The NRL Season of 2016

Sneakdefreak

Stability. It's all I ask for and at least there was some of that (and playoff appearances) with Cleary-coached sides.

Sneakdefreak

Warriors to face Penrith in ChCh:
 
1 Tuimoala LOLOHEA 
2 Jonathan WRIGHT 
3 Blake AYSHFORD 
4 Solomone KATA 
5 David FUSITUâ€™A 6 Thomas LEULUAI 
7 Shaun JOHNSON 
8 Jacob LILLYMAN 
9 Jazz TEVAGA 
10 James GAVET 
11 Bodene THOMPSON 
12 Ryan HOFFMAN (c) 
13 John PALAVI
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14 Issac LUKE 
15 Ben MATULINO 
16 Charlie GUBB 
17 Shaun LANE 
18 Matt ALLWOOD
 
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Nepia

Gordon Tallis is going off at Blair for being dirty in the test match - fair enough having a go at Blair, but why does Gordo keep quiet when dirty Aussies avoid suspension in the lead up to test matches. 
 
Gallen has come out in defence of Blair ....

ACT Crusader

I can't listen to Tallis anymore. I know most former players still love their old club, but his Brisbane/QLD centricity is unbearable. Plus he talks as if he's got some massive chip on his shoulder.

canefan

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Yeah Hart thought we should've held on to him. He was just coming into his own but the Warriors didn't want to commit long term when the Panthers (Phil Gould) came knocking on his door.
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That decision has cost us 5 years of pain and futility

rotated

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That decision has cost us 5 years of pain and futility
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He hardly covered himself in glory at Penrith though.
 
In retrospect the Cleary firing was a poorly thought out one. Oft forgotten that the decision was made before that run to the grand final when things were looking bleak mid-season and before he realised what we all saw in Johnson.
 
You do have to remember at the time the Warriors were on a multi year run of absolutely abysmal finals performances. Regularly losing as favourites, and getting blown out far too regularly. The 2011 run was the exception - but by then the decision was made. Those are things that are very easy to put on coaching and preparation.
 
In hindsight we made the cardinal sin of firing coaches. Only ditch them if you have a better option. There are better coaches than Cleary out there, but there weren't at the time.
 
I will put my hand up though and say I felt pretty comfortable with the Cleary firing and Bluey appointment after the first half of the 2011 grand final (better the devil you don't know perhaps?). That performance was the perfect example for me why a premiership under Cleary was pretty unlikely. 2012 would be a write off anyway with Maloney packing a sad and breaking up what was a premiership winning combo IMO.

kiwiinmelb

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I can't listen to Tallis anymore. I know most former players still love their old club, but his Brisbane/QLD centricity is unbearable. Plus he talks as if he's got some massive chip on his shoulder.
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A year or two ago he was going off about Gallen Punching Myles in Origin , 
 
And i thought hang on , we all remember you punching the crap out of a young Ben Ross

mariner4life

It's probably bad form, but i love a Tallis fight. This is my favourite, he flogs this poor fluffybunny up. Don't push Gordy if you don't intend to back it up
 
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ACT Crusader

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It's probably bad form, but i love a Tallis fight. This is my favourite, he flogs this poor fluffybunny up. Don't push Gordy if you don't intend to back it up
 
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It's interesting where the game has changed. That tackle by Tallis would have been penalised because he lifted the legs. To O'Connor's credit he took those punches and was still on his feet to give Tallis a blood nose.

mariner4life

Haha oh that's suicide canberra! Hilarious

Sneakdefreak

Parramatta lose tonight in the last minute to Souths 22-20. Karma you little cheating bitches, karma. Need to win 12 from 14 to have a hope of making the playoffs.

antipodean

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="ACT Crusader" data-cid="578781" data-time="1462945753">It's interesting where the game has changed. That tackle by Tallis would have been penalised because he lifted the legs. To O'Connor's credit he took those punches and was still on his feet to give Tallis a blood nose.</blockquote>
Three or four free punches to the face and still on his feet able to dish it back. Tallis punches like a girl. Good thing he played league. 
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antipodean

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Sneakdefreak" data-cid="579590" data-time="1463147061">Parramatta lose tonight in the last minute to Souths 22-20. Karma you little cheating bitches, karma. Need to win 12 from 14 to have a hope of making the playoffs.</blockquote>
Every game from here on in as two rounds are byes. Bye bye finals you cheating twats. 
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Rancid Schnitzel

I was listening to the radio in the car last night and they were bitching about union having "stolen" a winger from the Storm. I assume the guy is pretty good.

Sneakdefreak

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I was listening to the radio in the car last night and they were bitching about union having "stolen" a winger from the Storm. I assume the guy is pretty good. </blockquote>
 
He's Fijian and an alright winger (but hardly a great outside back compared to others) so he'll be in the Wallabies this year.

kiwiinmelb

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I was listening to the radio in the car last night and they were bitching about union having "stolen" a winger from the Storm. I assume the guy is pretty good.
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He is good , one on one in the top half dozen NRL wingers , steps off both feet and strong 
 
But not sure how he will go in Union , although he does come from a fijian rugby union background

Siam

Good to see Doc Mayhew on the bench at the Warriors game in Chch

canefan

When the panthers player keeps trying to struggle forward on his feet in the tackle how can Gubb get penalised for holding on too long? BS

Gunner

I've said it before, and I'm going to say it again. 
The Warriors give away the most dumb fuck penalties of any other team hands down. 
They're penalizing themselves out of this game.

canefan

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Gunner" data-cid="579690" data-time="1463207873">I've said it before, and I'm going to say it again. 
The Warriors give away the most dumb fuck penalties of any other team hands down. 
They're penalizing themselves out of this game.</blockquote>They're not helping themselves. I think Kata was unlucky but Matulino committed a turnover and a penalty in the run up to the panther's last try. And he's a so called senior player

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The NRL Season of 2016