The Warrior is back in Sydney

[AFL Warrior]

Yes you NRL ferals The Warrior is back in Sydney. Went past the SCG this morning and noticed the Sydney Swans training out on the oval. Look very professional in their approach to the training. Next door at the Sydney Football Stadium in some untidy paddock there was an NRL team training. This lot looked liked a unprofessional rabble an uncordinated. There was rubbish strewn arond the place and these NRL mungos were just walking along dragging their feet and knuckles along the ground . You can see here which is the professional sporting code in Sydney...well done Swans =D>

[NSWAFL]

I heard about that! It was the Roosters at the SFS wasn't?

[AFL Warrior]

it may have been the Chickens as there were a lot of Police cars near them as well....

[NSWAFL]

LMAO!

[King-Eliagh]

Welcome back Warrior. Funny you make this comment. I was in redfern yesterday afternoon and caught a glimpse of the Rabbitohs training. Fairly awesome watching these superb athletes physically priming themselves for the toughest sport in Australia and perhaps the world. It looked very professional and is great for the community to see, inspiring stuff.

[Raiderdave]

Welcome back Warrior. Funny you make this comment. I was in redfern yesterday afternoon and caught a glimpse of the Rabbitohs training. Fairly awesome watching these superb athletes physically priming themselves for the toughest sport in Australia and perhaps the world. It looked very professional and is great for the community to see, inspiring stuff.

Yes E

the Bunnies have an appointment with another RL team in a few weeks at Redfern Oval ... an international one no less
the Mighty Warrington Wolves
&
of course Manly are over in Leeds in the UK in about a Month for the World Club Challenge

I wonder if the Swans.. or GWS ... or ..errrr any AFL side are playing any international outfits in their pre season schedule

[Topper]

I thought you were going out to Parramatta again, AFL Warrior.

[AFL Warrior]

Am heading to Campbelltown to laugh at the demise of their Western Magpies out there then off to Penrith and Blacktown to view the new AFL franchise out there and of the panic happeing out in "NRL heartland".

[Raiderdave]

Am heading to Campbelltown to laugh at the demise of their Western Magpies out there then off to Penrith and Blacktown to view the new AFL franchise out there and of the panic happeing out in "NRL heartland".

Warrior .... see if you can take any photos of GWS's permanent training facility for us

oh wait

[Topper]

Am heading to Campbelltown to laugh at the demise of their Western Magpies out there then off to Penrith and Blacktown to view the new AFL franchise out there and of the panic happeing out in "NRL heartland".

Report back with the goss about the colours of the Giants and the lack of colours for the Panthers, the Eels and the Magpies.

[NSWAFL]

It's called Blacktown International Sports Stadium, Dave.

[Raiderdave]

It's called Blacktown International Sports Stadium, Dave.

really
someone ought to tell GWS that then ?


http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/ ... 6242976109

WHEN the AFL Commission came to Western Sydney in November for the national draft the GWS Giants were training on a baseball diamond.

It was hardly an impressive sight for their $200 million investment.

While the Giants have a state-of-the-art ground being built at the Sydney Showground - to be known as Skoda Stadium - they don't have a permanent training venue.

Already the $1.20 favourites to claim the AFL wooden spoon, the new kids on the block aren't being helped by a cross-country pre-season training program.

The Giants have already trained at six different venues this pre-season including the car park at their Blacktown administrative base.

While committed to their Blacktown base long-term, the problem has forced new boss David Matthews to look at alternative training sites.

"We have to see what else is available," Matthews said. "We have a great relationship with cricket and Blacktown Council but we need a facility to meet our needs," he said.

The team already uses the nearby NSWIS gymnasium, Sydney Aquatic Centre and athletics track.

The Gipps Road sporting complex in Greystanes is also being looked at as a training centre.

The share arrangement with Cricket NSW at Blacktown means the Giants don't get access to either of the ovals at the facility until February.

"We've sorely tested our players this pre-season with the amount of time they've spent travelling from venue to venue," Matthews said.

"The time the players have spent on the roads we would much rather have them visiting schools."

The current movable feast of training venues is similar to the Sydney Swans' early days in the Harbour city.

The Red and Whites' lack of training facilities was a major contributor to the exodus of star players to Melbourne clubs in the early 1990s.

High draft picks Anthony Rocca (Collingwood) Shannon Grant (North Melbourne ) and Darren Gaspar (Richmond ) all departed Sydney after their two-year contracts.

It's an historical lesson the GWS Giants are familiar with as they endeavour to retain stars in the making such as Jonathon Patton and Stephen Coniglio.

"The best thing that the Giants can do is to keep the players together and to develop them," Matthews said yesterday.

"We have access to the best young players in the land for two years and we have to get their welfare, coaching and medical right."

Collingwood's president Eddie McGuire has made no secret of his intentions to try to lure as many as he can of the Giants rising young stars to the Magpies.

It took the Swans more than two decades before they eventually established a permanent training venue at the SCG.

They now have year-round access to Lakeside Oval, which is opposite the SCG, the nearby Sydney Football Stadium swimming pool and their own gymnasium.

It's no coincidence that this set-up has resulted in the club's most successful period.

The Swans have played in 13 of the past 16 finals series and won the 2005 premiership.






seriously ... when are you going to get informed .. not just about your own sport which you appear to know nothing about
but ... anything

[NSWAFL]

That article is poorly informed. Many clubs use different facilities at different times, especially during the summer. Collingwood went to the USA during their bye week last season. Trying to hang your opinion on that wrecks your credibility.

[Topper]

It's early days! The club's only a couple of years old and the final facilities have to be developed properly. The facilities are in hand.

[Raiderdave]

That article is poorly informed. Many clubs use different facilities at different times, especially during the summer. Collingwood went to the USA during their bye week last season. Trying to hang your opinion on that wrecks your credibility.

ask their CEO then
hes saying its a major problem

but of course .. what would he know

all clubs have permanent training facilities
the Canberra Raiders have ... TWO

you aren't even a ****
you're not smart enough to be one ...