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NRL Grand Final 2009

30 September 2009 by Mike250, No Comments (478 views)
NRL Grand Final 2009

Rugby League Grand Final tickets. Not just any tickets mind you. Corporate Box tickets. Corporate Box tickets with rugby league legend Mark Geyer (MG). Corporate Box tickets with cricket legend Stuart MacGill. Corporate Box tickets with radio and TV personality Gus Worland. With that thoroughly deserved gloat out of the way, I’ll shed some light [...]

50,621

15 September 2007 by Mike250, 3 Comments (709 views)

That was the number of spectators at tonights Semi Final clash between the Parramatta Eels and the Canterbury Bulldogs. The first time these two teams have met in a finals game in about ten years. And yes, I was there. What an atmosphere it was with probably a 70/30 favoured Eels following. This was the [...]

Heart-pounding Friday night

7 September 2007 by Mike250, No Comments (870 views)

My team, Parramatta Eels, finished 5th for the season so our first playoff game was against the Auckland Warriors in New Zealand. They got the home game as they finished 4th and let me tell you the kiwis know how to be a formidable opponent and spectator. The Prime Minister called for a “black out” [...]

Eels make me happy on Fathers Day

3 September 2007 by Mike250, 5 Comments (373 views)

My Fathers Day present was traveling to Parramatta Stadium to watch the Parramatta Eels play the Brisbane Broncos in Sydney. In recent years Brisbane has typically been a much better team than the Dragons, who we lost 6-14 against last week (read it here) so when we were down 6-16 early I was worried. But [...]

Our couch has finally arrived

13 July 2007 by Mike250, 4 Comments (406 views)

Our couch was ordered from Freedom Furniture on June 9th (over 5 weeks ago) and finally arrived today! I have mixed feelings of joy (to sit somewhere) and anger (5 weeks, comon) that I’ve decided it will be the last piece of furniture I buy from these people. The original promised date was June 30th [...]