BS file#4: Did the NRL copy the AFLs ANZAC day concept?

[ParraEelsNRL]

Too farking funny this NSWAFL kid is.

Do you do stand up as well as sidestep?

[NSWAFL]

You are continuing to prove yourself to be un-Australian by ignoring the context of this file entry. Just playing on ANZAC Day isn't enough. You have to do the whole thing, otherwise you're just playing and doing NOTHING to recognise our great diggers!

[ParraEelsNRL]

Like hell.

Admit defeat now and award the point.

When it's a full on defeat like this, we shouldn't need to wait a week.

I want 3 points now for the RFL, Newcastle and Anzac threads.

[NSWAFL]

You're getting none for the other two, and you won't get anything here unless you prove that your sport showed full recognition of ANZAC Day before our game did. Demonstrate the minute's silence and the Last Post, or you're done!

[Xman]

Not so fast.

The AFL have made their ANZAC day into a phenomenal success by celebrating the ANZACs and playing a match between two of the most popular teams in the league. They have incorporated this into a blockbuster event with a fantastic tradition that is the envy of Australian sport for a regular scheduled game.

Just playing a game on ANZAC day means nothing if it's not made into a true event.

The NRL version was pathetic, and included little crowd support or tradition. They have clearly noticed what the AFL have made their day in to and reintroduced the concept.

This is exactly what Beaussie said.

[ParraEelsNRL]

Derp!

Of course it was full recognition, that's why they were called ANZAC day games.

Derp!

[ParraEelsNRL]

Not so fast.

The AFL have made their ANZAC day into a phenomenal success by celebrating the ANZACs and playing a match between two of the most popular teams in the league. They have incorporated this into a blockbuster event with a fantastic tradition that is the envy of Australian sport for a regular scheduled game.

Just playing a game on ANZAC day means nothing if it's not made into a true event.

The NRL version was pathetic, and included little crowd support or tradition. They have clearly noticed what the AFL have made their day in to and reintroduced the concept.

This is exactly what Beaussie said.

Read the articles you flog, they had sellout crowds at the grounds it was played at and played it at the SCG and the old Sports ground to show their respect.

Dumbarse.

[Xman]

Not so fast.

The AFL have made their ANZAC day into a phenomenal success by celebrating the ANZACs and playing a match between two of the most popular teams in the league. They have incorporated this into a blockbuster event with a fantastic tradition that is the envy of Australian sport for a regular scheduled game.

Just playing a game on ANZAC day means nothing if it's not made into a true event.

The NRL version was pathetic, and included little crowd support or tradition. They have clearly noticed what the AFL have made their day in to and reintroduced the concept.

This is exactly what Beaussie said.

Read the articles you flog, they had sellout crowds at the grounds it was played at and played it at the SCG and the old Sports ground to show their respect.

Dumbarse.

It was clearly not a major event if it deteriorated to the point where it was abandoned. It is not on the scale of the AFLs day, which the NRL are now trying to copy.

[Xman]

The following year (1978) saw the SCG host three matches on the Sunday, with the remaining three games played on the ANZAC Day Tuesday. One of those clashes was between Easts and St George, and the two clubs met again in 1979 in a stand-alone mid-week ANZAC Day clash at the SCG.
The tradition of ANZAC Day matches at one or both of Sydney's Moore Park grounds was first broken in favour of suburban venues in 1975-76, and then from 1981-83. In 1984 an Easts home game against Wests saw a return to the Sports Ground, but less than 5,000 fans attended.

They had some pathetic crowds. They changed venues. They had up. To 3 games playing on ANZAC day. This was not a blockbuster event with an entire service to remember the ANZACs with! It was just a scheduled fixture that was played on ANZAC day.

The two aren't even close!

[ParraEelsNRL]

How the hell would you know?

You didn't even know RL played games as far back as then and now you're all fucking experts in a 12 hour period!

Fark off.

