2020 NRL Season

Discussion in 'The Cesspit: Rugby League Discussion' started by Maroon_Faithful, Oct 7, 2019.

  1. Speirz DG Speirs

    Makes some sense. Looks like it's made the game heaps better, but I can just imagine teams exploiting it late on in games.

    Same as no refs give penalties in extra time for offside, it'd take a brave one to call it to give a team a shot to win a game
     
  2. Magic AJ Parker

    I'm not mad at the fake crowd noise. Whatever, it is what it is but if you're going to do it at least get the timing right and don't cheer random plays.

    Brown putting up a 30m half punt after an ordinary set that gets caught on the full by a winger who never had to move to catch it is nothing to cheer about.
     
  3. Magic AJ Parker

    Yeh 100%

    Intent is almost impossible to measure and refs will always naturally err on the side of caution.
     
  4. Sultan Pepper HG Emm

    I tuned in for about half the game last night. Was that typical standard for a game these days?


    Also surely Seibold needs to grow a pair and tell Boyd he's gone, he didn't just look shit, he looked like he genuinely had the fear, doesn't just not commit in defence etc, didn't even physically commit to trying to score a try off a grubber. Reminded me of the kid that existed in most u15s teams (generally wearing shoulder pads 3 sizes too big, torpedoes and head gear) that hadn't realised he was too much like an 11 year old to be playing until he took his first scoot as a bench winger and is crushed by a 102kg 6 foot polynesian.
     
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  5. jazman84 JM Eightyfour

    He made 1 good tackle, other than that he had nothing. When Fifita and TPJ return surely there's no room for him.
     
  6. Magic AJ Parker

    Similar story to last year, Broncos middles just don't seem up to competing with the better packs in the comp.

    Also very evident just how little spark they have in attack without Fifita, they're comfortably a 12pt better side with him in it. Jack Bird injury has really hurt, not sure he would've suceeded at fullback but Isaako really doesn't offer anything going forward.

    Did Milford train there in pre-season?
     
  7. morgieb MC Burridge

    Jesus fucking christ Mitchell.

    Easts all over us.
     
  8. jazman84 JM Eightyfour

    Absolute bullshit that Radley gets penalised there...
     
  9. jazman84 JM Eightyfour

    Loved Dargan's torey
     
  10. morgieb MC Burridge

    Fun to compare Morris to Boyd. Despite being the same age you'd never know it with how they're playing. Insane defensive performance there.

    Adam Reynolds, FFS.
     
  11. Magic AJ Parker

    And has been charged with a week's suspension.

    Sad path our game has been heading down for a number of years unfortunately.

    There is no value in tackling a player around the waist or below in the modern day game unless you are coming in as the 3rd man to slow it down.
     
  12. jazman84 JM Eightyfour

    Outrageous. Was a beautiful hit. There has to be more responsibility placed on the ball carrier in these situations. Gagai rotates his own body so he doesn't land on his back. Regardless it's not dangerous, if anything there would have been more chance of an injury had Gagai landed on his back, like spinal damage and exposing his stomach/ribs to more force from the shoulder.
     
  13. jazman84 JM Eightyfour

    Dragons are horrendous.
     
  14. Toolman TR Man

    What's happened to Jarryd Hayne? Has he retired or something? Last I heard he was going to resign or something then got falsely accused of rape and disappeared?

    Also the gap between the good and shit teams is getting worse and worse now. Too many players have left or been kicked out.
     
  15. morgieb MC Burridge

    Rape trial has been postponed. Even if he does get off his reputation has been hammered and it would have been two years since his last game of professional rugby league, he's done even if he hasn't officially retired.
     
  16. Magic AJ Parker

    No clubs were willing to offer him a contract after the rape allegations. Pretty much forced into retirement.

    Don't think that course case has been closed out yet either.
     
  17. Magic AJ Parker

    All very one sided contests so far... hard to tell yet if that's an outcome of the new rule changes or not.

    It does seem to be harder to wrestle back momentum.
     
  18. Jabba HJ Bots

    Tohu Harris goes aight up the middle.
     
  19. Magic AJ Parker

    Who woulda thunk it

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  20. Toolman TR Man

    Yet only scored 18 points with it. Dire.
     

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