Famous people seen (or even met) whilst flying or lounging

[astrosly]

Julia Zemiro currently sitting next to me in the QF SYD domestic business class lounge.

 

[Sprucegoose]

Julia Zemiro currently sitting next to me in the QF SYD domestic business class lounge.

who ???

 

[pauly7]

who ???

You could have googled in the time it took to write that

 

[pauly7]

Bob Katter at Townsville Airport in 2017.

I thought he was still stuck somewhere in 1977

 

[Wanderlust_tim]

Gus Gould and Joey Johns at the QF CBR Business lounge just now after the Raiders v Broncos game.

 

[serfty]

Julia Zemiro currently sitting next to me in the QF SYD domestic business class lounge.

who ???

Julia Zemiro - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Pushka]

Gus Gould and Joey Johns at the QF CBR Business lounge just now after the Raiders v Broncos game.

Off to google.

 

[Buzzard]

Off to google.

Me too. Never heard of them.

 

[andye]

Confusingly, Joey is not Mr John's real name
And interesting how one of the Australia's greatest ever players can be almost anonymous in non-League states

 

[Pushka]

Confusingly, Joey is not Mr John's real name
And interesting how one of the Australia's greatest ever players can be almost anonymous in non-League states

If he plays Rugby League then the competition is really limited to a couple of states in the East.

 

[astrosly]

who ???

Sorry about that. A lot of posts are about footballers or other sports people who I have never heard of and unless you follow the sport you just don't know who they are. I assumed an Australian TV celebrity would have a higher profile with the majority of folks.

Me too. Never heard of them.

+1 and case in point.

 

[amaroo]

If he plays Rugby League then the competition is really limited to a couple of states in the East.

Hmm ... there are some rather large chunks of the world playing the game.

 

[drron]

Some of us just aren't into celebs.
On one occasion Charlize Theron walked right in front of me as i was walking to the SYD Flounge.I just thought some blonde bimbo.
Then when ensconced in my chair overlooking the airport mrsdrron went shopping.When she came back she said "do you know who's sitting next to you."No idea.It was Gretel Packer.
But I do know a few footballers and cricketers unlike mrsdrron.Late last year she was flying back from Tassie and on the MEL-Syd sector was the Indian cricket team.Some time later when we were watching the news a picture of Virat Kohli was shown.That's the fellow who was sitting next to me.She had no idea at the time.

 

[Pushka]

Hmm ... there are some rather large chunks of the world playing the game.

Referring to Australia. In terms of chunks northern England, parts of NZ and parts of the Pacific. South Africa - nope. Not convinced.

 

[drron]

Though in a lot more places in the world than AFL.

 

[Pushka]

Though in a lot more places in the world than AFL.

But at least the locals come to the matches. (My smilie option seems to have disappeared. . I had to create this one!)

 

[rock86]

Hmm ... there are some rather large chunks of the world playing the game.

League??? Or are you thinking Union?

 

[amaroo]

League??? Or are you thinking Union?

RL. List of Rugby League International Federation members - Wikipedia

I'm more of a Rugby man myself, but the error you read past, is the standard you accept

 

[Vic]

Well 3 eastern states and 1 territory for league, The majority of the australian population. Plus the far eastern state. Northern England people do actually turn up and watch league.
If we look at Union, they even play that in Adelaide.

Adam Spencer has been at the Sydney Hilton for my last few visits.

 

[rock86]

RL. List of Rugby League International Federation members - Wikipedia

I'm more of a Rugby man myself, but the error you read past, is the standard you accept

While they may list these countries, I'd love to see the registered players which for some reason League never seems to release - it would actually be good if they did so we could see if there is growth worldwide for the code.

Call me cynic, but I'm of the view that the NRL says one thing about growth but really all they're wanting to do is protect their golden goose (SOO) as much as they can, when they really should be poring money into the game to prosper outside the Eastern seaboard.

I follow both codes and also love to watch AFL and envy how well their game has grown in all aspects of participation throughout Australia, but we're kidding ourselves that Union is by far the bigger (and quite quickly growing) version worldwide of the oval ball codes - even if the ARU dropped the ball along time ago in Australia.

But all of these codes absolutely pale in comparison to the 'real' football worldwide anyhow (which has and is growing massively in Australia as well)