Offical Rugby League Thread

[Kraken]

So, still only 25, where does Cleary rank among the all time halfbacks? 3 Premierships, 2 CC medals, 2 Origin series wins. Guess the only thing missing is a Dally M?

dally m, and really owning an origin series

 

[Burgey]

Lol Fish confirming he and Leota had the ****s with all the talk about Haas and Carrigan in the media. Media never learns. Happened last year to us too

 

[social]

I don’t like Haas at all but he was clearly the best forward on the field with Carrigan not far behind

 

[mr_mister]

Wouldn't swap any of them. Way better than Fifita and the other two and better value than Haas.

Way better than Fifita? He had an insanely good year. Nearly got a try or assist every week as a second row forward while doing plenty of tackles, offloads and hitups(he doesn't slack off from the hard work)

There's a limit to what one gun can do in a team as **** as the Titans.

 

[Coronis]

dally m, and really owning an origin series

Sounds about right. He has had a second and a third in the Dally M, I’m sure its inevitable - I’m sure he and Edwards will keep taking points off each other though.

 

[the big bambino]

Way better than Fifita? He had an insanely good year. Nearly got a try or assist every week as a second row forward while doing plenty of tackles, offloads and hitups(he doesn't slack off from the hard work)

There's a limit to what one gun can do in a team as **** as the Titans.

Yep. He’s got a line break in him but isn’t worth the consistency of the Penrith forwards.

 

[mr_mister]

Yep. He’s got a line break in him but isn’t worth the consistency of the Penrith forwards.

He was inconsistent last year but this year he was ruthless. Comp wide he was top 5 for offloads and tackle busts, probably the most assists and tries of any forward(as separate stats, if you combine those into one stat he's probably double the forward in second place) and all in a team that finished bottom 4.

Like if he's playing for Penrith he's Kikau on steroids.

 

[social]

Yep. He’s got a line break in him but isn’t worth the consistency of the Penrith forwards.

Fifita was a very different player this year to the past & was very consistent

He was previously one of the most overpaid players in the game so will be interesting to see whether he can keep it up

 

[social]

He was inconsistent last year but this year he was ruthless. Comp wide he was top 5 for offloads and tackle busts, probably the most assists and tries of any forward, and all in a team that finished bottom 4.

Like if he's playing for Penrith he's Kikau on steroids.

Yeah, he was really good & also did it at Origin level

 

[morgieb]

Yeah put Fifita in a good team he’d kill it.

 

[Tart]

Yeah put Fifita in a good team he’d kill it.

We're getting better

 

[mr_mister]

We're getting better

Campbell and Brimson looked pretty good in the last month. Foran and Boyd are stinking it up as a halves pair though

 

[social]

The Titans are generally just soft and lazy in defence but you can’t say that about Fifita these days

It’s a shame because they have some talent and are pretty good to watch when their attack is on

They should try to get Cameron Smith involved as he lives about 5 minutes away from the ground and couldn’t do worse than Mal

 

[Burgey]

Titans are just a retirement village/ last pay check outfit. Always have been. The Gold Coast is where pro sport goes to die. Players move there for the lifestyle and mostly mail in their “efforts”. And if you see a young player choose to go there, it basically means they’re happy being mediocre and will never live up to their potential.

 

[ashley bach]

Just the fact that Gold Coast is known for it's beaches makes it sound like a holiday job for the players.

 

[Shady Slim]

ah what a ****ing game
i live about a km from penrith stadium and the cars were still all just lined up for k’s beeping loud as they could and long as they could until ten minutes or so ago maybe. festival atmosphere here and a louder and prouder one than it was the year prior - a bunch a happy humans in the riff tonight, we love to see it

 

[morgieb]

On Cleary, is that the best 20 minutes someone has played in rugby league history? He dragged a side that was well behind to a win almost single-handedly and was doing everything right.

 

[Son Of Coco]

Now that the Broncos have lost, and I am therefore in the position to be gracious towards their efforts last night, you'd have to say they'll give it a fair shake next year - unless they lose Reynolds to injury for a chunk of the season. Walsh was too frantic last night a lot of the time and overplayed his hand but still did what he does every game and shreds the opposing team to bits at an opportune time. He'll be a hell of a player over the next few years. They have a lot of very good players in the team.

We're heading back up to Brisbane today, which sucks...the beach is much better, and but it will be a pleasure to bathe in the tears of the vanquished.

 

[Prince EWS]

Titans are just a retirement village/ last pay check outfit. Always have been. The Gold Coast is where pro sport goes to die. Players move there for the lifestyle and mostly mail in their “efforts”. And if you see a young player choose to go there, it basically means they’re happy being mediocre and will never live up to their potential.

Yeah fully agree. We need more Queensland teams but Gold Coast was never a good choice. Great place but professional sport isn't for every city. Ipswich would probably make more sense.

 

[social]

Now that the Broncos have lost, and I am therefore in the position to be gracious towards their efforts last night, you'd have to say they'll give it a fair shake next year - unless they lose Reynolds to injury for a chunk of the season. Walsh was too frantic last night a lot of the time and overplayed his hand but still did what he does every game and shreds the opposing team to bits at an opportune time. He'll be a hell of a player over the next few years. They have a lot of very good players in the team.

We're heading back up to Brisbane today, which sucks...the beach is much better, and but it will be a pleasure to bathe in the tears of the vanquished.

Just going by the amount of Broncos colours around the place, I don’t think that it’s anything like as important as it was when they were the only Queensland NRL team

Might be down to it being a night GF but my local wasn’t that busy for the game either