NRL 2020

@Bovidae said in NRL 2020:

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.

@canefan said in NRL 2020:

@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.

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I see a picture of the GOAT and guy that plays league

Pissing down in Sydney, not sure who that favours , traditionally I might think Melbourne, but this team has been less methodical and Far more attacking than usual , scoring lots of long range tries with pace out wide and 2 running halves .

Cleary might have the best kicking game out there

Penalty try.

@ACT-Crusader said in NRL 2020:

Penalty try.

Ironic ruled Due to the billy slater rule

Gee the Storm are pushing the pass

@ACT-Crusader said in NRL 2020:

Gee the Storm are pushing the pass

That’s how they have been playing this year so be interesting to see if they have to play conservative

I’ll be really interested in how the refs play the advantage 6 more rule tonight.

Clear penalty try, but one of those decisions if May had time to think about it would have not kicked out, making the kick from the corner in this weather would have been tough

tough to handle in this weather, even the storm have now now made two handling errors in their own half already

Wow I’m not sure about that last no try call.

@ACT-Crusader said in NRL 2020:

Wow I’m not sure about that last no try call.

tough but consistent on how the have ruled all year. Probably a few more chances coming down Brenko side

Two grabs around the neck both ways gone unpunished.

@ACT-Crusader said in NRL 2020:

I’ll be really interested in how the refs play the advantage 6 more rule tonight.

koro probably lucky not to have one against his leg pull just then either

The amount of unpunished high tackles is hilarious.

@bayimports said in NRL 2020:

@ACT-Crusader said in NRL 2020:

I’ll be really interested in how the refs play the advantage 6 more rule tonight.

koro probably lucky not to have one against his leg pull just then either

At least twice the Panthers tried to go from dummy half from quick plays and Storm markers not square. No penalty.

@ACT-Crusader said in NRL 2020:

@bayimports said in NRL 2020:

@ACT-Crusader said in NRL 2020:

I’ll be really interested in how the refs play the advantage 6 more rule tonight.

koro probably lucky not to have one against his leg pull just then either

At least twice the Panthers tried to go from dummy half from quick plays and Storm markers not square. No penalty.

refs clearly reluctant to penalise or use 6 again so far early, lets see if that continues..almost playing SOO type of reffing rules

Scramble from the Storm has been good

1 Smith is a total grub
2 Panthers are nervous as shit
3 Gould and Rabs as commentary team make me want to retch

Hilarious commentary from Gus.

Game is about to open up I reckon.

@ACT-Crusader said in NRL 2020:

Scramble from the Storm has been good

sounds like a lot of games versus the storm, other team probably controls game better, Storm scramble well in defence and then make the most of opportunities

still anyones at this stage though

@NTA Freddie and Joey offer at least a little bit of insight to accompany the geriatrics

@ACT-Crusader said in NRL 2020:

@NTA Freddie and Joey offer at least a little bit of insight to accompany the geriatrics

Agreed, in spurts; Freddie isn't the brightest and Joey is cooked from a career getting whacked in the head.

How easy was that wide pass to read??

that's going to make it hard to come back, storm don't let many points in at the best of times. Panthers are going to need some luck to get back into this

Nice pass Cleary.

Terrible play all round from the Panthers there. Floaty Harbour Bridge pie from Cleary, followed by a half pie tackle attempt

@NTA said in NRL 2020:

1 Smith is a total grub
2 Panthers are nervous as shit
3 Gould and Rabs as commentary team make me want to retch

I don't watch much League, but when I do the general rule of thumb appears to be that whenever Gould says one team is dominating then the other team scores.

Gus doing his best to will the Panthers back into it, but would be very strange to see Melbourne take their foot off the throat from here...

Panthers are all at sea in attack

@Donsteppa said in NRL 2020:

Gus doing his best to will the Panthers back into it, but would be very strange to see Melbourne take their foot off the throat from here...

It’s absolutely hilarious. Comedy show surely. Can’t say a bad word about them.