NRL 2021
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@mariner4life said in NRL 2021:
Also a question, if i may. Is there a sport with a worse set of "high profile journalists" than Rugby League? And why do these fucking goons continue to get extended air time on Fox League? Rothfield is a sour old drunk who copped a clip from Cooper Cronk last night. Paul Kent just hates everything about the NRL (but desperately wants to be best mates with the names of the sport). That bald flog Hooper is just a dropkick. And yet these guys are nearly the faces of the Fox League channel.
Who is signing off on this shit?
Haha very true, and why does James Hooper put on that stupid accent lol.
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@bayimports said in NRL 2021:
First team named for 2021 and its the warriors.
Warriors: Roger Tuivasa-Sheck (c), David Fusitu'a, Euan Aitken, Peta Hiku, Ken Maumalo, Kodi Nikorima, Chanel Harris-Tavita, Addin Fonua-Blake, Wayde Egan, Jamayne Taunoa-Brown, Eliesa Katoa, Bayley Sironen, Tohu Harris. Interchange: Jazz Tevaga, Ben Murdoch-Masila, Leeson Ah Mau, Bunty Afoa, Adam Pompey, Sean O'Sullivan, Tom Ale, Josh Curran
A couple of unexpected ins including Egan and Katoa.
Better looking and more Kiwi looking team than I thought they would put out this year.
I hope Egan lives up to the hype this year, looked mostly average and often ponderous last year but the diehard Warriors fanbois were raving about him.
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@nepia I think Egan will go ok behind a big pack (which he has now). Is he is the same league as Smith, Cheese or Grant ...hell no ha ha. Im more worried about our halves. CHT showed promise at the end of last year, Kodi is a bit rocks and diamonds too. I guess if the team can stay injury free, they will have a shot for the eight, but they need a few things to go there way.
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@bayimports said in NRL 2021:
@nepia I think Egan will go ok behind a big pack (which he has now). Is he is the same league as Smith, Cheese or Grant ...hell no ha ha. Im more worried about our halves. CHT showed promise at the end of last year, Kodi is a bit rocks and diamonds too. I guess if the team can stay injury free, they will have a shot for the eight, but they need a few things to go there way.
Being in Oz for the season is a decided disadvantage. They will need to get off to a strong start to get everyone up. I'm not holding my breath
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@bayimports said in NRL 2021:
@nepia I think Egan will go ok behind a big pack (which he has now). Is he is the same league as Smith, Cheese or Grant ...hell no ha ha. Im more worried about our halves. CHT showed promise at the end of last year, Kodi is a bit rocks and diamonds too. I guess if the team can stay injury free, they will have a shot for the eight, but they need a few things to go there way.
Being in Oz for the season is a decided disadvantage. They will need to get off to a strong start to get everyone up. I'm not holding my breath
TBH, I don't know if it is as big a disadvantage to the playing. A siege mentality due to adverse conditions can take a team pretty far.
@bayimports Kodi was often times our only attacking spark at times last year. And, to go back to Egan, he was having to create everything because he was getting ponderous ball from a hooker who wasn't a threat.
@Bovidae Yep, and that's why their fanbois fluff him regardless of his actual performances. I reckon Kodi is probably the potential best 9 in the team but we need him in the halves.
There was a game last year when her reminded me of Townsend when he was at the Warriors. If he comes good like Townsend did I hope it's at the Warriors and not after he leaves for another club.
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@nepia Actually I agree with you on all these points. Kodi was often our most dangerous half, the problem for Kodi too was when he had an off day it was really noticeable as often others didn't stand up. CHT really has to step up consistently this year and time will tell if he is good enough. If there is a significant threat coming from both halves then that should create more gaps.
I also agree and think the team will bond well over here, I don't think that will be a big playing group distraction, clearly a mega huge negative financial impact for the club, but not necessarily a playing group one.
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@mariner4life said in NRL 2021:
Also a question, if i may. Is there a sport with a worse set of "high profile journalists" than Rugby League? And why do these fucking goons continue to get extended air time on Fox League? Rothfield is a sour old drunk who copped a clip from Cooper Cronk last night. Paul Kent just hates everything about the NRL (but desperately wants to be best mates with the names of the sport). That bald flog Hooper is just a dropkick. And yet these guys are nearly the faces of the Fox League channel.
Who is signing off on this shit?
At a guess you're talking about this?
If there's anything worse than the players and administrators in league, it's the "journalists".
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Smith retires
.‘The right time to finish’: Storm great Smith retires from rugby league
Cameron Smith stood between the two grounds where he made his name at Melbourne Storm and next to his great mate Billy Slater. There was no more fitting place to announce his retirement from rugby league.
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I admire Cameron Smith for many things
He's really really fucking good at rugby league.
His prep is obviously meticulous because he's played more games than anyone else
He wins. A lot.
He plays the game with as clear a head as any rugby player i have ever seen
He winds up New South Welshmen like nothing i have ever seen
He winds up NSW-centric NRL journos just by existingNow you can add laying out the bitter hypocrisy of the journalism industry for all to see. The major whinge from them seems to be "oh, you selfish fluffybunny, you just wanted to have us talk about you and not the season launch". this from the same bunch of shameless fluffybunnies that will sit on a dirt-dishing story that will make the league look bad until the time when it will get the most clicks, like the week of the first game, or GF week. Cam nicked your spot didn't he fuckheads? I reckon it was supposed to be the Victor Radley non-story, but Cam stole all their thunder. jam it in your ass.
That deadshit James Hooper still got to hit publish on his whiney "cam smith is a shit bloke because he won't talk to me" article he clearly penned last year, so what's his fucking problem?
Onya Cam, you do you.
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@mariner4life I was reading that expecting the “but” that never came. 😀
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Listening to this comms team specially Gould pleasure themselves over Benji Marshall doing sweet fuck all reminds me why I prefer pay TV coverage.
Benji has been given credit for the 2 tries the very poor rabbits have scored. It's been all fucking Cody Walker but because Benji got his old hands on the ball somewhere on the lead up it's time for Gus and to a slightly lesser extent John's to give each other a reach around on air.
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@raznomore said in NRL 2021:
Listening to this comms team specially Gould pleasure themselves over Benji Marshall doing sweet fuck all reminds me why I prefer pay TV coverage.
Benji has been given credit for the 2 tries the very poor rabbits have scored. It's been all fucking Cody Walker but because Benji got his old hands on the ball somewhere on the lead up it's time for Gus and to a slightly lesser extent John's to give each other a reach around on air.
Jesus, is that tired old flog still on TV ? Fuck me days he should have been put out to pasture years ago.
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@raznomore said in NRL 2021:
@mn5 he's part of the furniture. Aussie loves an over dramatic pompous "expert". Alan Jones has managed to make a lifetime career out of it.
Well yeah but I thought that ghastly old fuck woulda been given the boot years ago.
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Good game that. Few errors but some pretty tries
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Both teams will be there at the business end of the season. The Bunnies looked good once they cut out the errors and gave Reimis Smith and Jennings a very hard time. Jai Arrow is also a very good pick up who did a lot of work. Marshall did do a decent enough job out there in a situation that suited him as it gave the Bunnies an extra option on attack. Cook's passing was horrendous at crucial times sadly, and I think Jaxon Paulo would be better served out wide than Mansour who looked very average out there. Mitchell, Gagai and Arrow were the best for Souths.
Will be interesting to see what Bellamy does with Smith and Grant. Smiths made no secret that he wants to play at 9,but might have to settle for a utility spot with Grant starting.
