The NRL Season of 2016
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<p>It does baffle me that kiwis with seriously fucken tenuous links to Australia ( aw mate, I went to the Gold coast for a long weekend 20 years ago, Carrrrrrrrrrrrnnnnnn you Marooooooons ) go so crazy and support Orjin.</p>
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<p>Facebook feeds are extremely quiet today though.....what sounds like a shithouse game obviously has a lot to do with that.</p> -
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<p>It does baffle me that kiwis with seriously fucken tenuous links to Australia ( aw mate, I went to the Gold coast for a long weekend 20 years ago, Carrrrrrrrrrrrnnnnnn you Marooooooons ) go so crazy and support Orjin.</p>
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<p>Facebook feeds are extremely quiet today though.....what sounds like a shithouse game obviously has a lot to do with that.</p>
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<p>Just like EPL/NBA/NFL</p>
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<p>It's not hard to pick a team and fully support them</p> -
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<p>A grand total of 14 posts on an Origin game (15 now
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It's just been meh even over here.</p>
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<p>Most of the game's best players don't play Origin.</p> -
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Does he rehearse this shit in front of the mirror or what ? absolute fucken dickhead.....makes me long for mundane old Nisbo and stupid over the top Marshall which says it all.<br><br>
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Christ what a load of crap. How long was that pregame shit btw? Does anyone actually watch that?<br><br>
Apparently "people" are "outraged" by Thaidays virgin comments. Admittedly it was a pretty bizarre thing to say but who really cares. -
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<p>Christ what a load of crap. How long was that pregame shit btw? Does anyone actually watch that?</p>
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<p>Kickoff apparently happened around 21 minutes after the scheduled 2000 hours start time. Was similar last year.</p>
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<p>GREATEST GAME EVAAAAAAAAAAAAH MAYYYYYYYYYTE! FUCKEN REFS MAYYYYYYYTE! SHOULD PISS IN THEIR MOUFFS, MAYYYYYYTE!</p> -
No coincidence that the match fixing story broke the day after a dour origin game.
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<p>No coincidence that the match fixing story broke the day after a dour origin game.</p>
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<p>Christ what a load of crap. How long was that pregame shit btw? Does anyone actually watch that?<br><br>
Apparently "people" are "outraged" by Thaidays virgin comments. Admittedly it was a pretty bizarre thing to say but who really cares.</p>
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<p>Australian public must be thrilled they can get worked up and outraged again, they had to go days if not a week without some black fluffybunny who plays sport saying something shocking and appalling.</p> -
<p>I sort of enjoyed the game as it reminded me of what great tackling skills these guys have.</p>
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<p>Sure the attacking options were poor but the way 13 ultra motivated defenders can bring down people every time is pretty cool. </p>
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<p>The Blues were by far the better team but just couldn't get it done even though their sets were far superior. I guess the Queensland spirit prevailed because the maroons were defending for ages and were exhausted but still for the last half hour they held the blue team out.</p>
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<p>Not pretty game but pretty brutal in defines.</p>
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<p>That Greg Bird is a weird one - vile reputation, not an overly big guy but shit he hits hard head on. He's a niggly bastard but gets through a ton of tackles. I choose to dislike him but if he was in my team I'd consider him a "mischievous rogue" instead of the total fuckstick he appears to be.</p>
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<p>Listening to commentators running the game down and hassling the officials as they do is just plain weird</p> -
The thing I didn't like about the game and the way it was officiated is that the refs allowed a hell of a lot of wrestling on the ground. This affected the Blues more last night because just when it looked like they got go forward the Maroons were allowed to wrestle and slow the ball more than the refs have permitted all season. <br><br><br>
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<p>Did Foran have a gambling problem? If so then he may be under some extra scrutiny...</p>
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<p>Hope it doesn't turn out that like drug cheating announcement from a while back with the Sharks and some AFL teams - remember how that agency was talking about the darkest day ever in Aussie sport etc and while it was serious it wasn't the end of the world.</p>
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<p>The fact it's starting with the police rather than the NRL integrity unit makes me think this will have legs. </p>
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<p>Staggers me though. The vast majority of these guys (esp the ones that might influence a game) are on very good coin. The 50k bandied about is a lot of money, but the risks seem to outweigh the gain? Surely players know that with salary caps etc their income, and maybe even lifestyle, are being checked as part of those systems. Maybe 50k is enough to take the gamble but small enough to hide easily?</p>
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<p>Good to see the NRL sending a clear message - life bans if found guilty is not fucking about. Wonder if that might soften if it turned out to be an ORIGIN player!!</p> -
<p>Hmmm, I've just clicked there's no rugby on this weekend! So looks like I'm going to have to watch the Warriors. </p>
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<p>It could be ok, because ORIGIN is the time where they start winning a few games due to ORIGIN and that papers over the cracks for a while.</p>
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<p>Nope not at all. </p>
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<p>Gimme a cowboys vs broncos game and I'll watch it every week!</p>
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<p>QUEENSLANDER!!!!</p>
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<p>Pity they don't have Cowboys v Broncos every weekend, sometimes you get Newcastle v the Warriors.</p> -
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<p>Did Foran have a gambling problem? If so then he may be under some extra scrutiny...</p>
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<p>Foran is mentioned in this article, not good to be associating with these types.</p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/parramatta-eels/eddie-hayson-embroiled-in-nrl-matchfixing-investigation-20160602-gp9ruz.html'>http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/parramatta-eels/eddie-hayson-embroiled-in-nrl-matchfixing-investigation-20160602-gp9ruz.html</a></p> -
<p>well you'd have to think with Manly being involved in both games, the players involved will be from Manly?</p>
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<p>It would near impossible to fix a game to win (to get high odds from an 'upset') as opposed to fixing to lose, but even to fix a game to lose, needs to be at least 2 players, and you'd think in reasonably influential positions too.</p>
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<p>While the cops probably have some decent information to go public on it as they have, it sucks for the majority of players involved in the games that are innocent, but will no doubt have thier names bandied about, so surely waiting until they actually have it nailed, then go public?</p> -
<p>Veitch has said on his radio show that tomorrow newspaper in Sydney will release names of players involved in the NRL match fixing scandal. He claims that he has seen this list and he says that they are "icon" players in the NRL.</p>
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<p>Could be an interesting day tomorrow. The newspaper would have to be sure of its facts because otherwise a libel suit could be expensive. </p>
