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last post on RLFANS goodbye
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| Thanks to Origin, Nine will smash its competitors nationally once again on wednesday. The Nine network without RL would be in great danger of losing It's number one status,no wonder why so many TV stations want's Australia's number one sport,This great game has come a long way from the mining and steel towns of the north of England.Everywhere you go everyone's talking about State of Origin,no matter how many times Queensland give it to us,people will watch It cause It's the greatest sport spectacle on the Australian calendar.
Thx to the poms for the greatest game of all.  |
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regards
and ENJOY your sport
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"The Public wants what the Public gets" - Paul Weller:icons077e_files/5885-54zedonite-msnicons.jpg |
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| Quote: manly4ever "Thanks to Origin, Nine will smash its competitors nationally once again on wednesday. The Nine network without RL would be in great danger of losing It's number one status,no wonder why so many TV stations want's Australia's number one sport,This great game has come a long way from the mining and steel towns of the north of England.Everywhere you go everyone's talking about State of Origin,no matter how many times Queensland give it to us,people will watch It cause It's the greatest sport spectacle on the Australian calendar.
Thx to the poms for the greatest game of all. ![]()
Give it a rest.
Three words for you.
The Melbourne Cup.
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OLDHAM RLFC
RUGBY LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP
WINNERS: 1904-05 1909-10, 1910-11, 1956-57
Runners Up: 1906-07, 1907-08, 1908-09, 1921-22, 1954-55
FIRST DIVISION
CHAMPIONS: 1904-05
RUGBY LEAGUE CHALLENGE CUP
WINNERS: 1899, 1925, 1927
Runners Up: 1907, 1912, 1924, 1926
LANCASHIRE CUP
WINNERS: 1906–07, 1909–10, 1912–13, 1918–19, 1923–24, 1932–33, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1957–58
Runners Up: 1897–98, 1900–01, 1907–08, 1909–10, 1921–22, 1956–57, 1957–58
LANCASHIRE LEAGUE
CHAMPIONS: 1897-98, 1900-01, 1907-08, 1909-10, 1921-22, 1956-57, 1957-58
Runners Up: 1895-96, 1896-97, 1898-99, 1899-1900, 1908-09, 1910-11, 1911-12, 1923-24, 1954-55
SECOND DIVISION
CHAMPIONS: 1963-64, 1981-82, 1987-88
SECOND / DIVISIONAL PREMIERSHIP
WINNERS: 1988, 1990
Runners Up: 1992
NORTHERN FORD PREMERSHIP
Runners up : 2001
NATIONAL LEAGUE TWO/CHAMPIONSHIP 1
Play off final runners up: 2007,2008,2009,2010:14417.gif |
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being in australia last year during the melbourne cup i can say it felt exactly like grand national day here...the same kind of buzz imo
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[quote="dally messenger":1gysl9ow]was watching an nfl doco. on one of their teams and they used the term bomb to describe those long high passes from quaterback to running back and i think gibson took that idea, realized you cant throw the ball forward in RL and adapted it to a "bomb" kick we have[/quote:1gysl9ow]
[quote="eels fan":1gysl9ow]You poor poor obsessed fat ex vichyballin potato thieving stoaway.[/quote:1gysl9ow]:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_6679.png |
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| Quote: roughyedspud "being in australia last year during the melbourne cup i can say it felt exactly like grand national day here...the same kind of buzz imo'"
horse racing isn't a sport! It's just an excuse to give short people jobs. HTH  |
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| Quote: roughyedspud "being in australia last year during the melbourne cup i can say it felt exactly like grand national day here...the same kind of buzz imo'"
in other words
BORING! |
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Wigan RLFC - The Biggest Laughing stock in the history of Rugby League.:37981.jpg |
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If all the TV stations want it, how come it doesnt get the TV deal it deserves. How come the AFL tv rights are bigger?
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| Quote: Eurob0y "If all the TV stations want it, how come it doesnt get the TV deal it deserves. How come the AFL tv rights are bigger?'" Not for long! |
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Stirlingshire Saint wrote: If HKR win at Saints, I will personally bare my backside on the town hall steps in Hull.
Stirlingshire Saint wrote:
In summary, HKR are made up of of a few overrated foreigners, a couple of Wigan rejects and a couple of blokes I have never heard of.
Saints by plenty, by miles even!
Stirlingshire Saint wrote: A walkover for Saints.
HKR are about as poor as it gets.
When referring to the atmosphere of the HJ...
Wire On The Telly wrote: ...
Shame it doesn't keep the sound like the full east stand of HKR. That's atmosphere.:40171.gif |
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| Quote: Leaguefan "And there I was thinking it was the Bedisloe cup?/Super 14 or something.
 . I'd rather get blown off by some hot looking lady now that would beat watching a 3 min race anyday . The MC is also just a excuse for people taking a smoko during work, or chucking a sickie...
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Top 50 Programs 2009 – Combined
1 STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE NSW V QLD 1ST - MATCH 3,441
2 TENNIS: 2009 AUST OPEN - DAY 9 NIGHT SESSION 3,109
3 UNDERBELLY: A TALE OF TWO CITIES 3,070
4 TENNIS: 2009 AUST OPEN - MEN'S FINAL 3,011
5 TWENTY/20 - AUSTRALIA V SOUTH AFRICA GAME 2 2,940
6 TWENTY/20 - AUSTRALIA V SOUTH AFRICA 2,781
7 THE BIGGEST LOSER (AUS) - THE WINNER ANNOUNCED 2,769
8 PACKED TO THE RAFTERS 2,607
9 THE BIGGEST LOSER (AUS) - FINALE NIGHT 2,393
10 STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE NSW V QLD 1ST - PRE MATCH 2,366
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Both the NRL and AFL Grand Finals will blow Origin out of the park.
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| Quote: CGD "Both the NRL and AFL Grand Finals will blow Origin out of the park.'" Typo corrected! You mean both the NRL GF and the SoO will blow AFL out of the park. |
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Goonland 2006/2007/2008?: Trophy-free zone - Only the sound of two banjos playing in the background and some bloke chewing gum.:2157.jpg |
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Underbelly - a tale of two titties - worth watching if it gets to the UK
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| Quote: Eurob0y "If all the TV stations want it, how come it doesnt get the TV deal it deserves. How come the AFL tv rights are bigger?'"
A mixture of luck, competition and old fashioned good management. On his deathbed, Kerry Packer put in a cheeky bid for the rights which pushed Channels 7 and 10 to raise theirs to a ridiculous, unsustainable level. We're told Kerry did it to off his old rivals.
You also can't get past the fact that their sport is much better run than Rugby league is in this country and we have too close a relationship to Foxtel, Channel Nine and News Ltd. and appear to kow tow to them.
It also doesn't help that a lot of TV people seem to ignore regional NSW and Qld ratings (which add hundreds of thousands of viewers to RL's column and are bigger than Perth and Adelaide combined) in favour of the 5 capital city ratings (which oddly also excludes Canberra, another RL area).
I think the future's brighter, though, with plans to split up the rep games and the NRL - so hopefully we can start to get what we deserve. |
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