The World of Rugby Thread

[Queenslander]

Not all of the All Blacks have been vaccinated.

The NZRU an is absolute disgrace atm.

As late as Thursday last week, players were urgently seeking Covid-19 vaccinations to comply with travel requirements. Some could not get their second shot until 6.30pm on Friday night, but were still apparently willing to travel once cleared. Multiple players have responded to questions regarding the week leading up to NZ Rugby’s decision. One has confirmed that NZRPA’s boss Rob Nichol addressed the team and some of the players’ partners after Sunday’s second test victory at Eden Park. Nichol told them that they had to be prepared to travel to Perth and that they could be away from family until December. One player told The Spinoff they “were bloody disappointed” when informed of the cancellation on Friday, another said “it made sense” to stay in New Zealand.

https://thespinoff.co.nz/sports/23-0...ates-nz-rugby/

That foundation was shown to be built upon sand when NZ Rugby tried to take unilateral control over the future of Super Rugby last year. They will frame that as acting decisively in a bid to redefine and reinject value into the Southern Hemisphere club landscape, but what it achieved was an atmosphere of mistrust that has led to angst and something close to enmity over the past week.

[Queenslander]

100th Test between NZ and SA will be in Townsville.

Lol

Anna and co better man the border with attack drones to ensure these games go ahead.

[Queenslander]

Bokke and Los Pumas sharing a private jet to Brisbane.

[Queenslander]

Latrell with a massive dog shot

https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl...6a4067c4f7bde2

[Queenslander]

Not all of the All Blacks have been vaccinated.

The NZRU an is absolute disgrace atm.



https://thespinoff.co.nz/sports/23-0...ates-nz-rugby/

Fuck me the Wallabies just got their second jab today.

My bad NZ.

[hfswjyr]

Vaccination schedules are by age bracket. Under 30's are scheduled from 1st Sep.

[Queenslander]

For some reason I thought they were jabbing the 7's and 15 a side national squads at the same time.

[Lewis]

Latrell with a massive dog shot

https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl...6a4067c4f7bde2

He was on one all game, so lol if he misses the finals for it.

[Queenslander]

He got 6 weeks so RIP to Wayne's fairy tale finish.

[Lewis]

His previous ban was a joke so it's a bit unfair overall. Oh well. Bennett and Cameron Munster will have to win one for the expansion team.

[Queenslander]

His previous ban w/as a joke so it's a bit unfair overall. Oh well. Bennett and Cameron Munster will have to win one for the expansion team.

Did you see the 3 stooges defending Latrell?

https://www.reddit.com/r/nrl/comment...eb2x&context=3

Im gunning so hard for the Redcliffe Dolphins.

[Lewis]

I'm not sure what the point of 'expansion' into a suburb of Brisbane is. The Sunshine Coast Falcons seem to produce half the league as it is, so they could jump up with relative ease. The Rockhampton Rapists(?) might be worth a go as well if they insist on another Thursday night game.

[Queenslander]

Rocky Rapists

The East's bid is bullshit and the only card they hold is being South of the river. They are my least favourite bid. Ipswich/ Western Corridor is interesting because they claim towoomba and the Darling Downs, Some of Logan and the back of the Gold coast. The population is set to boom there in the next 10 years. They could easily run a 20 K stadium in Ipswich .

I'm pretty sure the Dolphins have said they will align with the rocky rapists/Central Capras if they are successful. Munster is from Rocky lol

[Queenslander]

Unfortunately for the Sunny Coast they are just too close to Redcliffe to ever have an NRL team.

[Lewis]

The Rockhampton Rapists vs the Sunshine Coast Wifebeaters in a three match series to decide who gets it.

[Queenslander]

Id love to see a mock up of a match day program for that game.


If any of the bids were smart they would align themselves with a Super League Club with an eye on exchanging players both ways.

[Queenslander]

@Lewis

Holy shit Joey Johns was so cooked on morning tv after that 90's Grand Final win.

https://www.facebook.com/theprofesso...97975128759952

[Baz]

Latrell with a massive dog shot

https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl...6a4067c4f7bde2

This is awesome.

[Lewis]

Darren Albert is still the fastest white man that ever lived.

[Queenslander]

Darren Albert is still the fastest white man that ever lived.

Brett Mullins was up there as well at the time.

[Lewis]

Brett Dallas was lightning as well, but he might just have been on meth all along. Elsewhere, Tom Trbojevic is the first person to hit twenty tries (22) and try assists (25) since Ben Barba in his 2012 freak season. Except he's done it in fourteen games.

[Baz]

He needs to disgrace himself pronto and get in a Saints shirt. We'll take wifebeaters, rapists and even nonces, if they're good.

[Queenslander]

Turbo is a normal human being maybe even a bit of a dork.

I'm sure some proper good rapists will be available over the summer due to the majority of Sydney players wanting to overstay their visas by living it up on either the sunny coast or the Gold coast as Gladistan continues to burn.

[Queenslander]

Brett Dallas was lightning as well, but he might just have been on meth all along. Elsewhere, Tom Trbojevic is the first person to hit twenty tries (22) and try assists (25) since Ben Barba in his 2012 freak season. Except he's done it in fourteen games.

Bloke needs a statue outside Lang Park, Gold Coast Stadium and Townsville Stadium if he manages to drag Manly to a Premiership.

