English RL fans wearing NRL shirts is no different from kids in South Africa wearing Man Utd soccer shirts - people are attracted to the pinnacle of whatever sport their interested in and in RL its the NRL.

Theres a few shops that sell NRL shirts / vests / polo shirts etc in the north of england these days mostly selling the ISC gear (which is very good quality).

Although I support the Raiders i've got all sorts of other teams stuff and the vests are very handy for the red hot weather we're having at the moment.

The NRL gear looks much better than the Super League stuff too

If any of you live in West Yorkshire theres a shop in Castleford Market that sells loads of NRL clothing at good prices (I'd like to point out I'm not a Cas fan - Wakefield is my team)

superleague teams gear do not sell down under

I am a Bulls fan and support St George down in Aus.

They gave us players like Graeme Bradley and Brad MacKay so I just started following them from there on.

That said most English SL fans will have an NRL team they follow, seems to be the done thing ATM.

So are St Marys you dope

Thats like me saying I used to support Hull when they were called 'Sharks'

Or I support Celtic Crusaders because The are a few letters in their name that also appear in the word 'Cronulla'

Northampton Rugby union are called the 'Saints' as well I think.

Do you support them too?

Many friends follow teams because of the association of particular players, both from Oz & (back in the days of seperate seasons) a favorite player went down under to a particular club.
Manly for me as several Cas players have played there over the years so got me into following/choosing them. & have followed ever since though I did wane slightly in the Northern Eagles era (or error).

Why does no one follow Penrith though?


I mean, who wouldn't want to be emotionally raped on a weekly basis?

a question you should ask the good people of Penrith!

Dont need to JB. Decent crowds considering where the teams standing on the ladder, and many of them put money into the club via the League club.


Or do you want to have another thread about how they are struggling with hundreds of millions of dollars worth of assets they have, you stupid pommy idiot!

"Good Crowds"

All's relative i guess! Yep hard to tear yourself away from the pokie to get yourself to the game. All money in the bank though

Well Penrith is alive and the western reds were dead after a few years so Penrith must have something going for them.

I'd suggest its the fan base.


People like me...vs people like you.


A club thats alive, a club thats dead.

I see where you are coming from matey.


Guess I just don't really get how someone could go for a club just because they have a similar name or shirt to another one.

St Helens and St George Illawarra have similar shirts and both start with 'St'. But thats where the similarity ends


I suppose its no different to people supporting Man Utd who would have difficulty pointing Manchester out on the map though

They had the Wigan and Bradford 08 shirts in but they didnt seem to sell any. They dont have any Superleague jerseys at the moment, maybe they ahve learnt their lesson.

Yea i dont understand how NRL jerseys are cheaper in the UK, both my home and away Roosters 09 and NSW 09 Origin jersey came from downunder leisure in Wigan. When my familt came to visit they brough me them over aswell as a few t-shirts and training tops, all cheap there then in Aus....