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I don't post in the league thread often and my preference is union, but I swear I (casually) support the Warriors. Honest!
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# ¿ Jan 29, 2016 03:07 |
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# ¿ Mar 28, 2024 10:19 |
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iajanus posted:We welcome all to weep openly at the terrible life decisions we've made to follow particular teams. At least with the Tigers, you know it's going to be a poo poo 26 weeks. With the Warriors, they keep teasing you that they'll finally do it this year for sure. It starts with the promising moves from the pre-season. Then they get smashed in the opening round, but they recover. And then they collapse spectacularly during the season. And then they recover and get a few wins during Origin time, because all the good Aussie players have hosed off. And then they almost get to the play-offs, and then fall short. If they do make the play-offs, welp, sorry, it was just a bridge too far for them. But hey, there's always next season, right?
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# ¿ Jan 29, 2016 05:12 |
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The Nines is on today, and it's pissing down in Auckland.
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# ¿ Feb 5, 2016 21:11 |
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Did well to be within two tries there.
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# ¿ Feb 7, 2016 06:54 |
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How was that a knock-on by the Warriors?
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# ¿ Feb 7, 2016 06:56 |
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Eels are the better team, and are outplaying the Warriors at every area. They're just falling apart under pressure, and the little things are going against them, like injuries at inopportune moments.
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# ¿ Feb 7, 2016 07:05 |
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iajanus posted:How did the tigers hold on for that draw? Dropping the ball on the first tackle on our own line twice in the last two minutes and then the sharks dropping the ball on the last pass with no defender able to do anything as they ran in for the match winner. Tigers fail so hard, they fail at failing?
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# ¿ Feb 20, 2016 11:05 |
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So, uh, Shaun Kenny-Dowall... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11594906 https://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league...223-gn1xia.html Yeah, gently caress that guy.
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# ¿ Feb 24, 2016 18:17 |
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Troubled former-Warrior Kevin Locke has opened up about his depression and multiple suicide attempts. It does explain, to some extent, why he is the way he is. http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/league/77298336/how-league-player-kevin-locke-beat-depression
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# ¿ Feb 27, 2016 22:43 |
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Dirty Frank posted:This is nice, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiJMAKofWUY short highlights from Toulouse XIII vs Wath Brow in the Challenge Cup. There some good attacking play! Wath Brow is a small village in Cumbria just at the edge of the Lake District about 10 miles from where I grew up. Them playing against a french city makes me happy It was nice to see the crowd so well-behaved and polite to the opposition as well. They encourage their players, and cheer their team, and then politely applaud the opposition when they score their points.
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# ¿ Mar 1, 2016 05:30 |
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bowmore posted:hopefully I can conjure some sort of prize for the winner this year Is the Tigers being a bunch of worthless wasters and the Warriors underachieving spectacularly again not prize enough?
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# ¿ Mar 3, 2016 03:23 |
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iajanus posted:Jesus Christ what is happening in this game The Warriors always get hosed like a dog around Mitchell Pearce in the opening round.
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# ¿ Mar 5, 2016 08:16 |
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Burn Down Canberra posted:The papers are saying the raiders have signed paulo for next year. Stuart must either be cheating the cap or has unlocked third party deals for canberra Either that, or Canberra are taking a page right out of the Storm's playbook.
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# ¿ Mar 9, 2016 01:31 |
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bowmore posted:He already said cheating the cap Me am read words good.
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# ¿ Mar 9, 2016 01:34 |
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I wonder how may will suddenly be declared "injured."
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# ¿ Apr 4, 2016 10:19 |
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Ewar Woowar posted:Burn Down Auckland Seriously, when it happens every year, regardless of who the coach is, then it's pretty obvious the problem is with the players and not the coach. It would be easy to get rid of McFadden, but I doubt it would make any difference unless there's also a serious clear-out and rebuild of the squad. gently caress those fucks. edogawa rando fucked around with this message at 07:10 on Apr 26, 2016 |
# ¿ Apr 26, 2016 06:37 |
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Smorgasbord posted:Considering the possibility I was wrong about the bro culture As I said earlier, maybe it's the players, not the coaches.
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# ¿ Apr 29, 2016 20:55 |
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So, the Warriors management were angry enough with the antics of Vatuvei, Matulino and Thompson, that they've declared the three unavailable for the Kiwis in the upcoming ANZAC test. Good. gently caress them.
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# ¿ May 1, 2016 08:51 |
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Jono C posted:He showed up out of shape and had a few off games, but the way Rattue at the Herald has been writing him off has been sensationalist bullshit. He should be in the test squad. Rattue? Sensationalist? The devil you say.
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# ¿ May 2, 2016 09:52 |
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Jono C posted:I usually only read his league stuff, and he's typically more even keeled when it comes to that. But between his campaign against Luke and his suggestion that Johnson be cut, I'm beginning to see what sort of material he comes up with for wider audiences. See if you can find his meltdown over Graham Henry being retained as All Blacks coach over Robbie Deans in 2007.
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# ¿ May 2, 2016 11:21 |
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Smorgasbord posted:Yeah Luke should be there for sure. Turns out that he not only was aware of this, he was involved in the Warriors' call to bar them from selection for the upcoming test.
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# ¿ May 2, 2016 20:20 |
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Jono C posted:That makes sense considering he had to deal with similar bullshit by players at the last World Cup. He was quite right to, and I like that the Warriors included him in their disciplinary process. It sets a good precedent for club and country going forward.
