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Anyone watching the Bulldogs playing style this year under Des Hasler would immediately notice they have been playing through the forwards in a far…
A packed house at the renamed Hunter Stadium was a fitting stage for the opening game of the season. The game was a great…
The World Club Challenge between Leeds Rhinos and Manly Sea Eagles was an electric match, helped along by the sell-out crowd on a cold…
The number one ranked team in the world enters the tournament with less positional issues than the other teams in the tournament, but are…
England enter the Four Nations 2011 in a stronger shape than any of their teams in recent history. With a typically powerful forward pack,…
The 2010 Four Nations and world champions come into this series with several issues hanging over their heads, with the first and most pressing…
The surprise package of the tournament, Wales were never even expected to be in the tournament but find themselves facing the biggest international teams…
After last week's snatch-and-grab win over the Tigers, the Warriors travel to AAMI Park to face off with the Storm to decide who will…
The big story pre-game was the will he, won’t he saga of Darren Lockyer, and while it would have been epic (and could still…
While there are lower divisions in several areas, such as the bush groups, New South Wales Cup, Queensland Cup or Jim Beam Cup, none…
At the end of the 2011 NRL regular season, here are my top five tries. There were some absolute crackers this year, and a…
South Sydney travel to Newcastle to take on the Knights in a sudden-death finals playoff. To make things even more interesting, the unlikely draw…
The Melbourne Storm defeated St George Illawarra 8-6 at AAMI Park on Friday night. It was Billy Slater's 200th game and he was handed…
Join us at 7:30pm Friday for a live blog of the clash of this year's favourites, Melbourne Storm, versus last year's NRL winners St…
The Tigers ran out deserved winners against an understrength Panthers side 32-16 at Cantrebet Stadium last night. After the Panthers lost Michael Jennings earlier in…
Home team Penrith are sitting on 20 points in 11th, and have very slim chances of making the top eight, while the Tigers could…
A brilliant second half saw the West Tigers beat the St George Illawarra Dragons 16-14 tonight. The game started slowly, with neither side claiming…
NRL Round 22 kicks off tonight as the resurgent Tigers face off against a stuttering Dragons outfit in what is sure to be one…
After a grinding game in the wet at ANZ Stadium, two Trent Hodkinson field goals, and one in golden point extra time got Jim…
A local derby will see a return to the early season aggression between the 12th placed Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and the 13th placed Parramatta Eels…
Funnily enough, George Rose seems to be able to bounce up in a flash as well.
Thurston and Marshall not in CVR top 15 players
Boggles my mind that people don’t seem to get where Western Sydney is when they actually have lived there or near there.
While you could say Olympic Park s in the West you wouldn’t be wrong as such but you wouldn’t want to go much farther.
Or when RL journos at the DT blabber on about the Tigers being a Western Sydney team because they have “Wests” in their name (though they do have a lot of fans out West), and then bag out the GWS coach for not knowing where it is. They were the Western Suburbs in 1908, but these days it’s culturally very different. I’m not from Melbourne but looking at a map it’s like claiming North Melbourne or the Western Bulldogs are North and West, they sort of are, but times have changed. You can see it at Rabbitohs and Tigers games especially, the parents are often what you’d expect from club stereotypes, but there’s a massive amount of young fans who are hipsters, etc.
Code war: what is it good for? Absolutely nothing
http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/league-news/six-of-the-best-gallen-breaks-the-mould-in-league-of-influential-men-20120128-1qn0s.html
Here it is.
Got it wrong, he shifts it 6 points but Andrew Johns shifted it 10. Carney is clearly more valuable now, but in last years weak pack he was a one man forward unit.
Thurston and Marshall not in CVR top 15 players
To be fair, they choked massively. They won every game in that tournament by a massive stretch before the final (lowest pre final was a 24 point win against the Kiwis).
Four rugby league coaches with the axe looming
Also, these scores would have to measure average play the ball speed wouldn’t they? Possibly the most underrated stat in rl.
Imagin getting a squad of all the fastest players of the ball and getting Isaac Luke, Matt Srama, James Roby, et al behind them.
Thurston and Marshall not in CVR top 15 players
I remember reading an article late last year about Gallen commanding the highest difference in points difference in betting in history (not sure how to put it, not much of a punter).
They would change a market by around 10 points depending on whether he played or not (for example vs Cowboys they might be +4.5 with Gallen, -5.5 without). I expect that would have a lot to do with the players playing around him, and this year with more forward grunt in the Sharks pack that would have changed.
Building a team from scratch I would have Cameron Smith as no. 1 option, makes half decent forwards look like world beaters with his delivery, 2nd would be Thurston, then I’d go either Luke Lewis as I’m a firm believer in the importance of versatility over the course of a season, or Slater for obvious reasons. Slater would not be rated as highly in my opinion as there are a ludicrous amount of talented fullbacks going around, but less talented halfbacks.
I might even throw a cheque at Kieran Foran due to him being a good up and comer.
Thurston and Marshall not in CVR top 15 players
Lol, it aint pretty but they have some big talent coming through. Watched a bit of him after he schooled Canterbury in game 1, was at the game and he just kept going went for 202 metres and 22 tackles for no misses in 56 minutes!
