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* wrong thread * While I'm here I might as well put in two cents worth. I'll be watching the game. I'm hoping yesterday fires the boys up. Surely radical change is on the cards.

Yes pleased with our new players giving the shape we need , big difference when you're not solely reliant on a Johnson drift side ways skip step and double pump pass. Hard to know what to make of the result though. I agree with people who have suggested that is about as well as the Warriors...

Yep he really packs a sad. But then he gets worked over in the tackle ( Greg Bird even tried to give him a wedgie on the back of his neck off the ball in WC game one :lol:. Pom fans (non Wigan ) hate Tomkins for his antics....he's got a bit of Slater attitude / a touch of grub.....he argues...

Only Three hours to go girls and boys. Cheered on a lot of teams at the Nines but only got up out of my seat to yell for two. Both are playing in three hours. This year I'm hoping to see the Warriors and Broncos play off for the title. That prospect would make a lot of neutral supporters of...

Lockyer is God. Was aware that would stir the pot a bit. The comparison was restricted to the playing at the three quarter line ( the type of drawing and passing Brett Tate profited from ). Tomkins has equally good sense of cut out pass selection and flat passing from what I've watched , he...

Put me at the top of that list. Had a good look at Tomkins last year. He was pretty much unplayable in 2012......had an injury interupted season in 2013 , that's the biggest worry , he wasn't running all the time last year unlike when he is at his most dangerous. I don't want to derail a half...

The ones with the best forward pack making space for them. That would be Manly , Roosters , Rabbitohs. Thereafter individuals stand out but will never deliver a premiership behind crap Forward packs and average halves partners. Some Half / Fullback or Half / full back / hooker combos go...

Good looking side. Brave and exciting playing Nikorima. Look forward to seeing how that goes. No Barba is a shame. Sam Tomkins V Barbar was one of the 1:1 clashes I was counting on as Tomkins looks to place himself in the ranks of the top NRL Fullbacks. Will just have to wait for the next...

Ill have to have a look out for Jo. As for Albert Vete yes he is a prospect you're right there and his first foray against First grade Quality ( the Wigan trial you referred to ) was impressive ). Matt Elliot isn't the worlds greatest coach , but one of the best changes he has instituted here is...

No it wont. You're right. What's the point of going to a sold out Dunedin with a half strength team to play a full strength ( only injuries have kept other first picks out ) Warriors team ? It's televised too. People rightly have high expectations of these games and not just the Clubs...

Pretty accurate picks there. Suia Matangi is a first pick Prop after his break out season last year. He will be in the 17 if fit come round one.

Agreed , you have to keep the Base protected , especially yours which is as good as it gets. The ignoring Kiwis thing is directed at the NRL not the Broncs. They have badly misjudged this. They thought the Warriors and the Kiwis were the way to assess the demand for league here. They...

My main point is the Difference is non NRL heads sat around yesterday wondering during the break who to support. Big difference when the swing vote went to the Broncos in New Zealand at Rugby union central. Yes the Brocos have banked on traditional Kiwi Support. This is the new fan , the...

I have always suspected that the Warriors have kept a lot of NRL fans (and potential converts to Rugby league who don't want the Warriors up and down nonsense) out of the game in NZ. The NRL brought the Show to town. It made Millions. It rocked Rugby union in a country with Three Million...

Stirring the Pot here : I thought rugby league was a contact sport for tough men. Since when did NRL fans become so Occupational health and safety Minded ? Our nineteen eighties counterparts would call us a load of poofters. You play league you get hurt. Are we swallowing too much of...

Ah I assumed the Broncos had an Under twenties pool / reserve grade Light speed quick tree to pluck plays off if they so chose. A ' fastest team in the comp' option as the NZW mob are trialing in this format.

The Broncos have taken the opposite approach to the Warriors ( experience V youth and speed ). No one knows what this format will Look like for certain since the changes in the Modern game of Thirteens....past reference to Nines and Sevens have limited relevance. Between the Warriors and the...

^^^ You read it there first. NRL wants complete lockdown for inaugural Auckland Nines competition DAVID RICCIO CHIEF SPORTS WRITER THE DAILY TELEGRAPH FEBRUARY 09, 2014 12:00AM Private and confidential...

Last years Trial in Dunedin was great. Good atmosphere at the ground , both teams played well. Should be another good one this year with both clubs revealing their NRL Line ups in Dunedin.

That's a top line up for the Knights , they're in to win it. Wayne Bennett did promise they would come to win.