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[jamielives2000]

any of yall know when its on tv?
star sprots i asumme?
please ineed it

[jamielives2000]

some one must know

[Plastic B]

I'd like to imagine you are talking about real footy*, but I suppose you are talking rugby. Who knows? Who cares? Rugby league is a game the ARL has prostituted out of any resemblance of the game I once knew and loved. I was born in Sydney, a Rabbitohs supporter, and saw their last two grand final wins, which almost makes me a grandfather, or old enough to be one. Now I can't be bothered to even glance at a game (unless one of the teams are wearing red and green, that is).

*Aussie Rules

[rawiri]

aussie rules = airial ping pong

i want to see guys smashing into each other not prancing around like ballerinas.

[rapier]

yeeh, stide of orrrjinn, yeh mayt, geet the tinnies sheelagh!!!

get a life.

[just because]

Well i for one having come from Tweed Heads (the border town of New South Wales and Queensland for those in the know) love State of Origin.

Star Sports carries it for the last couple of years but I don't know about this year.

Rapier you need to lay off a bit mate...what is your problem with a sporting contest????

[jaganath69]

[jaganath69]

[kiwiboy_nz_99]

[Sydney Rooster]

Shame to hear that Star Sports didn't broadcast it this year. It was a really tough intense game but lacked a little as a spectacle.. Glad though League isn't marred like union by fat unfit forwards who sit around watching fly-halfs (is that what they call them these days) slot endless penalty goals.. As to GayFL, lets not even go there..

Good to see a few posts in, I have managed to offend those from the Southern states of Australia, the Kiwis (except Warriors fans) and some Brits and South Africans..

[rawiri]

[quote="just because"]Well i for one having come from Tweed Heads (the border town of New South Wales and Queensland for those in the know) love State of Origin.

so who do you support?.

As for union fowards being fat and lazy, 15 years ago maybe, nowdays they are mean machines, your average super12 front rower should run 3 k in 9-10 minutes, not bad considering the average weight would be between 105-115 kg's.

kiwiboy,
"it's rugby with a lobotomy", maybe so but that's why i like it, it's fluid, fast, not as many stoppages due to lineouts,scrums and the tendency for some union ref's to be heavy handed on the whistle.

[Skywalker26]

For all those who are interested in the State of Origin....

If you have a computer with internet access, click on the TRIPLE J website and hear Roy and HG give a very funny live commentary.

Listened to them last night, nearly wet myself laughing. Not the same as watching it, but better than nothing

[rawiri]

yeah i listend to them during 2002 state of origin while i was on a bus from Sydney to Mildura. They are so funny, it cut out halfway through though so for the remainder of the trip (like 12 hours) i had to listen to this drunk Aboriginal dude telling me his life story.

[kiwiboy_nz_99]

[Sydney Rooster]

I wasn't being totally serious when referring to the fat and unfit forwards.. Rugby particularly in the Southern Hemishere has improved as a spectacle 1000% in the last year with the Super 12's. Though I would rather lick a kurds bum than watching the Northern Hemisphere teams with the possible exception of the French.

However I have seen quite a number of Super 12 matches live in addition to being a season ticket holder to the Roosters NRL team and can honestly say the pace of a league match is far and away much quicker than Union and the ball is in play for approximately double the length of time as a Super 12 match.

The fitness of union forwards is a hell of a long way behind league forwards, though the emphasis in training is different to league with a lot of focus on rucking, mauling, scrummaging and lineouts.. However the demands of a league forward are a lot less technical and more a combo of power and fitness.

I quite like Super 12's and really enjoy the Tri-Nations but they don't do it for me like an NRL game.. I also think in an ordinary NRL match there will be more free flowing backline moves than a union match, it is in State of Origin when the teams with limited preparation stick to the KISS principle and the result is normally tighter matches, though played with a lot less flair than normal.