NRL 2017

@taniwharugby said in NRL 2017:

@donsteppa whaddya mean, isnt this the Warriors?

Well there is a passing resemblance to the Simon Mannering and Assorted Rabble show!

so that shortens down to Simon Mannering And ARS

Gunner

One thing I find really unfair is a situation like we just saw.

Fiji knock on, kiwis dive on it, tackle is called and we’ve make no ground whatsoever, so no advantage, yet that tackle is classed as tackle one.
They’d be better to knock it on themselves, take the scrum from the same spot and start from tackle zero....

Gunner

@donsteppa the sad thing is the Warriors might actually be better than his lot...

Sneakdefreak

2-0 at halftime. WTF is this? All Whites V Peru?

Sneakdefreak

Tonga nearly toppled by some country I've never heard of, Tonga beat Kiwis, Fiji leading Kiwis at halftime. So much for this tournament going by the script.

Gunner

Adam Blair with a perfectly logical explanation... it’s good for the game.

I get it now, the Kiwis are just taking one, (well this makes it two) for the sake of international league and making it look like it’s a legitimate and competitive ‘tournament’.

Genius!

Sneakdefreak

At what point do we admit that Shaun Johnson is never going to become the player we thought he would become back in 2011? Warriors might be wiser to look for their next project player instead of paying him a million each season.

Donsteppa

@sneakdefreak said in NRL 2017:

At what point do we admit that Shaun Johnson is never going to become the player we thought he would become back in 2011?

About two years ago, sadly.

Sneakdefreak

Halftime - Fiji 2-0 Kiwis
Possession: 62-38 (Fiji)
Completions: Fiji 13/18 (72%), Kiwis 12/17 (71%)
Line breaks: 2-1 Fiji
Offloads: 8-7 Kiwis
Tackles: Kiwis 208, Fiji 135
Missed tackles: Kiwis 19, Fiji 18
Penalties conceded: Kiwis 4, Fiji 3
Errors: Kiwis 8, Fiji 7

Gunner

@donsteppa 2 years ago? Thats awfully generous of you.

Gunner

How good is it to see Bluey calling it exactly how it is in the half time chit chat.

To Paraphrase ‘they have to lift their game in the second 40 or they’ll be known as the worst Kiwis team ever.’

Sneakdefreak

@donsteppa He's a terrible game manager and can't execute on the last tackle unless it is in broken play (which game managers can score as well in broken play). Warriors would be wise to try and steal Luke Keary from the Roosters or even Jackson Hastings from Manly.

The Silver Fern

NRL 2017