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Page 22 of RLCM Coachtalk Book 2
with Chris Anderson
....control it (the game). It's more important to be controlling the tempo in certain parts of the field than in others.
We attack a little bit more after a kick, when we've got them down their end. That's when we lift our tempo to keep the pressure on them
down there.
It's the little things, completing your sets, kicking well and limiting mistakes, but it also means trying to raise your levels in areas where the other team may not be expecting it.
Things like keeping pressure on the opposition down their end.
The better teams can control the ball - if you can control the ball you will control the game and therefore dictate the tempo.
Flat attack is a tempo game, you just want to create a roll over effect so you can create some room to get their defence standing still.
If you have the ball you've got everything you need to win. By controlling that and the field position you can make the opposition continually come up with second and third efforts.
All teams in this comp are as fit as each other but energy is all about making teams work when they don't want to.
If they're working hard coming out of their own end or turning and chasing kicks all the time it's going to effect their energy levels.
In turn, that affects your attitude - you become less positive.
When that happens, either through continually rucking the ball out from your own end, or defending your line for successive sets, that's when teams get beaten.
RLCM: We seem to be seeing a lot more dummy half running this year, why is that?
Anderson: Some coaches seem to be keen on it at the moment because I guess they see it as risk free - particularly coming out of there own end.
The risk with that though is that it probably lends itself to negative football, which I'm not sure, is a healthy pattern to fall into. It might be safe but I don't think it's something I will adopt.
Having said that there are some rules you have to adhere by when you are coming out your own end just to get to the stage where you can put in a decent kick.
You have certain rules but I don't think it has to get to the stage of straight one-out running.
Sometimes you can surprise them (opposition) by putting a spread on
them down your own end.
RLCM: I'd like to talk about defending a lead.
We saw a classic case of a team unable to defend a lead this year when Melbourne came from 30-10 down to beat Parramatta - how do you coach a side to defend a lead?
Anderson: The big thing with defending a lead is to continue doing the same things that helped you get the lead in the first place.
That is controlling the ball and controlling field position. You can't go negative but you don't have to take risks down your end of the field and you have to ensure that your kicking game remains intact.
Basically you don't allow the other team to get a sniff down your end of the field - the danger zone.
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Hull Kingston Rovers out to suprise Wigan
Hull Kingston Rovers coach Justin Morgan is hoping the return of experienced duo Stanley Gene and Chris Chester will help the Super League new boys spring another shock at Wigan on Friday.
Chester, who made 43 Super League appearances for Wigan between 1999-2001, sat out Sunday's match against Harlequins - their first defeat of the season - with a groin strain, while Gene has yet to begin his second spell with the Robins following knee surgery.
Morgan said: "They both could have played against Harlequins but, with a short turn-around, I thought that their experience of going to a place like the JJB Stadium will be invaluable."
The 32-year-old Gene was something of a folk hero in his first spell with Hull KR but it is seven years since he last wore the red and white and he is desperate to play for them for the first time in Super League.
"I'm fed up with being on the touchline," he said. "It's been so frustrating. I just want to play."
Wigan will be without former Australia Test stand-off Trent Barrett, who suffered a recurrence of his calf injury in last week's defeat at Bradford.
"Trent has a calf injury and we want him to get right," said coach Brian Noble.
"At a push, he maybe could have played this week, it's nothing serious." Sporting Life
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NRL refuses to help lure Lote Tuqiri back to league
The NRL has refused to help South Sydney or any club lure Lote Tuqiri back to league - strengthening the Australian Rugby Union's position in retaining the Wallabies winger.
Rabbitohs co-owner Peter Holmes a Court and Tuqiri's advisor Les Ross met NRL chief executive David Gallop to discuss ways to help bring the former Brisbane Bronco back to the game.
Tuqiri comes off contract after this year's rugby World Cup and has been shopping around NRL clubs. The ARU are expected to offer A$2.4 million over three years. NZ Herald
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Good things come in No.3s: Rogers wants the shirt his father wore
By Glenn Jackson
In the lead-up to Mat Rogers's first outing in a rugby league jersey since 2001, he looked over at the Gold Coast's gear steward, a local league legend referred to as "Lemonade Tom", and asked him, slightly nervously: "What number am I wearing?"
The reply left him slightly disappointed. "No.4," Tom said. Then he followed it with a wink.
"I think he knew what I was asking for," Rogers said.
Specifically, he was asking to wear the No.3 - the number worn by his father, the Cronulla legend Steve Rogers, who died last year.
