NRL 2021

@mikedogz four words that were repeated a couple of times, made me sit up and take notice;

‘they’ve got big motors’

This excites me!
I’ll happily support a team that shows plenty of ticker win or lose. And we saw towards the back end of last season that these guys have bigger motors than previous versions of the Warriors.

Now I’m certainly not saying ‘it’s our year’ or anything crazy like that, but there seems to be more substance to what they’re saying, than we’ve seen or heard in many years.

Talk is cheap though isn’t it, let’s see what they put out on the park.

Going by the all the new signings Warriors like clearly means mostly not NZers.

Benji off to Souths to join Bennett?

A second Brisbane team looking likely for 2023

that's hardly a bombshell. Expansion has been on the cards for ages, and it's either Brisbane or the Central Coast.

@mariner4life said in NRL 2021:

that's hardly a bombshell. Expansion has been on the cards for ages, and it's either Brisbane or the Central Coast.

And the Central Coast placements for sports haven't set the world on fire.

Brisbane haven't exactly set the world on fire lately either

@canefan said in NRL 2021:

Brisbane haven't exactly set the world on fire lately either

it's easy to give them a whack, but since their last Premiership they've made the finals something like 11 of 14 years.

The Warriors would kill for that record.

strong rumours of Izzy Folau to the Dragons

the online response is entirely predictable.

what i will say is this. If Matt Lodge can get an NRL contract, then there is no way they can keep Izzy out.

@mariner4life said in NRL 2021:

strong rumours of Izzy Folau to the Dragons

the online response is entirely predictable.

what i will say is this. If Matt Lodge can get an NRL contract, then there is no way they can keep Izzy out.

They've just lost one star in RTS, so you can be sure the greatest game on earth will welcome him with open arms.

V'landys has previously put his marker in the ground about Folau so let's see if he backtracks or holds firm.

He might come back, already talks of him accepting social media restrictions that he said he would never do.

Player roundabout already started

Cam McInnes going to rival Sharks for 2022, no surprise he was going to leave, but the sharks was something that could a few off guard. Money was on the tigers.
Warriors already tabled large offer to the cheese for 2022 as well, now that no RTS. I guess they assume Rocco Berry/Paul Turner will be good enough at fullback.
Latrell knocked back extension with Rabbits and also testing market
CHN who left Bulldogs to revive his career at the Raiders, looks like he will be rubbed out for a while after failing a DUI on the high side. Almost feels like a real housewives reality trainwreck with some of these players

@bayimports McInnes not getting on with the new coach, so left.

I've also read that the Titans are having a crack at the Cheese as well.

Latrell is taking bad advice somewhere. He's on the look out for a million a year. That's extraordinary money even for a FB. How many teams with a guy on a million have won a comp?

@mariner4life said in NRL 2021:

@bayimports McInnes not getting on with the new coach, so left.

I've also read that the Titans are having a crack at the Cheese as well.

Latrell is taking bad advice somewhere. He's on the look out for a million a year. That's extraordinary money even for a FB. How many teams with a guy on a million have won a comp?

Wanting mccullough over mcinnes also crazy..dont know what Griffin was smoking, but yes bad blood all round.

I imagine a few clubs will have a crack at both the cheese (NQL have inside running apparently) and Latrell is apparently having a chat with the broncos as we speak, but the money he wants is huge and given he is not injury free makes it even more insane.

@bayimports you would think the Broncos would learn from the Milford disaster.

@mariner4life and signing Lodge on 800k and is also unlikely to make starting 13, or losing David Fafita..Broncos have historically been one of the strongest clubs in history, but their very recent history is terrible.

Smart move.

@Gunner said in NRL 2021:

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Smart move.

Interesting that he's asked for a release from Catalans on compassionate grounds yet is trying to line up an NRL contract. Well Folau bold face lying is pretty well known so they really should have known better.

@mariner4life said in NRL 2021:

He's also very very average

And fucking massive!