NRL 2022
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@act-crusader said in NRL 2022:
How good was Walker? Far out he was a machine.
Bit of feeling in this one and our workhorses really showed a difference in those conditions.
Yeah, our the effort from the Maori boys was O for Olsen 🥰
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Am assuming the Maori might include a few players who would identify more as Aussies than Kiwis ? Can anyone comment?
It's a Maori team, not a NZ Maori team so open to any players of Maori ancestry (Gagai played for both Maori and Indigenous in different years), but I think only Walker is a declared for Oz player. But there were at least three players I hadn't heard of before.
To give a different perspective, I have cousins with Aussie born and bred kids who will say they're NZers first.
Maori pack did the business in the wet.
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I can't work out whether Latrell Mitchell is really dumb, deluded, or just a transcendent grub.
‘They don’t know me’: Latrell hits back at critics; makes shock call on brutal blow on ex-teammate
‘If they’re a real league fanatic they’d understand’: Latrell hits back at critics over Manu blow
Have a read of this
The hit that got him suspended was as bad as any i have seen for years. But nah Latrell, nothing wrong with it aye. You kicked a guy in the head earlier in the year. But nothing to see. Fucking deluded. Just like Dylan Napa. Just like Victor Radley.
The one part of the article i agree with is the fact that there are far too many articles about this bloke. The NRL want him to be the face of the league. But he froths up the bogans (well, including me i guess) so the Sydney papers love him. Plus, he does and says a lot of dumb shit.
Gets to come back a week earlier from his suspension that should have been 10 weeks anyway
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@mariner4life Blake Taafe will still get a few weeks to start the season as he is still suspended. Bunnies lose a few key players this year, so will be interesting to see how far they go.
Dont know if anyone saw any of last weeks pre season games. Tommy Turbo is still a freak, I know its pre season and a lot of players playing wont actually play this year, but for the time he was on the field he was on a different level, pity he isnt the fullback the press is interested in writing about
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@bayimports said in NRL 2022:
@mariner4life Blake Taafe will still get a few weeks to start the season as he is still suspended. Bunnies lose a few key players this year, so will be interesting to see how far they go.
Dont know if anyone saw any of last weeks pre season games. Tommy Turbo is still a freak, I know its pre season and a lot of players playing wont actually play this year, but for the time he was on the field he was on a different level, pity he isnt the fullback the press is interested in writing about
if Tommy Turbo and his glass hamstrings play most of the year Manly are a lock for the top 4
A few more penalties and a few less 6-agains may just curb the ridiculous advantage an elite runner out the back, but not enough to stop that guy
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@mariner4life Perhaps this latrell fluffybunny has done others a favour after all and others could now use the loophole to see a week reduced
Storm and Warriors seek to follow Souths' lead after Latrell ban overturned
The two clubs are seeking to use Mitchell's shaved sentence as a precedent.
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i just read an article that Marty Taupau doesn't have a deal for 2023 yet?
At the right price, and for the right length, i would snap him up. Yeah he's 32 but a couple of years at $500k should be value.
Doubt he would move to Auckland now though. And the Tigers will probably do something really dumb like sign him for 3 years at $850k
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@mariner4life said in NRL 2022:
i just read an article that Marty Taupau doesn't have a deal for 2023 yet?
At the right price, and for the right length, i would snap him up. Yeah he's 32 but a couple of years at $500k should be value.
Doubt he would move to Auckland now though. And the Tigers will probably do something really dumb like sign him for 3 years at $850k
wow we would also be assuming Jacinta will let back in by then lol
Yeah no one needs an Adam Blair deal, but you're right a good pick up for someone, assuming he has no hidden injuries as minutes dropped last year
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wa hey, the law of unintended consequences raises its ugly head.
The NRL allow Souths to count the All Stars game against Latrell's big suspension, getting him back a game early.
Melbourne and the Warriors jump straight on that bandwagon, and the NRL are forced to allow the same loophole for Smith and Walsh.
And of course it's the Raiders who ultimately get the shaft. Apparently they rang up and enquired about this, were told that no off-field suspension could be reduced for the All Star game, so they let Rapana play (he's suspended for drink driving). Rapana being a dumb fluffybunny, then got himself a ban from that game.
So despite saying off-field suspensions wouldn't be rubbed out by the AS game, they let Cheese and Walsh off, And then Canberra got double-fucked (which is funny because fuck Ricky, and Rapana is a massive grub).
Just shit all round from the NRL just because they wanted their big name back in the game
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@mariner4life said in NRL 2022:
wa hey, the law of unintended consequences raises its ugly head.
The NRL allow Souths to count the All Stars game against Latrell's big suspension, getting him back a game early.
Melbourne and the Warriors jump straight on that bandwagon, and the NRL are forced to allow the same loophole for Smith and Walsh.
