NRL 2017
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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
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Nice win last night by the boys against a traditional big Bulldogs pack.
Some thoughts:
- Ken Maumalo was immense in this game. Side-stepping past players, smashing his way through, safe under the high ball....
- ...Manu Vatuvei isn't returning to the team.
- Simon Mannering was his usual self (60 tackles, 160m running) but it's not good when Bodene Thompson is invisible for large chunks of the game and Hoffman is getting smashed by the opposition.
- Shame to see Isaac Luke leave with a shoulder injury but Nathaniel Roache was awesome when he came on. So quick out of dummy half that it halted the Bulldogs rushing up on defence.
- Me and a mate at the game were impressed that Shaun Johnson was using a variety of kicks to pin the Dogs in their own end. Sadly some of his passes were shit (well one was).
- James Gavet keeps getting more and more awesome with each game.
- And he smashed that grub Josh Reynolds too. HA!
- Really hope the Warriors showed James Graham around the facility this week. Would be a great signing for 2018.
- Although my condolences go to Kata and his family, Fusitua and Ayshford are the better centres at this point of the season.
- Because they can pass.
- The video ref was terrible in this game and yet they kept going upstairs. Except for the last Bulldogs try which actually warranted a look upstairs.
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@Sneakdefreak I didn't realise that Kata hadn't been dropped for this game, I thought that Kearney had finally seen sense with his outside backs. Hopefully, Nicoll-Kolstad's one drop of the ball isn't used as the convenient excuse whenever they want not include him in the starting line up.
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Shit Melbourne are an impressive organisation. They appear to have unearthed another set of youngsters, and are beating the Roosters short-handed.
Have to favouritrs for the flag now
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And then they lose to 2 tries in the last 6 minutes, and then a jammy as fuck field goal in golden point
I fucking hate mitchell pearce
