Storm v Broncos thoughts

[Aucklander]

46-0 is a comprehensive thrashing in anyones books and that's what it turned out to be.

The Storm were great, while the Broncos were horrid. Melbourne played their "A" side to start the match and it was all over by halftime.

They got a good crowd to the game and a fair few people to the Family Day. Only one hot food outlet was a bit of a mistake, but all in all a very successful day.

Oh, the Warriors beat the Dogs 36-6 just to put the icing on the cake.

 

[LebaneseForces]

Just got back from the Charity Shields... Dragons won by 2 (Lucky to score an intercept with 7 mins on the clock)... Crowd was a tad over 23K.

Disappointed to learn of the Bulldogs score On the bright side no one was injured...

 

[Spewing]

46-0 is a comprehensive thrashing in anyones books and that's what it turned out to be.

The Storm were great, while the Broncos were horrid. Melbourne played their "A" side to start the match and it was all over by halftime.

They got a good crowd to the game and a fair few people to the Family Day. Only one hot food outlet was a bit of a mistake, but all in all a very successful day.

Oh, the Warriors beat the Dogs 36-6 just to put the icing on the cake.

What was the attendance mate?

Oh yeah watch out for the warriors this year ,they're gunna kick some butt.

 

[I_LUV_AFL]

Gasnier out for season. Pec Injury. Saints win the game but lose.

 

[Aucklander]

What was the attendance mate?

I read 8000 somewhere, but I'm not sure how they counted them. I got my tickets through a membership deal.

 

[Hicham]

Melbourne put 50+ on a similar strength Brisbane team in the same trial match last season.

Then look what happened

BTW, how much of shock was the news on Gasnier? Saints are ****ed it seems.

 

[ParraEelsNRL]

Haha saints for the spoon

 

[I_LUV_AFL]

I don't know abut everyone else but I am so disappointed with Gasnier's injury. I dislike the Saints as much as anyone else but remember he is also one of our Origin players and our Kangaroos could now be in a bit of trouble.

Extremely upset with Gaz's injury.

Trial crowds so far:

Melbourne v Brisbane in Melbourne: 8,273
Warriors v Dogs in Auckland: 15,000
Souths v Saints in Sydney: 23,053
N.QLD v Manly in Cairns: 15,000 (TBC)
Canberra v Wests in Brisbane: 5,000 (Why they played in Brisbane I don't know)
Newcastle v Cronulla in Cessnock: 5,000
Roosters v Parrascum in Gosford: 11,828

Other crowds to come.

 

[Calthorpe14]

The 8000-odd for the Storm Game isnt far off there crowds pre-2006.

You can't read anything into these games. They all mean nothing come Rd 1.

 

[I_LUV_AFL]

The 8000-odd for the Storm Game isnt far off there crowds pre-2006.

You can't read anything into these games. They all mean nothing come Rd 1.

Yeah, the averages pre-2006 were around that mark and now they got that for a trial. The Storm are slowly climbing the ladder to success in Victoria, the new stadium will speed this process up IMO.

 

[tugga]

Yeah, the averages pre-2006 were around that mark and now they got that for a trial. The Storm are slowly climbing the ladder to success in Victoria, the new stadium will speed this process up IMO.

Let's hope melbourne doesn't get a Super 14 team until the Storm are well and truly established. Bythat I mean 15,000 members. I fear if we get a Super 14 team it would make things incredibly difficult for rugby league to survive in this state.

 

[I_LUV_AFL]

Let's hope melbourne doesn't get a Super 14 team until the Storm are well and truly established. Bythat I mean 15,000 members. I fear if we get a Super 14 team it would make things incredibly difficult for rugby league to survive in this state.

Why would that affect the Storm? Rugby league is much better to watch then Union.

Anyway, I believe it would assist Victorians in accepting other sports and opening their eyes to the different aspects of each sport. It will also show the difference between rugby league and union.

 

[robbieando]

Why would that affect the Storm? Rugby league is much better to watch then Union.

But that not the issue at hand. Up until late 2004, Union it could be debated was the more popular code in Victoria out of League and Union, but it just didn't have the professional team like League did with the Storm. When the ARU gave the 4th Super licence to the WARU instead of Victoria, the ARU dropped the ball big time in Melbourne.

This allowed League and in turn the Storm time to grow because they didn't have the pressure of a new Union team starting up to steal their limelight, their sponsors, their "possible" supporter base to which they could grow their crowds, their media space in News Limited papers in Melbourne and most important of all Government backing, which the Storm just happened to receive in 2005 when Union went West to WA.

