The World of Rugby Thread

[Queenslander]

You would think they will close to that 52,500 capacity.

[Queenslander]

:lol:


Channel Nine has told Queensland health authorities that they risk Origin III being a “technical failure” as a television spectacle.
As it stands, Nine’s commentary team of NSW-based pundits such as Phil Gould, Ray Warren and Andrew Johns won’t be allowed to travel to Brisbane for Wednesday’s decider.


“They’re welcome to come but they will have to quarantine for 14 days,” Dr Jeannette Young said.




https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/state-of-origin/state-of-origin-2020-nsw-blues-v-queensland-maroons-game-three-channel-9-anastasia-palaszczuk-phil-gould-andrew-johns-ray-warren/news-story/fe896b77623e6e37ec07fb0c09edbb85

[Queenslander]

Argentina smashing the All Blacks in the forwards.

[Queenslander]

25 - 15 Argentina. :cool:

The All Blacks were never in it.

[hfswjyr]

That was as poor as I've ever seen us play. Argies had the same game plan that England used in the World Cup, and we came up with the same result.

[Queenslander]

Dan Coles is a fucking moron he needs to be dropped.

The squad definitely has an attitude problem and I blame Sam Cane who is the weakest All Black captain of my lifetime.

I hate that Cheika was involved in that win.

[Ian]

Second loss in a row? That can't have happened very often in recent years, Shirley?

[Queenslander]

Has to be the first time it has happened without the Springboks involved.

[Baz]

Just watched some videos of this Paasi bloke and jeez, him and Walmsley in the same team is gonna make a few of the younger lads who face us think about switching to Union. Looks a beast. :flex:

[hfswjyr]

The last time we lost back-to-back was in 2011.

[Manc]

These Georgians are an ugly lot.

[niko_cee]

Considering their national vehicle is the 'ute' why are Australians seemingly unable to pronounce 'u' [you] properly in any other word? Day-boo? Fuck off. I'm not sure even the yanks roll with that. Poomas? Seriously

[Jimmy Floyd]

Dayboo and dahhta always take me aback.

[Queenslander]

That is just a Union thing normal people dont have that problem.
niko_cee

[Lewis]

Do you say maroon as 'maroan' all the time, or is that a specific Queensland team nickname?

[Queenslander]

Im half bogan so everything is maroan.

The misses and her son say maroon but they also use the Queens english when pronouncing France, dance, glance etc

[Disco]

The guy who presents Supercars always says dahhta.

[Queenslander]

Yep Im guilty of that one as well.

I pronounce debut properly for some reason.

[Lewis]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_State_of_Origin_series#New_South_Wales_squad

The last New South Wales side to win across the border was pretty good, even carrying Braith Anasta.

We're gonna do 'em tomorrow Queenslander cobber. :cool:

[Queenslander]

Bloody oath!

[Lewis]

https://i.imgur.com/FcqnNMy.jpg

Walking round the house like.

[Queenslander]

:D

Might drive down to the border and scream at all the cars on the NSW side trying to get in.

[Queenslander]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_State_of_Origin_series#New_South_Wales_squad

The last New South Wales side to win across the border was pretty good, even carrying Braith Anasta.

We're gonna do 'em tomorrow Queenslander cobber. :cool:

Steve Menzies. :cool:

The QLD side looks a bit flakey on paper.

[Queenslander]

Yeah I know a couple Sam.
https://i.ibb.co/vYtGfBw/FB-IMG-1605656435147.jpg (https://ibb.co/cLmHRvg)

[Lewis]

I like how a couple of defeats have sent them into existential meltdown.

[Queenslander]

It has been very enjoyable living in Brisbane this week where every second person is from New Zealand.

[Lewis]

We've got them down that left edge.

[Queenslander]

We've got them down that left edge.

Who is you MOM so far?

[Lewis]

Cameron Munster, or Josh Papalii for killing James Tedesco.

[Queenslander]

Munster feels like he will be the next future Bellamy Immortal.

[Lewis]

Valentine Holmes has been rubbish. Everyone else excellent.

[Queenslander]

Valentine Holmes has been rubbish. Everyone else excellent.

You need to get yourself a jersey after that effort.

[Lewis]

I'll get a lifelike Wayne Bennett mask and wear it when I'm stressed.

