A SOO game to be played in Adelaide in 2020 : Wed Feb 14, 2018 1:05 am  

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Re: A SOO game to be played in Adelaide in 2020 : Wed Feb 14, 2018 3:05 pm  

Total waste of time if a new NRL franchise in Adelaide is not being planned for the near future.

Re: A SOO game to be played in Adelaide in 2020 : Wed Feb 14, 2018 4:43 pm  

Perth, Adelaide and PNG should all have an NRL franchise.

Re: A SOO game to be played in Adelaide in 2020 : Wed Feb 14, 2018 5:47 pm  

Sir Kevin Sinfield wrote:

Perth, Adelaide and PNG should all have an NRL franchise.

I agree, but Perth, Brisbane 2, and Wellington, and maybe even PNG, are way ahead of Adelaide in the pecking order.

Re: A SOO game to be played in Adelaide in 2020 : Wed Feb 14, 2018 6:48 pm  

Didn't Perth and Adelaide have SL teams previously?

Re: A SOO game to be played in Adelaide in 2020 : Wed Feb 14, 2018 8:05 pm  

wire-quin wrote:

Didn't Perth and Adelaide have SL teams previously?

Perth certainly did, I think Adelaide did, but am not certain.

Back when the NRL were split into 2 ( SL/NRL had 2 competing competitions back in 97/98 I think). Not sure how long/if they lasted when the NRL rejoined into being 1 league again.

Re: A SOO game to be played in Adelaide in 2020 : Wed Feb 14, 2018 8:20 pm  

Didn't Adelaide win that world club challenge comp between the Aus and UK teams?

Re: A SOO game to be played in Adelaide in 2020 : Wed Feb 14, 2018 9:09 pm  

wire-quin wrote:

Didn't Adelaide win that world club challenge comp between the Aus and UK teams?

No. I'm at work and an Australian guy I work with reckons Brisbane beat Hunter Mariners in the final ( and as he's a Brisbane fan, I guess he would know).

To be honest, the only thing I vaguely remember about the competition, was that because of the format it went on for ages. And that the British sides were rubbish.

Re: A SOO game to be played in Adelaide in 2020 : Wed Feb 14, 2018 9:25 pm  

There was a club in Adelaide, and in another in Perth, when Rupert Murdoch set up a Super League competition as rival to the ARL. The SL club was called the Adelaide Rams. It did OK IIRC.

Adelaide Rams and Perth Reds were both disbanded when the Super League-ARL war ended and the new single NRL was formed without Adelaide or Perth. That was a dumb move.

Re: A SOO game to be played in Adelaide in 2020 : Thu Feb 15, 2018 2:43 pm  

To be honest, the only thing I vaguely remember about the competition, was that because of the format it went on for ages. And that the British sides were rubbish.

I was at a Broncos game at the end of last year and they replayed the London v Canberra game which London won at the Stoop, 20 years to the day I believe. Meninga was coach of the green ,machine, they had Ricky Stewart, Laurie Daly in the halves plus many more stars. I was surprised at just how fast the game was played.