@ZenMasterBennett Any chance of a surprise defection to the Dogs? This year? #KevvieStinks
@KrisKeating06 I hereby dub thee The Butcher. Damn you @DBoyd4WB4eva
@BulldogsFans After Rnd3=Top4. Win v Eels Rnd6=Top8. Loss=#Harakiri
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Old Jersey Round
As the NRL looks to celebrate the marketing possibilities of old rugby league jerseys, we here at League Blog would like to pay tribute to the league bloggers of yesteryear, by quoting some of their finest work.
Norm Barker, The Daily Actual Telegraph, 1908
"STOP Dally Messenger is perhaps the finest player in the history of rugby league. STOP Such an accolade would appear perhaps unearned given the game's present age of three months, but this writer humbly dissents from that viewpoint. STOP We share the belief that Mr Messenger could enhance his earnings considerably if he transferred his skills to the more commercially developed arena of football."
Edgar "Lark" Codrington, Northeastern Sydney Tribune, Letters Section, 1922
"The future for all rugby league teams bar the Bears seems barren, destitute and hopeless. After two titles on the trot, it's 23 skidoo and onwards and upwards for our North Sydney fellows."
Arnold Layne, Barrier Miner Editorial, 1942
"The residents of Broken Hill were all a-flutter at the first City Country game played here this weekend. True fans of the game understand its roots lie in the country, where such champions as 'Ox' Johnson, 'Box' Flinders and 'Ox Box' Hartigan earned the reputation for giving no thruppence nor asking for even a third of that. This correspondent will be keeping a keen eye on the talent from the 'big smoke' as they return to the third and fourth grades of the major competition there."
Pam Smith, Australian Women's Weekly Profile and Centrefold, 1974
"Away from the game young Eastern Suburbs halfback Trevor Johnson enjoys plumbing, having a 'quiet dozen' with mates at the pub and 'fraternising'. And why shouldn't he? Toiling away under the hot sun, forced to take his own sweat-sodden gear home to mum Joyce for washing, and with only a carpenter's apprentice salary, Johnson has surely earned the right to have some fun."
Norm Barker, The Daily Actual Telegraph, 1908
"STOP Dally Messenger is perhaps the finest player in the history of rugby league. STOP Such an accolade would appear perhaps unearned given the game's present age of three months, but this writer humbly dissents from that viewpoint. STOP We share the belief that Mr Messenger could enhance his earnings considerably if he transferred his skills to the more commercially developed arena of football."
Edgar "Lark" Codrington, Northeastern Sydney Tribune, Letters Section, 1922
"The future for all rugby league teams bar the Bears seems barren, destitute and hopeless. After two titles on the trot, it's 23 skidoo and onwards and upwards for our North Sydney fellows."
Arnold Layne, Barrier Miner Editorial, 1942
"The residents of Broken Hill were all a-flutter at the first City Country game played here this weekend. True fans of the game understand its roots lie in the country, where such champions as 'Ox' Johnson, 'Box' Flinders and 'Ox Box' Hartigan earned the reputation for giving no thruppence nor asking for even a third of that. This correspondent will be keeping a keen eye on the talent from the 'big smoke' as they return to the third and fourth grades of the major competition there."
Pam Smith, Australian Women's Weekly Profile and Centrefold, 1974
"Away from the game young Eastern Suburbs halfback Trevor Johnson enjoys plumbing, having a 'quiet dozen' with mates at the pub and 'fraternising'. And why shouldn't he? Toiling away under the hot sun, forced to take his own sweat-sodden gear home to mum Joyce for washing, and with only a carpenter's apprentice salary, Johnson has surely earned the right to have some fun."
Monday, April 4, 2011
Realpolitik
League Blog lovers out there may not know it but League Blog has a keen interest in politics. We think this love started when, as a young League Fan, we were amazed by Big Mal Meninga's feats on the field and enthralled at his dalliance with running for Parliament. His 26 second career in politics, finishing with the pronouncement "I'm buggered", has been revered in political circles and was surprisingly the inspiration for a similar statement by David Campbell when he was caught coming out of a bathhouse last year.
So League Blog is delighted to inform our readers that the worlds of Rugby League and politics have once again collided, with the election of former ARL referee Graham Annesley as Member for Miranda and NSW Minister for Sports and Recreation. Graham's love of rugby league started at a young age, but a rebellious streak drove Graham to forego the usual channels to League fame and fortune and register himself as a referee at the age of 13. And 244 first grade matches later, Graham finally made his mark, introducing the video replay system to the ARL in 1996. Welcome Graham, we look forward to you introducing similar mechanisms to control the shenanigans in the NSW Parliament.
On another political note, we were delighted that John Robertson MP, twin brother of former Knight Mad Dog MacDougall, was appointed as State opposition leader, and we look forward to hearing about his plans to enhance the thigh size of all NSW citizens soon.
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So League Blog is delighted to inform our readers that the worlds of Rugby League and politics have once again collided, with the election of former ARL referee Graham Annesley as Member for Miranda and NSW Minister for Sports and Recreation. Graham's love of rugby league started at a young age, but a rebellious streak drove Graham to forego the usual channels to League fame and fortune and register himself as a referee at the age of 13. And 244 first grade matches later, Graham finally made his mark, introducing the video replay system to the ARL in 1996. Welcome Graham, we look forward to you introducing similar mechanisms to control the shenanigans in the NSW Parliament.
On another political note, we were delighted that John Robertson MP, twin brother of former Knight Mad Dog MacDougall, was appointed as State opposition leader, and we look forward to hearing about his plans to enhance the thigh size of all NSW citizens soon.
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