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i know why they play in europe, but at the end of the day israel geographically is not located in europe – so it shouldn…(more)
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The APL does.
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little bit of revionist history perhaps?
yellow cards were 1 a piece – adelaide did commit 6 more fouls, 9 more tackles…(more)
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plenty of clubs around the world play in leagues where they are not from – this practice should never have been al…(more)
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I do recall an elimination final at Redcliffe in 2021 where one side dived at every touch and won the favour of the ref …(more)
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“finals – with the APL helping itself to the proceeds from ticket sales ” my understanding is the FA runs the finals
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its a good debate to have.
since all the 4 remaining clubs have money (so a club with money will win again), that means…(more)
My vote for a DOF for WSW goes to Harry Kewell as he comes from the area. Craig Moore would also be a good choice based …(more)
So basically you’re saying that WSW should hire a Director of Football and keep the suits out of the football decisions?
second half was disappointing and I couldn’t figure out why. Was that it – Victory shut the game down?
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Had the same thought – you beat me to the punch 😁
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Some of them are going to be pretty stuffed by round 15 AJ. I know you don’t want to mess too much with a winning team b…(more)
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Some absolute tipsters nightmares this week starting with Knights versus Eels. At least the Eels are trying – not sure a…(more)
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Raiders don’t have a bye till round 15 Randy so if they can drag themselves to a couple more wins on the way, they’ve go…(more)
Such a contrast to the Warriors of old who were the entertainers but who lost as many as they won from their style of pl…(more)
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He just needs to learn from his mistakes. The fact that he keeps making them makes me wonder if he is.
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I was making the same point yesterday. The Raiders had been up for a while with travel and multiple come back wins – and…(more)
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Now THIS is a crackdown we can all get behind
Paps just about punched the ball put of Weekes hands as well. Luckily Weekes was protecting the ball as he grounded it. …(more)
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And Papenhuyzen actually gets a fist onto the ball Baz, it moves but Weekes just holds on. He was a fingernail off a mir…(more)
There is no need for them to be on the field at all
Patolo looks to be starting a fair few of our NSW Cup games so must be doing ok. Patolo, James and Navale seem to be 3 g…(more)
Tipping comps this year are a nightmare. Everyone has beaten everyone else… So hard to get a read on where teams are …(more)
Savage has too many errors in him. I enjoy his speed but he drops the ball at least once a game coming out of his territ…(more)
that loss was on the cards for the Raiders. Maybe Ginanne said it on the telecast, we can concede points just as fast as…(more)
Yes, whether serious or not on it’s own, it’s the thin edge of the wedge. Has to be zero tolerance. A player can be cont…(more)
We need a crackdown !!! 😛
Wahs are an interesting team. No mistakes, play field position. Score at about your expected rate. It’s not the most exh…(more)
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The bears should never have gone to Perth. Should have been sent where they belong, which is the North Sydney to Gosford…(more)
Yeah South Africa free range.
My point was really that the NRL, as a whole, has been superior. They know how to make money off the park, which helps t…(more)
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He must be tough Sittiti ..Didn’t realise he was even injured after spring tour and only now coming back.
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When did Turbo or Nathan Cleary play rugby?
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Not sure you can compare the price of BIL tickets with NRL games. At least compare SRP to NRL ticket prices.
BIL is lik…(more)
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Joseph Suallii played Rugby..Went to league adjusted played rep footy came back and not completely up to date with Game …(more)
You’ve taken what I said the wrong way. I have absolutely nothing against Latrell Mitchell and think he’s a talented…(more)
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Chips – if this makes sense, wouldn’t it also make sense that NRL clubs in the same town do this? And isn’t it telling i…(more)
Well said Mick, that is Rugby in NSW these days, they will let the game go broke as long as they can feel superior.
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Yeah true enough Piru which means they will go after potentially very good rugby players for the Wallabies and with real…(more)
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This is a very ignorant comment, if you don’t think Latrell Mitchell is a talented, exciting and committed role model to…(more)
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No it is not, but it is the only one that is readily accessible, as Stan do not publish their ratings. I was just making…(more)
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We’d be better off recruiting AFL players than sharing with league in WA. Realistically there aren’t going to be many, i…(more)
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Is crowd attendance the only metric to measure success?
Yeah NZR have become more recalcitrant and conservative than RA as of late and I think the Silver Lake deal has skewed t…(more)
He’s got his meds mixed up.
Are you talking about the Titans?
Tell us you don’t understand there is a big difference between being an elite sportsman and being elite at different spo…(more)
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Rex would have loved that ! 😛
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My all time Rex favourite ! Along with ““A brainy woman is a dangerous women”.
Lancaster’s pitch clearly didn’t excite the panel. If it had, he would have surely got a lot of attention. (Note the ass…(more)
If anyone is every told “we are just going through the process but we’ll let you know” it is code for you don’t have the…(more)
Yeah. . In my current workplace and previous one it is that way too Jez. . Particularly for Exec / Leadership roles when…(more)
Agree Jez. With all the hoo-haa around ‘high performance’ at RA and all the other aspirational values and catch-phrases …(more)
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Stuart Lancaster made the bold assumption that RA was a professionally and competently run organisation.