While Titans coach John Cartwright continues to pick him in the centres for his return season after five years in rugby union, Rogers said yesterday he would continue to insist on wearing the No.3 jumper, because of the affinity with his father, the prince of centres.
"It was nice," Rogers said. "When he first said No.4, I was a little disappointed, but deep down he knew if I was playing in the centres I'd want No.3. He knew my dad years ago."
Last Saturday night's trial against Parramatta was momentous on several levels for Rogers. Not only was it his first game of league since his much-publicised switch - and his first since his father's death - but it was also his first appearance in the centres in a league contest since 1995, his first season of first grade.
A year earlier, he played the season in the centres for the grand final-winning Cronulla President's Cup side. But when he moved up to first grade, then coach John Lang considered him - at 73 kilograms - too light for the centres, and played him on the wing, where he remained for the rest of his initial stint in league.
"I used to always whinge to 'Langy', and he did say, 'You'll be more restricted in the centres than you would be on the wing'," Rogers said. "After the other night, I've got to admit, he's probably right. I finally believe the old fella."
That's not to say he isn't enjoying the position, which Cartwright has already said will remain his while he settles back into the code. But Rogers still insists he is no walk-up start to any position.
"I've got to get in the centres first," he said. "There's some big buggers up here, playing good footy. There's Josh Graham, Luke O'Dwyer, Matt Petersen. We're struggling with front-rowers at the moment. I wish they were struggling that much with centres."
Rogers will be joined tonight - in the new club's first outing at Carrara Stadium - against Penrith, by a 22-year-old unknown front-rower in Pele Peltelse, who joined the squad only yesterday and is now playing for a contract. Being a front-rower and named Pele, No.10 would be appropriate. But Peltelse doesn't have quite the same pull as Rogers yet. When Lemonade Tom hands out the jumpers, he'll be getting No.26. SMH
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Lockyer welcomes challenge
By Karl Dekroo and Dean Ritchie
THE world's best five-eighth, Broncos skipper Darren Lockyer, says Mark Gasnier could emerge as his Origin adversary this season but warned the star Dragon would need time to adapt to the role.
Former Canberra champion Laurie Daley has predicted St George Illawarra's bold move to permanently shift Gasnier from centre to the playmaking post will prove a stunning success. While Gasnier has played at pivot only sporadically in the past, the departure of Trent Barrett to England has opened the way for him to seize the No. 6 jersey on a full-time basis.
Daley, who works as a consultant at the Dragons, has played a part in Gasnier's development and said he expected his protege to eventually rival Lockyer's standing.
"I have no doubt Mark can match what Darren Lockyer's got as a five-eighth," Daley said.
"It will take time. It took Lockyer three years to settle in at five-eighth. But Mark is a natural and there is no reason why he cannot develop into one of the world's best five-eighths.
"He can go as good as Lockyer."
Gasnier will start at five-eighth in tomorrow night's Charity Shield against South Sydney at Sydney's Telstra Stadium.
Lockyer said he had no doubt Gasnier would succeed as a playmaker but cautioned critics not to expect too much too soon.
"I just hope he is given the time to find his feet," Lockyer said.
"He probably has a slight advantage over me in that I switched from fullback, where defensively it was very different. But he's coming from the centres where the workload is similar.
"Like Greg Inglis, he (Gasnier) is a wonderful talent, but people can't expect him to be an overnight success." Courier Mail
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Wayne Bennett has been tinkering
By Andrew Stevenson
Brisbane start season 2007 with the bar set higher than any other club. As reigning premiers they can't do any better than they've already done. Their best was good enough last year; will it be again?
Wayne Bennett doesn't think so. "I think you have to improve a little bit," he says in that slow, measured way that makes everything sound an understatement.
The signs are encouraging. Bennett senses the players have grown in stature from last year's triumph.
"They know what's there at the end of the road," he said quietly. "Because it can be a long journey along the highway, with a lot of hills and valleys along the way, so it's good to know what the rewards are like at the end."
The troughs are inevitable. "You can plan for some of them, like the State of Origin period, but most of the time you've got to think on your feet," he said.
A narrow off-season, truncated by the long run to the grand final, a heavy representative workload that lasted until the end of November and the early preparation for World Club Challenge on February 24, presents a fresh challenge for a club used to a heavy workload. Bennett shrugs it off, saying the Broncos are way in front of where they were the same time last year.
