Barrister Nalesoni Tupou is petitioning the Rugby League International Federation (RLIF) to award Tonga a try and a conversion for the play, which would gift Tonga a 24-18 victory and send them into Saturday's final against Australia.
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Is it just me, or do people see racism everywhere nowadays? And is the Tongan team/union risking to be seen as sore losers by hiring a lawyer? Can they even achieve what they want?
This is becoming absurd. Has anyone from the team come out and said thanks for the support, but we had 80mins and didn't score enough points?
@antipodean said in NRL 2017:
This is becoming absurd. Has anyone from the team come out and said thanks for the support, but we had 80mins and didn't score enough points?
Yup
Then this is probably symptomatic of a broader issue. Because I sincerely doubt being next to lose (badly) to the Kangaroos means that much to anyone.
@antipodean said in NRL 2017:
Then this is probably symptomatic of a broader issue. Because I sincerely doubt being next to lose (badly) to the Kangaroos means that much to anyone.
Like Duluth said, just an excuse for a bunch of idiots to be as disruptive as they can be.
Imagine staying in the hotel while that horde were down below outside acting as they were.
Bloody Tongans, you'd never get this from Samoans.....
just trolling...
Pack mentality mixed with a little bit of not understanding how things work and you end up with this shit. Not an indictment on Tongan people, there's ignorance everywhere.
What made me laugh was the hopelessness of it. The referee is Australian, neither team is from where the game was played and the governing body is based in London....protesting in NZ achieves what? Ms Adhern isn't going to call WRL and request a review, it wasn't the Kiwi's that played. Other than having multiple NZers play for Tonga and having the game here, NZ plays no part in any of this. Its hilarious to me.
Old Mitchy Pearce decides to sign a $4 million deal with the Knights. Newcastle needed to meet the salary cap limit so threw a ton of cash at Pearce to get there. Not a bad player for them to pick up and looking at their 2018 roster I don't think Newcastle will win the wooden spoon.
@raznomore said in NRL 2017:
Bloody Tongans, you'd never get this from Samoans.....
Pack mentality mixed with a little bit of not understanding how things work and you end up with this shit. Not an indictment on Tongan people, there's ignorance everywhere.
What made me laugh was the hopelessness of it. The referee is Australian, neither team is from where the game was played and the governing body is based in London....protesting in NZ achieves what? Ms Adhern isn't going to call WRL and request a review, it wasn't the Kiwi's that played. Other than having multiple NZers play for Tonga and having the game here, NZ plays no part in any of this. Its hilarious to me.
Yeah its a combination of funny and stupid ,
the worst part is ,with all the over reaction, the decision wasnt that bad .
@raznomore said in NRL 2017:
Bloody Tongans, you'd never get this from Samoans.....
I've course not, the Samoans would never get close in the semi finals ... neither would the Kiwis :(.
This is fucken ridiculous
@raznomore said in NRL 2017:
@virgil I think they should open an inquiry in to the state of Fifita's mental state. He has an ongoing battle of mental illness and he may not have been the right person to make that last carry in a pressure situation....
he's also a fat grub, so fuck that guy.
at least they dropped legal action
@mariner4life said in NRL 2017:
@raznomore said in NRL 2017:
@virgil I think they should open an inquiry in to the state of Fifita's mental state. He has an ongoing battle of mental illness and he may not have been the right person to make that last carry in a pressure situation....
he's also a fat grub, so fuck that guy.
I might be wrong but I feel you commented without knowing the context of my comment but I like the intensity. If this was american sport you'd get a pat on the arse.
@raznomore i don't need much of an excuse to have a crack at that grub to be honest.
But yea, your point was good too...
@mariner4life now i feel like the guy that came last and still got an award...
Fafita ruined my MMT love affair to be honest. Everytime I watched Tonga I'd be happy they were doing so well and then he'd come into the play. It was a serious conflict for me. Hating Kidwell and Blair took up alot of my hate quota but I still had enough to actually be happy it was him who had the "loose carry".
@raznomore when Tonga played up here he copped a monumental amount of abuse from the Aussies in the crowd. Then promptly went on the field and played like shit. Dropped the ball, and gave away 4 straight penalties
@mariner4life said in NRL 2017:
@raznomore when Tonga played up here he copped a monumental amount of abuse from the Aussies in the crowd. Then promptly went on the field and played like shit. Dropped the ball, and gave away 4 straight penalties
Fucking up 2 big moments/plays, couldn’t happen to a more deserving guy
@raznomore said in NRL 2017:
@mariner4life now i feel like the guy that came last and still got an award...
Fafita ruined my MMT love affair to be honest. Everytime I watched Tonga I'd be happy they were doing so well and then he'd come into the play. It was a serious conflict for me. Hating Kidwell and Blair took up alot of my hate quota but I still had enough to actually be happy it was him who had the "loose carry".
