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TODAYS CONTENTS 17/03/03

* RLCM - COACHING EXTRACT - 'Lets Talk Tackling' from RLCM Book 29

* RLCM - COMMENT - Folkes will re-activate 'Toughness and Patience'
and Langmack will learn about 'Attitude' by Gary Roberts

* RLCM - POSITIONS VACANT - 17/03/03

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* RLCM - COACHING QUOTE - RLCM BOOK 29 published February 2003

"Im not sure if any footballer can recall a half time speech,
so the aim for me is let the players both mentally and physically
have a break.

" A couple of tactical, technical or strategically points at most
will be provided along with positive feedback on the first half and
then attempting to bring the players back up to arousal (after the 2
minute bell) so they are ready to play. (This is not necessarily by
me, but can be from the senior players)

By Daniel Anderson NZ Warriors from RLCM Book 29

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* RLCM COMMENT

Folkes will re-activate 'Toughness and Patience' and Langmack will
learn about 'Attitude'

The Bulldogs, some say are the toughest nut to crack, it may well
have been their year in 2002 before their problems arose, no one will
ever know.

The Dogs have enough players to cover almost every position. They are
so strong they did not even select Willie Mason, who has been well
overed in the media for the opening match against the struggling
Souths at the weekend.

Souths on the other hand have also received their share of media
coverage recently; unfortunately nothing positive has been reported.
The Redfern based club have had to import players for their hopeful
charge up the premiership ladder, expecting to bring respect to the
once famous club.

The Dogs as a club boast they are a family club, several sets of
brothers have played and some are playing with the club. Over recent
years two brothers-in-law, current coach Steve Folkes and Chris
Anderson have coached to club.

The defensive systems or patterns based on toughness was introduced
by Warren Ryan and is still in vogue at the club today.

The team is dipping in star players Price, Vagana, El Masri, Talau,
Anasta, Ryan, O'Meley, Sherwin plus many more.

But, at Telstra Stadium on Saturday night they may have had all the
stars on the park and big Willie and young Jonathon Thurston in the
stands and also somewhere else out there was the Bulldogs renown
attitude to 'toughness and patience' because it was definitely not on
the football field with the team.

'Toughness and patience'two ingredients that is needed by top teams
to win games, ingredients that coach Folkes inherited from Anderson
and Ryan, ingredients that has been long instilled in previous
Bulldog teams, was missing on Saturday night.

Five-eighth Braith Anasta admitted he feared the Bulldogs had not
prepared to their best and coach Steve Folkes said a tough week lay
ahead for his side before next Sunday's game against grand finalists
the New Zealand Warriors.

They ran put a few points together which resulted from bad plays by
Rabbitoh players Owen Craigie and a chip kick on the 50m by Shane
Walker that led to easy tries and another by El Masri in between,
then the Dogs went off to a game of 'touch football'in the latter
part of the first half.

South Sydney on the other hand torn apart by strife all year had a
sniff that the Dogs team had lost their way, and realised
that if they played a bit of football and muscled up in defence at
the other end of the park then Dog's would have to earn their win.

The pitch due to showers was not conducive to fast football, but both
teams had to put up with that, discipline let both sides down.

David Waite said recently that football technique is only 10% of the
game and it is the other 90% of the game that coaches have to
understand and learn. If Waite is correct in his assumption then both
Folkes and Langmack would learn a part of the 90% from that game.

Steve Folkes said after the game, "We've got a lot of work to do,
we've got to be smarter with the football. We tried to push the pass
and didn't adapt to the (wet) conditions."

Souths new coach Langmack was a smart player, a good decision maker
and by reports a clued on coach. He still has to wait until next
month to learn if he is the permanent successor to Craig Coleman.

Hopefully he learned something that is involved in the 90% and that
is about attitude and a player's belief in themselves is instilled at
training and is not negotiable for the 80 minutes.

Attitude in rugby league can be explained as a disposition or of
character that is shown in certain qualities, such as courage and
energy.

Of the football technique that Waite puts at 10% of the game,
Langmack would understand now as a coach the importance of a
competent kicker to gain positive field position at this level of the
game.