[Queenslander]

All is forgiven Wayne it is time to come home. :(

[Lewis]

lols at Cameron Smith selling his book around, sets Brad Fittler's heroic return to club coaching back ten years, and wins an Origin shield in a fourth different decade (either side of not coaching them for seventeen years). What a day. I bet Anthony Seibold has smashed his entire house to bits as well.

[Queenslander]

:D

Seibold coked out of his brain crying into a Souths polo.

Smith's book would have to be boring surely?

[Queenslander]

Mark Hunt knocking Gallen out cold in the first 10 seconds will cap off another great year for the big fella.

[Lewis]

You would think so wouldn't you. He probably could write a great book calling everyone names, but he's the last person in the world that ever would. He's also too much of a CHAMPION BLOKE to make an interesting pundit, and too conscious of his legacy to walk into any old coaching job (or Gold Coast shirt), so it will be interesting to see what he does. He should come to Super League and do a couple of seasons at scrum-half without ever breaking into a sweat.

[Queenslander]

Moving to England would actually be a smart move.

12 months is such a long time in the NRL. Did Inglis really beat his missus or is that false memory?

[niko_cee]

Just caught up with Origin, lol at that not being a penalty try. No one was going to catch him (he was closest to the ball when taken out, going full tilt and is, apparently, 'the fastest man on the planet'), the ball stopped in the in-goal so it wasn't going to run out, if the logic is he might have fumbled the grounding then when would you ever award a penalty try? Someone could always drop the ball. I get some of the slippery slope logic about how far from the line could someone like Addo-Carr be and be extremely likely to score, but the answer is surely quite far out if he's in a footrace with someone to get to a ball which has stopped in-goal, and in the instant example, he was nailed on to score.

[Lewis]

You're never getting a penalty try that far out. He could have pulled up or had an asteroid hit him in the time it would have taken to score. Elsewhere, the new Lebanon coach is... Michael Cheika, apparently as a prelude to a full-time code switch. Imagine him seething at the bunker. :drool:

[Queenslander]

Half the Waratah squad will turn out to be Lebanese.

[Queenslander]

Cameron Munster cleaned out $4000 worth of beer in one bottle shop near Byron.

One sleep untill Christmas for that bloke.

[Queenslander]

Lewis

Bailey Hodgson must be pretty good?

[Lewis]

He's meant to be quite good, and even if he ends up back here in two years playing reserve grade over there will be better for him than waiting around here.

[Baz]

Good to have Saints back tonight. :drool:

[ScousePig]

Catalans started like a train last week against Leeds, but couldn't sustain it.

[Lewis]

They'd basically had a five week break before that Leeds match (they phoned it in at Salford two weeks before), so it will be interesting to see how they go tonight.

[Baz]

Dropping like flies, man.

[Lewis]

I don't think I've seen an exciting Super League game since it came back. Jack Welsby is a proper natural.

[ScousePig]

Catalans are just full of loose cannons.

[Baz]

If I read tomorrow that James Maloney died on his way home tonight, I’d probably smirk.

[Lewis]

The fringe have really dropped off without their seething crowds.

[Queenslander]

Lol


Gold Coast Titans assistant coach Michael Gordon charged after raids targeting drug supply to 'schoolies areas'


Police said the searches unearthed more than $60,000 in cash, as well as cocaine, MDMA, steroids, mobile phones and drug paraphernalia.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-22/titans-coach-michael-gordon-arrested-over-alleged-drug-syndicate/12908304

2015

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-05-08/titans-in-court/6454564

[Lewis]

The great Jason Smith was doing his cocaine trade round there as well wasn't he?

[Queenslander]

Yep 2015 was his last year. I think Karmichael Hunt dobbed on his Suns team mates as well to get out of his charges.

Be interesting to see if this new syndicate serviced the Maroans party house at Byron over the weekend.

Selling to schoolies kids is pretty dumb.

[Queenslander]

Was Albert Kelly any good in the Super League?

He signed a training contract with Brisbane
Lewis

[Lewis]

He was very good for Rovers until he got bored, and then he was very good for Hull until he was filmed abusing some McDonald's staff, and then it was slowly downhill from there. I would be surprised if he makes a first grade appearance now though.

[Queenslander]

Brisbane not having that South East Queensland nursery to pluck from will be the end of them now they have been shown to be run by the incompetent good old boys.

