AMNRL

[goranski]

since most teams are aussie-affiliated i guess i might as well post this here...



anyway i went and saw the fairfax eagles (affiliated with Manly Sea Eagles) play the dc slayers last weekend in reston, virginia - probably was one of about 20-30 curious onlookers, had to leave before the end of the match but i took some pics which i can post later.



I think Fairfax won, they made a big comeback after falling behind to two tries early in the game and pounded the slayers for much of the rest of the 1st half and beginning/middle of the second, both teams looked in real good shape i guess they must have had a good preseason - i know fairfax had a few aussies in their team and dc looked like they had quite a few massive guys, islanders?



it was almost 100 degrees on the day, I was actually quite happy when the field sprinklers turned on right in the middle of the game and doused the players as well as the tiny stand :cheers:

 

[rindy]

lol @ AMNRL

 

[melon]

lol @ AMNRL [/b]

Whats funny about people attempting to help the wonderful game of Rugby League growing in to the world sport that it deserves to be?

 

[hazard]

australia day challenge would of helped aswell

 

[fordage]

i played in the AMNRL for New York lasy summer. its a good comp, bit of a mix of teams, three or four very strong sides then decent mid table and absolute donkeys at the bottom but seems to be a bit of money behind it and the teams take it very seriusly. loads of aussies involved, our team had a guy who'd played scrumhlaf for the tigers in the NRL so there was a good standard there.
its a total minority sport though, makes rugby union look well established in the states by comparison

 

[blocka]

I've been thinking about moving to the US and have been checking out the AMNRL, does anyone know where to get some footage of their games?

 

[candybum]

You needa ban

 

[USA_Rugby]

There are 2 teams in the area. I've been wanting to check them out for a while.

I would love to see the pics though.

 

[tiburon]

I think Jacksonville has some footage either on or linked to their site, some on youtube too.