: Sat Mar 21, 2009 12:04 pm  

GanEden wrote:

USA 42 - GB 0

actually it was 110-0

: Sat Mar 21, 2009 12:06 pm  

Steinlager wrote:

It's been on the card ages, they've been actively recruiting amateur rugby league players from over here for the past year.

true, a old mate of mine went and played for the new york knights a couple of seasons ago

: Tue Mar 24, 2009 9:03 pm  

the website has been improved over the last few days, a bit more info on their plans included. i am on the mailing list but havent receved anything from them yet

: Tue Mar 24, 2009 9:10 pm  

fredie wrote:

i have been told by some''septic tanks''yanks. that they love watching the AFL on tv

if i remember right this started in the 80's becuase of some argument over tv sports rights, so a network (ESPN??) started showing overseas sports to fill gaps in the schedule and AFl became the most shown, it still has a small hardcore audience there. Dont quote me on this but i vaguely remember reading something about last year.

: Tue Mar 24, 2009 9:23 pm  

stew88_RL wrote:

if i remember right this started in the 80's becuase of some argument over tv sports rights, so a network (ESPN??) started showing overseas sports to fill gaps in the schedule and AFl became the most shown, it still has a small hardcore audience there. Dont quote me on this but i vaguely remember reading something about last year.

espn classic used to show rugby league matches from the 80's and 90's, both Australian and British.

: Tue Mar 24, 2009 9:25 pm  

Why has nothing in League Express mentioned this yet?

: Wed Mar 25, 2009 12:50 pm  

Dico wrote: Why has nothing in League Express mentioned this yet? Maybe because the people involved in the US are the same bunch of walter mitty nutters who have been saying stuff like this for years? See http://wesclark.com/rrr/us_rugby_league.html for example ...and ten years later? Meanwhile, rational earthlings just get on with working hard and organising their sport without talking fruit loop nonsense - see http://www.usarugby.org/ and use the "find a club" tool, where there's more clubs with names beginning with "B" than the AMNRL have in their entire organisation!

Dico wrote: Why has nothing in League Express mentioned this yet? Maybe because the people involved in the US are the same bunch of walter mitty nutters who have been saying stuff like this for years? See http://wesclark.com/rrr/us_rugby_league.html for example ...and ten years later? Meanwhile, rational earthlings just get on with working hard and organising their sport without talking fruit loop nonsense - see http://www.usarugby.org/ and use the "find a club" tool, where there's more clubs with names beginning with "B" than the AMNRL have in their entire organisation!

: Wed Mar 25, 2009 12:54 pm  

STOP PRESS: This story just gets better and better - have a look at this stuff we were hearing in 1997 FFS http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4370954.html I'd forgotten all about that! The sooner our sport stops getting wound up by these jokers, the sooner we can just get on developing real opportunities

STOP PRESS: This story just gets better and better - have a look at this stuff we were hearing in 1997 FFS http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4370954.html I'd forgotten all about that! The sooner our sport stops getting wound up by these jokers, the sooner we can just get on developing real opportunities

: Wed Mar 25, 2009 12:59 pm  

hmm fair play. I never rememebered anything like that.
This time seems really genuine though

: Wed Mar 25, 2009 1:02 pm  

Hull Kingston Bronco wrote: see http://www.usarugby.org/ and use the "find a club" tool, where there's more clubs with names beginning with "B" than the AMNRL have in their entire organisation! the amount of money pumped into rugby union is incredible. i saw a feature on the set up over there on total rugby and i was blown away. nigel melville and his team have put a ton of work in and now they are starting to see the fruits of that effort. a good international calender also helps the game develop.

Hull Kingston Bronco wrote: see http://www.usarugby.org/ and use the "find a club" tool, where there's more clubs with names beginning with "B" than the AMNRL have in their entire organisation! the amount of money pumped into rugby union is incredible. i saw a feature on the set up over there on total rugby and i was blown away. nigel melville and his team have put a ton of work in and now they are starting to see the fruits of that effort. a good international calender also helps the game develop.