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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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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
Manly Sea Eagles
Cronulla Sharks
Sydney Roosters
Brisbane Broncos
Canberra Raiders
St George Illawarra Dragons
NZ Warriors

These guys shoot it out for the Telstra Premiership and the Top 4 teams will receive home finals in Week 1.

For futher information, please visit NRL News for the latest teams, predictions and information from the National Rugby League and the clubs involved.
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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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NRL Club News, Late Mail, Tips and Predictions NRL Round 18 2008

July 11th 2008 15:22
NRL Round 18 2008 news info tips predictions club rumours signings injuries
NRL Club News, Late Mail, and Rumour Mill

Brisbane BRONCOS


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State of Origin Channel 9 TV Records Broken

July 11th 2008 15:18
Origin Ratings Record

Origin III set yet another television ratings record, with the 2.144 million viewers on Wednesday night the highest average audience since the introduction of OzTAM ratings in 2001. It is the third time this year that an Origin's ratings have broken new ground


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Newtown Jets Rugby League Team of Century 2008

July 11th 2008 15:15
Newtown name their Team of the Century

Newtown named its Team of the Century at Petersham Town Hall was announced on Saturday night. Tom Raudonikis and John Raper were both surprise omissions from the imposing squad to be skippered by Frank "Bumper" Farrell. Raper was overlooked because he left the club as a teenager, going on to superstardom with St George. The pair were still honoured with awards for Best Imported Player and Best Junior in the foundation club's history


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NRL Racism, Panthers Petero Civoniceva in storm

July 11th 2008 15:13
Racism Unfortunately Returns

Petero Civoniceva was racially abused by a spectator in the crowd at Parramatta Stadium last Sunday. He was called a “monkey”. Civoniceva asked the fan to repeat what he had just said and he did. "I lost my cool," Civoniceva said. "I can cop some abuse but not like that. I hit the beer away. I'm disappointed I did it. There were young families close by and I don't want the kids being scarred with that memory of going to the footy. I will write a letter to Parramatta to apologise to the families who saw it


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NRL and Channel 9 Make Wrong Choices on Rugby League Games

July 9th 2008 12:48
NRL Channel 9 Rugby League Free to Air Viewing 2008 Match Choices
* He's fast becoming a hero amongst NRL followers, the man is a fan for the fans - they call him 'HateQLD' and he sure does, mind you he lives in the Queensland state and is the closest thing NSW has to a Rugby League spy. In his column today, HateQLD turns on Channel 9 and the NRL over their choices over which games to screen weekly; take it away - John:

Another good round of football is awaiting football fans this weekend. Some of the fans may attend a game or two over the weekend, but some of the fans will be at home tuning into their television sets to watch the game. Many football fans may not be able to attend games due to a lot of reasons. The elderly for example are many who cannot get to the games but still love their rugby league, and their only option is television


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