76030_1540929970.jpgJESUS WEPT HOW MANY TIMES?????
£20 a ticket and £15 on beer and merchandise.....so an away fan is worth £35. At best, 1,000 is the average away support split across 11 rounds and I am being really generous here, so Toronto, replacing say Wakefield will cost a SL club £35,000.
The minimum turnover of a SL club is £4,000,000 so Toronto instead of Widnes is worth less than 1% of a SL clubs turnover.
There are many valid reasons for and against expansion into America, but "AWAY FANS" isn't one of them. :d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_76030.jpg
Quote: Mild Rover "Could it be age rather than culture? It being more difficult to adapt for players stepping up at ~23/24 than having been involved with an NRL team since their teens? That rather falls down, if those picked up were 19-21.
When Stanley Gene came across in the mid-90s, Rovers were part-time and outside of SL so in fairness the learning curve was likely less steep - rugby wise at least. His autobiography is an interesting study in culture shock and adjustment. Arriving in winter, he was stunned to see a blighted country in which all the trees were ‘dead’, and admired the bravery of a people facing such devastation so calmly.'"
His AB was a great read.......might pick it up again now you've pricked my memory.
The "work ethic" thing is a massive part of NZ culture here......PI players have to work twice as hard to get an AB's shirt in my opinion and our "stars" are always European...........it's a latent racism.....and it is real, but that's a discussion for the sinbin.
PNG players will run through brick walls for you........it's the other stuff they struggle with,
Quote: Sir Kevin Sinfield "Manly have signed PNG duo Rahdly Brawa and Edene Gebbie.
Queensland Cup winning captain Ase Boas and younger brother Watson Boas have already signed for Featherstone Rovers while Wartovo Puara Junior and Stargroth Amean have signed for Barrow Raiders.
The PNG Hunters are turning into a conveyor belt of talent, which led to the national sides recent victory over England Knights.'"
76030_1540929970.jpgJESUS WEPT HOW MANY TIMES?????
£20 a ticket and £15 on beer and merchandise.....so an away fan is worth £35. At best, 1,000 is the average away support split across 11 rounds and I am being really generous here, so Toronto, replacing say Wakefield will cost a SL club £35,000.
The minimum turnover of a SL club is £4,000,000 so Toronto instead of Widnes is worth less than 1% of a SL clubs turnover.
There are many valid reasons for and against expansion into America, but "AWAY FANS" isn't one of them. :d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_76030.jpg
59837_1508749784.jpgIrony is represented below.
[quote="JEAN CAPDOUZE":162hm7sy]He is not telling the truth. He is talking paranoid rubbish.[/quote:162hm7sy]:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_59837.jpg
It's interesting that Australia's new Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, held talks with the PNG PM on the sidelines of the recent Oceania leaders conference about funding a PNG bid to join the NRL.
It's not a new idea, but Albanese is a true RL fan and is very likely to come good with the money to make this happen.
It's interesting that Australia's new Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, held talks with the PNG PM on the sidelines of the recent Oceania leaders conference about funding a PNG bid to join the NRL.
It's not a new idea, but Albanese is a true RL fan and is very likely to come good with the money to make this happen.
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HOW MANY TIMES?????
£20 a ticket and £15 on beer and merchandise.....so an away fan is worth £35. At best, 1,000 is the average away support split across 11 rounds and I am being really generous here, so Toronto, replacing say Wakefield will cost a SL club £35,000.
The minimum turnover of a SL club is £4,000,000 so Toronto instead of Widnes is worth less than 1% of a SL clubs turnover.
There are many valid reasons for and against expansion into America, but "AWAY FANS" isn't one of them. 
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