February 26, 2007
NRL needs a pre-season tournament
What’s the use of so many meaningless trial games? The NRL continues to play un-televised trials, clubs field 2nd grade teams - while rival codes reap rewards from pre-season comps. NRL News looks at past attempts to launch pre-season tournaments and the fact that it’s surely it’s time to put it back on the agenda?
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- wadey : now there got a gold medal rower on??? do u think he will talk footy????
- wadey : tell me about it
- Guest_4920 : shes 2 old anyway
- wadey : 400 players in the nrl that they could talk to about footy, but insteed they put an ugly blonde bimbo on. PLEASE EXPLAIN
- wadey : wonder why they want the footy show gone, why would u get pam anderson on the show, isint about footy?????
- Guest_4920 : is thurston kicking this week?
- Guest_4920 : is thurston kicking this week
- Jess. : im going now wadey, footy show is on :D:D:D bye!
- Jess. : which one are you?
- Jess. : notice pretty much everything sea eagles haha
- Jess. : www.myspace.com/ 29330709
- Jess. : hate just go to this, this is my myspace page, you can see info about me and what i look like lol
- Jess. : oka
- wadey : hey jess im goin to facebook now, join up and look 4 adam wade
- Jess. : talk tommorrow
- Jess. : bye hate
- wadey : cya hate
- Hate Qld : Im going as well , have a greta night all enjoy the footy and may your teams win,so long as all qld sides lose and the storm lo ,see ya guys
- Jess. : okay i shall haha
- wadey : hey jess join up 2 facebook
- Jess. :
- Jess. : night happy xo
- Jess. : yep, i will be here tommorrow night, and i will be watching the footy show soon too
- wadey : cya happy
- Happy Dragon : Well guys it was great 2 chat but I'm saying goodnight now, thx 4 cheering me up I feel heaps better
U really r a great bunch of people, hope we get 2 meet up 1 day? Take care everyone & have a good night, chat soon? - wadey : i think so
- Jess. : can i look anyway?
- wadey : no
- Jess. : myspace?]
- wadey : yes
- Jess. : do you have facebook?
- Jess. : no im on myspace
- Jess. : we are pretty much the only 4 regulars. me wadey, hate happy and sometimes ricky
- wadey : hey jess r u on facebook??
- Jess. : haha thats funny wadey
- wadey : u would think NRL NEWS would pay 4 all of us 2 meet up, bloody cheap site. lol
- Jess. : fair enough hate
- Jess. : it would be good
- Jess. : we are all different ages, from different places, lead different lives.
- Jess. : It would be good. We would all be such different people
- Hate Qld : Hey all it would be great to meet you all ,like Jess and Ricky mentioned before
- Happy Dragon : Yeh I'll definitely let u know if I go, would love 2 meet u
- Hate Qld : Good team Jess ,but sorry idont agree with Holesworth
- Hate Qld : Not at all NRL News I didnt like it here it split the game and ruin it it has never recovered from that disaster
- wadey : ill wear my sharks jersey, ill stand out at that game
- Jess. : haha. what will you be wearing? i shall look out for you wadey
- wadey : cant miss me, im 6,5
- wadey : well let me no if u r, would be great to put a face to the name
- Happy Dragon : Bugger, I don't usually go Fri nights as I work Sats, I might have 2 make an exception?
- Jess. : NO WAY NRL NEWS. my allegience is to NRL only.
- Jess. : SHARKS: Gallen, Covell. ROOSTERS: M Aubusson, Pearce. BRONCOS: Thaiday, Ennis. TITANS: Prince, Campbell. KNIGHTS: Buderus, Gidley. COWBOYS: JT, Burns. RAIDERS: Monaghan, Campese. RABBITOHS: Wing, Sandow. SEA EAGLES B Stewart, Menzies. TIGERS: Laurie, Farah. EELS:Hindmarsh, Finch. BULLDOGS: Hickey, Holdsworth. DRAGONS: Sailor, Gasnier. WARRIORS: McKinnon, Price. STORM Inglis, Smith. PANTHERS Civoniceva, Lewis.
- wadey : no just bugs, lol
- NRL News : Anyone watching the Super League at the moment?
- Happy Dragon : I hope it's not animals wadey? I'm an animal lover as if u can't tell?
