NRL 2024

[mariner4life]

he already has one of them, may as well get another. Uncle Nick cares about nothing except winning football games. Jennings says high

[bayimports]

and State of Origin kicks off tonight

One team looks like it has been picked to bash its opposition into submission, other the looks like it has been picked to evade big clumbsy forwards.

Weather doesn't look great with rain predicted is afternoon (none so far), so might be slippery

I would suggest a tight low scoring game either way but brutal as always

Thinking NSW might still pip QLD even with the late fullback change, but you never can write off QLD!

[MN5]

Having lived in Sydney in 2003-04 all I can say is CARN THE BLUES !

[bayimports]

Hasn’t rained watch out for QLD! Hoping Hynes doesn’t bottle it as I’m expecting

[Canes4life]

Incoming Wallabies star Joseph Sua'ali'i sent off in Origin 1 after 7mins after knocking out Reece Walsh with a shocking shoulder to the head.

Classic league commentators saying 'it might be a card' and then being shocked when he gets sent off. That's why I don't watch league much, bunch of morons don't protect their athletes. That was a fking shocking tackle.

[canefan]

Only mitigation for me was that Walsh was falling down

[bayimports]

Yeah, still direct to head with force, I’m calling Qld very early as a result

Madge not moving Burton to bench a mistake

[Canes4life]

@bayimports this could be a blood bath for NSW at home. 20-6, only 24mins gone.

[NTA]

@canefan said in NRL 2024:

Only mitigation for me was that Walsh was falling down

If sualii got lower he would have broken the guy

[bayimports]

@NTA which would have been funny 🤣

[African Monkey]

Could have been uglier if Dearden stopped dropping in short to Su'a and just went straight to Cobbo/Hammer a couple of times.

[KiwiMurph]

Yeah awful tackle - took 2 players out for the game - including perhaps the most exciting player on the field in Walsh.

[MN5]

@NTA said in NRL 2024:

@canefan said in NRL 2024:

Only mitigation for me was that Walsh was falling down

If sualii got lower he would have broken the guy

Holy shit, NTA is making a comment on loigue !!!!

[KiwiMurph]

This QLD attack once they got to 20 points has been rubbish

[canefan]

Massive defence by the Blues gave them a chance, but their attack couldn't manufacture any scores. Now QLD out the game away

[KiwiMurph]

OK that was very nicely done.

Despite the score and down to 12 men there are large parts of this game where NSW looked the better team.

Unfortunately for them they now have to win at Suncorp to win the series.

[Gunner]

The thing that bugs me, is a lot of the comments focus on the fact it was a ‘massive call in a big game like that’

How big of a game it is shouldn’t even come into it, if it’s worthy of a send off, it’s a send off, simple.

[sparky]

Stupid high shot. The player let his team mates down badly and got the marching orders his actions deserved. No sympathy.

[African Monkey]

@Gunner That's typical of the dated attitude of channel 9 who still think it's 1985. They're always pushing the 'nothing in it' call led by Gus, Joey Johns and Fatty, 3 dinosaurs.

[Crazy Horse]

I had half an eye on the game at work so I was watching it with a bunch of Qlders. I was surprised at how many were pissed that the game was ruined by the send off. Surprised in that those who support the team that benefits from a sending off/sin bin are normally quite happy with the decision. Neutrals were grumpy too, including me.

With the plethora of yellow cards and red cards in Union I reckon I am feeling a card fatigue. I am sick of the feeling of frustration every time a team is down a player. I know this will probably never happen because the notion of a team having to be a player down is so ingrained in our psyches, but if we are going to send off/bin players regularly in the name of player safety, perhaps we should follow the lead of basketball and have players 'ejected' but teams allow teams to remain at full strength on the field. I know we made a step in that direction with the '20 minute red' or what ever it is, but I don't think it goes far enough.