***Official*** NRL 2008 Thread

[howardj]

NSW Team Has Been Named:

Brett Stewart
Jarryd Hayne
Mark Gasnier
Matt Cooper
Anthony Quinn
Greg Bird
Peter Wallace

Brett White
Danny Buderus
Craig Fitzgibbon
Ryan Hoffman
Willie Mason
Paul Gallen.

Interchange:
Anthony Laffranchi
Anthony Tupou
Steve Simpson
Kurt Gidley

Cross and Hornby replaced by Simpson and Gidley respectively.

Can barely wait for this game, haven't been to an SOO game in two years.

 

[Simon]

NSW went into game one with two props and they are going into this one with just one. Interesting.

 

[morgieb]

Who's on standby for Hayne?

 

[Simon]

Joel Monaghan is apparently on standby for both Hayne (possible suspension) and Gasnier (injury)

 

[Burgey]

Parra are contesting the grading of Hayne's penalty.

 

[howardj]

My spies at Qld Headquarters tell me that this is the team:

Billy Slater
Darius Boyd
Greg Inglis
Brent Tate
Israel Folau
Darren Lockyer
Johnathan Thurston

Steve Price
Cameron Smith
Petero Civoniceva
Michael Crocker
Sam Thaiday
Dallas Johnson

Interchange:
Karmichael Hunt
Ben Hannant
Nate Myles
Ash Harrison

Peter Gill is the standby player

 

[Simon]

Haha love how you keep using the words "my spies", newspapers and websites are hardly spies lol. Anyway Boyd being there is really a joke. He's improved a lot but hes still fairly average.

 

[Craig]

Scott Prince must surely be considering whether or nor he has any New Zealand heritage as it seems the only way he will get a rep jersey. He has been there to play for the Warriors, so it should count

Rubbish selections though, Boyd WTF? Hunt at fullback and Slater on the wing would make more sense, and the only logic that Harrison gets picked because of his versatility. my local paper was calling for the selection of Prince ahead of Thurston on the basis of current form Prince is playing a lot better then Thurston (their words not mine) this season. And look to watch Prince carve up the Melbourne Storm Toyota Cup team (well it will be for the main game with 10 starting players out including Will Chambers season ending knee injury).

 

[Craig]

They were made up for by Hodges staying on the field though. That was horrid. 3-5 weeks I reckon. Hayne will get 1 or 2.

Well done to Brisbane for realising, when Hagan apparently can't, that running at Grothe tends to work quite well.

Good one Eric, had you not played, Parra win by 18. Go and play the guitar, you useless ****.

Well he has been dropped, so that will make your day.

Barrett looks set to join Cronulla apparently.

 

[Burgey]

Thank God he's gone. Haven't felt this good about someone's axing since 24 November last year.

 

[Burgey]

My spies at Qld Headquarters tell me that this is the team:

Billy Slater
Darius Boyd
Greg Inglis
Brent Tate
Israel Folau
Darren Lockyer
Johnathan Thurston

Steve Price
Cameron Smith
Petero Civoniceva
Michael Crocker
Sam Thaiday
Dallas Johnson

Interchange:
Karmichael Hunt
Ben Hannant
Nate Myles
Ash Harrison

Peter Gill is the standby player

If that's the Qld side, the pack is inifinitely stronger than the 1st game. Is Webb injured, or has the myth been shown for what it is?

 

[Craig]

Axed.

 

[Mister Wright]

At least Prince being left out is understandable this time, first game it wasn't. Can see Lockyer playing the full 80, so shouldn't be much need for a playmaker off the bench. Would rather see Hunt start and Slater off the bench, which will probably happen. Still wish Prince was picked though.

We will miss Hodges big time.

 

[Prince EWS]

If that's the Qld side, the pack is inifinitely stronger than the 1st game. Is Webb injured, or has the myth been shown for what it is?

The second one. Still reckon he'd add more off the bench than Harrison tbh.

 

[Prince EWS]

Anyway, is there any reason we don't have a State of Origin thread? The series isn't actually part of the NRL 2008 season as such.

 

[chaminda_00]

Anyway, is there any reason we don't have a State of Origin thread? The series isn't actually part of the NRL 2008 season as such.

No real need for another thread really IMO. All Aussie RL fans just talk about it in here anyway. Last time we had one, half the discussion was there, the other half was here.

 

[Simon]

Agreed, no need for an origin thread too.

 

[Mister Wright]

Agreed.

 

[Johnners]

Ugh, Tate in the centres. The least they can do this time is make sure Inglis & Falou play on the same side of the park imo.

 

[James90]

Round 13:

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