The NRL Season of 2016

kiwiinmelb

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Yeah, in the league forum the Warriors fans are fluffing him like crazy, but, he's always run well and hard, his defence and passing game are shocking, that never changes. When the Warriors come up against a good team, one that will actually just tackle the shit out of him he'll blow tries.
 
I also don't think RTS was outstanding, an outstanding game means defence as well, and the way he let Orbison stroll to the line was schoolboy stuff.
 
 
Slight (scratch that huge off topic), have you been to Miss Jackson cafe in St Kilda? Best bacon and eggs and best meat big breakfast ever. 
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There are a million cafes in st kilda , hadnt heard of it , but just googled , know where it is now, i will give it a go :)

aucklandwarlord

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Oh, and how fucked have the NRL got their obstruction rules? Having the bunker hasn't even got consistency across all games, let alone better rulings. 
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The bunker seems to be a failed experiment that will hopefully be gone by the start of next season. I don't know a heap about it but I presume that it's modelled on the NFL one where the same officials at a remote location deal with all of the reviews etc from all of the games. The big difference being that in the NFL they often have ten or so games going on at once, so this may be necessary. Whereas the NRL normally only has one, maybe two overlapping on a Sunday afternoon so the whole thing seems a pretty redundant quirk to me. 
 
They have had some awful decisions. That should have been a penalty try on the weekend. You get the feeling it wasn't even considered by them, despite the ref telling Hoffman that it was.

Sneakdefreak

VODAFONE WARRIORS v MANLY SEA EAGLES 
Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland 
7.30pm, Saturday, April 9 
VODAFONE WARRIORS 
1 Roger TUIVASA-SHECK 2 Tuimoala LOLOHEA 
3 Blake AYSHFORD 
4 Solomone KATA 
5 Jonathan WRIGHT 
6 Shaun JOHNSON 
7 Jeff ROBSON 
8 Jacob LILLYMAN 
9 Issac LUKE 
10 Ben MATULINO 
11 Simon MANNERING 
12 Ryan HOFFMAN (c) 
13 Sam LISONE 
Interchange 
14 Jazz TEVAGA 
15 Albert VETE 
16 Charlie GUBB 
17 Konrad HURRELL 
18 Thomas LEULUAI
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Thomas Leuluai returns from injury 
Thomas Leuluai is set to play his first game in almost 11 months while Jonathan Wright replaces the injured Manu Vatuvei for the Vodafone Warriorsâ€™ sixth-round NRL clash against the Manly Sea Eagles at Mount Smart Stadium on Saturday (7.30pm kick-off; match day sponsor: Woodstock). 
Leuluai (30) had his 2015 season ended by an ACL injury in the clubâ€™s 10th-round game against the Parramatta Eels on May 16 last year. 
He has been included on a five-man bench but is poised to come back for his 68th NRL appearance on Saturday night. 
Wright is named on the left wing after Vatuvei was forced off with a hamstring injury 66 minutes into Sundayâ€™s 32-28 golden point win over the Sydney Roosters in Gosford. He made a try-scoring appearance filling in for Vatuvei against Melbourne on March 28, his only previous NRL outing so far this season. 
Vodafone Warriors head coach Andrew McFadden has made one other change to the starting line-up used against the Roosters, moving Sam Lisone to loose forward with Albert Vete going to the bench.
 
Plus the Warriors have officially traded RFM to the Bulldogs for Shaun Lane. Lane is playing in the NSW Cup team.
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Nepia

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There are a million cafes in st kilda , hadnt heard of it , but just googled , know where it is now, i will give it a go :)
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That's why I gave you the bloody name. ;)
 
At least the NRL have copped to the fact the Bunker got it wrong, but typical that it happens to the Warriors and then they sort it out.
 
At least the Warriors are getting a roll on now with another easy beat team lined up.

mariner4life

Haha the Dragons got nilled again. 40 points scored in 6 games now. 
2 games in a row without scoring

Sneakdefreak

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Haha the Dragons got nilled again. 40 points scored in 6 games now. 2 games in a row without scoring </blockquote>
 
Something is not right at the Dragons. With players like Widdop, Dugan, Lafai, Frizell, they should be able to get something on the board. Bunji might wanna take that $300k offer because it is probably the best he'll get at this point in his career.

mariner4life

Widdop is playing like dogshit (another player who is great at Melbourne, and shit everywhere else). Benji has been ordinary or hurt. Dugan is made of glass, and is dumb as a sack of hammers. 
 
But maybe Paul MacGregor can't coach? Being a favourite son really does give you a lot of leeway.

Sneakdefreak

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But maybe Paul MacGregor can't coach? Being a favourite son really does give you a lot of leeway. </blockquote>

Nepia

And the roll is over, even a cabbage Manly team can easily put the Warriors away. Talk about bogey team, they could play their reserve grade side and probably beat the Warriors.
 
What the fuck is Cappy doing with Mutts? Leaves him off half the game in the early games, now he runs him into the ground.
 
