NRL 2023 + Internationals
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So magic round almost here, well it will be magic if the pitch holds up for greater than a day, looked terrible even after one game last week.
Warriors relying on an exception to field CNK, supposedly should have not been able to play for one more day, but somehow we have. Panthers probably still too good, but we have a better shot with CNK and Tohu back than without. SJ again looked good last week on a losing side, can another halfback outplay Cleary for two weeks running? Why do I get the feeling Luai and Walker will get in a fight?
Raiders to have back to back wins courtesy of Bulldogs injury list, Ricky will still lose it over something. Broncos to resume winning ways over Manly. Sharks to beat Dolphins with Nico putting on a show. Rabbits to beat the Storm with their left edge starting to click. Tigers to officially have Hook cooked. Roosters to smash the underwhelming Cowboys and the Eels spine to end the Titans run.
Highlight for me this week is that apparently Brenko Lee has failed his fitness test so it means Valance Te Whare will make his NRL debut for the Phins. Probably one of the better union talents (from Chiefs region) that got away from all accounts. He weighs about 108 kg and plays centre if you have not heard of him. @Bovidae might keep an eye out for this one
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@bayimports I had assumed Te Whare had already played a game for the Dolphins. He is quick for his size. Ex-St Paul's Collegiate and played a handful of games for Waikato.
@Bovidae he has played a few games in pre-season but not in the NRL yet. I expect if he plays anywhere near his potential I suspect he keeps his position in first grade.
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Magic Round and already i hate it
rolling in from touch (or more specifically post-touch beers) in to the 8pm kick off every thursday is almost my highlight of the week. but noooo, no footy tonight.
Field is a huge concern. good luck to the Titans and the Eels on Sunday night
agree with all your tips. We're going to get flogged unless a miracle happens and it rains.
Souths are genuinely scary at the moment, and if i was an NSW selector i would roll the dice and pick Latrell at the back. He's deadset the most fun guy in the comp to watch play footy.
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Magic Round and already i hate it
rolling in from touch (or more specifically post-touch beers) in to the 8pm kick off every thursday is almost my highlight of the week. but noooo, no footy tonight.
Field is a huge concern. good luck to the Titans and the Eels on Sunday night
agree with all your tips. We're going to get flogged unless a miracle happens and it rains.
Souths are genuinely scary at the moment, and if i was an NSW selector i would roll the dice and pick Latrell at the back. He's deadset the most fun guy in the comp to watch play footy.
@mariner4life yeah no games tonight is also something I am not going to enjoy even without touch, but maybe a few post work beers..
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@mariner4life said in NRL 2023:
I haven't seen the game but two tries on debut for Valynce Te Whare.
One was good, one was basic
But he played fucking good. Classic looking guy too. 18 or 35? Fit or fat? Who fucken knows?
Looks like he always has for Waikato and Chiefs Development. Just watched the match and enjoyed his interview afterwards. The attention to him from the commentators and the forum after is amazing. New cult hero they say. Calling him Val Meninga. They showed him doing a solo haka to the crowd after the match. It looked amazing. What a way to win fans. And only playing league for a year...
Great win by Dolphins.
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@mariner4life said in NRL 2023:
I haven't seen the game but two tries on debut for Valynce Te Whare.
One was good, one was basic
But he played fucking good. Classic looking guy too. 18 or 35? Fit or fat? Who fucken knows?
Looks like he always has for Waikato and Chiefs Development. Just watched the match and enjoyed his interview afterwards. The attention to him from the commentators and the forum after is amazing. New cult hero they say. Calling him Val Meninga. They showed him doing a solo haka to the crowd after the match. It looked amazing. What a way to win fans. And only playing league for a year...
Great win by Dolphins.
@ARHS they fucking smashed a good team. Great win.
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@ARHS they fucking smashed a good team. Great win.
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This is a cliche and it's shit how we fall back on this but
The warriors got fucking screwed today. That ginger fuck and the bunker fucked them
The first panthers challenge was on something that wasn't called, they committed a deliberate penalty to review, and were allowed to get away with it
The hip drop sin bin wasn't a hip drop
The high shot that hit Harris in the jaw didn't even get a Penalty
The fight sin bin was based on nothingWe.got hard fucked sans lube
If they want us out of the comp so there is no bye just fucking tell us
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@booboo Yup, they'd be unbeaten if it wasn't for the refs.
