NRL 2021
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Warriors team: 1. Roger Tuivasa-Sheck 2. David Fusitu’a 3. Adam Pompey 4. Rocco Berry 5. Ken Maumalo 6. Reece Walsh 7. Kodi Nikorima 8. Jamayne Taunoa-Brown 9. Wayde Egan 10. Kane Evans 11. Josh Curran 12. Ben Murdoch-Masila 13. Tohu Harris 14. Jazz Tevaga 15. Leeson Ah Mau 16. Bunty Afoa 17. Bayley Sironen 18. Jack Murchie 20. Sean O’Sullivan 21. Tom Ale 22. Taniela Otukolo
Hopefully this means they fight the Curran charge, interesting halves selection..
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@bayimports That's a lot better than Sunday's team. I like RTS at 1 and Walsh at 6.
Should be a tough game. Cowboys are on a 3 game winning streak and have Taumalolo back.
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Roger going all out for the team in his last year. I'd like a fully healthy Roger coming to Auckland/Blues though.
It was also revealed that Tuivasa-Sheck required stitches before kick-off after dislocating his finger during the warm-up at AAMI Park.
Prop Kane Evans said he thought 18th man Paul Turner was going to be called in to replace Tuivasa-Sheck.
“It was a blood bath. I thought he wasn’t going to play,” Evans said. “It was popped out and there was blood everywhere.
“But he just popped it in and they had to stitch it up, then tape it up, and he still played hard so hats off to him.”
'Hats off': Warriors players praise RTS for selflessness, grit
Tuivasa-Sheck dislocated his finger in the warm-up and team-mates feared he wouldn't play
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@bayimports said in NRL 2021:
Hopefully this means they fight the Curran charge.
Warriors forward Josh Curran was successful in seeking a downgrade to his careless high tackle charge at the NRL judiciary and is free to play against North Queensland this week.
Curran was fined $1350 after pleading guilty to a grade one charge over his tackle on Melbourne's George Jennings
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@bayimports said in NRL 2021:
Warriors team: 1. Roger Tuivasa-Sheck 2. David Fusitu’a 3. Adam Pompey 4. Rocco Berry 5. Ken Maumalo 6. Reece Walsh 7. Kodi Nikorima 8. Jamayne Taunoa-Brown 9. Wayde Egan 10. Kane Evans 11. Josh Curran 12. Ben Murdoch-Masila 13. Tohu Harris 14. Jazz Tevaga 15. Leeson Ah Mau 16. Bunty Afoa 17. Bayley Sironen 18. Jack Murchie 20. Sean O’Sullivan 21. Tom Ale 22. Taniela Otukolo
Hopefully this means they fight the Curran charge, interesting halves selection..
Decent team all things considered. They're really are missing Fonua-Blake though. He is the guy who makes our pack go from ok to great.
Also does Walsh have the kicking and distribution game to play in the halfs? Him and Nikorima seem to similar players to play together in the halfs...
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wow.
The NRL is reportedly investigating splitting the comp in half, running two conferences. If you want to go backwards and fuck a national comp, here is your blueprint
Conferences will be Sydney, and everyone else. You'll play everyone in your conference twice, and everyone from the other conference once. Top 4 from each conference to play finals. Winner for each conference to teh GF.
Did the fucking Roosters and the Rabbits come up with this? Sydney clubs play in Sydney basically every week, and are guaranteed a spot in the GF, also in Sydney. Everyone else travels around the County and across the Ta$man every week.
This is a terrible idea for every club who isn't from Sydney.
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@mackerzzzz said in NRL 2021:
@bayimports said in NRL 2021:
Warriors team: 1. Roger Tuivasa-Sheck 2. David Fusitu’a 3. Adam Pompey 4. Rocco Berry 5. Ken Maumalo 6. Reece Walsh 7. Kodi Nikorima 8. Jamayne Taunoa-Brown 9. Wayde Egan 10. Kane Evans 11. Josh Curran 12. Ben Murdoch-Masila 13. Tohu Harris 14. Jazz Tevaga 15. Leeson Ah Mau 16. Bunty Afoa 17. Bayley Sironen 18. Jack Murchie 20. Sean O’Sullivan 21. Tom Ale 22. Taniela Otukolo
Hopefully this means they fight the Curran charge, interesting halves selection..
Decent team all things considered. They're really are missing Fonua-Blake though. He is the guy who makes our pack go from ok to great.
Also does Walsh have the kicking and distribution game to play in the halfs? Him and Nikorima seem to similar players to play together in the halfs...
I think Walsh demonstrated through his two try assists that he has the speed and distribution to play at 6, kicking game though is still an unknown. The team are apparently 1 week away from getting CHT back, so its probably a stop gap with the fit players they have left, plus O'sullivan was hit and miss.
Definitely misssing the go forward from AFB, you are not wrong there, at least Curran can play this week plus Tohu back, so should have a better balance in the pack.
Just hope lolo doesnt inspire the Cows like Turbo does to Manly. Cowboys on a small winning streak and with lolo will make them hard to contain.
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@mariner4life said in NRL 2021:
wow.
The NRL is reportedly investigating splitting the comp in half, running two conferences. If you want to go backwards and fuck a national comp, here is your blueprint
Conferences will be Sydney, and everyone else. You'll play everyone in your conference twice, and everyone from the other conference once. Top 4 from each conference to play finals. Winner for each conference to teh GF.
Did the fucking Roosters and the Rabbits come up with this? Sydney clubs play in Sydney basically every week, and are guaranteed a spot in the GF, also in Sydney. Everyone else travels around the County and across the Ta$man every week.
This is a terrible idea for every club who isn't from Sydney.
