I see JH's first game in charge ends with 24-6 defeat at Canberra. Hard season for him in store.
I see JH's first game in charge ends with 24-6 defeat at Canberra. Hard season for him in store.
Good, I have Canberra in my accumulator.
Got a job on his hands but, if anyone can do it, Holebrook can.
Oh dear guess this means gold coast need a new coach amd we end up getting holbrook back. Such a shame
I've merged these together so that everyone can add to NRL chat in the same place.
Just a reminder that Broncos v Souths is live on Sky Sports 408 now. k.o. 9:15
Good try that from Brisbane. I can't see Mr Happy being overly pleased with Souths defence.
God to see Herbie Farnworth doing well. I wonder if Brian Foley fancies bringing him back to Wigan?
Twice now in 2 weeks the bloody Turkeys have done my acca.
I think Manly will have a real go this season. Their backline is the best in the league
The NRL will restart 28th of May.
Looks like a 15 game season with everyone playing each other once (minus the 2 already played). But I still expect games behind closed doors for a long while, which is why Channel Nine have kicked off because they see less value in their TV deal if this happens.
Also, no word on whether the Queensland clubs will have to play in Sydney in order to maintain an ‘isolation bubble’ of players. The AFL have made no announcement about their restart date so I’m thinking the NRL have jumped the gun slightly. It’s only 7 weeks away and whilst Australia is in better shape than us partly due to its relative isolation, it’s still not out of the woods at all. I’ve spoken to cousins in Melbourne and Canberra and their attitude to all of this is not that different to ours.
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https://www.theguardian.com/sport/20...ue-competition
New Hubs for the teams to isolate, NW Warriors keen to get over to Oz but not certain of the restrictions?
Sad news about the young player Mitch Cronin 27, outside of NRL.
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/20...ining-accident
James Tamou signed with West Tigers for 2 years.
I doubted Holbrook would do much with the Gold Coast. Hats off to him!
screaming in the family corner, scaring the kiddies
Not sure if this is sarcasm or not but he’s done a great job there. Finished 16th (bottom) last year with 4 wins from 24 games. 15 points off the playoffs.
This season they’re on 8 wins from 19 and just 4 points off the playoffs. Massive improvement.
With some big signings coming in for 2021 they’ll fancy their chances of being in the 8 next year.
NEVER WRITE OFF THE SAINTS
I will just start with the headline and first paragraphs in today's The Sun Herald, (Sydney) better computer skills than mine can put a link up.
The NRL has received private equity and loan proposals from American investors that will be on the agenda for one of the most important meetings in the ARL commission's history on Tuesday, "Park Lane" a company that specialises in assisting high net worth individuals become owners of sporting franchises, it has brokered a series of proposals that have been put to officials at Rugby League Central.
Park Lane Founder Andrew Kline-who has facilitated deals to sell teams in the NFL, NBA, MLB and NHL, has previously said he has clients prepared to buy entire Australian sporting leagues.
The ARLC will consider several offers, including a $250 million line of credit brokered by Oakwell Sports Advisory, the London firm previously brokered sporting investment deals, including for CVC Capital to buy into European Rugby.
ARLC chairman Peter V'Landys said he is open to the prospect of selling an equity share in the NRL declaring it would be negligent not to consider all options but would never relinquish a controlling interest. Andrew Kline is passionate about Australian Sport, he quoted America is a much bigger market that is not diluted by four sporting codes
It's a long interesting article. can someone link it please.
There you go, but merging this and other stuff into the NRL thread to keep it neat and tidy.
All NRL chat in here please so it’s easy to keep it all in one place.
ARLC to consider US investment options and loan proposals for NRL
https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/arl...18-p54l1x.html