But tuning the powerful Broncos motor to run at higher revs or deliver more grunt or greater fuel efficiency will be no easy task. Bennett has been tinkering in shed and has plans. Watch and learn; the wily fox is giving nothing away.
Engine capacity has taken something of a hit with the loss of Shane Webcke, the game's dominant prop for many of his 254 NRL games. The loss would hurt any team, although Brisbane are perhaps better placed than most to wear it with Petero Civoniceva still soldiering on.
First chance to fill Webcke's shoes went to the experienced Dane Carlaw, who will be diverted from his traditional wide-running role into the middle of the ruck. More will be expected from Sam Thaiday, Corey Parker and Ben Hannant, one of the finds of last season.
Bennett acknowledges the grand contribution Webcke made during 12 seasons but finds some parallels in the past to suggest it's not time to hoist the white flag.
"You can't replace a champion but the team goes on. We've won two premierships since Allan Langer retired and he was a great player and we've won six premierships since Wally Lewis left the club," he said.
Of course, apart from an apparently never-ending supply of junior talent, the odd champion remains. Last year captain Darren Lockyer played 36 games for his club, state and country, surviving some lean times to lead all three to glory. Few would bet against his capacity to repeat the performances, efforts which his coach admits to having taken some little pleasure out of witnessing.
Questioned on tactics, Bennett suggested the complicated defensive shuffles of last year's finals series, juggling Shaun Berrigan and David Stagg and shuffling Karmichael Hunt and Justin Hodges, would not return.
"You can get away with a lot when you've got momentum and we certainly had the momentum at the end of last year," he said. "Other clubs might use it but we won't be doing it." Certainly not until it suits Wayne Bennett. SMH
Sculthorpe has new knee operation
Great Britain captain Paul Sculthorpe is set to miss the next three St Helens games after having to undergo another operation on his knee.
The 29-year-old, who has just returned after six months out following major knee surgery, is having an arthroscopy to flush out floating debris.
"This is a result of general wear and tear over 300-plus matches," said a St Helens statement.
"It is not an uncommon procedure for players who have played so many games."
Sculthorpe had a knee operation in early October but returned a fortnight earlier than expected in the World Club Challenge win over Brisbane last Friday.
He had a fairytale comeback, scoring a try and kicking three goals as Saints sealed a 18-14 victory.
Sculthorpe is expected to be back in action in time for the home game against Hull KR on 23 March.
"It is obviously frustrating for both Scully and the club," said Saints coach Daniel Anderson.
"We want him to play and he wants to play but the fact is that injuries are part and parcel of the game.
"It is important to keep this in perspective, however, and remember that this is a routine operation." BBC Sport
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Bunnies' double deal on sponsors
By Brent Read
South Sydney continued its remarkable resurrection yesterday when it announced a deal which will make it one of the most well-heeled clubs in Australian sport.
In a revolutionary move, the Rabbitohs unveiled High Concept by Trivest, a private property group, as their away sponsor for the next two years.
Souths will have separate home and away sponsors.
High Concept will take pride of place on the club's strip for away games while Firepower will dominate the home jersey.
Combined with other sponsorships, Souths' kit will be worth $2.8 million this season, making it the most lucrative outfit in the NRL and among the most well financed in the country.
Souths executive chairman Peter Holmes a Court stressed "we didn't sell Russell Crowe" when reflecting on the club's latest sponsorship success.
"Let's make that perfectly clear. Russell, some seasons, may be away making a movie," Holmes a Court said.
"We can't sell Russell Crowe and Russell doesn't do those sort of things. This was all about selling the football club and the opportunity to be involved in the football club."
Trivest has also formed a joint company with Souths to redevelop the embattled South Sydney Leagues Club, with the deal valued at $35 million.
The leagues club will undergo a $3 million refit which will include new administration offices for the football club while commercial offices will be leased, from which revenue will flow back to the football team.
Holmes a Court described the landmark agreement as a sign of the growing strength not only of Souths but rugby league.
The game itself is poised to confirm a six-year, $90 million sponsorship deal with Telstra within days.
The agreement needs to be rubber-stamped by the game's partnership committee, comprised of three representatives each from the Australian Rugby League and News Limited (publisher of The Australian).
"It talks about the strength of the sport right now, it talks about the strength of rugby league," Holmes a Court said.
"Where would you want to be? I think it says rugby league is very strong.
"We think it says something about Souths. We think there's a special opportunity about Souths. We think there's a rebuilding opportunity for Souths.
