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PostPosted: Sat May 02, 2009 11:13 am 
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winning like never before. decoys. mouse traps. chicken wings. lollie pops. shepperds. the crusher. grapples. big league. In 1935 The Dragon Slayers as they were known defeated Canterbury bulldogs 91-6, which is still the biggest win in the Club's History. In 1907, the St George district had a club in the Sydney rugby union competition. Interestingly, the team's area was referred to as the 'Illawarra suburbs'. A resolution to form a St George rugby league club was made at a local meeting held in early 1908, but the movement faltered and collapsed. St George, wearing the district colours of red and white, played in the NSWRL's Third Grade competition in 1910, and formed a President's Cup team in 1911. References were found at the time to district teams being called 'The Saints'.the perfect 11

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PostPosted: Sat May 02, 2009 11:22 am 
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tim791 wrote:143k and 102k, isn't that quite large for a 'town' ?

I'd say so, IMO they should be cities, but you can't deny that Townsville is a town.

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saint mully wrote:Thought Cas was only around 40k unless that includes surrounding areas too


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Alice's Phallus wrote:The Castleford ground could not hold the 13,000 odd locals that you must fantasize as attending every week.


But the population is only bout 40K and our average attendance is 8K so 20% is about right.

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i think alice needs an abacus

Quinns V Catalan

Celtic V Catalan

Celtic V Quinns

Quinns V Catalan

Lets do the average of these games and then do an average of

Cas V Wakey

Wakey V Cas



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Mutts wrote:i think alice needs an abacus

Quinns V Catalan

Celtic V Catalan

Celtic V Quinns

Quinns V Catalan

Lets do the average of these games and then do an average of

Cas V Wakey

Wakey V Cas



Dear sir you would need to take a four year polytechnic course to obtain Sh/t for brains

I dont understand why that has anything to do with it? :S






In a debate about why the CC final isnt in HD.

Gazemous wrote:Northerners can't afford HD, what's the point?


TheBigFella wrote:Im a Northerner and Ive got HD. C0ck. We could also probably buy 3 to 4 houses for what you would pay for 1, doesnt that tell you something.


Big Graeme wrote:No one wants to live near you?

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PostPosted: Sat May 02, 2009 11:49 am 
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~ No1 Saints Fan ~ wrote:I'd say so, IMO they should be cities, but you can't deny that Townsville is a town.

Why is Townsville a town?






In a debate about why the CC final isnt in HD.

Gazemous wrote:Northerners can't afford HD, what's the point?


TheBigFella wrote:Im a Northerner and Ive got HD. C0ck. We could also probably buy 3 to 4 houses for what you would pay for 1, doesnt that tell you something.


Big Graeme wrote:No one wants to live near you?

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Paddock Punter wrote:I did enjoy asking Bill Arthur at half time as he was walking past a long string of cables which one I could pull out so I could f**k their weekend up as well.

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Alice's Phallus wrote:I was refering to percentage of local town population who attend.
Of course the attendance will include visitors -- more from clubs that are nearby.

The best way to determine the percentage of the local town population who attend games is to average the attendance at Les Catalans and Harlequins matches each year, because they each bring less than 100 fans.

If I am not mistaken these teams result in a crowd of around 6,500.


I'm not totally convinced that averaging the attendance at two of the least attractive fixtures is "the best way".

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Hull 13,000
Rovers 9,000

22,000 out of a population of around 250,000 so somewhere around the 8/9% mark. For a reasonably big city and a sport competing with premier league football that is very good imo.

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Alice's Phallus wrote:As measured by percentage of the local town population who regularly show up for home games:

1. Castleford, UK (pop. 67,000) around 10%
1. Townsville, Australia. (pop 143,00) around 10%
3. [b]Perpignan,[/b] France (pop. 102,000) around 8%

Of course Port Moresby, PNG would win easily if it had a big enough stadium, which it clearly does not.


What competition do they play in ? Alber , I mean Alice :wink:






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