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because Football is the team sport with the highest participation numbers, more than the other big 3 of rugby, afl and league combined. It is thus in the governments interest that it continues to be well funded so that this large amount of people continue to play their sport of choice to remain...

was going to say cipriani was also a footballer but someone beat me to it. was and still is good enough to play Left back at a professional level as he was training with Queens Park Rangers and the MLS team in Colorado.

gee some of the previous comments whining about supporter behaviour, language and even bloody flags just makes it clearer why australians have such bad atmosphere at our games. It's a rugby game, not a gala concert.

who cares where they are from as long as they are winning?

ffs only in australia do we have this mindset that it is a sin to do anything but run the ball and penaltys are an abomination, like we need it to justify our game to RL fans. The rest of the world get on fine with penalties, the points system and a territorial style of game, thus nothing will...

they get bigger crowds at ANZ than SFS because they play the local rivals there. Crowds would only get better they could have easily have got 40k against QLD at the SFS or 25K+ against ACT.

homebush is a dump anyday of the week. There are just so many things that are just wrong with playing there. - The ground is more oval than rectangular. You are too far away on the sidelines because the stand are not steep enough or behind the goals because there is a whole paddock in front of...

it's a shame NSW don't play all games at moore park as32,071 is a good crowd in NSW but you'd never think it looking at a half empty homebush.

maybe if we were allowed to actually recruit more players from outside australia and not just get by on understrength minor squads as well as ditch a stupid one nation salary cap things wouldn't be so hard

brilliant idea. would be great if the clubs actually managed to provide a summer comp for sevens as well.

in anticipation of when NSW and QLD eventually get new Super Rugby teams and state divisions go balls up. i don't really see how that should affect us though. The likelihood of Vic getting a 2nd Super Rugby team is about the same as an AFL team in New Zealand

more turn coats........ geez tbh we'll accept anyone in that we need as many rugby people in this town as possible stu as always with his ever welcoming attitude in the face of evil

played football in thailand for 6 years until a teacher moved from nudgee college to work at my school and set up a rugby program there (helped it was a WC year as well)

i think a few (including me) would prefer mortlock and the staff just accept that he is not up to starting standard anymore. playing only 50-60 minutes isn't good enough, especially if injuries strike during games.

My thinking with gerrard is that he is not a genuine speedster but has a fairly tidy set of hands and boot making him useful to clean up the back with beale. I have not seen much of inman so will base these mostly on what i've seen. Pre Mortlock Injury 9 Phipps 10 DC 11 Vuna 12 JOC (James O'Connor) 13...

you're kidding right?

it would have to be one of the hardest away trips in top tier international rugby. big ask, even for the Sanzar lot

mortlock to take up player/assistant coach role at melbourne after injuring himself less than halfway through the season. Highlanders to be sued by marketing company for refusing to wear their fancy green jersey like promised last season. resulting in both green and yellow flouro jerseys...

get real. taking a game to homebush isn't exposing people to new audiences, it's a quick cash grab from a stadium desperate to prove it's not a white elephant.

Was thinking it was Andrew Demetriou style numbers, get a free ball from the AFL and all of a sudden you play aussie rules. i would be highly surprised if we had any more than 115 000 REGISTERED participants. Trying to get on the ABS numbers as they are generally fairly reliable but the bastard...