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  • Hilly
    Hilly
    2 months
    I gotta be honest when it comes to it I support the cowboys, when they drop out it's storm, if they drop out it's the one I dislike least, that's my season, state of origin it's Queensland all the way even though I'm technically Tasmanian but international......I don't even watch it, it is off my radar, maybe that's the problem here, need to get it back in the spotlight, make people care.
  • 408
    408
    2 months

    The problem is that a third of NRL players are Kiwis or Islanders who come here to play because they are going to make a lot more money than they will playing at home.
    A half of NRL players have one or both parents who were born overseas.
    And then the NRL expects them to have allegiance to our country rather than their country of origin ?
    I know Ponga was born here but it is obvious that his family have much stronger ties to their homeland than they do to Australia.

    Also, those not born in this country should not be playing Origin but the games would be a sad spectacle without their participation.
    The rules have been manufactured by the NRL to put the best talent on display.

    We don't have this problem with our national game AFL, and the All Australian side is picked on ability and performance, but does not have anyone to play  :(
  • Hilly
    Hilly
    2 months
    Origin has bullshit qualifying provisions, as you say, to get the talent pool up, I reckon it would still pull a crowd if they were only eligible if they are born in that state, at one point they were trying to find a way qualify Taumalolo, the captain of Tonga! Just another money making machine.
  • Hilly
    Hilly
    2 months
    Will it be Madge PB?
  • evo94
    evo94
    2 months
    done deal isnt it??
  • evo94
    evo94
    2 months
    thats it - the game is rigged - Nelson has been rubbed by judiciary - cnts have fkd the final before its even started....
  • Hilly
    Hilly
    2 months
    Evo it might be a blessing in disguise, this way he can't get sent off in the opening hit up leaving them a man down for the whole game, any team that can start Walsh on the bench has a good side.
  • paulybronco
    paulybronco
    2 months
    Quoting Hilly on 29 Sep 2024 11:01 PM

    Will it be Madge PB?

    Sorry Hilly been on the bike for a few days and not been on the site.....but that would be a yes!....lol
  • paulybronco
    paulybronco
    2 months
    Quoting evo94 on 01 Oct 2024 02:09 AM

    thats it - the game is rigged - Nelson has been rubbed by judiciary - cnts have fkd the final before its even started....

    With Storm its a case of next man up....its certainly a loss but they have this young kid whos bigger and heavier than Nelson if they choose to go that way. Looking forward to this game.
  • evo94
    evo94
    2 months
    Quoting evo94 on 01 Oct 2024 02:09 AM

    thats it - the game is rigged - Nelson has been rubbed by judiciary - cnts have fkd the final before its even started....

    Quoting paulybronco on 03 Oct 2024 06:31 AM

    With Storm its a case of next man up....its certainly a loss but they have this young kid whos bigger and heavier than Nelson if they choose to go that way. Looking forward to this game.

    yes i did read that - well certainly hope the young big boof is up for it & a good chance for the lad, otherwise Panthers will be rolling right up the middle & the backs will pick apart whats left...
  • evo94
    evo94
    2 months
    Quoting Hilly on 03 Oct 2024 01:32 AM

    Evo it might be a blessing in disguise, this way he can't get sent off in the opening hit up leaving them a man down for the whole game, any team that can start Walsh on the bench has a good side.

    here's hoping mate...
  • evo94
    evo94
    2 months
    well that ended as predicted....& young boof - what 5 - 10 min ??
  • Hilly
    Hilly
    2 months
    Storm couldn't match them, it was a try but I don't think the outcome would of been any different, Panthers fit and disciplined.
  • paulybronco
    paulybronco
    2 months
    Panthers played very well indeed.....live and on replay i think it was a try but we will never know if it could have changed the momentum. Well done Panthers and a big thanks to the members who joined the comp .....its on again next season. 
  • 408
    408
    2 months
    Turuva's try wasn't a try.  Surprised nobody had a closer look at it at the time. There's an eight point turn around.
    Refs are just as hopeless as AFL umpires.
  • Hilly
    Hilly
    2 months
    Quoting 408 on 08 Oct 2024 12:23 AM

    Turuva's try wasn't a try.  Surprised nobody had a closer look at it at the time. There's an eight point turn around.
    Refs are just as hopeless as AFL umpires.

    Fuck me I just watched it in slow Mo! he doesn't ground the bloody ball! 
    Oh man that's fucked, they pull everything else apart down to the last millimetre, so the storm one was denied and was grounded and this one was awarded without grounding or scrutiny, kinda changes the result don't it, man!
  • Hilly
    Hilly
    2 months
    NRL will soon start playing hard ball with these young blokes I reckon, if Ez's blood test comes back positive I think the off season will be a time of shake ups and new absolute rules around drugs and behaviour.
  • evo94
    evo94
    2 months
    jeez Kumuls were impressive last night - shocked Fiji
  • Hilly
    Hilly
    2 months
    I do not envy ol Madge, he is up against it, last year was just plain horrific for the Broncs, started out bad with Pat and Adam's drunken tussle and went downhill from there, if management give him free reign I reckon he can turn it around but if he doesn't get to decide who plays week to week it's going to remain splintered, overpaid "rock stars" do not a team make and that shit needs to stop.
  • evo94
    evo94
    2 months
    Quoting Hilly on 22 Oct 2024 08:34 PMedited: 22 Oct 2024 08:35 PM

    I do not envy ol Madge, he is up against it, last year was just plain horrific for the Broncs, started out bad with Pat and Adam's drunken tussle and went downhill from there, if management give him free reign I reckon he can turn it around but if he doesn't get to decide who plays week to week it's going to remain splintered, overpaid "rock stars" do not a team make and that shit needs to stop.

    i think "rock star" mentality is too ingrained now, well at least until some change of roster maybe....
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