NRL 2017

Was hoping for Scott Pethybridge or Lee Oudenryn but Wiki will have to do as our throwback player I suppose!

Ruben Wiki should be quite fit,he spends more time on the paddock as a trainer directing Warriors players who have got no idea how to defend or attack...!,don't take me too seriously..!,it's just a bug bear that greats me,trainers who stay on the field,during the play..!

@Steven-Harris I hear ya - I was at a game at Mt Smart and noticed the opposition's trainer was standing in the one of the gaps where a Warriors player could run through. Basically he was acting as an extra defender.

I thought they were only aloud on the track when you had the ball?

It really does need to be stamped out, trainers off except for stops in play. Alfie Langer gets on the field and calls plays!

@mariner4life said in NRL 2017:

I thought they were only aloud on the track when you had the ball?

It really does need to be stamped out, trainers off except for stops in play. Alfie Langer gets on the field and calls plays!

I thought that too but they just meander near the sideline at the start and appear to stay out there as the game goes on.

Big signing news: Broncos halfback Ben Hunt signs with the Dragons for 2018.

@Sneakdefreak and no Bronco fan gave a shit. They'll just get the chequebook out

Wonder if they'll let Hunt go now and roll with Milford/Marshall?

@Sneakdefreak that's the least "Wayne Bennett" halves pairing i could think of

Warriors name Roger Tuivasa-Sheck captain for the 2017 season. Oh yeah, and the Warriors sign some unknown called Tohu Harris for 2018.

Tohu you dumb ass ... should have stayed in Melbourne (or any other Aussie club).

jesus fuck!! the kiwis are proper fucked now.

Tohu Harris will be another in the long line of players who look great at melbourne, and complete shit house anywhere they don't have Smith and Cronk running Bellamy's game plan

So, the Warriors have named a fullback as captain. A fullback coming off a looong injury break.

Shitballs, I don't recall reading anything about Tohu potentially coming here. Usually that sort of signing is flagged in the media well before it happens.
Good signing.

@Gunner This signing was definitely suggested in the media.

@Bovidae Probably got lost in all the usual "Kiwi born player to sign with Warriors" stories that come out when someone is wanting to upgrade their current contract i.e Steve Matai, Alex Glenn.

uh oh, I can see empty seats at the 9s, does that mean the honeymoon is over...:rolling_eyes:

Panthers look the team to beat, Warriors playing right now against Manly. SJ looks like he might not play the tournament - has a groin injury.

4-4 at halftime. No idea who Sam Cook is but will have to look him up before I do the season preview.

Kata also out with a virus.