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Holy shit. Where was that effort during the world cup?

I have to say that I'm in this category. This behaviour is pretty mild compared to some of the stuff that the NRL has let go in the past. Greg Bird (allegedly) glassed his girlfriend, and went on to have a decorated career. Jonathan Thurston was (allegedly) implicated in the Canterbury...

This is comfortably my favourite forum thread.

The Northland outside-back production line continues.

If we ever needed proof that having sevens in the Olympics is going to help grow the game, this should do it. The Russian women's side beat New Zealand 33-7: http://www.allblacks.com/News/28553/russia-beat-nz-in-day-of-upsets-in-dubai

Would he really earn more in French rugby? I heard he's going to get $1.5 million at the Rabbits, there's no way he'd pull that in France. For top flight players, there's plenty of cash in both games. At the very pointy end (e.g. Dan Carter) there's significantly more in union, but there...

Oh, snap. You on drugs.

To be fair, I think a lot of us were expecting Luke to kick on better than he has. He's just 24, so it could still happen, but he's obviously not going to end up in the Pocock category. Now, Brad Shields on the other hand. . .

What a crazy post. How do you go from "people here think league is simple" to "if you believe you come from a social class above your fellow men, if you enjoy killing another blokes chicken, or making another man eat pooo off your shoe... then obviously rugby league is not the game for you"...

Too late. I googled him after writing that and found this: http://www.sportal.com.au/rugby/news/bulldogs-bite-RTS (Roger Tuivasa-Sheck)-to-take-over-all-blacks/1nu2q5r9daepz14up5w604rbzs

I looked into it more - the comp I was thinking of was the NRFL one. They seem sketchy as hell. I can't find the article I read that in, but this article contains references to some of the club/country tensions that the NRFL would have...

That's an unfortunate name. That's crap news though. The last thing anyone needs is more money in French club rugby.

The broad conversation has been going on for a month, so I reckon we have a fair idea. Full disclosure though, I don't even know who Dean Ritchie is - so maybe I manage to skip the worst of it.

It has seemed to be pretty fair so far, from what I've read. Most people acknowledge that he struggled with the game (although you hear some idiots saying he was England's best player...) but that even making the world cup squad was a significant achievement. The main rhetoric is about how...

I reckon they'd be absolutely mad to change the back-row, unless McMahon hits some kind of crazy new height.

To be honest, I've probably always been coloured by some of other rumours about him. I enjoy watching him play, but I've always got that stuff at the back of my head. Which is probably a bit unfair.

This isn't the league media, but it's vaguely relevant and I found it interesting. It's Paul Gallen talking about Richie McCaw, and the Wallabies: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11536975 Summary: he comes across as entirely reasonable, which isn't something I...

Can someone who is across this explain who I should be rooting for? I understand that one of the mobs want to set up a competition that won't release players for international duty outside of world cup years. Fuck those guys.

I completely agree with this. The guy was a beast around the field, and I've never seen our lineout work at all this well.

3 Hooper 2 Pocock 1 Fardy