Opinion: Why are NRL clubs receiving government hand-outs? | peter_fitz
“Great!” I thought. New broadcasting deal? New sponsorship? Private equity deal? Ummm, no.
“The state government will spend $113m to support the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, St George Illawarra Dragons and Parramatta Eels in delivering three new centres of excellence to find and develop future male and female NRL and NRLW players . . .”One more time for the dummies.
Just before the game, the BBC World Service revealed an extraordinary thing. No fewer than 13 Peruvian “shamans” – communers with the spirit world – had conducted a ceremony on a hillside in Lima which revolved around portraits of both the Peruvian and Australian teams. While the Peruvian team’s photo was bedecked in garlands of flowers, the images of our blokes got poked with swords while one shaman “blew a traditional wind instrument known as a pututo or caracola”.
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