Should never have been. Is it just me or was Burt offside and then contested the jump ?

Are Ch.9 showing the game today?

Na both are on fox.

Fuck that. :evil:

When has 9 ever had a Monday game :lol:

When has 9 ever had a Monday game :lol:

I thought Ch 9 did the ANZAC Day match as well.
No matter what the day was.

I don't remember them ever doing it, except maybe a Sunday arvo. I remember fox always having it.

MANLY chief executive Graham Lowe has resigned due to health problems.
Lowe told Manly Sea Eagles players and the club's board of his decision earlier today.

Sea Eagles officials will reveal more details in a press statement to be released within the next hour.

Lowe is in his second year as CEO of the Brookvale club.

The 64-year-old has suffered from numerous coronary issues over the years.

"This is the second time I have had to stand down from an important position because of health issues at Manly and I am heartbroken about that,'' Lowe said in a statement released by the club.

"But at 64 I can't tempt fate anymore and I can't do the job Manly require of me like I am and like I am likely to be for some time.

"I have been at some wonderful football clubs in my life but the Sea Eagles are special and they will win a premiership under Des Hasler again sometime soon.''

Sea Eagles chairman Scott Penn paid tribute to Lowe's efforts to stabilise the club following a bitter boardroom feud.

"Graham came in during difficult times and helped steady the organisation with his calm approach and excellent knowledge of the game,'' Penn said.

"His linking of the front office with the football operations has been outstanding.''

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/manly-sea-eagles-boss-graham-lowe-in-shock-resignation/story-e6frexnr-1226046291682

The only one you've picked that could be considered an upset would be the Titans getting up, apart from that not really anything else.

NRL clubs anxious for commission to be operational

From: AAP April 29, 2011

NRL clubs have given partners News Limited and the Australian Rugby League seven days to resolve their differences delaying the formation of rugby league's independent commission.

Tired of squabbles between the current co-owners holding back the process, NRL club chairmen today put out a statement claiming the immediate establishment of a new governing body was critical to the game's progress.

The chairmen met in Sydney last night when they were briefed on negotiations, their frustrations clearly evident ahead of yet another unrealised deadline, with News Limited, publishers of The Australian, having indicated it hoped to have relinquished its interest in the game by April 30.

The two issues holding up proceedings involve the Queensland Rugby League's insistence that its sovereignty over rugby league in that state be enshrined, while News Limited is yet to provide a commitment that it will not start a Super-League style venture in direct competition with the NRL.

“It is a matter of considerable concern to the chairmen that the formation of the Independent Commission, designed to free rugby league once and for all of vested interests, is being delayed by such issues,” the statement issued by the chairmen said.

“The NRL clubs call on the ARL and News Limited to finalise all outstanding agreements to allow the formation of the Independent Commission within the next seven days for the benefit of everyone in the game, and to respect the time frames for the formation of the commission, which they, themselves, have set.”

No doubt heightening the clubs' call for urgency was the AFL securing a stunning $1.235 broadcast rights agreement today, with the NRL set to begin its negotiations on a new deal as soon as the independent commission is established.

Central to any new television deal is a decision on possible expansion, which would affect the NRL's position at the bargaining table.

“The formation of the Independent Commission has always been of fundamental importance to the future of the game,” the chairmen's statement said.

“With the commencement of negotiations for the new media rights deal now overdue, with the AFL apparently having now negotiated a lucrative media rights deal, and with the licences of all NRL clubs expiring at the end of this season, the immediate formation of the Independent Commission has now become critical.”

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/sport/nrl-clubs-anxious-for-commission-to-be-operational/story-e6frg7mf-1226047081435

NRL player brains used in study

Nick Walshaw From: The Daily Telegraph April 30, 2011

SOME of rugby league's biggest names - including the Immortals - will be asked to donate their brains in death as part of a revolutionary study on the effects of concussion in the NRL.
The Daily Telegraph can reveal America's Sports Legacy Institute, operating out of Boston University, has employed two Australian researchers to specifically study Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy in league players.

The extraordinary move comes following revelations former North Queensland prop Shaun Valentine - who suffers regular episodes of dizziness, vomiting and nausea - is among a group of NRL retirees now fearing years of head knocks have affected their long-term wellbeing.

Institute president Chris Nowinski is arranging to interview Valentine and hopes the Townsville landscaper will become the first leaguie to donate his grey matter to a "bank" of more than 1000 brains - which already includes American boxers, footballers, wrestlers and ice hockey players.


Nowinski is himself a former WWE superstar, and Harvard graduate, who was forced into retirement after repeated concussions.

"Right now we have a huge problem that needs solving," Nowinski says. "And it's not just an American problem; it belongs to Australia, New Zealand, to athletes competing in contact sports right around the world.

"We've already diagnosed CTE in NFL players, ice hockey players, wrestlers. But when it comes to rugby league, who knows? We haven't got any brains in our bank and no league players on our registry. It's something we intend to rectify."

CTE is a disease that can only be discovered, and therefore studied, post mortem. Causing the degeneration of brain tissue, symptoms include depression, aggression and extremely advanced Alzheimer's.

It's why Nowinski and his team are building a number of brain banks with the permission of former superstar athletes or their immediate families. Among the more recent pledges is boxer Micky Ward, whose rise to fame has been made into hit film The Fighter.

It's understood the Australian researchers will try to speak with some of the game's biggest names, including Immortals Wally Lewis, Johnny Raper and Bob Fulton.

However, they are also keen to establish a hotline for all footballers - from both the bush and big time - who fear repeatedly having their "bell rung" may now be causing serious problems in retirement.

Asked about the idea of footballers donating to a brain bank, Rugby League Players Association chief David Garnsey said he would first like to consult the progress of research already being conducted by leading Sydney neurosurgeon Dr Richard Parkinson - the man who saved the career of Rabbitoh Ben Ross.

Dr Parkinson, who is currently working in the US, is halfway through a two-year study into the impact of head and spinal injuries in the code.

"Which isn't to say I'm going to discourage other experts, be they from Australia or overseas, looking into the subject," Garnsey said.

"The RLPA is extremely concerned about the welfare of its players and head injury plays a big role in that.

"But when it comes to the sort of decision you're talking about, I think it really comes down to a player's personal choice."

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/dead-nrl-player-brains-used-in-study/story-e6frexnr-1226047180304