Now everyone gather around and join me in prayer. Dear God, we thank you for the wonderful game of rugby league and the way it gets better to watch with every beer. We thank you for the fact that those isolationist in the Shire not having won a premiership and for the vaugeries of the game like how it is that the dragons can’t beat the raiders in Canberra no matter how far apart they are on the ladder. But most of all god we pray that channel nine doesn’t get the rights to show rugby league anymore
amen.
Hopefully God's listening because I am well and truly sick of channel nine and their so called sports coverage. Its not just the live to air camera angle that select the worst possible camera angle, the replays of the bird landing in back play while a line break is being made it’s the fact that they just don’t respect the game.
So its time for a message for the Federal Communications minister – you granted the free to air tv channels free access to additional channels including a significant chunk of bandwidth for high definition tv under the assumption that they were going to use it for high definition broadcasts – ie sport where you need clarity to see the fast moving ball, if the channels are not going to respect your original grant then take back the license. Its not like the Packers are going to generate any more bad publicity than they currently do.
So why now, well here we are going for the next rights contract and channel nine are not only baulking at paying a fair cost but they are also start suggesting even more conditions which will impact on the running of the game. (boys if you want some unobtrusive suggestions on revenue generation check out http://therollingmaul.blogspot.com/)
Take channel 10 for example – they buy a share in the rights to AFL and they will not only put it on live TV around Australia (despite it rating less than a 2am repeat of the love boat – in Sydney and Brisbane) but they also put it only three channels at once and replay it again later that night and later in the week. Channel 7 also put it on the main and high definition channels at once and put so many repeats on free to air tv that people in Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia all don’t see the need to subscribe to pay tv.
What do we get on channel nine, do they put it on 3D TV - No, do they put it on high definition TV – No, do they replay the game in the middle of the night - No. Do we get to watch the highest quality games of the round like 1st Storm Vs 4th Broncos – or do they pick two sydney teams despite it being the worst conceivable game of the round ie Parramatta Vs Bulldogs.
Instead what does channel nine do – sit back and enjoy the highest rating programs of the year while dictating terms to the NRL , we want more advertising opportunities, we don’t want you to kick off until we are ready, we want more more more. David Gallopp time to stand up to channel nine and tell them to f..k off.
Why for instance can’t I sit back on Saturday afternoon and watch the Jim beam cup on ABC 2 while the club rugby is on ABC 1. I would prefer to watch the Jim beam cup to Titans and Eels. In fact the Wenty magpies have more big names than their first grade side so why can’t I watch them play a game that no one else is paying to broadcast. (wouldn't extra coverage generate more interest particularly for local clubs). Well that's because channel nine wont let the league broadcast it as it has the rights.
Well its time you took that license back of channel nine for failing to broadcast cricket football or in fact any other sport on their channel – and instead putting diagnosis murder and murder she wrote on it wall to wall neither of which was produced in high def. Why channel nine did you feel compelled to create a tv channel for women when you had the rights to so much sport and having done so why the hell did you use your high definition channel. That’s it you had your chance so pack up your girly channel and f..k off back to Melbourne where you belong.
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Welcome to Planet Mal – There no intelligent life down here Captain
Well its finally happened – fitting all of Australia’s GST sucking, uninformed rednecks into one state was always going to be a challenge. So we have finally had to create ‘Planet Mal’ a sort of sheltered workshop for Queensland state of origin coaches and failed political aspirants (Of course Mal qualifies for entry for all three reasons). Imagine hundreds of rednecks - all in the one place gathering around whats left of their houses and all describing the sound the cyclone made as it took the caravan and grandma out to sea. Other than origin games their favourite form of entertainment is sitting on the veranda with a six pack watching the bug zapper.
Where did this come from and why do we finally need our own planet to house these losers. Well after a generation of Queensland having every conceivable advantage conceded to them by NSW in order to make the State of Origin concept a viable entity (including the current series) Queensland coach Mal Meninga has declared the NSW attempts to promote the game and get a competitive game as the “Rats and Filth” of NSW getting what they deserve.
Mal … What the f..k are you talking about?
