Talking Footy

The_Wookie wrote: Sat Feb 25, 2017 10:51 am

pussycat wrote: Sat Feb 25, 2017 10:12 am

I'm looking forward to the big AFL clash in China. It can only lead to bigger and better things. It will put AFL on the word map'. :_<> :_<> :_<>

least they are fucking going to china. How many attempts did league clubs make and fail or bail on?

During the Superleague period, it was planned that games would eventually be played in China.

In 2012 it was reported that Canberra was talking to Manly about playing a match for points in Hong Kong, but that match never eventuated. Club sponsors, including the Raiders sponsor, Huawei, were keen for a game to be played in the home country, but plans were abandoned when support from the NRL was not forthcoming.

In 2013, Channel 9 and the Chinese Government were reportedly supportive of the match happening, and the NRL had appointed an independent consultant to look into it further.

In August 2016, Fairfax reported that Canberra conceded that it was probably never going to happen.

In 2015 it was reported that the NRL supported a concept to take the game to China as put forward by former coach Paul Broughton. Under the plan , half a-dozen athletes, hand-picked from China’s 1.35 billion population, will be brought to Australia and placed with NRL clubs, while some coaches will be taken to China to expand the game there. However, a year later, Fairfax media reported that Broughtons was more or less being ignored by the NRL hierarchy, however shortly after the report the NRL evidently gave its approval to the plan.

Australian Rugby Union

In early 2015, the Canberra Times reported that the ACT Brumbies were set to play a preseason game in China backed by Aquis, their major sponsor. If successful this would have led to proper season matches in the country. In August 2016, the Times reported that the Brumbies were no longer entertaining the idea.

links and everything are here
http://www.footyindustry.com/?page_id=2866

ParraEelsNRL wrote: Sat Feb 25, 2017 10:49 am

Meh AFL will be a world game soon, once all the do gooders get their way and we have no borders or need for passports to travel, everything will be global.

What rot.

All while bowing down to some twat put in charge at the UN to lead us all to the promised transgendered land on our way to becoming transhuman. Yay what fun, thank fuck I'll hopefully be dead before all this shit fully happens, sadly Im not dying quick enough now though as I can see the shit everywhere. Just look at the AFL W comp for proof.

ParraEelsNRL wrote: Sat Feb 25, 2017 10:49 am

Meh AFL will be a world game soon, once all the do gooders get their way and we have no borders or need for passports to travel, everything will be global.

What rot.

All while bowing down to some twat put in charge at the UN to lead us all to the promised transgendered land on our way to becoming transhuman. Yay what fun, thank fuck I'll hopefully be dead before all this shit fully happens, sadly Im not dying quick enough now though as I can see the shit everywhere. Just look at the AFL W comp for proof.

rugby365 wrote: Sat Feb 25, 2017 8:59 am

With a big year of sports underway domestically we are also in for a big year of international sports. So which tournament are you looking forward to most?

1) rugby league World Cup - bringing together the best rugby league players from around world to see which nation is king? Could we hope to see a new team in the finals? Or will it once again be the two powerhouses of rugby league?

2) lions tour - bringing together the best players from the home nations, Scotland, Ireland, wales and England in a quest to do something every nation struggles to do and win a series in the land of the long white cloud!

3) confederations cup - a curtain raiser for the football World Cup, this tournament will see the best 8 teams from their respected confederations. As well as host nation Russia and current World Cup holders Germany do battle with an ever improving Australian team and our cousins from across the ditch.

4) The AFL ummmmmm . Can anyone help me out here. Anything interesting happening this year or is it the same suburbian comp? Which is exciting. Love seeing suburbs go toe to toe in a battle of who's got the best looking cousin/wife Collingwood? Or Geelong?

NRL&NFLweLaughATafl wrote: Sun Feb 26, 2017 3:32 pm

rugby365 wrote: Sat Feb 25, 2017 8:59 am

With a big year of sports underway domestically we are also in for a big year of international sports. So which tournament are you looking forward to most?

1) rugby league World Cup - bringing together the best rugby league players from around world to see which nation is king? Could we hope to see a new team in the finals? Or will it once again be the two powerhouses of rugby league?

2) lions tour - bringing together the best players from the home nations, Scotland, Ireland, wales and England in a quest to do something every nation struggles to do and win a series in the land of the long white cloud!

3) confederations cup - a curtain raiser for the football World Cup, this tournament will see the best 8 teams from their respected confederations. As well as host nation Russia and current World Cup holders Germany do battle with an ever improving Australian team and our cousins from across the ditch.

4) The AFL ummmmmm . Can anyone help me out here. Anything interesting happening this year or is it the same suburbian comp? Which is exciting. Love seeing suburbs go toe to toe in a battle of who's got the best looking cousin/wife Collingwood? Or Geelong?

I hope the All Blacks smash the Lions. Looking forward to it. Always a quality match.

I am curious with the Ruby League world cup. Are some interesting countries in the comp like Lebanon and the USA.

NRL&NFLweLaughATafl wrote: Sun Feb 26, 2017 9:51 pm

Yeah England will be out to prove themselves in the rlwc.

One thing I don't understand with the super rugby is why no European teams are in it?
Has there ever been talk of including them?