NRL 2018

[Donsteppa]

What were the odds that it’d be the Warriors benefiting from a refereeing howler just short of half time.... !!

[raznomore]

@stockcar86 said in NRL 2018:

Leading at half time by 10. Most unexpected

Totally going to stuff my round of work comp tipping but happy to see some very positive signs. Souths look under done and have yet to really show their hand. Inglis, Gagai, The Burgess brothers and a fit Adam Reynolds aren't going to be out of it for long.

[Gunner]

@donsteppa said in NRL 2018:

What were the odds that it’d be the Warriors benefiting from a refereeing howler just short of half time.... !!

About 50,000/1

The true story about this years version of the Warriors will come out in the 2nd half.
We saw them in front at half time on several occasions last year, just to completely fold in the second.

40 minutes to see if anything has changed.

[Gunner]

How many times will we see Maumalo drop the ball under zero pressure this year?

[Gunner]

Gagai drops a 6 point gift from Johnson.

[Gunner]

Yesss boy.

Maumalo no issues catching that one.

Warriors showing more creativity in the first 50 minutes of this game than they showed the entire 2017 season.

[Nepia]

Tohu an improvement over that other ex Melbourne bloke we used to have whose name I can't remember.

[Nepia]

Hiku you fucking hungus

[Gunner]

@nepia said in NRL 2018:

Tohu an improvement over that other ex Melbourne bloke we used to have whose name I can't remember.

Hoffman.
Actually took me a while to think of his name too.

And yes, you’re right.

[Gunner]

Kata is in.

Wow wow wow, I’m in disbelief.

[Dice]

The bench has been great.

[Virgil]

@gunner said in NRL 2018:

Kata is in.

Wow wow wow, I’m in disbelief.

Mid season revival has come early this year

[Nepia]

Good to see RTS questioning the ref this year.

[Gunner]

Dumb from Kata, giving away a penalty like that after a team warning.

Really fucking dumb.

And Souths are in.

[Donsteppa]

Nice change to see the Warriors looking like an NRL team and Souths looking like, well, the Warriors...

[Nepia]

This has been all over the show, Maulmalo gets an intercept and nearly runs to the Warriors line, then Johnson takes a hit up because what are the forwards doing, then Green kicks a 40/20, then unsurprisingly the Warriors turn it over. Nuts.

[Gunner]

Absolutely love seeing a penalty for backchat, about time you woke up to it NRL.

[raznomore]

I will say it now, I like the energy, the talking, the back slapping and the playing for each other. Have not seen this in years.

Green is exactly the player Johnson needed. He is the structured but creative half we need and allows Johnson roving commission.

[Nepia]

@gunner said in NRL 2018:

Absolutely love seeing a penalty for backchat, about time you woke up to it NRL.

Although we should have got a penalty in the play of the ball for Green being held down considering we copped three of them in a row.

[Gunner]

@raznomore said in NRL 2018:

I will say it now, I like the energy, the talking, the back slapping and the playing for each other. Have not seen this in years.

Green is exactly the player Johnson needed. He is the structured but creative half we need and allows Johnson roving commission.

Also the leadership. After scoring points we’ve seen the Warriors in a tight huddle with the leaders urging the lads to keep focused.

You don’t win the NRL in round 1, but these are some of the more promising signs from the Warriors we’ve had in years.