Its not surprising to me that the ARU have given Melbourne this year's Bledsloe Cup fixture in an attempt to try and stop the bleeding the code has suffered in junior ranks, sponsorships figures of clubs, media support dropping and government support while at the same time the Storm have seen their crowd figure go up, sponsorship go up, government support go though the roof and media support at a level not seen in years and junior levels rising, along with sponsors at club level.

The ARU shot themselves in the foot here and the Storm and Rugby League in Victoria won out.

In basic response to the point though about a Super 14 team making life hard for the Storm, well maybe in late 2004 that would of been the case. But the ARU decided that WA was the best place to put a Super 14 team in Australia and now the Storm though wise management and help from the ARL and NRL have positioned themselves to be the ones to make Unions life very hard if they every decide to put a team here in the future which I doubt will happen in the near future. The Storm are here to stay and its Union who have the most to fear.

Anyway, I believe it would assist Victorians in accepting other sports and opening their eyes to the different aspects of each sport. It will also show the difference between rugby league and union.

Most likely it would and more than likely you would have a large amount of the Storm's supporter base going to games (not all of them, but maybe 60%) because they do happen to enjoy both codes and don't have the hate of Union some of my fellow board member happen to have. But as I have said Union have dug their own hole in Melbourne by rejecting us for the 4th licence then giving us Test against Italy. They can't then act all surprised when only 35,000 turn up to a Test against England (when 43,000 turned up to a Test against Scotland in 2004, with the promise of a Super 14 side if 40,000+ showed up).

 

[I_LUV_AFL]

Trial crowds so far:

Melbourne v Brisbane in Melbourne: 8,273
Warriors v Dogs in Auckland: 15,000
Souths v Saints in Sydney: 23,053
N.QLD v Manly in Cairns: 15,000
Canberra v Wests in Brisbane: 7,000 (Ground Record)
Newcastle v Cronulla in Cessnock: 5,000
Roosters v Parrascum in Gosford: 11,828

Other crowds to come.

 

[I_LUV_AFL]

But that not the issue at hand. Up until late 2004, Union it could be debated was the more popular code in Victoria out of League and Union, but it just didn't have the professional team like League did with the Storm. When the ARU gave the 4th Super licence to the WARU instead of Victoria, the ARU dropped the ball big time in Melbourne.

This allowed League and in turn the Storm time to grow because they didn't have the pressure of a new Union team starting up to steal their limelight, their sponsors, their "possible" supporter base to which they could grow their crowds, their media space in News Limited papers in Melbourne and most important of all Government backing, which the Storm just happened to receive in 2005 when Union went West to WA.

Its not surprising to me that the ARU have given Melbourne this year's Bledsloe Cup fixture in an attempt to try and stop the bleeding the code has suffered in junior ranks, sponsorships figures of clubs, media support dropping and government support while at the same time the Storm have seen their crowd figure go up, sponsorship go up, government support go though the roof and media support at a level not seen in years and junior levels rising, along with sponsors at club level.

The ARU shot themselves in the foot here and the Storm and Rugby League in Victoria won out.

In basic response to the point though about a Super 14 team making life hard for the Storm, well maybe in late 2004 that would of been the case. But the ARU decided that WA was the best place to put a Super 14 team in Australia and now the Storm though wise management and help from the ARL and NRL have positioned themselves to be the ones to make Unions life very hard if they every decide to put a team here in the future which I doubt will happen in the near future. The Storm are here to stay and its Union who have the most to fear.



Most likely it would and more than likely you would have a large amount of the Storm's supporter base going to games (not all of them, but maybe 60%) because they do happen to enjoy both codes and don't have the hate of Union some of my fellow board member happen to have. But as I have said Union have dug their own hole in Melbourne by rejecting us for the 4th licence then giving us Test against Italy. They can't then act all surprised when only 35,000 turn up to a Test against England (when 43,000 turned up to a Test against Scotland in 2004, with the promise of a Super 14 side if 40,000+ showed up).

Pretty much agree with everything you have posted. Quality stuff.

 

[greenhat]

You seem pretty clued up on this.
Do you think maybe the ARU thought the Brumbies would relocate (at least part time) to Victoria soon?

Maybe they figured that wherever it went, the 4th license was going to be a state with more money than local talent - and so would slowly talent poach the Brumbies to death?

 

[tugga]

Why would that affect the Storm? Rugby league is much better to watch then Union.

Anyway, I believe it would assist Victorians in accepting other sports and opening their eyes to the different aspects of each sport. It will also show the difference between rugby league and union.