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# ¿ May 2, 2016 22:53 |
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Kiwis team has been named 1. Jordan Kahu 2. Jason Nightingale 3. Shaun Kenny-Dowall 4. Gerard Beale 5. Dallin Watene-Zelezniak 6. Tohu Harris 7. Shaun Johnson 8. Jesse Bromwich (C) 9. Lewis Brown 10. Adam Blair 11. Kevin Proctor 12. Manu Ma'u 13. Jason Taumalolo 14. Kodi Nikorima 15. Greg Eastwood 16. Martin Taupau 17. Sam Moa 18. Brad Takairagi 20. Kenny Bromwich
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# ¿ May 2, 2016 23:55 |
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Burn Down Canberra posted:What a plonker. Thsy should fire him immediately. That would teach him I would honestly love it if this is how the Eels' salary cap problem is sorted.
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# ¿ May 11, 2016 06:13 |
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iajanus posted:Yay we limped to a win, again with only two left on the bench. 2016 is the Tigers' season to lose, mate.
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# ¿ May 21, 2016 08:41 |
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iajanus posted:Could we disband them and promote some other kiwi team in their place?
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# ¿ May 22, 2016 03:12 |
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So, Corey Norman, right? http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/parramatta-eel-corey-norman-to-face-court-on-illegal-drugs-charges-20160525-gp3p6v.html
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# ¿ May 25, 2016 08:37 |
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It seems like Hurrell being told to gently caress off was some time coming, with constant indiscretions and a failure on his end to reflect and take ownership of his own behaviour. It's always someone else's fault, basically. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11644817
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# ¿ May 25, 2016 10:48 |
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iajanus posted:A glimmer of hope for the Blues (insofar as C-E might have to play...)? I hope Cherry-Evans has improved at halfback, because he was shitawful in Game II last year.
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# ¿ May 27, 2016 08:25 |
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bowmore posted:Oh Eels, still as crazy as a bag of cats The TOP 14 clubs are quite flush with cash, and being Pacific Islander, he'd be quite attractive to them since he doesn't count towards the limit on no-EU players in the starting XV.
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# ¿ Jun 18, 2016 09:47 |
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The Top 14 signed a huge broadcasting deal with Canal+, so right now there's a shitload of money in that competition. I wouldn't be surprised if there are raids made on the NRL again, if Radradra is successful as a convert.
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# ¿ Jun 18, 2016 10:05 |
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But can we hate any teams as much as Burn Down Canberra hated the Raiders one fateful evening?
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# ¿ Jun 30, 2016 09:34 |
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Welp, Corey Norman's been convicted. http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/...712-gq4g7p.html
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# ¿ Jul 13, 2016 03:09 |
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ili posted:Anyone else notice the Blues turn their backs and walk off during Cam Smith's speech? Everyone's noticed it, and NSW are being called cunts for it. Basically, gently caress Paul Gallen, now and forever more.
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# ¿ Jul 14, 2016 02:48 |
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Game 1 is set to be played at Suncorp anyway. Oh, and meanwhile, the Hayne Plane is not landing at the Waratahs. http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-union/u...726-gqee7t.html edogawa rando fucked around with this message at 21:34 on Jul 26, 2016 |
# ¿ Jul 26, 2016 20:48 |
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MiniSune posted:Probably because Union is basically broke and couldnt risk his wages and another Benji Marshall situation. The ARU is broke as gently caress, although the new Super Rugby broadcast deal means they live on to fight another day. The NZRU and SARU could probably afford him if they wanted, but like you said, they probably won't want to invest however much he'll probably ask for on a player that will be around 31 or 32 after doing his 3-year stand-down period from international rugby playing in Super Rugby and either the Mitre10 Cup or Currie Cup, and then appearing in the requisite number of consecutive 7s tournaments to switch over the All Blacks or Springboks after that.
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# ¿ Jul 26, 2016 22:24 |
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Apollodorus posted:Good on him for really making a go of it in the NFL, though. At first I thought it was odd he had such a hard time catching punts, but at the end of the day I think it was just a case of the pigskin being subtly different from a Steeden and messing with his footballing instincts. Too different to translate directly, too similar to make a clean break. But it wasn't for lack of effort, in my opinion anyway--though I do wish he hadn't insulted American coffee. The Eels appear to be fairly keen on him, but he had also been talking to the ARU about a possible switch. If he did go to union, he probably would have been fast-tracked into the Wallabies, like they do with pretty much every code-hopper, despite the fact that Israel Folau (and on this end of the ditch, Brad Thorn and SBW) is pretty much an exception in a list of unspectacular converts. Matt Duffie on the other hand, has actually been a case of easing him into the sport, and had managed to get the hang of things by the end of the Blues' season.
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# ¿ Jul 26, 2016 22:35 |
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Jono C posted:Has union relaxed their eligibility rules? I thought that you couldn't change allegiance once you represented the test team, the team below the test team or sevens team. There's now a 7s team loophole, where if you've not represented another country at the test level, or the next highest designated team (besides the 7s team), then you can switch allegiance after playing 4 out of the 9 rounds of the 7s circuit. The only caveat is that the nation has to be one where you have a tie to (familial or citizenship) and an 18-month stand-down.
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# ¿ Jul 27, 2016 05:20 |
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Apollodorus posted:Yeah but ultimately what would Hayne bring to the Wallabies? And more generally, what would he do in Union? Sevens makes a little more sense as it would have offered a shot at the Olympics, but I can't see him getting paid better in Union in Australia and I haven't heard of any million-Euro offers from, like, Toulon. gently caress all, but it's not unusual for some coaches to be blinded by the fact that they've got a star cross-code player and call them up to the national side just because - e.g. Karmichael Hunt this year and Sam Burgess last year.
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# ¿ Jul 27, 2016 05:49 |
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# ¿ Mar 28, 2024 10:19 |
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cpaf posted:That is an understatement So, is he playing or not?
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# ¿ Aug 3, 2016 20:47 |