Perhaps League fans over here are just more passionate and enjoy getting together in the support of one cause. It creates a better atmosphere for the games and often turns into a challenge of between support bases who can make the most noise and atmosphere.

One of the worse things in the NRL is when the away fans get a loud and clear chant going for their team at your home ground.

An organised social group set up for fans to support and a follow a club around the country is a sign of how big a sport is and how much a community feels/needs/wants a club. A professional sporting teams without a supporter groups is pretty poor to be honest.

As for the 18th stunt, 90% of the fans at games now have merchandise with 18 on it. Members and fans and the Bulldogs now have a reputation among other fans for it now.

Other teams have similar things to it. All have been a marketing success.

I think that you are in cloud cuckoo land. I have been to several games in convict land (including State of Origin in Sydney) and the atmosphere is terrible. 50 Quins away fans at Headingley made more noise than Batchy's blues.

GF-Does that calculator of yours never run out of batteries

Solar powered!

That is a load of bull, The NRL grand final and the State of Origin atmosphere are unrivaled anywhere else in the world of Rugby League. The challenge cup final comes close. I'm not here to toot the horn of greatest and toughest Rugby League competitions in the world but that is an outrageous and ill-informed opinion. I don't buy that you have ever been to a game over here for a minute with talk like that.

No need to refer to Australia as 'convict land' either, are you really still that backwards over there? or just looking to pick a fight? or somewhere to let out some frustration? either way it's not needed.

You don't see me calling you a Prisoner of Mother England or a Prisoner of Her Majesty's Exile do you?

Maybe because we're not? You're the convicts, not us. Calling us 'Poms' is simply incorrect.

Whatever you say won't change the fact that half the world calls you lot poms.


We aren't convicts either, be racist all you want but there hasn't been a convict send here for how many years?

Maybe I should hold you accountable for the murder, rape and treatment of the indigenous people of Australia because of your ancestors. If you disagree with something I said then argue against it without being a racist pig and reverting to insults. Reverting to insults is a sure sign of a poor argument.

Maybe you are just jealous that Rugby League in Australia is more success then the country that invented it.

Also, do you know how i got to Australia?

My family traveled over on the first free fleet. The nickname to the first fleet that people paid to come to Australia and get away from England.

Stopped reading your nonsensical bleating there.

Pipe down, convict

1) Half the world? How about one country with 20million people in it?

2) Calling you a convict is racist? Absolutely moronic thing to say. Besides, if it were true then presumably calling us Poms would make you racist too.

3) None of my ancestors went to Australia, they stayed here. That's why I was born in England and not Australia. Hence none of them actually raped, murdered, or mistreated the aboriginal people. So how could I be held accountable for the actions of other people (like your good self) who do have ancestors that went to Australia and raped, murdered, and mistreated the aboriginals?

4) Are you ECT in disguise? Maybe I need to find a picture of Kermit.....

You just shot down your own arguement

Can this thread get back on track please?