Samoan_Booyaa7
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Good oh Gordie...... best of luck to you mate, ur one of the best eva's.
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he was so overrated, a good but not great player before his spinal accident
after he was crap-the reason the broncos have done bugger all at the business end of the season in recent years-too many passengers and players who'd prefer to whinge to the ref than put in for 80 minutes
after he was crap-the reason the broncos have done bugger all at the business end of the season in recent years-too many passengers and players who'd prefer to whinge to the ref than put in for 80 minutes
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I must admit after browsing through this article my thoughts on Tallis' appointment seem vindicated. I could tell that he would provide a very different viewpoint to some of the old heads and at the same time not be afraid to speak his mind.
Also, please, I don't want to turn the following into an argument on whether the Storm should stay or relocate. I believe anything to promote the game in Victoria must be beneficial for the long term survival of the code but I'll leave it at that.
League legend seeks converts
February 18, 2005
Gorden Tallis aims to promote league and recruit for the code in Victoria, writes Stathi Paxinos from Barcaldine.
He was known as the raging bull for his relentless charges. With wildness etched into his features, it was a style that made him one of the best players of the past decade.
But Gorden Tallis, who retired last year after 13 seasons, now faces a new challenge running one of the NRL's development programs - and he seems to have lost none of his uncompromising style.
A couple of months into taking up a list of responsibilities at the NRL, particularly focusing on promoting the game among juniors while co-ordinating the Kids-to-Kangaroos program, Tallis said he would make the challenge of promoting rugby league in Victoria a priority.
The former Brisbane Broncos, Queensland and Australian captain has already taken aim at broadcaster Channel Nine for its lack of coverage of rugby league in Victoria, labelling it a major barrier to spreading the game in the Australian rules heartland.
Tallis, speaking at Barcaldine in central Queensland yesterday, where he was taking part in the NRL's annual regional promotion, said the NRL needed to be more aggressive in pushing its brand in Victoria, through the Melbourne Storm and its most marketable commodity, star full-back Billy Slater.
He could not understand Channel Nine not carrying Storm games live into Victoria - although the Storm's preliminary final loss to eventual premiers Canterbury Bulldogs was an exception last year - and why it relegated state-of-origin clashes between Queensland and NSW to a late night, delayed telecast. Channel Nine did not respond to calls yesterday.
"They could do a lot more. It's as simple as that. They could put their games on live," Tallis said.
"It could be on a Friday night. Why wouldn't they get the Friday night game live and give people a choice . . . put it on at a respectable time and see if people watch it."
"State-of-origin should be beamed in there live. That is one game that could be and it should be. I know you would watch it."
But, unlike many pundits, Tallis, who played Australian rules as a teenager for four years, has not written off Victoria as a rugby league wasteland.
He said league could still gain a foothold in the crowded market, especially with the possibility that rival code, rugby union, could have its impressive progress in the junior ranks stymied following the decision not to award a Super 14 franchise to Melbourne in 2006.
"The codes are very similar . . . if the (rugby union's) juniors fall over and the kids still want to play a rugby game, then there's rugby league down there for them . . . there is probably a window (of opportunity)," Tallis said.
"I'd like to see every kid have a go, Just one game and make up their own minds."
Tallis said rugby league's Victorian expansion could be proclaimed a success when Melbourne-born and bred talent started to appear in the Storm side.
"It's about getting juniors, If we get one extra team or one extra guy playing football in Melbourne every year, one of those is going to come through and be a star," Tallis said.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/League/League-legend-seeks-converts/2005/02/17/1108609346945.html
Also, please, I don't want to turn the following into an argument on whether the Storm should stay or relocate. I believe anything to promote the game in Victoria must be beneficial for the long term survival of the code but I'll leave it at that.
League legend seeks converts
February 18, 2005
Gorden Tallis aims to promote league and recruit for the code in Victoria, writes Stathi Paxinos from Barcaldine.
He was known as the raging bull for his relentless charges. With wildness etched into his features, it was a style that made him one of the best players of the past decade.
But Gorden Tallis, who retired last year after 13 seasons, now faces a new challenge running one of the NRL's development programs - and he seems to have lost none of his uncompromising style.
A couple of months into taking up a list of responsibilities at the NRL, particularly focusing on promoting the game among juniors while co-ordinating the Kids-to-Kangaroos program, Tallis said he would make the challenge of promoting rugby league in Victoria a priority.
The former Brisbane Broncos, Queensland and Australian captain has already taken aim at broadcaster Channel Nine for its lack of coverage of rugby league in Victoria, labelling it a major barrier to spreading the game in the Australian rules heartland.
Tallis, speaking at Barcaldine in central Queensland yesterday, where he was taking part in the NRL's annual regional promotion, said the NRL needed to be more aggressive in pushing its brand in Victoria, through the Melbourne Storm and its most marketable commodity, star full-back Billy Slater.
He could not understand Channel Nine not carrying Storm games live into Victoria - although the Storm's preliminary final loss to eventual premiers Canterbury Bulldogs was an exception last year - and why it relegated state-of-origin clashes between Queensland and NSW to a late night, delayed telecast. Channel Nine did not respond to calls yesterday.
"They could do a lot more. It's as simple as that. They could put their games on live," Tallis said.
"It could be on a Friday night. Why wouldn't they get the Friday night game live and give people a choice . . . put it on at a respectable time and see if people watch it."
"State-of-origin should be beamed in there live. That is one game that could be and it should be. I know you would watch it."
But, unlike many pundits, Tallis, who played Australian rules as a teenager for four years, has not written off Victoria as a rugby league wasteland.
He said league could still gain a foothold in the crowded market, especially with the possibility that rival code, rugby union, could have its impressive progress in the junior ranks stymied following the decision not to award a Super 14 franchise to Melbourne in 2006.
"The codes are very similar . . . if the (rugby union's) juniors fall over and the kids still want to play a rugby game, then there's rugby league down there for them . . . there is probably a window (of opportunity)," Tallis said.
"I'd like to see every kid have a go, Just one game and make up their own minds."
Tallis said rugby league's Victorian expansion could be proclaimed a success when Melbourne-born and bred talent started to appear in the Storm side.
"It's about getting juniors, If we get one extra team or one extra guy playing football in Melbourne every year, one of those is going to come through and be a star," Tallis said.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/League/League-legend-seeks-converts/2005/02/17/1108609346945.html
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