NRL 2017
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@Sneakdefreak said in NRL 2017:
@Sneakdefreak said in NRL 2017:
Peta Hiku has been released by the Panthers, heading to Superleague.
Yay, no more stinking up the Kiwis now.
Man. He's had a quick fall from grace, from next big thing at Manly, to the Panthers and now to the retirement league.
Surprised the Knights didn't offer him a contract. Would rather have him than Kata right now tbh, Kata has struggled big time this season.
I think I'd have him over Kata as well. I told everyone Kata was shit but he fooled everyone last year because he ran hard.
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Origin game 2 fluffybunnies.
Get you sugar cane champagne on board and strap yourself in
NSW by 8
Praying for a stink
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Penalties proving costly to both sides. A try each on field position provided by penalties
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Origin really isn't a spectacle anymore.
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NSW are choking this away in the dying seconds.
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Fuck yes! What a last 35 minutes by Queensland!
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A game NSW should have won but lost 18-16 because they chose to go conservative in the second half and Queensland were allowed to attack wave after wave on the NSW defence.
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Was a classic case of brains vs brawn
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What happened was, for 45 minutes the NSW forwards were on top, allowing their quick blokes (especially Tedesco) to get out of dummy half, put the Qld defense on their heels, and then pick them off with inside balls. Qld were too lateral, and not hard enough on the run, and were in danger of another flogging.
And then, at about the 45 minute mark, a bunch of shit happened. Tedesco was hurt. Frizell was hurt. Napa came back on and started smashing blokes. Then Wallace did the same. The forward tide turned, and NSW froze. Cronk, Smith, Slater and Thurston, 4 of the best players of all time saw it, and lifted. But the guy who started it was Napa.
The end was inevitable. And if Qld had an attack pattern that wasn't 10 years old, it would have come sooner. Seriously, how many times can one team get pushed over the sideline before you work out NSW are set up to defend that?
During that period of NSW dominance, i honestly thought it was time to put Cameron Smith out to pasture. The game he is best suited to is not what Origin seems to be now. Then in the last 35 he was fucking immense. He ran, he tackled, he schemed, a masterclass.
NSW will be shitting bricks they have just let slip what should have been a comfortable series win.
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Yeah, the injuries to NSW stuffed up their bench rotation. Their forward pack ran out of puff. Dugan is a great defensive fullback, but doesn't offer the same running lines as Teddy.
Also didn't help that they didn't complete their sets and gave away silly penalties to give Qld a piggy back ride into the NSW half.
During NSW's dominance, Frizell was running at and targeting JT (during kicks) and gaining easy meters. Once Frizzel went off, not much pressure was put on JT and made it easier for him to make plays.You could sense that Qld would come back if NSW didn't finish them off. It was like watching the All Blacks play Ireland/Wales
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The NRL Facebook went feral with NSW fans attacking the reffing and the NRL with all sorts of conspiracy theories.
Queensland NRL Memes Facebook page having all sorts of fun with it in return:
"Massive floods throughout Sydney from all the tears from NSW fans"
"All aboard the Choke Plane"
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@mariner4life when I was a kid , before all our best league players played in the nrl , and all played in the Auckland club comp instead .
Dylan napas old man Stan was a local legend front rower, playing for oatahuhu. -
Warriors V Bulldogs in some Friday Night Footy tonight. NSW winger Brett Morris is out of the game but so is future Doggie Kieran Foran.
Teams:
Vodafone Warriors | Roger Tuivasa-Sheck (c); Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad, Blake Ayshford, David Fusitu’a, Ken Maumalo; Mafoa'aeata Hingano, Shaun Johnson; Jacob Lillyman, Issac Luke, Ben Matulino; Bodene Thompson, Ryan Hoffman; Simon Mannering. Interchange: Nathaniel Roache, Sam Lisone, Albert Vete, Bunty Afoa, James Gavet, Ligi Sao.
Players cut: Kieran Foran, Manu Vatuvei.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | William Hopoate; Kerrod Holland, Josh Morris, Chase Stanley, Marcelo Montoya; Josh Reynolds, Moses Mbye; Aiden Tolman, Michael Lichaa, James Graham (c); Josh Jackson, Adam Elliot; David Klemmer. Interchange: Sam Kasiano, Danny Fualalo, Greg Eastwood, Matt Frawley, Francis Tualau, Asipeli Fine, Raymond Faitala-Mariner.
Players cut: Brett Morris, one TBC.
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Jonathan Thurston is gooonnneee for the season. Busted shoulder. Cowboys to miss the playoffs.
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@Sneakdefreak said in NRL 2017:
Jonathan Thurston is gooonnneee for the season. Busted shoulder. Cowboys to miss the playoffs.
Will make it interesting for State of Origin III