The Bulldogs always appeared they were going to win and although they
bombed many certain tries they have to return to the patient tough
team that has been a trademark of the their club.

Anasta said "If we had controlled the ball the result would have been
different"

Bryan Fletcher said after the game "The club has more spirit than
what most people thought. It has been a couple of ordinary months and
tonight we showed that we can match it will the top sides"

Only time will tell if Fletcher is right, but improvement in
technique, discipline, attitude and a kicking game will be needed if
they really think they are going to "match it with the top sides."

Bulldogs 34 defeated Souths 26

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EXTRACT FROM RLCM BOOK 29 'Lets Talk Tackling'

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"...................it does not matter how big players are, or
how small they are, small players will have to tackle big guys
and the big guys will tackle small, elusive guys.

"If a player cannot make a tackle 'One on One' then
I know he is in strife. Here, [Broncos] we make a great
emphasis on making the tackle and being able to tackle
everybody, whether they are big, fast, slow, little or
whatever.

The method of tackling had changed over the years,
in past days all children were taught how to do 'front
on', 'side on' and 'rear' tackles all around the
legs, beginning with arms and hands around the buttocks
area with the head behind or at the side and bringing
the player to the ground by sliding down his legs with
clasped arms, and the game saw great tacklers develop
and mature through this method. Possibly the best ever
at this type of tackle was the great cover defender
Johnny Raper. A tackle around the chest area front
on was rarely contemplated.

Nowadays figures indicate that only 10% of tackles
are around the legs and 90% are around the chest area,
the aim is to stop the ball being advanced.

Dixon differs with the method in vogue today, of using
the high tackle to stop the ball first; he states that at
junior level the first action is to stop the ball runner.

"I look at it differently, maybe at the Broncos we coach
the junior players different to most.

" I dont see a tackle that way [chest high, first] some people
do emphasise stopping the ball initially, but we work on primarily
stopping the ball runner first and then secondly we stop the ball.

"The majority of tackles nowadays are front-on, in
the days gone by, we had more emphasis on side on
tackles and later we taught blocking tackles when the
players began coming more forward.

"So, for todays game, the players need to be strong
with their head lead and strong with shoulder contact
for all tackles whether front on, side on, or rear and
they have to be very good at it. All tackles stem from
the players ability initially to make good shoulder
contact in a one on one tackle.

"At the Broncos our primary target zone is from the belt line up
and below where the ball is carried [midriff] and that is for all
tackles. The midriff area is a part the body that the player moves
the least..................more

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Issue Contents

* Coach Talk - Decision Making with Rod Patison
* Does a team develop a 'team instinct' or 'a 'team discipline'?
* Decision Making Skills Can Be Learned Written by Gary Roberts
* Let's Talk Tackling with John Dixon
* Preparing The Junior Player on Match Day John Dixon -
* Hey Coach! Did You Keep a Diary Written by Gary Roberts
* The Triangle Daniel Anderson - Warriors Head Coach
* The Psychology of Winning Written by Wayne Goldsmith
* David Waite Leads the Charge Written by Ryan Ellem
* Strength Training for Football
* Skill Assessments for Young Players
* League Coach Forum - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/leaguecoach
* Injuries to the Abdomen, what can happen beneath - Doug King
* Cramps and Stitch Australian Institute of Sport
* Supplements in Sport - why are they so tempting? AIS Off-Load
* Drills - Penrith Panthers RLFC

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RLCM - NEWS UPDATE 17/03/03 -
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The circus is back in town

The league is back - and so is the mayhem and drama. Roy Masters
watched as the opening-round rollercoaster left some in need of a
good lie down.

Rugby league is a psychiatrist's couch. After a tense, thrilling end
to the National Rugby League's first premiership round, the twin
masks of the code are victory and misery, with a lot of twitching
nerve ends in between.

Read more SMH

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Souths a big plus in opener

By PAUL KENT and TONY ADAMS: THE votes are in on interim South Sydney
coach Paul Langmack and like the game's opening weekend itself, they
have come up plusses all around.