And the original question had nothing to do with any of this anyway, so the point is moot and I won again.

Farking sly shirtlifters

[ParraEelsNRL]

The following year (1978) saw the SCG host three matches on the Sunday, with the remaining three games played on the ANZAC Day Tuesday. One of those clashes was between Easts and St George, and the two clubs met again in 1979 in a stand-alone mid-week ANZAC Day clash at the SCG.
The tradition of ANZAC Day matches at one or both of Sydney's Moore Park grounds was first broken in favour of suburban venues in 1975-76, and then from 1981-83. In 1984 an Easts home game against Wests saw a return to the Sports Ground, but less than 5,000 fans attended.

They had some pathetic crowds. They changed venues. They had up. To 3 games playing on ANZAC day. This was not a blockbuster event with an entire service to remember the ANZACs with! It was just a scheduled fixture that was played on ANZAC day.

The two aren't even close!

http://www.ausleisure.com.au/default.as ... aseID=1000

On that first holiday Monday in 1926, a full race meeting was held at Rosehill, and first grade rugby league games were played in the city at the SCG (Easts v Balmain, 20,000 attendance)

STFU.

[Xman]

How the hell would you know?

You didn't even know RL played games as far back as then and now you're all ******* experts in a 12 hour period!

Fark off.

And the original question had nothing to do with any of this anyway, so the point is moot and I won again.

Farking sly shirtlifters

BS file#4: How did that Melbourne Storm game come about? Oh that's right, trying to cash in on the ANZAC tradition in the AFL. Do you lot ever come up with anything original?

Claimant: Beaussie

Challenge: 2340 21/01/12

Challenger: parraEelsNRL

Look at beaussies claim. The warriors v storm game is planned as a traditional fixture on ANZAC day, exactly like the AFL have been doing with the Coll v Ess game for 17 years.

The NRL ANZAC day was played at different venues and between different team, often up to 3 games. This is nothing like what they have adopted now, which is a copy off the AFLs drive to create tradition. That is why for some games they got as little as 5k supporters! Now what tradition is that?

It's irrelevant if the NrL played some games on ANZAC day. They clearly made no attempt to make it into a traditional day of remembrance or significance, like the AFL have done with traditional rivals, at the same venue every time. The NRl have jumped on this concept only recently which is after the AFL!

[Raiderdave]

Not so fast.

The AFL have made their ANZAC day into a phenomenal success by celebrating the ANZACs and playing a match between two of the most popular teams in the league. They have incorporated this into a blockbuster event with a fantastic tradition that is the envy of Australian sport for a regular scheduled game.

Just playing a game on ANZAC day means nothing if it's not made into a true event.

The NRL version was pathetic, and included little crowd support or tradition. They have clearly noticed what the AFL have made their day in to and reintroduced the concept.

This is exactly what Beaussie said.

phhhhtttt................... says who

barely raises an eyebrow in half the country
phenomenal success my aunt fanny

[ParraEelsNRL]

My claim had nothing to do with the storm or the NRL.

If you look closely and read, I said Rugby League, now get the post and put it in here and stop trying to wriggle out of every debate.

The BS file was supposed to stop the likes of you (xman), sara, incest, Bea and NSWAFL doing this crap, but it hasn't.

[ParraEelsNRL]

Not so fast.

The AFL have made their ANZAC day into a phenomenal success by celebrating the ANZACs and playing a match between two of the most popular teams in the league. They have incorporated this into a blockbuster event with a fantastic tradition that is the envy of Australian sport for a regular scheduled game.

Just playing a game on ANZAC day means nothing if it's not made into a true event.

The NRL version was pathetic, and included little crowd support or tradition. They have clearly noticed what the AFL have made their day in to and reintroduced the concept.

This is exactly what Beaussie said.

phhhhtttt................... says who

barely raises an eyebrow in half the country
phenomenal success my aunt fanny

This BS file will be a waste of time if they continue making the rules up for themselves as they go along.