Re: Wayne Bennett to return to the Broncos : Mon Jul 28, 2014 2:23 am
roopy wrote:
I can't believe people still have 1980s clichéd views of Newcastle.
The steelworks closed nearly 30 years ago.
It has low unemployment.
High average wages.
Is rated by Lonely Planet in it's top 10 places to visit.
The players all live in a suburb near the city centre that's right on one of the world's great surfing beaches, where a world rated surfing contest happens every year.
Something like 60% of players available to play for NSW come from country areas, mostly either Newcastle or Wollongong, and most of them go back there when they retire, because they love the place.
A hell of a lot of players go to Sydney as young guys and bomb out due to having to live in that armpit of the universe.
It only takes 10 minutes to show players they are wrong if they think Newcastle is still a smokey old steelworks town, because they actually took the steelworks down and sent the scrap off to China some 20 years ago.
Frankly, the area where the players live is pretty similar to the Northern Beaches area in Sydney, and if they are absolutely hanging out to see some dragqueens or the gay mardi gra, Sydney is only 2 1/2 hours away.
The steelworks closed nearly 30 years ago.
It has low unemployment.
High average wages.
Is rated by Lonely Planet in it's top 10 places to visit.
The players all live in a suburb near the city centre that's right on one of the world's great surfing beaches, where a world rated surfing contest happens every year.
Something like 60% of players available to play for NSW come from country areas, mostly either Newcastle or Wollongong, and most of them go back there when they retire, because they love the place.
A hell of a lot of players go to Sydney as young guys and bomb out due to having to live in that armpit of the universe.
It only takes 10 minutes to show players they are wrong if they think Newcastle is still a smokey old steelworks town, because they actually took the steelworks down and sent the scrap off to China some 20 years ago.
Frankly, the area where the players live is pretty similar to the Northern Beaches area in Sydney, and if they are absolutely hanging out to see some dragqueens or the gay mardi gra, Sydney is only 2 1/2 hours away.
Yet no friend wants to live there? Must be the homophobia.