NRL 2023 + Internationals
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Finishing a game with fit players seems to be the biggest headache. That probably makes those ref calls feel worse when you're hanging by a thread. This leads to change in game plan and game management.
I do agree though that although SJs kick chase is second to none, his execution in direction and length has not been great in the last two weeks for short and long options and for his effort Dylan Walker hasn't really provided any creative alternative either, putting more pressure on SJ.
Will be interesting if we have a new half this week and Walker back to rotating role which he is good at.
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@bayimports said in NRL 2023:
Finishing a game with fit players seems to be the biggest headache. That probably makes those ref calls feel worse when you're hanging by a thread. This leads to change in game plan and game management.
I do agree though that although SJs kick chase is second to none, his execution in direction and length has not been great in the last two weeks for short and long options and for his effort Dylan Walker hasn't really provided any creative alternative either, putting more pressure on SJ.
Will be interesting if we have a new half this week and Walker back to rotating role which he is good at.
A month ago Walker was an asset, play just as a 5/8 is hurting his game. Be good to get another half in, when is TMM due back?
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@mariner4life TMM not due back until round 15-16 unfortunately.
Rumour has it Metcalf could be finally good to go this week but I would surprised if he gets thrown straight into first grade, nothing like a cold Friday night to test a hammy though lol.
Volkman carving in reggies and part of the reason the warriors are second there, but plays same side of field as SJ, Webster obviously not sold on what he has seen yet as cover and I guess he is probably more worried about carrying two not so great tackling halves.
Im expecting to see Walker named again at 6, but hoping for something different
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Volkman gets his chance at 6, Walker back on rotation.
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I just had to Google ‘what is a hip drop tackle?’
I had no idea. I thought I’d pick up what it was by watching a few games, but no.
How/why has this become a thing?
Why the crackdown on this and not high tackles?And a big middle finger to the NRL and their refs who think old mate at Vodafone is a villain for simply speaking the truth.
How about look in the mirror, fluffybunnies.
Full credit to Andrew Webster for sticking to his guns and refusing to blame anyone but themselves for their losses, he’s clearly focused on changing the culture at the Warriors. It’s what that place needed.
You stick to that Andrew and us couch experts will worry about bagging out the NRL and their biased fluffybunny refs.
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@Gunner genuine hip drops are pretty bad tackles that lead to injury (Pat Carrigan pulled off a bad one last year)
The NRL wanted to stamp them out. And so we get the current "reds under the bed" frenzy where everything is a hipdrop. And because getting a penalty is huge in the NRL, and getting an opposition player binned can go a long way to winning a game, players are staying down all the time now to try and get the bunker to rule on it.
The NRL think they are being clear on what is, and is not a hop drop. Instances in game say the refs and the bunker don't fucking know themselves.
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Warriors get the win, 24-12 over the Bulldogs.
The refereeing of the contest for the ball in the air is like chalk and cheese between league and rugby.
DWZ was jumping to take a catch, Bulldogs player comes in underneath him and takes him out and it’s play on.
While he didn’t land badly, it’s a definite penalty and probably yellow card in rugby.
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Warriors get the win, 24-12 over the Bulldogs.
The refereeing of the contest for the ball in the air is like chalk and cheese between league and rugby.
DWZ was jumping to take a catch, Bulldogs player comes in underneath him and takes him out and it’s play on.
While he didn’t land badly, it’s a definite penalty and probably yellow card in rugby.
The One dude's comments came to fruition - reckon the Warriors were on the right side of the 50/50s this week.
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@Nepia yep a couple went our way..
probably our best first half all year..second half we had no where near the same intensity but still stayed on the game.
thought young Volkman played ok too, really muscled up in defence too
now the bye, then a depleted Broncos in Napier..surely we can take that..lol...surely?
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I watched the last 20 mins and it wasn't a great spectacle.
I see that Walters isn't happy with the ref from their game last night vs the Storm. The same ref who did the Warriors-Panthers game. Is he also on work experience?
One of the storm players came in as the third tackler and hit broncos player in the ribs. Andrew Johns alluded to similar incident the week before when one of our boys got sin binned
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@canefan It was the sin bin of Carrigan that Walters was most pissed off about. Bellamy agreed it should not have been a sin bin.
Did the ref consult the bunker?
No idea as I didn't watch the game. My comments were based on a Newshub sports story on the news last night.
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@canefan It was the sin bin of Carrigan that Walters was most pissed off about. Bellamy agreed it should not have been a sin bin.
Did the ref consult the bunker?
No idea as I didn't watch the game. My comments were based on a Newshub sports story on the news last night.
I can accept refs get calls wrong. What was pleasing last night was the bunker corrected the ref's obviously incorrect calls in the Warriors game. As they should
