The NRL Season of 2016

No Quarter

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Canes4life" data-cid="574754" data-time="1461577340">Hahaha Warriors. The joke of NZ Sport! Goooo Manly!!</blockquote>
The Warriors overall record in the NRL is very comparable to the Hurricanes in Super rugby. What's that saying about stones and glass houses again?

kiwiinmelb

Here I am before the game telling people ignore the Warriors position On the ladder , they always front for this game, 
All they have done is play the storm back into form., like a training drill

raznomore

Absolute disgrace. Im with C4L. Time to go back to Manly(spit)..
 
Amazed only 42 was put on the Warriors.

Smudge

I've never really jumped on the Warriors wagon, as they quite simply don't put in concerted efforts every week. As a fan, that must be the worst part - following a professional team which has anything but a professional approach.

Sneakdefreak

For the first time in a long time, I didn't sit through that whole debacle. And I sat through the whole 62-6 thrashing at the hands of Penrith back in 2013. I watched Game of Thrones instead.
 
Some thoughts:
 
- I know it is the first episode of season six but too many storylines in one episode. Pace yer self.
- Those Dornish women are fine. Even when they murder someone it's sexy.
- I wait for tits and then that. Fuck you.
- Sansa Stark needs to put a bit more effort into her overall game. A little mongrel and - boom - you're fighting for the main prize.
- Still she did better than the Warriors tonight.

kiwiinmelb

I was at the game , its become a good fixture over recent seasons, Warriors let it down last night big time , 
 
They were flat as, it was obvious right from the start, no urgency in anything they did , big call to say they were not trying , but that is how it looked , they have problems again

ACT Crusader

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So let us focus on the Kiwis: Petr Hiku at fullback? Sam Perrett? Jordan Kahu? Jason Nightingale? Dallin Watene-Zelezniak? Josh Hoffman?
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Please not Nightingale or Hoffman. I'd put Perrett at fullback. He's playing good consistent footy. 
 
Was there a game on last night? Must of missed it.....

Donsteppa

How long before the Warriors roster kills yet another coach...

Hooroo

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For the first time in a long time, I didn't sit through that whole debacle. And I sat through the whole 62-6 thrashing at the hands of Penrith back in 2013. I watched Game of Thrones instead.
 
Some thoughts:
 
- I know it is the first episode of season six but too many storylines in one episode. Pace yer self.
- Those Dornish women are fine. Even when they murder someone it's sexy.
- I wait for tits and then that. Fuck you.
- Sansa Stark needs to put a bit more effort into her overall game. A little mongrel and - boom - you're fighting for the main prize.
- Still she did better than the Warriors tonight.
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I'm in a trainign room today and I couldn't contain a loud laugh. THat was gold

Sneakdefreak

The team is being savaged by its fans. media, own captain, and the coach seems to have given up so he's gone. Now they face St George who has their number over recent years. #GetCleary 
 
The team to face the Dragons at Mt Smart on Sunday:
 
1 David Fusituâ€™a 
2 Jonathan Wright 
3 Blake Ayshford 
4 Solomone Kata 
5 Manu Vatuvei 
6 Thomas Leuluai 
7 Shaun Johnson 
8 Jacob Lillyman 
9 Issac Luke 
10 Ben Matulino 
11 Bodene Thompson 
12 Ryan Hoffman (c) 
13 Charlie Gubb
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Interchange 
14 Jazz Tevaga 
15 Sam Lisone 
16 Albert Vete 
17 Shaun Lane 
18 James Gavet
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ACT Crusader

Scraping the bottom to fill our bench this week. 
#justonetrythisweek

aucklandwarlord

Good to see Lisone dropped from the team this week. He looked like he didn't want to be there last night. In terms of props in league - generally all they have to do is hit the ball up hard and make some tackles and people will say that they had an okay game. He looked bloody terrible last night. That first try was on him, he didn't even move to make an attempt to stop him. 
 
Is there any word on how long Mannering will be out for?
 
Pretty hard game to watch yesterday. Even harder to watch in an Australian themed bar full of Melbourne supporters.
 
I'll still support the Warriors because I'm not a fairweather fan. I swear some people sit silent on the Warriors until they screw up, just so they can call talkback radio and tell Veitchy that there are too many Polynesians and it's the classic Warriors of old. Those are the same guys who suddenly have brand new Warriors jersies and tickets to the game when they make the top 8. Overall disappointment levels during a Warriors season aren't really that much higher than supporting the Chiefs prior to 2008, and the Steamers for about 15 of their last 20 seasons...

Nepia

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The team is being savaged by its fans. media, own captain, and the coach seems to have given up so he's gone. Now they face St George who has their number over recent years. #GetCleary 
 
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Is he gone? If he was ever going to go it was yesterday morning. Why give him another week when, he's trademarked for Bluey - "lost the dressing room"? Half the players were looking around when he was doing his halftime rant.
 
Meh, it's the Warriors, they'll win this well, the fawning Auckland media will be believers again and the rollercoaster will continue on.
 
