NRL 2024
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Usually I don't like wishing bad things upon people and try to look at both sides of the story, but not with Paul Kent. One of the biggest hypocrites society has ever seen. This has made my day.
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so obviously the highlight of the weekend was Paul Kent getting NRL360-ed in to a tree, but football happened as well
We had the Dragons and Souths eliminated from Premiership contention on ANZAC day
Friday night the Eels were balls deep in teh game until Mika Sivo decided, for some ungodly reason, to drop the NAS forearm in to the face of one of the most unassuming guys in the comp, gets a deserved 10 (but no suspension??) and Manly immediately score 2 tries exactly where he would be standing on defence (beautifully, both scored by Garrick). Who would be a coach?
Brisbane destroyed the Tigers then clocked off early
Penrith's best player this season continues to be the opposition losing a centre early
The Knights got a much needed win, and then lol at Canberra getting absolutely flogged by the Sharks, who just might have learned some lessons from last year.The media are gunning for two coaches this week, so we'll see where the focus goes.
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Kent under a tree was great entertainment and definitely the highlight
Warriors continue to play a template game with errors that others have worked out
Roosters roster officially shows up.
Parra have another brain snap when in a game, but their teenage halfback not to blame. Another team (this time Raiders) loses their half back and like Parra last few weeks the whole team seemingly capitulates.
Knights unearth Ponga lite
Sharks going great, but reminds me of previous seasons, then Hynes fucked around and looks awful at Origin and their season falls awayAgree @mariner4life a few coaches in the coaching roulette spotlight this week..we all know fox won't focus on Kent, nor their best mate Ricky so one of the others will be the main story
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In this week's "old man yells at cloud"
Renewed calls to somehow ban the big kick off run
boooooooooo!!!!!
Dudes coming off the back fence in to 3 guys as hard as they can is one of the best things in rugby league
"but concussion" the fannies will wail. They are front rowers, they barely have functioning brains anyway.
Let the boys bash each other FFS! Rugby league is supposed to be hard and confrontational. Let union trash their sport to try and stave off the lawyers, leave rugba leeeg alone.I also can't work out exactly how they fuck you legislate against it. Don't kick off? don't run the ball?
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@mariner4life golden oldies, have to pass it after you run 10m
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@mariner4life said in NRL 2024:
I also can't work out exactly how they fuck you legislate against it. Don't kick off? don't run the ball?
NFL - take the mark and play from there. If you get 40m, you get another set of six.
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@mariner4life said in NRL 2024:
In this week's "old man yells at cloud"
Renewed calls to somehow ban the big kick off run
boooooooooo!!!!!
Dudes coming off the back fence in to 3 guys as hard as they can is one of the best things in rugby league
"but concussion" the fannies will wail. They are front rowers, they barely have functioning brains anyway.
Let the boys bash each other FFS! Rugby league is supposed to be hard and confrontational. Let union trash their sport to try and stave off the lawyers, leave rugba leeeg alone.I also can't work out exactly how they fuck you legislate against it. Don't kick off? don't run the ball?
This has to be my most hated proposed rule change right now. Iafeta Paleaaesina will be truly upset hearing about this!
If Suli doesn't get hit by his own player in the attempted group shoulder charge then this doesn't get air time again..
At this rate, next up will be a fullback returning a deep kick based on the long run up logic
leave it alone law makers
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oh, Luke Keary retiring at the end of the year. Roosters almost have to win this year
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@mariner4life said in NRL 2024:
oh, Luke Keary retiring at the end of the year. Roosters almost have to win this year
the other way to look at it is, along with Manu, Suaalii, JWH and probably Tupou and Crichton frees up anywhere from $3-$4 million in their cap for next year.
That Sombrero is going to be huge
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@African-Monkey said in NRL 2024:
Usually I don't like wishing bad things upon people and try to look at both sides of the story, but not with Paul Kent. One of the biggest hypocrites society has ever seen. This has made my day.
To take this further, Paul kent got fucked up. In hospital with broken ribs and a collapsed lung
And there is absolutely zero sympathy for the bloke. Anywhere. That should tell you all.there is to know.
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And JD goone, strong rumours on Wayne for next year, Hornby likely interim
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I would say Wayne Bennett will come back and then set up Sam Burgess after that.
