No mate league is going gangbusters in Sydney - clubs are broke, crowds are crap at almost every game and your media takes every opportunity to kick the game in the guts - all the elements of a game that is really going somewhere.
Anyone who doesn't know where The Rock is from does so now - typical arrogant, head up your own arse Sydney attitude. No wonder league is dying in your state
I think Hodges struggled with Jennings because he continually rushed up at him - if those defending on his inside slide with him I think he will be able to shut Jennings down. I also haven't seen Jennings pass all that much so can see his winger (Hayne??) being starved of a bit of ball which...
NSW backrow is always better on paper though, no different this year. What matters is whether or not they play to their potential when it counts. I think if Qld can hold their own in the forwards we have the strikepower to win.
Backing the Broncos from time to time I can understand Coxy - plenty of times where we have gone into games and you think we have little or no chance of winning. But to back NSW every game???? It would be like having $1 on every horse in the Melbourne Cup just so you can say you backed the...
It's just funny that NSW "best player" in Gidley wouldn't even make the starting side if Stewart wasn't injured - they would have to play him in the halves or at hooker off then bench.
You can bet the NSW selectors will make at least 1, if not 2 dumb selections, especially in the forwards for...
Well which teams are the real deal??? They are going as well as anyone currently, 3 wins from their last 4 with their only loss being in Townsville with heap of blokes backing up after the Test and City/Country. Once they got into their groove last night they were far too good for the Sharks -...
Re: West Tigers vs Broncos ****SPOILERS****
How else were we supposed to win tonight???? It was hardly conditions for champagne rugby league. Apart from the 15 minutes before half time I thought we went well, especially in defence and when we played to the conditions (direct, straight up the...
You mean for the little kids game at half time don't you? Where would you play him;
#6 - Nup, we have the best 6 in the world playing for Qld
#7 - Ditto
#9 - Ditto
He might be a better option than Fien at club level but he is a long way off Origin
Really good effort by the boys I reckon, bit of a shame Ivan needs to put the rocket up the forwards to get them going but hopefully we can build on the great second half in the weeks to come.
Standouts for me were;
Teo - I think not having Hodges as an option outside Lockyer really suited Teo...
I had big wraps on DT after seeing him at a few schoolboy carnivals when he was on scholarship with the Broncos but in my opinion his career so far is very similar to that of Carl Webb - huge schoolboy reputation, glimpses of billiance when he stepped up to the NRL but big issues with work rate...
Coxy I would actually start Costigan - just get him to whack blokes in blue jerseys from the kick off - bugger waiting until the 30th minute to smash some NSW fairies, let Nev rip in from the start. Have Harrison on the bench with the other guys named - Hunt, Hannant and Shillington.
It's probably the side that will end up getting picked but I reckon Johnson is going ordinary this year, Harrison has been much better. I know Johnson has worked his arse off for Qld but Harrison offers much more in attack and is just as good in defence.
Have to remember though that McCullough is still eligible for U20 and is playing probably the toughest position on the field. I would be happy to see it continue as it is now with Macca getting 60-65 minutes but with a goal of getting him to 80 by the end of the season.
I was critical of...
Yeah not a fan of Hewitt as a person but a real shame his Davis Cup career could be over if we are banned by the idiots running the game.
Hewitt was a warrior for Australia in the Davis Cup, I loved how he always made playing for Australia a priority - something you don't see that often in an...
I dount this team would do any better than NSW have in previous years. Williams is an over-rated winger IMO - in the right team at the right time last year when he played in the RWC - If what he did last night against the Cows is his standard then he is an average winger at best - Israel would...