Grant has been phenomenal, and probably one year too early for Woods, shoe in for next year though.
People don’t know who he is because he plays for Penrith, not because he isn’t good is the point I’m making.
NSW Blues team for Origin II 2012; expert reaction
Lol, it aint pretty but they have some big talent coming through. Watched a bit of him after he schooled Canterbury in game 1, was at the game and he just kept going went for 202 metres and 22 tackles for no misses in 56 minutes!
Grant has been phenomenal, and probably one year too early for Woods, shoe in for next year though.
People don’t know who he is because he plays for Penrith, not because he isn’t good is the point I’m making.
NSW Blues team for Origin II 2012; expert reaction
Tim Grant has been playing dominant at prop for the Panthers since the start of the season, and if you actually watched any Panthers matches you’d know why.
NSW Blues team for Origin II 2012; expert reaction
Wow, either you’re very simple, very xenephobic or both. You do realise those videos get sent to everyone, including the news networks with non-Arabic names right?
Rugby league's profile increasing on French television
Roby would not be on the bench at most NRL teams, and Tomkins would be best off at the Sharks or Tigers at fullback.
Good idea for a list, definitely threw up some names that would go very well.
Which Super League star does your NRL club need?
1. Michael Jennings is taking up a whopping amount of the salary cap and he hasn’t been performing. 600k is what you would expect to be paying one of the better halfbacks in the competition, not one who at club level is about average. Your looking at a player who is taking up around 7% of their total cap spending
2. Gould/Cleary aren’t signing honest toilers because they think it will be great fun, their cap is completely buggered because the previous administration thought it would be a great idea to give reserve graders massive contracts and first grade spots and massive 5 year contracts to the players they want to hold on to. When they cut these blokes, the difference in their salaries at Penrith and their next club generally comes out of their cap for the length of their contract. They need to free up room to sign all of their Under 20’s stars in the future and this isn’t going to happen when players like Jennings are getting paid 600k to float around the field not pulling their weight.
3. “The solution is to wait it out. In two to three years all contracts drawn-up by past administration will be finished. Sign Jennings for 300K on the cap when his renewel comes up. Do the same with all the other players on overs.”
They can’t wait it out because by that time all of the players they are trying to bring through will be poached as they won’t be able to give them first grade contracts, and they’ll be back to paying overs for whoever is left. In two years there will be 5 players taking up half their cap. Your talking about three years of at best mediocrity followed by the same issues they had before.
The only reason all this stuff is getting so vicious is because Rothfield is the man writing the articles and he hates Phil Gould and is trying to put the boot in. The same guy who supports the Sharks, and believed that Todd Carney deserved a stint in gaol until he signed for them and is suddenly a genius signing and great piece of business.
All is not well at the foot of the mountains
Yeah Gallops fault there’s no other team in Brisbane, nothing at all to do with the people who own your team killing off every other team in SE Queensland.
Broncos poor says NRL coach Griffin
Whole mainstream media is like this, everything has to be catastrophic to try and get some clicks/extra eyeballs.
Found this article the other day:
http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-ways-to-spot-b.s.-political-story-in-under-10-seconds/
A Kiwi's advice to Wallaby supporters
Echoes, but the English soccer media is unable to pinpoint the reasons why they lose outside of cliche (Jonathan Wilson and his ilk aside, they get drowned out by the wailing of the tabloids).
Most people I talk to know the Wallaby scrum aint great, I’m not a tragic of the game but I get this.
A Kiwi's advice to Wallaby supporters
Refusing to try video referees because they occasiobally get it wtong is flawed thinking, because they still get it wrong far less than the normal referee.
Players take more than a minute to celebrate goals, plenty of time to have a look for offside, fouls, etc.
Would a video referee work in football?
We picked a fast attacking side, if it was wet they’d roll over the top of us.
State of Origin 2012 Game 1: NSW vs QLD live scores, blog
Mate, take the Broncos out and you get a clearer picture of outside Sydney crowds.
Just send the low drawing games to other areas, get money for your trouble, areas that don’t get to see it get a few games and bigger crowds in Sydney because you don’t get 20 odd chances to go to the game.Been to Hawthorn games in Launceston and it was awesome (bloody cold though) and I’d definitely travel out west for the odd weekend for a Canterbury game.
An answer to Sydney NRL crowd problems?
Only problem is that Thurston and Slater would tear them up through the middle from the centre of the park when they get to the back end of their shifts.
BROWNIE: Stuart picks an exciting team for Origin Game One
This is great news, now get me some names to print on the back of the jersey!
Popovic signs with western Sydney A-League
I was not sold on Morris on the right but he did very well against Parra. But as the next game is against the Titans he won’t really get tested by a solid defensive left centre until the teams are picked.
Jennings at the centre of Origin storm
Wow, just wow. The icing on the cake was the $160 Billion dollar deficit lol.
Game changes see NRL poised for its billion dollar payday
The ARLC handles the broader game, the NRL handles the main comp.
I wonder if he’s still involved with the RLIF, etc as well.
BREAKING: David Gallop quits as NRL boss