Fifita didn't help, but the fans ruined it for me, well, the ones that carried on like dickheads anyway. A couple of my Tongan mates were actually pretty embarrassed by it all.
But yeah, hating Kidwell took up most of my mate. It almost reached Hammettuer levels (apologies @Chris-B if you alert went off), but it was the car crash I could see happening months out which kind of took the edge off I guess.
@raznomore said in NRL 2017:
@mariner4life now i feel like the guy that came last and still got an award...
Fafita ruined my MMT love affair to be honest. Everytime I watched Tonga I'd be happy they were doing so well and then he'd come into the play. It was a serious conflict for me. Hating Kidwell and Blair took up alot of my hate quota but I still had enough to actually be happy it was him who had the "loose carry".
Fifita didn't help, but the fans ruined it for me, well, the ones that carried on like dickheads anyway. A couple of my Tongan mates were actually pretty embarrassed by it all.
But yeah, hating Kidwell took up most of my mate. It almost reached Hammettuer levels (apologies @Chris-B if you alert went off), but it was the car crash I could see happening months out which kind of took the edge off I guess.
On the plus side, if Kidwell really has done a Hammett, then pretty much any of us should be able to coach them to a four nations victory next year. 
Unfortunately, I fear the systems Kidwell has put in place - "the We is the Key" - might not quite be what's required.
(Well, you did purposely trigger my alarm!)
I always thought Kidwell was a bit over rated as a player as well ,
An average centre at the roosters , an ok second rower at the storm where he played his role ok , surrounded by great players ,
Then his big moment in the kiwi jersey was that tackle on Mason , but the reality was , it was an accidental head clash that dropped Mason , top of Kidwells head accidentally hit Masons on the cheekbone , his technique running into the tackle was actually horrible , thought he got way too much credit for something flukey .
Honey Hireme is a machine! Has already scored two tries in the final, bringing her tournament try talley to 13.
Kiwiferns lead 10 to 6 after 22 minutes.
@kiwiinmelb said in NRL 2017:
I always thought Kidwell was a bit over rated as a player as well ,
An average centre at the roosters , an ok second rower at the storm where he played his role ok , surrounded by great players ,
Then his big moment in the kiwi jersey was that tackle on Mason , but the reality was , it was an accidental head clash that dropped Mason , top of Kidwells head accidentally hit Masons on the cheekbone , his technique running into the tackle was actually horrible , thought he got way too much credit for something flukey .
Sure as shit aint over rated as a coach..
I hope Kidwell gets shown the door as this would be karma after the role he and Roy Asotasi played in getting rid of Gary Kemble as KIwis coach.
Half time: Australia lead 12 to 10, but this score doesn't reflect the game. Kiwiferns were dominant for most of the 40 minutes, but should have scored more. Aussies got two chances and took them.
Aussies walking away with it now. Kiwiferns not getting into the game in this 2nd half. Aussies lead 22-10 after 57 minutes.
Aussies win the women's final, beating the Kiwiferns 23 to 16. Deserved, but dammit. The Kiwiferns had such a good tourney, would have been awesome to finish it with a victory and take the silverware.
15 days later
this popped up on my FB feed (well someone tagged someone in the Wests side, so not really just popped up)...handy Broncos side.
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@taniwharugby said in NRL 2017:
this popped up on my FB feed (well someone tagged someone in the Wests side, so not really just popped up)...handy Broncos side.
#salarycapcheaters
**Roosters Relocate Headquarters To Bermuda In Effort To Stay Under Salary Cap**
From Bondi to Bermuda, it’s a move that could shock the NRL to its core.
The Sydney Roosters have announced that they are planning on relocating their headquarters to the small North Atlantic Island of Bermuda.
It comes after the Sydney Roosters landed another big name signing in Angus Crichton and many in the sporting world were left wondering how long before the club came down in flames.
Phillip Olivio who works as the Head of Accounting at the Roosters explained that this whole salary cap thing can be worked around with a little bit of smart bookkeeping.
“The trick is not to go and do dumb shit like giving players boats and that like they did down in Melbourne,” he said.
We asked Olivio whether the whole Parramatta Eels saga made then jump before they were pushed.
“Haha did you see what they were getting up to in Parra. They were putting these Third Party Agreements on napkins and then giving the boys cash…… Jesus Christ. Even if we stayed we wouldn’t be doing basic stuff like that.”
“You gotta play smart boys. We are off to The British Territory of Bermuda so we don’t get caught for rorting this thing. That way we can get ourselves a 2000’s Melbourne Storm team that’s actually on the books,” he said.
Olivio said that fans don’t have to worry, there will be no name changes or anything of the like, only a change of backdoor process to sign good players.