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**Official** NRL 2010 thread

Ausage

Ausage

Cricketer Of The Year
Incredibly nervous about tonight. The Raiders at home on a cold Monday night are a scary prospect, doubly so when they're playing for their season. We're missing Walsh and maybe Coote but this is a massive game for us. We win and we've got one foot in the door of 2nd place which is a massive bonus in the McIntyre system.

So yeah pretty nervous. Don't know how I'll go come finals time.
 
Mister Wright

Mister Wright

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Broncos' season could be over with Lockyer to miss possibly two weeks and Moi Moi being able to play with an early guilty plea.
 
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Cricketer Of The Year
Mister Wright said:
Broncos' season could be over with Lockyer to miss possibly two weeks and Moi Moi being able to play with an early guilty plea.
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Will be tough for you this week, but shutting down Parra is about shutting down Hayne and Lockyear isn't pivotal to that. Knights at EAS will be tougher. They're looking real good right about now.
 
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Cricketer Of The Year
Julian87 said:
Canberra the better team.
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:laugh: Yeah ok mate. Like we can tell when in one half one team gets piggy backs, then in the other half can't buy the ball to save their life. Refs were desperate to "make their mark" on that one and we copped the worst of it. What can you do?

Got some mean forwards the Raiders though I'll give them that. Didn't look like getting to our end without help, but once they got there they did well. Couldn't stop them for a while.

We have comfortably the worst player in the NRL playing week in week out in our backline. With other options banging down the door Adrian "couldn't read a book if it had a 3 or 4 on it's back" Purtell trotts out, gifting 1 or 2 tries to the opposition on a good day, 3 or 4 tries on a bad one (tonight was a bad one). Yet in 12 odd hours time like ****ing clockwork a guy who couldn't run through a paper bag let alone tackle it without help will get picked in a position that requires both hard running, and good 1v1 tackling. Honestly if that muffin is an NRL standard footballer I'm a snow leopard. And I'm not a ****ing snow leopard.

Biggest shame was some players were really really good tonight. Gordon was magnificent in an unfamiliar position, Lewis (before that pass) was awesome as well. They didn't deserve to be on a losing team along with a few others.

Yeah probably too angry to post tbh. **** it.
 
Craig

Craig

World Traveller
Greg Inglis will play for Brisbane next year.

Inglis agrees to terms with the Broncos - NRL Premiership - Fox Sports

Would have loved to have seen him join the Gold Coast personally as they are more of a second team too me. Can't complain too much, if people had played by the rules he would of been forced out a long time ago due to the salary cap. I'm just glad he's staying in league and not going to rugby (where I'm sure he could of named his price to a Japanese/French/English/Irish rugby club) or off to AFL. I assume Melbourne will be paying out about $210k for the last two years of his contract.

Brisbane will have a fantastic team next year.

EDIT: Brett White will play for Canberra next year. Being a local (Cooma), it should be a great signing for them).
 
Craig

Craig

World Traveller
Ausage said:
Roy Masters has a view on the whole thing.

Greg Inglis to Brisbane Broncos | Melbourne Storm

As long as no one tries to claim there were no alarm bells.
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I was more interested in how the Titans would have space in the cap in their attempt to try and sign Inglis. I know Zillman gets approx $250k a year, Campbell has just re-signed, and people like Laffranchi, Prince, Minichiello, Harrison, Bailey, Friend are not all cheap either. Given Mat Rogers recent form, and him being off contract, there is a push here on the Gold Coast to get local business together to pay for Rogers' contract extension. But then Michael Searle is an accountant by trade, so maybe he knows a few tricks for some 'creative accounting', so to speak. But they wouldn't want a salary cap type scandal, because it will just give more free publicity for the new Gold Coast Suns AFL franchise and 'fans' to to jump ship.

At least with Brisbane you could say Folau is leaving, and giving his wages and the heavy losses Brisbane have suffered in recent years, they would have some cap space.
 
Julian87

Julian87

State Captain
Ausage said:
:laugh: Yeah ok mate. Like we can tell when in one half one team gets piggy backs, then in the other half can't buy the ball to save their life. Refs were desperate to "make their mark" on that one and we copped the worst of it. What can you do?

Got some mean forwards the Raiders though I'll give them that. Didn't look like getting to our end without help, but once they got there they did well. Couldn't stop them for a while.

We have comfortably the worst player in the NRL playing week in week out in our backline. With other options banging down the door Adrian "couldn't read a book if it had a 3 or 4 on it's back" Purtell trotts out, gifting 1 or 2 tries to the opposition on a good day, 3 or 4 tries on a bad one (tonight was a bad one). Yet in 12 odd hours time like ****ing clockwork a guy who couldn't run through a paper bag let alone tackle it without help will get picked in a position that requires both hard running, and good 1v1 tackling. Honestly if that muffin is an NRL standard footballer I'm a snow leopard. And I'm not a ****ing snow leopard.

Biggest shame was some players were really really good tonight. Gordon was magnificent in an unfamiliar position, Lewis (before that pass) was awesome as well. They didn't deserve to be on a losing team along with a few others.

Yeah probably too angry to post tbh. **** it.
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All Penrith needed to do all night was go left. And they did. But then they stopped. That's why they lost. Plain and simply. Would have won if Walsh was playing.
 
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Cricketer Of The Year
Julian87 said:
All Penrith needed to do all night was go left. And they did. But then they stopped. That's why they lost. Plain and simply. Would have won if Walsh was playing.
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Funny, cause that's all Canberra needed to do too really.

Anyway tipping results to come tonight. Here are round 23 fixtures.

Friday August 13
Broncos vs Eels
Sharks vs Roosters

Saturday August 14
Titans vs Cowboys
Bulldogs vs Raiders

Sunday August 15
Storm vs Rabbitohs
Warriors vs Knights
Wests Tigers vs Panthers

Monday August 16
Dragons vs Sea Eagles
 
Mister Wright

Mister Wright

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Friday August 13
Broncos
Roosters

Saturday August 14
Titans
Bulldogs

Sunday August 15
Storm
Warriors
Wests Tigers

Monday August 16
Dragons
 
Craig

Craig

World Traveller
Friday August 13
Broncos vs Eels
Sharks vs Roosters

Saturday August 14
Titans vs Cowboys
Bulldogs vs Raiders

Sunday August 15
Storm vs Rabbitohs
Warriors vs Knights
Wests Tigers vs Panthers

Monday August 16
Dragons vs Sea Eagles

The Sunday games where the hardest ones TBH.
 
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