The NRL Season of 2016

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

canefan

The panthers ice the game on the back of another poorly executed attempted offload. We suck. Again.

Sneakdefreak

Should have won that game but again dum-dum plays cost us again for the billionth time.
 
Some thoughts:
 
- Warriors are the master of the dum-dum plays. Shaun Johnson offloading on his goal line, Isaac Luke shoving a Penrith player over after Tevaga made a good tackle.... just dum-dum plays.
- Shaun Johnson was a dum-dum when it came to kicking with the gale force at his back. Sheesh.
- Solomone Kata has proven me wrong. Well, not on the passing thing....I'm still right about that. But he has been in fine form for a few weeks now. His try was similar to a Barry Sanders touchdown run. Awesome stuff.
- Blake Ayshford too. Solid defender and is scoring good tries (5 for the season). Konrad Hurrell is just not good enough to replace either right now.
- Tui Lolohea was not 100% percent tonight so what was the point in playing him? And what was the point of Matt Allwood on the bench when the team needed another big body against the big Penrith pack?
- Jazz Tevaga is the type of player the Warriors need. Heart, mongrel and fitness freak all in one. His ability to cover hooker/backrow is important to the team.
- Bryce Cartwright and Isaah Yeo are my bolters for the NSW Origin side. Get em in there.

Donsteppa

Just turned on the last five minutes to find Cronulla beating Newcastle 62 - 0 (!!) and the Newcastle fullback in tears at the end of it. Not a scoreline that normally turns up in th NRL!

Sneakdefreak

Newcastle are soooo bad that they made their one good player cry....

mariner4life

Broncos v Cowboys is the best show in town. Quality rugby league

Sneakdefreak

Warriors V Raiders in the dirty old Naki.
 
Warriors 1 Tuimoala Lolohea 2 Jonathan Wright 3 Blake Ayshford 4 Matthew Allwood 5 David Fusitu'a 6 Thomas Leuluai 7 Shaun Johnson 8 Jacob Lillyman 9 Issac Luke 10 Ben Matulino 11 Bodene Thompson 12 Ryan Hoffman 13 Simon Mannering Interchange: 14 Jazz Tevaga 15 Sam Lisone 16 John Palavi 17 James Gavet

Smudge

20-0 to the Raiders after 37 minutes . . .

Sneakdefreak

It traditionally is the other way round....time to accept this is yet another mediocre season by the Warriors. McFadden will be gone, that is now a lock, and so will the rest of the coaching staff. Veteran players need to be reviewed and maybe traded out too. Not asking for a full blow up on the squad, just a partial blow up and hiring of a real NRL coach.
 
0-20 to Ricky's Raiders..... FML.
 
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Donsteppa

Half agreed. Go for a full blow up of the squad too. Start again, rather than land a "real" NRL coach with the same old 'stars'.

canefan

Cap missed his chance, when he replaced the rule breakers with the reserves and won he should have let them play the following week. No one would have criticised him for it

Sneakdefreak

This is pretty much what I thought after tonight's shit loss to Ricky's Raiders:

mariner4life

Burn it down. Start again

Nepia

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It traditionally is the other way round....time to accept this is yet another mediocre season by the Warriors. McFadden will be gone, that is now a lock, and so will the rest of the coaching staff. Veteran players need to be reviewed and maybe traded out too. Not asking for a full blow up on the squad, just a partial blow up and hiring of a real NRL coach.
 
0-20 to Ricky's Raiders..... FML.
 
 
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That time was at least a month ago Sneak although I do admire your steadfast optimism in the Warriors.
 
I actively hope good young and old Kiwi players go to other clubs than the Warriors.

Sneakdefreak

Now Cappy is planning to drop Ben Matulino, Shaun Johnson, Blake Asyhford (but still no Konrad), and Jacob Lillyman for the next game against the Broncos at Mt Smart. This is turning into a Bluey moment.

The Silver Fern

The NRL Season of 2016