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England Jump on the Bandwagon

druzik — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 02:27:43 +0000

Last week England jumped on the Pacific Nation stealing band wagon. Willie Manu made himself available for England and he was embraced with open arms. But when you read the various articles on this you see a disturbing trend and attitude towards the English Jersey. Of course its not the first time England has done this, in fact from the home nations there have been other players that defected, or made themselves available.

The Travellers and Food Lovers Guide to Rugby League – Heidelberg

druzik — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 06:12:05 +0000

The last several years I have had the fortunate opportunity to live and work overseas, namely in Germany. My passion for Rugby League found me travelling all over Europe to watch the greatest game and in one case even managed to participate in a tournament. So I have decided to write blogs on my experiences, the travel, food and cities I experienced and share some photos. This month I look at a place on peak of the rugby league frontiers, Heidelberg, in Germany.

Oh How Easy it is to forget History

druzik — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 10:43:52 +0000

I bought the other day the Australian Rugby Leagues “A Century of Rugby League” 4-DVD set. I watched it in great anticipation that I would get a great overview of not just Internationals and the NRL but Rugby League in Australia as a whole. I mean it is meant to be a century of the sport in Australia yes? So believe me that when I say I feel completely disappointed and robbed and I think the rest of Australia who really cares about Rugby League as a sport should feel this way too.

It is time to stop revolting?

druzik — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 03:37:31 +0000

This weekend apparently saw a “whole bunch of average” games in the NRL. Well so it was claimed by several commentators on the radio. Apparently the play was terrible, the referees were terrible, it was stated that this has been the worst season in a long time in terms of quality rugby league and something needs to be done to “Fix it”? Um ha!? Since when did Rugby League, or any sport for that matter become purely an entertainment product?

Italian Rugby Football League: A New Federation

druzik — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 10:21:22 +0000

Things that happen ... Due to large differences in methods for development, protection and propaganda of some of the components of the Board of the Federazione Italiana Rugby League, three of the six existing teams: Gladiators Roma, Magnifici Firenze and Spes Spartans Catania, have resigned from any part played in FIRL and decided to form a new federation called Italia Rugby League Football.

How to Avoid Super League War 2

druzik — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 02:29:26 +0000

So has someone spiked the water in Australia or something? So first we get a leadership spill in the Australian government and then Stephen Humphrey’s comes up with what has to be one of the most bizarre and what I fee absurd proposed changes to Rugby League, I have ever read. Yes you read right the proposed changes to the NRL that the Wests Tigers boss want to introduce are a farce. They could lead to a new Super League War even. Let me try and show you how and why. This may be a long posts so bare with me please.

The 12 Year Master Plan

druzik — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 13:38:05 +0000

The latest blog comes on the back of a discussion I had with a avid rugby league fan in New Zealand. Its also a re-vamp of last years series of blogs on the 4 ways to fix International Rugby League. Originally I did this back in 2007 before the World Cup where there was a 10 year plan, it was in answer to what Richard Lewis and the “RLIF” had announced at the time with the lead up to the 2013 Rugby League world cup. Now with the current plan having run half way through its cycle, there is still no real idea on what is beyond 2013. Well, if I were in charge of the RLIF here is what I would do:

It’s time to go…

druzik — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 11:55:20 +0000

Queensland have won an unprecedented 5 straight Origin series, but what does this mean for the whole concept? Yes, yes, I know that I have been calling for Origin to be abolished in its current form for a while now. But this post is one with a twist on this theme. How you may ask, well its simple the age old rugby league attitude to teams that keep winning series upon series upon series. With QLD having won five series in a row now and looks like it may get 6 and 7 even will the age old Rugby League attitude kick in towards State of Origin?

For Once Lets Think Outside of the Box.

druzik — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 02:26:39 +0000

Last week Steve Mascord broke the news that the Samoan Rugby League have approached the RLIF about hosting an international 9s competition. Steve also mentioned that the RLIF are thinking of having and international circuit like in the Union 7s but that the NRL and ESL clubs releasing players was the big issue. I just shook my head at this. Steve even you should have seen how we can do this outside of the regular box! So here are my thoughts on this proposal.

A Brand new Adventure

druzik — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 13:52:02 +0000

This week Morgan Martin from the Carluke Tigers is a guest blogger. Morgan recently debuted for Scotland A and has been kind enough to share his experiences and thoughts of the day. I first met Morgan in 2008 actually when his first international match was with the Euro Celts against Germany in bad Reichenhall. Little did I know that that weekend I was having lunch and beers with a future Scotland International!