 I want them to get Cleary too, I haven't been able to rant about 2nd rowers at centre for a while now.

mariner4life

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="aucklandwarlord" data-cid="575091" data-time="1461677469">
Good to see Lisone dropped from the team this week. He looked like he didn't want to be there last night. In terms of props in league - generally all they have to do is hit the ball up hard and make some tackles and people will say that they had an okay game. He looked bloody terrible last night. That first try was on him, he didn't even move to make an attempt to stop him. 
Is there any word on how long Mannering will be out for? 
Pretty hard game to watch yesterday. Even harder to watch in an Australian themed bar full of Melbourne supporters. 
I'll still support the Warriors because I'm not a fairweather fan. I swear some people sit silent on the Warriors until they screw up, just so they can call talkback radio and tell Veitchy that there are too many Polynesians and it's the classic Warriors of old. Those are the same guys who suddenly have brand new Warriors jersies and tickets to the game when they make the top 8. Overall disappointment levels during a Warriors season aren't really that much higher than supporting the Chiefs prior to 2008, and the Steamers for about 15 of their last 20 seasons...</blockquote>
 
Someone else who feels my pain! Add in NZ cricket up to 2 years ago, and Liverpool and I feel like I earned the right to overcelelebrate the all blacks. 
Wait, aren't you from Auckland? Are you mocking me?

Donsteppa

I can forgive the New Zealand Steamers and New Zealand Chiefs as they aren't the only NZ team in their respective competitions... (I see we're about to get the New Zealand back in the Warriors) 
 
Though it is a tough set of teams to follow in terms of title wins...

aucklandwarlord

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="mariner4life" data-cid="575168" data-time="1461727849">Someone else who feels my pain! Add in NZ cricket up to 2 years ago, and Liverpool and I feel like I earned the right to overcelelebrate the all blacks. 
Wait, aren't you from Auckland? Are you mocking me?</blockquote>
 
Tauranga born and bred. Auckland based at the time I joined the BOP Mafia student division... 
Oh yeah I forgot the black caps. Basically the only teams I've ever supported that have done well are the All Blacks and the Breakers. And that's still an odd feeling for me when they win championships..

taniwharugby

I support Northland, I think that trumps all :(

aucklandwarlord

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Donsteppa" data-cid="575174" data-time="1461728822">
I can forgive the New Zealand Steamers and New Zealand Chiefs as they aren't the only NZ team in their respective competitions... (I see we're about to get the New Zealand back in the Warriors) 
Though it is a tough set of teams to follow in terms of title wins...</blockquote>
To be fair to the Warriors, it's not like the can exclusively draw from the New Zealand stocks in the same way the All Blacks can. They're still subject to the same salary cap (if only they could spend it wisely), so are probably (only very slightly) disadvantaged by being the only NZ team because they travel more fan the other NRL

MN5

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="aucklandwarlord" data-cid="575091" data-time="1461677469">
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Good to see Lisone dropped from the team this week. He looked like he didn't want to be there last night. In terms of props in league - generally all they have to do is hit the ball up hard and make some tackles and people will say that they had an okay game. He looked bloody terrible last night. That first try was on him, he didn't even move to make an attempt to stop him. 
 
Is there any word on how long Mannering will be out for?
 
Pretty hard game to watch yesterday. Even harder to watch in an Australian themed bar full of Melbourne supporters.
 
I'll still support the Warriors because I'm not a fairweather fan. I swear some people sit silent on the Warriors until they screw up, just so they can call talkback radio and tell Veitchy that there are too many Polynesians and it's the classic Warriors of old. Those are the same guys who suddenly have brand new Warriors jersies and tickets to the game when they make the top 8. Overall disappointment levels during a Warriors season aren't really that much higher than supporting the Chiefs prior to 2008, and the Steamers for about 15 of their last 20 seasons...
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Yep, the same special breed of dickwad who will go on about "us" doing really well in the Americas Cup but when Team NZ fail it's "them" who fucked up and got beaten.
 
In saying that talkback can be unintentional comedy gold when the ABs lose. I'll never forget one old bloke who rung and whinged that "Richie McCaw let him down personally" by not going for a penalty with time left ( can't remember specifics but it was a huge blunder by captain fantastic apparently ) and then mentioned a brilliant tactical decision that he ( talkback caller ) made when captaining the "bumfuck NZ town which I can't remember" under 19 team which of course is exactly the same if not more pressure than playing against the Boks at Ellis Park in front of 60,000 japies baying for blood.
 
Deaker is a distant memory in the Radio sport world but I remember him being pretty racist against the island players in the Warriors when it suited him. Give him a Campion or Mannering any day. Cantankerous old git ( still preferable to Veich though )

Donsteppa

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="aucklandwarlord" data-cid="575187" data-time="1461731767">To be fair to the Warriors, it's not like the can exclusively draw from the New Zealand stocks in the same way the All Blacks can. They're still subject to the same salary cap (if only they could spend it wisely), so are probably (only very slightly) disadvantaged by being the only NZ team because they travel more fan the other NRL</blockquote>
 
Which is why I much preferred it when they were called the Auckland Warriors. (Same with the NZ Sevens team now called being the All Blacks Sevens, but that's another rant )

The Silver Fern

The NRL Season of 2016