Redcliff or Brisbane Tigers coming in will be the end of them unless the stack the squad with Kiwis and Pacific Islanders.

[Lewis]

'Oh when the Saints...'

[Lewis]

lol knocking his own winger out trying to big man Tommy Makinson.

[Baz]

Only a matter of time before the floodgates open, right?

RIGHT?

[Lewis]

No idea about the grounding, but that looked onside to me. This is proper good for 2-0.

[Baz]

Ugh

[Lewis]

Lachlan Coote hates a big game the fanny. James Graham winning drop goal incoming. :drool:

[Baz]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1WBlflC-Vk

:rave:

[Lewis]

Oh shit.

[Lewis]

What a finish.

[Lewis]

lol didn't even take the conversion. That was the best final ever.

[Baz]

Genuinely was. After both semis you kinda knew it would be two super defensive performances but my god it was good.

That ending is close to Wide To West.

[Lewis]

The semi-finals were crap, and the regular season was probably the worst ever as well. Alright, weird circumstances; but the week-to-week quality was poor. That was right up there though.

[Mike]

Pretty boss stuff

[Lewis]

When I was in year nine sixth former Jon Wilkin used to supervise everyone lining up for their dinner. I asked him how come Rob Burrow was playing Super League and he wasn't, and he sent me to the back of the queue. I feel like if I could remind him of that he would give me a look as if to say yeah mate and now look at him.

[Baz]

I wonder if he was The Reid’s doppelgänger even back then.

[Queenslander]

Corey Norman and his mates putting in solid preseason work already.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Corey Norman just won $25,000 on the Pokies. He’s absolutely living the life <a href="https://t.co/ut2jtgZmdR">pic.twitter.com/ut2jtgZmdR</a></p>&mdash; Eden Richards (@Eden_Richards) <a href="https://twitter.com/Eden_Richards/status/1332252201067024386?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 27, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Lewis]

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[Queenslander]

All Blacks taking the piss. :D


https://i.ibb.co/sgLV7TK/FB-IMG-1606555770620.jpg (https://ibb.co/mRQcpn9)

[Queenslander]

Those Argie blokes a wild boys.

However unless they beat their missus Im not interested in old tweets.

[John Arne]

Matera stripped of the captaincy and dropped from the Argy squad for tweets from 2011 and 2013 :D

Pro-tip to anybody.... if you become in any way famous - delete you social media history and start from scratch.

[hfswjyr]

Alternatively, just don't be a horrible human being to start with!

[Baz]

I might start tweeting hate now, in preparation of being famous.

[John Arne]

Alternatively, just don't be a horrible human being to start with!

Yeah, that too :D

[niko_cee]

This No.19 has had a good game for Australia.

:cab:

[Queenslander]

Furious

[Queenslander]

Warriors to be based in Australia for the first 4 rounds next year.

Jacinda is bonkers.

[Baz]

Leigh it is. :yawn:

[Manc]

Predictable.

[Lewis]

It's probably the safest option but also the most boring. They will just sign half of what drops out of Toronto, and Derek Beaumont is a knobhead.

[Queenslander]

Getting to watch Gallen suffer irreversible brain damage would be the perfect end to 2020. :drool:

https://i.ibb.co/gwSgqhj/FB-IMG-1607992970798.jpg (https://ibb.co/gwSgqhj)

[Queenslander]

Oi! Oi! Oi!


Off-contract NRL forward Jamil Hopoate has been charged with domestic violence-related offences and drink driving on the NSW mid-north coast.
Police were called to a pub on Bay St at Port Macquarie after reports of an alleged assault on Sunday night at 8.30pm.

https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/nrl-2020-jamil-hopoate-charged-with-assault-and-drink-driving-brisbane-broncos-off-season/news-story/fdbd43f9408b2215ba016f302f777d4d

[Lewis]

Say what you want about John Hopoate, but he never belted any women.

[Queenslander]

The hoppa was quite the slang 20 years ago.

[Queenslander]

Carn the Warriors!