1) NSW requested that at least one of these games be played interstate to promote the Game – Queensland refused to give up its competitive advantage of a home game. Queensland have a long history of doing things to only benefit Queensland rather than the game. It is in fact the QLD rugby league that wont sign off on the rugby league commission as they are clinging to their lucrative QRL positions like leeches.
2) In game one and three – Queensland were given the referees of choice who duelly refed the game to suit Queensland with slow play the balls and no penalties to advantage the old and larger Queensland pack. For at least a decade NSW allowed Queensland to pick the blatantly biased Barry Gomosell despite him never having never ref ed a first grade match. When NSW ask for the game to be reffed in a way consistent with a weekly NRL standard – they are filth attempting to manipulate the game.
3) NSW has always allowed Queensland to register international and interstate players as Queenslanders in order to make the game competitive. Around half the current Queensland team were born in NSW or in places other than Queensland. (Get a map Inglis and you will find that Kempsey is and always has been in NSW). Will Queensland return the favour – absolutely not despite most of the Queensland and NZ teams having played junior rep football for NSW.
4) Mal has accused NSW of trying to manipulate the referees in the press before the game. Mal are you serious – don’t you read your own comments in the press – are you blind, don’t you seen what Thurston does as soon as he takes to the field. He goes to the ref and starts abusing him.
5) It’s a conspiracy says Mal – as soon as a Queensland player gets sited by the judiciary – Mal are you blind didn’t you see him push the ref – an absolutely no no in the modern game. A crime which he was “exonerated” from due to pressure on the judiciary. Thurston is no clean skin – have you not seen the fact that he has a long record and takes advantage of the Judiciary’s reluctance to site origin players before the series by committing a serious offence virtually on que for the two weeks leading up to the first game every year.
6) Sure we all had a good laugh when we read that Mitchell Pearce was “the best halfback in the game” And yes we all skimmed the article to the end to try and find out which member of the Pearce family wrote it. Turned out that this was Ricky Stewart simply promoting the game by supplying a controversial quote that we could all have a good laugh about. (It was pretty obvious that any club team with the best half back in the game would be averaging more than on try a game so Mal it was obviously just a gee up designed for you to talk up Lockyer and Thurston.)
Promoting the game Mal means supplying these quotes before the games not bad mouthing the concept after the series has been played.
Still Mal’s not all bad – when he is not coaching he walks his kids to school every day – still that’s not a big effort as they are in the same grade together. In fact Mal’s kids are destined by be State maths champions due to their extra fingers. Mal I think I can beginning to see why your political career last less than an hour, Big concepts like indexed taxation and global warming are beyond your ability, better of in Queensland where you and Bob Katter can say that the cyclone was a one off freak of nature so you will need some government money to replant the Bananas in the same spot.
In Other News
Banana’s, fruit and groceries prices are at an all time high due to the summer floods. So good old Woollies has chosen this moment to freeze fresh food prices for the next 2 years. Thanks boys, that should kill off what’s left of the local farmers, I’m really looking forward to those homebrand apples from Long Dong Provence.
Where did this come from and why do we finally need our own planet to house these losers. Well after a generation of Queensland having every conceivable advantage conceded to them by NSW in order to make the State of Origin concept a viable entity (including the current series) Queensland coach Mal Meninga has declared the NSW attempts to promote the game and get a competitive game as the “Rats and Filth” of NSW getting what they deserve.
Mal … What the f..k are you talking about?
1) NSW requested that at least one of these games be played interstate to promote the Game – Queensland refused to give up its competitive advantage of a home game. Queensland have a long history of doing things to only benefit Queensland rather than the game. It is in fact the QLD rugby league that wont sign off on the rugby league commission as they are clinging to their lucrative QRL positions like leeches.
2) In game one and three – Queensland were given the referees of choice who duelly refed the game to suit Queensland with slow play the balls and no penalties to advantage the old and larger Queensland pack. For at least a decade NSW allowed Queensland to pick the blatantly biased Barry Gomosell despite him never having never ref ed a first grade match. When NSW ask for the game to be reffed in a way consistent with a weekly NRL standard – they are filth attempting to manipulate the game.
