Offical Rugby League Thread

[Fuller Pilch]

QUEENSLANDER!

 

[mr_mister]

Doggies are back

 

[Shady Slim]

@Burgey how did the "juggernaut" go against the mighty DOGGIES

 

[Burgey]

Oh please. Canterbury booked their end of season trip for early September as long ago as February. A mere speed bump on the six lane highway to the inevitable premiership this year

 

[Flem274*]

Oh please. Canterbury booked their end of season trip for early September as long ago as February. A mere speed bump on the six lane highway to the inevitable premiership this year

now post what you said on fb

tbf not wrong. can't be losing to that outfit.

 

[Flem274*]

origin was good fun in a dismal season for phlegm69420. don't think i've ever been so down about the warriors.

at least the sharks game was a bit better but we won't improve until we have an owner who describes himself as a massive warriors tragic who wants some championships and not an "alpha male".

 

[Shady Slim]

Oh please. Canterbury booked their end of season trip for early September as long ago as February. A mere speed bump on the six lane highway to the inevitable premiership this year

one wonders if a side that loses to a mick potter coached side could ever win a title lol

 

[mr_mister]

#dogsofwar

 

[Son Of Coco]

Meh

better team won

I think they did too. But I thought I must have been imagining things at the time when Gagai scored.

 

[Son Of Coco]

the pass to murray from luai was forward as well tbf so freddy should probably not throw stones

Yeah, there were a number of passes that were forward I think.

A key indicator of how the reffing was going to go came early in the game when Klein warned players 'not to go early', and by the time the ball was played, the player standing next to him was a metre in front of him. At that point it was obvious there wouldn't be many penalities.

It shouldn't have taken NSW 80 minutes to figure out QLD were able to hold them down in tackles for longer too. Surely you'd adjust and test out what the boundaries are yourself? There's no point complaining afterwards.

 

[Burgey]

I don't understand how NSW were favourites for game one tbh. IUf Qld could have chosen two players to miss the NSW side, they'd have picked Turbo and Latrell.

Crighton at 17 for NSW was bizarre as well. He covers 3 and 4. That;'s it. Sure he's played some fullback but there were better options around imo

 

[Son Of Coco]

I don't understand how NSW were favourites for game one tbh. IUf Qld could have chosen two players to miss the NSW side, they'd have picked Turbo and Latrell.

Crighton at 17 for NSW was bizarre as well. He covers 3 and 4. That;'s it. Sure he's played some fullback but there were better options around imo

Yeah, I think I heard Johns saying before the game started that he wasn't sure how Crichton would get into the game.

 

[Shady Slim]

I don't understand how NSW were favourites for game one tbh. IUf Qld could have chosen two players to miss the NSW side, they'd have picked Turbo and Latrell.

Crighton at 17 for NSW was bizarre as well. He covers 3 and 4. That;'s it. Sure he's played some fullback but there were better options around imo

tupou was a terribad pick, wighton was a terribad pick who played okay, staggs was a pick out of necessity, i said the same

 

[Son Of Coco]

tupou was a terribad pick, wighton was a terribad pick who played okay, staggs was a pick out of necessity, i said the same

Wighton was one of the best on the night for NSW wasn't he?

 

[Kraken]

tupou was a terribad pick, wighton was a terribad pick who played okay, staggs was a pick out of necessity, i said the same

Haha what? Normally I like your takes, but this one is pretty off tbh. Tupou was easily one of our best, Wighton was our best (admittedly Staggs wasn’t great, but I would’ve had cricthon over him to begin). The forwards is where we lost that game 100%, and it was quite obvious that we missed Turbo and Latrell badly, also an option off the bench to replace cook

 

[Burgey]

Junior Paulo needs a spell. **** thinks he's a 125kg half back.

 

[Kraken]

My game 2 17:

1: Teddy
2: Tupou
3: Staggs (one more chance)
4: Wighton
5: To’o
6: Luai
7: Cleary
8: Haas
9: Korisau
10: Paulo
11: Murray
12: Angus Crichton
13: Yeo
14: Hynes
15: Martin
16: Jake T
17: RCG

 

[Shady Slim]

Haha what? Normally I like your takes, but this one is pretty off tbh. Tupou was easily one of our best, Wighton was our best (admittedly Staggs wasn’t great, but I would’ve had cricthon over him to begin). The forwards is where we lost that game 100%, and it was quite obvious that we missed Turbo and Latrell badly, also an option off the bench to replace cook

tupou definitely wasn't one of our best, the man was brought in to outjump the mighty coates (in spite of his dildo-hands) and then couldn't even outjump the much smaller holmes. take away that and he's a lanky winger who loses the ruck which you just can't do in origin

wighton had a solid game but because it fits my priors better i think gagai just had a shocker defensively (look to the go at tackling him on the try as an example), though in any event even if he played well it doesn't necessarily mean he's good enough for this level. like i said re staggs he was more picked out of necessity bc as u point out we missed turbo and trell hard - staggs was always going to do what he did (massively overrated). btw, curious as to why you've left cook out of your team for game ii?

 

[Kraken]

tupou definitely wasn't one of our best, the man was brought in to outjump the mighty coates (in spite of his dildo-hands) and then couldn't even outjump the much smaller holmes. take away that and he's a lanky winger who loses the ruck which you just can't do in origin

wighton had a solid game but because it fits my priors better i think gagai just had a shocker defensively (look to the go at tackling him on the try as an example), though in any event even if he played well it doesn't necessarily mean he's good enough for this level. like i said re staggs he was more picked out of necessity bc as u point out we missed turbo and trell hard - staggs was always going to do what he did (massively overrated). btw, curious as to why you've left cook out of your team for game ii?

haha man over 200m and 80 PCM is pretty good, plus the one time they actually kicked to him, he set up teddy (that was line ball and gets let go in the nrl). In regards to the ruck you may have a point - but we all lost the ruck really so I think it’s unfair to target just him lol

wighton isn’t a centre, but he’s definitely good enough for this level, he’s a dally m and clive Churchill medallist ffs.And I left cook out cause I really don’t rate him - Korisau just pairs well with all the riff lads.

 

[Kraken]

Also - oh when the Saints