Well there we go again, decent first half good defence and looking to go in only 2 points down then ourselves in the foot with the second penalty that failed to find touch and the half ends with a penalty kicked for them. A good solid start was needed for the second half but when Sam failed to take the pass to go over under the sticks it was game well and truly over as they scored soon after, that 12 point swing seemed to knock the stuffing out of us and with Thurston, Cronk and Smith playing behind a now powerful dominant pack, the far superior Aussie Centres had time and space to cut loose. Was surprised and disappointed with the team selection in regards to the third half back pairing in 3 games as for me George Williams had done enough against Scotland to have kept his starting place,and to have no interchange number 9 to bring on to try and use different tactics from dummy half was ludicrous. As has been said earlier in this thread what we wouldn't give for players of the calibre of Fox, Newlove Murph and my favourite ever stand off, Millward, oh well hoping for a good game at Anfield for us perennial neutrals.
There's more money in the game over there but its not afloat with it, and still has to compete with RU and AFL, not to mention even the NFL in the case of Hayne.
Quote: Birkbygiant "There's more money in the game over there but its not afloat with it, and still has to compete with RU and AFL, not to mention even the NFL in the case of Hayne.'"
AFL is becoming a serious threat to Australian RL in NSW/QLD,they said it would never happen but there are now two well supported 'ping pong' franchises in both those states.
Give it 30 years or so for AFL to come in full effect down the eastern seaboard and we might be RL World Cup winners once again.
Quote: Birkbygiant "There's more money in the game over there but its not afloat with it, and still has to compete with RU and AFL, not to mention even the NFL in the case of Hayne.'"
As far as i know the current RFL deal with sky for 5 years is 90 million, Or something around that. The last 5 years deal for the Aussies was 1 Billion, Now that might not be awash to you, but i would call it fairly healthy no matter what RU and aussie rules are doing.
Quote: Jo Jumbuck "As far as i know the current RFL deal with sky for 5 years is 90 million, Or something around that. The last 5 years deal for the Aussies was 1 Billion, Now that might not be awash to you, but i would call it fairly healthy no matter what RU and aussie rules are doing.'"
Top clubs like Melbourne Storm can't keep one of the best wingers in the NRL (Koroibete) because they can't compete financially to Rugby Union.
Like I said there is more money in the game over in Oz, there are more teams, more fans, more media and public interest, however it is struggling against AFL and RU.
Quote: Birkbygiant "Top clubs like Melbourne Storm can't keep one of the best wingers in the NRL (Koroibete) because they can't compete financially to Rugby Union.
Like I said there is more money in the game over in Oz, there are more teams, more fans, more media and public interest, however it is struggling against AFL and RU.'"
So if the game is struggling with 1 million for five years, just what sort of money is Union getting If they can just pick up the best League players because the League clubs can't compete . They must have some huge benefactors we don't know about.
In 2015 they announced a massive increase in their deal to £285 million, and conceded it was merge pickings compared to the NRL, So where are all the extra hundreds of millions coming from, and you would think that if they are so rich they would dominate union in much the same way League does.
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ourselves in the foot with the second penalty that failed to find touch and the half ends with a penalty kicked for them. A good solid start was needed for the second half but when Sam failed to take the pass to go over under the sticks it was game well and truly over as they scored soon after, that 12 point swing seemed to knock the stuffing out of us and with Thurston, Cronk and Smith playing behind a now powerful dominant pack, the far superior Aussie Centres had time and space to cut loose. Was surprised and disappointed with the team selection in regards to the third half back pairing in 3 games as for me George Williams had done enough against Scotland to have kept his starting place,and to have no interchange number 9 to bring on to try and use different tactics from dummy half was ludicrous. As has been said earlier in this thread what we wouldn't give for players of the calibre of Fox, Newlove Murph and my favourite ever stand off, Millward, oh well hoping for a good game at Anfield for us perennial neutrals.