3) NSW has always allowed Queensland to register international and interstate players as Queenslanders in order to make the game competitive. Around half the current Queensland team were born in NSW or in places other than Queensland. (Get a map Inglis and you will find that Kempsey is and always has been in NSW). Will Queensland return the favour – absolutely not despite most of the Queensland and NZ teams having played junior rep football for NSW.
4) Mal has accused NSW of trying to manipulate the referees in the press before the game. Mal are you serious – don’t you read your own comments in the press – are you blind, don’t you seen what Thurston does as soon as he takes to the field. He goes to the ref and starts abusing him.
5) It’s a conspiracy says Mal – as soon as a Queensland player gets sited by the judiciary – Mal are you blind didn’t you see him push the ref – an absolutely no no in the modern game. A crime which he was “exonerated” from due to pressure on the judiciary. Thurston is no clean skin – have you not seen the fact that he has a long record and takes advantage of the Judiciary’s reluctance to site origin players before the series by committing a serious offence virtually on que for the two weeks leading up to the first game every year.
6) Sure we all had a good laugh when we read that Mitchell Pearce was “the best halfback in the game” And yes we all skimmed the article to the end to try and find out which member of the Pearce family wrote it. Turned out that this was Ricky Stewart simply promoting the game by supplying a controversial quote that we could all have a good laugh about. (It was pretty obvious that any club team with the best half back in the game would be averaging more than on try a game so Mal it was obviously just a gee up designed for you to talk up Lockyer and Thurston.)
Promoting the game Mal means supplying these quotes before the games not bad mouthing the concept after the series has been played.
Still Mal’s not all bad – when he is not coaching he walks his kids to school every day – still that’s not a big effort as they are in the same grade together. In fact Mal’s kids are destined by be State maths champions due to their extra fingers. Mal I think I can beginning to see why your political career last less than an hour, Big concepts like indexed taxation and global warming are beyond your ability, better of in Queensland where you and Bob Katter can say that the cyclone was a one off freak of nature so you will need some government money to replant the Bananas in the same spot.
In Other News
Banana’s, fruit and groceries prices are at an all time high due to the summer floods. So good old Woollies has chosen this moment to freeze fresh food prices for the next 2 years. Thanks boys, that should kill off what’s left of the local farmers, I’m really looking forward to those homebrand apples from Long Dong Provence.
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Finally NSW cracks a win
Its been a while but NSW has finally cracked it for a win. Not through sustained pressure and professional organisation but for once - we had the refs on side. Its no co-incidence that Queenslands rise to prominence came along with the Billy Harrigon mantra of talking to the players not penalising them. Trouble is the refs after Billy didn't talk to the players - they just didn't penalise them.
This allowed Queensland to pick a big pack who just lay all over the NSW forwards(like Kok Diesel on a Thai Lady boy). For years NSW persisted with the tatic of numbers in the tackle and fast play the balls, all to no avail as the referees would just allow queensland to reset their line have a rest, two quick schooners then finally get off the NSW players. After 6 years an average amount of penalties were blown in the match and suddenly Petro, and co are looking very old and tired.
Now if we can just stop Cameron Smith from throwing forward passes from dummy half we might acctually win a game. Still good to see that despite years of Queensland dominance they are still not stupid enough to give away their home games, only NSW would even out the ledger by sending a game to mebourne.
As far as the rest of the comp goes, the Dragons are on top but are suffering from the all to familar origin related lack of motivation. Just remember sporticus that this often happens with Wayne Bennett coached teams - and if they co-incide with a high injury toll then - THE DRAGONS ARE GONE for 2011.
Manly on the other hand are starting to look good. Rarely do their forwards get beaten despite having a pack of mostly no names (And I count King and Kite in this group having both peaked in 2008.)
This allowed Queensland to pick a big pack who just lay all over the NSW forwards(like Kok Diesel on a Thai Lady boy). For years NSW persisted with the tatic of numbers in the tackle and fast play the balls, all to no avail as the referees would just allow queensland to reset their line have a rest, two quick schooners then finally get off the NSW players. After 6 years an average amount of penalties were blown in the match and suddenly Petro, and co are looking very old and tired.
Now if we can just stop Cameron Smith from throwing forward passes from dummy half we might acctually win a game. Still good to see that despite years of Queensland dominance they are still not stupid enough to give away their home games, only NSW would even out the ledger by sending a game to mebourne.
