NRL 2017
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Has there been a rule change on the play of the ball? Players regularly just rolling it between their legs without touching the ball with their foot.
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Storm too dominant this season - crushing the Cowboys in the home straight.
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Cant remember a season for a while where one team looked so dominant ,
I think with Smith , cronk and Slater well into their 30s now, there was a feeling at the club its now or never , they threw everything at it this year
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Pretty boring game once Melb got out to a lead. One way traffic and while there were some good tries it didn't feel like Melb were any chance to lose. That's not their fault though, they were a class above all year.
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The Broncos must wonder about what might have been with all those Qlders who've starred for league desert Melbourne. Pretty insane actually.
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@rancid-schnitzel said in NRL 2017:
The Broncos must wonder about what might have been with all those Qlders who've starred for league desert Melbourne. Pretty insane actually.
The funny part of that , Smith trialed with them as a teenager , they said he was too small ,
Melbourne then picked him up,
But dont mention it in in front of Bennett , he gets pissed off
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@kiwiinmelb said in NRL 2017:
@rancid-schnitzel said in NRL 2017:
The Broncos must wonder about what might have been with all those Qlders who've starred for league desert Melbourne. Pretty insane actually.
The funny part of that , Smith trialed with them as a teenager , they said he was too small ,
Melbourne then picked him up,
But dont mention it in in front of Bennett , he gets pissed off
Smith may never have turned out to be the player he was without Bellamy’s coaching and the non-spotlight that being in Melbourne allows.
Cronk and Slater on the other hand seem to like the limelight a bit more and probably would’ve done the business no matter what team they were on.
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NRL is done and dusted so onwards to the Rugby League World Cup at the end of the month! Aussies name their squad tomorrow and Kiwis should name their squad later this week. Bit worried the Kiwis selectors will make some bad picks but the 24 players I would pick would be:
Backs: Roger Tuivasa-Sheck, David Fusitua, Jordan Rapana, Dallin Watene-Zelezniak, Peta Hiku, Dean Whare, Gerard Beale, Brad Takarangi, Shaun Johnson, Te Maire Martin, Kodi Nikorima, Thomas Leuluai
Forwards: Jason Taumalolo, Simon Mannering, Elijah Taylor, Adam Blair (c), Danny Levi, Russell Packer, Martin Taupau, Nelson Asofa-Solomona, Tohu Harris, Manu Ma'u, James Fisher-Harris, Joseph TapineMy match-day 17 would be:
1.Roger Tuivasa-Sheck 2. Dallin Watene-Zelezniak 3. Dean Whare 4. Peta Hiku 5. Jordan Rapana 6. Te Maire Martin 7. Shaun Johnson 8. Russell Packer 9. Thomas Leuluai 10. Adam Blair (c) 11. Simon Mannering 12. Elijah Taylor 13. Jason Taumalolo Bench: 14. Kodi Nikorima 15. Martin Taupau 16. Nelson Asofa-Solomona 17. Tohu Harris -
Side note to all this: on Saturday we went into Darling Harbour for Comic Con.
My kids wanted to cosplay, ok? And anyway, fuck you guys because, as Little Miss Aussie was dressed as Wonder Woman, ALL the hot chicks in their 20s dressed as WW wanted photos with her. So the viewing was good (my personal favourite was Miss Aquaman, anyway).
Anyhoo, we went out of the convention centre to get some lunch (as did many others), and there were a notable number of people in Cowboys or QLD Orrrrrjn jerseys.
They must have thought Sydney was entirely populated by weirdos
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@act-crusader lucky it wasn't in Canberra, or Adelaide, then.
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@nta Darling Harbour is my local walking route so I was checking out a bunch of the cosplayers - this year there seemed to be hotter ones compared with the other shows and last year. Lots of cleavage. Annoyingly, this was the first one I couldn't get free tickets to since arriving in Oz so I didn't go ....
@Sneakdefreak You can't worry about the selectors making bad picks and then pick Peta Hiku Kearney. Also, have you factored in all the injuries that will likely occur between now and the cup? Te Maire Martin could be ruled out as they've spent two days talking about how he should have been out for a month ....
How is Thomas Leuluai still a thing?
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@nepia perverted nerds.....
Aussie squad:
Kangaroos Squad
Billy Slater (Melbourne Storm)
Darius Boyd (Brisbane Broncos)
Will Chambers (Melbourne Storm)
Dane Gagai (Newcastle Knights)
Tom Trbojevic (Manly Sea Eagles)
Josh Dugan (St George Illawarra Dragons)
Valentine Holmes (Cronulla Sharks)
Cooper Cronk (Melbourne Storm)
Cameron Munster (Melbourne Storm)
Michael Morgan (North Queensland Cowboys)
James Maloney (Cronulla Sharks)
Aaron Woods (Wests Tigers)
David Klemmer (Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs)
Josh McGuire (Brisbane Broncos)
Andrew Fifita (Cronulla Sharks)
Jake Trbojevic (Manly Sea Eagles)
Jordan McLean (Melbourne Storm)
Boyd Cordner (Sydney Roosters)
Matt Gillett (Brisbane Broncos)
Tyson Frizell (St George Illawarra Dragons)
Wade Graham (Cronulla Sharks)
Felise Kaufusi (Melbourne Storm)
Cameron Smith (Melbourne Storm)
Ben Hunt (Brisbane Broncos) -
@sneakdefreak That team on paper doesn't look as strong as in the past (less of the HUGE names) - but you know they'll do the business when they need to.
There's a lot of fullbacks in the side.
