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The difference is that Sonny Bill is not currently contracted to an NRL club like Buderus is. The argument that it is just a low-profile coaching job on the side for Buderus goes out the window when the Rugby Union team parade him at a press conference wearing ACT Brumbies gear. It would...

If what he says is true then it's a bit of a joke really. He is not the oldest ref and he was good enough to not only referee almost every week but be paired with a junior ref on most occasions (he was paired with Henry Perenara for five weeks straight ffs!). The video refs were the main...

I seem to recall an Origin try that was awarded to the Blues from that situation down at Docklands Stadium in Melbourne a few years ago. The Blues put a bomb up and the chaser running through missed it but it hit his chest and went forward about 30m out, so the try was given. I think it was...

Remember the try Tuqiri scored about 10 years ago when the ball cannoned off Tate's melon past the defenders and into the in-goal? Pretty sure it was either a Langer or Lockyer bullet pass into his head. It was deemed unintentional and not played at, so the try was allowed. I think it...

One of my favourite grand finals was the Qld Cup grand final where Casey McGuire scored for the Clydesdales with seconds left on the clock to beat Redcliffe at Dolphin Oval. That was a bit of an epic, as was the Burleigh-Easts game a couple of years later.

The Storm played pretty much the perfect game of rugby league. The Bulldogs weren't bad but simply weren't allowed to do anything in attack thanks to the Storm.

The recent Broncos survey actually asked about jersey designs, including - Which of the past heritage jersey designs you liked most - Which home jersey you preferred (the 2007-09 one or the 2010-12 one) - Which away jersey you preferred (the 2007-09 navy/white one, 2010-11 navy/white one or...

Re: Finals Week 1 - ??? vs Broncos - Build Up Thread In all honesty I think 7th/8th is about where our team deserves to sit this year. We have more depth and quality across the field than the teams that have finished below us, but we lack x-factor players and particularly the quality spine...

2003 we lost 7 in a row, and in fact 9 out of or last 10, going into the finals playing very similar to how the Broncos have played in recent weeks, i.e. reasonable defense but woeful attack. Though I still can't believe the way we lost to the Eels and Dragons in the last two rounds that year...

Re: Sack Griffin Well in fairness we have played arguably the three best teams in the past three weeks and while we have barely looked like scoring a point since that Cowboys game, at least our defense has been somewhat reasonable in recent weeks - especially considering how much pressure our...

Hodges shmodges, how badly did we botch that field goal opportunity with 3 to go. Oh no, let's just bomb it up to no one and hope they drop it instead. FMD.

We weren't that bad.... fmd there were at least 5 penalties we should've been given when we were only two behind. How long do they get to hold down in the tackle ffs?

It's weird that we are doing worse this year without our best player out there (Hodges) than we were last year in the games Lockyer was missing.

Should've been hooked an hour ago.

The worst part of this is that we are literally fielding a second-string backline, yet it's the forwards who are missing heaps of tackles up the middle.

That could be the worst defense I have ever witnessed. Thank god the Kookaburras are about to start.

Pretty clear send off imo, and Ashley Klein is the ref most likely to send a player off so he had it coming. Been a more interesting game than I was expecting.

It's amazing how poor our attack is yet our defense is keeping us in the game. Our attack has fell apart in the past month or so and really, we have no chance of making it past week two of the finals when the other teams step up their defense unless we improve. The lack of support play was...

looking at the points table, this appears to be a very important game for our season. If we lose we could find ourselves 2 points away from 9th spot after the weekend...

It occurred to me today reading an article on this how respectful Lockyer always was to referees as captain. Even when he queried a decision he never raised his voice or swore and almost always took the explanation on the chin and got on with the game. There is a lot to be said for his...