the whole face of the league changed this weekend. The Roosters are cooked, losing Keary for the year, Lam for at least a month, while Cordner and Friend are no guarantees to come back at all. Suddenly the Bunnies to flag favourites?
Man the Cowboys are fuuuuucked. Not sure Payton is still happy with his choice. Flogged again, it appears Michael Morgan will retire immediately. Taumalolo still out. The whole squad looks ordinary. Gold Coast just hammered them in Townsville yesterday.
Oh, and only Mitchell Pearce could celebrate his 300th game by losing to the Tigers.
I wouldn't rule out the Roosters just yet, although they rejigged their whole play around him. Given it is so early in the season I still think you need to just be close on the table, as long as you get a run going into the last few weeks. Roosters didn't look like themselves even before the injury either in that game, distracted by some Jai Arrow sideshow perhaps. Still Sam Walker would not be the first 18 year old to play beyond his years and given the amount of injuries sustained by all teams on the weekend, I still have the roosters in with a shot.
I personally would not rule out any of Souths , Roosters, Penrith, Parra, Storm ..and occasionally some other teams on their day.
Cows did look average, medically retiring Morgan either isn't a bad move if he goes for it, as it frees up some salary cap and a player. Still I would rather be a cows supporter than down the road at the Broncos right now.
As for the warriors, finally got some luck with the try off the forward pass, don't know how many of them I have seen us lose with that going the other way. Absolutely astounded though by our big wingers who look unfit and constantly caught out of position with very little effort to get involved either. They need an RTS fitness session. BMM starting to get fitter and looking dangerous, just need to fix that porous defense, should not have been chasing 21 points at half time. Still they will get confidence out of that.
Ricky Stuart is such an unlikeable dick.
A Raiders loss is always followed up by a whinge/rant about something. Never the team's fault.
@paekakboyz said in NRL 2021:
@canefan that's it. All over for Brownie. He just got touched by pure Warriors magic, just one hit and he'll be chasing that high again till we win the comp, or he succumbs to the time honoured slaughter of a coach gone stale and undercut by half-ass recruitment
I, for one, look forward to his ritual sacrifice. Is it too soon to get the bandwagon out of storage?
@mariner4life one of my favourite players but most loathed coaches. Straight out douche canoe.
@stargazer said in NRL 2021:
But we won't be looking into what causes, or our part in, the increased cases of HIA, (fuck that, we've cornered the market for 1950s style sports contact and we ain't giving that up! By the way, Origin in 71 days. Unreported concussions galore!)
The Bulldogs trainers/medics/or whoever are even more hopeless than the team. Lachlan Lewis was in clear need of an HIA sub and proper check up there, but somehow they looked at him and left him on the field for another set.
@donsteppa Yeah that was a disgrace. What were the Bulldogs medics thinking?!
Wow the gap between the haves and the have nots has never been bigger. 3 brutal reamings this weekend. With the quick play and more ball in play there is no way for the shit teams to hide.
There are 3 defined levels at the moment, and only injuries can change the balance.
I watched the 1st half of the Storm-Broncos game. What a crazy 11 mins for the Papenhuyzen show.
@mariner4life Yep pretty much. You can see it in the line speed with the below par sides. They can't give away penalties to slow momentum so fatigue sets in quicker where they can't move up, with manly and North queensland being the worst culprits.
Cody Walker has quit the highlight reel of dirty shit from yesterday. What a fuckhead.
I've seen 3 different acts that deserve a ban each
Just watched Raiders v Titans. The skill level is so much better than Aotearoa rugby currently. Try saving tackles are spectacular and regular in Nrl. And Rapana try was a real gem with amazing skills
Cowboys got hammered by a team I don't even expect to make the 8. Terrible showing so far from them, they are a mile behind.
Titans need to win games against teams like the Raiders to prove they belong.
We’re playing pretty well. Two best fullbacks in the game having a big influence on the game.
A couple of costly lapses by us (Tavaga again...) that the Chooks have capitalised on.
@act-crusader said in NRL 2021:
We’re playing pretty well. Two best fullbacks in the game having a big influence on the game.
A couple of costly lapses by us (Tavaga again...) that the Chooks have capitalised on.
It's a good game. Solid hits and end to end attack.
Might not be a popular opinion but geez league is boring.
