So far, everything is going as I predicted. Dragons win their first game, and will win most of their first ten before slowly running out of steam and finishing 9th.
Knights win their first but will struggle for large parts of the season (but won't finish last).
Cowboys win in Townsville, congratulations to JT on 300, and will win all the way to the Grand Final where JT will retire a champ.
@sneakdefreak That is spot on.
@sneakdefreak said in NRL 2018:
Wasn't that what @kiwiinmelb posted?
Yeah but mine was a FB link and it came out a bit weird
The Tigers beat the Roosters 10-8.
Beautiful stuff, the no cap Roosters can just fuck right off!
Warriors confirm their lineup:
1 ROGER TUIVASA-SHECK (c)
2 DAVID FUSITU’A
3 PETA HIKU
4 SOLOMONE KATA
5 KEN MAUMALO
6 BLAKE GREEN
7 SHAUN JOHNSON
8 JAMES GAVET
9 ISSAC LUKE
10 ADAM BLAIR
11 ISAIAH PAPALI’I
12 TOHU HARRIS
13 LIGI SAO
Interchange:
14 SAM COOK
15 LEIVAHA PULU
16 SAM LISONE
17 BUNTY AFOA
I turn it over. And within a minute i watch Maumalo jog into contact and get put in to touch. And then the team gives up a lazy offside penalty.
So consistent
@mariner4life I turn it over and the buggers score.
Jaysus.
Comms also commenting on how trim and fit the Warriors look.
We hear that every pre season don’t we?
In all seriousness, I think they’re right, they look in good nick. The challenge will be to keep them away from KFC.
Sheesh and they’re in again.
Blake green could be a good signing ,
Probably flies under the radar a bit , good decision maker
@kiwiinmelb said in NRL 2018:
Blake green could be a good signing ,
Probably flies under the radar a bit , good decision maker
Missed a tackle he should of made for that try just then.
Warriors up to their old tricks.
Give away a silly penalty, Rabbits score.
Give away a silly penalty a couple tackles after the kick off and give them field position again.
And then another on their own 10m line just for good measure.
Kata and Maumolo picking up right where they left off by jamming in and creating an over lap for the Rabbits that was not actually there. They score and it's now level 10-10. Those two players lost us multiple games last season.
And if our discipline this first 40min of the season is an indication of Kearney hard line approach this season hard line means something entirely different to what I thought it meant. 7-1 penalty count with 11min to against us. Ffs honestly. Ffs.
And just like that the Warriors strike, and what’s more the bunker has overturned the on field call to give it.
That just doesn’t happen with the Warriors, WTF have they been feeding g the guys in the bunker in the off season?
Oh wow!
Johnson creates a try from nothing on half time.
Without getting carried away, there have been some promising signs in this first half - mixed with the usual facepalm moments to keep us grounded.
Johnson and Fusitua create some vintage warrior magic. What about the pick up.
But I'm not going to believe in anything until round 5...
What were the odds that it’d be the Warriors benefiting from a refereeing howler just short of half time.... !!
@stockcar86 said in NRL 2018:
Leading at half time by 10. Most unexpected
Totally going to stuff my round of work comp tipping but happy to see some very positive signs. Souths look under done and have yet to really show their hand. Inglis, Gagai, The Burgess brothers and a fit Adam Reynolds aren't going to be out of it for long.
@donsteppa said in NRL 2018:
What were the odds that it’d be the Warriors benefiting from a refereeing howler just short of half time.... !!
About 50,000/1
The true story about this years version of the Warriors will come out in the 2nd half.
We saw them in front at half time on several occasions last year, just to completely fold in the second.
40 minutes to see if anything has changed.
Yesss boy.
Maumalo no issues catching that one.
Warriors showing more creativity in the first 50 minutes of this game than they showed the entire 2017 season.
Tohu an improvement over that other ex Melbourne bloke we used to have whose name I can't remember.
Dumb from Kata, giving away a penalty like that after a team warning.
Really fucking dumb.
And Souths are in.
Nice change to see the Warriors looking like an NRL team and Souths looking like, well, the Warriors...
This has been all over the show, Maulmalo gets an intercept and nearly runs to the Warriors line, then Johnson takes a hit up because what are the forwards doing, then Green kicks a 40/20, then unsurprisingly the Warriors turn it over. Nuts.
I will say it now, I like the energy, the talking, the back slapping and the playing for each other. Have not seen this in years.
Green is exactly the player Johnson needed. He is the structured but creative half we need and allows Johnson roving commission.
