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28 June 2001 Queensland claimed last night NSW chairman of selectors Bob McCarthy had given the Maroons extra motivation by predicting Allan Langer "won't hack the pace" of Sunday's State of Origin decider. Speaking in the latest edition of the National Rugby League's official magazine, Big League, McCarthy also predicted that if Langer and five-eighth Paul Green stood together in defence, the Blues would "blow them away". "I'd imagine [Queensland coach] Wayne Bennett would use it to our advantage," Queensland Rugby League general manager Ross Livermore said last night when told of the comments. http://www.leaguehq.com.au/league/news/200106/28/league1.html A Sydney court has heard broadcaster Alan Jones stand by his claim that top rugby league referee Bill Harrigan was overwhelmingly biased during matches in 1998. Mr Jones is giving evidence in the New South Wales Supreme Court in a defamation hearing brought by the referee. Last year a jury found Mr Jones had defamed the referee by implying he was biased in an on-air interview with the then National Rugby League chief executive Neil Whittaker, on September 8, 1998. He says of the four Brisbane matches umpired by Mr Harrigan in 1988, the ex-Super League team received 33 penalties, while the opposing sides got 14. http://au.sports.yahoo.com/sports/20010628/aapleague/993698953-1879924765.html 26 June 2001 South Sydney will play Central Coast team Umina Bunnies on Saturday July 7 at NorthPower Stadium as the Rabbitohs continue their fight to be re-instated into the NRL next season. The Rabbitohs have already staged several footballing events around country areas this season with the most recent however being at Redfern Oval, that also celebrated the naming of the Indigenous Team of the Century. Four matches have been planned for the Rabbitohs occasion with the first one kicking off at 11:00am with the main game at 3:30pm. It's a great opportunity for Rugby League supporters on the Central Coast to watch some more footy at a badly underused facility and also help support the Rabbitohs fight for survival. Good luck to everyone at South Sydney Rabbitohs. http://www.rleague.com/newsarticle.php?articleID=2525 22 June 2001 AS he spent much of last season tossing suitcases onto Ansett planes, Darrell Trindall was forced to come to terms with the fact his league career was all but over. At 29 and with a chequered past, Trindall had just split with English club St Helens in bitter circumstances and looked unlikely to ever return to the big time. Little did Trindall realise that just a few months later, his career would be back on track with a semi-final berth finally in his sights after 12 years. "It didn't look good," Trindall admitted. "It was then, lifting suitcases at Mascot, that I realised playing football is a lot more fun than working for a living. "Thinking your career is over really hits hard . . http://southsydney.homestead.com/news220601.html 2UE this week produced yet another resounding radio ratings result, again downing their so-called opponents 2GB. It's an amazing result for the team which is not allowed to call NRL matches and is banned from broadcasting from inside the ground. 2UE's studio based coverage is absolutely lapping 2GB who are the only commercial station allowed to call matches. Whether I like 2UE or 2GB is not the point of my view. In fact, my main gripe isn't with 2GB. Phil Gould, John Gibbs and Darryl Brohman went to the station for various and sometimes obvious reasons, but I don't blame them. The people I do blame is the NRL. What better way to stop lots of people hearing the game than by awarding exclusive rights to one station. I mean, seriously, what were they thinking? It's quite obvious to me that the NRL aren't in it to get the game promoted, but to earn the allmighty dollar. http://www4.tpgi.com.au/users/sdodds/leagueviews.html 18 June 2001 BULLDOGS halves Darrell Trindall and Braith Anasta are rugby league's odd couple. Yesterday, at Marathon Stadium, the unlikely pair combined to sink Newcastle 46-18 in front of 16,645 people and rescue the Bulldogs from their most embarrassing fortnight this year. Trindall is the wily, occasionally controversial, veteran who was steering South Sydney through some lean years about the same time his halves partner was just hitting puberty. Anasta is the fresh face of the game with a blue blood pedigree tagged the next Brad Fittler by Bulldogs chairman Barry Nelson earlier this season. Their link is the Rabbitohs, where Anasta played all his junior football. News180601 16 June 2001 The Rabbitohs 64 beat the Murdi Paaki Warriors 14 Saturday June 16 at Redfern Oval http://www.souths.com.au/ Ousted National Rugby League (NRL) side South Sydney will be put to the test once again when it takes on a visiting team from the state's far-west tonight. Players in the Barwon Darling League representative come from remote communities including Walgett, Bourke