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[quote="King Street Cat":1wa9s43t]Some might look at this as being harsh but I think it's fair. When are the Rugby League going to stop persisting with this fantasy expansion. If it hasn't worked by now, it never will! I'm all for reaching out to a wider audience with our game but not at the expense of historical clubs in the homelands.[/quote:1wa9s43t]:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_6731.jpg |
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Quote: Leyther_Matt "Anyone got a list of UK-based players taking part in this tournament?'" Only Jamaica have UK based players. The USA squad is completely taken from the AMNRL and the Canadians are partly taken from the AMNRL and partly from the newly formed domestic clubs there. Squads can be found here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Atlantic_Cup#Squads |
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Quote: Leyther_Matt "Anyone got a list of UK-based players taking part in this tournament?'" Only Jamaica have UK based players. The USA squad is completely taken from the AMNRL and the Canadians are partly taken from the AMNRL and partly from the newly formed domestic clubs there. Squads can be found here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Atlantic_Cup#Squads | |
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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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| Nice to see Phil Bentham getting to take charge of an International game...... 
As much as he and Ganson et al receive stick on here, the decision by RLIF (or ARL if I am honest) to not have a neutral ref last weekend was stupid  |
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[quote="King Street Cat":1wa9s43t]Some might look at this as being harsh but I think it's fair. When are the Rugby League going to stop persisting with this fantasy expansion. If it hasn't worked by now, it never will! I'm all for reaching out to a wider audience with our game but not at the expense of historical clubs in the homelands.[/quote:1wa9s43t]:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_6731.jpg |
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| Quote: gutterfax "Nice to see Phil Bentham getting to take charge of an International game...... ![]()
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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: headhunter "Thankfully this tournament has nothing to do with the RLIF, I'm not even sure they will know it's taking place. Bentham was provided by the RLEF.'"
So......the RLIF, supposedly set up to Govern the game internationally isn't running this comp....but instead, the European governing body is or is at least contributing to it.....Hmmm...OK. |
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[quote="King Street Cat":1wa9s43t]Some might look at this as being harsh but I think it's fair. When are the Rugby League going to stop persisting with this fantasy expansion. If it hasn't worked by now, it never will! I'm all for reaching out to a wider audience with our game but not at the expense of historical clubs in the homelands.[/quote:1wa9s43t]:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_6731.jpg |
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| Quote: gutterfax "So......the RLIF, supposedly set up to Govern the game internationally isn't running this comp....but instead, the European governing body is or is at least contributing to it.....Hmmm...OK.'" Yes. The RLIF does nothing other than badly organise the Four Nations when it's held in Australia. I'm not sure if it was involved in last year's Pacific Cup, but I doubt it. Literally all the development work in the northern hemisphere is done by the RLEF. The RLIF has no involvement or interest at all. The RLIF has no headquarters, no staff and as far as I'm aware consists solely of occasional meetings between Richard Lewis (head of the RLEF), the head of the NZRL and the two crooked Australians. They don't even have a website FFS. |
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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: headhunter "Yes. The RLIF does nothing other than badly organise the Four Nations and look after the interests of the Kangaroos. I'm not sure if it was involved in last year's Pacific Cup, but I doubt it. Literally all the development work in the northern hemisphere is done by the RLEF. The RLIF has no involvement or interest, all the international growth of the last 10 years or so is down purely to the RLEF.'"
.....which points to why RL struggles to be taken seriously as an International sport. It's bad enough that there are subtle differences in rules between domestic and International league and having 2 refs per game in one league and 1 in the other doesn't help either, but surely, from top to tail, the game needs that sorted out before there is any hope of true expansion and growth |
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| Quote: gutterfax "Nice to see Phil Bentham getting to take charge of an International game...... ![]()
Please use quotes in the future when you copy my ideas holus bolus.
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Extends to 11 the number of international rugby league sides playing over the last couple of months.
Excellent stuff.
Hopefully Jamaica will perform well and we will see a quality tournament.
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| Quote: Old Darlin "Extends to 11 the number of international rugby league sides playing over the last couple of months.
Excellent stuff.
Hopefully Jamaica will perform well and we will see a quality tournament.'"
More than that surely...
Why was there no Pacific cup this year?
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Eng, Aus, NZ, PNG, Wales, France, Ire, Scot, Sam, Ton, USA, Can, Jam.. there could be more im not sure have all played this international season. |
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what goes thru the minds of americans when naming thier kids? Apple Pope!!
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My mate Junior is in the Jamaica squad.
Go Jamaica!
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[quote="Bonzo":23qz4bj5]Corrected.
Incidentally, an exclamation mark ends a sentence and does not require a full stop. The first letter of the next word begins a new sentence and should therefore be capitalised. [i:23qz4bj5]Who needs flankers[/i:23qz4bj5]' grammar was actually correct.
HTH.
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| Quote: hammerman "what goes thru the minds of americans when naming thier kids? Apple Pope!!'"
Taco Pope is also in the squad. I wonder if they are brothers  |
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Quote: headhunter "Yes. The RLIF does nothing other than badly organise the Four Nations when it's held in Australia. I'm not sure if it was involved in last year's Pacific Cup, but I doubt it. Literally all the development work in the northern hemisphere is done by the RLEF. The RLIF has no involvement or interest at all. The RLIF has no headquarters, no staff and as far as I'm aware consists solely of occasional meetings between Richard Lewis (head of the RLEF), the head of the NZRL and the two crooked Australians. They don't even have a website FFS.'"
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Quote: headhunter "Yes. The RLIF does nothing other than badly organise the Four Nations when it's held in Australia. I'm not sure if it was involved in last year's Pacific Cup, but I doubt it. Literally all the development work in the northern hemisphere is done by the RLEF. The RLIF has no involvement or interest at all. The RLIF has no headquarters, no staff and as far as I'm aware consists solely of occasional meetings between Richard Lewis (head of the RLEF), the head of the NZRL and the two crooked Australians. They don't even have a website FFS.'"
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| Quote: Dico "More than that surely...
Why was there no Pacific cup this year?
aaand to count them
Sorry you are correct this time...13 teams in internationals minimum.
I forgot the Tonga v Samoa match, which should have been treated as a stand alone game after the RLWC 2008. Issy bitched and moaned for weeks about it.
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