Langmack will all but secure himself the South Sydney coaching
position if the Rabbitohs, who play Brisbane on Sunday, can put up a
performance similar to the 34-26 loss against the Bulldogs on
Saturday night.

It comes as chairman George Piggins last night gave his best
indication yet that a decision may be close.

"Put it this way," Piggins said, "he is putting together a lot of
plusses in a short space of time. He did his chances no harm and,
considering he only had the players for a week, he did a great job
with them.

"The Broncos will be another test and if he can do well against them
it would be hard to see him missing out. But it's a board's decision
and we won't be doing anything until the annual general meeting early
next month."

Langmack's chances were strengthened after captain Bryan Fletcher
also offered his support last night, and for reasons beyond
Saturday's effort.

"If they put another coach in, after six weeks like they say, it's
going to take us time to get used to the way he coaches," Fletcher
said.

"We can't start learning new stuff by then, the season is too short
for it."

Read more Daily Telegraph

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Wayne Bennett fired up after win

TEMPERS were as hot as the afternoon breeze when the Broncos fought
hard for their win against Penrith yesterday.

But it wasn't Brisbane's scratchy performance that had coach Wayne
Bennett steaming yesterday.

He warned that the NRL's controversial new golden point rule put
lives at risk and declared he'd rather have lost to Penrith than send
his players out for extra time.

Bennett, speaking after his side hung on grimly to beat the Panthers
24-20 at Penrith Stadium, said players would have been in danger from
heat exhaustion if they'd been required to continue for an extra 10
minutes.

"You name me one player out there at the end of that time who had
another 10 minutes of decent football left in him?" he said.

"If they were going to score right at the end I'd rather see them
kick the two points and win the game to be honest with you."

Bennett said the health of forwards such as prop Shane Webcke, who
was playing his first match of the year after recovering from a calf
injury, would be put at risk by playing extra time.

"They're just exhausted in that change room. They're huge men at work
and they've just lost five or six kgs in the last 80 minutes out
there and we want to go another 10 (minutes).

"I keep asking 'what was wrong with the draw'? In April, May or June
if somebody gets killed, it's possible."

Read more Courier Mail

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St Helens 54 defeated Salford 6

By Andy Hampson: St Helens coach Ian Millward hailed his side
as "outstanding" after watching them destroy Salford in the Powergen
Challenge Cup.

The Super League champions were at their most fearsome as they
charged into the semi-finals on the back of a devastating 54-6 win at
the Willows.

National League One Salford did frustrate them in the first half but
they turned on the style to run in nine of their 10 tries after the
break, seven of them in a ruthless 21-minute spell.

Millward said: "At half-time I was pretty happy. We didn't see
anything we didn't expect but we knew they were going to be tough. I
thought Salford were very good.

"It makes 48 points in 40 minutes against a side with such quality a
little difficult to believe.

"They are still the equal of the bottom few sides in Super League but
it was an outstanding attacking display from us in the second half.

"We probably upped the ante a little bit and it was pretty impressive.

Read more Sporting Life

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Peter Roe hails battling Swinton

Peter Roe saluted his Swinton team and their fans despite a 70-12
battering in the Powergen Challenge Cup quarter-final against holders
Wigan.

Swinton rocked Wigan early on when loose-forward Rob Russell grabbed
the first try of the game and Roe admitted: "To score first was an
achievement and for 20 minutes there wasn't much between the two
teams.

"But we are realistic and knew what a good side Wigan are.

"I'm proud of the players and the supporters were magnificent. They
never stopped shouting and never gave up on us even when it looked at
one time as if Wigan would run up a cricket score."

Wigan coach Stuart Raper said: "The game panned out just as I
expected. All credit to Swinton for their performance - it was their
big day.

"Once we got control we played some good footie and scored some
excellent tries.

"We still haven't been tested but I was pleased with the attitude and
commitment for the whole 80 minutes."

Ananova

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Leeds 41 defeated Hull 18

Leeds secured their place in the last four of the Powergen Challenge
Cup with a 41-18 victory over Hull in a rousing quarter-final at
Headingley.

The Rhinos laid the platform with a 16-point scoring burst in a nine-
minute spell midway through the first half and held off a spirited
fightback.

