NRL 2023 + Internationals
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Magic round, how good?
Genuinely fucking great event.
Broncos got things off to a flier by absolutely pumping Manly
We'll skip the Warriors, and move smoothly to the Dolphins celebrating Wayne's 900th by flogging the Sharks
Then Souths smashed MelbourneThe Tigers continued their climb to the minor premiership by getting the Dragons' coach fired (that climb will end this weekend when the Bunnies get hold of them)
The Cowboys came back to life by pumping the Roosters, and all the guys that i abused in the post above played well. The Roosters are in a world of hurt though. I expect Walker back in the team this week
Then the last game of the weekend is a belter with the Titans beating the Eels.Field held up, heaps of people went, looks like everyone had a ball. NRL magic round is best magic round
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@mariner4life brilliant event and weather mostly held, a bit like the pitch.. mostly. They are considering moving it around including Sydney, Adelaide, Auckland etc but personally keeping it in a warmer location I think also is part of the appeal.
A couple of big upsets including the Cowboys turning up this week and absolutely smashing the Roosters. I also agree Walker should be back this week. Roosters lacked creativity for most of this event and I dont think Manu will be the csape goat. Could be Keary's turn for the reggies.
Titans also with another upset over the Eels and Fafita might have finally found the right head space for Origin, always a beast but previously just a lazy beast. The form backrower this year for me.Hook surely gone
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when is a hip drop not a hip drop? When the grading is set at a grade 1, Ford only gets a fine, if a legit hip drop its 3-4 weeks currently. Obviously the other sin bin didnt go further on review.. All clear barring injury which there will be a few
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NRL: One NZ chief executive Jason Paris stands by accusations of referee bias against Warriors despite NRL investigation | Newshub
The NRL is now investigating Jason Paris' comments that referees are conspiring against the Warriors - and the CEO isn't backing down.
Great move by Jason Paris. Commercially he will cast the company in a positive light after calling out the villainous NRL. And what are they going to do to him? The NRL will be much poorer without the Warriors there, so it's not like they will seriously piss off the team's major sponsor, and run the risk of making them unable to field a team. Time for someone to fucking flex their muscle
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@canefan I'm surprised it's taken this long. Not surprised the NRL thinks they can review his comments and do anything about them other than reinforce his point.
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You can easily take different view points from stats. Even if they have a fact based argument I don't think the Warriors will get what they want from this. I think it is great a sponsor is calling it out, as if it was the team then they just fine you and nothing changes.
Hopefully we don't see as many diabolical decisions happen and by unpopular opinion I think we still need the bunker which will annoy the fox crowd. I think NZ teams were worse off before it and it that it has pulled up many unconscious bias decisions that we always received but unfortunately it is still making many clangers. They need consistency applied here in my opinion.
F&&K being a ref though
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@antipodean said in NRL 2023:
@canefan I'm surprised it's taken this long. Not surprised the NRL thinks they can review his comments and do anything about them other than reinforce his point.
The fact they even say they will review sets them up to look weak or stupid or both
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@bayimports said in NRL 2023:
You can easily take different view points from stats. Even if they have a fact based argument I don't think the Warriors will get what they want from this. I think it is great a sponsor is calling it out, as if it was the team then they just fine you and nothing changes.
Hopefully we don't see as many diabolical decisions happen and by unpopular opinion I think we still need the bunker which will annoy the fox crowd. I think NZ teams were worse off before it and it that it has pulled up many unconscious bias decisions that we always received but unfortunately it is still making many clangers. They need consistency applied here in my opinion.
F&&K being a ref though
Consistency is all we want. But we are the most screwed over team in the comp right now. Anyone with eyes and a half functioning brain can see that
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@antipodean said in NRL 2023:
@canefan I'm surprised it's taken this long. Not surprised the NRL thinks they can review his comments and do anything about them other than reinforce his point.
The fact they even say they will review sets them up to look weak or stupid or both
actually they are reviewing to see if they can legally take action against him, not reviewing the content
Referees’ union weighs up legal action against Warriors’ sponsor
NRL referees have reacted angrily to comments posted on social media by the chief executive of One NZ, Jason Paris, accusing officials of bias against the Warriors.
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@bayimports said in NRL 2023:
@antipodean said in NRL 2023:
@canefan I'm surprised it's taken this long. Not surprised the NRL thinks they can review his comments and do anything about them other than reinforce his point.
The fact they even say they will review sets them up to look weak or stupid or both
actually they are reviewing to see if they can legally take action against him, not reviewing the content
NRL referees have reacted angrily to comments posted on social media by the chief executive of One NZ, Jason Paris, accusing officials of bias against the Warriors.
On what grounds? He doesn't work for them. I hope they make a deal of it. Might just raise awareness of the issue. They are the ones who have a case to answer. I'd like one of those Aussie league shows to go through all of our games, analyse and tally up all of the shonky decisions that go against us, along with shit that our opposition get away with. On TV
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@canefan Cheating comes under defamation doesn't it? the article says this is what they are looking at anyway..I would be surprised if they go through with anything ..but there you go
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@bayimports said in NRL 2023:
@canefan Cheating comes under defamation doesn't it? the article says this is what they are looking at anyway..I would be surprised if they go through with anything ..but there you go
Yeah, they have nothing to gain, and much to lose. If he accused the refs of cheating he since revised that to bias. So they can suck it. If they didn't cheat so much they wouldn't have this problem 😉
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Warriors lose.
Quick blame the refs.
Not a good look.
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Major sponsor tries to influence refereeing decisions ...
How is this at all acceptable?
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@booboo Like don't get me wrong, the Storm game was just straight daylight robbery, but the last 2 games they've held their own, but been beaten by better opposition and had the odd call go against them but still had no bearing on the result.
I'd be more worried about scoring 6 points in the last 2 games than moaning about the refs.
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Major sponsor tries to influence refereeing decisions ...
How is this at all acceptable?
Fuck em, I don't think you can watch most warriors games and not see that we almost always get screwed over in some manner. I'm fine with Paris speaking his mind and making them feel uncomfortable. If they want him to shut up they should do a better job of reffing consistently
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Major sponsor tries to influence refereeing decisions ...
How is this at all acceptable?
Fuck em, I don't think you can watch most warriors games and not see that we almost always get screwed over in some manner. I'm fine with Paris speaking his mind and making them feel uncomfortable. If they want him to shut up they should do a better job of reffing consistently
More ex-warriors are weighing in, Monty Betham already called out the NRL weeks ago
The NRL counter by sending the token Mozzie on the reffing panel, to tell us we shouldn't believe what we see, there is no bias
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@booboo it has grabbed alot of coverage on MSM in NZ too, they did a whole piece on it this morning on NEwshub, interviewed a ref, had the CEO on yesterday.
I dont watch alot of league, but thier refs to seem to be held a bit more accountable to poor performances than thier rugby counterparts, but I would say neither code has refs that 'cheat'.
NRL: Kiwi ex-NRL player and referee Henry Perenara says Warriors sponsor's boss crossed line | Newshub
"It's not warranted at all," said Henry Perenara.
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