NRL 2018
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Aaannnd it’s done.
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Luckily didn't see this game but it sounds similar to the Penrith match - they turned up for a holiday instead of doing some work.
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That second half was pathetic. Why does Auckland suck at sports?
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@mariner4life said in NRL 2018:
That second half was pathetic. Why does Auckland suck at sports?
A kids lemonade stall is more professional than an Auckland sporting franchise.
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@mariner4life said in NRL 2018:
That second half was pathetic. Why does Auckland suck at sports?
Maybe if we call them the Canterbury Warriors & Canterbury Blues.....
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Roosters v Melbourne firming as the likely GF
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@sneakdefreak said in NRL 2018:
@mariner4life said in NRL 2018:
That second half was pathetic. Why does Auckland suck at sports?
Maybe if we call them the Canterbury Warriors & Canterbury Blues.....
They do have the Canterbury Bulldogs..
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@mariner4life said in NRL 2018:
Roosters v Melbourne firming as the likely GF
Geez , the media will milk that story ,
smith vs Cronk , who don't love each other anymore ....... apparently
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@mariner4life said in NRL 2018:
Roosters v Melbourne firming as the likely GF
Nooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!
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@sneakdefreak said in NRL 2018:
@mariner4life said in NRL 2018:
That second half was pathetic. Why does Auckland suck at sports?
Maybe if we call them the Canterbury Warriors & Canterbury Blues.....
They do have the Canterbury Bulldogs..
Yeah but the Warriors ruined them by sending Kieran Foran over to their salary cap.
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Five games left and the Warriors are more clinging to 8th and a play-off game, rather than charging into the Finals as a threat.
They have Dragons, Knights, Bulldogs, Panthers, Raiders
Wests have Knights, Raiders, Dragons, Manly, Rabbitohs
Pretty similar assignments - I'd guess the Warriors need to win two of these to be safe in 8th. One might be enough.
But, reasonable chance after next weekend Wests will be only two points behind. If they're not they're in trouble!
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@chris-b 4 of the 5 are winnable. Panthers being the one that I think we'll struggle against.
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@act-crusader it all depends on which Warriors side turns up. If it's the one from Brisbane the other week, then they can win all of them. If it's the one from Saturday, they'll be lucky to come 2nd to the Raiders
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Warriors to fight the Dragons at WIN Stadium where I think they are WIN-less. Tohu Harris looks to be out with another knee injury too. Bugger.
VODAFONE WARRIORS
1 ROGER TUIVASA-SHECK (c)
2 DAVID FUSITU’A
3 GERARD BEALE
4 SOLOMONE KATA
5 KEN MAUMALO
6 BLAKE GREEN
7 SHAUN JOHNSON
8 JAMES GAVET
9 ISSAC LUKE
10 AGNATIUS PAASI
11 ISAIAH PAPALI’I
12 TOHU HARRIS
13 ADAM BLAIR
Interchange:
14 JAZZ TEVAGA
15 SIMON MANNERING
16 LEIVAHA PULU
17 BUNTY AFOA
18 PETA HIKU
20 MASON LINO
21 SAM LISONE
22 JOSEPH VUNA
Round 21 NRL team lists
The official team lists for round 21 of the 2018 NRL Telstra Premiership season.
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Yup, that is fucking ridiculous. The Tongan fans didn't react well after that, but they are far from alone. We've seen the same happening in rugby with coaches and commentators putting way too much heat on the referees.
Both codes need to crack down on it ASAP. Both are very fluid dynamic games with lots of judgement calls to be made. Reffing this stuff is an incredibly tough job, and (from my experience) as a fan it is really easy to get riled up and start blaming the ref for every single little thing. As I've (hopefully) gotten a bit wiser I've chilled out a bit but it's not hard to see how this type of situation arises with all the hyperbole that surrounds every reffing decision.
As fans we've really got two choices: accept refs get things wrong from time to time, or judge things differently, and keep the sport we love as we know it - a high pace, action packed game. Or we go down the other road and demand every single decision is poured over to ensure it is 100% correct and we end up with a product like NFL - 12 minutes of action in a 3 hour match.