Hull had no answer to the barnstorming runs of Wayne McDonald and
Matt Adamson nor the creative flair of Kevin Sinfield.

They paid the price for a sluggish start, finding themselves 18-0
down before Matt Crowther opened their account with a 35th-minute
penalty.

Hull had their moments, with Richie Barnett breaching the Leeds
defence early in the game and Colin Best putting a foot in touch
after a cut-out pass from Richard Horne but generally little went
right for them.

They had genuine claims for a penalty try in the second half after
Leeds full-back Gary Connolly had stopped his opposite number Steve
Prescott just short of the line with a high tackle.

Referee Ian Smith restricted the punishment to a penalty and put
Connolly on report but the Rhinos defence held firm.

Read more Ananova

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Newcastle Knights 36 defeated NZWarriors 26

Foxsports: NEWCASTLE lifted the tempo in the last 15 minutes to come
from behind and beat the New Zealand Warriors in a NRL match at
Ericsson Stadium today.

Newcastle halfback Andrew Johns scored a try and kicked six goals
from six attempts to maintain an impressive record against the
Warriors, whom he has beaten nine times against one loss.

For the Warriors, it was a frustrating start to the season after they
had raced to a 16-0 lead after 30 minutes through three tries, all
from accurate kicks.

They were helped by a significant first-half penalty count, at one
stage 6-1 in their favour, and by some handling errors by the Knights.

After 16 minutes, Lance Hohaia kicked ahead early in the tackle count
and saw the ball sit up nicely for centre John Carlaw to cross
untouched.

Halfback Stacey Jones missed the conversion, and was to end the match
with three goals from seven attempts, although most were from out
wide.

Six minutes later, a Jones crosskick found winger Francis Meli in
open space and with the simple task of crossing over.

Jones was again in the action in the 27th minute when his bomb to the
opposite sideline was plucked out of the air by winger Henry Fa'afili.

Just when it looked like the Warriors were taking firm control, the
Knights closed the gap with two quick tries shortly before halftime.

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Broncos 24 defeated Penrith 20

SMH: Broncos hold off late fightback. Test fullback Darren Lockyer's
outstanding first half performance inspired Brisbane to a thrilling
24-20 victory over Penrith in their National Rugby League clash at
Penrith Stadium.

Lockyer was simply superb in the opening stanza - scoring a 21st
minute try, setting up centre Brent Tate four minutes later and
kicking a towering bomb which led to a Stuart Kelly try just before
the break.

The Broncos held a commanding 20-8 halftime lead but second half
tries to hooker Luke Priddis and centre Luke Lewis made for some
anxious moments for the visitors.

Priddis' 61st minute try came from a charge from dummy half close to
the line and he almost pulled off the same move three minutes before
the final whistle which would have drawn the game.

The encounter was marred by a 59th minute punch-up between Broncos
skipper Gorden Tallis and young Panthers prop Ben Ross, with referee
Paul Simpkins sending the pair to the sin-bin to cool their tempers.

It's safe to say Brisbane has the wood on the Panthers, having now
beaten them in 11 of the past 12 clashes between the sides.

Wayne Bennett, who chalked up his 250th victory as coach of the
Broncos, will be pleased with the impressive return of five-eighth
Ben Ikin, who has been out of the game for two years.

The Panthers made far too many errors in the first half to worry the
Broncos, although former Cronulla utility Preston Campbell was
dangerous at times on the wing and kicked two important goals.

They looked inept in the first half but they never gave in and a 68th
minute try to Lewis turned the match into a contest.

Penrith five-eighth Ryan Girdler, playing his 200th first grade match
in front of 13,499 fans, scored a 15th minute try but missed all his
three attempts at goal.

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Storm 36 defeated Sharks 32

SMH Storm reel in Sharks. Melbourne has come back from a 22-point
first half deficit to register a stunning 36-32 win over Cronulla in
their National Rugby League game at Toyota Park.

In a match which had more twists and turns than an Agatha Christie
novel, the Storm looked gone when trailing 32-30 with only five
minutes remaining.

