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Ok just saw THIS..... WHAT THE HELL AM I EVEN SUPPOSED TO THINK ABOUT THIS?! IS IT GOOD? IS IT ******* GOD AWFUL?! SOMEONE TELL ME!!!!!
 

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Leeds Rhinos are celebrating the arrival of the Tour de France to Leeds on 5th July as they unveiled a limited edition kit that they will wear against Catalan Dragons for their clash on Sunday 29th June. The shirt will also raise funds and awareness for Marie Curie Cancer Care. The Rhinos players will wear their Twitter handles in the back of their shirt if they are on the social networking site whilst each replica shirt will feature the Marie Curie logo on them.

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These lovely designs are not made by me. They're made by a guy called GAZF. This is what I want to see in the upcoming origins. Notice how there is no big green blob on the jersey. This is what it should look like. Now I know that when you see VB you think of that big green logo but it's State of Origin not a chance for advertising.
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Notice how the current QLD logo has been removed. This is the way it should be.
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Now this would be in an ideal world.
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I'm very disappointed in the Rebels indigenous jersey, they have always had amazing looking kits, but this one is an absolute eyesore!
 

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St. George. Illawarra merged with them in the superleague era
Rationalisation era, just after SL but yeah. The Merged club have no claim to the premierships, just like Wests Tigers have 1 premiership. Souths however still have 20, despite being kicked out from 2000-01 we are the same club as 1908-1999, we were re-instated rather than re-formed.
 
Rationalisation era, just after SL but yeah. The Merged club have no claim to the premierships, just like Wests Tigers have 1 premiership. Souths however still have 20, despite being kicked out from 2000-01 we are the same club as 1908-1999, we were re-instated rather than re-formed.
Apparently Illawarra wasn't a merger. They combined together.
 
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merge
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It wasn't a full merger if you will. They just added Illawarra to the bottom of the Original St.George logo and kept the V. Nowadays games are played in Kogarah and Illawarra and there is also homage to their home playing strip which is their away strip now.

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It wasn't a full merger if you will. They just added Illawarra to the bottom of the Original St.George logo and kept the V. Nowadays games are played in Kogarah and Illawarra and there is also homage to their home playing strip which is their away strip now.

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So they tookover Illawarra? So then they were playing most of their games at WIN Stadium why? I think you'll find all post 1998 clubs (save for the Titans and the Eagles revert back to Manly) were merged entities, and new clubs altogether.
 
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It wasn't a full merger if you will. They just added Illawarra to the bottom of the Original St.George logo and kept the V. Nowadays games are played in Kogarah and Illawarra and there is also homage to their home playing strip which is their away strip now.

So they tookover Illawarra? So then they were playing most of their games at WIN Stadium why? I think you'll find all post 1998 clubs (save for the Titans and the Eagles revert back to Manly) were merged entities, and new clubs altogether.

St George-Illawarra was and is still a merger.

In the wake of the Super League war of the mid-1990s, and the resulting split competition of 1997, the Illawarra Steelers found themselves struggling financially and seemed unlikely to survive past 1999. The St. George Dragons largely financed a proposal for a merger which would see the St George Illawarra Dragons playing in both Kogarah and Wollongong. Essentially, St George would provide the money while Illawarra would provide a broader junior and fan base. With the NRL's intention to rationalise the competition from 20 teams down to 14 teams and with a $4M incentive and a relaxing of salary cap requirements for a merger, the Dragons and the Steelers ensured their survival by forming the League's first merger on 23 September 1998.

In early 2006, WIN Television Network bought a 25% share in the St. George Illawarra club for $6.5 million (half of Illawarra's share), erasing most of the debt Illawarra had to St. George. This formalised the strong support the network has shown for the Steelers in years gone by and ensured that Wollongong will continue to host world class rugby league matches. WIN Corp can only sell their stake back to the Steelers, should they wish to withdraw their involvement, thus ensuring Illawarra are properly represented in the merger.

So when looking at the 3 mergers that took place in the late 90's this is how they went:

Western Suburbs and Balmain = 50/50 Split, beneficial for both sides equally as other options would have resulted in takeovers rather than mergers.

St George and Illawarra = Both sides benefited from merger, St George side was stronger at the time of the merger, but has become more balanced in recent years.

Manly and North Sydney = Appeared to be a merger, but ended up being more of a takeover, broke down resulting in the stronger Manly side reverting to their own identity and leaving North Sydney without representation in the top tier.
 

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St George-Illawarra was and is still a merger.



So when looking at the 3 mergers that took place in the late 90's this is how they went:

Western Suburbs and Balmain = 50/50 Split, beneficial for both sides equally as other options would have resulted in takeovers rather than mergers.

St George and Illawarra = Both sides benefited from merger, St George side was stronger at the time of the merger, but has become more balanced in recent years.

Manly and North Sydney = Appeared to be a merger, but ended up being more of a takeover, broke down resulting in the stronger Manly side reverting to their own identity and leaving North Sydney without representation in the top tier.
Balmain & District RLFC: Entered 1908, 11 premierships, departed 1999
Western Suburbs DRLFC: Entered 1908, 4 premierships, departed 1999
Wests Tigers RLFC: Entered 2000, 1 premiership

St. George RLFC: Entered 1921, 15 premierships, departed 1998
Illawarra DRLFC: Entered 1982, 0 premierships, departed 1998
St. George-Illawarra Dragons RLFC: Entered 1999, 1 premiership

Manly-Warringah DRLFC: Entered 1947, departed 1999 then returned 2002 (under Northern Eagles branding, back to MWSE branding 2003), 8 premierships (6 pre-exit)
North Sydney Bears: Entered 1908, 2 premierships, departed 1999.
Northern Eagles RLFC: Entered 2000, 0 premierships, departed 2001.

South Sydney Rabbitohs: Entered 1908, 20 premierships, departed 1999 then re-instated 2002. Were South Sydney DRLFC until end 2006 when privatised, now run by a private limited company under South Sydney Rabbitohs brand.

No other clubs have missed a season or more and have then been reinstated or brought in as a joint venture. The closest team to said situation would be Wests funnily enough, who were excluded with the Newtown Jets at the end of the 1983 NSWRFL premiership and then reinstated before the beginning of the 1984 season.
 

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