And of course it's the Raiders who ultimately get the shaft. Apparently they rang up and enquired about this, were told that no off-field suspension could be reduced for the All Star game, so they let Rapana play (he's suspended for drink driving). Rapana being a dumb fluffybunny, then got himself a ban from that game.
So despite saying off-field suspensions wouldn't be rubbed out by the AS game, they let Cheese and Walsh off, And then Canberra got double-fucked (which is funny because fuck Ricky, and Rapana is a massive grub).
Just shit all round from the NRL just because they wanted their big name back in the game
its funny though right, bogan reality, its the MAFS of sport..where else do you get a coach who says “It is the Canberra Raiders copping it up the arse again. " Classic Sticky rant and of course that is the headline
Kick off for round one, clearly just round the corner..
At least we get Walsh back for round two
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what. the. FUCK
The Warriors have signed Dylan Walker
Are we doing a Cronulla and going after every shit bloke in the fucking comp?
Perhaps Shannon Frizzell as a code-hopper is next?
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@mariner4life said in NRL 2022:
what. the. FUCK
The Warriors have signed Dylan Walker
Are we doing a Cronulla and going after every shit bloke in the fucking comp?
Perhaps Shannon Frizzell as a code-hopper is next?
WTF? really? I don't think he was that bad a player, but as a person he is an ahole ..seems to be part of recruitment mantra right now
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@bayimports can play. but does that really outweigh the off field shit?
FFS the only reason he isn't in jail is because his missus changed her story to "he touched my hair and i fell over, while holding our baby"
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@mariner4life said in NRL 2022:
what. the. FUCK
The Warriors have signed Dylan Walker
Are we doing a Cronulla and going after every shit bloke in the fucking comp?
Perhaps Shannon Frizzell as a code-hopper is next?
Yep, the fucking plan to create a team of dropkicks is coming along nicely.
They've got a lucky to avoid jail time clique now.
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Funny thread on reddit about the signing, a third saying people may actually like Manly now, the rest unsurprisingly teeing off at how bad it is and very small minority going oh wait, its not Cody, its Dylan..shit
but overall this is a terrible signing in my opinion as well
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With the six again rule, smaller middle players like Walker are the way to go right now. Not sure how the Warriors intend to use him though.
I wish we chased after Connor Watson last year instead, but we had zero interest in him and the Roosters ended up signing him for cheap. He's a better version of Walker and probably the best utility in the NRL.
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and, after a pretty quiet off-season, we're back this week. Penrith v Manly kick us off on Thursday night.
At this stage it appears the Warriors are still to be based on the Sunny Coast, any word on when they might get back to Mt Smart? The poor buggers are entering year 3 on the road.God i really miss Sneak's season preview, his breakdown on the squad was always so good. I am not even attempting it, so i'll just stick to throwing around a few cliches and then just basing it all on last year
Top 4
Can anyone really see this moving? The best squads are still the best squads. Penrith have had their depth eroded so will not be able to be protected from injury as well, and their entire game relies on Cleary's management and boot. If he stays fit they'll be at the pointy end. The Roosters still have a great squad, look light at halfback, and will really on Keary's sponge head staying healthy. Melbourne have one last crack at it before they get a bit broken up next year. Their success will rely on Munster actually being engaged in playing footy, not have a good time off-field. Still have the best coach in the game, and watch Xavier Coates score a million tries now he's out of Brisbane. Souths have a good side, i rate their new coach (as do most in the NRL) but i think they are going to seriously miss Reynolds.
Manly might make it if Tommy Turbo's hamstrings stay together.After that it gets murky
Parramatta are Parramatta, and never ever put it together, things don't seem to be happy there, Gutherson is wildly overrrated, and i don't think Arthurs is a good coach
Cronulla have the apparently new gun coach on the scene, and have recruited pretty well. Can Nico Hynes play halfback?
Is this the year that the Titans finally put it together? They have heaps of talent, but question marks in the halves (even without Taylors huge contract).
The Dragons appear to have recruited will, and Griffin is a solid is unspectacular coach.
The Tigers will come 9th.The Bottom
The Dogs went heavy on recruitment but Barrett is a shockingly bad coach apparently, so they are cooked. The Cowboys made so many bad signings, and have fuck all in the spine. That's your bottom 2 right there.
I expect the Warriors to finish 10th or so.
Newcastle don't have a half even good enough to replace Mitchell Pearce so are probably cooked.
Don't expect much out of the Broncos. Kevvie has no clue, they are week in the halves, and question marks everywhere else. Already whinging from the players that preseason was too hard.
Canberra will do nothing and Sticky is already on the whinge train hard.Mariners in no way to be relied on ladder
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Do we know what happened with Sneak? I miss his insights as well.
