You really think that SL is that much better than the NRL that the best the NRL has to offer doesn't stand a chance in this game? Interesting.

It can't simultaneously be a feel good event for SL and make up for Australia's embarrassment at the World Cup.

At the end of the day, Leeds Rhinos are world club champions, and New Zealand are world champions. The rest is just .

Seriously though, if the NRL is SO SO SO much better than SL is, the NRL team would win every time.

Leeds could go six months without a game and still put sixty past any NL1 club, so all the Aussies excuses are pretty embarrassing. Especially considering they are over here training for so long.

I agree with holding it down there.
But you associated me with one of THEM...how dare you


tbf anyone who says it isnt stacked in favour of the home side despite playing a warm up game, whether it's held in Aus or here, is living on cloud cuckoo, add to that our seasons started and theirs hasn't.

Funny. I knew this'd happen which is why I posted a couple of months ago that manly were dead seroius about this WCC. People at the club told me so.


As for the Olympics, same old aussies. Yawn.

Even your first gold medal winner was English. Oh, and he even was competing for Britain as you didn't have a team til after federation in 1901. But you'll claim him anyway. As you always do. Keep chirping.


If he plays, keep an eye out for Kieran Foran if he plays for Manly and let me know how he goes.

that game in melbourne was pretty embarrasing.

thank god for PNG, because they sure put in a better performance than your lost

imagine if they had their own pro league.

40 years of hurt and the solution is a mickey mouse game to make english RL fans feel they are catching up with us

they aren't playing a rookie side - the Aussie media are making out that they are so when they lose to Quins, they have an excuse; then when they lose to Leeds they can say that the first team havent had a warm up game.

Manly would be quaking in their boots I imagine.

The sad spectacle of a man that chooses to live in a country that he does not support or back.
You take the money and lifestyle but still have your head as English.
Go home Mate if you can not adopt and embrace the country you live in.
You are like a Tick.
What is your position in Rugby League in Australia? you go on about it as if you are some sort of big wheel.
I am sure I will know you if you are as important as you make out.
I can not cop people that come to another country and take all of the benefits and CHOOSE to live there and then carp on about the country and run it down.
I like the American saying
Love it or leave it.

Wow. All that for pointing out Australia's first gold medal winner happened to be English. Imagine if I actually said something bad!

Hardly a big wheel me. You read into things too much. I'm not important at all. Just a small cog among thousands of other cogs who know others in the game etc. etc.

Meanwhile, [url=http://www.play.com/Tickets/TicketsShow/-/975/1224/-/8789195/World-Club-Challenge-Leeds-Rhinos-v-Manly-Sea-Eagles/Product.html?searchtype=genresomeone[/url is a bit optimistic.

i hope Leeds win.

English RL fans really need a boost.

SL is as good as the nrl, really.

I hope Manly. Knock Leeds' confidence for SL.

The only boost they're going to get is the boost of the mighty Manly strike power,poor buggers!

i hope Manly win.

Aussie RL fans really need a boost.

how long is it since an Australian rugby league team (at club or national level) won an international competition??? 3 years now isnt it. at least you have State of Origin though.

yes but I think a big shake-up is clearly needed in the Origin series, it used to produce the goods in that the players kicked on to international success from there, but of late . . .

Where did it all go wrong?

The English game needs the boost ,not us !

3 years vs 40 years.

yeah i know who needs it more.

i'm sure we won a series in 2007...

England won a series in 2007, plus the World Club Challenge in 2007 and 2008. New Zealand won the World Cup in 2008.

The last thing that an Australian team won was the 2006 Tri-Nations.

the last time england beat australia in a series, we were talking about landing a man on the moon

From the Horses mouth....
Manly will play their strongest team for the second half on Sunday. The first half will be used to give everyone on the touring party a run out.
Either way....no rookie team

There's always one person who has to spoil an entertaining argument by introducing facts. Shame on you gutterfax.

Maybe so but the last time GB beat the current world champions in a test series was under 2 years ago, the fact remains GB have won more in the last few years than Australia.