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Short of coaching the Wests Tigers, there is no worse job in the NRL than coaching a club after Wayne Bennett. He might get you a premiership (though Newcastle fans might have something to say about that) but he'll leave your roster a disaster zone of old players that desperately need to be moved on, and the next guy is definitely getting the chop
He left Brisbane at the end of 2008, Ivan Henjack was sacked in 2011
He Left St George in 2011, Steve Price Was sacked in early 2014
He left Newcastle in 2014m Rick Stone didn't even make it through the next season (newcastle were fucked)
He left Brisbane in 2018, Seibold was sacked in 2020
He left Souths in 2020, and JD is now goneKristian Woolf must be in a fucking sweat. That Dolphins roster is a timebomb, made up of old old forwards, and shit halves that aren't Katoa. To their credit they have brought in some quality ex-Brisbane first graders, and have the Hammer, but history says Woolf has two years.
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It is also worth noting that, while there is zero doubt Wayne Bennett is still a great coach, and has this extraordinary ability to get his players to 100% buy in to what he is selling (no one gets a team up for an occasion, even at short notice, like Wayne), it's now 14 years and 4 clubs since he won a comp.
South Sydney have some serious roster issues, and if they think that just adding Wayne to mix is magically going to fix everything is deluded.
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Wayne could probably claim some international success in that wasteland timeframe, but you would not want to follow him for sure.
I don't necessarily think Souths roster is a complete shambles (most of the players there were winning until the middle of last year), but they have clearly neglected their middle forwards and I believe one of the only clubs still without a full-time recruitment manager. They have always relied on their nursery which is currently average at best and have automatically assumed the SG ball success translates to NRL success. On top of that they have media leaks all over the place so players hear from the media before the coach.
They have a significant in house problem which goes beyond what Wayne is likely to fix
Eels have a bye, so BA gets a week off the media roundabout, but since Gutho in surgery and out now for 4 weeks, I am going to assume that unless Moses comes back early, they will be on full coach firing rotation the following week if the lose by a lot.
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The Bunnies have neglected the two key areas of the current iteration of rugby league, middle forwards, and metre eater backs. If you look at their even first choice back three, those guys aren't driving you out of your own end. Latrell will get to dummy half and pass it to someone else, Alex Johnstone is an old fashioned finisher. Their centers don't pitch in either.
And their middles are shit on defense, probably because they are needed early in every set.
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Their player captaincy group has never fronted either as well as continued rumours about different standards for different players. JD sounds like a nice guy, but probably better out than in for himself for where it has got too. I am not even sure who was calling all the shots either, that board has a lot of influence (nor do they agree with each other on anything either)
I cant see a care taker coach doing better either..
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Kristian Woolf won't suffer the same fate imo. The Dolphins have some good kids mixed with some experience, he's seasoned with his experience with Tonga, taken St Helens to a few Super League titles, and isn't at a huge club with the media breathing down his neck and doesn't have any over inflated egos in his roster to deal with. It's a good side for Woolf to establish himself and start a long tenure with the Dolphins.
The Rabbitohs need a strong head coach with the 2 big egos in their side. It ain't a job for rookie head coaches. Their forwards are ridiculously imbalanced where they are full of little men and ball players. Who is the enforcer of that pack? Tom Burgess? Jai Arrow who spends most of the time on the sidelines? It's their lack of size and starch which has led to their downfall in the middle of the park. Ffs they had a ball playing second rower Keaon Koloamatangi starting at prop against Melbourne, their problems start there. Their one signing Sean Keppie has been a complete dud and there's a reason why Manly didn't want to keep him. Their much vaunted left sided attack has also gone out of fashion and they haven't evolved any other way of playing the game. Signing Jack Wighton to strengthen it is a disaster long term as they could have spent the money elsewhere and he also isn't getting any younger, along with their aging roster which consists of Walker and Cook, the latter needs to be moved on. Don't get me wrong, Latrell is part of the problem, but he certainly ain't the whole problem. I think I read that JD got encouraged to go out and get a defensive coach to replace John Morris and refused, instead promoting the NSW Cup coach instead? The results are evident if that's the case. Also, Lachlan Ilias was also a complete dud replacing Adam Reynolds which has set the Bunnies back a few years and Dean Hawkins will have to fill the void for the season until Lewis Dodd comes in. No idea how good he is, but I guess we'll find out next season.
Do the Bunnies need Bennett back? Absolutely.
I assume Sam Burgess will replace Bennett once he's done his time with Warrington In a few years time.