"We think it's a good metaphor for corporates. I think there's a special place Souths has in Australian sporting history." Foxsport
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Brisbane halfback Shane Perry unfazed by critics
Winning a premiership should be enough to silence any critic.
But veteran Brisbane halfback Shane Perry expects the knockers to start circling again as the Broncos count down to their NRL premiership defence.
Pressure and playing halfback for Brisbane have gone hand in hand for anyone wearing the No.7 jersey since Allan Langer's retirement in 2002.
Perry had to endure plenty after he came from the clouds to form a winning halves combination with Darren Lockyer last season - and doesn't expect too much to change in 2007.
"They (critics) will probably be circling again this year," Perry said.
"But I don't take too much notice of what they have to say. They don't know what goes on."
Already the Broncos No.7 jersey has become a hot topic following the emergence of gun teenager Joel Moon and recruitment of Brent McConnell from North Queensland.
But Perry said that would not stop him taking Moon under his wing when the pair combine in Brisbane's NRL trial, a grand final re-match against the Storm in Melbourne on Saturday night.
With Lockyer being rested, Moon slots in at five-eighth for the Princes Park clash after impressive pre-season form.
Adding further spice, Moon, 18, is expected to come under plenty of attention from Melbourne after knocking back a handsome Storm offer last year to re-sign with the Broncos.
Perry said he would take on "more responsibility" in the weekend trial in a bid to help out the teenager in what was expected to be a heated encounter.
"He (Moon) is a very skillful player so he will be able to hold his own but I will take a bit more of a leading role," Perry said.
"I will try and help him out wherever I can and take on a bit more responsibility."
As far as rags to riches rugby league stories go, few bettered Perry's meteoric rise last season.
Starting the year as a Queensland Cup player for Redcliffe with his top grade days seemingly over, the former Bulldog was snapped up by Broncos coach Wayne Bennett and won a premiership.
All at the age of 28.
But it was hardly a smooth transition.
Perry was made the scapegoat when the Broncos went through their "slump" last season, with ex-Test No.7 Steve Mortimer claiming the Broncos could not win a title with the veteran at halfback.
However, history shows Perry became the perfect foil for Lockyer, with his organisational skills helping Brisbane secure their sixth title.
After playing for match payments while holding down a job as a financial planner, Perry has since signed a two-year deal with Brisbane.
While still working part-time as a financial planner, Perry has predicted even bigger things at the Broncos in 2007 after being armed with a full pre-season - unlike last season.
"I've had a full off-season of weights and training under my belt, I feel a lot stronger - I'm looking forward to the start of the season," he said.
"Last year was definitely surreal.
"There's definitely plenty of areas I want to improve on.
"As long as I keep improving Wayne (Bennett) and I will be happy." thewest.com.au
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Harlequins and Catalans Dragons show a surprising knack
By Andy Wilson
St Helens may have given the Super League its most visible boost with their stirring victory over Brisbane in the World Club Challenge, but for the game's long-suffering expansionists the subsequent results from Perpignan and east Hull held even greater significance.
Catalans Dragons achieved the most notable win in their short history by beating the previously undefeated Leeds Rhinos 30-22, and 24 hours later Harlequins' 26-10 victory at Hull KR lifted them to second in the table.
The London club could even go top by beating Warrington at The Stoop on Saturday, if the leaders Bradford lose at Saints tomorrow, and they were tipped to struggle before a ball was kicked.
It would also be quite a retort to those grumblers who resent the presence of teams from London and France in the Super League, arguing that the money they receive from Sky would be better spent on the clubs in the heartlands.
That has always been a naive argument, ignoring the greater appeal of the competition to broadcasters and sponsors generated by clubs outside the M62 corridor, and also the need for British rugby league to nurture the game in France to regain some meaningful international competition in the northern hemisphere.
But it has never been more comprehensively rebuffed than in the last couple of weeks.
For the Catalans' home game against Wigan a fortnight ago Perpignan was buzzing, with the club's blood-and-gold colours prominent in bars and cafés throughout the city.
A spectacular end to the driest winter on record put a dampener on their return to Stade Gilbert Brutus, the traditional home of treize in Perpignan and which was being redeveloped during the Catalans' debut Super League season, but a 7,000 crowd generated a passionate atmosphere and Wigan were very lucky to pinch a win.
Despite that late setback, and fewer travelling fans from Leeds than followed Wigan to France, last Saturday's attendance was nearer to 8,000 in far more pleasant conditions, and this time it was the Dragons who came from behind to beat a Rhinos team who had won 58-10 in Perpignan last year.