As far as the rest of the comp goes, the Dragons are on top but are suffering from the all to familar origin related lack of motivation. Just remember sporticus that this often happens with Wayne Bennett coached teams - and if they co-incide with a high injury toll then - THE DRAGONS ARE GONE for 2011.
Manly on the other hand are starting to look good. Rarely do their forwards get beaten despite having a pack of mostly no names (And I count King and Kite in this group having both peaked in 2008.)
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
I wanna know who is responsible
Well seven weeks into the league season and it seems that the first six positions in the top 8 have already been decided. Clearly the Dragons and the Storm are the teams to beat this year, with the other top 8 certainties being Brisbane, Bulldogs and Manly. So why is it that this year that the top 8 is so cut and dried so far out.
Well its the scheduling.
Last year (and in fact the 100 or so years before that) the stronger teams played each other twice while the weaker teams only played them once. This year for some absolutely unfathomable reason the teams that have won grand finals in the last decade (which are co-incidentally this years likely top 8 as well) only play each other once. The Dragons and the Storm for instance play once all year and that is about a week out from the finals by which time their respective final places will have been decided so both teams will probably rest all their first grade squads.
What idiot scheduled that? How hard can it possibly be to schedule the 8 teams to play each other once in the first 7 weeks of the comp, then schedule them to play the dud teams during the eight weeks of State of Origin.
Instead this year we have a series of match ups where some dud teams have already managed to play each other twice. Its often said if you put 1000 monkeys in a room with 1000 typewriters one of them will eventually type the complete works of Shakespeare, despite having no understanding of what they are actually doing. Well clearly the NRL have commissioned one of these monkey's to produce the 2011 draw.
How hard can it be to schedule a couple of landmark games like; heritage games, local derbies and grudge matched. Come test time give the storm and the warriors a bye for the ANZAC day test, and then program the other top eight teams for a bye or two during the origin series. Instead of that the NRL has given bye to all the teams not likely to supply rep players to the ANZAC day test.
Its not just the piss poor range of match ups, its the fact that they don't publish them more than a few weeks out from the actual games. If your trying to work out when you can take a young child to one of the few remaining afternoon games being played in Sydney you have no chance of planning around it as the NRL only put out the schedule a few weeks prior to the round.
In Other News
Every channel on TV is falling over itself to pander to the royal family. In typical channel 9 fashion you can expect them to pull the plug on the league on their main free to air channel 20 minutes in to the game while continuing to run repeats of Murder She Wrote on their high definition channel. Why when League is the highest rating program on TV is it not allocated total priority by the channel 9 programers. And why do the NRL not insist on the winner bidder putting the coverage on live HD in every state like the AFL do (Even if it is out rated in NSW by Graingers World on Community Access TV).
Its time for the government to take back channel 9's high def channel as they have abused the privilege. Instead of showing all sport in its entirety they cut out the final and most exciting last 5 overs of the cricket to run a current affair. Whats so important about dodgy builders and fictitious arthritis remedies made from Paw Paw that they have to miss the first 5 overs of one day finals. And even if they have managed to scoop the current affairs slot by naming every dole bludger in Penrith why can't they swap the first five overs on their high definition channel. Can't someone just walk over to the GEM control pannel and press pause on the tape of Antiques Roadshow repeats.
But I'm not bitter about Channel 9 or their likely royal wedding coverage despite the bloody royals denying me of 3 hours of comedy gold (they forced ABC to cancel their royal wedding chaser special) - in fact I am calling on all league fans to help me contribute toward a gift for the married couple. I know that with 800 guests they must have just about everything they will ever need from the Harrods bridal registry, but I am suggesting something more unique that will show how we really appreciate them. So I am putting together a Parisian style motor pass complete with replica steel columns to be constructed between now and Friday night so they can use it on the way to the cathedral. I'm even prepared to go up to the fence on the parade route and wear my Osama Beard, Pakistani one day shirt and fitness first backpack in case they feel compelled to go slow at any stage. Bon Voyage Will and Kate
Well its the scheduling.
