NRL 2024
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Warriors bounce back in the best possible fashion, with a convincing win vs the Broncos
Despite the scoreline I don't think that was all too convincing against a Broncos team missing some Origin stars and having an average season.
I genuinely thought they were going to run us down midway through the second half.
What the match did confirm though is that TMM leads the team around better at the moment than SJ. Webster's got a big decision to make when SJ gets fit.
Definitely think they rushed SJ back and it hurt us. Best to let him get properly healthy and leave the team as is
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@Nepia lots of problems still there, probably should have had more points for all that early dominance too.
A couple of forwards are off the boil, and our two wingers this year have been more rocks than diamonds.
TMM not so formulaic which provides an effective point of difference and looks so much better in control. Agree big head ache for Webster
Happy to take two points though
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@bayimports can’t say I had high expectations heading in so I was pleasantly surprised to just see us create a couple of repeat sets.
Tonight’s halves pairing are natural runners so it was good to see them take advantage of the go forward created by our pack.
We are a 9-12th place side at best.
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good but yucky win for the Warriors. Brisbane are in all sorts though.
Elsewhere Cronulla are going through the same thing as last year, where Hynes has an Origin nightmare and their season collapses.
Parra lost again but dragged themselves out of the spoon spot simply by not getting pumped
Melbourne beat Canberra, not a surprise. Sticky blamed the ref, also not a surprise. Grade A piston wristed gibbon and an average coach. The Raiders are going nowhere
The Dargons beat the hammerless Dolphins
The Cowboys had their annual win again Penrith in the battle of the reserve grade sides.
And the poor old Tigers copped a flogging.Melbourne sneak a couple of games clear at the top. The middle half of the table is incredibly congested.
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Melbourne and Penrith as the exceptions and then everyone else on their day has the ability to be absolutely terrible or top eight contenders.
I don't think the Warriors will make it, but even now I am not sure who will round out the top eight.Tigers and the Titans are good enough to play a spoiler role for the remaining of the season, good enough on their day to cause an upset if you're not on 100%.
In a slight step above this just on ability of a healthy halves pairing should provide Paramata will also play a spoiling role with no finals.
Souths unbelievably could make a late run, as could we but still unlikely.
Canberras young team does enough work on effort and hate to win games and not coaching, but could make it.
Knights could make a late run with Ponga and a close enough
Teams in trouble that should be there but are not are the Warriors, Manly and Broncos
Dargons somehow hanging in there, but should not really be considered.
Dolphins, Cowboys, Bulldogs, Sharks teams that have worked hard to find themselves in the eight and are unlikely to lose a place
Penrith, Melbourne, Roosters wont miss out
So the way I see it, only the dragons and maybe 1 other team of current top eight miss out
Manly and Broncos most likely on ability to make itThe reality of this comp this year, I'm only really certain on Penrith, Melbourne and Roosters making the finals which is insane given how far through the season we are
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In a huge change for the Roosters, they have picked up a free agent.
They have signed The Chad to cover for the loss of Luke Keary. Coboys fans will not mourn this loss, Clifford is the better half. Bad news for the Pride though.
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Also both Rugby union converts cleared (released early from union) to start NRL and can start immediately
and the best news of the week, Kent fired lol
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@bayimports looool so long Paul. There would be so much more sympathy if you didn't get fired for the EXACT thing you built a career on getting indignant about.
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@mariner4life said in NRL 2024:
Coboys fans will not mourn this loss, Clifford is the better half. Bad news for the Pride though.
Clifford looks better this year, young half finally maturing
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It appears Paul Kent does not agree with is sacking and is off to FairWork.
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5 in a row now for Souths. Wayne Bennett has made a massive difference since confirming his return.
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That was a desperately poor game in shit conditions.
The Eels were terrible and made the Spuths defense look like The Storm.
Latrell being on is so fucking good to watch. He's come back in absolutely ripping touch.
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At the same time, 6 weeks ago, the Eels would have run in a score against that Rabbits mob. Their attitude towards the defensive side of things has changed out of sight, and guys who stunk up the joint earlier in the season such as Chee Kam, Kennar, Milne, Keppie etc are really starting to lift.
Nice to see them steer away from loading up the left religiously like they had done for many seasons.
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@mariner4life said in NRL 2024:
That was a desperately poor game in shit conditions.
The Eels were terrible and made the Spuths defense look like The Storm.
Latrell being on is so fucking good to watch. He's come back in absolutely ripping touch.
Spuths? Typo or is it a new nickname?
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Either or is good for me.
Off to the Broncos v Panthers game tonight. I hope the Broncos actually turn up so it's a decent game
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@mariner4life said in NRL 2024:
Either or is good for me.
Off to the Broncos v Panthers game tonight. I hope the Broncos actually turn up so it's a decent game
Should be Broncos need to start winning like us just to make finals, might be enough to wake them up
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Well fuck.
The Warriors were equally pretty bloody impressive and disappointing at the same time, while going down to the Doggies in golden point.
After ALL of our back three got injured we played most of the second half with RTS at FB, Walker and Niukore in the centres, Pompey and Capewell on the wings. As our last sub standing, poor old Feddy Lussick at about 80kg dripping wet had to play as a middle forward to give Barnett and AFB a quick breather.
It was gutsy a performance as you’ll see, and we were out on our feet for most of that second half, but we did have 2 or 3 opportunities to have a crack at a field goal in the last 5 minutes of regular time, but I think 2 of the occasions we just totally fucked up and didn’t even get to the kick.
We also had one partially charged in extra time, sending it just wide of the posts.
So good to even be in that position with backs against the wall, but disappointing not to be able to execute.
And for what it’s worth, I think they should swap RTS and CNK around. RTS just seems to create a bit more at the back than CNK…. CNK can easily take his high effort, low error rate game into the centres and do well.
