derby fever hits NRL. : Wed Mar 25, 2009 7:46 am  

saints vs sharks at Kogarah on sunday, hopefully the weather is good.

trent barrett returns in the role of judas.

i asked a friend whose a saints fan do you think people will accept barrett on the weekend.

the answer if hed gone to any other club maybe, but to go to sharks shows extreme disrespect.

: Wed Mar 25, 2009 9:48 am  

http://www.leaguehq.com.au/news/news/ba ... 30577.html fans booing barrett at kogarah. nothing changed then

http://www.leaguehq.com.au/news/news/ba ... 30577.html fans booing barrett at kogarah. nothing changed then

: Sun Mar 29, 2009 6:13 am  

about time we got the points

: Sun Mar 29, 2009 6:35 am  

great crowd 20,847

and the new grand stand is brilliant.

saints couldve been better though.

: Tue Mar 31, 2009 11:30 am  

out of interest who is regarded as the biggest derby in the NRL? is it souths and the roosters or somebody else?

: Tue Mar 31, 2009 9:23 pm  

In terms of atmosphere and crowd it would probably be Cowboys-Broncos,or Titans-Broncos,the Queenslanders seem far more passionate for some reason,although you wont get a derby atmosphere like Saints v Wigan in England.

: Tue Mar 31, 2009 9:30 pm  

bill wrote:

In terms of atmosphere and crowd it would probably be Cowboys-Broncos,or Titans-Broncos,the Queenslanders seem far more passionate for some reason,although you wont get a derby atmosphere like Saints v Wigan in England.

I was at the first Titans v Broncos derby 2 years ago at Suncorp - very noisy and very enjoyable - apart from the nobhead a few rows back

: Wed Apr 01, 2009 1:45 am  

Arent the Saints and the Dogs pretty big rivals?

: Wed Apr 01, 2009 2:25 am  

Hollywood Harrigan wrote:

Arent the Saints and the Dogs pretty big rivals?

they can be, but it really only is when the teams are doing well.

youve got Saints and dogs for a number of reasons.

saints and souths used to be but souths poor form for years has killed it.

souths and tigers because of the 1909 and 1969 grand finals.

roosters and souths especially recently.

dogs and roosters is a big one now because of the 2002 grand final when the dogs were kicked out roosters won, and dogs said they didnt deserve it.

then dogs beat them in 2004 GF and then the roosters signed all their players.


parramatta vs manly goes back a ways to the 70 and 80 GF they played against one another and the famous tooheys ad

: Wed Apr 01, 2009 10:06 am  

Now the ground has been upgraded St's need to move back there permenantly.