I'll admit they have less breaks, or at least shorter breaks.
But I just find me the tackles stopping the action tedious.
Even though I have a dog on this fight.
Want the Warriors to win and will follow them but Imuch like the Phoenix, Breakers etc just can't watch the game.
Lets gone Warriors. Hope to wake up to a win in the a.m.
Some dumb goal line attack by us. Why go the flat option close to the ruck and defensive line out of dummy half is beyond me.
Now they’ve gone the length after we cough it up.
The fucking Roosters
Missing both starting halves, as well as their captain and #1 hooker and they are still fucking good.
Wait we're not dead yet. Wait yes we are, the fuck with your hand Ken?
Might not be a popular opinion but geez league is boring.
I'll admit they have less breaks, or at least shorter breaks.
But I just find me the tackles stopping the action tedious.
Even though I have a dog on this fight.
Want the Warriors to win and will follow them but Imuch like the Phoenix, Breakers etc just can't watch the game.
Lets gone Warriors. Hope to wake up to a win in the a.m.
Poo
I'm going to take responsibility for that one. I watched a Warriors game for the first time this season.
I have followed them in the past (a lot) but some might say that I had "lost the faith".
After hearing about the win last week, I reluctantly perched on the tailgate of the bandwagon and chimed in a bit playing the triangle occasionally. It was an error on my part. They will not win if I am watching.
@paekakboyz I mentioned above that I had lost Faith. Not many get away, but I am a bit concerned that Aura may have gone missing for a while too.
@paekakboyz Council staff don't leave my estate so nobody would ever know.
I suspect Aura may be hanging out with the Crusaders coach waiting for a chance to flaunt her stuff again.
@mattasaurus said in NRL 2021:
Warriors look out in their feet and the defensive line is piss weak
This part looks the most concerning, it was hot/humid but they are living over here. I wasn't overly concerned about us struggling to get up field, because you can get yourself a set restart relatively easy when teams start slowing the ball down. But the defensive line in places was terrible. How the Morris brothers crossed on a couple of occasions just should not have happened. The big wingers have seemingly lost their confidence and fitness. Ken looks at least interested and if we didn't have such an injury crisis then I would even be suggesting the Fus gets dropped/sold. It wouldn't be hard to find someone who would want to be there.
I hate the aussie commentary going on about you need to convert your chances against the Roosters, but unfortunately you do. We were close, just not good enough to convert.
Manly this week and hopefully AFB is right to go against his old club and hopefully Turbo still not right either. This will be a must win game for us and one we should win. However easy to start thinking like that and fail miserably.
Just hope the injuries sustained were all minor, Nikorima injury also looked bad too. Need him to play since we are already down to one rookie half.
Hopefully better this week..assuming Snowy keeps his word and stops watching again 
@bayimports said in NRL 2021:
Hopefully better this week..assuming Snowy keeps his word and stops watching again
You are quite safe. A couple of decades of the same false hope...
If they make the eight you all owe me a beer and will have to buy me a beer every win they get after that.
Gotta say that I am looking forward to see Roger play union. The most inspiring thing about the Warriors in years.
@bayimports said in NRL 2021:
Hopefully better this week..assuming Snowy keeps his word and stops watching again
You are quite safe. A couple of decades of the same false hope...
If they make the eight you all owe me a beer and will have to buy me a beer every win they get after that.
Gotta say that I am looking forward to see Roger play union. The most inspiring thing about the Warriors in years.
if we ever get Trans Ta$man travel that doesn't disappear when a cat sneezes ..then I will happily buy you one ha ha
Big blow for the Warriors with Addin Fonua-Blake(injured) and Bunty Afoa(suspended) out against Manly. Sironen is also out.
Been impressed with Bunty Afoa this season. He was our best against the Roosters. Fortunately for us he didn't leave when the Warriors told him to look for another club last year.
@african-monkey said in NRL 2021:
@dice Don't worry haha its only Manly. They're awful.
Which is exactly the type of team the Warriors wind up losing to.
So the Warriors are definitely heading into Canes territory for me - looks like the deal to get this young Aussie guy Walsh is to punt Paul Turner, a fucking talented young Kiwi.
FFS, if I want to follow an Aussie league team I’ll just follow one of the other clubs.
Daylight savings, Snyder cut, the Warriors becoming just another team - this week sucks. 