NRL 2023 + Internationals
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Watched press conferences for teams that lost last night. Jason Demetriou for South’s was all class. Didn’t labour ref decisions e.g should Martin Taupau have been sent off?, just talked about the Club coming together to get more consistent performances from the team. Whereas Ricky Stuart was all petulance. Face like a wet sock. Answered about 2 questions, mostly to have a crack at refs and then left abruptly. He seems like just an angry man all the time. Dallin brushed the guys face as he came done on the ball/hands of Kris to get the knock on. Hardly a sure thing.
But he did make some complementary comments about Andrew Webster and success he is having.
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Dallin paid him back by leaving his wing on that 80th minute try to force golden point. So I don't know what he's bitching about
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What's with this game! Sharks absolutely brilliant the last 10-15
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Well unusually things went the Warriors way. Not only did they hold on to win a game they would have historically lost some other results went our way.
Weird weekend in some respects with Newcastle beating Melbourne and the Sharks losing to Manly means we hold third on the ladder...Even the Roosters showed signs of life which although I don't think they make any finals, they could still knock others over including helping us further up the ladder..could even Newcastle sneak into the final eight?
Souths fans still cursing Freddy for not only screwing NSW, but having Latrell injured at his training..they were not the same without him, although apparently a certainty next week though
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Cowboys are flying. Still have to play the top 2, but at least the Broncs at home, and the Panthers i the last round who may be resting players. Still a chance at the top 4 somehow.
Souths could easily win out given their draw
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Cowboys are flying. Still have to play the top 2, but at least the Broncs at home, and the Panthers i the last round who may be resting players. Still a chance at the top 4 somehow.
Souths could easily win out given their draw
@mariner4life Drinkwater absolutely carving it up, will be interesting to see if you can maintain momentum without Nanai for approx 4-6 weeks.
Certainly all teams need some luck with injuries too at this time of year
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The EBA dispute is getting really fucking silly
Obviously talks have completely broken down.
Players stopped talking to the media
Clint Newton is meeting with fucking union bosses in Victoria
And now the players are going to cover the NRL logo, and maybe boycott the Daly M'sNow, i won't side with the governing body over the players pretty much ever, and i am not here either.
But the players are doing a lot of empty shit that most people just do not care about, but also crucially cost them nothing.
You really want to show how committed you are? Go on strike. Actually sacrifice something if you really want to show you support the little guy. -
Thursday night went as per ladder position
The Roosters had a dig but they are levels below the Broncos and were slapped. The scoreline looks bad as it is, let alone if you add the try that was incorrectly taken off Staggs, and the one where the ref made the tackle right in the line.
Storm v Parra tonight is huge for both teams seasons
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Thursday night went as per ladder position
The Roosters had a dig but they are levels below the Broncos and were slapped. The scoreline looks bad as it is, let alone if you add the try that was incorrectly taken off Staggs, and the one where the ref made the tackle right in the line.
Storm v Parra tonight is huge for both teams seasons
@mariner4life Things have gone really stale at the Roosters. They need a bit of a clean out truth be told, with some guys being kept on way too long. Yes, they did have a dig last night, but Brisbane were more than up for it and just ran over the top of them, with Carrigan and Haas constantly punching holes through their defence.
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Huge problems in the spine
Tedesco is cooked
Keary isn't good enough to lead the side
I don't know who the other half is
Cheese is another in the long line of bad big money transfers from Melbourne. He's a shit hooker.They also need good edge forwards, and Radley has regressed. They need a huge roster overhaul.
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Huge problems in the spine
Tedesco is cooked
Keary isn't good enough to lead the side
I don't know who the other half is
Cheese is another in the long line of bad big money transfers from Melbourne. He's a shit hooker.They also need good edge forwards, and Radley has regressed. They need a huge roster overhaul.
