NRL 2023 + Internationals
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Wow - get a look at the Hudson Young strip and try! Should have been off with so much blood coming from his eye, but he rolls out of a defensive strip, gets up and runs best part of 80 metres to score. Play of the season. Then gets himself sin-binned a few seconds from time for a professional foul that saves a potential extra-time thriller.
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our ex-panthers coach is best ex-panthers coach. Loving seeing Gould, the big check book, and the Dogs languishing down the bottom
This is a very even NRL. And the bye is making the ladder lie as well (Parra are the best 3-4 team i have ever seen)
Teams are so wildly inconsistent week to week. And the plethora of binnings is turning games on their head.
I genuinely don't know who is good at the moment.
Brisbane are leading, and bounced back well, and should finish top 4, but i am a way off calling them favs
Penrith show all the signs of being the best team in the comp, then Newcastle put them under the pump and push them to golden point.
Cronulla, Souths, Manly and Melbourne are all as likely to lose as win next week.It's a fucking great season.
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Weird season but great in terms of how even this comp is. I still think Roosters have the best roster and will have about four key forwards back next week, but still have no rhythm and dont look like comp winners right now.
Melbourne haven't lost an ANZAC clash in about 8 years from memory, cant see them losing this week after that loss to Manly. The challenge for the Warriors isn't just about winning, its about staying in the fight (which this years version is doing, but I think this will be a real test). I'm sick of us getting flogged in this clash, if we win its a bonus.
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Seems Robinson agrees with us that the Roosters' halves are cooked, so he drops Walker.
And because the NRL is 50% soap opera, hysteria abounds. Deadshit league journos write stories that other clubs are "watching keenly" (fuck cheers Hooper you fucking idiot). Today i read a story that Walker's family aren't happy with the Roosters (who cares champs, no matter who you used to be). And blame is getting thrown at Cronk for his coaching (to be fair, if his coaching is at the same level as his "analysis" then no wonder the Roosters are boned).
The simple fact is the Roosters' attack stinks. Walker spends all game chucking cut outs that are as likely to go over even Tupou's head as hit anyone on the chest, and their only other play is a bomb, or watch Tedesco run around in circles like a water beetle.
Walker is the one to take the fall because he's the young guy. But Keary has been shit. Tedesco plays for Tedesco. And Cheese, bless him, delivers awful ball, and isn't the smartest player going around. So most of their spine is not contributing.
They are effectively going in to this game with one kicking option too. Dragons smokeys.
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@mariner4life Note, Walker still in 22 and no half named for reserve grade yet, so might be Robinson smoke and mirrors just to give Hooper a headline lol. Keary gets his chance to run a structured backline otherwise...
Tend to agree with Smith. Best hooker close to the line, but has been giving sloppy service to his halves the last couple of games.
If it stays as named, Manu to 6 could also allow Tedesco to become more of a threat but lets see if it happens. Last year it worked well when Keary was out.
Dragons are smokeys but I just cant see it happening with Crichton, Tupouniua, and Lodge all back. This might be the first time their forwards get a decent roll on taking pressure of the backs.
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Robinson has history dropping young players to reggies to get their confidence back. It's worked well in the past, and i expect it to work here
i just love the circus it became because beating up on the Tigers is getting boring.
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@mariner4life said in NRL 2023:
Robinson has history dropping young players to reggies to get their confidence back. It's worked well in the past, and i expect it to work here
i just love the circus it became because beating up on the Tigers is getting boring.
To be fair Tigers did that to themselves! I actually think Tigers could be smokeys this week to win their first. Played well even though they lost time out. Big call I know but it will happen soon
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pretty fair weekend of NRL actually
Tonight is just about the game of the season in teh Bunnies v Panthers
Parra v Broncos tomorrow
Dolphins v Titans
Cowboys v newcastle
Us and MelbourneIt's a pretty good round
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If you're bored ..some interesting stats in here. Didn't like reading about the next three games though
What Webster’s Wahs have improved on this season - The Rugby League Eye Test
As passionate as the Warriors faithful are, I don’t think many of them in their wildest dreams could have envisioned a start to the season like this. With all due respect to THE Dolphins (and somewhat the Raiders), the Warriors have always been the people’s team. If you don’t enjoy watching Shaun...
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We have plenty of money under our cap due to the Lodge debacle.
The good news is that CNK has also performed well at centre for the Raiders where we currently have under performers/ not yet developed players. Would CNK be annoyed having to move? Curiously RTS could possibly be better playing there now as well. Either way this is our weak point.
Does SJ retire this year? Does TMM play 6 or 7?. I believe our first trial game TMM and Metcalf were the halves but then Metcalf got injured. Luke Metcalf hasn't played yet (currently doing the Turbo/Latrell/Papy gone to US for faster recovery) but I do think he will be our long term 6.
Be interesting to see how it all fits, given CNK encumbent he will probably get first go at fullback but who knows. Either way if either play in our centers I think we improve
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Absolutely cracking fucking game.
Bunnies last try was sensational
Latrell and walker.might be massive flogs, but shit they can play.
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If you didn't tune in yesterday, Sunday was meme day in teh NRL
First of all the Titans look a million dollars for 28 minutes as they get themselves to 26-0 playing brilliant footy. They then completely collapse to give up the next 28 points and lose to the Dolphins. Despite poor old Robert Jennings with the greatest blown certain try you will ever watch.
Then the Tigers, the poor old Tigers, face a Manly side that plays absolute dogshit. Manly's superstar fullback looks barely fit for 65 minutes and then goes off. DCE makes uncharacteristic error after uncharacteristic error. The Tigers hit the front late. And still lose.
Elsewhere the Cowboys get the most needed of wins
The Broncos play a damn near perfect half to beat ParraWe're on tomorrow trying to reverse the ANZAC day tradition of getting ritualistically slaughtered in Melbourne
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oh, and the high tackle frenzy in rugby has met its match in the "hip drop" frenzy of the NRL. Sin bins, reports and suspensions galore for tackles that aren't even hip drops, they are just guys landing on legs making tackles.
Administrators of the two rugby codes are so fucking scared of their game being sued out of existence that they are making decisions around the adjudication of high speed collision sports like they are played in super slow motion.
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@mariner4life I picked the Tigers as potential winners here, just looked like they have forgotten how to win and perhaps should have won that. As for the Dolphins, fun game unless your name is Robert Jennings obviously bet against his team
Hoping not for the slaughter, but has become a bit of a tradition of late, hoping we are not more than 10 down by half time
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@bayimports said in NRL 2023:
As for the Dolphins, fun game unless your name is Robert Jennings obviously bet against his team
it was incredibly entertaining. Unless you are a Titans supporter.
Titans sort of reminded me of the Warriors, especially the Price/Wiki days, where there was a night and day difference when those two were on the field, compared to when they went off. As soon as Tino and Liu went off, the Titans middle collapsed. And then, in true Warriors-esque fashion, once shit started to go wrong, they had zero idea how to reverse it.
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@mariner4life with no clear definition of what a hip drop is, no one is even sure how to fight it or prevent it. Just landing on someone's legs should not be a hip drop but I tend to agree that the NRL is just keeping it murky so they can charge depending on injury. I don't think Haas or Nuikore falls into what they were trying to prevent, but the vaguery of the rule means everyone is screwed
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