Official NRL 2006 Thread

[Simon]

raiders would have beaten dragons no matter where it was played yesterday, if the raiders can make the finals they would be confident of doing well, they have never lost at Telstra stadium 6-0 there from memory...

 

[Sw1fty]

Bulldogs-Storm GF anybody (if it is possible)?

Forza Canberra Raiders.

Storm struggle to win away from Olympic Park so if they make the Grand Final their opposition will have a good chance to win it.

 

[nooga99]

Storm to win the comp.

 

[Simon]

Bulldogs vs Dragons GF still for mine...

 

[vic_orthdox]

Storm struggle to win away from Olympic Park so if they make the Grand Final their opposition will have a good chance to win it.

You're not top of the ladder if you "struggle" to win away.

They may struggle in comparison to how they are at the graveyard, but there's been plenty of winning going on away from home too...

 

[Blewy]

Dogs for me are certs to be in the GF, as for who they play, im not sure...

Melbourne - I dont know if they can keep up their form for another 2 1/2 months
Brisbane - Still to be seen how they perform after SOO
Dragons - Matt Head is the key and im not sure he will last the season..
Manly - Possible smokies.. With Kennedy he is the inspiration, if he stays fit then they are the darkhorse...

I'll go with Manly, I wouldnt mind seeing them there, would be a nice way for BK to go out.. He deserves it...

 

[Simon]

Dogs for me are certs to be in the GF, as for who they play, im not sure...

Melbourne - I dont know if they can keep up their form for another 2 1/2 months
Brisbane - Still to be seen how they perform after SOO
Dragons - Matt Head is the key and im not sure he will last the season..
Manly - Possible smokies.. With Kennedy he is the inspiration, if he stays fit then they are the darkhorse...

I'll go with Manly, I wouldnt mind seeing them there, would be a nice way for BK to go out.. He deserves it...

Canberra are my smokies for the GF, if they throw the ball around like they did yesterday they can go as far as they like, the way they handled the dragons yesterday was very similar to the style of play of the Warriors of a few years ago...

 

[howardj]

Woofers, Dragons and Melbourne to fight it out.

Brisbane the only other team with a chance, and a very small one at that.

 

[Simon]

id say we are no chance at all, we probably wont win another game this season...

 

[Blewy]

Canberra are my smokies for the GF, if they throw the ball around like they did yesterday they can go as far as they like, the way they handled the dragons yesterday was very similar to the style of play of the Warriors of a few years ago...

I agree that Canberra are a chance, but my only worry with them is that they will come up against the Dogs/Storm in Week 1 in an elimination game and we all know what happens to 7 and 8 in week 1 of the semis...

 

[Blewy]

id say we are no chance at all, we probably wont win another game this season...

Um, you are playing us this weekend... Thats a certain 2 points... almost as certain as Souths...

Oh wait they beat you didnt they

Na you will hammer us this week, im afraid we could be looking at 50..

 

[Simon]

um did u miss the touch up we recieved from the massively out of form cowboys without Thurston?

we will compete well in every game but i dont think we'll win too many...

rd 21 - Tigers (home) - 50/50 whoever doesnt play their worst will win
rd 22 - Raiders (away) - probably no chance, although we have a good record there of late
rd 23 - Storm (home) - we wouldnt win this when we're in form
rd 24 - Bulldogs (away) - not a hope
rd 25 - Eels (away) - they are in great form and will continue their charge to the finals by flogging us
rd 26 - Warriors (home) - always a tough one, they always lift for us...

 

[Craig]

If they played the final series down in Canberra, they'd just about be favourites for the Comp!

Same with Melbourne, if they played at Olymic Park.

 

[Craig]

With Jarrard Hayne's form this season that would make him a cert now for rookie of the year? Probably will get a go in City-Country next year is he plays like this next year.

 

[Simon]

yeh rookie of the year without a doubt, only competition is Luke Douglas from the Sharks...

 

[BoyBrumby]

7 games for Morley. Hmm. Got off very lightly IMHO. Roosters are totally gone for all money now, but if by some absolute miracle they did make the 8 he could theoretically be available for the 2nd week of the finals.

Only thing that might have gone in his favour is that Hughes wasn't hurt, I suppose.

 

[Simon]

a complete joke he got off with 7 weeks. IMO the only reason he escaped with that few was to make him available for the tri nations, international rugby league is a farce anyway...

 

[Burpey]

The day Karmichael Hunt played for Australia is the day international rugby league died.

 

[Simon]

The day Karmichael Hunt played for Australia is the day international rugby league died.

aren't we over that by now?

 

[Burpey]

Why should I be over it? It was a complete cop out to the numerous fullbacks better than him.