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@mariner4life said in NRL 2023:
I haven't seen the game but two tries on debut for Valynce Te Whare.
One was good, one was basic
But he played fucking good. Classic looking guy too. 18 or 35? Fit or fat? Who fucken knows?
Looks like he always has for Waikato and Chiefs Development. Just watched the match and enjoyed his interview afterwards. The attention to him from the commentators and the forum after is amazing. New cult hero they say. Calling him Val Meninga. They showed him doing a solo haka to the crowd after the match. It looked amazing. What a way to win fans. And only playing league for a year...
Great win by Dolphins.
@mariner4life said in NRL 2023:
I haven't seen the game but two tries on debut for Valynce Te Whare.
One was good, one was basic
But he played fucking good. Classic looking guy too. 18 or 35? Fit or fat? Who fucken knows?
Looks like he always has for Waikato and Chiefs Development. Just watched the match and enjoyed his interview afterwards. The attention to him from the commentators and the forum after is amazing. New cult hero they say. Calling him Val Meninga. They showed him doing a solo haka to the crowd after the match. It looked amazing. What a way to win fans. And only playing league for a year...
Great win by Dolphins.
On a league forum I frequent they are hailing him as the second coming, they also talk about how rugby is a crap game and easy all the time so don't like it when you point out to them he was playing 3rd division semi pro rugby before switching to league.
It is funny. Although I don't know what is more overhyped this weekend, the Coronation or Magic Round.
Anyway to the actual games.
@mariner4life said in NRL 2023:
The warriors got fucking screwed today. That ginger fuck and the bunker fucked them
Yep, it's back to the bad old days. Such utter bullshit. Was planning to go to the Bulldogs game next week but am really wondering what's the point (and it's at Homebush).
Good to see my second team the Dolphins notch up another W.
Good win to Souths, Mitchell really has the full package of skills, his short kicks were class.
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@mariner4life said in NRL 2023:
I haven't seen the game but two tries on debut for Valynce Te Whare.
One was good, one was basic
But he played fucking good. Classic looking guy too. 18 or 35? Fit or fat? Who fucken knows?
Looks like he always has for Waikato and Chiefs Development. Just watched the match and enjoyed his interview afterwards. The attention to him from the commentators and the forum after is amazing. New cult hero they say. Calling him Val Meninga. They showed him doing a solo haka to the crowd after the match. It looked amazing. What a way to win fans. And only playing league for a year...
Great win by Dolphins.
On a league forum I frequent they are hailing him as the second coming, they also talk about how rugby is a crap game and easy all the time so don't like it when you point out to them he was playing 3rd division semi pro rugby before switching to league.
It is funny. Although I don't know what is more overhyped this weekend, the Coronation or Magic Round.
Anyway to the actual games.
@mariner4life said in NRL 2023:
The warriors got fucking screwed today. That ginger fuck and the bunker fucked them
Yep, it's back to the bad old days. Such utter bullshit. Was planning to go to the Bulldogs game next week but am really wondering what's the point (and it's at Homebush).
Good to see my second team the Dolphins notch up another W.
Good win to Souths, Mitchell really has the full package of skills, his short kicks were class.
@Nepia 3 missed tackles and 3 ineffective tackles only 10 hit ups means a lot of room for improvement playing at centre for VTW. However his first try certainly showed his strengths. Nice guy who will be a cult hero regardless so good on him. I don't think anyone would have also picked the Phins to go 30 up against the Sharks either.
Warriors didn't play well with the ball they had and also didn't get any luck from the refs. The so called striking action was the most laughable call. Interestingly if Curran hadn't reacted we probably could have challenged and won as on the replay it looked like the ball didn't hit a panthers player before going backwards, instead we go a man down again for another 10 minutes.
Still any team that plays without their wingers and twice with 12 men and stays only 8 points behind Panthers for that long deserves credit. That was a tough effort to hold in there for that long.
We do need players back and fast, between injuries and dodgy suspensions its tough for that group to hold in there.
