Recent content by papabear

I agree with this, the game has turned a corner, hopefully it goes well. From a league perspective, it is great to see that union people are finally seeing the real commercial competitor (who is very very aggresive commercially ) is AFL. Additionally from a p[articipation perspective it is...

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ehhhh the sychophancy from some union fans towards AFL whilst, the AFL takes over your schools and your previous heartlands is sad. Atleast back in the day there was an appreciation between the rugby codes. I am not sure if your post is serious ie you would like a response re the variations...

yeah seeing gordon is always better then seeing sydney uni...

Nope it wasnt the best game and you get that with GFs some are great, some not so much, same with any game really. Big thing was the atmosphere wasn't as good due to covid and seating. What would be great for rugby league is a GF without the storm / chooks or to a lesser extent manly in it.

i know but there is truth in the humour to many I would imagine :)

Yeah I am surprised more 9s havent been targetted by union. Cooky is great best nine NSW has had pretty much since I have been watching the game..

tbh gutherson with the whole parra squad is overrated. Hes the kind of player who looks pretty good at club level, but does not have the size, speed, skill to go next level. Also I would take cam murray > crichton... though union does favour bigger players over fitter ones... and maybe...

tbh I think if it is going to work good on ARU. Whether it will or not, we will see. I personally think that rugbys strength is its local club sides and it should work with and around them.

A lot of hype for a bloke who hasn’t run around yet. Tbh I’m not sure 500k per year is the best use of your salary cap on an unproven commodity but who knows maybe he turns out great for whomever.

in the middle or on an edge ;)

Competitiveness - Maybe on the beaches? but NSRL is not at all, no teams by grade generally short of numbers (usually only one team per age group and not many teams once kids are all off to private schools at 13 etc) so we would take anyone and give them a good run around. Thank you for your...

Not at all, being more involved in league culture I understand where league comes from. I was involved in public school union then a tiny bit of private school union as a teenager is my experience with union culture. Obviously, both sides prefer there game and find the other game less...

The afl hate is understandable - deep down they know league is a tougher game and probably wouldn’t hack it... union and league don’t have the problem as they are about equal in roughness. also in afls mind league is stopping there march to take over Australia sporting and tv market. there...

Yeah I get this from northern beaches are much more partial to both then north shore ppl or smh readers !!