Will the NRL acknowledge the 125th anniversary of the birth of our game ?

[The Partisan]

25th August 1895 is when those 22 English clubs got the ball rolling.

Be nice to see the landmark acknowledged.

 

[Diesel]

NRL should in some way, but the predecessor, the Sydney or Brisbane competitions started in 1908.
In Australia it should be the ARLC celebrating it in some way

 

[Babyface O'reilly]

NRL should in some way, but the predecessor, the Sydney or Brisbane competitions started in 1908.
In Australia it should be the ARLC celebrating it in some way

The NRL had only been around for ten years when they celebrated our 100th. They’re part of the game’s history no matter how recent. They should celebrate it in some way, you’d think.

 

[Perth Red]

Do they even know?

 

[taipan]

They'll work from 1908 here.

 

[siv]

I thought the NRL has only been going for 23 years ?

 

[Timmah]

I thought the NRL has only been going for 23 years ?

Candidate for stupidest post of the year

 

[siv]

Candidate for stupidest post of the year

Nah this one takes the cake

 

[Usain Bolt]

What are you talking about?

Vlandys created Rugba Leeg a month ago

 

[This Year?]

I thought the NRL started in 1997 or 1998, It would be magnificent if the NRL, ARL, SL etc can celebrate the birth of the sport they represent.

Candidate for stupidest post of the year

Technically he's correct, so how is it stupid? There are many discrepancies in rugby league and he was simply pointing that out.

 

[Timmah]

I thought the NRL started in 1997 or 1998, It would be magnificent if the NRL, ARL, SL etc can celebrate the birth of the sport they represent.


Technically he's correct, so how is it stupid? There are many discrepancies in rugby league and he was simply pointing that out.

The header of the posts literally says "our game". He wasn't asking if the NRL was celebrating the start of the NRL.

 

[wittyfan]

Rugby League no longer exists. It's now Rugba League!

 

[kdalymc]

are some merkins trolling?

and re-OP
its just hit the 112th mark as we rock from 1908

 

[Pommy]

25th August 1895 is when those 22 English clubs got the ball rolling.

Be nice to see the landmark acknowledged.

don’t be silly rugby league was born in 1908.

 

[The Partisan]

don’t be silly rugby league was born in 1908.

History says otherwise

 

[siv]

History says otherwise

Depends on your definition of rugby league

- 1873 play the ball invented with 4 tackles
- 1895 clubs breakaway but play RU
- 1906 13 aside game begins
- 1908 rugby league term born in Oz
- 1967 limited tackles
- 1996 English Super League born
- 1997 NRL born

Some may say rugby is still being played too in the north of England

 

[titoelcolombiano]

What are you talking about?

Vlandys created Rugba Leeg a month ago

Vlanys gets the credit but actually Rabs coined the term Rugba Leg in 2015 as evidenced at 1:49:11 of this video:

 

[Perth Red]

Birthplace is saved! Let’s hope they now get the lotto funding to turn it into the museum we deserve,

https://leaguewrites.com/2020/06/17/kirklees-council-confirm-purchase-of-george-hotel/

 

[BARTOX86]

125 years and you mob still haven't evolved a brain big enough to support AFL.

 

[BunniesMan]

The NRL was renamed but it is clearly the competition that began in 1908. And the comp that began in 1908 came from what happened in 1895.

History doesn't stop when circumstances change and people adapt. It is continuous.