What's he been dobbing/complaining about?



If that's the case, what little respect I had for him has now vanished.



Some of the worst people you can meet are dobbers/serial whingers and complainers.



It's a damn footy forum, people put their opinions across, don't like them opinions, put them on ignore or stay away.

Neither is rugby league

look one of the trolls set up another user name.







they are like weeds, ban one user name, another pops up

Like RL did to RU for years? See it works all ways this free gangway.

You don't expect these guys to respond to rational, factual data do you?

im not too fussed if union does it, its more money that a sport with so much money cant produce any decent players like the nrl can.



we just keep producing them



seriously, we are just too good.

People had a choice back then like they do today.



I'm all for people getting as much as they can, why not.



The only thing I'm not happy about is the fact that when RL got players from Union, it was the individual clubs going after players, these days we have the people running the code paying for players out of spite and then deciding where they'll play them, not clubs doing it out of strengthening their team.



That in my opinion is a big difference.

Quote Mr.Spoon="Mr.Spoon"Neither is rugby league'" Plenty of the world covered here. www.sportbusiness.com/news/17410 ... ldwide-nrl Quote Mr.SpoonIMG Sports Media has signed a three-year deal to distribute the worldwide television rights, outside Australia and New Zealand, for the Australian National Rugby League. Under the terms of the deal, which includes all broadcast and Inflight rights, IMG will distribute 26 rounds of live coverage of the NRL including the finals, three State of Origin matches and the annual ANZAC test match between Australia and New Zealand. IMG will also distribute a weekly highlights show - ‘NRL Full time’. “Our partnership with IMG Sports Media provides the NRL with the opportunity to increase our international coverage by tapping into IMG’s vast network of contacts around the world. Professional Rugby League is a great spectacle and I am sure it is going to be a very attractive offering to international broadcasters and genuine sports fans,” said Graham Annesley, NRL Chief Operating Officer. The deal forms part of IMG Media’s rugby league portfolio alongside the Rugby Football League’s European Super League, Challenge Cup and New Zealand Rugby League. It is understood a number of deals are already being finalised, including with the Australian Network across Asia-Pacific, Orbit Showtime in the Middle East, Italy’s Dahlia TV, America One in the US and Virgin Airlines across international airspace. '" www.nrl.com/news/news/newsarticl ... fault.aspx Quote Mr.SpoonSky Sport New Zealand will provide coverage of every Telstra Premiership match every round Maori TV will provide delayed coverage of every Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles game every Monday evening Prime will provide delayed coverage of every Warriors match and selected other Telstra Premiership matches EMTV will provide live and delayed coverage of the 2010 Telstra Premiership season into the PNG market Australia Network will provide coverage of up to six matches a week to the Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Samoa, Kiribati, Solomon Islands, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Marianas, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Tahiti, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna Australia Network will provide coverage to Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, Peoples Republic of China, East Timor, Federated States of Micronesia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Laos, Nepal. Sri-Lanka, Tibet, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Japan, Macau, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar (Burma), North Korea, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Republic of China (Taiwan), Thailand and Vietnam Orbit Showtime will provide coverage of the Telstra Premiership to Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, Qatar, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, West Bank, Gaza Strip and Palestine Starhub will provide coverage of the NRL's weekly highlights show, NRL Full-time, to the Singapore market Orbit Showtime will provide coverage of the Telstra Premiership to Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Mauritania, Morocco, Somalia and Tunisia Setanta Africa will provide coverage of the Telstra Premiership to Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Congo Democratic Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda OmniSport will provide live Pay Per View online coverage of all eight Telstra Premiership matches in the markets not covered by Setanta Africa and Orbit Showtime Aussie SportsTV will provide 24hr delayed online coverage of all eight Telstra Premiership matches throughout the rest of Africa. MSK will provide live and delayed coverage of at least three Telstra Premiership match each week to the United Kingdom market. Sky Sports will provide live and delayed coverage of the VB Test, Harvey Norman State of Origin Series, and Telstra Premiership Grand Final, plus the weekly NRL Highlights show, NRL Full-time Dahlia will provide delayed coverage of one Telstra Premiership match each week, plus the weekly NRL Highlights show, NRL Full-time. OmniSport will provide Pay Per View online coverage of all eight Telstra Premiership games into all other markets throughout Europe (Note: In Italy, OmniSport will only provide PPV coverage of all matches not covered by Dahlia TV & in the UK, OmniSport will only provide coverage of matches not shown on MSK. Aussie SportTV will provide 24hr delayed online coverage of all eight Telstra Premiership matches throughout Europe America One will provide coverage of the 2010 Telstra Premiership season to the United States market OmniSport: will provide Pay Per View online coverage of all eight Telstra Premiership games into all other markets throughout North America (In USA, they will provide PPV coverage of all matches not covered by America One). Aussie SportTV will provide 24hr delayed online coverage of all eight Telstra Premiership matches throughout North America OmniSport: will provide Pay Per View online coverage of all eight Telstra Premiership games into all markets throughout South America Aussie SportTV will provide 24hr delayed online coverage of all eight Telstra Premiership matches throughout South America V Australia will provide coverage of the NRL's weekly highlight show, NRL Full-time, on its flights to and from Australia and the United States'" Looks decent enough to me

