He's a union troll with a passing interest in RL, especially the poor parts of our sport, I would expect nothing less from him.

Quote: Worzel "Any evidence supporting such a claim Barnaby?'" Yes steady growth whilst most of the world continues to struggle in a recession, how will we Aussies ever cope? Lol www.smh.com.au/business/the-econ ... 2xx1q.html As for WA, well it may mean a few less billionaires but us plebians will get by I'm sure. www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/wa-na ... 2wg2o.html

Quote: Worzel "Any evidence supporting such a claim Barnaby?'" Yes steady growth whilst most of the world continues to struggle in a recession, how will we Aussies ever cope? Lol www.smh.com.au/business/the-econ ... 2xx1q.html As for WA, well it may mean a few less billionaires but us plebians will get by I'm sure. www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/wa-na ... 2wg2o.html

the stock response to anyone who dares point out that RL is on its in the UK and is of little interest to mainstream media.
Just to clarify, RL in the UK is not on it's and of little interest to mainstream media because of anything I have said or done, but because I point out it is, you brand me a "Union troll", whilst you and your ilk blindly continue to ignore the faults choosing rather to pick up on a less than often read mid-left wing daily's omission of a RL game from it's sporting moments of 2013.

I have just been looking through the Aussie press sports reviews for 2013.

Only one mentions the world cup, and even that is a single line of information... Australia won the rugby league world cup.

Australia's apathy to anything nonNRL is our biggest problem.

Given he's from New Zealand (or that way on), it was more likely to be 9am his time...

What time is it now in Lala land now? You know, the place where fans of a game in the UK that commands little interest outside of its heartlands believe it deserves headline treatment?

Obviously troll time.

So 9am New Year's day then. That's even sadder.

What's that got to do with the fact you've got nothing better to do at 9am on New Year's Day than to troll a message board on the other side of the world.

It all makes sense now, the constant craving of attention on here.

fail to see what time I post and from where adds any credence to your beliefs? I stand by my statement that it is perfectly acceptable for a national paper with a readership based mainly in the SE of England not to mention the RLWC in its round up. This has now been backed up with a post from Australia that states the RLWC got 1 passing mention in many reviews of 2013 there....and we all know how MASSIVE RL is in 'stralia.


Yeah....I crave your attention

Fact is the indignation in the OP at the omission of RL from the Guardians top 10 was misplaced hyperbole and has now been replaced with a little troll hunting. It is a sad indictment that self confessed hunters like you feel the need to invade every thread with name calling. You will notice I didn't mention union first, I simply highlighted a flawed stand point and then as usual the name calling starts.

I do fear for the educational standards in the UK when debating abilities fall this far

So you admit the media is Southern England biased towards RU and against RL? And there was me thinking you blamed the rfl for all the games problems!

1. I do not believe there is any media bias against RL other than in your and a few others heads. I'll type it slowly for you......the Guardian Readership have little if any interest in Rugby League so I leave it to the Editorial staff at that paper as to what they print. DEMAND = SUPPLY......if the readership wanted it, they'd get it.
2. I blame a lot of people and organisations for the woes of RL in the UK. The RFL happen to be one of the main protagonists in the farcical handling of the sport in recent years, but they are not alone, as I also believe the SL clubs are guilty of underselling themselves as well as a lot of self serving decision making whilst I believe the championship clubs are not without blame either.
3. The OP posted here with indignation that a paper mainly read by tree hugging, bark licking, dolphin kissing aspirant middle class s didn't include a RL moment that he/she thought should have been included. The real surprise is he/she expected anything else

Once again, the voice of the minority, even when they are actually a tiny minority and have been out represented and outvoted in a perfectly legal way, can only be heard through the protest of those few....can I suggest you and the OP dress up as batman & robin and scale the walls of Buckingham Palace? Maybe then RL will get the headlines you believe it deserves!