Last year (and in fact the 100 or so years before that) the stronger teams played each other twice while the weaker teams only played them once. This year for some absolutely unfathomable reason the teams that have won grand finals in the last decade (which are co-incidentally this years likely top 8 as well) only play each other once. The Dragons and the Storm for instance play once all year and that is about a week out from the finals by which time their respective final places will have been decided so both teams will probably rest all their first grade squads.
What idiot scheduled that? How hard can it possibly be to schedule the 8 teams to play each other once in the first 7 weeks of the comp, then schedule them to play the dud teams during the eight weeks of State of Origin.
Instead this year we have a series of match ups where some dud teams have already managed to play each other twice. Its often said if you put 1000 monkeys in a room with 1000 typewriters one of them will eventually type the complete works of Shakespeare, despite having no understanding of what they are actually doing. Well clearly the NRL have commissioned one of these monkey's to produce the 2011 draw.
How hard can it be to schedule a couple of landmark games like; heritage games, local derbies and grudge matched. Come test time give the storm and the warriors a bye for the ANZAC day test, and then program the other top eight teams for a bye or two during the origin series. Instead of that the NRL has given bye to all the teams not likely to supply rep players to the ANZAC day test.
Its not just the piss poor range of match ups, its the fact that they don't publish them more than a few weeks out from the actual games. If your trying to work out when you can take a young child to one of the few remaining afternoon games being played in Sydney you have no chance of planning around it as the NRL only put out the schedule a few weeks prior to the round.
In Other News
Every channel on TV is falling over itself to pander to the royal family. In typical channel 9 fashion you can expect them to pull the plug on the league on their main free to air channel 20 minutes in to the game while continuing to run repeats of Murder She Wrote on their high definition channel. Why when League is the highest rating program on TV is it not allocated total priority by the channel 9 programers. And why do the NRL not insist on the winner bidder putting the coverage on live HD in every state like the AFL do (Even if it is out rated in NSW by Graingers World on Community Access TV).
Its time for the government to take back channel 9's high def channel as they have abused the privilege. Instead of showing all sport in its entirety they cut out the final and most exciting last 5 overs of the cricket to run a current affair. Whats so important about dodgy builders and fictitious arthritis remedies made from Paw Paw that they have to miss the first 5 overs of one day finals. And even if they have managed to scoop the current affairs slot by naming every dole bludger in Penrith why can't they swap the first five overs on their high definition channel. Can't someone just walk over to the GEM control pannel and press pause on the tape of Antiques Roadshow repeats.
But I'm not bitter about Channel 9 or their likely royal wedding coverage despite the bloody royals denying me of 3 hours of comedy gold (they forced ABC to cancel their royal wedding chaser special) - in fact I am calling on all league fans to help me contribute toward a gift for the married couple. I know that with 800 guests they must have just about everything they will ever need from the Harrods bridal registry, but I am suggesting something more unique that will show how we really appreciate them. So I am putting together a Parisian style motor pass complete with replica steel columns to be constructed between now and Friday night so they can use it on the way to the cathedral. I'm even prepared to go up to the fence on the parade route and wear my Osama Beard, Pakistani one day shirt and fitness first backpack in case they feel compelled to go slow at any stage. Bon Voyage Will and Kate
Friday, March 18, 2011
Its the Chinese Year of the Rabbit, but will it be the Australian year of the Dragon?
Is this the year of the Dragons? While loyal dragons fans are hoping for another year of domination under Wayne Bennett they have a fat chance of premiership really. In fact under the NRL's premiership rotation policy they will just scrape into the top eight. Their defence will continue to be solid under Wayne Bennett but you can be assured that the referees will be more vigilant when looking at Dragon's play the balls this year.
In fact the NRL is usually more than happy to step in to influence a result - just like last Friday when the ref ran into the defensive line to impede the Titans defenders. Unfortunately for the Dragons this generosity isn't likely to extend into the finals.
Still no matter how generous the NRL is for teams with no recent premiership none of this will help Souths. Another pre season of significant promise, and another injury prone late capitulation start to the season proper. Souths have lashed out and bought Greg Inglis to supposedly give them more point scoring ability. Why is a bit of mystery considering they scored points than any other team in 2010 - it was their defence that lost them the games.
