Riverland Football Chatter

[Baron Greenback]

Why don't the Renmark Murray Pioneer press ever award votes to Leigh Kruger from Loxton. Radio experts had him in best but not Tamara. Not the first time this paper has ignored his performance.

Who says the radio experts are right? Its all opinion at the end of the day and its all subjective. Who cares if the Pioneer give him votes or not - its a team game and surely Loxton getting the two points is all that should matter. I'm sure the Pioneer dont have a rule in the office "dont give Kruger any votes". I was there and i wouldn't have given him votes either. He is a one of the best players in the RFL but is very low profile, looks normal, doesn't where white boots or have a stupid haircut. Slips under the radar and goes about his business with no fanfare. He also doesn't do the spectacular but brings all players around him into the game - this often goes unnoticed.

Great post mate.

[antidog]

Can anyone help?
Were do I go to get the footy scores for the Riverland League?

[the reflex]

http://www.rfl.org.au

http://www.countryfooty.com.au/

[Bum Crack]

Any reports on the weekend that anyone knows of?

[Ron Burgundy]

Craig Burne in Renmarks 2's threw a pretty huge haymaker. Got a couple weeks i think.

And on Leigh Kruger i thought he played a pretty effective game, setting up many plays from across the middle and half back but i probably wouldnt have given him a vote either.

[Slapsy]

Waikerie A grade team manager got a couple of weeks, a fine, and the club may have got fined as well for umpire abuse I think.

[Baron Greenback]

Tips for this week?

Renmark
Barmera
Loxton
Cobdogla
Paringa
Wunkar
Ramco

[DARK KNIGHT]

Waikerie A grade team manager got a couple of weeks, a fine, and the club may have got fined as well for umpire abuse I think.

from what i saw of the game the whole crowd berri & waikerie could have been done for umpire abuse. i think they were even abusing each other . seems to be a hot topic in all football circles at the moment

[silicone skyline]

Waikerie A grade team manager got a couple of weeks, a fine, and the club may have got fined as well for umpire abuse I think.

from what i saw of the game the whole crowd berri & waikerie could have been done for umpire abuse. i think they were even abusing each other . seems to be a hot topic in all football circles at the moment

The whole crowd didn't make it into the umpires rooms after the game.

[Dogwatcher]

Didn't Waikerie win a premiership last season based on a dodgy umpiring decision????

[Bum Crack]

Didn't Waikerie win a premiership last season based on a dodgy umpiring decision????

[Dogwatcher]

How soon people forget.
Swings and roundabouts I say - what you miss on the first one, you get back on the second.

[Ralph Wiggum]

Didn't Waikerie win a premiership last season based on a dodgy umpiring decision????

I seem to remember one Renmark goal early in that game that was clearly a point too, so maybe that was just to even it out.

Waikerie A grade team manager got a couple of weeks, a fine, and the club may have got fined as well for umpire abuse I think.

So has anyone heard what actually happened in this incident?

[antidog]

http://www.rfl.org.au

http://www.countryfooty.com.au/

Thanks

[Dogwatcher]

Didn't Waikerie win a premiership last season based on a dodgy umpiring decision????

I seem to remember one Renmark goal early in that game that was clearly a point too, so maybe that was just to even it out.

As I said, swings and roundabouts

[stun72]

Waikerie A grade team manager got a couple of weeks, a fine, and the club may have got fined as well for umpire abuse I think.

from what i saw of the game the whole crowd berri & waikerie could have been done for umpire abuse. i think they were even abusing each other . seems to be a hot topic in all football circles at the moment

The whole crowd didn't make it into the umpires rooms after the game.

The whole crowd wasn't required to go in to the umpires rooms after the game as the Team Manager is

[Ripdschitlaz]

I didn't think the umpiring was that bad.
Also spoke to a Renmark supporter who thought Kruger was very good.

[Dogwatcher]

Live RFL Broadcasts off to a great start!


The first game of the season is always a big event, but especially so for the Riverland Life FM broadcast team as the time approached to begin. Interviews were organised in advance with team officials and those "in the know", and then it was 2:30 - "You're on-air!".

Thanks to the experienced leadership of Tim Jackson, the broadcast flowed well with all of the essential ingredients in place. Co-commentators Bruce Gehling and Mick Beech were on a steep learning curve as they met the challenge of naming every player on the field instantly when describing the play.

The build-up to this season has been excellent with the combined impetus of the League's centenary year and the return to live radio coverage after an absence of 15 years.

General Manager of Riverland Life FM, Gary Wheatcroft, said "We're very pleased with our first broadcast. A lot of work has gone into it and it felt so good to see it all come together on the day. You could see the question in the faces of some before the coverage started, wondering whether it would actually come off. Such a contrast with after the game - when the same faces were so pleased that it had gone so well.

The live broadcasts of our local football represent a huge investment by Riverland Life FM. Our commitment this year alone will cost us $18,000 - mostly in the purchase of the required equipment.

We are hoping that this season will be a huge step forward for Riverland Life FM in so many ways. One of our key desires is to create a new full-time job at the Station for a Breakfast Announcer. We can't grow unless the people of the Riverland support us - but as they do support us, we are putting it into our community.

We are very grateful to Wayne Burgan at Cashflow Manager for sponsoring Naming Rights of our broadcasts, to three Riverland families who have donated $2,500 between them, and to another 4 families who have provided interest-free loans, to make this coverage possible. These people have all been willing to support a positive development for the Riverland and Northern Mallee.

We would especially like to thank Mick Beech at the RFL for his enthusiastic support of the project. Mick knew immediately that live broadcasts would be a great thing for local football and has been a driver all along.

The whole team is looking forward to this week's game live from Waikerie."

[silicone skyline]

Waikerie A grade team manager got a couple of weeks, a fine, and the club may have got fined as well for umpire abuse I think.

from what i saw of the game the whole crowd berri & waikerie could have been done for umpire abuse. i think they were even abusing each other . seems to be a hot topic in all football circles at the moment

The whole crowd didn't make it into the umpires rooms after the game.

The whole crowd wasn't required to go in to the umpires rooms after the game as the Team Manager is

Haha. What I meant was, when he left the rooms he said something like "I've never been kicked out of there before."

I didn't see or hear what happened after the game but from what I'm told there was rampant abuse at the umpires after the final siren.

So I'm told.

[Baron Greenback]

I've spoken to people from Berri and Waikerie about the umpiring who both thought a certain official was well past his use-by date.
I have to admit I was surprised when I heard he was umpiring A grade on Saturday.