But when Cronulla halfback Brett Kimmorley attempted to put a kick
into Melbourne's in-goal, the game turned.

The ball hit a Storm player's feet before ending up with Steven Bell,
who got it to Matt Geyer.

Geyer punched the air as he raced away to score, Matt Orford kicking
the goal to give the visitors an amazing victory.

The Sharks looked headed for an easy win midway through the first
half, leading 22-0 after only 18 minutes courtesy of some Kimmorley
brilliance.

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Queensland Cup set for another big year

Queensland's home-grown rugby league players are gearing up for
another big year with the launch today of the 2003 Queensland Cup.

The Deputy Premier and Minister for Sport, Mr Terry Mackenroth, said
the Queensland Cup showcased a wealth of local talent and acted as an
important feeder competition for the National Rugby League (NRL).

He said 2003 was set to be another big year for the Queensland Cup as
the Redcliffe Dolphins attempted to make it back-to-back premierships
following last season's win over the Ipswich Jets.

"If one thing is for certain, the Jets and the other 10 Queensland
Cup teams will be pulling out all stops to knock Redcliffe off the
top," he said.

"And hopefully that means plenty of top-quality rugby league for
local fans."

Mr Mackenroth said the quality of the Queensland Cup had led NRL
clubs to establish feeder club arrangements with a number of
Queensland Cup teams.

"The Queensland Cup has produced a host of NRL players in recent
years," he said.

"Redcliffe has produced Adam Mogg and Phil Graham, who are currently
with Canberra, not to mention the Roosters' Mick Crocker.

"Canberra's Jason Bulgarelli played with Easts in Brisbane while a
host of Toowoomba Clydesdales have moved through the ranks and played
with the Broncos and other NRL clubs."

Mr Mackenroth said the Queensland Government was a strong supporter
of rugby league and looked forward to the return of league to the
redeveloped Suncorp Stadium later this year.

"A number of Queensland Cup matches have been scheduled for the new
stadium and I look forward to watching our teams in action prior to
some of the Broncos' home games," he said.

"In addition to redeveloping the 'Cauldron' we have allocated more
than $4.1 Million dollars towards new and improved rugby league
facilities throughout the state since 1999."

Mr Mackenroth said the Beattie Government had also provided more than
$1.1 Million to the Queensland Rugby League (QRL) for development and
participation initiatives over the same period.

"We also support rugby league at an elite level through the
Queensland Academy of Sport," he said.

"The Academy's rugby league program includes squads for under 15s and
under 17s as well as an Emerging State of Origin Squad that will help
ensure the Maroons dominate the Blues for many years to come."

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Wazza matter, guys?

By Phil Gould: When the head coach and a leading player have a
disagreement, or when there is a collision of personalities, who is
in the right?

The Bulldogs have been in the news in the past week after reports in
The Sun-Herald of a rift between coach Steve Folkes and Test second-
rower Willie Mason.

Early in the week the club went into damage control to try to put out
the fire, but when apologies or denials from both parties were not
forthcoming, it became obvious something was wrong.

The mediators have now been invited in before things get too far out
of hand.

I do not know the ins and outs of what is going on between these two
talented individuals, and I don't really want to know. I am certainly
not going to take sides.

As you would expect, there are now plenty of rumours about unrest at
the club, internal fighting, disgruntled players and even one
suggesting that the two protagonists in this situation almost came to
blows.

I think you can safely delete all the above and put it all down to a
head coach doing what he thinks is in the best interests of the club,
the team and Willie himself, and a popular player frustrated at the
coach's call and obviously annoyed at having to miss playing first-
grade football.

It happens every day of the week.

So now the papers and the rumour mongers are cooking up a storm and
Folkes and Mason are faced with having to remedy the situation to
suit all and sundry, rather than just shaking hands, calling it quits
and getting on with life.

Read more SMH

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Piggins praises South's new coach after stirring performance

PAUL Langmack took an almighty leap toward securing the Souths
coaching position on a fulltime basis after the Rabbitohs overcame a
horror pre-season to almost shock the Bulldogs last night.

