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[druzik]

The Struggle Within

May 26th, 2010
By Daniel Andruczyk

So State of Origin what a spectacle… now that I have your attention...

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[juro]

The Struggle Within

May 26th, 2010
By Daniel Andruczyk

So State of Origin what a spectacle… now that I have your attention...

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Pfft... Phil Rothfield. What a neville!

 

[druzik]

I wanna know how the hell have players going to England Ruined the NRL?

1. The NRL is not ruined at all... it grows and gets better each year
2. The Cap is forcing teams and players to look at England
3. Players are coming back these days... and I think enriches the NRL because in some ways they come back more experienced in different styles and have had some cultural experiences.

Next blog post (hopefully later today) I will elaborate on my points in this blog post.

 

[druzik]

Lets Talk International Rugby League

May 29th, 2010
By Daniel Andruczyk

A few days ago I had a rant about the treatment International Rugby League was getting from many of the commentators and even the players now that state of Origin is upon us. I mentioned at the end of that rant 3 points where the game needs to be fixed up. I had a flood of comments and email from people agreeing and disagreeing with me and also coming up with some suggestions – this is all fantastic this is exactly the type of discussion I wanted to generate. So this blog what I want to do is elaborate more on what I think needs to be done. I will use examples from other sports and hopefully show that with some simplicity we can have a great, meaningful international competition. This post may be a long one so please do bare with me.

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[druzik]

World League : The International Rugby League Show

May 31st, 2010
By Daniel Andruczyk

Yep you read right! There is an International Rugby League show! Myself (Daniel Andruczyk) and Chris West at hkcradio on Tuesday nights will be discussing all things to do with International Rugby League. The RLIS website has undergone a revamp as well and a round up of the weekends results with some absolute pearler games in Europe! The rumour mill also makes an appearance.

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[druzik]

How to Deal with Israel? BARLA Press Release

June 3rd, 2010
By Daniel Andruczyk

So this week Israel Folau signed for AFL. Just like when Karmichael Hunt swapped there has been an outcry over why he did it etc… So how do we deal with players switching codes as a sport? The European Bowl is on Friday night and it features Malta and Norway. Details of how you can keep track of the scores will be given. Also a press release from BARLA in regard to Rugby League’s recent tragic loss.

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[druzik]

German Rugby League President in Australia

June 8th, 2010
By Daniel Andruczyk

Rugby League Deutschland President, Simon Cooper, has been in Australia over April and May learning from NRL clubs on how to help develop the sport in Germany. I caught up with him for Rugby League Review and Rugby League International Scores while he was in Sydney.

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[druzik]

A Brand new Adventure

June 10th, 2010
By Morgan Martin

This week Morgan Martin from the Carluke Tigers is a guest blogger. Morgan recently debuted for Scotland A and has been kind enough to share his experiences and thoughts of the day. I first met Morgan in 2008 actually when his first international match was with the Euro Celts against Germany in bad Reichenhall. Little did I know that that weekend I was having lunch and beers with a future Scotland International!

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[druzik]

For Once Lets Think Outside of the Box

June 12th, 2010
By Daniel Andruczyk

Last week Steve Mascord broke the news that the Samoan Rugby League have approached the RLIF about hosting an international 9s competition. Steve also mentioned that the RLIF are thinking of having and international circuit like in the Union 7s but that the NRL and ESL clubs releasing players was the big issue. I just shook my head at this. Steve even you should have seen how we can do this outside of the regular box! So here are my thoughts on this proposal.

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[druzik]

It’s time to go…

June 17th, 2010
By Daniel Andruczyk

Queensland have won an unprecedented 5 straight Origin series, but what does this mean for the whole concept? Yes, yes, I know that I have been calling for Origin to be abolished in its current form for a while now. But this post is one with a twist on this theme. How you may ask, well its simple the age old rugby league attitude to teams that keep winning series upon series upon series. With QLD having won five series in a row now and looks like it may get 6 and 7 even will the age old Rugby League attitude kick in towards State of Origin?