Time to lash out on a coach with some defensive credibility - what's Ricky Stewart up to these days.
In Other News
Ricky Ponting's transformation from talented young piss head to Allan Border clone is nearly complete. 15 years ago Ricky was just a young kid from Tasmania, scoring lots of runs and strays from the burbon and beefsteak. Now after 5 years of fronting the media and attempting to explain what the hell the selectors were thinking, Ricky has finally lost the plot.
Ricky is actively trying to be a Allan Border clone. Unfortunately for Ricky when Allan Border was Captain grumpy he was still grafting out 50 runs each innings despite the team collapsing around him. (With the possible exception of David Boon who generally tried to score his runs as fast as possible so he didn't have to bat with Allan.) Allan was grumpy as he had to score all the runs, manage the team and control Craig McDermonts ego. Ricky on the other hand has plenty of time in the dressing rooms thanks to his world cup average of under 10.
Ricky - since your not scoring any runs, have no active say in field placements and your in incapable of showing any originality in nominating bowling changes - you might as well go back to being team Grog Monster. Give up the captaincy and the Valvoline adds and go back to what you do best drinking like a fish, picking up the odd burbon and beefsteak beast and sledging the poms.
Of course that brings in the rather scary prospect of who you would replace Ricky with. Michael Clarke - he's lucky to be in the team. Brad Haddin - possible but its likely that he might actually say what he thinks about the selectors so that's not going to happen.
Its at this point the head slumps in your hands as you realise the only reliable member of the Australian team who is aged under 30 is Shane Watson. Can you imagine the product endorsements if he was Captain. No longer would the Australian team be sponsored by a brewery, every male grooming product in production would be queuing to sign on. Instead of the Sheffield shield it would be the Niva for men Q10 revitalising bath gel and body lotion State Cup. When that happens - I'll be the first one saying "Please god take me now, I've lost the will to live"
In fact the NRL is usually more than happy to step in to influence a result - just like last Friday when the ref ran into the defensive line to impede the Titans defenders. Unfortunately for the Dragons this generosity isn't likely to extend into the finals.
Still no matter how generous the NRL is for teams with no recent premiership none of this will help Souths. Another pre season of significant promise, and another injury prone late capitulation start to the season proper. Souths have lashed out and bought Greg Inglis to supposedly give them more point scoring ability. Why is a bit of mystery considering they scored points than any other team in 2010 - it was their defence that lost them the games.
Time to lash out on a coach with some defensive credibility - what's Ricky Stewart up to these days.
In Other News
Ricky Ponting's transformation from talented young piss head to Allan Border clone is nearly complete. 15 years ago Ricky was just a young kid from Tasmania, scoring lots of runs and strays from the burbon and beefsteak. Now after 5 years of fronting the media and attempting to explain what the hell the selectors were thinking, Ricky has finally lost the plot.
Ricky is actively trying to be a Allan Border clone. Unfortunately for Ricky when Allan Border was Captain grumpy he was still grafting out 50 runs each innings despite the team collapsing around him. (With the possible exception of David Boon who generally tried to score his runs as fast as possible so he didn't have to bat with Allan.) Allan was grumpy as he had to score all the runs, manage the team and control Craig McDermonts ego. Ricky on the other hand has plenty of time in the dressing rooms thanks to his world cup average of under 10.
Ricky - since your not scoring any runs, have no active say in field placements and your in incapable of showing any originality in nominating bowling changes - you might as well go back to being team Grog Monster. Give up the captaincy and the Valvoline adds and go back to what you do best drinking like a fish, picking up the odd burbon and beefsteak beast and sledging the poms.
Of course that brings in the rather scary prospect of who you would replace Ricky with. Michael Clarke - he's lucky to be in the team. Brad Haddin - possible but its likely that he might actually say what he thinks about the selectors so that's not going to happen.
Its at this point the head slumps in your hands as you realise the only reliable member of the Australian team who is aged under 30 is Shane Watson. Can you imagine the product endorsements if he was Captain. No longer would the Australian team be sponsored by a brewery, every male grooming product in production would be queuing to sign on. Instead of the Sheffield shield it would be the Niva for men Q10 revitalising bath gel and body lotion State Cup. When that happens - I'll be the first one saying "Please god take me now, I've lost the will to live"
Monday, March 7, 2011
Only the NRL can Launch a Season like the NRL
Its back......