The Bulldogs may have left Telstra Stadium with an eight-point
victory, but the backslappers and media converged on the Rabbitohs
dressing-room after a stirring performance from a team given 20.5
start on FootyTAB.

A proud Rabbitohs president George Piggins stopped short of saying
Langmack had the job for the rest of the year, but could not hide his
admiration for the interim coach.

"He definitely didn't do himself any harm," Piggins said. "Tonight
he's come through with flying colours.

"There's no doubt Paul Langmack has a football brain. You sit there
and watch him on the computers and doing his stats on other sides and
all that.

"He only had a little over a week to work with them and their mental
condition was enormous. Every one of them stuck to their guns and
tried hard. We didn't get two points, but the effort's been much
better."

Daily Telegraph

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Best team lost, says Widnes coach

Widnes coach Neil Kelly claimed the best team lost as Bradford Bulls
came from behind to claim a 38-28 victory in a thrilling Powergen
Challenge Cup quarter-final.

The Vikings led 22-12 at the break after scoring first-half tries
through Adam Hughes, Jason Demetriou, Dean Lawford and Stuart Spruce
but crucially failed to control possession in the second period and
paid the price.

"I thought we were the better side," said Kelly. "In very important
situations we shot ourselves in the foot. We gifted field position
and allowed Bradford to score some soft tries.

"Part of me is very proud of the players and part of me is angry that
we're not going to get the reward for their efforts."

Bradford were without five regulars through injury, illness and
suspension but came with a surge in the second half to move to within
80 minutes of a third final appearance in four years.

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Raiders 46 defeated Cowboys 14

Cowboys thrashed in season opener. North Queensland began its 2003
National Rugby League season with a 46-14 thrashing from Canberra.

The Cowboys wanted to make Townsville a graveyard for visiting teams;
instead they gave the Raiders only their second away win in 12 months.

The visitors began their onslaught in the opening minutes thanks to a
penalty goal, followed soon after by a try to Phil Graham.

North Queensland struggled to wake up, their scoring opportunities
spoiled by mistakes.

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Bulldogs 34 defeated Souths 26

'Dogs win but Souths fight

THE Bulldogs took the points but only after South Sydney put some
pride back in the red and green jersey with a courageous performance
in their NRL clash at Telstra Stadium tonight.

The 'Dogs won the round one match, but were made to fight every inch
of the way by the gutsy Rabbitohs, who showed plenty of ticker under
interim coach Paul Langmack.

Only a touch of bad luck cost the Rabbitohs in the end, with a Willie
Peters pass bouncing off Chris Walker's hands and into the waiting
grasp of Luke Patten, who shuffled the ball to Matt Utai to score in
the corner.

Hazem El Masri nailed the sideline conversion as the Bulldogs made a
successful start to their 2003 season.

Earlier the 'Dogs looked to be cruising to an easy victory, leading
16-2 midway through the first half and seemingly in cruise control.

But Souths captain Bryan Fletcher crossed in the 25th minute and
Justin Smith converted to put some spice back in the match before it
exploded to life in the second half as the teams traded tries.


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BRISBANE SECOND DIVISION XXXX PREMIERSHIP RESULTS

Open 1 Souths Logan 32 beat St Brendans 26. Dayboro 42 beat Aspley
22. Banyo 18 beat Brothers Juniors 14. Eastern Suburbs 38 beat
Rochedale 30.

Northside 2 Arana Hills 42 beat Brisbane Natives 18. Fortitude Valley
Juniors 26 beat Brook Sharks 24. Pine Rivers 28 beat Normanby-UQ 12.
Brighton 32 beat Samford 20.

Southside 2 Carina 22 beat St Brendans 8. Sunnybank 28 beat Bulimba
Valleys 22. Capalaba Rhinos 22 beat Redlands 14. Wynnum Manly Juniors
34 beat St Josephs 28.

Northside 3 Burpengary 20 beat Aspley 0. Bracken Ridge 16 beat
Dayboro 14. Mitchelton 22 beat Deception Bay Bombers 6. Holy Spirit
28 beat Normanby 16.