Be ready to rumble’: Warriors CEO pen letter to fans as club prepares to relocate to Australia

https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/teams/warriors/nrl-2021-new-zealand-warriors-ceo-cameron-george-open-letter-to-fans-relocating-to-australia-covid19/news-story/c494826848f7f0f37e5a0abeba41f74f

[Queenslander]

Lewis

Vunivalu working cattle in Rockhampton. He'll be branded a Queenslander and that will be that.

https://instagram.com/stories/redsrugby/2490564062523373220?igshid=4uiz5eig54fw

:drool:

[Lewis]

He has everything to be the best code-switcher in years, so watch him be back in league in two years at Wests on $800000 a year.

I'm going Wayne Bennett's South Sydney Rabbitohs this year. :cool:

[Queenslander]

Mate Brad Thorn is Mk2 Wayne.

[Queenslander]

Standard weekend in Cronulla.

https://i.ibb.co/10VNrwV/Screenshot-20210125-144345-Instagram.jpg (https://ibb.co/rQPhx1P)

[Lewis]

How do you see Roger Tuivasa-Sheck going in union Queenslander? I think he's the best player in the game (along with James Tedesco), but of all the sides to break into.

[Queenslander]

He is clearly a freak and would walk into the Wobs but I cant see him getting a cap for NZ unless 3 or 4 blokes get injured.

Surely he is a specialist fullback in Union?

Players I want in Union are Payne Haas at 6 or 8 and Cameron Munster at 10 or 12.

[Lewis]

I would just stick him on a wing and get him the ball.

[Queenslander]

He'll need to have a blinder of a Super Rugby season.

[Queenslander]

Australia hosting the British and Irish Lions v South Africa series is on the cards.

[ItalAussie]

Australia hosting the British and Irish Lions v South Africa series is on the cards.
We should probably just host every major global sporting event in 2021. Olympics. Wimbledon. Euros. Let's do it.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I would pay to see the world's best 200 footballers go into one of your quarantines. If the tennis players are anything to go by it would be fireworks.

[ItalAussie]

I would pay to see the world's best 200 footballers go into one of your quarantines. If the tennis players are anything to go by it would be fireworks.

:D We should make a TV show out of it. It'd be a licence to print money.

Is it too late for us to host the Superbowl? Probably.

[Lewis]

If it can't be a traditional Lions tour then it shouldn't happen.

[Disco]

If there's no dwarf tossing then what's the point?

[Lewis]

If you're not going to their home grounds and their seething fans then you've just got an England vs South Africa test series in Australia, and who wants to watch that?

[hfswjyr]

I can't believe I'm agreeing with Lewis here.
(And no, my view wouldn't be any different if they had suggested NZ as hosts)

[Queenslander]

2 in Perth and 1 in Brisbane would be perfect.

[niko_cee]

If it's going to be in Australia wouldn't it be better to just tinker the schedule so their tour is next, and then South Africa next time?

[Queenslander]

Nah then we miss out on a full tour and we already have the French coming down here.

The ARU have said they only want to cover operating costs. This is easily the best option for the South Africans as there is no way the tour can be moved closer to the world cup year.

[Queenslander]

Israel Folol

[Lewis]

Super League keeping its big names. :cool:

[Queenslander]

About time!

[Lewis]

He plays right centre for Catalans, so the head-to-heads with Greg Inglis should be worth a watch. Elsewhere, that Maori All Stars is some side. The Warriors would be like the nineties Broncos if they could call upon most of that talent.

[Queenslander]

Im very out of touch I hardly know any of those names.

[Lewis]

It's hard to tell how good France are with Italy not even trying. We should be Grand Slamming this year right? We have Ireland and Wales away, which would normally be touch-and-go, but they need their SEETHING crowds.

[Jimmy Floyd]

If ever there was a team to benefit from behind closed doors, it's England rugby. Crushing blandness and The Process to the fore.

[Lewis]

Scotland overcoming the lack of crowd seethe with their constant inner life seethe.

[Shindig]

"It's shite being Scottish." I can't believe the tourism board haven't ran with that.

[Lewis]

Remember when Clive Woodward just thought he could transfer over to football and nobody called him a dickhead? In literally any era other than 1997-2007 he would have been laughed out of the room.

[Waffdon]

Finn Russell is throwing this.

[Jimmy Floyd]

If ever there was a team to benefit from behind closed doors, it's England rugby. Crushing blandness and The Process to the fore.