You would have thought
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Not at that level I expect.
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Didn’t expect anything different from RANSW. He was just used as a distraction. It was always going to be a car park dea…(more)
SL, I think that’s a simplistic way to look at a high level appointment. It wasn’t a cattle call for a generic position…(more)
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In my experience it’s more common to hear nothing at all than to get a call or email back. The best you can usually expe…(more)
I have no issue with the decision made, it’s the way it was handled
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Exactly. Never burn your bridges when you leave, make people exits as professional and considerate as possible and be o…(more)
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It’s not ideal. I do agree it’s not uncommon in Australia to not receive feedback. I for 1 am glad he didn’t get …(more)
That’s pretty poor, but, in my experience, fairly representative of recruitment and employment in Australia. There seems…(more)
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Yeah rugby is definitely getting more dangerous. Every forward must get a head knock at least once a month
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The roar from the crowd when Tom Brown made that tackle was huge. I turned and nearly every person was on their feet. Wh…(more)
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No. No. No. So last century. You may adhere to your view and I will hew to mine. As soon as the Eagles and Bears joined,…(more)
Derby would be more interesting if Freo were as relevant in the afl as they are in the WAFL
And yet no-one outside of WA gives a rat’s
The freo/wafl bored is getting their payback on the eagles these days
Eagles were/are sprung from WA sides flogging the Vic/SA sides all the time and VFL having a tv slot that needed saving …(more)
“Due respect”!!? Pah! The Western Derby started first,has equal passion and involves one side which has more AFL flags t…(more)
Did you ask chatGTP what is the showdown? I’d be getting off that asap.
He soldoed out.
Eight after eight. We all know the golden rule.
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Albo, considering the rumour is no Panthers player drank from the bottle maybe it contained a bit of soap or lubricant? …(more)
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It’s not accidental if you deliberately catch the ball & run it back? Which he did. It also wouldn’t allow for N…(more)
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Did he run the ball back?
Well with Covid & all. Things must be kept clean. Especially in the state that had cut itself off from everywhere el…(more)
The tipping point was the loss of JFH and Luai. Both had as much or more influence on Penrith’s success than Cleary. T…(more)
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Its such a funny one with Seibold. All the talk was that he’s great with a few slides infront of him but cant translate …(more)
“Stephen Crichton leading from the front despite being out wide at centre (try explaining the logistics of that senten…(more)
Based on?
Realistically the bloke has had a single bad season.
Absolutely won’t go down as one of the coaching greats…(more)
Agree, jimmmy. A couple of wins will see them leapfrog a bunch of teams based on their better PD. And they do have the b…(more)
i disagree with “he should play wherever he wants to play” – umm .. hard no. He’s a humble man i doubt he’s making deman…(more)
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Batting, he has done batting wrong
Or we could just pick an opener and Green has to wait until?
I’d just go Khawaja, Harris, Labuschagne, Smith, Head and…(more)
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Goddard injured unfortunately
If we can somehow manage scrum parity, that is one lean and mean workmanlike pack that will get us out of our pool at th…(more)
The pack played very well in the tight /loose and dominated the Argies in that area but of course, as we all saw the sc…(more)
I think he was consistent in that he almost always awarded the penalty to the attacking team.
What does RA get out of this?
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I presume these agreements are signed with WR, and RA get very little, if anything, out of this?
I presume these agreements are signed with WR, and RA get bugger all out of this?
Dear Wikipetia, in my view you would be the best person to deal exclusively with Parklane – his appetite for information…(more)
The next three rounds will see a big shift in the ladder (9th to 18th) and it may not to be good for teams like Melbourn…(more)
Shame its taken 10 weeks into the season for it to happen but…..
It must remind the older players of the similarly silly Stadium
At Richmond we call that the oh-zone defence
The elevation of Jack to On the Couch leader – I don’t get it
We love Jack
But…
He was very poor I thought 17-19 but incredibly graceful in 2020. A flag came in 22, I imagined he would mellow further….(more)
The A-League Men finals are off to a flyer - but can anyone stop Auckland?
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i know why they play in europe, but at the end of the day israel geographically is not located in europe – so it shouldn…(more)
24m
The APL does.
30m
little bit of revionist history perhaps?
yellow cards were 1 a piece – adelaide did commit 6 more fouls, 9 more tackles…(more)
36m
plenty of clubs around the world play in leagues where they are not from – this practice should never have been al…(more)
50m
I do recall an elimination final at Redcliffe in 2021 where one side dived at every touch and won the favour of the ref …(more)
52m
“finals – with the APL helping itself to the proceeds from ticket sales ” my understanding is the FA runs the finals
1h
its a good debate to have.
since all the 4 remaining clubs have money (so a club with money will win again), that means…(more)
1h
My vote for a DOF for WSW goes to Harry Kewell as he comes from the area. Craig Moore would also be a good choice based …(more)
1h
So basically you’re saying that WSW should hire a Director of Football and keep the suits out of the football decisions?
1h
second half was disappointing and I couldn’t figure out why. Was that it – Victory shut the game down?