And not a moment to soon as its been a sporting desert out there since october 2010. Sure you might point out that there has been a cricket season in between but what a fizzer that was. Australia picked its best team for the one day series and got smacked in the tests as a result. Still at least the Poms have some recent achievement to talk about now, I'm sick of them banging on about World War II.
Sure there has been the rugby to keep us occupied for the last few weeks, but once your start following it closely it starts to hurt your head as you wonder - so what was that for? I was watching on Saturday and the Brumbies thoroughly dominated the Reds scoring four try's to one but still lost.
Anyway enough of the inferior sports and back to the main game, and god bless the NRL for reminding us all that the season was about to start with the traditional season launch.
AFL is desperate to consolidate some public interest in its expensive loss making gamble into Western Sydney by having a NRL style season launch. If you recall, thats where you call on the press together to view the upcoming advertising campaign and the main star of the add gets drunk on the day of the launch and ends up in jail. This effectively means the NRL is on the front and the back page of the paper at the same time. Brilliant.
This year the AFL has the same approach but it decided to sacrifice a player manager to the wolves by assigning him Nick Reinwalt's cast off. While he might now be so embarrsed that he will never work in Melbourne again, I am sure he will be welcome at the Sharks. Who knows, they might find a spot for him next to the trophy cabinet.
This solid gold publicity doesn't happen by accident this is a deliberate approach by the NRL. But lets face it if they didn't want their players disgracing themselves in order to generate pre season publicity they wouldn't force feed them copious amounts of alcohol in the same room as all the media hungry for the inevitable story.
If they wanted to keep the actions of the players quite they would hire Charlie Sheen for the season launch, load him up with cheap booze and then let him lose on Sydneys adult entertainment sector. There wouldn't be a photographer in Sydney not assigned to the case of stalking out Sydneys strip clubs - thereby leaving Benji in peace.
Still I have to have some sympathy for NRL players. Its all well and good when some 20 year old groupy is following yuo everywhere. But when your stalker is a bloke its not as much fun especially if its Madi Gras week.
And not a moment to soon as its been a sporting desert out there since october 2010. Sure you might point out that there has been a cricket season in between but what a fizzer that was. Australia picked its best team for the one day series and got smacked in the tests as a result. Still at least the Poms have some recent achievement to talk about now, I'm sick of them banging on about World War II.
Sure there has been the rugby to keep us occupied for the last few weeks, but once your start following it closely it starts to hurt your head as you wonder - so what was that for? I was watching on Saturday and the Brumbies thoroughly dominated the Reds scoring four try's to one but still lost.
Anyway enough of the inferior sports and back to the main game, and god bless the NRL for reminding us all that the season was about to start with the traditional season launch.
AFL is desperate to consolidate some public interest in its expensive loss making gamble into Western Sydney by having a NRL style season launch. If you recall, thats where you call on the press together to view the upcoming advertising campaign and the main star of the add gets drunk on the day of the launch and ends up in jail. This effectively means the NRL is on the front and the back page of the paper at the same time. Brilliant.
This year the AFL has the same approach but it decided to sacrifice a player manager to the wolves by assigning him Nick Reinwalt's cast off. While he might now be so embarrsed that he will never work in Melbourne again, I am sure he will be welcome at the Sharks. Who knows, they might find a spot for him next to the trophy cabinet.
This solid gold publicity doesn't happen by accident this is a deliberate approach by the NRL. But lets face it if they didn't want their players disgracing themselves in order to generate pre season publicity they wouldn't force feed them copious amounts of alcohol in the same room as all the media hungry for the inevitable story.
If they wanted to keep the actions of the players quite they would hire Charlie Sheen for the season launch, load him up with cheap booze and then let him lose on Sydneys adult entertainment sector. There wouldn't be a photographer in Sydney not assigned to the case of stalking out Sydneys strip clubs - thereby leaving Benji in peace.
Still I have to have some sympathy for NRL players. Its all well and good when some 20 year old groupy is following yuo everywhere. But when your stalker is a bloke its not as much fun especially if its Madi Gras week.
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