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The game of rugby league and its fans have drawn great pride from their toughness. It's a brutal, gladiatorial sport played largely without protective…
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A guy scores 180 not out after coming in a pressure situation and it’s the wrong pick? Road or not, I’d say his selection is more than just
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I don’t exactly see much creativity from Foley, either. Personally I’ve always liked the idea of trying Hodge at 10. He never looked like a 12 to me, but I could absolutely see him as an uber-athletic fly half. He’ll never have Larkham’s passing game, but we could do a lot worse at 10 with a hard running, big bodied athletic freak who can kick it a mile.
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It’s crazy to think with how badly the Bulls need a wing who can shoot, that they traded away McDermott and Snell, who is probably about to get PAID by the Bucks.
Chicago Bulls vs Boston Celtics: NBA Playoffs Game 6 live scores, blog
Going with favourites: Jazz and Wiz. The Clips just look done to me, in every sense. Like they are just waiting for the season to be over. And I just don’t think the Hawks are very good at basketball!
Chicago Bulls vs Boston Celtics: NBA Playoffs Game 6 live scores, blog
Do you give the Clips any chance, Scott?
Chicago Bulls vs Boston Celtics: NBA Playoffs Game 6 live scores, blog
Absolutely. Can’t really see how the Bulls can compete. Butler is banged up, they don’t have a point guard, and the shooting is terrible. Brad Stevens made a few smart adjustments and I don’t think the Bulls have the personnel to counter. I had really hoped Miami would have grabbed the 8 seed, could have been a really interesting series.
Chicago Bulls vs Boston Celtics: NBA Playoffs Game 6 live scores, blog
Morning Scott! Good luck on the call. Who you got? (Or should I say, how much will the C’s win by?)
Chicago Bulls vs Boston Celtics: NBA Playoffs Game 6 live scores, blog
Hey Sam! Good luck with the call mate
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I would love NSW to pick your team! However, I’m a QLDer. I’d really fancy Cronk and Thurston picking that backline apart defensively. So you’d want to be pretty confident of scoring 20+ points, as I’m pretty sure QLD will.
Does Laurie Daley even want to win Origin?
What about you Scott? Good luck on the call tonight mate 🙂
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Hoping for a big Canberra win Scott, with BJ terrorising on that left edge!!
Canberra Raiders vs Manly Sea Eagles: NRL live scores, blog
And could be a perfect foil for Brooks. In fact, it could bring out the best in both young players, who not very long ago were rated 2 of the best prospects in the game. If they could land Widdop too, who somehow hasn’t been signed yet, plus a few big boppers, they could be in a much better position than they would be with Moses, Teddy and Woods resigned to long term, expensive deals.
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Gidday sheek, thanks for your thoughts! FWIW I completely and utterly agree with you. 6 Interchanges seems perfect.
Rugby league needs 18-man teams
That’s not exactly right, Matt – if a player undergoes 2 HIA in a game then he is automatically ruled out regardless of the result.
Your suggestion of ruling a player out on illegal play is really like, however, in practice would be extremely hard to police. Player takes a dive and ‘fails’ a HIA? Both exit the game. Extreme example I know but could absolutely happen.
Rugby league needs 18-man teams
The HIA rule isn’t luck, Albo – it’s a rule change implemented by the league. The result has been more players than ever before being ruled out of games due to suspected head injuries. Remember, if you have 2 HIA in a single game you are unable to return, regardless of the results.
Rugby league needs 18-man teams
In a perfect world Peeko I think this is ideal! Judging from the reluctance I’ve seen already don’t hold your breath though….
Rugby league needs 18-man teams
Matt, quite simply because if a player receives a head injury they are required by the rules to come off and not return. This is not true with any other type of injury.
As for teams playing players who are injured, that’s their prerogative. If they want to leave themselves a player short for the game if that player is unable to continue it is up to them. I personally highly doubt this would be the case.
Finally, I thought the ‘good of the game’ as you put it would be better served by not having results determined by iffy head knocks to players i.e. Wade Graham getting hit in the head with a ball! But it doesn’t sound like your opinion will change regardless. I’m all for constructive debate, but not planting your flag on a hill and defending it irrespective of arguments others put forward.
Rugby league needs 18-man teams
No one was up in arms Matt because we didn’t HAVE a concussion protocol that forces players of the field after a head knock. They would simply stay on an risk further damage. Now that we do, players are regularly forced from the field and the problem may well be worse than powerbroker originally thought. I personally cannot recall a game this year where someone wasn’t forced off for a period of time for a HIA. Isn’t an 18th man a common-sense counter-measure?
Rugby league needs 18-man teams
Yep, that’s very true. But I think there is a certifiable difference. isn’t that situation preferable to a team being forced to play 60 mins with 16 v 17?
Rugby league needs 18-man teams
Hi Matt, thanks for your thoughts.
You are right, teams have been losing players to injuries since it started. We’ve since been adjusting the rules to better respond to this.
In the 60’s two injured players were able to be replaced. In the 80’s it changed to 4 reserves (no substitutes). In the 90’s we first allowed a max of 6 interchanges, then unlimited. In the 2000’s it went down to 12.
As you can see we have been adjusting the way we use reserves since… well, forever. The introduction of an 18th man is in direct response to the new concussion protocols now in effect.
Do you really think that without HIA Tuivasa-Scheck comes off in the first half of his game a few weeks ago? Or Burgess doesn’t return after half time last week? There have been so many of these already, and they WILL keep happening. As they should, the players welfare needs to be the #1 priority.
Also, in relation to most nearly every other major sport in the world, Rugby League uses a limited amount of reserves. 4 reserves for 13 on the field. In rugby you have 8 reserves for 15, NFL has 53 man game squads for 11 on field, even soccer has 5 man benches for 11 on field.
This change is simply keeping with the times. If you want to go back to the 70’s with Reg Regan (even he is retired!) I won’t stand in your way.
Rugby league needs 18-man teams
Actually joe, Carmelo has won pretty much everywhere. You mentioned his Syracuse championship, what about 3 Olympic gold medals? He made the playoffs in something like his first 10 seasons. Lately, yeah, it’s been a bit barren…… But how many players are there in the NBA that could win despite the stench of the Knicks these past few years? Maybe one? Two?
Holding Carmelo to that standard is unfair. What he has shown at numerous Olympics is that put him on a good team with good team mates and his game actually gets better.
His personality and ball stopping reputation might be difficult for some clubs, but if there’s anyone I’d back to get the best out of him it’s Chris Paul.
Again, would have been a risk I would have been willing to take. Especially if they could have traded Blake and got something good back i.e. Crowder and Bradley. A crunch time 5 of Paul, Bradley, Crowder, Melo and DJ could go punch-for-punch with nearly anyone (outside of GS).
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Bancroft has done ok, but barely. Considering he came in as the form batsman in the country I expected more. Plus, the man he replaced has a better test record and is 5 years younger. To me it seems his best long term position could end up as keeper.
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