@mariner4life said in NRL 2023:
Huge problems in the spine
Tedesco is cooked
Keary isn't good enough to lead the side
I don't know who the other half is
Cheese is another in the long line of bad big money transfers from Melbourne. He's a shit hooker.They also need good edge forwards, and Radley has regressed. They need a huge roster overhaul.
Plenty of space in the salary sombrero.
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The saviour of the Wallabies has been NSW cup level since he signed that deal
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Huge problems in the spine
Tedesco is cooked
Keary isn't good enough to lead the side
I don't know who the other half is
Cheese is another in the long line of bad big money transfers from Melbourne. He's a shit hooker.They also need good edge forwards, and Radley has regressed. They need a huge roster overhaul.
@mariner4life Two other guys that should have been moved on a couple of years ago, Tupou and JWH have somehow managed to get 2 year extensions.
They're still living in 2019, where they had one of the best modern day halves guiding them to back to back premierships. It's gone downhill a bit since he retired, but don't seem to be doing the right things to fix it.
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@mariner4life Two other guys that should have been moved on a couple of years ago, Tupou and JWH have somehow managed to get 2 year extensions.
They're still living in 2019, where they had one of the best modern day halves guiding them to back to back premierships. It's gone downhill a bit since he retired, but don't seem to be doing the right things to fix it.
@African-Monkey said in NRL 2023:
Tupou
lol what? in my mind he's the best winger in the comp, especially for the $400k they are paying him. Makes huge yards from the back, and plays the ball fast, both important traits in the modern NRL. Still the best aerial winger in the comp. And is solid defensively.
For comparison, we are paying Dellin $800k, twice the price. I know which i want.
JWH should be a bench impact player at best. He's good for a dumb fucking penalty every half as he tries to prove how tough he is. Not gonna work Jared, i still remember you absolutely disappearing when Ben Teo decided to take apart your pack one day, and you didn't want a fucking bar of it.
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The dispute between the NRL and the players association is quickly escalating. Clint Newton is a massive piston wristed gibbon. He has been well taught by Australian union leaders. As a whole union movements in Australia have significant form in getting nasty. The best example in NZ was the recent firefighter strike led by Wattie Watson who spent a lot of time in Australia. Their union organisations are really good at pushing narratives. So far they have put the media ban on, covered up the logo. Now there are rumours around changing kick off times to mess with media schedules. From a Warriors perspective this is ghastly for their fans. It would be interesting to see what the level of actual support is across all players. It is likely to get a lot more nasty over the coming weeks.
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@African-Monkey said in NRL 2023:
Tupou
lol what? in my mind he's the best winger in the comp, especially for the $400k they are paying him. Makes huge yards from the back, and plays the ball fast, both important traits in the modern NRL. Still the best aerial winger in the comp. And is solid defensively.
For comparison, we are paying Dellin $800k, twice the price. I know which i want.
JWH should be a bench impact player at best. He's good for a dumb fucking penalty every half as he tries to prove how tough he is. Not gonna work Jared, i still remember you absolutely disappearing when Ben Teo decided to take apart your pack one day, and you didn't want a fucking bar of it.
@mariner4life I did rate him, but I'm the opposite to you haha, I think he's been on the slide in recent years, and I don't believe for a second that he is on 400k haha. Hard to criticise the warriors for paying overs and not really a fair comparison when you have to fill 95% of your salary cap and they struggle to attract players on NZ. It's something I hate about the cap, as it really punishes the weaker sides.
2014 gf qualifier? Yeah Te'o murdered him and the whole Roosters pack that night. JWH has always been a bully, loves to dish it out but then packs a sad when someone doesn't back down to him.
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My new favourite game is spotting which players don't have the tape over the NRL logo. Tonight it is DCE in his 300th game.
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Such a stupid protest. As if anyone watching doesn't know it's the NRL.
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When we do a review of the season, who gets the vote for biggest disappointment? The Roosters or The Sharks? Both teams got flogged this weekend, and Cronulla are a big shout of falling out of the 8 by the end of the year.
Stupid Cowboys only needed to beat the Titans and they would have been 5th!
