@ACT-Crusader said in NRL 2020:
@NTA you’re out west aren’t you Nick? Eels fan?
Man I can’t stand the Rabbits. The Eels have their fair share of grubs but nothing like the Rabbits.
Nominally - don't really follow league as I find it a bit repetitive.
My Rugby club shares training facilities with them, so would like to see them do well. Lot of Parra fans in the club but a few in the Souths, Penriff and Raiders camps as well.
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in NRL 2020:
No flies on Bennett. Old cnut just refuses to disappear.
Probably would have done better in the test today if he was coaching instead of Fozzie.
Plus @mariner4life's blow up when Wayne somehow manages to find a long lost grandparent for Darius Boyd and then his selection in the ABs would be a sight to behold.
Big night for @kiwiinmelb with both his teams playing.
This game is a stitch up 
Got both the AFL and NRL on, now just the AFL...
@ACT-Crusader said in NRL 2020:
Big night for @kiwiinmelb with both his teams playing.
This game is a stitch up
Got both the AFL and NRL on, now just the AFL...
Yeah was great , had the tigers on the tv and the storm on the laptop ,
Big weekend next weekend 
Every time I complain about rugby refs, I should pause and reflect on how incompetent league refs can be on a much simpler game.
Also - how overrated is Wayne Bennett? Let's see him coach the Bulldogs.
Another Burgess without the brainpower to play the ball. Such a simple skill and Souths appear to have difficulty with it.
@ACT-Crusader said in NRL 2020:
The Bunnies hooker Damian Cook is a grub. His neck rolls are Cameron Smith-esque...
He cracks me up, he's actually well spoken in interviews (his bogan accent isn't as pronounced as most players) yet he looks like a bikie.
I just hope a couple of the Panther players that got hurt tonight come right.
Kikau will be back too.
@antipodean said in NRL 2020:
Every time I complain about rugby refs, I should pause and reflect on how incompetent league refs can be on a much simpler game.
Also - how overrated is Wayne Bennett? Let's see him coach the Bulldogs.
Wayne won a title with the Dragons..
@antipodean said in NRL 2020:
Every time I complain about rugby refs, I should pause and reflect on how incompetent league refs can be on a much simpler game.
Also - how overrated is Wayne Bennett? Let's see him coach the Bulldogs.
Wayne won a title with the Dragons..
Welcome back bro.
I think Bennett is an excellent coach, but he invites plenty of criticism and attention because of his manner and style. He comes across as “bigger than the game” with the way he engages with the media. Sure the media are dogs sometimes, but play the game and don’t always be an egg about it.
@antipodean said in NRL 2020:
Every time I complain about rugby refs, I should pause and reflect on how incompetent league refs can be on a much simpler game.
Also - how overrated is Wayne Bennett? Let's see him coach the Bulldogs.
Not at all. He's up there with the best coaches of all time. Should have retired after the Dragons though.
I don't think he's half as good as his press would like you to believe. He's benefitted from good rosters, and his Dragons experience was a team on the rise which deteriorated just as quickly.
@antipodean said in NRL 2020:
I don't think he's half as good as his press would like you to believe. He's benefitted from good rosters, and his Dragons experience was a team on the rise which deteriorated just as quickly.
Name a single premiership winning coach who hasn't benefited from a good roster. He also worked wonders back in the old Qld comp with very limited cattle.
I get the hate. The guy is a weird looking grumpy tool. But he's a damn good coach. Or at least used to be.
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in NRL 2020:
@antipodean said in NRL 2020:
I don't think he's half as good as his press would like you to believe. He's benefitted from good rosters, and his Dragons experience was a team on the rise which deteriorated just as quickly.
Name a single premiership winning coach who hasn't benefited from a good roster. He also worked wonders back in the old Qld comp with very limited cattle.
I get the hate. The guy is a weird looking grumpy tool. But he's a damn good coach. Or at least used to be.
Wasn't he an assistant to the kiwis when we'd performed well?
@Crazy-Horse said in NRL 2020:
@canefan yeah pretty sure he was there when we won the world cup.
