NRL 2018
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Wow, Cowboys penalised for backchat while they have the ball.
Not sure about taking the 2 though, the Warriors haven’t been at this end of the field for half an hour. Have a crack, at the very least try to break the cowboys momentum.
22-16, Warriors hanging on by the skin of their teeth.
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Oh fuck off Isaac Luke. That is such fucking lazy attempt at picking up the ball it’s not funny.
Isaac has been trying bloody hard this game - made a few errors though - but is playing more minutes due to Lawton filling in for Hungus Kata? Not sure we should be too annoyed with him.
RTS has been great covering all those kicks.
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Oh fuck off Isaac Luke. That is such fucking lazy attempt at picking up the ball it’s not funny.
Isaac has been trying bloody hard this game - made a few errors though - but is playing more minutes due to Lawton filling in for Hungus Kata? Not sure we should be too annoyed with him.
RTS has been great covering all those kicks.
Yea, on reflection I’ll probably agree but I tend to get caught up in the moment...
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Oh fuck off Isaac Luke. That is such fucking lazy attempt at picking up the ball it’s not funny.
Isaac has been trying bloody hard this game - made a few errors though - but is playing more minutes due to Lawton filling in for Hungus Kata? Not sure we should be too annoyed with him.
RTS has been great covering all those kicks.
Yea, on reflection I’ll probably agree but I tend to get caught up in the moment...
Haha fair enough.
Hmm, interesting call there.
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Boom. A mature win that they usually would have lost.
And probably the end of the cowboys season
Knew I should have driven down
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Doesn't win style points but it does win two points.
It wasn't pretty: Last year's grand finalists are on the brink of missing the postseason and are trailing at half time, of course they're going to play lights out in the second half! It was messy but that defensive effort by the Warriors was impressive when watching the replay (not so much in real time). James Gavet came up big against Jason Taumalolo on a few occasions while Roger Tuivasa-Sheck is easily the best defensive fullback in the game.
The real MVP: Have to say Ken Maumalo. With David Fusitua out a lot more was expected of Maumalo and he delivered. He's become safe under the high ball, is essentially our main frontrower and is scoring tries when Kata isn't passing him the ball (because he never does).
What about the other guys?: One season too many. The North Queensland Cowboys have players who are too old or just have too many miles on the odometer. Jonathan Thurston really should have retired last season and handed the reins over to Michael Morgan and Te Maire Martin but he hasn't so North Queensland fans are watching a team that, unless desperate like tonight, have a rudderless attack. Expecting the Cowboys to bounce back in 2019 but first they need a few guys to hang up the boots.
Potential Kiwis: Good to hear the commentators saying that the Warriors will not be allowing Tuivasa-Sheck, Johnson or Luke to play for the Kiwis due to their injuries this season. I expect Peta Hiku to get the call since the Warriors have a number of outside backs in the NSW Cup (Gelling, Ayshford, Nicoll-Klokstad) who can step in. Tohu Harris will probably be named along with Adam Blair while Cowboys stand off Te Maire Martin will earn a call up too.
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@sneakdefreak Can't like your post match review for the probably the first ever time because of this comment:
@sneakdefreak said in NRL 2018:
Potential Kiwis: Good to hear the commentators saying that the Warriors will not be allowing Tuivasa-Sheck, Johnson or Luke to play for the Kiwis due to their injuries this season.
Am I the only one who cares about the Kiwis over a club team and boganpalooza? I want the best players in the Kiwis and if they're fit enough for club matches they're fit enough for the Kiwis.
I guess I'm just getting less and less interested in league because of the lack of support for the international game and the focus on origin. I used to watch a few of the bigger NRL matches a week (well in the 90s it was all of them) but now I only watch the Warriors.
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@sneakdefreak Can't like your post match review for the probably the first ever time because of this comment:
@sneakdefreak said in NRL 2018:
Potential Kiwis: Good to hear the commentators saying that the Warriors will not be allowing Tuivasa-Sheck, Johnson or Luke to play for the Kiwis due to their injuries this season.
Am I the only one who cares about the Kiwis over a club team and boganpalooza? I want the best players in the Kiwis and if they're fit enough for club matches they're fit enough for the Kiwis.
I guess I'm just getting less and less interested in league because of the lack of support for the international game and the focus on origin. I used to watch a few of the bigger NRL matches a week (well in the 90s it was all of them) but now I only watch the Warriors.
My old man was a staunch leaguee , I grew up watching the kiwis play at Carlaw park , in those days most of the players were picked from local comps in NZ , had a real us against them feel ,especially when the aussies came to town ,the place used to get packed out, its a shame whats happened to international league , it used to actually mean something.