[Queenslander]

Turbo, Garret and Saab are the first back 3 to score 20 tries each in the same season.

Instead of adding teams how about they cut 4.

[Queenslander]

Bellamy has signed the other Nikorima as a replacement for Hynes. I expect big things next year from him with 1 Bellache pre season under his belt.

6. Jayden Nikorima - Redcliffe Dolphins (C)
What a game for the experienced campaigner. Nikorima scored a hat-trick during his side's huge 52-12 win over Brisbane Tigers. He also kicked six from 10 conversion attempts, taking his points tally to 24. Nikorima also clocked 103 run metres, made two line breaks, one line break assist, one try assist, five tackle breaks and made 16 tackles with a 94.1 per cent tackle efficiency.

https://www.qrl.com.au/news/2021/08/...GUqcJ9dc6X9smM

[Lewis]

Mong Trbojevic got another three today, two of which are probably the best and second best tries of the season, as well as a couple of assists. Him vs Melbourne on Friday could well be the final.

[Baz]

Goddamn what an ending.

[Baz]

I proper love golden point, even though Saints seem to mostly lose it.

[Lewis]

I went to Asda when Saints went three tries up.

[Lewis]

This has been a good game, and lol at some of those drop goal attempts.

[Queenslander]

Eddie Jones has hired Anthony 'binman' Seibold as the new defence coach.

What a disaster signing that is for English Union.

[Queenslander]

Boot to the face is a red card you dog carnts.

[Queenslander]

We are going to lose every game this year.

Proper tier 2 nation now.

[niko_cee]

Wait, they're trialing a rule which means a red carded player can be replaced after 20 minutes?

Like a codified version of the ref going and having a word with the coach?

The red card situation in Union is laughable as it is, but that's just plain stupid.

[Queenslander]

I don't mind the 20 min red card to be honest. Goal line drop out instead of a 22 drop out bothers me though.

[Lewis]

Eddie Jones has hired Anthony 'binman' Seibold as the new defence coach.

What a disaster signing that is for English Union.

He was well regarded as a coach, and he can't challenge Eddie Jones like he couldn't mess Craig Bellamy around, so he should be alright. You would think England was well stocked for league-centric defence coaches though.

[Queenslander]

Keeping him off the coke and away from the whores might be a challenge though.

[Lewis]

Too much CULTURE around England Rugby for that. Like rehab, but with CULTURE.

[Queenslander]

[hfswjyr]

I also like the new red-card rule being trialed. Stops games from being ruined by one stupid action, and less pressure on the ref when handing out red-cards. I suspect we'll see a lot more red-cards now.

[Queenslander]

I also like the new red-card rule being trialed. Stops games from being ruined by one stupid action, and less pressure on the ref when handing out red-cards. I suspect we'll see a lot more red-cards now.

What did you make of Jordie's red?

[niko_cee]

I also like the new red-card rule being trialed. Stops games from being ruined by one stupid action, and less pressure on the ref when handing out red-cards. I suspect we'll see a lot more red-cards now.

Is it still possible to be actually sent off? Say if you go full Hopoate/Ben Flower early doors? If not seems a bit strange that the sanction for beating someone to death would be the same as for getting your shoulder in slightly the wrong position when trying to make a tackle.

Feels like a DIG UP! situation that's been created by the massive expansion of red card issuing.

[hfswjyr]

What did you make of Jordie's red?

Clear red. He didn't mean to kick him in the face, and I haven't read the laws, but I assume there's nowhere that says its OK if you only accidentally did it. So a dangerous action as bad as that simply must be red.

Is it still possible to be actually sent off? Say if you go full Hopoate/Ben Flower early doors? If not seems a bit strange that the sanction for beating someone to death would be the same as for getting your shoulder in slightly the wrong position when trying to make a tackle.

Feels like a DIG UP! situation that's been created by the massive expansion of red card issuing.

You do get sent off. The player doesn't get to come back that game.

[Queenslander]

No more ruined games from a brain explosion in the first 10 minutes is a big plus for the game.

[Queenslander]

Huge singing for the Western Force.

Goodman joins the Force from Super Rugby and Trans-Tasman rivals the Crusaders, where he played a pivotal role as the Academy Director for six years in the first program of its type in New Zealand

https://www.westernforce.com.au/good...ZAJcFKufPxUOfI

[Queenslander]

Here you @Baz tell your club to sign this bloke as he will be gone from NRL this summer.

[Lewis]

I bet the 'World 12s' people had a right headache trying not to make things too much like league. Elsewhere in headaches, as if there is a full organisation of people in the Queensland Rugby League earning good money to make out like coaching State of Origin needs some sort of system and full-time commitment. Wayne Bennett literally won it on his annual leave, and a fucking monkey could have done likewise for New South Wales this year.

[Queenslander]

[Queenslander]

I bet the 'World 12s' people had a right headache trying not to make things too much like league. Elsewhere in headaches, as if there is a full organisation of people in the Queensland Rugby League earning good money to make out like coaching State of Origin needs some sort of system and full-time commitment. Wayne Bennett literally won it on his annual leave, and a fucking monkey could have done likewise for New South Wales this year.

12's sounds like massive grift that can be sold to private equity.

Looks like Slater and the old Storm crew have been given the keys to the Maroons. Ill reserve judgement untill next year.