Now that their coach Mick Potter has had a full off-season with the squad, and used his knowledge of the Australian market to sign five high-quality players, they could even challenge for a play-off place - although the loss of the excellent hooker Aaron Gorrell with knee-ligament damage is a major blow.
There has been plenty of chuntering about the Catalans' over-reliance on overseas recruits, but 10 of the 17-man squad who faced Leeds were French.
Similarly Harlequins' win at Hull KR came with a team including nine British players - 10 if you count Henry Paul, who did after all play rugby union for England.
That made both Quins and the Catalans less reliant on overseas players than Hull KR, Wakefield and Wigan, who only had eight Brits in their 17 at Bradford last Saturday - a shameful statistic for a club sitting on the most fertile seam of talent in the country.
Harlequins have the potential to dwarf even Wigan's talent supply, however, and they are putting a huge investment of time and money into establishing rugby league in the schools of south-west and Surrey.
There are also 20 full-time staff working on the development of the game around the capital in addition to hundreds of volunteers, and with more than 14,500 participants in the last year that puts the capital fifth on the Rugby Football League's national list.
Already Michael Worrincy and Joe Mbu, a Congolese refugee who has joined Doncaster, have emerged at first-team level and on last Sunday's evidence Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook, a 21-year-old prop from Lewisham, has all the attributes to become the first London-born international since Martin Offiah.
Maybe that will silence those northerners whose ancestors doubtless used to wonder what the Romans had ever done for them. But probably not. Guardian Unlimited
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Tony Farr named interim coach of Maltese Rugby League
The Maltese Rugby League Association (MRLA) has named Tony Farr as the interim coach of the Malta Knights following Joe Grima's notification to the MRLA that he would be unable to commit to the strictly development rugby league tour to the Maltese Islands in October 2007 due to family commitments.
Tony Farr, who has assisted Grima since 2004, brings to Maltese Rugby League a wealth of development rugby league experience having coached for in excess of 20 years.
Hailing from Sliema, Farr - formerly Farrugia - is looking forward to improving on the preliminary visit made by him and fellow Maltese Rugby League officials in 2005 with a domestic rugby league competition to take place in Malta later this year.
Grima has confirmed his wish to continue his tenure as Malta's head rugby league coach in 2008 and says Maltese Rugby League is headed in the right direction with Farr at the helm.
"He is one of the most knowledgeable people I've ever been associated with" said Grima.
"Tony has over 20 years of coaching experience and Maltese Rugby League is in great hands"
Farr has coached premiership winning sides at the Balmain Tigers and assisted NRL coach Brian Smith in a coaching capacity through rugby league tours to England.
"Being around the team (Malta) for the last three years, I'm honoured that I was approached to take care of the team" said Farr.
Farr will not be alone, laying the foundations for future development within the Maltese Rugby League ranks as seasoned Maltese representative players Ben Sammut and Willie Grech come on board in assistant coach like positions, whilst continuing with their on field roles.
"Ben and Willie are integral to the future of our coaching structure of the national team and both are primed to assist" Malta Independent Online
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Disappointing turnout for Cobar JRL's first registration day
Cobar Junior Rugby League held its first of two registration days last Friday at the Cobar Golf and Bowling Club with only a few players signing up for season 2007.
Club president Dave Power was disappointed with the low number of parents who turned up with their children for registration and warned they could be jeopardising the future of Cobar junior rugby league.
"In the past we have had some success at our earlier registrations but last Friday's turnout was very disappointing," he said.
"We have another registration day on Friday March 2 at the Cobar Bowling and Golf Club and a general meeting will be held afterwards to discuss fundraising and if parents and their children don't come down to register, we will be making a decision not to enter any teams in the Group 11 competition.
"Unfortunately some parents think they can have their children registered when it suits them but this will not happen this year: the registrar's job is an extremely demanding one, and it is not acceptable to have registration come in dribs and drabs.
"Other codes only have one registration day and their players don't have any problems signing on.
"Together with the apparent lack of commitment from persons willing to coach our juniors, the league is looking to have a very poor season particularly if we don't get some commitment from parents."
Dave Power said coaches are still required for last season's grand finalists, Under 12s and semi-finalists Under 14s.
"In a town with such a strong history of rugby league I find it very hard to accept that parents are just too busy to assist in the development of their children, unfortunately over the last few years this lack of commitment from parents seems to be on the increase and I believe it is bordering on disrespectful to both the league and the committee," he said.