Quote Mr.Spoon="Mr.Spoon"Neither is rugby league'" Plenty of the world covered here. www.sportbusiness.com/news/17410 ... ldwide-nrl Quote Mr.SpoonIMG Sports Media has signed a three-year deal to distribute the worldwide television rights, outside Australia and New Zealand, for the Australian National Rugby League. Under the terms of the deal, which includes all broadcast and Inflight rights, IMG will distribute 26 rounds of live coverage of the NRL including the finals, three State of Origin matches and the annual ANZAC test match between Australia and New Zealand. IMG will also distribute a weekly highlights show - ‘NRL Full time’. “Our partnership with IMG Sports Media provides the NRL with the opportunity to increase our international coverage by tapping into IMG’s vast network of contacts around the world. Professional Rugby League is a great spectacle and I am sure it is going to be a very attractive offering to international broadcasters and genuine sports fans,” said Graham Annesley, NRL Chief Operating Officer. The deal forms part of IMG Media’s rugby league portfolio alongside the Rugby Football League’s European Super League, Challenge Cup and New Zealand Rugby League. It is understood a number of deals are already being finalised, including with the Australian Network across Asia-Pacific, Orbit Showtime in the Middle East, Italy’s Dahlia TV, America One in the US and Virgin Airlines across international airspace. '" www.nrl.com/news/news/newsarticl ... fault.aspx Quote Mr.SpoonSky Sport New Zealand will provide coverage of every Telstra Premiership match every round Maori TV will provide delayed coverage of every Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles game every Monday evening Prime will provide delayed coverage of every Warriors match and selected other Telstra Premiership matches EMTV will provide live and delayed coverage of the 2010 Telstra Premiership season into the PNG market Australia Network will provide coverage of up to six matches a week to the Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Samoa, Kiribati, Solomon Islands, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Marianas, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Tahiti, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna Australia Network will provide coverage to Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, Peoples Republic of China, East Timor, Federated States of Micronesia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Laos, Nepal. Sri-Lanka, Tibet, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Japan, Macau, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar (Burma), North Korea, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Republic of China (Taiwan), Thailand and Vietnam Orbit Showtime will provide coverage of the Telstra Premiership to Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, Qatar, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, West Bank, Gaza Strip and Palestine Starhub will provide coverage of the NRL's weekly highlights show, NRL Full-time, to the Singapore market Orbit Showtime will provide coverage of the Telstra Premiership to Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Mauritania, Morocco, Somalia and Tunisia Setanta Africa will provide coverage of the Telstra Premiership to Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Congo Democratic Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda OmniSport will provide live Pay Per View online coverage of all eight Telstra Premiership matches in the markets not covered by Setanta Africa and Orbit Showtime Aussie SportsTV will provide 24hr delayed online coverage of all eight Telstra Premiership matches throughout the rest of Africa. MSK will provide live and delayed coverage of at least three Telstra Premiership match each week to the United Kingdom market. Sky Sports will provide live and delayed coverage of the VB Test, Harvey Norman State of Origin Series, and Telstra Premiership Grand Final, plus the weekly NRL Highlights show, NRL Full-time Dahlia will provide delayed coverage of one Telstra Premiership match each week, plus the weekly NRL Highlights show, NRL Full-time. OmniSport will provide Pay Per View online coverage of all eight Telstra Premiership games into all other markets throughout Europe (Note: In Italy, OmniSport will only provide PPV coverage of all matches not covered by Dahlia TV & in the UK, OmniSport will only provide coverage of matches not shown on MSK. Aussie SportTV will provide 24hr delayed online coverage of all eight Telstra Premiership matches throughout Europe America One will provide coverage of the 2010 Telstra Premiership season to the United States market OmniSport: will provide Pay Per View online coverage of all eight Telstra Premiership games into all other markets throughout North America (In USA, they will provide PPV coverage of all matches not covered by America One). Aussie SportTV will provide 24hr delayed online coverage of all eight Telstra Premiership matches throughout North America OmniSport: will provide Pay Per View online coverage of all eight Telstra Premiership games into all markets throughout South America Aussie SportTV will provide 24hr delayed online coverage of all eight Telstra Premiership matches throughout South America V Australia will provide coverage of the NRL's weekly highlight show, NRL Full-time, on its flights to and from Australia and the United States'" Looks decent enough to me

Little Graeme learnt a new word...

Nice try, "new" troll.

BTW, it is guttertroll that has been doing most crying.

The strength of RU is the international game and everything is geared towards that. The clubs are basically funded from the income generated by the internationals.



It is no surprise that the RU bosses identify potential international players from RL and target them. They then act in the best interest of the international game and place players where they believe they will receive accelerated development.



RU is a bit like the AFL in that they know the sport is bigger than the sum of its parts and that acting for the common good delivers significant benefits.



Sadly RL is less than the sum of its parts because the strength is in the club game and fighting for the common good simply doesn't enter the heads of the CEOs of the clubs