NRL 2024
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Well done Blues. They had a 15-20 minute period of dominance and that was the difference
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That game was brutal and both teams should be applauded for such a great contest.
Warriors surely won’t have Barnett back up
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Slater had a shocker with the rotation imo, and it cost QLD. Kaufusi? Why pick the guy if you're not gonna use him? The forwards were stuffed out there and he was barely used, and Ponga coming on affected the line defensively. The QLD forwards needed help out there but got none due to a poor bench rotation, having Grant and Ponga with Kaufusi not being used after the first 15 mins.
By they time Best scored, QLD could barely walk to the kickoff.
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Can you also imagine the impact DFif would have had..
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@African-Monkey said in NRL 2024:
Slater had a shocker with the rotation imo, and it cost QLD. Kaufusi? Why pick the guy if you're not gonna use him? The forwards were stuffed out there and he was barely used, and Ponga coming on affected the line defensively. The QLD forwards needed help out there but got none due to a poor bench rotation, having Grant and Ponga with Kaufusi not being used after the first 15 mins.
By they time Best scored, QLD could barely walk to the kickoff.
What actually happened there? Didn’t he start the game but can’t say I saw him again after his first sub? The stats say he made 5 tackles and ran for 4 metres. Yes just 4!
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@ACT-Crusader And played 8 mins in origin 2.
Is Slater being forced to play him or something, similar to NSW selections in the past?
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well, shit.
Congratulations NSW, the better side for most of the series, and thus deserving winners.
I see Billy had a whinge about Klein, who is shit, but it wasn't Ashley who picked the team there Bill.
Game played out exactly like we all thought it would. NSW absolutely dominant in the first half, and for Qld to turn in front was testament to some outstanding defense. Qld were slowly working back in to the game, and actually looked to be getting on top when that first fucking try happened. Credit to Luai, took a ball on the ground from a scrubby offload and turned it in to a try. The Qld had like 2-3 minutes of madness and there was your final score.
Qld never looked like scoring a try all night TBH. We lost the middle, and NSW had the pace out wide to deal was some very horizontal attack.
Deardon was the best player on the field, pity he had no help. I hate Reece Walsh more now than i did at 7.30 last night. Capewell was a net zero, no fuck ups, tackled well, but nothing with ball in hand. That's a better score than most of the other forwards. Carrigan probably the only other forward to come out with his reputation intact. Val Holmes actually played well last night I'll give him that. DCE, Hunt and Grant all very poor.
You need a re-think Billy, because NSW are in front of you now. They have better players in a lot of positions (Edwards is a freak) and their forwards pumped us.
Back to club land where the Warriors are... shit...
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oh, and live Origin game at Suncorp is definitely an awesome experience.
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@mariner4life said in NRL 2024:
Capewell was a net zero, no fuck ups, tackled well, but nothing with ball in hand.
think he was credited with 6 missed tackles, still had more impact than Kaufusi though lol
To be fair on Grant he even hasn't played for Melbourne due to back spasms, so he probably needled up to get out there and consistently raised his hand to put his body in first in front of Leniu, which is also why I can forgiven him for getting stepped late by Moses
With Walsh also looking injured early and a Ponga on the bench, Im surprised he wasn't used earlier
Lots of walking wounded, I would be surprised if many backed up except for most Cowboys who Cotter has already declared they are ok.
Ola, Murray - suspended, Capewell x2 fines, (10 players charged) Carrigan moon boot, Edwards injured, Walsh injured, Moses injured lol list goes on
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@bayimports said in NRL 2024:
think he was credited with 6 missed tackles
he did put in a couple of real strong ones though.
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i've just read some player ratings. Reece Walsh is the most sucked-off, overrated player in the league and it is not close
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So looks like Capewell and Barnett back up, have to respect that even if I am unlikely to respect final result
Crowdstrike tech issue likely to impact live coverage of the game though already being reported, could be old school bunker
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We're a mile off the pace. Kiss the season good bye