L Mitchell is playing on a cheat code this year..while he is fit Souths look tough to beat.
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Aside from the Warriors having a descent season despite their recent form, Kiwis are doing really well throughout the NRL. Not sure on the exact figures, I have heard that there are somewhere around 30-40% of players who are Kiwis. There has been a lot of talk about a big centre Te Whare debuting for the Dolphins.
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Aside from the Warriors having a descent season despite their recent form, Kiwis are doing really well throughout the NRL. Not sure on the exact figures, I have heard that there are somewhere around 30-40% of players who are Kiwis. There has been a lot of talk about a big centre Te Whare debuting for the Dolphins.
Aside from the Warriors having a descent season despite their recent form, Kiwis are doing really well throughout the NRL. Not sure on the exact figures, I have heard that there are somewhere around 30-40% of players who are Kiwis. There has been a lot of talk about a big centre Te Whare debuting for the Dolphins.
I am sceptical about that number of Kiwis in the NRL. I often look up players on Wiki etc when they catch my eye and it seems more than ever that players are either Australian or Pacific Island born rather than NZ born.
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Aside from the Warriors having a descent season despite their recent form, Kiwis are doing really well throughout the NRL. Not sure on the exact figures, I have heard that there are somewhere around 30-40% of players who are Kiwis. There has been a lot of talk about a big centre Te Whare debuting for the Dolphins.
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@Nepia 3 missed tackles and 3 ineffective tackles only 10 hit ups means a lot of room for improvement playing at centre for VTW. However his first try certainly showed his strengths. Nice guy who will be a cult hero regardless so good on him. I don't think anyone would have also picked the Phins to go 30 up against the Sharks either.
Warriors didn't play well with the ball they had and also didn't get any luck from the refs. The so called striking action was the most laughable call. Interestingly if Curran hadn't reacted we probably could have challenged and won as on the replay it looked like the ball didn't hit a panthers player before going backwards, instead we go a man down again for another 10 minutes.
Still any team that plays without their wingers and twice with 12 men and stays only 8 points behind Panthers for that long deserves credit. That was a tough effort to hold in there for that long.
We do need players back and fast, between injuries and dodgy suspensions its tough for that group to hold in there.
L Mitchell is playing on a cheat code this year..while he is fit Souths look tough to beat.
@bayimports said in NRL 2023:
@Nepia 3 missed tackles and 3 ineffective tackles only 10 hit ups means a lot of room for improvement playing at centre for VTW. However his first try certainly showed his strengths. Nice guy who will be a cult hero regardless so good on him. I don't think anyone would have also picked the Phins to go 30 up against the Sharks either.
Warriors didn't play well with the ball they had and also didn't get any luck from the refs. The so called striking action was the most laughable call. Interestingly if Curran hadn't reacted we probably could have challenged and won as on the replay it looked like the ball didn't hit a panthers player before going backwards, instead we go a man down again for another 10 minutes.
Still any team that plays without their wingers and twice with 12 men and stays only 8 points behind Panthers for that long deserves credit. That was a tough effort to hold in there for that long.
We do need players back and fast, between injuries and dodgy suspensions its tough for that group to hold in there.
L Mitchell is playing on a cheat code this year..while he is fit Souths look tough to beat.
Did you watch the Dolphins doco? I was watching it and wondering why they were focusing so much on a fat grounds keeper until I clicked it was Te Whare. I was surprised they chucked him in at centre, all the highlights I've watched of him on YT he's been on the wing.
I don't think he'll be a cult hero on the anti fat Fern.
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Aside from the Warriors having a descent season despite their recent form, Kiwis are doing really well throughout the NRL. Not sure on the exact figures, I have heard that there are somewhere around 30-40% of players who are Kiwis. There has been a lot of talk about a big centre Te Whare debuting for the Dolphins.
I am sceptical about that number of Kiwis in the NRL. I often look up players on Wiki etc when they catch my eye and it seems more than ever that players are either Australian or Pacific Island born rather than NZ born.
@Crazy-Horse It does change from year to year and when you include the lower grades it bumps it up. It is a fairly significant number. The Dolphins are probably fielding the most Kiwis outside the Warriors.