Similarly, having lost this I fully expect a round of real men's men in the camp coming out saying 'This was nowhere near good enough', 'We need to look each other in the eye' etc. #adults #rarara

[Lewis]

'Lacking in our execution'. That and the referee not knowing what offside is.

[Pleb]

:face:

[Lewis]

Jesus that was embarrassing. The worst we've played in ten years.

[Manc]

Sir Tom will be turning in his grave. Pathetic.

[Pleb]

Apparently "if your Scottish you can come out now" according to ITV.

[Giggles]

That has to be worth a referendum.

[Waffdon]

:lol:

Should have been more. Tried their best to bottle it

[Ian]

:lol:

Should have been more. Tried their best to bottle it

It really should have been more. If England had stolen it with a late try you'd have rightly been absolutely livid. So much time spent in our half with little to show for it.

[Lewis]

1358336775425433601

Queenslander

Penalty and a yellow for me. Unlucky.

[Queenslander]

:lol:

That sums up his entire career surely.

I cant stop watching it.

[Queenslander]

Payne Hass has been fined $50 000 and suspended 3 games for abusing female cops.

The bloke is a perfect fit for the Donkeys

[Queenslander]

Good grief they want $50 for this circus.


https://i.ibb.co/CbKctfr/FB-IMG-1613111557446.jpg (https://ibb.co/fkdgSsc)

[Lewis]

If they rule this out then the referees are against us.

[Ian]

May is so good. I assume he's getting nowhere near Underwood's try tally but I'm happy that he's now 2nd on the list for us.

[niko_cee]

Scotland seem to have some sort of territorial kicking hack on the go.

[Waffdon]

Scotland qualifying in the football and dominating rugby. Keep the fans away

[Waffdon]

Not going for 3 points for a 17 point lead and now it’s down to 10. Fannies

Some bottle job

[Manc]

What a try that is from Zammit.

[Waffdon]

Russell and his kicks have been tragic these two games

[Lewis]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oevNjFeWUyQ

Wales are really crap.

[Giggles]

I’ve no idea what’s gone on but from Twitter I believe a hearty Scotlol is in order.

[Waffdon]

Is rugby soft as shite like football now? Some of the penalties given against both for high tackles seem like fuck all

[Lewis]

lol at these interviews in masks when they've just been bumming each other.

[Queenslander]

Vunivalu dropped for the Reds 1st game of the season after getting into a scrap with a secruity guard outside a pub. :cab:

[Queenslander]

Rob Kearney is starting at 15 for the Western Force. They are definitely running an exiles squad this year.

[Queenslander]

Uru Seru will be a name to remember.

I hope Fiji cap him first.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CLq5AYnrnXa/?igshid=3lddbegjwdiu

[Manc]

What on earth is the ref playing at there?

[Lewis]

Owen Farrell is right there.

[Lewis]

What are these mongs doing?

[niko_cee]

Not a great day for reffing in general thus far.

[Manc]

Let's have it.

[Lewis]

The referee is having to step in now so we can't say his try assists decided it.

[Queenslander]

Does anyone know anything about Jordan Olowofela?

He is on loan to the Western 'Exiles' Force from Leicester Tigers

[Lewis]

[Sir] Cameron Smith. :cool:

[Queenslander]

Has to be the next Immortal.

Hopefully he chooses to be an assistant for the Broncos instrad of for the Titans. I would also take the option of him consulting for both clubs.

[Lewis]

They've wrecked the Immortals now, but yeah if anyone is one it's him. I wonder if he would have kept going if Melbourne didn't stand to lose Harry Grant.

[Queenslander]

Gut feeling is he would have played on.

[niko_cee]

3 NRL titles/whatever you want to call them seemed a bit light but then I forgot they had those ones docked for their persistent cheating (as if it ever stopped).

I guess at least he'll be able to look back on having been a part of the greatest game ever played (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_NRL_Grand_Final).

Oh no, wait, he was suspended.

As you were.

[Lewis]

James Graham calling him a cheating cunt in the World Cup final is the peak of both their careers.

[Queenslander]

Vunivalu starts for starts for the Reds this weekend. :cool:

[Lewis]

Sonny Bill Williams has retired as well. The NRL must regret trying to make him vs Sam Burgess a major thing now they're pretending the latter doesn't exist. Their retrospective will just be him disabling Andrew Johns and then flouncing off.

