NRL 2021
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This won't please some people, but the Warriors have signed Matt Lodge.
The positive part is the Broncos will pay a significant portion of the contract for the next 2 and a half years.
News Corp understands the Broncos will pay up to $1 million of Lodge’s salary over the coming years.
ha ha
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While I don't agree with signing him on grounds that do not relate to playing, he is actually a decent prop. Although we were not in massive trouble in this position, definitely useful in the rotation and with the broncos still paying for most of it, could be useful. I also imagine since he and TPJ were both were on the outer, both would want a change of culture for their own headspace. Lets see, could be playing against the sharks..
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@bayimports said in NRL 2021:
While I don't agree with signing him on grounds that do not relate to playing, he is actually a decent prop. Although we were not in massive trouble in this position, definitely useful in the rotation and with the broncos still paying for most of it, could be useful. I also imagine since he and TPJ were both were on the outer, both would want a change of culture for their own headspace. Lets see, could be playing against the sharks..
As a player, he's not bad. He's averaging 129 metres and 25 tackles. He's also first among all props for tackle busts and 2nd for offloads. Over the last 4 games, he's averaged 162m.
I don't think he'll be too much trouble initially, because he's the new kid and won't want to rock the boat. We'll see how it goes from next year and beyond though.
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He's played okay this year.
If I put aside has shady off field shit, he's been a vocal agitator at Brisbane. How is it going to go when he's a rotation guy at the Warriors?
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@bayimports said in NRL 2021:
While I don't agree with signing him on grounds that do not relate to playing, he is actually a decent prop. Although we were not in massive trouble in this position, definitely useful in the rotation and with the broncos still paying for most of it, could be useful. I also imagine since he and TPJ were both were on the outer, both would want a change of culture for their own headspace. Lets see, could be playing against the sharks..
As a player, he's not bad. He's averaging 129 metres and 25 tackles. He's also first among all props for tackle busts and 2nd for offloads. Over the last 4 games, he's averaged 162m.
I don't think he'll be too much trouble initially, because he's the new kid and won't want to rock the boat. We'll see how it goes from next year and beyond though.
he has also been playing 55-75 minutes last four weeks which is a lot for a prop, it could really help in our rotations
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@donsteppa said in NRL 2021:
Melbourne seeing off the new ball attack of the Roosters with ease. 30/0 after the first half hour.
Perfect description. They were under the pump and then a first tackle kick try and it's been brutal since then.
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@mariner4life I'd like to think that players like Harris will pull him into line.
The warriors get a lot of stick for their "culture". But to be honest over the last few years we seem to be one of the best teams to keep out of the trouble off the pitch. So long as you don't include international drug rings..
Since RTS was made captain the team has been consistent with their completion, more complete and although they generally aren't there at the business end, there's nothing really too bad about the team. Just need a consistent halves paring and once we've sorted out the pack, Fonua-Blake at full health, Harris and now lodge make for a pretty strong back bone.
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This won't please some people, but the Warriors have signed Matt Lodge.
The positive part is the Broncos will pay a significant portion of the contract for the next 2 and a half years.
yup I know at least a handful of mates including myself who will be jumping off the 'this is our year' wagon. As someone who sold AB's vs Canada world cup tickets after living in Canada the year before and showing friends from there around NZ during the cup to then tell them sorry boys im off to sydney....to literally posting a status 'fucking warriors' every game we lost for a few years...I am now off.
Will likely stop watching league now.
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@magpie_in_aus said in NRL 2021:
This won't please some people, but the Warriors have signed Matt Lodge.
The positive part is the Broncos will pay a significant portion of the contract for the next 2 and a half years.
yup I know at least a handful of mates including myself who will be jumping off the 'this is our year' wagon. As someone who sold AB's vs Canada world cup tickets after living in Canada the year before and showing friends from there around NZ during the cup to then tell them sorry boys im off to sydney....to literally posting a status 'fucking warriors' every game we lost for a few years...I am now off.
Will likely stop watching league now.
I promise, it will be our year. Really promise.
Just keep Lodge away from Souff Orkland and hopefully he will come right.
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jesus, Melbourne are bloody good. They toyed with the Roosters last night. Nilled them, could have scored 60+ if they really want.
They have a lot of shapes and moves that look like touch. I wonder if they are just as good if you can find a way of getting them in to the grind? Oh yeah, they are also the best wrestling team in the comp.
Did you see Olam iron out Walker? Fuuuuuuck that would have hurt anyone, let alone a 65kg 18 year old.
Yes the Roosters are down on troops, but they were destroyed last night. Same as Origin, same as half the games every weekend. Once a team is on top it's enormously hard to stop them. And if they have pace to back it up it's all over. I think this offseason is going to see a lot of players running a lot of kms to build bigger tanks.
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With the recent Sullivan family and friends addition I might jump on the Melbourne bandwagon, they have my favourite league player of recent years (Jesse Bromwich) and tend to cycle through NZers fairly frequently. Plus Cam Smith and Billy Slater are both gone - awesome players but I don't ever want to be supporting them.
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@nepia you are fucking shameless
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@mariner4life said in NRL 2021:
@nepia you are fucking shameless
I put my line in the sand quite clearly and the Warriors ignored me. In fact they did more than ignore me, they spat in my face.
If Judas Taumalolo wasn't with the Cowboys I might have jumped on your wagon - but I like to hold my grudges for as long as possible. Funnily enough Sydney teams never appeal to me even though they're most accessible.
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@nepia I've always hated Manly, even when they had a few Kiwis in their team in the 1990s.
Oh they were my favourite team for a while back then because of their Kiwi players. Couldn't support them now though. My mate does as he's lived a good chunk of his adulthood in Manly and lives above Brookvale.
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