What comes first death or immortality?
I'm totally confused.....
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I'm totally confused.....
Terry Zarsoff
First Grader
Just mix them up. That will really do your head in.
wedgetail eagle
Bencher
I'd buy RLW in the 70s when it was in newspaper form.
I wasn't very interested in school but I'd read RLW cover to cover.
I wasn't very interested in school but I'd read RLW cover to cover.
Wombat Legacy
Bencher
Oh yeah, just wait... a QLD free for all on the way
wedgetail eagle
Bencher
Yes, confusing.
I recall Ray Warren referring to a player as a, living Immortal.
We need @Terry Zarsoff to unravel that one. He's the nominated go to man on immortality.
PONTIAN SEA EAGLE
Bencher
I still have the rlw grand final issues of 08 & 11.
RLW was dead once it changed from being a newspaper that came out on Fridays with all the news from the week and match previews.
It became a magazine with too much emphasis on match reviews and silly snippets by Tony Adams' using stupid non de plumes.
The real death knell was giving the likes of Florimo, Kimmorely and Gasnier 10/10 ratings putting them along side Terry Randall. Think about this one a moment if you will.
Sign of he times I guess.
It became a magazine with too much emphasis on match reviews and silly snippets by Tony Adams' using stupid non de plumes.
The real death knell was giving the likes of Florimo, Kimmorely and Gasnier 10/10 ratings putting them along side Terry Randall. Think about this one a moment if you will.
Sign of he times I guess.
Terry Zarsoff
First Grader
And I'm guessing that the start of the rot would've been when they started employing ' funky ' editors and not hard nosed league men like pinky Prenter and Headsy.
Anyway I have the first copy and I'll have the last and quite a few in between.
It's funny cause I only just started buying it again.
This magazine was once part of my life . As a 9 yo living in sydney i used to collect coke bottles in Order to earn the 25 cents for it each week. When we moved to adelaide in my teens i had a standing order at a local newsagent where it arrived on saturday. As i grew older and moved to brisbane weds mornings in the eighties and nineties were a highlight. Brekky with rlw and had to wait until i got home to read the rest. i couldnt wait. Loved it
Then tony durkin become editor, the publication went down hill. I tried for a while but pretty much only got it for plane trips or if home sick
Havnt read it now for well over a decade, probably 2 . While digital probably ended its life, durkin killed it for me.
Then tony durkin become editor, the publication went down hill. I tried for a while but pretty much only got it for plane trips or if home sick
Havnt read it now for well over a decade, probably 2 . While digital probably ended its life, durkin killed it for me.
Real Deal
Reserve Grader
The Mayor of Simpleton no less.
Umm...
I've actually never read one...ever!
But before you send the village mob.... I've never seen E.T (the movie) either.
Ok, pitchforks and torches.
I've actually never read one...ever!
But before you send the village mob.... I've never seen E.T (the movie) either.
Ok, pitchforks and torches.
Real Deal
Reserve Grader
Used to buy Big League in the late 70s during my teenage obsession with the Sea Eagles. I recently rediscovered my Sea Eagles scrapbook from those days in a box in my garage. Still had lots of articles cut out from RLW. I have copies from 08 and 11 tucked away that celebrate our GF victory. Sad that it has gone but i haven't bought it for years. I used to buy about 6-8 magazines a fortnight in the early 80s. Big League, Auto Action and Racing Car News (for petrol heads), Rolling Stone, RAM and Juke for local and international music. Now i don't buy any. The internet has killed some of them, but I guess I have also grown older and have moved on a bit. Still sad that an iconic magazine should fold.
Or some suck up choice equally as ridiculous.
That'll be the final escape hatch from the game I've loved all my life.
Terry Zarsoff
First Grader
An early entrant in the now annual Foreskin Face Stakes at Warwick Farm.
Right....... I'm lighting and sharpening as I write.
I'll let you off the hook if you tell me you've seen......
Bull Durham !!
All of us are "potential" immortals, it's death that sorts the pretenders out.
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| 2 | Storm | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 78 | 12 |
| 3 | Raiders | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 58 | 12 |
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| 6 | Cowboys | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | -10 | 10 |
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| 12 | Dolphins | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 6 |
| 13 | Roosters | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -52 | 6 |
| 14 | Titans | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -68 | 6 |
| 15 | Knights | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -74 | 6 |
| 16 | Eels | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -107 | 6 |
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