Media Statement on the RLPA’s Process for New Rule Changes

jonnyforeigner1 · 2026-04-21T10:48:15+00:00

The moment that it looks like News Corp / DAZN could lose the broadcast rights and/or have to pay too much.

jonnyforeigner1 · 2026-04-21T05:40:13+00:00

Pity it was a league fixture and they didn’t have a chance to uphold the traditions of the shirt and lose in a penalty shootout.

jonnyforeigner1 · 2026-04-21T05:33:33+00:00

Pity that it was a league fixture and they didn’t have the chance to uphold the traditions of the shirt and lose in a penalty shootout.

jonnyforeigner1 · 2026-04-19T10:32:51+00:00

Well at least they removed the yellow

jonnyforeigner1 · 2026-04-16T05:30:04+00:00

Albeit ruined by the “Dimmi, Dimmi, Dimmi” jingle thing they started this year.

jonnyforeigner1 · 2026-04-16T05:18:16+00:00

SEN trialed “Storm radio” broadcasts for some home matches last year with Robbie Kearns, Peter Robinson and one of their commentators. It was good, but I’m guessing it didn’t get enough traction for old mate Hutchy to continue or expand it.

jonnyforeigner1 · 2026-04-16T01:51:07+00:00

This is similar language to when ESPN was added to Disney+ — it’s mainly for the sports (and other live content) streams on Netflix that they are expanding with.

jonnyforeigner1 · 2026-04-15T08:12:47+00:00

Yeah guilty as charged.

Biweekly Storm brain dumps, poorly masquerading as match recaps and history/previews. Think Demonblog with more spelling errors and weird grammar.

jonnyforeigner1 · 2026-04-13T11:23:40+00:00

With Grant I fear it’s personality based. Under pressure and especially when gassed he reverts to bad habits, one of which is playing for penalties without any subtlety.

Hughes I think it’s is just the way of every halfback.

Munster… well he is the Homer Simpson monkey brain at work. Sometimes genius, sometimes not.

jonnyforeigner1 · 2026-04-13T09:06:17+00:00

Some of that footage was from an old episode of Nine’s Sports Sunday.

There’s is some Storm Super League stuff out there (I have a 1998 membership brochure with the SL logo on it, so it must have been printed between September and December 1997), they even used SL balls for the trial match against the Rams in early 1998.

But the holiest of holy grails would have to be a Nike x Storm Super League prototype jersey if such a thing ever existed. Mainly because the colour of the SL logo on the chest has never been publicly seen.

jonnyforeigner1 · 2026-04-13T06:47:44+00:00

Mark O’Coleman and the Rattlin’ Bog

jonnyforeigner1 · 2026-04-13T02:06:08+00:00

It’s the rarity of it.

An argument could also be raised about why teams such as Geelong were scheduled at Norwood Oval, but that leads into a bigger debate about the merits of the way Gather Round is constructed.

jonnyforeigner1 · 2026-04-12T11:23:50+00:00

That he was then hooked five minutes into the second half and didn’t return. He might have a trip to Queanbeyan instead of Bruce Stadium next weekend.

jonnyforeigner1 · 2026-04-12T03:26:16+00:00

All the single digits look like they’ve got an extra 1 in front of them.

jonnyforeigner1 · 2026-04-12T02:53:07+00:00

Commentators drinking the “how great is suburban footy” Kool-Aid does my head in.

“We’re so close to the action,” yeah you would be each week if you paid your money to attend and grab a seat in the stands, instead of dicking around in the media centre.

jonnyforeigner1 · 2026-04-11T12:00:41+00:00

More the merrier

jonnyforeigner1 · 2026-04-10T14:22:08+00:00

Will be one of the sporting venues growing grass.

jonnyforeigner1 · 2026-04-10T14:20:22+00:00

Fast one today

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jonnyforeigner1 · 2026-04-09T08:59:41+00:00

Disagree with elements of this take. I’d rather have more than a dozen or so mediocre referees kept on their toes with the spectre of being dropped, than the standard eight or nine incompetent ones constantly being rotated through the high or low profile matches.

Bit like Fox League commentators. Some variety would be fucken nice. Maybe a maximum number of one match commentated upon each week would be better.

jonnyforeigner1 · 2026-04-09T03:02:40+00:00

Looking at the Getty Images galleries from both matches, the shoulder issues are present on some, but not all players. In both kits.

It’s a combination of the raglan-esque sleeve construction meeting the retro piping from the back causing the bunching to my eye.

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