Rugby League 2017

'Easts'! Good to see the traditional name being used

JGK wrote:Suck shit Sharks.   A Gallen error in front of the posts with 30 seconds to go cost them a shot at match winning field goal.  And then in extra time a Fifita error 30 out cost them a shot at match tying field goal.

Moos win by a point.

Bookies do well out of that?

PMSL as the Sharks coach goes off on the refs.

Kudos to Benny for bagging his team's defensive shithouseness and not what Barrett and Flanagan did - blaming the refs.

Sharks have no-one to blame but themselves for poor handling and poor decisions. Jimmy Maloney must've been spewing at Gallen and Fifita for their idiotic plays at the end of normal time and extra time.

horace wrote:always great to see the nags and Whine go down, especially when it is close....Did whine bag the Ref, the video replay, illegal oppo tactics etc?

Actually unless he's getting grumpier in his old age he never used to be big on ref bagging. He was asked why a couple of years ago and explained that during an SOO after Qld had lost two series and four games in a row and had been parked on it's own tryline for about half a dozen sets, he sent a message out to Wally simply saying "do something" expecting some spark of brilliance. Lewis quickly turned to Barry Gommersal, the ref, and said "need a farking hand here Barry". Next play the ball the spivs were penalized in the play the ball.

Anyway the only thing better than seeing the filth and *druggies eliminated is seeing it happen controversially.

Bradman wrote:

horace wrote:always great to see the nags and Whine go down, especially when it is close....Did whine bag the Ref, the video replay, illegal oppo tactics etc?

Actually unless he's getting grumpier in his old age he never used to be big on ref bagging.  He was asked why a couple of years ago and explained that during an SOO after Qld had lost two series and  four games in a row and had been parked on it's own tryline for about half a dozen sets, he sent a message out to Wally simply saying "do something" expecting some spark of brilliance.  Lewis quickly turned to Barry Gommersal, the ref, and said "need a farking hand here Barry".  Next play the ball the spivs were penalized in the play the ball.

Anyway the only thing better than seeing the filth and *druggies eliminated is seeing it happen controversially.

God Bless the Grasshopper...

Darius Boyd has been ruled out of the Panthers game due to his dodgy hammy.

Cowboys kept on winning.

Gutsy stuff from the Cows. It looked like the Slimeys used all their bullets v Storm the previous week. Very disappointing for their long-suffering fans to go out in straight sets.

It's hard to see past a Storm-Roosters GF.

Please get jgk to bet on that

Carn the Stormies

News just in...

The Doggies have sacked Dessie.

Mick MaGuire is favourite to get the gig.

skully wrote:News just in...

The Doggies have sacked Dessie.

Mick MaGuire is favourite to get the gig.

Apparently* the Dogs are saying that the contract extension that was signed in April was "non-binding" so no payout. Maybe it had a performance clause in it.

I imagine Dessie's lawyers may have other ideas.

League must be the only business in the world where a contract is "non-binding".

From NRL Daily...

"Des Hasler will meet with his lawyers and manager George Mimis today as his dispute with the Bulldogs threatens to turn ugly.

Hasler was sacked by Canterbury yesterday and a dispute is brewing over the payout of his contract given he signed a new deal in April.

Canterbury are yet to name a replacement but it's expected that either Dean Pay or Michael Maguire will take over.

How long will it take for the Bulldogs to right the ship following Hasler's sacking? "

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Good luck with this one, Doggies. What a clusterfark.

https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/super-league-grand-final-20-years-on-broncos-beat-sharks-in-the-gf-rugby-league-forgot/news-story/a8aeb85b97e2542018aeb0eee76d319c

20 years since the Superleague GF.

Stomies 28-0 up against the Whine Wankos. 5 mins to go to keep them scoreless. A double to Billy. Huzzah.

Mrs L was very pleased with that result, she's a big fan of Billy Slater and Cameron Smith.

My apols horrie. You're right about refs and Victorian sides.

lardbucket wrote:Mrs L was very pleased with that result, she's a big fan of Billy Slater and Cameron Smith.

As was the late Mrs S. She would've been cheering on her cloud armchair

Bradman wrote:My apols horrie. You're right about refs and Victorian sides.

Droll. Did Whine congratulate the Storm, take any responsibility for the Wanko's lamentable performance

Watching the chooks throwing it away. Storm must be a chance in the gf

Great result. Going to be an highly enjoyable GF - I like both sides.

Like a day at the races when the outsider comes in on the last race negating the painful chat with the missus.