The NRL Season of 2016
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<p>Warriors play the Chooks at Mt Smart tonight and it is basically the same team except Ken Maumalo in for Manu and Toa Sipley in for Jacob Lillyman. </p>
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<p>Big story of the weekend is the great fair dinkum Australian Semi Radradra has walked out on Parramatta to play French rugby (and probably become a fair dinkum Frenchie). </p>
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<p><b>Mercenary</b></p>
<p><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:small;">from Latin </span><i>mercenarius</i><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:small;"> ‘hireling’, from </span><i>merces</i><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:small;">, </span><i>merced-</i><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:small;"> ‘reward’.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:georgia, serif;"><strong>1</strong>. a professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign army.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:georgia, serif;"><strong>2. </strong>a person primarily motivated by personal gain</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:georgia, serif;"><strong>3. </strong>Semi Radradra</span></span></p> -
Queue repeated claims he was never that good anyway
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Queue repeated claims he was never that good anyway</p></blockquote>
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The Warriors have no line speed. So passive and a giant step down on the good teams
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<p>Sheesh, the Warriors win, but god that was a shocking game!</p>
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<p>In Aussie bogans being dickheads again while at brunch today I read Phil Goulds article in one of the shit Oz papers - he was having a cry that Wade Graham was suspended. Apparently the system has failed him and failed OUR GAME!!!!</p>
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<p>Was at the game, not a bad turn-out, and while not flash it definitely was gritty. Warriors probably needed that one.</p>
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<p>Some thoughts:</p>
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<p>- Roosters defence was impressive, mainly because they were off-side for most of the night. If Maumalo goes to the bin for 10 mins, than SKD should have gone following 5-6 penalties for intentionally being off-side. </p>
<p>- David Fusitua. Best hands in the business. Not only could he catch a cold, he'ld be able to catch the cause of the cold, patient zero, and other random, but still very important, details about the cold.</p>
<p>- Ken Maumalo couldn't catch a cold. </p>
<p>- But we should preserver with him, even ahead of Manu.</p>
<p>- Isaac Luke is really leading this side from the front. Turning into a good signing.</p>
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Shit game between 2 crap teams. Stay off the bandwagon the Warriors won't play finals
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<p>Pleasing win today I thought. Good to see them grind one out rather than just the winning by throwing the football around like the last two weeks. On top of Sneak's thoughts...</p>
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<p>- Johnson looked really injured today. The first twenty minutes he looked like he was playing netball and only passing with both feet planted on the ground. He looked scared to run it and when he got his breakaway, he looked like he was running about half as fast as normal. Hopefully nothing serious. Good try though.</p>
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<p>- Solomone Kata blew a certain try by not passing to the guy outside him and deciding to try and run over a defender. I think he forgets that he isn't playing a defensively poor team every week. </p>
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<p>- The league sin binning system is shit. How the Roosters could have such a lop sided penalty count and not lose a player to the bin is beyond me. SKD got warned, so everyone else just took over his role of giving away stupid penalties. That said, Maumolo deserved the bin, and probably a penalty try too. He wasn't even looking at the ball when he took the guy out. </p>
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<p>- Fusitua is a really exciting prospect for the club, and it's awesome to see Luke back to his previous best. I only wish RTS was available so we could be running almost at full steam with the signings. </p>
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<p>- There still isn't a more likeable and enthusiastic player on the team than Charlie Gubb. Even when the Warriors look flat, he still runs around like he's genuinely excited to be out there. I really hope he continues to improve and forge a career in the NRL. </p> -
I don't think I have ever seen a manly side this bad. It's beautiful.
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<p><span style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">I don't think I have ever seen a manly side this bad. It's beautiful. </span></p>
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<p>Safe to say their championship window is now closed and locked. Cue the rebuild.</p> -
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<p>I don't think I have ever seen a manly side this bad. It's beautiful.</p>
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<p>Absolutely. Manly is the team I've always hated. I wonder what Toovey thinks of the implosion?</p> -
<p>Watching the Titans on Monday night carve Manly up ( a couple of ropey passes from an absolute towelling) i wonder what DCE thought of it? The Titans dodged a bullet there i think, their young halves are great, DCE is wildly overrated, and they saved a heap of cash. </p>
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<p>Absolutely. Manly is the team I've always hated. I wonder what Toovey thinks of the implosion?</p>
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<p>He wants an investigation</p>
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<p>tonight is night 2 of "the best reason ever for mid-week beers" aka Origin. Up in Queensland, so Caxton St is probably already full of half pissed ferals chopping tins of Gold and black rats. </p>
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<p>As usual, Qld will be strong favourites to win their 400th series in a row, or whatever it is now. It's at Suncorp, their team is still full of fucking awesome, and the NSW one just isn't. The Blues will be hoping for a game where no one scores more than about 16, because i reckon only one of the teams on display can score more than that. </p>
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<p>Cheered on by the heaving masses of drunk ferals, they'll get the rub of the green with the refs, and that will be all she wrote. Oh, and now that Bennett has forced Cory Parker out, it's his last Origin series, so the boys will be well up to send the only professional footballer greyer than me out a winner. </p>
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<p>Afterwards expect every NSW supporter to blame the refs, the NRL, and Mitchell Pearce, in that order. </p>
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<p>Expect a stink, but now everyone who throws one gets binned, it'll be an AFL-style push session. booooo! Bring back the biff!</p>
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<p>A small part of me feels sorry for Paul Gallen, playing his last Origin series. He's been a fucking warrior for the Blues, and has been on the end of more hidings than a ginger step kid. Probably deserves more.</p>
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<p>nah, fuck that grub. QUEENSLANDER!</p> -
<p>Bundy and coke tins</p>
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<p>I see Kevin Locke has signed to play for the Greater Sydney Rams in the Aussie NRC, with the hope of making the Waratahs it seems.</p>
<p>If he makes the grade, the Tahds will have their hands full with both him and Guilford both on their books...Maybe they should sign Konrad Hurrell to play alongside them as well?</p>