I thought so
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in NRL 2020:
@antipodean said in NRL 2020:
I don't think he's half as good as his press would like you to believe. He's benefitted from good rosters, and his Dragons experience was a team on the rise which deteriorated just as quickly.
Name a single premiership winning coach who hasn't benefited from a good roster. He also worked wonders back in the old Qld comp with very limited cattle.
I get the hate. The guy is a weird looking grumpy tool. But he's a damn good coach. Or at least used to be.
Of course all premiership winning coaches have good rosters. My point is he's largely made his reputation on the basis of a SoO team at his disposal and once he left unsurprisingly selected a team he could do something with.
The way people carry on about him you'd think he could walk on water.
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in NRL 2020:
@antipodean said in NRL 2020:
I don't think he's half as good as his press would like you to believe. He's benefitted from good rosters, and his Dragons experience was a team on the rise which deteriorated just as quickly.
Name a single premiership winning coach who hasn't benefited from a good roster. He also worked wonders back in the old Qld comp with very limited cattle.
I get the hate. The guy is a weird looking grumpy tool. But he's a damn good coach. Or at least used to be.
Wasn't he an assistant to the kiwis when we'd performed well?
Yep, say what you like about him but he made Kearney a decent coach in that winning campaign, and that's got to be the equivalent of building the Taj Mahal with a two year old engineer in charge.
@antipodean said in NRL 2020:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in NRL 2020:
@antipodean said in NRL 2020:
I don't think he's half as good as his press would like you to believe. He's benefitted from good rosters, and his Dragons experience was a team on the rise which deteriorated just as quickly.
Name a single premiership winning coach who hasn't benefited from a good roster. He also worked wonders back in the old Qld comp with very limited cattle.
I get the hate. The guy is a weird looking grumpy tool. But he's a damn good coach. Or at least used to be.
Of course all premiership winning coaches have good rosters. My point is he's largely made his reputation on the basis of a SoO team at his disposal and once he left unsurprisingly selected a team he could do something with.
The way people carry on about him you'd think he could walk on water.
I disagree with that. He became Broncos coach after amazing results in the Qld comp, SOO and even getting Canberra to a final in 1987. So he already had a huge rep even before the Broncos were formed. The Broncos gig also came with some major issues, particularly at the start.
Yeah, I think he has about 7 premierships to his name just looking at NRL success, over 60% winning rate over 500 games which is astounding too. You could argue he is not the greatest at some aspects of the role, eg media handling, but he has more credentials based on success (which ultimately what a coach is remembered by) than most. You don't have to like him, but he certainly is a great coach.
Is he still at the top of his game, arguably not, but he does deserve credit for what he has achieved.
How did Nathan Cleary not win the Dally M? I see he only finished third.
Bit of a surprise. I don’t think Wighton is an undeserving winner given what he was able to do, but Cleary has stepped up his game and all fingers and toes crossed he can do the business on the weekend.
@ACT-Crusader said in NRL 2020:
How did Nathan Cleary not win the Dally M? I see he only finished third.
Bit of a surprise. I don’t think Wighton is an undeserving winner given what he was able to do, but Cleary has stepped up his game and all fingers and toes crossed he can do the business on the weekend.
Fuck Nathan Cleary. Tough shit, you even finished behind a spud like "King Gutho".
In all reality, the Dally M is as bad as the fucking Brownlow now. Unless you play in 1, 6, 7, or maybe 9, you have to be unreal to win it. Individual honours in team games have never really sat right with me anyway
I really don't want the fucking Panthers to win this weekend. Super coach Cleary will conveniently have his overall dogshit record quietly swept away. Tigers fans will lose their shit.
I would rather Cam Smith went out with another flag, and it actually physically hurt to type that out. Maybe one more flag will be enough for that joint to blow itself up and come back to teh pack for once (but given their talent identification systems, that's unlikely).
How did Nathan Cleary not win the Dally M? I see he only finished third.
Largely due to the success of others in the team, Jerome Luai ended up getting 17 points and even JFH took potential points.
There are some hard luck stories though in certain rounds as to who actually deserved to get the 3-2-1 in that round. Still its all subjective and adds to the theatre. I quite like that aspect of NRL and AFL. Sure its more about promoting the sport, but gives the players something extra to et recognition for.