Southside 3 Beenleigh Juniors 24 beat Beenleigh Brothers 22. Mt
Gravatt 40 beat Logan Brothers 4. Logan City Juniors 24 beat
Sunnybank 16. Slacks Creek 18 beat Southern Suburbs 12. Wynnum Manly
Juniors 28 beat Inala Bears 20.

Southside 4 Yeronga 18 beat Waterford 14. Logan Brothers 38 beat
Southern Cross 10. North Stradbroke Island 20 beat Edens Landing 16.
Browns Plains 18 beat Capalaba 6.

Albert Bishop Shield Carina 32 beat St Brendans 0. Norths Juniors 26
beat Brighton 18. Logan Brothers 32 beat Redlands 16. Rochedale 20
beat Arana Hills 8. Capalaba 24 beat Pine Rivers 22.

Arthur Sparks Shield Stafford 34 beat Centenary 28. Springwood 18
beat Logan Brothers 10. Sunnybank 54 beat Fortitude Valley Juniors 10.

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Tigers 24 defeated Dagons 20

Tigers grab points from Dragons

Wests Tigers survived a late scare from St George Illawarra to post
the first upset of the 2003 National Rugby League season on Saturday
night.

Trailing by four points with three minutes left on the clock, St
George Illawarra hooker Mark Riddell was adjudged by the video
referee to have been caught centimetres short from levelling the
scores.

The Tigers then held out for another two sets of six to run out
surprise 24-20 winners, but there was more drama to come in a
dramatic finale to the first match of the opening-round double header
at Telstra Stadium.

St George Illawarra front rower Jason Ryles was placed on report
after the siren for headbutting Wests prop John Skandalis.

Sports Ears listeners could clearly hear Skandalis goading Ryles as
referee Sean Hampstead tried to pack a scrum.

Skandalis urged Ryles to "have a go", the young Test prop
replying: "put your mouthguard in before I give you a crack" before
leading with his head.

Ryles then told Sydney radio 2GB in a post-match interview the
he "was just frustrated. I'm a bit of a looney sometimes".

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NZ league officials slam Knights trip

The New Zealand Rugby League has reacted angrily to Newcastle chief
executive Ken Conway's arrival in the nation's capital, describing it
as "disrespectful".

Conway has flown to Wellington at the request of the Te Aroha Rugby
League Club to investigate the feasibility of playing a match against
an invitation team at Porirua Trust Park next season.

But the match has been proposed without the support of the NZRL,
prompting an angry riposte from chairman Selwyn Pearson.

Pearson said he was surprised the Knights had not contacted league
officials, who would have to clear any proposed pre-season match.

"I find it disrespectful if they are bulldozing down to Wellington,"
Pearson said.

Conway met Minister of Sport Trevor Mallard and business groups from
the Porirua area on Friday.

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"Intensity that I'm not sure I have ever seen before." Brian Smith

Parramatta coach Brian Smith left the ground a believer, warning
afterwards that the Roosters had raised the bar even higher from last
season, when they won nine straight games on their way to the
premiership.

"The two teams that played here tonight were obviously pumped and put
on a display of intensity that I'm not sure I have ever seen before,"
Smith said.

"It was absolutely incredible and the Roosters shaded us in that
department. They were more intense than even they were at the back
end of last year.

"I thought our players did a reasonable job of matching them but in
the end the Roosters showed us where we need to get to.

"Not far from where we are now, but there was a distinct difference."
Read more SMH


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LONG BACK TO HIS BEST

By Ian Millward: I was very pleased with our performance at Widnes
last weekend, particularly the defensive aspect.

The conditions were very trying and we took our chances superbly when
they came to us.

Sean Long has suffered with injury problems in the last two seasons
but looks back to his very best.

If he can play week-in-week-out this season he can win Man of Steel
in 2003.

We face Salford this weekend in the Challenge Cup and I genuinely
believe they are a better side this year than they were in Super
League last season.

Players who were not performing last season have been released and
are as good as some of the teams in the Super League this year.

They have hit 130 points in their last two games and it will be a
tough match on Sunday.

