And there you have the biggest problem on this site.

I wish I had a pound for every post I've read written by people who claim to have 'insider information' or 'work in the game' or 'know someone who knows someone who works in the game' or 'lives in Australia'






Its quite sad really. I really should ignore a lot of people on here. But it's hilarious reading some of the incredible waffle that gets posted by certain people who I won't bother naming. You know who you are!

Long may you continue. RLFans would be boring without you!

You don't congratulate anyone. You post on an internet forum. No one you are "congratulating" reads what you write so what's the point? Why do people on here feel the need to post as if they're talking to the actual people involved and not a bunch of other nuffies on an internet forum?

You can hardly blame the GB students because of a shortage of "university students" in oz.

You can only play who and what is in front of you. To coin a phrase, a wins a win. Well done GB.

Quote ="dixie"Around half the universities have an RL side. The link below shows the set up for last season's leagues. c1593.r93.cf3.rackcdn.com/Rugby_ ... _10-11.pdf After the Super 8 though i'd say the quality drops off a fair bit. Still a decent standard in the league below and teams dotted about, but at the bottom i'd say it's pretty dire.'" notice that many teams are from universities in the same cities, several are also second teams from the same few universities and almost all are in the north. speaking from personal experience aswell, most if not all of the teams at welsh universities are very recent occurences, aberystwyth spat on rugby league when i went there.

Quote ="dixie"Around half the universities have an RL side. The link below shows the set up for last season's leagues. c1593.r93.cf3.rackcdn.com/Rugby_ ... _10-11.pdf After the Super 8 though i'd say the quality drops off a fair bit. Still a decent standard in the league below and teams dotted about, but at the bottom i'd say it's pretty dire.'" notice that many teams are from universities in the same cities, several are also second teams from the same few universities and almost all are in the north. speaking from personal experience aswell, most if not all of the teams at welsh universities are very recent occurences, aberystwyth spat on rugby league when i went there.

Thats because it's in Wales and as we all know, RL in Wales is about as popular as it is in London. Union is the ONLY game of Rugby that counts in Wales.

Yet despite all the evidence pointing out this fact (the failure of Celtic Crusaders in Bridgend, the poor crowds at Wrexham etc etc) people don't seem to understand.

Cardiff University (known as University of Wales, College of Cardiff back then), also spat in rugby league when I went there. From what I can see they still don't have a team. That's a huge university (10th biggest in the UK out of 165) that doesn't seem to bother with RL.

I think Cardiff Institute had a fairly decent RL team at the time, they look to still be in the Wales & West league these days.

I've just watched the NRL highlights show on Sky that I recorded last week

The Souths vs. Cronulla game started with the Souths player catching the ball and being knocked over the sideline by his own player (which was a good thing because he tried to throw it back inside only for a Cronulla player to touch down after 6 seconds of the game)

The Newcastle vs. St George game started with St George dropping the ball from the kick off

And the Sydney vs. Canberra game started with Sydney kicking the ball out on the full from the kick-off

I nearly fell off the sofa I was laughing that much... If I were you I would look at the comedy sketch show called the NRL before criticising the basic skills in the Super League

Seconded. The NRL isn't as far ahead as some on here would like to try and make you believe.

Also, when it comes to attendances the NRL fans have no right to get on their high horses (Sydneysiders especially)
5,703 Penrith v Souths is one gate that springs to mind

...they'll tell you it was raining probably

That's a Sydney/derby game, between 2 teams less than 50 minutes apart by rail or road.

As for PHIPPS's team...the Cronulla Sharks......they are the worst draw in the NRL with souths, penrith and melbourne posting terrible gates for their visit and only 7,000 and change rolling up for their home game against NQlnd. They even have to take their "home" game v the Warriors to New Zealand to get a crowd



But I digress......a GB win is a GB win...regardless of what excuseds the Australians want to try and roll out.

Now where have I ever said the Cronulla Sharks are my team?

Ahhhhh.


It's one of those 'Phipps is Barry Mackenzie' posts.


WRONG

This is where I got the inferance that you were a sharks fan......pretty pro sharks post wouldn't you say?


Have never said you were Bazza....never will either. You are an anti-london RL troll though, that much is for sure.

What is it with you and crowds?

Do you get a woody each time a game isn't sold out or something?

Do you look up the weather channel for each match just to make sure those lying NRL fans are telling the truth, because you being supposedly based in NZ, how in the hell would you know how much rain is falling in another %$#$#@ country



Stick to watching your fav sport and leave RL alone.

My favourite sport (apart from baiting you crims) is Rugby League.......but because I dare to question anything to do with the greatest game, I am labelled an interloper........

....NRL FANS.....the most insecure bunch you'd wish to not ever meet.

It's no more a 'pro Sharks post' than if I had mentioned a fact about Manly, Wests or indeed any other NRL club!

There are TAFE teams. I play in the NSWTRL and there are TAFE, unis and colleges. You can also play City Country and State of Origin.

There is a guy in Brisbane who occasionally plays first grade who came through QLD and is also a physiotherapist. However Union rules especially in the universities.

I hope you weren't just making excusing for a loss ECT?

...notice you didn't mention St George Illawarra Dragons there...

Never heard that before, matter of fact, all the Tafe's I've seen, not one has a sporting ground



Not disagreeing with you, but the closest I've seen any TAFE come within a set up for sport is usually the swimming pool they each have, and they are usually used for relaxation.

In English weatherman

Well no.

Because as far as I'm aware they don't own their own ground plus land nearby.

What's that go to do with participation in the sport Eels?

But Manly and Wests do?

Well usually mr Australian Rugby League, unis and other places like this that have people representing them in sport have places at these unis (what not) to actually play their bloody games/sports don't they

You tell us mr Weatherman? Do they?

Can I have an update for the weather in Wollongong and Sydney tomorrow?

Cheers.

You were talking about TAFEs. Are you suggesting that they can't have a team because they don't have a field?

.....but but but...it was raining