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**Official** NRL 2009 Thread

Craig

World Traveller
If I were the NRL I would be asking for a please explain from the sercurity company that hire's the sercuirty for the game last night. If they were worth their salt that bloke wouldn't have got very far. Anything less then a life ban would be a joke IMO.
 

99*

International Debutant
If I were the NRL I would be asking for a please explain from the sercurity company that hire's the sercuirty for the game last night. If they were worth their salt that bloke wouldn't have got very far. Anything less then a life ban would be a joke IMO.
Sky news saying he's facing assult charges and is getting a life-time ban from all venues.
 

Blewy

Cricketer Of The Year
If I were the NRL I would be asking for a please explain from the sercurity company that hire's the sercuirty for the game last night. If they were worth their salt that bloke wouldn't have got very far. Anything less then a life ban would be a joke IMO.
The funny thing about him is he is not the type of guy who would do that, everyone who knows him is finding it hard to believe he did it...
 

James90

Cricketer Of The Year
Roosters have got to bounce back this week. I haven't tipped them for months but I think they'll get their act together and dominate in the halves tonight.

Hopefully Willie Mason can hold onto the ball once or twice and make things hard for the defense but I'd be surprised. Still reckon we'll get up. Got $10 on it and used them in LMS.
 

howardj

International Coach
I'll put my NRL cards on the table...

Brisbane will win this comp - no standout Melbourne, no standout Manly this year.

Newcastle will be their biggest threat.
 

Blewy

Cricketer Of The Year
Im the opposite i think this comp is the closest in a long time...

Anyone (apart from the obvious couple) can beat anyone on their day and i wouldnt be naming anyone to win the comp this early in the season...

Brisbane still need to get through Origin...
 

Mister Wright

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Im the opposite i think this comp is the closest in a long time...

Anyone (apart from the obvious couple) can beat anyone on their day and i wouldnt be naming anyone to win the comp this early in the season...

Brisbane still need to get through Origin...
During the Origin period Brisbane usually do quite well, I think they have something like a 70%+ winning percentage. It's the post origin period at the back end of the season that can hurt them. Provided there are no major injuries and we keep most on deck we should still finish top 4.

If our halves stay fit and backline is fine, there really won't be that much participation from the forward pack in Origin this year. Only Thaiday will play all 3 games and Kenny & Parker are possibilities, but I can't see the Origin period being as taxing as usual, especially if there are no major injuries.
 

Burgey

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13 v 12 or not, when a team has several consecutive sets attacking the try line, it is tough to defend against.

I also fail to see how most games are played in the wet. Of our 11 games this season we've only played 2 in true wet conditions. That's less than a 5th of games.

I wouldn't say the Tigers outplayed the Broncos, they certainly did in patches, but to say the conditions weren't a leveler is living in denial.
That's coz all your games on a a balmy Friday night at Suncorp ffs!!!

Broncos are like my twins were at 18 months - get them out of their routune (ie 16 Friday matches in a row) and all hell breaks loose.

They'll still be there or there abouts though. Very close comp this year. Still reckon Saints have a lot of improvement in them attack wise (Bennett doesn't have his teams peaking in May), and Newcastle the dark horses, with Stom beginning to look ominous, pending Origin impact.
 

Smudge

Hall of Fame Member
The funny thing about him is he is not the type of guy who would do that, everyone who knows him is finding it hard to believe he did it...
Must have been a hologram, eh? Probably financed by those evil Broncos...
 

Craig

World Traveller
Must have been a hologram, eh? Probably financed by those evil Broncos...
Well when Wayne Bennent was at the Broncos he did take the occasional back hander from a dodgy mining magnate, so I guess over the years they built up enough cash.
 

Mister Wright

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
That's coz all your games on a a balmy Friday night at Suncorp ffs!!!

Broncos are like my twins were at 18 months - get them out of their routune (ie 16 Friday matches in a row) and all hell breaks loose.

They'll still be there or there abouts though. Very close comp this year. Still reckon Saints have a lot of improvement in them attack wise (Bennett doesn't have his teams peaking in May), and Newcastle the dark horses, with Stom beginning to look ominous, pending Origin impact.
Loving the complaining about the Broncos only playing Friday nights. It's not their fault everyone wants to watch them play.
 

Burgey

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Loving the complaining about the Broncos only playing Friday nights. It's not their fault everyone in Redneck Wonderland wants to watch them play.
Fixed.

Poor old Sharks can't take a trick. Were competitive here (though not really threatening) until that dud call after the little sideline stink led to Saints running away with it. Looking forward to the looming Parra-Sharks blockbuster.
 

Burgey

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Jesus. Melbourne have the Monday hangover tonight. Great effort Inglis there though.

Edit: **** me, he's disallowed it. Can't see the Dogs fans throwing **** over that. Christ I hate that club. Worst outfit in worldwide professional sport.
 
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Redbacks

International Captain
If I were the NRL I would be asking for a please explain from the sercurity company that hire's the sercuirty for the game last night. If they were worth their salt that bloke wouldn't have got very far. Anything less then a life ban would be a joke IMO.
The ref should be questioning his assistant who appeared to deviate well out of the way at the time. He could have knocked the guy out the way possibly.
 

Johnners

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Jesus. Melbourne have the Monday hangover tonight. Great effort Inglis there though.

Edit: **** me, he's disallowed it. Can't see the Dogs fans throwing **** over that. Christ I hate that club. Worst outfit in worldwide professional sport.
Craig Hamilton going nuts at Bill over the radio over basically all of his calls tonight.
 

dontcloseyoureyes

BARNES OUT
Mickey Paea was out for blood after that Gallen incident. Was nothing in it by the looks of it.

Feel sorry for Gallen. Carries that team every week, without him they'd lose by hundreds. See that effort where he nearly carried Dan Hunt over the try line from like 15m out? Was epic.
 

Burgey

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Mickey Paea was out for blood after that Gallen incident. Was nothing in it by the looks of it.

Feel sorry for Gallen. Carries that team every week, without him they'd lose by hundreds. See that effort where he nearly carried Dan Hunt over the try line from like 15m out? Was epic.
Think there was a suggestion of a racial remark by Gallen - nothing else makes sense out of it.
 

chaminda_00

Hall of Fame Member
Loving the complaining about the Broncos only playing Friday nights. It's not their fault everyone wants to watch them play.
The thing is though no one in Sydney want to see them play, they basically have the late Friday night game every week here. Was the main reason why Manly had about 10 weeks of Friday night games in a row last season. So there was atleast one match in Sydney that got some rating. Basically they get the worst TV slot in Sydney and best TV slot in Brisbane. Unless another Queensland side starts to dominate, they will play on Friday night for the next 10 years.
 

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