- wadey : friday nite, some how the roosters get 3 friday nite games in arow
- Happy Dragon : Yeh I do want 2 go wadey, what day is it on? I was going 2 go Sat night, but my hubby decides 2 book us in 2 go 2 dinner with some friends, I want 2 fake a sicky so I can go 2 the footy LOL
- wadey : pest controler
- Jess. : heres my 2 favourite boys from every team.
- Hate Qld : they need some new blood
- Jess. : what do you do wadey?
- Hate Qld : thats a tough one jess i dont really know the tigers playing roster
- wadey : my job is great, i get to kill things
- Jess. : who do you think will be shown the door at the tigers guys?
- Hate Qld : i know how you feel happy i work with qld kids
- wadey : weel just relax now, and talk some footy
- Hate Qld : The tigers need a good clean and get some old heads to mix in with the youth that they have , experience counts
- Happy Dragon : I work with dogs, it was a day of pets behaving badly :(, I come home & my 3 dogs have been misbehaving also, it's just been a long day!!!
- wadey : my mate has some tickets
- wadey : hey happy, im thinkin about goin to the dragons vs roosters game next week, r u goin???
- Jess. : incase you missed what i said before " Some tigers heads are literally on the chopping block. They will be desperate to win after the last few weeks appauling performances. But the real test will be the sharks, but birdy only just came back from injury a while ago didn't they, and they did fine. I don't know, I really like both teams"
- Jess. : they are absolutely great for the tigers.
- wadey : great news 4 the sharks
- Jess. : Thats bad nrl news. They are so strong for the boys.
- NRL News : Tigers in real trouble, Robbie Farah and Brett Hodgo set to miss this weekend too
- Jess. : Yes NRL news, they didnt even mention the tigers eagles game last week
- wadey : why wat happen??
- Happy Dragon : Hey wadey, good 2 hear from u! Hope your day was better than mine?
- Jess. : Yeah, but its dry now and i want long showers hehe
- wadey : hey happy
- NRL News : Sadly the Footy Show doesn't talk much NRL these days. Need to get the NRL on Fox show Wed Nights
- wadey : not 2 bad, hey jess im glad it didnt rain when i was up there
- Jess. : good thanks wadey, im finally getting some rain my way
- Jess. : yeah, she really is NRL news. She probably couldnt care less about footy, and i dont really care about her.. Thats why i stay up to watch it! i enjoy talking about NRL and listening to opinions thats why i come here everynight to talk to these great people
- Hate Qld : Im well Wadey and u Bud
- Hate Qld : I cant tell NRL News plastic doesnt really wrink ,
- Happy Dragon : I didn't mind Kristy Hinze last wk, but really Jess what on earth will Pamela Anderson have 2 talk about, hopefully she won't say 2 much?
- wadey : how was everyones day??
- Hate Qld : may be i should be host of the footy show lol
- NRL News : Pamela is getting on in years now isn't she?
- Hate Qld : Hello wadey its all good mate i missed a lot of good playes as well
- Jess. : Me too happy. But its so hard for me to stay up! I have to go to school tommorrow! and yeah they are, i think they will be kind of happy the greg bird thing happened, they will talk heaps about it
- wadey : sry hate meant he was qld coach
- Hate Qld : as long as some is smiling and laughing it makes my days , dont like grumpy people when i go out and have a drink all i need is $5 and im gone , cant drink at all, i only have to sit next to someone whos had a few and ill be off and lol
- Happy Dragon : It's like they're running out of things 2 say & do, I still watch it every wk though, I'd miss it if it wasn't on
- Jess. : You are quick witted hate, you are always good for a laugh with
- Jess. : yes of course. last week they had Kristy Hinze talking about fashion! as if anyone cares, i would be watching project runway! which i do, but i want footy! Im sick of the lame jokes too. Im up for some valid points and discussion. Not crappy drivel.
- Happy Dragon : I don't need 2 watch TV hate, you're giving me enough laughs, thx 4 cheering me up
- Hate Qld : its just a promotion for plastic , to see if she doesnt melt,
- Hate Qld : Im in NRL News those qd kids drink me to drink they here i am trying t teach them how to drive,they misundestood lol
- Happy Dragon : I'm with u Jess, why on earth do they need that bimbo on? Does that sound bitchy? U can tell the ratings r low?
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great article guys couldn’t agree more a knockout tourament would be great for all concerned and i am sure the fans would embrace it
Thanks for the comments Guru.
I really believe that it would benefit all involved - a knockout tournament.
- Clubs (Prize money and Exposure)
- Fans (Exciting Concept)
- NRL / Advertisers (TV Coverage)