More so perhaps than the club grand final in September (which enjoys the higher television ratings), the State of Origin has emerged as the great showcase for the game.
But Duerden said Lee's profile was not big enough for a club with grand ambitions.
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The club has grand traditions, a huge following and an awful team.
But Harris returned to rugby league in 2004, joining Bradford, where he helped Noble's side win the 2006 Grand Final and World Club Challenge.
In addition to the massive room expense, the MGM Grand added a new comedy club, Michael Mina restaurant, and what is sure to be a major Vegas attraction, a new five-story combination nightclub and restaurant spin off of London's famed Hakkasan, to debut in May.
The Grand Havana Room, a cigar club that was once the Top of the Sixes restaurant, offered spectacular, 360-degree views of the midtown-Manhattan skyline.
The survey carried out by Beaufort Research found that a quarter of adults under 35 in Wales watched Wales win their third Grand Slam since 2005 in a club or bar, with twice as many men as women watching the game in clubs and bars.
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Sampras could again wreck Henman's hopes of a home victory as he prepares to try and win a record 13th Grand Slam title at the All England Club in three weeks' time.
Having broken Pete Sampras's Grand Slam record at the All England Club last year, Federer is now looking to equal the American's haul of seven Wimbledon titles, but for long periods against left-hander Falla, it looked like his challenge might crumble on day one.
Meanwhile, the Dundrod Motorcycle Club has confirmed that the Ulster Grand Prix Bike Week will continue in 2005.
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He was a non-executive director of Gillingham Football Club and a member of the Grand Order of the Water Rats.
Leeds have won Super League's last three Grand Finals and bid for their third World Club Challenge at Elland Road on 28 February when they face Australian National Rugby league champions Melbourne Storm.
But the St Helens skipper is not Saints' only Grand Finalist involved in his final game for the club.
But the golden era for Leeds continues as they celebrate an unprecedented run of success in Super League, while coach Brian McClennan can now boast back-to-back Grand Final victories in his two years at the club.
From there the field is eventually whittled down to 30 players, who compete in the grand finale, the Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta.
Widdop scored the match-winning try in the club's under-20 side's grand final victory last season.
To many, the Irish skipper has done it all after leading his country to that long-awaited Grand Slam last year, going on to win the top club honour in the game with Leinster's Heineken Cup triumph.
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Here, too, is the famous "The Golfers, " by Charles Lees, depicting the grand match on the Old Course at the Royal and Ancient Golf Club, St.
Manly qualified for the world title match by defeating last year's World Club Challenge finalists Melbourne Storm 40-0 in the NRL Grand Final.
All three players starred in the club's promotion-winning display in the 2007 National League Grand Final at Headingley.
Kempsey Rugby Club centre Kullen Beathe, 23, died after a tackle in a grand final match.
The refreshed club has already undergone some adversity, briefly closing the day after its grand re-opening because of health code violations.
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But state prosecutors said they consider grand jury testimony by four women that Tripp discussed recording the Lewinsky conversations at bridge club meetings and other social gatherings to be first-hand accounts that she engaged in illegal wiretapping.
It is understandable how smaller clubs without the benefit of large season ticket bases, grand stadiums or winning histories could struggle to break even, but how does a club with more league championships than any other football club in the world get to this place?
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But in addition to the testimony from Tripp's bridge club friends, Montanarelli said a Radio Shack manager and sales clerk both told the grand jury that they warned Tripp about Maryland's wiretapping law when they sold her the tape recording equipment.
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On an All Blacks post-Grand Slam tour to Milan, New Zealand wing Joe Rokocoko backed the idea of Italy forming a super club to play in the Magners League and Heineken Cup.
Ecclestone said on Sunday that he would guarantee the British Grand Prix's place on the F1 calendar until 2015 as long as track owners the British Racing Drivers' Club and race promoters Octagon found the funds to finance the improvements he wants.
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