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Afros
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The old boys club doesn't like it but the reality is that Rugby League needs to evolve to maintain its position as a major sport. The old days of "just get out there and f***ing hit em!" are gone, the reality is that there are many sporting options available now than in years gone by. The game needs to eliminate as much as possible the ugly sights like a heavily concussed player stumbling all over the place or it will become an also-ran sport like boxing is becoming.
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Passing Through
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I am not sure how you can get it completely out of the physical game but the number of long injury times and forced retirements from concussion means something must be done.
The days of waist and leg tackles are gone, killed off by the offload that used to be a skill owned by a minority of talented forwards. Now the offload is a skill every player has to some extent and is a skill coached and practiced intensely.
The emphasis in a tackle has gone from get to ground quickly with a waist tackle to wrap them up high to prevent the inevitable offload and next phase plays. Errors as we have seen a multitude of times recently are inevitable. |
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Passing Through
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carioca, what's doing with Josh Addo Carr? Got himself a Kikau hair-do.
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marble
Champion Joined: 12 Jan 2008 Location: Brisbane Status: Offline Points: 6165 |
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hope pappenhuyzensen is ok . How thick are some of these players? sin bins all weekend for high shots and fuimaono bungs that on
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Baghdad Bob
Champion Joined: 10 Feb 2010 Location: Victoria Status: Offline Points: 13595 |
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Dragons play the man not the ball.
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jujuno
Champion Joined: 25 Jan 2010 Location: Coasting Status: Offline Points: 36064 |
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it will only take one case of a player taking another to court after a severe head shot, for head-highs to come down six inches. Should have happened yonks ago.
You sign up to play football, not to get coat-hangered or elbowed or end up with dementia. Accidents will always happen. Heads striking the ground will always happen. Deliberate dirty play should be eliminated from the game. Ricky Stuart is living in a time-warp bubble if he thinks the game doesn't need cleaning up. in the NFL, dirty play is instantly punished. There is no arguing with referees. Instant dismissal for players who start fights. it should be the same here. |
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Desert War, Rain Lover, Latin Knight, Hay List, Mustard...my turf heroes...
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Baghdad Bob
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With Melbourne Storm missing three of their best players with injuries and suspension , who did the Dragons go after ....Addo-Carr and Papenhuyzen ?
Of course they did . a disgrace to the game.
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Carioca
Champion Joined: 13 Nov 2015 Status: Online Points: 21698 |
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Been on the kava methinks with his mate .
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Baghdad Bob
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As a recent devotee of NRL, can any one tell me what percentage of players are from UK, NZ,PNG, Samoa, Fiji or other Pacific islands compared to Australian born players ?
30/70 ?
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Afros
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In 2018 News Ltd found that 48% if NRL were of pacific islander decent.
This is what was behind the push for Tonga and now Samoa, one of these nations alongside Fiji and perhaps even PNG is capable of winning a world cup one day. In fact but for a contentious refereeing decision in the semi final defeat to England in 2017, Tonga may already have a world cup final appearance to their name.
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TIGER
Champion Joined: 23 Feb 2007 Status: Offline Points: 8533 |
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Nice to see some blowout score lines again
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EAD
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Baghdad Bob
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After 10 games the Panthers are unbeaten, whereas the Storm have suffered 2 defeats and the Eels have suffered 1 defeat.
Allotting points for all clubs current position on the ladder ( first 1 point, second 2 points, third 3 points.....fourteenth 14 points, fifteenth 15 points and sixteenth 16 points ), eg the Panthers are allotted 1 point whereas the Raiders are allotted 8 points and the Bulldogs 16 points . At this stage of the season the Eels total 105 points, the Panthers 97 points and the Storm 81 points, meaning the higher a team has been allotted points the easier the draw they have had to date. I know the Panthers cannot ever be allotted 1 point, the Eels 2 points or the Storm 3 points, as they cannot play themselves, but it is food for thought that the Storm have had the harder draw at this stage of the season.
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Baghdad Bob
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***** each teams opponent's points
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Passing Through
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Teams play 9 teams twice and 6 teams once. How that is determined is down the page on this article. |
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Baghdad Bob
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PT, thanks for that the last table confirms what I already gauged, Storm have the toughest draw. IMO the first table on who plays on free to air tv little to do with the difficulty of the draw, but more about tv ratings.
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Passing Through
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That's why I suggested to go down the page. A lot of interesting stuff if interested though.
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oneonesit
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1 - No 2 - Improved - but only just 3 - No 4 - No - then Yes 5 - Yes 6 - No for the majority. Holmes probably the exception 7 - No 8 - Raiders 9 - No 10 - No 11 - Roosters wont make GF 12 - No
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oneonesit
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& how good are my Panthers going ! My tragic Panther supporter son said yesterday he wants them to lose a game - otherwise it will be odds on the first game they lose will be the GF
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Shrunk in the Wash
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The draw has been very kind to them but they are in stunning form
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oneonesit
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Got lots going for them. Strong contingent that played juniors together , young player group , massive depth in all positions, strong Club, good coach - & most of all massive talent pool. In saying that i think this year will be their best chance to go all the way - can see problems down the track keeping them all happy.
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Shrunk in the Wash
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You’re right about trying to keep them all happy
I’ve heard that Souths may be looking at their reserve grade half who clearly won’t want to be stuck behind Nathan for a decade
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oneonesit
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Yes Cleary a standout. That Brian To'o is amazing how he breaks a tackle. And Lui & Burton are massive talents. Actually Lui has surprised me big time - improved out of sight past 2 seasons - his defence now is almost as good as Cleary's - & that's a pretty high standard.
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I'd go as far to say that Cleary would be the most valuable player in the game at the moment. Few others might be around the same - but no more.
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ExceedAndExcel
Champion Joined: 20 Dec 2008 Status: Offline Points: 16226 |
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Going very nicely OneOne. Destroying teams left right and centre. Hard to see where their first loss will come from. Apologies in advance.
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Baghdad Bob
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23 July .
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Baghdad Bob
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Correction 31st July.
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jujuno
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I'd be quite happy for them to lose on Sunday. |
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Desert War, Rain Lover, Latin Knight, Hay List, Mustard...my turf heroes...
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ExceedAndExcel
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Given my propensity for stopping trains I’d say the chances of lasting until then have just nose-dived.
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Passing Through
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Could be a 6 point break from 5th to 6th approaching the half way mark after this week's round.
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Afros
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Other than Tyrone May who may depart if a starting halves spot opens up elsewhere, who are Penrith any chance of losing that they won't be able to replace fairly easily?
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