***Official*** NRL 2008 Thread

[Mister Wright]

4/7, pretty much the definition of "meh".

Pretty good result considering it's the first round and there have been a lot of player movement and teams not used to their new formations. My Dad's on two. Now that's a shocking round. But a pass is very good in the first round.

 

[Simon]

6/7 for me. Bloody Manly scum Carn the Storm for tomorrow.

Raiders stuffed up my perfect round so far, hoping storm get up to give me 7/8

 

[morgieb]

Shame on all those who tipped against the Chooks

Piss off Tim, dont a ****ing ****. Got 5/7. Missed Roosters and Sharks TBH.

I'm gonna ****ing kill Riley Brown if Wing's ruled out for 5 ****ing months TBH. Dire cheap shot.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

5/7 so far, not too bad.

 

[Simon]

Souths fans need to get over that tackle, sure some people might view it as cheap but there are tackles exactly the same as that every week, it just so happens it was Wing and he got injured. Every team does it...

 

[howardj]

Yeah, you can't start penalising legal tackles, just because someone gets injured or are in a vulnerable position. League is rough, and occassionally that sort of thing happens. Anyway, how absolutely dire are the Dragons! I'm always very reluctant to blame a coach, but there is a huge discipline problem in this team which really needs to be addressed. More broadly, when you think about it, there are no real mature blokes in the Dragons outfit. They're all big kids - I don't think this helps.

 

[Simon]

Agreed, Dragons woeful and Brown wont have a job come June...

 

[bugssy]

Agreed, Dragons woeful and Brown wont have a job come June...

suprised he had one to start with.

 

[Burgey]

5 from 7 so far - not too bad. Went Manly and Dragons. Kudos to Cronulla - that was a seriously gutsy win. I think they'll do well this year up til August, when they'll capitulate s they normally do when they make finals.
Oh boy, Saints have massive problems, even in round one, as do the Dogs and Penrith.

 

[Simon]

Dogs showed something, forgetting the second half, to be up 20-0 against that Eels side was a good performance, theres definitely more there for them this year than I though.

Penrith and Dragons I thought would show us more than last year, again it looks like their fans have nothing to look forward to...

 

[Simon]

Thought I'd save Clapo the trouble of doing it this week...

Results

Simon - 7
DCYE - 6
Morgieb - 6
Burgey - 6
NUFAN - 6
Mister Wright - 6
Bugssy - 6
Clapo - 5
Alternative - 5
Superkingdave - 5
BoyBrumby - 5
99* - 4
Chaminda_00 - 4

Round 2 Matches
Friday 7:30pm Sydney Roosters vs Brisbane Broncos @ Sydney Football Stadium
Friday 7:30pm South Sydney Rabbitohs vs Canterbury Bulldogs @ ANZ Stadium
Saturday 5:30pm Penrith Panthers vs Canberra Raiders @ CUA Stadium
Saturday 7:30pm Newcastle Knights vs Manly Sea Eagles @ EnergyAustralia Stadium
Saturday 8:30pm North Queensland Cowboys vs Wests Tigers @ Dairy Farmers Stadium
Sunday 3:00pm Melbourne Storm vs Cronulla Sharks @ Olympic Park
Sunday 4:00pm New Zealand Warriors vs Parramatta Eels @ Mt Smart Stadium
Monday 7:00pm St George Illawarra Dragons vs Gold Coast Titans @ WIN Stadium

All Times are Australian Daylight Savings Time

 

[Simon]

Simon's round 2 tips
Brisbane Broncos
Canterbury Bulldogs
Canberra Raiders
Manly Sea Eagles
North Queensland Cowboys
Melbourne Storm
Parramatta Eels
St George Illawarra Dragons

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Roosters vs Broncos
Rabbitohs vs Bulldogs
Panthers vs Raiders
Knights vs Sea Eagles
Cowboys vs Tigers
Storm vs Sharks
Warriors vs Eels
Dragons vs Titans

 

[Johnners]

Thought I'd save Clapo the trouble of doing it this week...

Results

Simon - 7
DCYE - 6
Morgieb - 6
Burgey - 6
NUFAN - 6
Mister Wright - 6
Bugssy - 6
Clapo - 5
Alternative - 5
Superkingdave - 5
BoyBrumby - 5
99* - 4
Chaminda_00 - 4

Round 2 Matches
Friday 7:30pm Sydney Roosters vs Brisbane Broncos @ Sydney Football Stadium
Friday 7:30pm South Sydney Rabbitohs vs Canterbury Bulldogs @ ANZ Stadium
Saturday 5:30pm Penrith Panthers vs Canberra Raiders @ CUA Stadium
Saturday 7:30pm Newcastle Knights vs Manly Sea Eagles @ EnergyAustralia Stadium
Saturday 8:30pm North Queensland Cowboys vs Wests Tigers @ Dairy Farmers Stadium
Sunday 3:00pm Melbourne Storm vs Cronulla Sharks @ Olympic Park
Sunday 4:00pm New Zealand Warriors vs Parramatta Eels @ Mt Smart Stadium
Monday 7:00pm St George Illawarra Dragons vs Gold Coast Titans @ WIN Stadium

All Times are Australian Daylight Savings Time

Was just about to post it up tbh, but thanks anyway.

 

[Burgey]

BTW, Melbourne's discourtesy to the Warriors in delaying their appearance at the start and after half time was seriously annoying. Poor form I reckon. Shame they didn't get belted.

And, for the record, they get away with more holding down of players than any other team in the comp. Seems to me the refs are afraid of penalising them.

Dire.

 

[99*]

BTW, Melbourne's discourtesy to the Warriors in delaying their appearance at the start and after half time was seriously annoying. Poor form I reckon. Shame they didn't get belted.

And, for the record, they get away with more holding down of players than any other team in the comp. Seems to me the refs are afraid of penalising them.

Dire.

According to the news here, Melbourne has already been fined for that, I think it was around $10,000.

 

[Mister Wright]

Brisbane Broncos
Canterbury Bulldogs
Canberra Raiders
Manly Sea Eagles
North Queensland Cowboys
Melbourne Storm
New Zealand Warriors
Gold Coast Titans

 

[Matteh]

Round 2 Matches
Sydney Roosters
South Sydney Rabbitohs
Canberra Raiders
Wests Tigers
Melbourne Storm
New Zealand Warriors
Gold Coast Titans

 

[BoyBrumby]

Pretty solid scores from CW as a whole. Anyway:

Roosters
Rabbitohs
Raiders
Knights
Cowboys
Storm
Eels
Dragons

 

[99*]

Broncos
Rabbitohs
Raiders
Knights
Cowboys
Storm
Eels
Titans