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[druzik]

The 12 Year Master Plan

June 23rd, 2010
By Daniel Andruczyk

The latest blog comes on the back of a discussion I had with a avid rugby league fan in New Zealand. Its also a re-vamp of last years series of blogs on the 4 ways to fix International Rugby League. Originally I did this back in 2007 before the World Cup where there was a 10 year plan, it was in answer to what Richard Lewis and the “RLIF” had announced at the time with the lead up to the 2013 Rugby League world cup. Now with the current plan having run half way through its cycle, there is still no real idea on what is beyond 2013. Well, if I were in charge of the RLIF here is what I would do:

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[druzik]

How to Avoid Super League War 2

June 25th, 2010
By Daniel Andruczyk

So has someone spiked the water in Australia or something? So first we get a leadership spill in the Australian government and then Stephen Humphrey’s comes up with what has to be one of the most bizarre and what I fee absurd proposed changes to Rugby League, I have ever read. Yes you read right the proposed changes to the NRL that the Wests Tigers boss want to introduce are a farce. They could lead to a new Super League War even. Let me try and show you how and why. This may be a long posts so bare with me please.

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[druzik]

It is time to stop revolting?

July 6th, 2010
By Daniel Andruczyk

This weekend apparently saw a “whole bunch of average” games in the NRL. Well so it was claimed by several commentators on the radio. Apparently the play was terrible, the referees were terrible, it was stated that this has been the worst season in a long time in terms of quality rugby league and something needs to be done to “Fix it”? Um ha!? Since when did Rugby League, or any sport for that matter become purely an entertainment product?

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[druzik]

Oh How Easy it is to forget History

July 12th, 2010
By Daniel Andruczyk

I bought the other day the Australian Rugby Leagues “A Century of Rugby League” 4-DVD set. I watched it in great anticipation that I would get a great overview of not just Internationals and the NRL but Rugby League in Australia as a whole. I mean it is meant to be a century of the sport in Australia yes? So believe me that when I say I feel completely disappointed and robbed and I think the rest of Australia who really cares about Rugby League as a sport should feel this way too.

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[Old Darlin]

frankly d, i agree totally - it was a pretty woeful effort with no coverage of the international game outside the oz team - also no focus at all on the international teams we played and often lost to

 

[druzik]

The Travellers and Food Lovers Guide to Rugby League – Heidelberg

July 19th, 2010
By Daniel Andruczyk

The last several years I have had the fortunate opportunity to live and work overseas, namely in Germany. My passion for Rugby League found me travelling all over Europe to watch the greatest game and in one case even managed to participate in a tournament. So I have decided to write blogs on my experiences, the travel, food and cities I experienced and share some photos. This month I look at a place on peak of the rugby league frontiers, Heidelberg, in Germany.

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[druzik]

Double Post

 

[druzik]

England Jump on the Bandwagon

July 28th, 2010
By Daniel Andruczyk

Last week England jumped on the Pacific Nation stealing band wagon. Willie Manu made himself available for England and he was embraced with open arms. But when you read the various articles on this you see a disturbing trend and attitude towards the English Jersey. Of course its not the first time England has done this, in fact from the home nations there have been other players that defected, or made themselves available.

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[druzik]

Scotland take the Grand Slam

August 17th, 2010
By Daniel Andruczyk

So finally there has been less controversy in Rugby League so I can do a general wrap up of the worlds news. So this week Scotland won the Home nations while the AMNRL play-offs started and in New Zealand the grand finals were played out while Jamaica and Canada and the USA will be playing international.

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[druzik]

Wigan Take the First Silverware

August 25th, 2010
By Daniel Andruczyk

This week in the Super League Wigan have taken their first silverware since 2002, by taking the league leaders shield. In Australia, the NRL is has many places still up for grabs while through Europe and the pacific there are championships coming close to their end. In Hunslet, Jamaica took on the GB Community Lions in their warm up to the Floodlit 9s tournament.

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