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NRL competition from IPL this year

March 17th 2009 12:56
While NRL and Rugby League have been the most popular winter sports in Australia for many years, the rival cricket code has rarely gone head to head due to the seasons of winter and summer for each.

However, with the Indian Premier League (IPL) crickets big new attraction about the get underway and Channel 10 signing up IPL on HD channels (the new OneHD) 24 hour sports channel, Australians will have some choices.

Will it be Greg Inglis on the TV screens or perhaps Mahendra Singh Dhoni lighting up screens with a big cricket shot?


Such is the choices for sporting viewers now, and the NRL will be watching closely to ensure they aren't losing any market share.
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Indian Cricket

March 11th 2009 11:26
Indian Cricket is obviously well followed, from test to one day and 20/20 cricket - India loves the game and produces some of the best players in the world.

When you think of the strongest batting in the world, most will think of Mahendra Singh Dhoni who can literally take bowling attacks apart with his power hitting and unique batting game.

He is the successful wicket keeper batsman who has won plenty of games for India over the years and will continue to do so into the future.

The scary thing is, Mahendra Singh Dhoni will only get better - such is the skill and youth of the man.


Well respected in all cricketing nations, Dhoni is also a great ambassador for the game. Brilliant to watch, we look forward to see Dhoni in more 20/20 action as the Indian Premier League fires up for another exciting season.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni we salute you!
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NRL 2009

March 3rd 2009 10:01
We are only 2 weeks away from the NRL season in 2009. With the National Rugby League set to get even closer this year, so many teams have improved their roster in the off-season and are vying for finals sports.

Leading NRL team Manly Sea Eagles traveled to the UK and successfully beat the Leeds Rhinos, however they will be closely challenged again by the Melbourne Storm, the new look Dragons side and the battlers come kings South Sydney Rabbitohs.

Not only with Rugby League players be in focus, but NRL coaches face a torrid time. Pressure on a weekly basis as their clubs, squads and methods go under the media microscope.

The National Rugby League (NRL) 2009 season gets underway Friday 13 March and sets the scene for a blockbuster winter.

Hold on to your hats folks, this is going to be one hell of a footy season.

Good luck to your NRL team this year.

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NRL Finals

September 11th 2008 15:29
The NRL Finals are upon us for 2008, with the following teams making the grade for 2008

Melbourne Storm


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Rugby League World Cup

September 2nd 2008 10:49
World Cup Club Challenge
After every NRL Grand Final every Australian team who have won the competition have always travelled to England to take on the English super league champions. The Australian team are always at a disadvantage with the English teams already at the start of their domestic competition, they are match fit and harden ,where as the Australians teams do not have sufficient preparation for the match and are always beaten by the English sides,which does not give a true indication who the club champions are.If the English clubs are so dominate over the Australian teams , then the English
International teams should be of a more dominant force on the international games


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Sonny Bill Williams lost to NRL

August 7th 2008 10:30
The Sonny Bill Williams saga drags on; lost to Rugby League - the Bulldogs and NRL. The Rugby Union traitor has been a hot topic on news channels throughout Australia, New Zealand and France in the past 2 weeks.

The Channel 9 Footy Show in Sydney has managed to secure an interview with Sonny Bill Williams; prominent reporter Danny Wiedler was the obvious choice for SBW and his team to liaise with - Wiedler unlike other journalists such as Phil Gould or Andrew Voss rarely asks the tough questions and manages to secure interviews with players such as Willie Mason and SBW purely through his 'softly' approach and befriending the player


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NRL beats Rugby Union, Soccer and AFL in Foxtel PayTV Rankings

July 17th 2008 00:46
NRL has proved its worth despite low crowd numbers this year, with the Rugby League code easily beating its rivals in terms of PayTV Foxtel rankings within the country.

Despite being played on lower (Fox Sports 2/3) channels and having poor timeslots in non-Rugby League states, the NRL
Foxtel Foxsports Paytv rankings ratings show Rugby League NRL clear winner over AFL Union
package has easily beaten off its rivals to push for higher TV rights in the not too distant future


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Greg Inglis soars to top of NRL world as best player in Rugby League Week Poll

July 16th 2008 02:12
Greg Inglis Worlds Best Player NRL Player Poll 2008
Rising Melbourne Storm rookie that could be called a superstar now, Greg Inglis has today been awarded the best player in the NRL by his colleauges in Rugby League Week magazine’s 2008 NRL player poll.

Only 21, Inglis is the youngest NRL player to win the prominent award in its 22-year history


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Mark Gasnier to Quit the NRL and play Rugby Union in France due to lost payments

July 15th 2008 05:27
Mark Gasnier quits NRL to play Rugby Union in France
ST George Illawarra Dragons player dropped this today " Mark Gasnier Quits NRL to play Rugby Union"; was confirmed at an official press conference today the scary news that the NRL world feared.

Gaz will play rugby union in France from 2009 - letting the NRL world in on why he was forced from the game, ultimately because his playing contract was not fully honoured. Apparently Gas was owed nearly 1/3 of his wages, because some party did not pay their portion of the 3rd party agreement aspect of his large NRL playing contract


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Melbourne Storm Wests Tigers NRL Round 18 Campbelltown Brett Hodgson Fairwell 2008

July 14th 2008 13:04
Melbourne Storm Wests Tigers Brett Hodgson Fairwell Campbelltown NRL Round 18 2008
Storm superstar Greg Inglis gave veteran Matt Geyer the perfect gift for his 250th game in a Storm jersey with a hat-trick of tries and an incredible try-assist to lead Melbourne to a 30-18 win over Wests Tigers at Campbelltown Stadium.

In front of 16,653 fanatical Tigers NRL fans, there may have been a sprinkling of Storm fans amongst them, Melbourne knew they were going to be in for a tough night


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