Also RTS took captain of the year, so a double win for the warriors players who stayed
TEAMS
Panthers team: 1. Dylan Edwards 2. Josh Mansour 3. Brent Naden 4. Stephen Crichton 5. Brian To’o 6. Jarome Luai 7. Nathan Cleary 8. James Tamou 9. Apisai Koroisau 10. James Fisher-Harris 11. Viliame Kikau 12. Liam Martin 13. Isaah Yeo 14. Tyrone May 15. Kurt Capewell 16. Moses Leota 17. Zane Tetevano 18. Mitch Kenny 19. Dean Whare 20. Matt Burton 21. Spencer Leniu
Storm team: 1. Ryan Papenhuyzen 2. Suliasi Vunivalu 3. Brenko Lee 4. Justin Olam 5. Josh Addo-Carr 6. Cameron Munster 7. Jahrome Hughes 8. Jesse Bromwich 9. Cameron Smith 10. Christian Welch 11. Felise Kaufusi 12. Kenneath Bromwich 13. Nelson Asofa-Solomona 14. Brandon Smith 15. Tino Fa’asuamaleaui 16. Dale Finucane 17. Nicholas Hynes 18. Tom Eisenhuth 19. Paul Momirovski 20. Tui Kamikamica 21. Ryley Jacks
Both sides probably run out 1-17, Naden may get dropped again but who knows. Cant pick this one myself, but probably leaning towards the Storm, although Panthers winning streak has been incredibly impressive.
Relatively even at the TAB too, Storm at 1.70 and Panthers 2.25
@mariner4life yeah it's like quarterbacks, running backs, and wide receivers.
Looking at the full list of winners Taumalolo has been the exception when he shared the medal with Cronk in 2016. More positions were represented in the 1980s (lock, second row, centre).
Warriors departures..
Lachlan Burr to Cowboys, Taane Milne to Souths, Isaiah Papali’i to Eels
@bayimports said in NRL 2020:
Warriors departures..
Lachlan Burr to Cowboys, Taane Milne to Souths, Isaiah Papali’i to Eels
Burr is a loss, had a very good season
yeah I thought so too, apparently Payten very happy securing him as well. He knows better than anyone else his professionalism not just on field ability.
@bayimports said in NRL 2020:
Warriors departures..
Lachlan Burr to Cowboys, Taane Milne to Souths, Isaiah Papali’i to Eels
Burr is a loss, had a very good season
I straight up don't get that, the dude is an on field plodder, if he was a Kiwi he wouldn't be rated by anyone but he's an Aussie so he's supposedly good because we're on the endless search for the next Luck, Price orCampion.
Now that I've said that he'll likely become a superstar for the Cowboys.
Cam Smith and Richie McGod closer than originally thought? Its fox sports so cant take too seriously, but interesting relationship nonetheless.
@Nepia yeah I agree. Too often we’d be on attack with a good head of steam and the ball would fall to him. No offload, no big metres. Just a quick play the ball. I’ll give him that. He got to his feet quickly.
The stats say it all. He was average as fuck.
POINTS: 0 (Leader: 221)
GOALS: 0 (Leader: 98)
TRIES: 0 (Leader: 23)
TRY ASSISTS: 0 (Leader: 23)
RUNS: 133 (Leader: 432)
RUN METRES: 1,230 (Leader: 4,394)
LINEBREAKS: 0 (Leader: 23)
OFFLOADS: 8 (Leader: 54)
TACKLES: 339 (Leader: 1,092)
MISSED TACKLES: 23 (Leader: 77)
TACKLE BREAKS: 8 (Leader: 139)
LINE BREAK ASSISTS: 1 (Leader: 21)
KICK METRES: 0 (Leader: 10,129)
40/20: 0 (Leader: 4)
PENALTIES: 4 (Leader: 17)
ERRORS: 4 (Leader: 40)
@bayimports said in NRL 2020:
Cam Smith and Richie McGod closer than originally thought? Its fox sports so cant take too seriously, but interesting relationship nonetheless.
I see a picture of the GOAT and guy that plays league 
