The NRL Season of 2016
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Yes , we have the potential to field the best kiwi team ever , but for various reasons we never get them all on the field at the same time.
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Yeah...<br><br><a class="bbc_url" href="http://nzh.tw/11632160">http://nzh.tw/11632160</a>
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I was waiting for them to slap an extra week on Blair!
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<p>Undecided if <span>Doyle has had enough time to really start sorting shit out. But I like the hard line approach taken with the 6, and hearing they were doing that energy drink-meds mix reinforces that feeling. </span></p>
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<p><span>Is the culture that average that top notch guys (imo) like Manu and Ben, who are experienced pro athletes, make dumb decisions like this? Or is this just a case of a bunch of guys being collective num-nuts?? Cappy and Doyle were adamant that all the players bought into the team and club rules, maybe that changed?</span></p>
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<p><span>Whatever the reason something needs to give - saw some hungry new players in that win against the Dragons. You might be a flash guy, or a veteran player, but someone needs to make these guys work for their jersey and actually start giving a shit.</span></p>
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<p><span>won't be holding my breath!</span></p> -
<p>Starting team named:</p>
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<p><span style="color:rgb(119,119,119);font-family:Calibri, Candara, Segoe, 'Segoe UI', Optima, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;">1 Jordan Kahu</span><br><span style="color:rgb(119,119,119);font-family:Calibri, Candara, Segoe, 'Segoe UI', Optima, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;">2 Jason Nightingale</span><br><span style="color:rgb(119,119,119);font-family:Calibri, Candara, Segoe, 'Segoe UI', Optima, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;">3 Shaun Kenny-Dowall</span><br><span style="color:rgb(119,119,119);font-family:Calibri, Candara, Segoe, 'Segoe UI', Optima, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;">4 Gerard Beale</span><br><span style="color:rgb(119,119,119);font-family:Calibri, Candara, Segoe, 'Segoe UI', Optima, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;">5 Dallin Watene-Zelezniak</span><br><span style="color:rgb(119,119,119);font-family:Calibri, Candara, Segoe, 'Segoe UI', Optima, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;">6 Tohu Harris</span><br><span style="color:rgb(119,119,119);font-family:Calibri, Candara, Segoe, 'Segoe UI', Optima, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;">7 Shaun Johnson </span><br><span style="color:rgb(119,119,119);font-family:Calibri, Candara, Segoe, 'Segoe UI', Optima, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;">8 Jesse Bromwich</span><br><span style="color:rgb(119,119,119);font-family:Calibri, Candara, Segoe, 'Segoe UI', Optima, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;">9 Lewis Brown</span><br><span style="color:rgb(119,119,119);font-family:Calibri, Candara, Segoe, 'Segoe UI', Optima, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;">10 Adam Blair</span><br><span style="color:rgb(119,119,119);font-family:Calibri, Candara, Segoe, 'Segoe UI', Optima, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;">11 Kevin Proctor</span><br><span style="color:rgb(119,119,119);font-family:Calibri, Candara, Segoe, 'Segoe UI', Optima, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;">12 Manu Ma'u</span><br><span style="color:rgb(119,119,119);font-family:Calibri, Candara, Segoe, 'Segoe UI', Optima, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;">13 Jason Taumalolo</span></p>
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<p style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Calibri, Candara, Segoe, 'Segoe UI', Optima, Arial, sans-serif;">Interchange<br>
14 Kodi Nikorima<br>
15 Greg Eastwood<br>
16 Martin Taupau<br>
17 Sam Moa<br>
18 Brad Takairangi<br>
20 Kenny Bromwich</p>
<p style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Calibri, Candara, Segoe, 'Segoe UI', Optima, Arial, sans-serif;">Yep, Tohu Harris at 6 - good that we threw a series in England to build for the future in the halves .... I haven't been watching enough of the Eels to know if Ma'u deserves his place?</p>
<p style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Calibri, Candara, Segoe, 'Segoe UI', Optima, Arial, sans-serif;">Still, that pack looks good enough to keep us in the game.</p> -
With Harris at 6 to go with the rest of the pack , that gives us a physical edge . <br><br>
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<p>yes. They needed to make it so that they couldn't play finals this year. </p>
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<p>The Eels management should all go, this is a clusterfuck of epic proportions. And to think, the worst part of the rort was a player who turned up busted, and then retired. Just incompetent. </p> -
<p>Shame we lost Hiku, although Nepia will be happy?</p>
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<p>I don't understand Beale with Hoffman, Perrett, Rona or Rapana much better options. I won't be surprised to see Takarangi playing at centre instead of Beale tbh, even if SKD passes his fitness test.</p> -
<p>:)</p>
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<p>Sweet. I don't relaly know much about it.</p>
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<p>There is a leugue show on Saturday (I think) morning on Trackside Radio and is a great listen. Has Mark McNamara chipping in too. Learnt more about this season in a day than I did all year</p> -
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<p>12 point deduction for the Eels fair?</p>
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<p>okay, it's harsher than that.</p>
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<p>12 points (could still make finals if they only lose 3 more times all year i think)</p>
<p>$1M fine (reduced by $250K if they make NRL imposed changes in a timely manner)</p>
<p>However, they are over the cap by almost $600k at the moment, and can't play for points until they are back under. Which means fire sale this week. </p>
<p>The Chairman, Deputy Chairman, CEO, a Director, and the Football Manager have also been issued "show cause" notices, and must submit to keep their NRL registrations. </p>
<p>They have also been stripped of their Nines trophy (and i assume their multiple wooden spoons?)</p>
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<p>So it's as much the system they put in place to avoid the cap, as the breaches themselves.</p>
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<p><span style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">However, they are <strong>over the cap by almost $600k at the moment,</strong> and can't play for points until they are back under. Which means fire sale this week. </span></p>
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<p>I knew it. And <strong>that </strong>will be the real reason the club put Foran on leave right now. Give them a month to cut some players. As long as Foran doesn't play it doesn't go towards one of the caps (1st tier/2nd tier). </p>
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<p>Speaking of salary, Elijah Taylor has been released by Penrith and has signed with Wests.</p> -
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<p>I knew it. And <strong>that </strong>will be the real reason the club <strong>put Foran on leave right now</strong>. Give them a month to cut some players. As long as Foran doesn't play it doesn't go towards one of the caps (1st tier and 2nd tier). </p>
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<p>Speaking of which Elijah taylor has been released by Penrith and has signed with Wests.</p>
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<p>sorry, bit dim, but why? to get players in the shop window? or to stop him having his head turned?</p> -
<p>didn't i read the auditors found they were still throwing him some coin? and it smelt a bit like a "if this NFL thing tips over, you'll come back here right?" payment</p>
