Peter V'landys - New NRL/ARLC Chairman

[mongoose]

So rugba league. What an embarrassment.

as a chairman he probably shouldn't say it but he has a point. You haven't been around Australia enough if you don't get the cultural hostility Victorians have towards Rugby League and anything from Sydney. Perth is different, they don't have the same snobby and extreme parochial ways of Melbourne. They will accept League a lot faster than Melbourne.

 

[JD-Roo]

Dude if its good enough for Origin, its good enough for a grand final. Especially a Storm Grand Final.
Biiger issue is whether the ground would even be available. Week after the AFL Grand Final is always booked in case of a draw.

Not sure if this has been replied to yet as I'm still catching up, but there's no draw/replay in any of the finals anymore, so the MCG would be available.

 

[Perth Red]

as a chairman he probably shouldn't say it but he has a point. You haven't been around Australia enough if you don't get the cultural hostility Victorians have towards Rugby League and anything from Sydney. Perth is different, they don't have the same snobby and extreme parochial ways of Melbourne. They will accept League a lot faster than Melbourne.

He's supposed to be the head of the NRL (that stands for NATIONAL RL by the way) not some pssed up Sydney bloke rolling out the pub telling the world how sht he thinks Melbourne is!

And no he doesn't have a point. If Melbourne was as bad as Sydney folk seem to think it wouldn't be about to become the biggest city in Australia. Reality is, compared to many places in the world, Australian cities are awesome. I haven't been to one I haven't liked, except maybe Canberra which is just a weird place.

 

[King hit]

He's supposed to be the head of the NRL (that stands for NATIONAL RL by the way) not some pssed up Sydney bloke rolling out the pub telling the world how sht he thinks Melbourne is!

And no he doesn't have a point. If Melbourne was as bad as Sydney folk seem to think it wouldn't be about to become the biggest city in Australia. Reality is, compared to many places in the world, Australian cities are awesome. I haven't been to one I haven't liked, except maybe Canberra which is just a weird place.

Victorians are plague carriers it’s great to take the piss out of them. I’ll never forget the Victorian family I meet at Noosa who were bragging about how the Victorian coastline was better. Told them to get f**ked to their face. Felt great

 

[Wb1234]

Victorians are plague carriers it’s great to take the piss out of them. I’ll never forget the Victorian family I meet at Noosa who were bragging about how the Victorian coastline was better. Told them to get f**ked to their face. Felt great

This post gives me joy

 

[King hit]

This post gives me joy

It’s insane it’s like they are on some ambition to shit on the world. Shane Warne in his autobiography has a whole chapter about how amazing Melbourne is. Their dickhead premier was bragging to everyone how their control of that stupid virus is better then everyone else lol okay

 

[Wb1234]

It’s insane it’s like they are on some ambition to shit on the world. Shane Warne in his autobiography has a whole chapter about how amazing Melbourne is. Their dickhead premier was bragging to everyone how their control of that stupid virus is better then everyone else lol okay

Warnie is about the only good thing to come out of that state

thing about Melbourne is it’s jealousy of Sydney
Meanwhile Sydneysiders don’t even care

 

[bad boy bubby]

He's supposed to be the head of the NRL (that stands for NATIONAL RL by the way) not some pssed up Sydney bloke rolling out the pub telling the world how sht he thinks Melbourne is!

He's from Wollongong and born in Greece.
Just sayin

 

[Canard]

thing about Melbourne is it’s jealousy of Sydney
Meanwhile Sydneysiders don’t even care

And yet the head of the NRL and multiple posters in this thread have shown that to not be true.

For mine, this is childish bullshit

 

[Pneuma]

He's supposed to be the head of the NRL (that stands for NATIONAL RL by the way) not some pssed up Sydney bloke rolling out the pub telling the world how sht he thinks Melbourne is!

And no he doesn't have a point. If Melbourne was as bad as Sydney folk seem to think it wouldn't be about to become the biggest city in Australia. Reality is, compared to many places in the world, Australian cities are awesome. I haven't been to one I haven't liked, except maybe Canberra which is just a weird place.

God this bloke never stops whinging, and complaining. He vents his hate here endlessly. What a miserable prick.

 

[T-Boon]

And yet the head of the NRL and multiple posters in this thread have shown that to not be true.

For mine, this is childish bullshit

that is just understandable jealousy over how much AFL has its shit together.

 

[King hit]

that is just understandable jealousy over how much AFL has its shit together.

Yeah the Hawks have their shit together and the AFL sweeping it under the rug. You're fake news.

 

[Perth Red]

And yet the head of the NRL and multiple posters in this thread have shown that to not be true.

For mine, this is childish bullshit

yeh for people who dont care they seem to spend a lot of time talking about melbourne!

 

[Wb1234]

And yet the head of the NRL and multiple posters in this thread have shown that to not be true.

For mine, this is childish bullshit

It is

but omg it’s been funny his pot shots at the afl

even better is the afl is now copying his ideas with their “gather” round lol

 

[Pneuma]

Yeah the Hawks have their shit together and the AFL sweeping it under the rug. You're fake news.

Collingwood racism. Hawthorn racism. North Melbourne hire racists. We should be so envious!

 

[Pneuma]

yeh for people who dont care they seem to spend a lot of time talking about melbourne!

And you never mention the afls racism? I wonder why. Gil’s number one fanboy!

 

[Wb1234]

And you never mention the afls racism? I wonder why. Gil’s number one fanboy!

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[mongoose]

He's supposed to be the head of the NRL (that stands for NATIONAL RL by the way) not some pssed up Sydney bloke rolling out the pub telling the world how sht he thinks Melbourne is!

And no he doesn't have a point. If Melbourne was as bad as Sydney folk seem to think it wouldn't be about to become the biggest city in Australia. Reality is, compared to many places in the world, Australian cities are awesome. I haven't been to one I haven't liked, except maybe Canberra which is just a weird place.

what's Melbourne becoming the biggest city have to do with their ingrained hatred of Sydney and Rugby League?

someone I know compared Canberra to Pyongyang the other day. I lol'ed

 

[Frailty]

Melbourne definitely has a thing with Sydney. When I moved here, I was constantly asked which city I preferred to live in or liked better.

However, this idea that Melbourne hates Rugby League is simply not true. You may find the odd person who does, but the vast majority either don’t care about it or casually follow it. There’s no discussion about how aggressive League is invading like NSW and QLDers talk about AFL as far as I’ve seen.

 

[ayatollah_murdoch]

Melbourne definitely has a thing with Sydney. When I moved here, I was constantly asked which city I preferred to live in or liked better.

However, this idea that Melbourne hates Rugby League is simply not true. You may find the odd person who does, but the vast majority either don’t care about it or casually follow it. There’s no discussion about how aggressive League is invading like NSW and QLDers talk about AFL as far as I’ve seen.

Outside of these forums, there's no such discussion about AFL either. The biggest thing I hear these days is about how rugby union is a mess and dying. Other codes just exist in the typical Sydney ether and rank below some nose beers, property prices and the beach as our obsessions.