[Queenslander]

Rest in peace.

https://i.ibb.co/F03zK0x/FB-IMG-1615548141595.jpg (https://ibb.co/P9jgN9m)

[Queenslander]

Sonny Bill Williams has retired as well. The NRL must regret trying to make him vs Sam Burgess a major thing now they're pretending the latter doesn't exist. Their retrospective will just be him disabling Andrew Johns and then flouncing off.

His Bulldogs run is enough to be a future Immortal I reckon. SBW is commentating for Nines Super Rugby as of this weekend.

[Lewis]

There are loads of forwards you would put ahead of him in terms of actually playing NRL, but you could see some reputation-based honours coming down the line. It's probably why he won't fight Paul Gallen in case they start comparing records and realising who the actual forward of the decade was.

[Queenslander]

Gallen fighting a proper boxer is going to be some good veiwing. Lucas Browne is quite a step up from his previous opponents.

Who would be your top 5 forwards of Gallens era?

[Lewis]

Over the entire decade I would go:

1. Paul Gallen
2. Sam Burgess
3. James Graham
4. Matt Scott
5. Jared Waerea-Hargreaves

Burgess was the actual best player, but between injuries and union he can't beat Gallen for consistency. Jason Taumalolo is a similar story, and his crap/lazy defence gets protected a bit.

[Queenslander]

Waerea-Hargreaves went to a Union school in the same comp as the school I went too and was a bees dick away from signing with the Reds at one stage. Bloke would have been an incredible no.8.

Wiki is telling me he played for the Australian under 19s at the World Cup in 2007.

Cant fault that list.

[Lewis]

Gareth Ellis would be up there if he had done a few more seasons. :cool:

[Lewis]

We're just getting bashed to bits here, so it's a wonder we're within a score of it.

[Manc]

Vunipola brothers are done.

[Lewis]

That is a definite try.

[Lewis]

I lolled for a second there until I remembered Wales are on for a Grand Slam.

[Manc]

:harold:

[Queenslander]

Brad Thorn. :cool:


https://youtu.be/xorstRLrH2w

Matching try was brilliant.

Vunivalu had a shocker in defence.

[Queenslander]

Sam Burgess day I guess.

[Queenslander]

Got on the Boncos @ $3
Lewis

[Lewis]

The media will have to go into overdrive protecting 'Kevvie' when they finish bottom again.

[Queenslander]

The forward pack is soft as shit. Alex Glenn puts an effort in though.

Q Cup has blokes who could do a much better job making tackles.

[Queenslander]

Ill be donning the Panthers jersey come grand final time.
Lewis

[Queenslander]

Brad Thorn

https://i.ibb.co/zhLvPHQ/20210320-173354.jpg (https://ibb.co/SX1CV75)

[Lewis]

Wayne Bennett doing Penrith 8-2 in the final or something equally shit is the dream. Latrell 'Latrell' Mitchell looking shit hot at full-back whilst still being a bit fat is pretty inspirational. Hopefully he tells 'Freddy' to shove his State of Origin up his arse.

[Manc]

Good God we are shite.

[Lewis]

That Shredded Wheat hair makes Jamie Roberts' already impressive melon look gigantic.

[Queenslander]

Wayne Bennett doing Penrith 8-2 in the final or something equally shit is the dream. Latrell 'Latrell' Mitchell looking shit hot at full-back whilst still being a bit fat is pretty inspirational. Hopefully he tells 'Freddy' to shove his State of Origin up his arse.

It is Penriths to lose

[Lewis]

They managed it last year. Speaking of Penrith, Canterbury getting their media mates to constantly whinge about them not letting Matt Burton leave for nothing is so transparent. CONTRACT SAGA... He's under contract. What?

[Lewis]

Held up!

[Lewis]

You blind cunt how much more 'definitive' can it be than his hand under it?

[Lewis]

Wales have scammed this game. How are they doing it?

[Lewis]

lol fuck off Wales. Shaun Edwards. :cool:

[Manc]

Justice. :drool:

[Lewis]

Jarryd Hayne is going to get the Chris Benoit highlight treatment, so they must have seen this coming when they screwed him out of all the individual awards in 2014.

[Queenslander]

Jarryd Hayne is going to get the Chris Benoit highlight treatment, so they must have seen this coming when they screwed him out of all the individual awards in 2014.

