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    Also @Lewis you should check out Izzy Folau's instagram account. He is doubling down on the mormon anti gay stuff.
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    It will be interesting to see how they justify sanctioning the next idiot who says something daft without religious weirdness as a defence.

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    He will stay. Our Kiwi sheala running the show is not a social media f****t.

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    Zak Hardaker banned for fourteen months, which means he will be back next season because they back-dated his ban to when he failed the test. This means that he was technically banned for the last three rounds of the 2017 season, as well as the play-off semi-final which he scored in (gutted Baz). Rangi Chase got two years the poor cunt, but then he never had a Wigan contract sat waiting to be signed.

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    It’s a joke.
    I'm a twit

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    It is a bit, but then Ben Barba effectively missed about six months of rugby after his positive test, so...

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    And it turned him super human.

    Sign him up, Holbrook.
    I'm a twit

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    The assumption is that he will go to Wigan and Sam Tomkins will go to Catalans for loadsamoney, but the fact Castleford haven't sued him for some of his transfer fee back strikes me as odd, so I wouldn't be surprised if he ends up re-signing there.

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    So the worlds biggest tantrum or better known as the World Series of friendly Union matches in WA, has a power try of 9 points in the ways to score points.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Queenslander View Post
    So the worlds biggest tantrum or better known as the World Series of friendly Union matches in WA, has a power try of 9 points in the ways to score points.
    What's a power try?

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    Quote Originally Posted by ItalAussie View Post
    What's a power try?
    Play starts in the teams own 22.

    QLD Captain and QLD coach and the most dillusional group of fans in Australia.

    Go Force!
    Last edited by Queenslander; 03-05-2018 at 07:38 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Queenslander View Post
    Play starts in the teams own 22.
    I suppose the rationale is to get teams running from the 22, rather than kicking? Doubt it'll work. The payoff is too unlikely.

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    Just a gimmick to get uneducated WA fans talking and to throw more hatred towards the east coast.

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    If New South Wales lose State of Origin now they should just stop doing it. Why couldn't he have gone last year? We might have had a World Cup window before the next lot come along and kill us every time.

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    False sense of security. Just saying.

    I remember when Smith was first selected. It was 2003, and NSW had won the first two matches easily. Game 2 was possibly Andrew Johns' best ever performance. Series lost, Queensland changed a bunch of players and called up some no-name I'd never heard of before. Who then proceeded to torment NSW for the next 15 years. Bastard.

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    Andrew Johns is the best I've ever seen, but, select cameos aside, injuries nobbled him in his prime. Cameron Smith has been one of the top three (mostly top one) players for three hundred games. He's the greatest ever, and has to be up there with the greatest Australian sportsmen in general.

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    It's a reasonable question to ask which of the QLD team really drove their dominance, and which ones were good players with great support.

    If you pushed me to narrow it down, I'd say that, as great as Inglis, Slater, Cronk, etc., were/are, that it was Thurston and Smith who really made the whole thing happen.

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    I would agree with that. Those two are future Immortals (or whatever they end up replacing that with). For all of their achievements, the others aren't. Billy Slater would have the best case, but he would still be way back in the queue.

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    Rugby League is now being played in both GPS and AIC schools after the prestigious Rugby Competitions. Both are responsible for most of Queenslands contribution to the Wallabies.

    RIP Union.

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    League at the GPS schools? That's madness.

    I actually thought the equivalents in Sydney were swinging around to AFL?

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    Are they the private schools? Why have they switched?

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    Union is still the main code League is in Spring.

    The parents are the ones who pushed for League's addition
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    Quote Originally Posted by ItalAussie View Post
    League at the GPS schools? That's madness.

    I actually thought the equivalents in Sydney were swinging around to AFL?
    Apparantly some GPS schools will play in a non GPS comp in the future.

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    Tell me about Naiqama?
    I'm a twit

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    I've always liked him when I've seen him, but you're still worse off if they consider him a Ben Barba replacement.

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    Early score, stuff it up the jumper for an hour, job done.

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    Maybe not then, this is turning into a bit of a bumming, our defence is far too narrow.

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    Ireland will boof us all over the park.

    3-0 Ireland

    Cheicka is literally interlectually retarded... Phipps, Hannigan wouldnt make a Irish provensial team. Grrrr

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    Are the Great Australian Public as bored with State of Origin as they ought to be? I will watch the games, but they've been building it up since round three. Plus half the competition is basically worthless until it finishes.

    I also think Queensland might win now the squads are out. There are a few ropey defenders in the opposition ranks.

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    It's hard to tell. Certainly it doesn't seem to get a lot of traction in my experience in NSW, but that is mostly restricted to the worst kind of inner-city professional (like me, for example). It's probable they care about it more out in the 'burbs.

    QLD were still super into it when I left, but that was in the middle of the most dominant QLD team in history, so perhaps not representative?

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    It is still huge up here.

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    So the Kiwis are asking for $50 000 for the release of Australian Pete Samu.

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    I always read about Queenslanders caring about it more, but I mean fans generally. I think it's unhealthy how big and distorting it is.

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    We all carry a massive chip on shoulders in regards to most sporting rivalries with them. It can get feral along Caxton St for a small group of Blues fans.

    Origin should be moved to the end of the year imo. It isnt healthy for the comp to be interrupted a 1/3 of the season.

    Part 2 of me fixing league would be to properly isolate the rep season from the NRL season.
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    Daniel Vidot has signed with the WWE.

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    I turned this off after twenty minutes. What?

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    Just a reminder to you blokes that Eddie Jones royally fucked up the Reds in 1 season here. Scared away 3/4's of the squad while also letting Pocock, James O'Connor, Digby Ioane and other school boys go unsigned.

    Not a good guy to have in charge when results arent good.

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    You'd think by having a kicker as captain he might appreciate the benefit of taking the points every so often.

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    It's a pointless series.

    Not that much Union isn't.

    I watched a bit of the France game earlier until the rules intervened and they may as well have called the thing off.

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    T-R-Y time.

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    PNG winning is so much better anything happeningin Origin this year.

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    How much do you think it would take to turn Fiji definitely away from union?

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    PNG winning is so much better anything happening in Origin this year.

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    19320 at this Denver test is pretty good. I know they get everywhere, but it can't all be local Polynesians.

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    That is a huge crowd.

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    This weekend has been some of the worst refereeing I've ever seen. Feel sorry for the Aus and French.

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    Ireland-Oz series was a surprisingly enjoyable interval between World Cup matches.

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    Ireland are easily better than us at the moment.

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    I thought GAME TWO was tomorrow. Jesus. Nice to see New South Wales wrapped it up though, even if it is the most hollow victory imaginable.

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