The NRL Season of 2016
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<p>Watched the replay on Maori TV tonight. Really slow out of the gates (the first try by Hoffman was lazy defending from Thompson and Johnson) but put on the after-burners in the second half.</p>
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<p>- Bye bye Manu. Warriors are better with Lolohea, Fusitua and Maumalo as their back three. All three can cover fullback, they rotated the position in this game, and can make massive gains down the field.</p>
<p>- Roger Tuivasa-Sheck's return in 2017 will make things tricky but I guess Lolohea will move to stand-off.</p>
<p>- Bodene Thompson was the best player for the Warriors despite his defensive lapse to start the game.</p>
<p>- Blake Ayshford pounced on a great intercept try and is my best come-back player in 2016.</p>
<p>- The Titans play some fun footy, very similar to the Warriors in that regard.</p>
<p>- That Gold Coast rookie who broke his ankle though, yuk. But he has a smoking hot girlfriend so he'll be fine.</p>
<p>- Congrats to Simon Mannering for his 250th game and Mt Smart for its 250th game. All good.</p> -
<p>Rabbitohs shut out 0-20 by the Cowboys, look out of the play-off picture already along with Manly, Sydney City and Newcastle. Warriors now in 7th with Eels set to join the bottom four.</p>
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The rabbits are fucking terrible
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<p>one of those two teams turned up and had a dig yesterday</p>
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<p>teams being announced for dead rubber Origin 3</p>
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<p>NSW have blamed the series on Matt Moylan, who gets dumped. Okay, that's not fair, non-entities in Bird and Walker are also gone. Gallen moves to prop, Graham gets another crack at it. </p>
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<p>Winners of the team are Farah, Jennings, Gallen, Tamou, and Ferguson, who have contributed fuck all, but get to play again. </p>
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<p>In comes the flying James Tedesco, and tattooed uber-bogan Josh Dugan. </p> -
<p>Think Daley will be given the chop after this game. Not willing to challenge the selectors on players who have failed time and time again (Farah, Jennings etc). Expect Geoff Toovey to be head coach in 2017.</p>
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<p>Investigations all round!</p>
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<p>Foran has "walked out" on Parramatta. Strange enough that Hayne is in talks with one NRL club. Parramatta has to be the dodgiest club going round.</p>
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Sneakdefreak" data-cid="594827" data-time="1467934302"><p>Foran has "walked out" on Parramatta. Strange enough that Hayne is in talks with one NRL club. Parramatta has to be the dodgiest club going round.</p></blockquote>
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<p>Maaaattteee, Australia's greatest great is gonna offically recognise his dream of playing in the <strike>NRL</strike>, <strike>NFL</strike>, <strike>Olympics</strike>, NRL again.</p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11672375'>http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11672375</a></p> -
<p>And despite all the shit that the Eels have done this year (and if the rumours of paper bags in teh carpark are true, it's worse than reported), it looks like the NRL might actually let them sign Hayne to play, THIS YEAR. What a fucking joke. </p>
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<p>And despite all the shit that the Eels have done this year (and if the rumours of paper bags in teh carpark are true, it's worse than reported), it looks like the NRL might actually let them sign Hayne to play, THIS YEAR. What a fucking joke. </p>
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<p>These guys are to the NRL what the Brumbies are to the modern maul: a way of demonstrating how completely stuffed the system is.</p> -
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<p>These guys are to the NRL what the Brumbies are to the modern maul: a way of demonstrating how completely stuffed the system is.</p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11672766'>http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11672766</a></p>
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<p>This, hot off the press on the Stuff website:</p>
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<p>Parramatta five-eighth Corey Norman has been caught up in a fresh new controversy, allegedly caught in a sex tape in a room where others were taking illegal drugs.</p>
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<p>Haha, it keeps getting better and better for Parra.</p>
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<p>League players have got to be some of the thickest people around, they refuse to learn from any of the bullshit that constantly goes on around them.</p>
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<p>The NRL continues on it's merry way of rolling from one controversy, into another.</p>
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<p>EDIT: I'm a retard, this is old news and already been posted! :idiot2:</p> -
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<p>By hot do you mean hours and hours old??</p>
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<p>Already been post in this thread. :)</p>
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<p>Right - not quite sure how I missed that, as this is a thread I follow...</p>
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<p>Move along then, nothing to see here.</p>