14 years is good amount of time that Jack DeBelin must be very nervous.

[Lewis]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YRiAIU3oVA

His performances in those first two matches were as good as anything (that New South Wales halves pairing must be up there with the worst ever, and I think that try-saved finished Sam Thaiday off). What was he thinking going to the NFL? Now look where it's got him. If he stuck around he could have had this covered up for him.

[Queenslander]

The NRL being the BESTEST sport in the world and a good old fashioned greedy player agent would do it.

Looking back now he should have gone to French Rugby if he wanted to cash in.

[Lewis]

The second worst Hayne-related career decision after his current saucy wife hitching her wagon to him in the midst of all this.

[Queenslander]

:lol:

Probably paid to make him look less rapey.


Speaking of Thaiday I am guilty of thinking he was much much better than he was.

[Queenslander]

Eddie Jones copping it from everywhere makes for great reading today. :drool:

[Jimmy Floyd]

He spent about a year here being a revered cross-discipline management guru, then has gradually fallen out of favour until the point (now) when everyone thinks he's a smug twat.

[Queenslander]

He spent about a year here being a revered cross-discipline management guru, then has gradually fallen out of favour until the point (now) when everyone thinks he's a smug twat.

That sums up his time down here. He destroyed the Reds for half a generation after his Wobblies stint.

RFU needs to punt him back to Japan before he does anymore damage.

[Lewis]

I don't follow domestic union all that closely, but I keep reading that he's a bit stuck in his ways as far as overlooking certain people/having his favourites goes, so if the idea is that he's a short-term coach then you could just shuffle everything around him.

[Disco]

Continuing to pick Saracens players while they're getting gubbed by the Cornish seems an odd choice.

[Ian]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LA_Giltinis

That's up there with the worst team names.

[Shindig]

Did they come up with the logo first and base the team around it?

[Jimmy Floyd]

Enjoying the naming history of their league mates, the Austin Gilgronis.


On 19 September 2019 after extensive polling at the end of the 2019 campaign, the team opted to rename itself the Herd. The logo remained the same although the orange color action was removed indicating a shift away from using orange for the upcoming season. Prior to the 2020 season, the team came under new ownership and were renamed the Gilgronis. The new name was immediately met with derision and mockery.

[Queenslander]

Koroibete off to Japan then France I assume to cement his best winger in the world ranking.

Easily the best Australian winger from either code for the last 20 years at least.


Lewis

https://www.foxsports.com.au/rugby/wallabies-2021-rugby-australia-resigned-to-losing-marika-koroibete-to-panasonic-wild-knights-japan-top-14-dave-rennie-rebels/news-story/34527ff87e7d83ec8d1c36ad46fd0c84

[Lewis]

Let's not forget Australian international Semi Radradra.

[Queenslander]

Let's not forget Australian international Semi Radradra.

Damn you're right as a pure finisher. Ill never forget Mal Meninga reading out a letter from Semis old man before his Test debut. Pitiful attempt at justifying a rancid poach.

Koroibete workrate is better than Radradra. He loves a good pick and go.

[Lewis]

I can't really think of who the best wingers have been. They either move to fullback, play for Melbourne and never have to do any defending, or are Brett Morris. Maybe it's Brett Morris.

[Baz]

Super League back tomorrow. :youpi:

Saints vs Salford and then Leigh vs Wigan. Should be a good start.

[Queenslander]

There arent any good highlight packages of Koroibete on youtube. Outside of his world class finishing he is a very good defender, he always makes metres as an extra brackrow runner running at forwards and he never loses the ball in contact.

Vunivalu will be the next bloke we talk about at the end of the year. His defense needs a lot of work atm moment though.


Another bloke that deserves a better highlight package. He would be a nice get for the Broncos. Always pops up at the right place righr time.

https://youtu.be/Q0nXLSGJeqU

[Lewis]

Super League back tomorrow. :youpi:

Saints vs Salford and then Leigh vs Wigan. Should be a good start.

With the exception of early expansion efforts the squad Leigh have cobbled together is possibly the worst in Super League history, and they're doing the weird points system again, so the only things to look forward to are Greg Inglis and Kyle Eastmond. If he does the business Leeds could be quite dangerous.

[Lewis]

Daniel Tupou is probably up there for wingers actually. If his career has coincided with less shit New South Wales teams he would probably have had more Australia caps.