"If parents can't come out and lend a hand, I can't see much of a future for the junior rugby league code in this area."
A reminder to all parents: The 2007 season is scheduled to kick off on March 23 and the club needs your assistance. Cobar News Online
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Cudgen Green Hornets defy ARL to stick with Gold Coast
By Graham Callaghan
The Cudgen Green Hornets are determined to play in the Gold Coast rugby league competition next season despite an ARL directive yesterday ordering them to play in the Northern Rivers premiership.
Cudgen president Mark McAskill said it was a unanimous decision of his executive, players, coaches and sponsors that they play in the Gold Coast premiership.
"We will do whatever has to be done to play in the Gold Coast competition," said McAskill. "We still have to look into it (playing on the Gold Coast) properly but we have stuck together and we have unanimously decided to continue to pursue our endeavours to play on the Gold Coast by whatever means we have to.
"Cudgen will just carry on as normal and say we are in the Gold Coast competition.
"We have already played two Gold Coast trials and have our first official trial set down at Tugun this Sunday in three grades.
"Our conscience tells us we can't play in the Northern Rivers and we want to play on the Gold Coast."
The chairman of South East Queensland Division, Peter Betros, said the board of the ARL decided to adhere to their present policy that required a NSW club wishing to play north of the border to first gain approval from their governing body.
In this case it is the NSW Country Rugby League and at this time they are not prepared to let Cudgen play in Queensland, said Betros. Gold Coast Bulletin
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Aboriginal Super League may go ahead
A breakaway rugby league competition for Aboriginals in Country NSW looks set to go ahead after conditional approval was given in Tamworth.
A summit meeting between the NSW Country Rugby League (CRL) and Aboriginal Nations Super League (ANSL) organisers failed to reconcile the reasons why indigenous clubs were thrown out of Group Two, Four and 19 competitions in northern NSW.
After refusing to reinstate the Aboriginal clubs the ANSL requested permission from the CRL to progress with their own nine-team competition and have been given seven days to come up with proof of sound management, insurance and public liability details before being sanctioned by the CRL.
ANSL chief executive Michael Anderson said he was optimistic his league would go ahead.
"I'm very optimistic our competition will kick off on the date we set of March 24," said Anderson.
"My feeling is that the Groups don't see any immediate problems with sanctioning the competition. We will come back to another meeting next week to nut out some finer points.
"I think we will proceed and we will proceed with an affiliation.
"Next Thursday for us is D-Day ... I think we just iron out those creases next week and hope that everything is hoki-dori, but that's being the supreme optimist."
Anderson said the emergence of the ANSL was the bush's own version of the Super League war which ripped apart the national competition a decade ago.
"That's exactly what's happening and I think that is really healthy," said Anderson.
"(But) we are doing it with pennies, not millions of dollars.
"We are all working in the right direction now."
He said ANSL would not poach players from existing Group clubs this year, but once players are off contract then it was "open slater".
While most players in the bush pay to play league, the elite are paid up to $300 per game from the clubs.
"We are not going to poach any of the Aboriginal players contracted to the clubs," said Anderson.
"Next year when they come off contract it is open slather.
"As we grow and clubs develop we will be able to compete for paid players with the CRL.
"If they want Aboriginal players they're going to have to pay for them.
"There will be a bidding war for the players.
"We are just creating more competition and it will serve the game well rather than take away from it."
Anderson said the ANSL could also open the eyes of professional Sydney clubs who don't realise the talented players yet to be discovered in the bush. Yahoo Sport
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Bailey rates Titans pack 'the best'
Gold Coast co-captain Luke Bailey rates the Titans pack equal to the best he's ever played with - including at a representative level for NSW and Australia.
The former St George Illawarra prop said the Gold Coast forwards might not have the high-profile names but they worked hard for each other.
"I'm pretty impressed with the (forwards) roster we've got," Bailey said on the eve of the Titans' final pre-season hit-out, against Penrith at Gold Coast Stadium on Friday night.
"I think it's up there with some of the best I've been associated with, which is a pretty big rap really.
"They're blokes who aren't superstars but they're real hungry players who work their arses off for the team.
"They're the sort of blokes you want to play with."
It's a bold statement coming from a man who's played 11 Origins for NSW and two Tests for Australia.
"I haven't played that much footy with these guys but in regards to their attitude I think they're up there," said Bailey, who was outstanding in last weekend's trial win over Parramatta in Lismore.
