Raiders must make playoffs now from out of nowhere a few weeks back. Sorry to see Broncos drop off so much.
the fucking Warriors. Losing from there should be physically impossible. But look, there it is.
Brisbane decide the state of the 8 early by just up and losing to the Dragons. That's as bad a finish to the season as it is possible to have.
Then the Raiders go on to flog the Tigers. Yep, the coach was definitely the issue at the Tigers. Good job they got rid of him aye?
And the Sharkies get 2nd because they only had to play the Knights, who suck.
Manly are very lucky that Brisbane exist, or they would be getting torched as well. Absolutely fell in a heap. And the reports out of that club are not good.
The ladder finishes with the bottom 5 clubs going a combined 29-91 with a points diff of -1,306. Great season lads.
First week of finals actually looks tasty
Eels at Panthers
Cowboys at Sharks
Canberra at Melbourne
Souths at Roosters
@mariner4life said in NRL 2022:
and, after a pretty quiet off-season, we're back this week. Penrith v Manly kick us off on Thursday night.
At this stage it appears the Warriors are still to be based on the Sunny Coast, any word on when they might get back to Mt Smart? The poor buggers are entering year 3 on the road.God i really miss Sneak's season preview, his breakdown on the squad was always so good. I am not even attempting it, so i'll just stick to throwing around a few cliches and then just basing it all on last year
Top 4
Can anyone really see this moving? The best squads are still the best squads. Penrith have had their depth eroded so will not be able to be protected from injury as well, and their entire game relies on Cleary's management and boot. If he stays fit they'll be at the pointy end. The Roosters still have a great squad, look light at halfback, and will really on Keary's sponge head staying healthy. Melbourne have one last crack at it before they get a bit broken up next year. Their success will rely on Munster actually being engaged in playing footy, not have a good time off-field. Still have the best coach in the game, and watch Xavier Coates score a million tries now he's out of Brisbane. Souths have a good side, i rate their new coach (as do most in the NRL) but i think they are going to seriously miss Reynolds.
Manly might make it if Tommy Turbo's hamstrings stay together.After that it gets murky
Parramatta are Parramatta, and never ever put it together, things don't seem to be happy there, Gutherson is wildly overrrated, and i don't think Arthurs is a good coach
Cronulla have the apparently new gun coach on the scene, and have recruited pretty well. Can Nico Hynes play halfback?
Is this the year that the Titans finally put it together? They have heaps of talent, but question marks in the halves (even without Taylors huge contract).
The Dragons appear to have recruited will, and Griffin is a solid is unspectacular coach.
The Tigers will come 9th.The Bottom
The Dogs went heavy on recruitment but Barrett is a shockingly bad coach apparently, so they are cooked. The Cowboys made so many bad signings, and have fuck all in the spine. That's your bottom 2 right there.
I expect the Warriors to finish 10th or so.
Newcastle don't have a half even good enough to replace Mitchell Pearce so are probably cooked.
Don't expect much out of the Broncos. Kevvie has no clue, they are week in the halves, and question marks everywhere else. Already whinging from the players that preseason was too hard.
Canberra will do nothing and Sticky is already on the whinge train hard.Mariners in no way to be relied on ladder
Penrith
Roosters
Melbourne
Souths
Manly
Cronulla
Parra
Gold Coast
St George
Tigers
Warriors
Canberra
Newcastle
Brisbane
Cowboys
Dogs
and lets see just how wrong i got it
Penrith was easy
Slightly over rated the Roosters and Souths
Under rated the Sharks and parra.
lol at where i had Manly (but in my defense that was based on Tommy Turbo playing)
Gold Coast?? Tigers in 9th??? was i drunk?
Under rated the Raiders (halfway through the season i was pretty close though)
Holy shit did i get the Cowboys wrong!
@bayimports said in NRL 2022:
@mariner4life yeah I also am not going to attempt a sneak preview, that takes time and I dont have that and I wont use spell check either, so fuck you pendants in advance lol. No idea on when they go back as the original date got canned thanks to NZ previous rules on when people could enter NZ, so potentially enough time to play some games now this year there.
I will say for the warriors that their top team could create a few headaches for the big teams. If they stay injury free and avoid suspension then potentially they should be top 8, even located where they are. The problem is that key players like SJs hammys are worse now than Turbos, Curran although impressive looks like a concussion magnet, E.Kotoa and CHT are also injury magnets and we have a forward pack that in general will go through a suspension rotation. Not to forget no Tohu until about half way through the season. Still at least we should look ok for round one, although a little toothless at fullback attackwise. How long does it take SJ to fit in? How long before Taniela Otukolo gets a run and Egan benched? How long also before CHT signs with Canberra to cover the Fogarty loss?