Sporting Life

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Some players just are not good enough - Ashcroft

Kevin Ashcroft's column: WHEN are coaches going to see sense and stop
finding places in their team for players who just aren't good enough?

Too many coaches these days are accommodating players simply for the
sake of it.

Everywhere you turn you hear clubs pleading poverty yet they still
continue forking out big amounts of cash to huge squads.

The solution is quite simple - let's go back to having 13 players and
two substitutes making sure everyone plays for the shirt.

'Put the pride back'

We have to put the pride back in wearing the jersey. Far too many
players are on an easy number.

We've talented young lads out there who would give their all to play
professional rugby league but they just aren't getting a sniff. I
hate to say it but many are even being lost to rugby union.

Let's cut down on the size of the squads and let some of these
players boost the standard at the next level.

I know the game has changed but this 12 interchange rule we now have
is laughable. You and I could keep running on and off the field and
no-one would be any wiser.

We're trying to sell this great game of ours to a younger audience.
But how can we when fans cannot associate with players in a set
position?

The administrators have a lot to answer for - they keep on making
huge mistakes. I could save a club like Leigh £50,000 a year by
shipping out players who are simply making the numbers up.

Let's get things sorted out once and for all.

Manchester Online

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............In the following ten years, 757 Australian players came
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to sign as many players as they wanted: Halifax owner David Brook
took this at face value and signed 13 Australians. This led to a
situation in early 1985 when Halifax played Leeds and fielded ten
Australian players while Leeds fielded five, with another as a
substitute.

Many of those that played, often on short-term contracts, became
local icons, including Mal Meninga at St Helens, Peter Sterling at
Hull, Brett Kenny and John Ferguson at Wigan. Wally Lewis played ten
games for Wakefield Trinity.

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burden, the RFL introduced a quota of five Australians per club in
1985, reducing it to four in 1986 and three in 1987.

Australian rugby league had soon come to represent 'a new
civilisation'. A minor industry sprang up importing Australian rugby
league videos, books, magazines and playing kit. Kangaroo jerseys
were worn by British supporters in the same way that Brazil shirts
are worn today by soccer fans.

Ironically, it was New Zealanders who were far more prominent in
winning English club sides and it was they who provided the backbone
for Wigan's long dominance of the game from the late 1980s.

The telling change though was predicted by Parramatta coach Jack
Gibson who suggested that British clubs should recruit Australian
coaches rather than players.

This began to happen in the late 1980s, with John Monie being the
most prominent, along with Chris Anderson at Halifax and Brian Smith
at Hull. It was Monie who built the side which won both the
Championship and the Challenge Cup for seven consecutive seasons. He
was the most successful of the 24 Australian coaches who moved to the
British game in the late eighties and early nineties. In hindsight,
it may well be the case that it is the importation of Australian
coaches rather than players which has contributed more to the
changing face of British rugby league over the past 15
years....................

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Mondays Question to the Coaching Forum.

Question by Joe

I'm new to the game from rugby union and I was wondering if anyone
could explain the left and right style of play.

Answer posted by Rick Campbell

Joe,

This style of play is designed to minimise geography & maximise
attacking options both sides of the field.

The minimising of geography is given through the positioning of the
team for attack (& defence). The team lines up with all pairs of
players (wingers, centres, halves, second rowers, & props) split onto
either a right or a left side of he field - the same as their defence
system.

The three differences to this rule are the lock, the hooker ,& the
fullback. In this way players don't have to run all over the field to
be "in position", they just remain with their attacking partners - a
right-side second rower will be standing with a right-side front
rower & a right-side centre with the right-side pivot deciding when
he will become involved.

Now, most of what I'm putting down here is just a general type of
guide & can be individualised to suit the personell at your disposal.

The maximising of attack exists due to the ability of the team to
attack to the centre of the field then decide what side is weakest in
the defence, or create numbers down a wide blind-side with plenty of
off-the-ball running & skilled runners.

The other advantage is that you need to develop more skills as a
player in the previously recognised positions of the forward; now
forwards are required to play like extra centres in the make-up of
this set-up.

This style is also more fun for your players as they all get to show
their abilities in attack.

I hope this is of some help.

Regards,
Rick

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