Kata passed more in this game than in his past season and a half . Someone must have forwarded my constructive criticism to him.

Gunner

J H Christ. 
Glad I was out for a couple of hours tonight!!!! 
As Jake would say, 'fuck you and your warrior shit'. 
And fuck you TAB, ALMOST conned me into your 'special' of the day - warriors 13+ and SJ to score, was gonna pay $4.75 if I remember rightly.

raznomore

I am going to attempt to be level headed about this...
 
1. Johnson is a head case at this stage. He's clearly not going to run and the world knows that is what he should do but hes just not in the game. He has the ability and the only thing I can see missing is the confidence to us it. Small list of short comings but a massive thing to be missing.
 
2. Ayshford is Wright/Neilsen v.3. Just offers nothing. Regularly found out on defense.
 
3. RTS he's out of sorts. Some good, some bad, a lot of average.
 
4. Rosbon is past it and offers nothing. 
 
5. Forwards seem to have lost their ball playing ability. We are no longer the big boys either.
 
6. Wings, left and right defense, centres are all exactly where they always are. about 3 rungs below who ever they are playing against.
 
7. We still get killed by the refs.
 
 
 
Im not calling for anyones head but it may be an idea to give someone a rest between Robson and Johnson. Start Leuleai for one of them. See what happens. Likely Robson but Johnson could do with a look in the mirror.
 
Cappy will be feeling the ground around him starting to rumble. Not time to throw the baby out with the bath water but recent victories obviously flattered to deceive.

aucklandwarlord

Man that was a tough game to watch. 
 
Easy to say that the bunker screwed up Kata getting back into the field of play, which led to a try. But we still wouldn't have won it anyway. We were pretty woeful. 
 
Charlie Gubb must be easily the most likeable player for the Warriors in ages. The guy has a massive heart and is involved in everything. He is truly an impact player. Even had the balls to square up to that tank late in the second half.

Sneakdefreak

Fuck you Manly. Hope you all get bed bugs tonight.
 
- Either SJ is injured or he was scared tonight. No running SJ = no winning Warriors
- But Leuluai looked good teaming up with Luke tonight. Once fit he needs to replace Robson and help Luke around the ruck area. 
- Warriors need to show some mana in the first 20 minutes. They look scared to take it to the opposition.
- He isn't getting much time on the field but Hurrell definitely attracts the defenders. They worry about him and therefore vacate a Warrior or two.
- I was wrong about Manly - they look to be a playoff contender in 2016.
- Wright did ok on the the wing but the fact Maumalo wasn't picked means he is following RFM out the club's front doors.
- Ashyford, Robson, Lisone, Vete should be replaced with Fusitua, Leuluai, Gavet and Sao.
 
Team for next round:
1.RTS 2.Lolohea 3.Hurrell 4.Kata 5. Fusitua 6.Johnson 7.Robson 8.Lillyman 9.Luke 10.Matulino 11.Mannering 12.Hoffman 13.Sao
Bench: 14.Leuluai (until he is fit enough to play 80) 15.Gubb 16.Gavet 17.Lane 18th man: Maumalo

aucklandwarlord

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- Warriors need to show some mana in the first 20 minutes. They look scared to take it to the opposition.
 
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Almost the polar opposite of last year where they would build up big leads and then blow them in the second half. Now they're letting teams run up a few tries on them and trying to chase them from behind.

raznomore

Brad Fittler has declared this latest effort as "sad". 
We finally get the major buys we need and things seem to be going backwards. 
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Sneakdefreak

Don't click if you're squeamish....
 
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mariner4life

that man has a vagina on his head
 
 
James Spader's spidey sense is tingling

Sneakdefreak

Some big changes for the game against the Doggies in Wellington. Lolohea moves to stand off, Fusitua moves onto the wing, Thompson returns from injury and Ligi Sao is the 18th man although expect him to be on the bench come kick-off.
 
Team to face Bulldogs at the Caketin on Saturday night:
 
1 Roger TUIVASA-SHECK 
2 Jonathan WRIGHT 
3 Blake AYSHFORD 
4 Solomone KATA 
5 David FUSITUâ€™A 
6 Tuimoala LOLOHEA 
7 Shaun JOHNSON 
8 Sam LISONE 
9 Issac LUKE 
10 Ben MATULINO 
11 Bodene THOMPSON 
12 Ryan HOFFMAN (c) 
13 Simon MANNERING
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Interchange 
14 Thomas LEULUAI 
15 Jacob LILLYMAN 
16 Charlie GUBB 
17 Konrad HURRELL 
18 Ligi SAO
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SammyC

deck chairs on the titanic?

ACT Crusader

Bodene back is a positive to add a bit of variation to Hoffman and Mannering. I do like Lolohea as a playmaker that takes on the line. I'm quite optimistic, which usually results in the opposition winning by 10-15....

The Silver Fern

The NRL Season of 2016