and Broken Hill. The western region director of the Department of Sport and Recreation, Paul Conlon, says while the game is a boost for the country players, it is also significant for the Rabbitohs. "It could actually be South Sydney's last game sadly enough, with the next couple of weeks Souths would anticipate...the result of their court challenge for their readmission to the NRL," he said. "Souths have been a very strong supporter, both of the Barwon Darling League and Aboriginal rugby league in general." http://www.excite.com.au/sport/nrl/news/story/abc/20010616/13/sports/abc-16jun2001-59.inp 13 June 2001 South Sydney coach Craig Coleman has described Beau Mundine, the cousin of boxer and former NSW Origin representative Anthony Mundine, as "an excitement machine and a potential star in the making" after naming him for Saturday night's Eric Simms Challenge match at Redfern Oval. SOUTHS: S Wilson; S Whereat, J Sinclair, P Clark, I Heron; J Hardy, L Goodwin; T Slattery, B Moore, J Smith (capt), M Carroll, R Simms, J Pickering. Reserves: B Mundine, N Sete, M Ostini, N Merritt. http://www.leaguehq.com.au/league/news/200106/13/league2.html The Queen is being blamed for a dramatic fall in television ratings for State of Origin II. According to Channel 9, the 2-hour telecast attracted a peak of 922,000 viewers in Sydney - down from 1,107,000 for the previous game on May 6. That figure was the highest since 1996 - the year before the Super League split. http://www.leaguehq.com.au/league/news/200106/13/league1.html Braith Anasta and Darrell Trindall make returns for the Bulldogs (v Newcastle, Sunday). http://www.leaguehq.com.au/league/news/200106/13/league1.html 9 June 2001 In a major concession two days before one of the biggest occasions of the season, Moffett responded to reports the strategic plan had been abandoned by saying: "We've hit some difficulties that mean the original options are going to be rather difficult to achieve. "We'll just have to come at it from a different way." A central administration for the game, promoted by the NRL as a crucial component in any way forward for the sport, was "unlikely in the short term", Moffett said. http://www.leaguehq.com.au/league/news/200106/09/league1.html 8 June 2001 Souths Juniors are going to be the first Australia team to fly to the USA to play matches against some of the American National Rugby League sides. Starting early next year, the young Bunnies will first start their tour in Philadelphia, and will take on sister club the Philadelphia Fight. Following the Fight, the Rabbitohs will then travel to New York to take on the Knights, travel to Utah to take on Salt Lake city, and then verse LA and San Francisco. The final leg of their tour will be taking on a combined Hawaii side. Souths Juniors are hoping this tournament a bi-annual event as the game in America continues to grow. http://www.rleague.com/newsarticle.php?articleID=2219 6 June 2001 As to whether the game's malaise was terminal, O'Brien points to league's resilience. "You have a look at what's been done. It's had the biggest spear put into it and it's still alive." Which brings us back to Souths. "Eighty-thousand people voted with their feet when they rallied to save Souths. That's a very clear indication that they want them back in and I think it would do a lot for goodwill to have them back in," he says. "I've got a vision of Souths' first game next year. They're hanging off the rafters and TV ratings go through the roof, but it needs something like that to inject the passion back into the game." http://www.leaguehq.com.au/league/news/200106/06/league3.html 4 June 2001 The Newtown Jets slumped to their worst performance of the 2001 NSWRL First Division season, in losing 56-16 to Manly-Warringah at Henson Park last Saturday. There can be no disguising the fact that this was a thoroughly disappointing effort, played in front of what still remains a loyal and surprisingly large home crowd. The game was effectively over as a contest after barely more than twenty minutes. The Jets were away to what has become in several games this year almost a "de rigueur" start; the concession of a try in the first two minutes. Newtown trailed 26-0 midway through the first half, but did reply with two converted tries. Another try to the Sea Eagles just before half time snuffed out any sustained home team recovery. http://www.rleague.com/newsarticle.php?articleID=2131 The future of the North Queensland Cowboys National Rugby League (NRL) club should become clearer this week with News Corporation set to complete their takeover of the financially embattled club. Group general manager of News Corporation and NRL chairman Malcolm Noad says the involvement of News Corp has been a long drawn out process but he is happy the future now appears bright. http://www.abc.net.au/news/sport/rugbyleague/2001/06/item20010604090137_1.htm http://www.excite.com.au/sport/nrl/news/story/abc/20010604/10/sports/abc-4jun2001-22.inp |
