NRL on death row

[Bex]

A player goes down injured, he must remain off the pitch for 5 minutes unless substituted. That way teams who dive will find themselves at big disavantages.

But most of the time they're just pretending to fall over or they fall over way too easily. The affect of going off for 5 minutes if injured will be that they fall over and get straight back up. Granted, that would be better, but it wouldn't stop the free kicks being given to players that fall over on purpose. Thats what frustrates me.

 

[Paolo]

Where did the NRL go wrong?

two words...SUPER LEAGUE

tbf it wasn't the NRL at that stage

 

[serious14]

I think that Union & League will eventually merge, which is when they will become a force.

I can see where you're coming from, but I don't think this will happen........... and if it does, it will only be in this country.

Thing is, Union is quite strong in Europe, especially in the U.K., Ireland, France, and Italy.  Not to mention Japan, Argentina, South Africa, and the US College system.  The problem here for League is that aside from England, they practically don't even exist in those other countries.  So you've got to ask "what does the IRB have to gain by unifying the rules of both codes??"    Answer is............ well, nothing really.  It's a whole lot of heartache for the IRB to gain a stronger market share in Australia.  And nowhere else.

Like I said earlier, as long as the 'old boys' network survives, Union survives.

 

[FFC Mariner]

And dont forget that in the UK, League is played in 2 counties (pretty much) and is largely ignored by the majority of the population.

 

[fedelta]

Two good NRL crowds this week.

Dragons Vs Bulldogs: 7,802
Eels Vs Cowboys: 7,253


Mariners Vs Sydney Pre-Season Cup: 7,107

 

[FFC Mariner]

If there were 7,800 at ANZ...................

 

[Bex]

...... you would hear the crickets chirping above the crowd........

 

[dibo]

i'll take 30-0 though, any day of the week, especially over the (other*) scum.

* Edit - other other... there are the sharks as well. oh, and brisbane. and manly. and melbourne. oh, f**k the lot of them...