It would affect Storm because it would be just another team to compete with for membership numbers and corporate sponsorship. While you might think RL is superior to union, Melburnians might think otherwise.
Storms is already having a hard time competing with AFL which it will never surpass in this state. It would be directly up against union if a Super 14 team was to come to Victoria and in my opinion that would be a potential disaster waiting to happen.

 

[Calthorpe14]

Rugby league is much better to watch then Union.

HERE HERE

 

[Ancient and Loyal]

Canberra v Wests in Brisbane: 5,000 (Why they played in Brisbane I don't know)

Souths Brisbane were looking to celebrate their return to Davies Park at West End.

Nice Ground actually. An Archaic Hole of course, but the Moreton Bay Figs and the River give it a nice setting.

The Tigers have about as much penetration as a strung out heroin addict though, and will struggle.

 

[I_LUV_AFL]

Souths Brisbane were looking to celebrate their return to Davies Park at West End.

Nice Ground actually. An Archaic Hole of course, but the Moreton Bay Figs and the River give it a nice setting.

The Tigers have about as much penetration as a strung out heroin addict though, and will struggle.

The official crowd was 7,000 and a ground record from 20 years ago.

 

[Rus13]

Union has really fallen in a hole since their WC. In fact its boom seems to have had all the traits of a fad.

Only a dill would be seen wearing a Wallaby jersey now-a-days.

Union simply don't have the quality players to maintain 4 franchises. The Perth side haven't won a game on Australian soil. All four Australian teams are on the bottom of the Super 14 ladder.

How would the Melbourne public have reacted to that.


Contrast that to the talent production machine that is RL.

Is there another Greg Inglis here:

No double chins here - note there code of choice.

http://www.news.com.au/sundaytelegraph/story/0
THE weed-infested Macleay River is the unlikeliest spring for freakish footballing talent.

But having tossed up Greg Inglis last year, the same brown waters are again bubbling with a new generation of stars raised from the same well as the NRL's hottest prospect.

After claiming every touch football title available to them this year, a young team made up entirely of Inglis' relatives has thrust the Mid-North Coast town of Kempsey to the edge of becoming league's greatest nursery.

In March, the all-Aboriginal side was crowned national under-20 champions at the Australian titles in Coffs Harbour.

Last weekend they doubled up, laughing and jinking their way past 15 rivals to the state title at Port Macquarie.

Three of all-conquering side – brothers Mikey and Richard Davis and Malcolm Webster Jr – are Inglis' cousins.

But co-coach Malcolm Webster Sr – the Melbourne Storm star's uncle – confirmed the family tree's roots extend throughout the entire team.

"It goes on and on and on . . . everyone is related somehow," he said. "I don't think it's really sunk in what they've achieved. They are the best team in NSW and Australia and they're still the same, mucking about together everyday."

Accordingly, there was no gala celebration to mark the historic double for a team that arrived at last weekend's titles in the local Aboriginal health services bus.

Instead of a civic reception, the boys were last night treated to their pick of the Kempsey Macleay RSL's delectable smorgasbord. "We'll probably bring $20 along each and order up big," said Webster Sr yesterday.

Before gobsmacking the NRL, Inglis tuned his masterful skills in touch beside the older members of the current team.

They spent endless days together at nearby Crescent Head beach or "down the river" honing their already outlandish natural talents.

Mikey Davis, 20, also attended John Hunter Sports High in Newcastle with his more illustrious cousin. He maintains any of the team could emulate Inglis but the town's anti-social honeypot of high unemployment and binge drinking is a significant barrier.

"I grew up with Greg and never expected him to be as far high up as he is now," Davis said. "If he can get there from Kempsey, we can too.

"A lot of boys in this town have the potential – it's just that they hang out with the wrong type of people.

"There's nothing to do in this town, so this keeps us occupied. To be honest, I'd probably be up to trouble if it wasn't for footy."

While Inglis is a magnet for new fans, his achievements also double as a repellent for his longest-serving admirers.

According to Webster Sr, Inglis' deeds have switched the boys off "running amok in the street". "Greg always had talent oozing out of his body but most of the boys have the same talent," he said.

"The only difference is Greg was more disciplined with his sporting career. There's no difference in talent or ability.

"'Greg has been an inspiration for all the boys in this touch side to make it in the NRL."

 

[smasha]

Melbourne put 50+ on a similar strength Brisbane team in the same trial match last season.

Then look what happened

BTW, how much of shock was the news on Gasnier? Saints are ****ed it seems.

Refs were to blame for that.

Storm couldn't take a trick from the sneaky dirty scoundrel refs.