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blueinsa
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Sydney Roosters a level above Saints, despite it being their pre-season and playing over here in shitty conditions. Why are southern hemisphere sides usually better than us in both codes?
Dont agree they are in both codes, the All Blacks aside.
NRL is miles ahead of Super League though i will grant you that.
ok, fair enough, we do ok v Aussies in union!Dont agree they are in both codes, the All Blacks aside.
NRL is miles ahead of Super League though i will grant you that.
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The NRL compared to Super League is like the Premier League compared to Ligue Un in France.Sydney Roosters a level above Saints, despite it being their pre-season and playing over here in shitty conditions. Why are southern hemisphere sides usually better than us in both codes?
We’ve got some great players in this country. Players that can transition from SL to NRL and still be stand out players. But we also have a lot of average players and teams.
Players get $10m contracts in Australia whereas here their contracts aren’t even £1m.
In Queensland and New South Wales, rugby league is a major sport, if not the major sport. There are teams over there that get 26,000 (Parramatta) and 35,000 (Brisbane) attendances. In the media RL players are the superstars. They have rugby league schools where talented kids go to complete their education while getting top coaching and playing systems.
Here, not every club has an Academy and all clubs still rely on local amateur clubs for talent. This is hindered if the amateur clubs aren’t getting local kids in, in enough numbers. And here, rugby league isn’t even played in some schools, even up North. Rugby Union put a lot more money into schools coaching than League do and even in Northern schools Rugby Union is what’s played. But even then there might not be a school rugby team. This country is lobsidedly obsessed with football to the detriment of many many other sports - when 99% of kids are never going to make it to the Evo Stik league level in football, they could do really well in rugby whose pathways to the top are much easier to get through. Yet many schools don’t have a rugby team, especially a rugby league team.
In Australia and the USA, their schools have a rugby league/union/cricket/Aussie rules/basketball (Aus) team; and a basketball/gridiron/athletics/baseball (US) team.
Some schools struggle to make up a full team plus subs in football in this country. We’re a sedentary bunch of lazy cunts in Great Britain!
Also don’t forget that Wire nilled Saints the other week. This Saints side, while very good, is very young and inexperienced so may well be a better side in a few years when all of their 19-23 year olds are in their prime.
We also play a more attractive brand of rugby here. The NRL has been quite a one-out slog to watch over the years (although it has improved in that department in the last few years).
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Leeds v Wire tonight at Headingley, Sky Sports Arena and Mix.
Should be a good game, usually is between these two sides.
Should be a good game, usually is between these two sides.
Leeds v Wire tonight at Headingley, Sky Sports Arena and Mix.
Should be a good game, usually is between these two sides.
Certainly was for Leeds ;)
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Aye, Wire didn’t turn up. There’s been too much of that under this coach; up for it one week, look like they can’t be bothered the next.
PannickAtTheDisco
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seems a very unpredictable league this season.
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Aye, Wire didn’t turn up. There’s been too much of that under this coach; up for it one week, look like they can’t be bothered the next.
Other than the Challenge Cup final win and the the league win over Saints they have been rubbish dating back to last year. He needs sacking
Aye, Wire didn’t turn up. There’s been too much of that under this coach; up for it one week, look like they can’t be bothered the next.
Price was, in my mind, quite a surprise choice for your coach considering he wasn't exactly a good coach in Australia. He only had something like a 37% win ratio and he's not got a much better one here. Also seems like some players have downed tools the same as they did with Tony Smith.
Think he'll last this week but a good thumping vs Castleford and can't see how he'll keep his job. Much more of this and there will be a Paul Cullen style sit in.