NRL Round 3 midweek talking points: Tough times with tougher questions
After two rounds, 14 of our 17 NRL teams have at least one win. Which clubs will be able to bank a crucial two…
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Yeah I was torn about the first one on Flanagan Barry. That looked more like ‘big fella tackling little fella’ to me. The Lomax one though? Sheesh.
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Apologies Andrew – wasn’t going after you, more making a general statement cos I spend too much time on twitter!
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This, Geoff – Badger’s bunker calls are specifically explained to the rules and almost always correct. Lots of folks either don’t know the rules properly or just don’t like a female referee, sadly.
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Great call andrew.
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I was THIS close, Tetley
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Fair comment Andy- but I’m right 😛
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Many people forget this, Lizard. Good point
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They’re a young team doing young things Steve- but they better get some of the horror errors out of their game or it’s bad times ahead
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Tip of a huge cowboy hat to you as well Tony 😂
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