NRL 2018
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Shame to see Mannering retiring because he has a few more campaigns in him, but you can see Father Time has made great gains this season while Tohu Harris has replaced him as the 'franchise' forward.
My guess is Kearney told Mannering he was leaning towards Harris, Isaiah Papali'i, Leivaha Pulu, Jazz Tevaga and Adam Blair as his backrowers for 2019 and Simon really didn't want to move his family just to end his career playing for say, Parramatta.
Anyways, let's get Mannering into the playoffs and past the 300 game mark!
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@sneakdefreak said in NRL 2018:
My guess is Kearney told Mannering he was leaning towards Harris, Isaiah Papali'i, Leivaha Pulu, Jazz Tevaga and Adam Blair as his backrowers for 2019 and Simon really didn't want to move his family just to end his career playing for say, Parramatta.
Mannering said his oldest son was the person who convinced him it was time to retire.
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@canefan Had the privilege of seeing him play in a testimonial game in the mid-90's. Sure it was one of those matey muck-around matches (Bill Harrigan scored a try ffs) but he was still picking the ball up off his bootlaces and making those sweet short passes and offloads in contact that he was so famous for. A pleasure to watch.
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@canefan Had the privilege of seeing him play in a testimonial game in the mid-90's. Sure it was one of those matey muck-around matches (Bill Harrigan scored a try ffs) but he was still picking the ball up off his bootlaces and making those sweet short passes and offloads in contact that he was so famous for. A pleasure to watch.
He played at a time when we rarely beat Aussie. I still remember Kevin Tamati punching up Greg Dowling and Olsen Filipaina toe hacking goals
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@raznomore said in NRL 2018:
Mannering would have had a long Origin career if he'd been born Australian.
Never got the Aussie love he deserved IMO.
But a player that averages 95m and 32 tackles over a career this long is special.
All-time Warrior. Great career. Aussie love? He didn't get the kiwi love because he was overshadowed by flash players doing flash things around him. Mannering just got on with the job of being an effective, week in week out pro.
Champ, and will be missed. Hopefully slips in to a coaching role straight away. Should be a terrific mentor for young back rowers.
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@mariner4life said in NRL 2018:
@raznomore said in NRL 2018:
Mannering would have had a long Origin career if he'd been born Australian.
Never got the Aussie love he deserved IMO.
But a player that averages 95m and 32 tackles over a career this long is special.
All-time Warrior. Great career. Aussie love? He didn't get the kiwi love because he was overshadowed by flash players doing flash things around him. Mannering just got on with the job of being an effective, week in week out pro.
Champ, and will be missed. Hopefully slips in to a coaching role straight away. Should be a terrific mentor for young back rowers.
I'll admit there were times I didn't rate him, I especially thought he was going through the motions in the lead up to his 200th game ... but clearly I was wrong.
A pity he couldn't continue on and play a few more years. I think that the abbreviated nature of this season makes it difficult for coaches, fans and himself to judge how he'd go if he continued on. I hope it was just his decision and Kearney didn't push him out - that's just dumb. If he wanted to win a comp he probably could have signed for the Storm now that Hoffman is retiring ... he's like a better version of Hoffman anyway.
Annoyingly he was retired from my Warriors team on PS4 as well, stupid game doesn't tell you players are retiring, you just start the season with a few players down.
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@mariner4life Mannering was an origin calibre player and was never really talk up as anything more than reliable by aussie comms and media.
He was a legit Luke Lewis or Matt Gillet class of player but because he played for NZ he was never really talked up as a premiere utility foward on this side of the ditch. Respected but not revered like he should have been.
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@raznomore said in NRL 2018:
@mariner4life Mannering was an origin calibre player and was never really talk up as anything more than reliable by aussie comms and media.
He was a legit Luke Lewis or Matt Gillet class of player but because he played for NZ he was never really talked up as a premiere utility foward on this side of the ditch. Respected but not revered like he should have been.
Gillet? Gillet is shit. That's a smear on both Lewis and Mannering.
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@mariner4life lol. He's not that bad, and I hate the broncos.
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@raznomore said in NRL 2018:
@mariner4life lol. He's not that bad, and I hate the broncos.
look, all I'm saying is, fuck Matt Gillet
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Yeah c’mon raz, Gillet isn’t good enough to tie the laces Mannering and Lewis. Plus he’s a thug.
Mannering has been one of my favourite players for a long time. He has been Mr Reliable whether at centre or back row. He improved his game to be an effective ball player.
He reminds me of what Abercrombie means to the Breakers and Tall Blacks. Dependable and can pull out a big play when needed.
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@act-crusader said in NRL 2018:
Yeah c’mon raz, Gillet isn’t good enough to tie the laces Mannering and Lewis. Plus he’s a thug.
Mannering has been one of my favourite players for a long time. He has been Mr Reliable whether at centre or back row. He improved his game to be an effective ball player.
He reminds me of what Abercrombie means to the Breakers and Tall Blacks. Dependable and can pull out a big play when needed.
Fuck Thomas Abercrombie as well
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@mariner4life you might need to refer to the thread with @Catogrande's hypothetical horse shagging techinque, Thomas Abercombie is a tall fucker so a box might be required
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Haha watch Ricky Stuart's press conference. The Raiders have been stitched up by the refs big time, and their season is now over.
Warm up the $10k fine
The sharks, for a team chock full of grubs get a huge number of favourable, game winning ref calls.
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Bennett has moved Boyd to the centres. Has he not watched his son "tackle" this year?
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@mariner4life The Broncos are fucking caning the Panthers right now. 32-0....at halftime.
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@mariner4life said in NRL 2018:
Haha watch Ricky Stuart's press conference. The Raiders have been stitched up by the refs big time, and their season is now over.
Warm up the $10k fine
The sharks, for a team chock full of grubs get a huge number of favourable, game winning ref calls.
Although I'm happy the last playoff contender is effectively out of the race, I'm not happy the Sharks have been gifted another win. Seems the NRL is keen on getting Cronulla to the grandfinal this year.
Great presser by Ricky. He did the ol' 'I'm not blaming the refs' before tearing them a new one.