Pushed further on whether he thought the Titans pack had the ability to match the NSW and Australian teams he played in, Bailey added: "I think so, in ability and attitude.
"If you go through the whole forward pack, they're blokes that weren't really the superstars of the team but they worked their arses off.
"They don't care about the limelight or getting their name in the paper, they just care about working for each other."
Bailey is disappointed his former Dragons teammate Michael Henderson (hamstring) won't be alongside him in the front-row against the Panthers on Friday night.
"It's a blow to me personally because he's a good mate of mine," said Bailey, just 17 days before the Titans play their season-opener against the Dragons in Brisbane.
"I think he provides a good work ethic for the team. He'll get his chance but it does narrow the front-rowers on the interchange.
"It just means more time on the field for myself, Anthony Laffranchi and Kris Kahler."
Samoan-born Pele Peltelse replaces Henderson in the 22-man squad after his manager Gavin Orr approached coach John Cartwright for an opportunity.
Former Queensland Origin star Chris Walker will start at fullback for the Titans, with Preston Campbell to play hooker against his old club.
Bailey said he was looking forward to seeing Campbell pack down with him in the scrum.
"He's half my size and you always try to get at the smaller blokes when you play," the 27-year-old Bailey said.
"I've always tried to spot him up and I can never actually say I've bumped off Preston Campbell.
"He's always got me some way so you have to admire his courage. In attack he's so much better. He's a big fella's nightmare." Yahoo Sport
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Benji Marshall not scared to take on big boys
Benji Marshall isn't going to stop tackling hard against the NRL's big men, and his coach Tim Sheens prefers it that way.
The Wests Tigers five-eighth made a successful comeback in a trial against a Souths-Logan side in Brisbane last weekend after eight months on the sideline recovering from a second major shoulder operation.
The Kiwi international was back home on the Gold Coast on Thursday, training for Saturday night's trial against Canberra in Brisbane.
He told AAP he wouldn't be changing his tackling technique in a bid to help protect his 89kg body from the mountain men of the NRL.
"I'll just be a bit more smarter," Marshall said.
"Maybe I was trying to take on the big boys a bit too much but I'm not going to let them run past me. I still have to make the tackles."
Sheens said it annoyed him when people questioned Marshall's technique, pointing out his star five-eighth had never been injured trying to pull off a shoulder charge in the same style as fellow Kiwi Sonny Bill Williams.
"He goes in hard and if he doesn't go in hard, I'm not happy," Sheens added.
"I've looked at every tackle (where he's been injured) and there's nothing in any tackle which tells me he's doing the wrong thing.
"If you don't show courage in this game and put your body on the line then there's no use playing."
Marshall said he didn't feel any nerves playing in last week's trial.
"I've done a lot of tackling and a lot of shoulder contact," he noted.
"I felt confident going in and had no reason to feel worried at all.
"I'm feeling pretty confident and 100 per cent."
Not only does Marshall have to get his own game in order after a long stint on the sidelines, he also wants to develop a potent combination with new halves partner John Morris.
Morris, Marshall and hooker Robbie Farah will start a match together for the first time when they take on wooden spoon favourites Canberra at Davies Park on Saturday.
"He plays a real solid game and makes his tackles," Marshall said of the Parramatta recruit.
"He runs the ball and complements the way I play.
"He hasn't played much halfback but what he's learnt since being at the club has been unbelievable."
With former Tigers skipper and halfback Scott Prince now leading the Gold Coast Titans, Marshall will have to take on more of an organisational role at the joint venture club.
"I like a bit more responsibility on the field," he said.
"I understand my role as five-eighth and a lot of the older blokes respect me telling them what to do on the field."
Sheens is happy to admit the Tigers cannot hope to win the 2007 premiership without a fit and firing Marshall on the paddock.
"We can have a good season without him. I don't think we can win it without him but then again we can't win it without (captain) Brett Hodgson," Sheens said. SMH
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Miners Are Not Daunting For Normanton
By Phil Hodgson - League Weekly
"We're confident!"
That was the immediate response of Normanton coach John Barnett on learning that his side - subject to disposing of Myton Warriors - would entertain favourites Leigh Miners Rangers in the fourth round of the GMB Union National Cup.
The prospect of taking on the leaders of the National Conference League could bee seen as a daunting task for the Division Two promotion-chasers, who duly accounted for Myton nine days ago, but the Knights had already resolved to make a serious bid for the amateur game's major knock out trophy.
And the news that the Miners will pay a visit to Queen Elizabeth Drive this Saturday failed to put Barnett out of his stride.
