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Mark Ella (57)
would also include Shatzy - on the cusp of Wallaby selection and only a knee injury precluded him
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Mark Ella (57)
Most certainly Lee. I would also place Van Humphries above those two. Bit of a stretch but I would also say Beau Robinson also in a rugby context because he is a Territorian being born in the Alice.
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Queensland has on average been receiving 25'000 people annually from interstate since 2000, it's a statistical probability that one of those will at one point play professional sport and potentially represent the state they love.
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Quoinsland.
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Rocky Elsom (76)
Sooner or later has happened a long time ago. Plenty of non-Queensland born folk have worn, and bled, Red.
The Interstater playing for their adopted state is a nonsense argument. Same with Foreign born players representing their State or the Wobs.
Some of the most passionate Queenslanders I know are foreign born. Being a Queenslander is a state of mind not an accident of geography.
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Mark Ella (57)
Mate my cab driver agrees wholeheartedly
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John Solomon (38)
Sudden topic change here but I was at work today and had an idea with regards to matchday experience.
Some of you on here are a bit older and your more classic "I Just want to watch the game" types of rugby fans and that's fine. I am a young fan, the type that has a few beers and is constantly obscuring your view by standing up everytime there is a linebreak.
Quite often I have people behind me that don't like standing up and being loud and who get, well, pissed off when I do so. This got me thinking right back to the Ballymore days of the hill etc - the Rowdy mob would go sit on the hill and those who wanted their unobscured site line in the stands. Everyone gets along fine.
I am perfectly happy to stand for the entire game (and often do if I am in the back row of a section). So why doesn't the QRU have one of the sections at suncorp the students section, make the tickets 15 bucks and permit people to be standing? I think the atmosphere would be fantastic (Look at the ZOO when the Highlanders play) and the QRU would have no trouble filling it up etc each week (they could probably fill 2-3 sections).
This would be a fantastic way of further engaging the uni student population (that is heavily into rugby) whilst keeping older fans happy.
Some of you on here are a bit older and your more classic "I Just want to watch the game" types of rugby fans and that's fine. I am a young fan, the type that has a few beers and is constantly obscuring your view by standing up everytime there is a linebreak.
Quite often I have people behind me that don't like standing up and being loud and who get, well, pissed off when I do so. This got me thinking right back to the Ballymore days of the hill etc - the Rowdy mob would go sit on the hill and those who wanted their unobscured site line in the stands. Everyone gets along fine.
I am perfectly happy to stand for the entire game (and often do if I am in the back row of a section). So why doesn't the QRU have one of the sections at suncorp the students section, make the tickets 15 bucks and permit people to be standing? I think the atmosphere would be fantastic (Look at the ZOO when the Highlanders play) and the QRU would have no trouble filling it up etc each week (they could probably fill 2-3 sections).
This would be a fantastic way of further engaging the uni student population (that is heavily into rugby) whilst keeping older fans happy.
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John Thornett (49)
Great idea! I'd get into that,I'm usually the same type who's butt leaves his seat almost everytime something happens haha
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John Solomon (38)
I just like to cite the example of the zoo in dunedin here, half the university seems to be at these Highlanders games in dress up and really making it a partisan atmosphere (Dunedin is obviously a university town but hey there are something like 70000 students in Brisbane).
It makes me happy because I can stand up and yell without upsetting the father of a four year old behind me and it makes the others happy because they are off in the section where there are 'No Dickheads' so to speak. It may be too late in the process to make it happen with membership seating allocations etc but I think if done correctly it could be very beneficial for every stakeholder here. Call it the Red End or something 18+ only and cheap as tickets for students. Guarantee you it will go off in there
It makes me happy because I can stand up and yell without upsetting the father of a four year old behind me and it makes the others happy because they are off in the section where there are 'No Dickheads' so to speak. It may be too late in the process to make it happen with membership seating allocations etc but I think if done correctly it could be very beneficial for every stakeholder here. Call it the Red End or something 18+ only and cheap as tickets for students. Guarantee you it will go off in there
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John Eales (66)
Yeah—he's still very raw and I have no clue how he goes in the custodial duties a fullback has.
As you indicate: it's a good idea to start young fullbacks on the wing when they get to Grade early, maybe too early, and help the 15 out to learn their trade.
Since school I've seen Jonah only in the Oz Under 20s last year. He's still eligible this year and doesn't turn 20 until next—so he will be eligible in 2015 as well.
Hopefully we'll all be talking about him a few years down the track.
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Train Without a Station
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Listen here you fucking yahoos, some of us like to enjoy our chardonnay in peace, with the gentle ambiance of the game in the background to glance at infrequently.
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Desmond Connor (43)
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John Thornett (49)
And we'll have ours soon! NOTHING gets me as excited as the fact that the Reds season is about to kick off, and I don't think I'll ever be as passionate about another sports franchise in my life. The Philadelphia Eagles rarely get me off my feet and hollering at any hour, much less at 3am. I have no rational explanation for this, but who fucking cares?
I would have stayed in Brisbane for good if I wouldn't have been leaving the missus behind - and the inevitable deportation.
I've been to every major city in the United States with the exception of Honolulu and Anchorage, and for mine, Brisbane blows them all out of the fucking water. I've rarely felt so at home, and the natural beauty of the city is unparalleled in most of the western world.
I don't get emotional about much, but I can't help but get butterflies in my stomach every time I see the boys run out of the tunnel.
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Like all up and coming talent like this, lets just hope they manage to keep him in the code.. There has been too many in recent years that have slipped through Union's grasp.
Im not sure if anyone on here has any info on it, but the reports were that Jonah was signed by the Reds and fended off approaches from Rugby League.. Now he is neither in the Reds full contracted squad or the EPS, is there another layer of contracts been offered for players like this, i have heard similar comments about Junior Fakaosilea signing a 2 year contract with the Reds. Or are these 2 players the missing part of the EPS(only has 3 players).. Have the Reds management chosen to omit them from any official PR at this point in their careers?
I think @scoey is right, we just need the Reds to play already
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As far as I am aware TOCC, the Rebels are paying players not in their 35 to train full time. He may be in an arrangement like this with the Reds.
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John Solomon (38)
Train without a station was being sarcastic @emu
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Darby Loudon (17)
The Reds did try this a few years back. Dirt cheap tickets (whole season was under $100 and I think they dropped that to $50), a whole area on the seating plan put aside targeted at young people and students. End result was about 10 people sitting there throughout the season.
Times may have changed and it's a good idea so maybe it might work now.
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