Yeah really bad idea in my opinion. Will end up like the MLS in usa
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@mariner4life what in the fuck! is it open season for fuck up your own cash cow (I mean comp) or something?
No doubt the NRL is a brutal comp - but changes like this aren't needed, and reek of Sydney first and screw yous fullas.
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@mariner4life said in NRL 2021:
wow.
The NRL is reportedly investigating splitting the comp in half, running two conferences. If you want to go backwards and fuck a national comp, here is your blueprint
Conferences will be Sydney, and everyone else. You'll play everyone in your conference twice, and everyone from the other conference once. Top 4 from each conference to play finals. Winner for each conference to teh GF.
Did the fucking Roosters and the Rabbits come up with this? Sydney clubs play in Sydney basically every week, and are guaranteed a spot in the GF, also in Sydney. Everyone else travels around the County and across the Ta$man every week.
This is a terrible idea for every club who isn't from Sydney.
yeah and supposedly 2 new teams (1 probably in Brisbane and the other in New Zealand), logistically though bundling every team out of Sydney into one conference, while Sydney teams have no travel is a terrible idea.
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@bayimports lol at 2 new teams. Where exactly are the players going to come from?
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@mariner4life said in NRL 2021:
@bayimports lol at 2 new teams. Where exactly are the players going to come from?
Brisbane as no one wants to play there right now and from the Hurricanes as they want to play NRL
...No idea mate, im guessing the whole heap of players who are not good enough for first grade..which again doesnt inspire you with confidence in the proposal
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@mariner4life said in NRL 2021:
wow.
The NRL is reportedly investigating splitting the comp in half, running two conferences. If you want to go backwards and fuck a national comp, here is your blueprint
Conferences will be Sydney, and everyone else. You'll play everyone in your conference twice, and everyone from the other conference once. Top 4 from each conference to play finals. Winner for each conference to teh GF.
Did the fucking Roosters and the Rabbits come up with this? Sydney clubs play in Sydney basically every week, and are guaranteed a spot in the GF, also in Sydney. Everyone else travels around the County and across the Ta$man every week.
This is a terrible idea for every club who isn't from Sydney.
A better idea is three conferences, one of which goes immediately to the grand final. The top teams from the other two conferences play against each other in a qualifying final.
We'll call these conferences "Balmain", "Sydney" and "Others".
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@bayimports said in NRL 2021:
@mariner4life said in NRL 2021:
@bayimports lol at 2 new teams. Where exactly are the players going to come from?
Brisbane as no one wants to play there right now and from the Hurricanes as they want to play NRL
...No idea mate, im guessing the whole heap of players who are not good enough for first grade..which again doesnt inspire you with confidence in the proposal
there are a bunch of guys not good enough for first grade playing at the Dogs, Tigers, and Cowboys
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@antipodean well, with teh Balmain conference hitting the GF every year, at least we would get a bunch of records every GF
Most points conceded
Biggest Losing Margin
Most GF losses in a row -
@mariner4life said in NRL 2021:
@bayimports said in NRL 2021:
@mariner4life said in NRL 2021:
@bayimports lol at 2 new teams. Where exactly are the players going to come from?
Brisbane as no one wants to play there right now and from the Hurricanes as they want to play NRL
...No idea mate, im guessing the whole heap of players who are not good enough for first grade..which again doesnt inspire you with confidence in the proposal
there are a bunch of guys not good enough for first grade playing at the Dogs, Tigers, and Cowboys
Yep I dont disagree, I think Bennet has already unoffically announced he will coach (or director of coaching) for new Brisbane team. If they insist on salary caps with a smaller pool of top talent then they may have to start using a draft model to as well, but that hasnt been mentioned anywhere..yet
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@bayimports said in NRL 2021:
@mariner4life said in NRL 2021:
@bayimports said in NRL 2021:
@mariner4life said in NRL 2021:
@bayimports lol at 2 new teams. Where exactly are the players going to come from?
Brisbane as no one wants to play there right now and from the Hurricanes as they want to play NRL
...No idea mate, im guessing the whole heap of players who are not good enough for first grade..which again doesnt inspire you with confidence in the proposal
there are a bunch of guys not good enough for first grade playing at the Dogs, Tigers, and Cowboys
Yep I dont disagree, I think Bennet has already unoffically announced he will coach (or director of coaching) for new Brisbane team. If they insist on salary caps with a smaller pool of top talent then they may have to start using a draft model to as well, but that hasnt been mentioned anywhere..yet
Not sure Wayne is a development coach anymore. He's a guy that brings good players together and gets them playing for each other. And he's really bloody good at it.
There is no equalisation measure in the NRL. The cap doesn't mean shit when rubbish teams need to pay huge overs to attract talent, while top clubs can offer unders for the chances to win rings and play Origin (which pays heaps). Big clubs also have an easier time of it recruiting young talent for the chance to develop in a good environment. I mean, i didn't hear the Tigers mentioned as a possible destination for that 16 years old "superstar"
Penrith have shown the way up, but it takes years, a massive nursery, and a lot of luck. And they will get picked apart as the cap starts to bite. And poor teams will pay overs for their players.
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@mariner4life said in NRL 2021:
@antipodean well, with teh Balmain conference hitting the GF every year, at least we would get a bunch of records every GF
Most points conceded
Biggest Losing Margin
Most GF losses in a rowMy plan is to see if players actually want to win or just get paid.
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wow. have consensual sex. someone illegally films you and tries to release it. and you get fined $5,000? You puritan fucks!
The NRL are idiots.
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Also reports of Adam Reynolds to the Sharks on a 3-year $2.4M deal
And, in proving that clubs don't learn lessons, the Broncos are apparently willing to throw approximately all the money at Mitchel Moses
