Well said! I am pleased to see rugby league doing well in Aus and only wish Sky still had the contract to show the games. I'm fairly sure that bagging those who follow the sport in the UK is counter productive and isn't really helping anything. Maybe the person who posted this thread should bare that in mind..

Or as i mentioned on another thread it could just be a lazy attempt at trolling.

a RL game which will capture the attention of a majority of a nation?

yeah we aint talking about england ....

are you happy about that?

people should know their place thats all.

when it comes to league, im proud of what has been achieved here since 1908.


RL is what it is in england and australia because of the respective leaderships.

a game like tomorrow is a fantastic achievement for our game and when i go to games like this i think about what people like gillitnan, hoyle and trumper did over 100 years ago

Over 75,000 tickets sold,this is massive for our game we all love.

wow, amazing

cant wait for this game. the atmosphere with 2 traditional sides in there will be hectic

Sounds good.
Whats the reason so many are turning out for this game? Talk about a bandwagon

2 popular sydney sides.

they played a number of very close grand finals in the 80s with either side winning against the other.

the eels are a sleeping giant of our RL scene but havent won the comp. since 1986.

the dogs have amongst the highest sydney crowd averages and are the 2nd most succesful side in terms of GFs won since 1980

you get a lot of sydney clubs which have a traditional rivalry and when it gets down to a big game like tomorrow or a GF, it really does go off.

the nrl hasnt really experienced a GF between 2 popular sydney teams. when that happens the game will get a massive shot in the arm.

So there's a lot of casual fans of times gone by turning out for this one?
Be sort of like how warry took 30,000 to Wembley yet couldnt average 10,000 this year!
On a slightly different note, the fans are obviously out there so instead of the respective clubs sitting back on their laurels they should be trying to find out how to get these people to the games regularly

Wow, the aussies and aussie wannabee's still singing the same tired old song (sounds a bit like Karaoke on a bad night - deep in their minds they know how bad they are at singing but they need the attention)

Shouldn't this be on the Aussie R/L board - Oh I forgot - no one reads that so your fervent need for attention would remain unsatisfied.

As for Barry_McNumpty, I can only assume he's a league Freak wanabee. Freaks comments about Chev walker were low but your:

"Does he have a specific illness or was he just brain damaged at birth?"

Comment is beyond what most people find acceptable.

Hutch summed it up:

[iif you dont like super league or rugby league outside of the nrl, there are plenty of nrl forums. it is f*cking pathetic sometimes.[/i

the parramatta eels fans have been starved of success since the 80s