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Who will win the 2009 Four Nations?

Australia
9
69%
New Zealand
0
No votes
England
1
8%
France
3
23%
 
Total votes: 13

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keithroosters wrote:totally agree jeffles. it annoys the hell outa me when former footballers with no business sense get into key positions. dont get me wrong , i love the ex footy players but theyre not the most educated person for a job a lot of the time. i have high hopes for NZRL.

the french team http://www.sportinglife.com/rugbyleague ... rance.html

a good result IMO would be a loss of less than 20
Good point.

I think Geoff Toovey is probably the only exception.

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thanx :D

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Jeffles? What do you think?

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The best thing Geoff Toovey ever did was headbutt Adam MacDougall's boot studs in the 1997 Grand Final.

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Oh yeah. spot on.

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18,150 for last nights first super league game in barcelona. over 12,000 frrench fans making the trip across the border.

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The next RL world cup will be held in the UK in 2013

http://www.therfl.co.uk/home/news_item_top.php?id=14835

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great news. there seems to be genuine commitment to developing the game internationally. with richard lewis overseeing most of the northern hemisphere developements (not forgettign of course kevin rudd of the RLEF) the world cup and other tournaments show grow. the european nations tournaments has huge potential, especially with wales now having a super league team and france poised to make decent strides.

in earlier articles the RLIF singled out france as a sleeping giant and south asrica as a country with huge potential. obviously some countries are more advanced and funds shouldnt be distributed evenly IMO

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bazza wrote:The next RL world cup will be held in the UK in 2013

http://www.therfl.co.uk/home/news_item_top.php?id=14835
I might just make the trip.

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Jeffles wrote:
bazza wrote:The next RL world cup will be held in the UK in 2013

http://www.therfl.co.uk/home/news_item_top.php?id=14835
I might just make the trip.
Might do it as well. It will be 4 years since I left then

Do you think you will make the trip to Port Morseby for the Pacific Nations cup?
The winner plays in the 4N in 2010.

http://www.australianrugbyleague.com.au ... hp?id=1323

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I may go to the match...

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bazza wrote:Might do it as well. It will be 4 years since I left then

Do you think you will make the trip to Port Morseby for the Pacific Nations cup?
The winner plays in the 4N in 2010.

http://www.australianrugbyleague.com.au ... hp?id=1323
PNG won't happen because the timing isn't good for me. I wouldn't mind going one day. A mate of mine was there for two years working for DFAT and loved it.

When do you return to Oz bazza? Are you working for Skolars atm?

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Jeffles wrote: When do you return to Oz bazza? Are you working for Skolars atm?
Leave here at the end of August and get back in December.
Haven't done anything with Skolars this year - too many other things to do unfortunately.

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2009 PIRTEK KIWIS – TRAIN-ON SQUAD

Louis Anderson (Warrington), Roy Asotasi (South Sydney), Adam Blair (Melbourne), Luke Covell (Cronulla), Greg Eastwood (Bulldogs), David Fa’alogo (South Sydney), Nathan Fien (St George Illawarra), Kieran Foran (Manly), Alex Glenn (Brisbane), Bryson Goodwin (Bulldogs), Dene Halatau (Wests Tigers), Bronson Harrison (Canberra), Lance Hohaia (Warriors), Krisnan Inu (Parramatta), Shaun Kenny-Dowall (Sydney Roosters), Thomas Leuluai (Wigan), Jeff Lima (Melbourne), Kevin Locke (Warriors), Issac Luke (South Sydney), Simon Mannering (Warriors), Benji Marshall (Wests Tigers), Steve Matai (Manly), Ben Matulino (Warriors), Fuifui Moimoi (Parramatta), Jason Nightingale (St George Illawarra), Frank-Paul Nuuausala (Sydney Roosters), Russell Packer (Warriors), Sam Perrett (Sydney Roosters), Eddy Pettybourne (South Sydney), Frank Pritchard (Penrith), Sam Rapira (Warriors), Ben Roberts (Bulldogs), Jerome Ropati (Warriors), Setaimata Sa (Sydney Roosters), Junior Sau (Newcastle), Jeremy Smith (St George Illawarra), Iosia Soliola (Sydney Roosters), Chase Stanley (St George Illawarra), Zeb Taia (Newcastle), Fetuli Talanoa (South Sydney), Taniela Tuiaki (Wests Tigers), Manu Vatuvei (Warriors), Jared Waerea-Hargreaves (Manly), Brent Webb (Leeds), Antonio Winterstein (Brisbane).
are there any players left for the pacific cup!
strong squad though

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Better than that squad, NZ is playing Tonga in Rotorua before they fly over to the UK. Good news for the NZ public.

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