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[i:2v2cei1t]'You put your Wendell in, You take your Brownie out, You put your Bennett in, And you make it to the 8, You do the Oki Chokie, And you get knocked out, Thats what St George are about' [/i:2v2cei1t] [quote="dally messenger":2v2cei1t]parra had no ball and still looked like scoring all the time[/quote:2v2cei1t] [quote="The Chief":2v2cei1t]What a knob Barrie MacKenzie is.[/quote:2v2cei1t] [quote="gutterfax":2v2cei1t]I like Bazza. He chose the name of a cross dressing Austalian institutions other persona.....and is your typical Aussie w@nker living in London whilst he tries to get some culture by visiting Prague to get pi55ed on Cheap Star, getting a fondle from a dodgy hooker in amsterdam and eating a snail for a bet when in paris. All of these things will make him a cultural icon when his visa runs out and he is sent the way of his great grandparents....alas, not in chains this time.[/quote:2v2cei1t] NEW COMPETITION COMING SOON!! YOU COULD BE THE NEXT BARRY McKENZIE!! WATCH THIS SPACE!! Barry McKenzie can be contacted at aussielegendbaz@gmail.com:45452.jpg



A cursory glance around any superleague fixture reveals quite a few English people wearing NRL club shirts.

North Queensland Cowboys, St George Illawarra and Brisbane Broncos seem the most popular from what I've seen.

I'd be interested to find out what makes your average bloke from Hull, St Helens or any other northern English town or city support a particular NRL club. Why would anyone from Hull support Melbourne Storm??? Why would anyone from Wigan support St George???


Interestingly enough I don't recall seeing any Aussie footy fans proudly sporting the latest Castleford, Wigan or St Helens jumper at an NRL match.


Do you think this is just because so many NRL jumpers are listed on ebay these days??? Are they better quality??? Is it because the colours are nicer??? Is it because you think the NRL is better than Superleague???

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like any top quality sports league around the world it will attract fans from abroad who like to feel part of it. Look at the amount of NFL and NHL jerseys you see as well in the UK, quite a lot considering both are minority sports here.

Personally, i'm not from a heartlands town/city but once i found out about RL there was no turning back so i naturally started watching the SL and NRL (yes you have to find out about RL here, so little is the media coverage in NI) I support the Roosters for unknown reasons but like to see the competition as a whole do well.

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Quote: stew88_RL "like any top quality sports league around the world it will attract fans from abroad who like to feel part of it. Look at the amount of NFL and NHL jerseys you see as well in the UK, quite a lot considering both are minority sports here.

Personally, i'm not from a heartlands town/city but once i found out about RL there was no turning back so i naturally started watching the SL and NRL (yes you have to find out about RL here, so little is the media coverage in NI) I support the Roosters for unknown reasons but like to see the competition as a whole do well.'"



Were the Roosters doing well when you first supported them? When did you start?

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I follow the Warriors as my family live 20 minutes from Mount Smart.

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[i:2v2cei1t]'You put your Wendell in, You take your Brownie out, You put your Bennett in, And you make it to the 8, You do the Oki Chokie, And you get knocked out, Thats what St George are about' [/i:2v2cei1t] [quote="dally messenger":2v2cei1t]parra had no ball and still looked like scoring all the time[/quote:2v2cei1t] [quote="The Chief":2v2cei1t]What a knob Barrie MacKenzie is.[/quote:2v2cei1t] [quote="gutterfax":2v2cei1t]I like Bazza. He chose the name of a cross dressing Austalian institutions other persona.....and is your typical Aussie w@nker living in London whilst he tries to get some culture by visiting Prague to get pi55ed on Cheap Star, getting a fondle from a dodgy hooker in amsterdam and eating a snail for a bet when in paris. All of these things will make him a cultural icon when his visa runs out and he is sent the way of his great grandparents....alas, not in chains this time.[/quote:2v2cei1t] NEW COMPETITION COMING SOON!! YOU COULD BE THE NEXT BARRY McKENZIE!! WATCH THIS SPACE!! Barry McKenzie can be contacted at aussielegendbaz@gmail.com:45452.jpg



During a shot of the crowd at the Wigan v Hull game yesterday I saw a guy in the Wigan section wearing a Penrith Panthers shirt.

