Titans first grade match.

I don't mind them playing alongside the Titans team, I mean a set up similar to the Storm having the Sunshine Coast Falcons as their reserves side, move the team in accordance with the Titans schedule but have them train out of Rockhampton.

 

[Perth Red]

Good move, and they managed to fund more than 4 teams!