NRL 2018

Hooroo

@paekakboyz said in NRL 2018:

But it was in Perth!! and round 1!! this is unheard of!!

Oath! I reckon they are a lock for a top 8, probably with a home semi!

Sneakdefreak

@hooroo Time to start organising the parade....

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kiwiinmelb

Just remember , it’s round 1 πŸ™‚

Paekakboyz

@kiwiinmelb don't kill our buzz bro! We've got all week to get our hopes up!

Sneakdefreak

As expected, Warriors name the same lineup for their home game against the Gold Coast Titans:

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
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14 SAM COOK
15 LEIVAHA PULU
16 SAM LISONE
17 BUNTY AFOA

raznomore

Just can't get excited about a team that contains the names Kata & Maumalo

Paekakboyz

But... if we are only down to two poor selections that's a win imo! When is the greased up deaf guy back? Should push Kata out hopefully.

mariner4life

It's nice to see Cronulla, and their grub collection, go 0-2 to start the year. Flanagan is such a fuckstain.

canefan

@sneakdefreak Blake Green was excellent, allowed Shaun to do his fancy stuff. Hopefully he can stay fit

raznomore

Watching the NSW Prem warriors and they are rubbish. Lazy, inaccurate and poorly disciplined. The Bulldogs their playing aren't much chop either but they good enough to hammer the Warriors. CNK should has not gone looking for work which you'd think he'd be doing to get back into the top squad. Albert Vete looks average as fuck.

raznomore

One of the NZ comms just suggested the bulldogs have "stolen the win". It's 8-30.

raznomore

Chad Tavaga throws back to back lazy forward passes and has a nut at everyone else.

raznomore

Hoping the mediocrity at the warriors stays in the lower grades.

canefan

I don't know if we'll win or lose, but so far the Warriors are looking more like the glory years Warriors than last year. Lots of ball movement, good running. Just as I write this we lose the ball early in the tackle count in the shadow of the titans' posts, they come back, and we go length of the field only to fall short ,that's the Warriors!

canefan

Two brilliant tries for the Warriors, 12-0 😊

kiwiinmelb

Titans starting to look tired , if the warriors can execute, they should put on a decent score

canefan

I don't know how good the Titans are, and we have not been perfect. But exciting warriors style footy, tough defence, very good organisation and execution. The razzle dazzle is back to Mt Smart baby!

canefan

20-8 to the warriors, first 2-0 start since 2009 😁. It's early but Stephen Kearney might be on to something. Harris and RTS were brilliant, Blair was everywhere and played more disciplined. Blake Green is making Shaun shine

mariner4life

2-0. A few teams i wouls call better than us with a worse record. Nice soft draw to open the season though.

Still the same old shit with the penalties, we give them away at the worst times, either to compound an error, or to completely undo a good piece of play.

Still, we seem to be fun to watch again, and we're winning. I'll fucking take that.