"It's a tough tie, there's no doubt about that," admitted Barnett. "But if Leigh Miners underestimate us they'll be in for a shock.
"We want to impress, and we want to win. We're going well in the league but we're continuing to work hard on certain aspects of our game, notably our defence. This will be a good benchmark of our progress; I have to say I'm pleased with the draw."
A big crowd is certain to gather for the game, with many supporters recalling how several of the Knight's players helped lift the BARLA National Youth Cup several years ago.
Other notable pairings include the clash of NCL big guns West Hull and Thornhill Trojans, while there will be at least three teams from outside the top flight of the flagship league in the last eight.
Hunslet Warriors of the CMS Yorkshire League host NCL Division One side Ince Rose Bridge in the fourth round, Ovenden (also of the Conference's First Division) Mark Norris Building Services North West Counties side Blackbrook, and any one of NCL non-Premiers Saddleworth, Hull Isberg and Castleford Lock Lane will progress to the quarter finals.
Hull Isberg are due to entertain Castleford Lock Lane in the delayed National Cup third round game on Saturday March 10; the winners will visit Saddleworth Rangers.
Meanwhile, the tie between North West Counties champions Halton Simms Cross and Hull Dockers has been put back following the postponement of the Dockers' Carnegie Challenge Cup clash with Eastmoor on Saturday.
The latter game must now be played this week as the third round of the Challenge Cup takes place on the weekend of March 10/11.
GMB Union BARLA National Cup - Round Four
Saturday March 3 2007
Halton Simms Cross v Hull Dockers -pp
Hunslet Old Boys v East Hull
Hunslet Warriors v Ince Rose Bridge
West Hull v Thornhill Trojans
Normanton Knights v Leigh Miners Rangers
Ovenden v Blackbrook
Waterhead v Oulton Raiders BARLA Online
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SUPER LEAGUE SHOW
Date: Sunday, 4th March 2007
Time: 1.00pm
Channel: BBC1
*This week's Super League Show is again on BBC1 replacing "Diagnosis Murder" in the North of England.
Harry Gration introduces action from the encounter between the two great clubs of the modern era: St Helens v Bradford.
The newly crowned World Champions will be looking to kick-start their domestic season after two consecutive league defeats. They face a Bulls side who are sitting pretty at the top-of-the table with the best attacking record in the competition so far.
Saints star Jon Wilkin will be in the studio to reflect on the blockbuster.
Meanwhile, Salford play host to Catalans with the Reds still searching for their first win of the season. The Dragons, who lost Stacey Jones with a broken arm in the corresponding fixture last year, will be full of confidence after beating Leeds on Saturday.
Salford coach Karl Harrison will give his thoughts on the crucial game for the Reds.
Plus a special feature on the fab four at Leeds. We meet the Beatlesque quartet of Kiwi's, Ali Lauitiiti, Clinton Toopi, Brent Webb and Kylie Leuluai, who are attracting their own cult following in West Yorkshire.
There is also a special report from Wigan v Hull KR as Brian Noble's men search for their first home win of the season.
Action from Harlequins v Warrington with Brian McDermott's side looking to build on their impressive start to the season.
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Aaron Gorrell to miss the rest of the season
Catalans have been rocked by the news that Aaron Gorrell will miss the rest of the season after suffering a major knee injury in the win over Leeds.
The 25-year-old hooker, one of the club's major close-season signings, sustained cruciate ligament damage on Saturday and needs a reconstruction.
"After a superb start, it is a blow for Aaron, his team-mates and the club," said chief executive Nicolas Rayer.
"Knowing Aaron, he will bounce back and fight his way back to full fitness."
Gorrell joined the French club from St George Illawarra and has kicked a total of 20 points so far this season.
The injury, in only the third match of the Super League season, came with just a minute to go at the Stade Gilbert Brutus.
Gorrell's place could be taken by France hooker David Berthezene, who has been playing for sister club Union Treiziste Catalane in the domestic championship.
Berthezene has been named in the 20-man squad for Saturday's trip to Salford.
"It's a major blow for us but it's an opportunity for someone else," said coach Mick Potter.
Meanwhile, the club say that captain Stacey Jones is back light training following knee surgery and will be back in action by the middle of March.
"He's had a week on the treadmill and had his first session on Monday, so he's not too far away," added Potter.
"Wakefield on Sunday week is a possibility but it's more likely to be Huddersfield at home the week after." BBC Sport Online
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