[Waffdon]

How was that not a forward pass before that yellow? Do they just not give a fuck about it at all in rugby?

[niko_cee]

Not really, no.

[Waffdon]

That was another forward pass before that try. What is this shambles :D

[Ian]

Not really, no.

This. Unless it's literally a quarterback effort or the ref has decided one of the teams isn't winning that day they don't give a give.

[Lewis]

He should be off for that.

[Manc]

Tame effort from the French. Little unlucky with Scotland's first try.

[Waffdon]

It was a high tackle and he clearly hit his shoulder first. What a mess rugby is

[Manc]

He should be off for that.

Red was harsh imo.

[Manc]

:harold:

[Lewis]

France.

[Waffdon]

What was that :D

Scotland really should have won the whole thing.

[Ian]

How incredibly French of them.

[Manc]

Scotland really should have won the whole thing.

100%.

[Offshore Toon]

I love this Scotland team. So many fantastic moments.

[Mellberg]

What was that :D

Scotland really should have won the whole thing.

Still managing to finish fourth is very Scottish. Hopefully they can push on from here (but not too far).

[Waffdon]

Where would they have ended up if they didn’t lose by one point to Wales?

[Mellberg]

Exactly. Very Scottish.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Every country managed to perform exactly to stereotype this year, which is what we all wanted.

[Lewis]

Scotland don't beat us in any other year, France in Paris, and so on. This is as good as it gets for them.

[Queenslander]

Im looking forward to the French series this winter. If those buggers dont show up this new generation of Wobblies are capable of racking up points very quickly.

[Waffdon]

Exactly. Very Scottish.

Lol, it was a genuine question. I dunno how the points system works and if its GD or H2H. Presume they won’t have won the whole thing if they beat wales by one point

[Mellberg]

Ah okay. Yeah if they'd beat Wales by 1 game point then 4 points to Scotland and 4 off Wales, so they'd have won it by 3 points ahead of France/Wales.

[niko_cee]

Wales winning that, and now being all smug about it, has to go down as one of the bigger robberies in modern sporting history.

Scotland probably were the best side.

[Offshore Toon]

Ah okay. Yeah if they'd beat Wales by 1 game point then 4 points to Scotland and 4 off Wales, so they'd have won it by 3 points ahead of France/Wales.
Wouldn't it have been Scotland with 18 and Wales with 17 due to the losing bonus point?

[Queenslander]

Broncos
Lewis

[Mellberg]

Wouldn't it have been Scotland with 18 and Wales with 17 due to the losing bonus point?

Whoops. Fair. They'd have won the fucker anyway.

[Offshore Toon]

Yeah, but, like you said, Scotland. As with Newcastle, expecting anything only leads to misery so you take what you get and enjoy what you can. Breeds the best fans too.

[Shindig]

You had me until the last sentence. The Ashley years have really, really bled out the "We should be top 6!" brigade.

[Offshore Toon]

You probably know better as you're in the city but I haven't seen much of that.

[Queenslander]

Scotland are a better tean than the current Wallabies

[Lewis]

Broncos
Lewis

The best bet now seems to be avoiding injuries, so they might be alright since they barely try.

[Lewis]

Jarryd Hayne is going to get the Chris Benoit highlight treatment, so they must have seen this coming when they screwed him out of all the individual awards in 2014.


NRL officials privately believe they will have little choice but to strip Jarryd Hayne of his Dally M awards if any appeal against his sexual assault conviction is unsuccessful. Even though he hasn’t played for two years, Hayne’s conviction is a stain on the game’s reputation. Every news report about his case describes him as a former NRL star.

It has been a long time since the game has had to rewrite the history books by deleting an embarrassing part of its past. In 2010, former chief executive David Gallop took the courageous step of stripping Melbourne of their 2007 and 2009 premierships for breaches of the salary cap.

:lol:

Not really the same that is it cobber.

[Queenslander]

:D

Bizare

[Queenslander]

What a chancer.


‘Hardly Bob Hawke’: Eels star tries to get ScoMo to skol a beer in changeroom


[https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/hardly-bob-hawke-eels-star-tries-to-get-scomo-to-skol-a-beer-in-changeroom/news-story/9bff57e9d7e07f09cc896e42bffd8ad1