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Simple reason really, the NRL is the best rugby league in the world and its great to watch. So you gotta have a team to follow. Cant remember why i started liking the Roosters, but i have done for a long while, i got my first jersey back in 97. Now ive moved down here and lived in Bondi Junction for a while, so they where actually my local team for a while. As much as they are doing bad this year i still watch them. In fact i consider myself more of a Roosters fan than a Wigan fan now.

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I think it's great and even better that out of those supporters, most also seem to take allegiance with either NSW or QLD come Origin time. I am surprised when they side with NSW though, as i've always imagined the "QLD legend" would carry more weight from afar.

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Quote: CGD "I think it's great and even better that out of those supporters, most also seem to take allegiance with either NSW or QLD come Origin time. I am surprised when they side with NSW though, as i've always imagined the "QLD legend" would carry more weight from afar.'"


I was quite suprised how much NSW felt like 'my team' last wednesday, Ive only lived here for 8 weeks! icon_biggrin.gif

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I like Wests Tigers myself, always have a great looking kit.

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Quote: Barry_McKenzie "During a shot of the crowd at the Wigan v Hull game yesterday I saw a guy in the Wigan section wearing a Penrith Panthers shirt.'"


Wasn't me but i'm a Wigan fan that supports Penrith.

Reason being it's the only ground in Australia i've been to(didn't get to watch a game as I was there for the Ashes cricket and it was the off season). I'd bought a Penrith jersey the day before and Shane Richardson spotted me and my mate who had a Wigan shirt on and came over for a chat with his missus. He seemed a cracking bloke.

They'd finished bottom of the league in the season that had just finished when i was there and after buying the shirt they won the grand final the year after icon_biggrin.gif I take full credit for that!

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Quote: christopher "I was quite suprised how much NSW felt like 'my team' last wednesday, Ive only lived here for 8 weeks!
Ive always gone for NSW because of the Roosters, and last week i went to my first ever Origin. It felt like i was from NSW and ive been supporting them for years. It was great. The blues fans around me thought it was great that i was so passionate about NSW. The Qld fans behind me just mocked me for picking NSW. I love Origin, the best rugby league ive ever experienced.

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Seems that it's mainly the Sydney clubs & NSW 'origan' for the majority of UK fans.

However, I've been supporting 'Der Storm' since their first season. The reason is perhaps a bit obtuse, namely, it was the hometown of my late wife. However, expect that when Perth Reds join the NRL will move westward to support them. Again for personal reasons as my son & his family now live in the 'Sunshine' city of Perth!!

Still have very mixed views about the set-up of the NRL game i.e. a couple too many teams in and around Sydney. Believe it would be better if instead two teams were 'moved' to Adelaide & Perth soon which means that the NRL can finally start to be called the nations true national game.....

....still hopeful this will happen in my lifetime - but as I'm 77 it might well not, sad to say!!

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Quote: stew88_RL "like any top quality sports league around the world it will attract fans from abroad who like to feel part of it. Look at the amount of NFL and NHL jerseys you see as well in the UK, quite a lot considering both are minority sports here.

Personally, i'm not from a heartlands town/city but once i found out about RL there was no turning back so i naturally started watching the SL and NRL (yes you have to find out about RL here, so little is the media coverage in NI) I support the Roosters for unknown reasons but like to see the competition as a whole do well.'"


there are many roosters fans that dont know why they support them either.


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go you blues cockroaches. blues babes 8) cmon aussie cmon cmon. cmon aussie cmon. cmon aussie. cmon aussie. cmon aussie. aussie aussie aussie ouh ouh ouh :ROCKS: 15 grand final wins. 14 grand final loses. 15[16now] minor premiers. no other club compare's. SUPER SOWARD 8) . ''Dico wrote:'' I thought with the 8 point try you only took one kick and were given the other 2 points? havent seen one for donkeys years. LOL. //forums.rleague.com/index.php:



alot of the times selections of teams to follow are the players playing for them . i was born in kogarah icon_twisted.gif its in my blood from my dragons family

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I have followed the arl/nrl since 1982
I saw the aussie tourist at Hull and have been hooked ever since

I got videos of the games up too 1989
Then i got sky and they showed games
OK they were not live but a few days old and i watched the Balmain Tigers v Canberra Raiders grand final and i ve not seen a game to beat it yet

I follow the Parramatta Eels
But i collect all the club shirts They are so easy to get now with the internet etc

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