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Some great lines from Eddie…
On Peter V’landys (the horse racing guy)’ comments that rugby is boring:
“I think he’s been probably sitting in TAB too much mate, I encourage him to get out of the TAB and go and watch some Super Rugby. I’ll invite him to a game, mate.”
On making rugby relevant in Australia?
“That’s the challenge, mate. And the challenge is that firstly, you’ve got to play good rugby. And playing good rugby is important and good rugby is different for everyone.
“If you come from Randwick your appreciation of rugby is that you want to move the ball quickly and play with an aggressive intent.
“If you come from Sydney Uni or Queensland Uni, or Brothers, that might mean a bit different to them.
“What we’ve got to develop is that Australian style of game that everyone buys into, which is a combination of quality set-piece, an aggressive attacking mindset and wanting to get the ball quickly when we don’t have it.
“If we can play some good rugby then people will want to watch us play, and if we win then we’ll be in a better position in the media so these 15 people we’ve got now will be 30 people, because all the rugby league journalists will want to be a part of it. We might even get, what’s his name, the horse guy into the media conference, V’landys (the horse racing guy).
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