A Possible best 17
1. Reece Walsh, 2. Dallin Watene-Zelezniak, 3. Rocco Berry, 4. Adam Pompey, 5. Marcelo Montoya, 6. Shaun Johnson, 7. Kodi Nikorima, 8. Matt Lodge, 9. Wayde Egan, 10. Addin Fonua-Blake, 11. Tohu Harris, 12. Euan Aitken, 13. Josh Curran, 14. Jazz Tevaga, 15. Bayley Sironen, 16. Ben Murdoch-Masila, 17. Bunty Afoa.Likely Round 1 17.
1. Chanel Tavita Harris, 2. Dallin Watene-Zelezniak, 3. Rocco Berry, 4. Adam Pompey, 5. Marcelo Montoya, 6. Shaun Johnson, 7. Kodi Nikorima, 8. Bunty Afoa, 9. Wayde Egan, 10. Addin Fonua-Blake, 11. E.Katoa, 12. Euan Aitken, 13. Bayley Sironen, 14. Jazz Tevaga, 15. Josh Curran , 16. Ben Murdoch-Masila, 17. Aaron Pene.Top 4
Clearly I am hearing wont play until round 4 and a tough start to their draw. I suspect they finish in the 4, just not on top. Roosters, Manly, Melbourne will be my picks. Turbo stayed relatively injury free last year after his drunken beginning racing punters in Manly. So while he remains booze free, they are a chance.Next lot
Paramatta start well, just wont finish there. Cronulla look ok if they can stay injury free, I expect the Hynes Nikora combo to do really well. I agree Dragons fans might have something to smile about, and the Titans have some really game winners in that stable. I do expect the young kids of Sexton and Campbell to do well. Souths have some changes and fatrell, who on his day is a game breaker, but put him off his game and he will sit on the side lines for half a year. Still they will be thereaboutsThe rest
I agree with you, dont see much different, although the Tigers I dont see as high, unless Hastings runs the show like a pro..so my unreliable table isRoosters
Penrith
Manly
Melbourne
Cronulla
Souths
Parra
Gold Coast
St George
Warriors
Canberra
Newcastle
Cowboys
Tigers
Brisbane
Dogs
lol, always fun to go through these @mariner4life , a bit like you, I expected more from Manly but again relying on Turbo. But go that extremely wrong. Cowboys the other big mistake, well done Todd Payten.
Rather happy I called the Tigers falling to bits though.
7 of the top 8 called (not in the right order), but then the rest pretty average guessing, in fairness given the talent at the Titans they should not be that low, but they continue to suck.
still cant believe the warriors lost that one on the weekend..just should not have been possible
But of pressure on the Kangaroos heading into the WC.
Not sure I’m a fan of whenever I turn on a league show and all the Aussie commentators and ex-players are talking up the Kiwis as much as they are….
@ACT-Crusader given joey manu has a calf problem that wont go away and Hughes is playing busted, two key parts of our spine worries me before we even start!
@Mackerzzzz said in NRL 2022:
Great game so far raiders v storm
If it’s NAS’s knock on that costs the Storm it will be sweet justice for a player that has had way too much luck with his grub play
Does it get any better than this for a sports fan? Huge game. Tapine Papalii and Young dominated the last 20. Yeehah Raiders!
Tom Burgess is the filthiest player in the game. Don't know how he gets away with the cheap shots. One or two of his team mates are not much better. Roosters only have themselves to blame for being behind though.
Crowd just loves the drama. Plenty of sparks ahead no doubt.
@African-Monkey said in NRL 2022:
Could say the same about JWH.
That guy is a fucking tool. Getting right up in the refs face.
@African-Monkey yep. At top of the next tier with Lattrell
well well
Friday was pretty average as the Panthers just crushed the Eels. Fuck the Panthers are a tough side to beat. They just kick you to death, smash you with sustained linespeed, and don't make errors (because they don't really throw much in attack). Eventually teams just crack. It is going to take something special to beat them again this year.
Lol at the Storm. They might finally be dead.
How good was the Cowboys win? Crazy fucking game ends with a 45m field goal.
I haven't seen yesterdays yet, only the "highlights". Seems both teams just wanted to bash each other.
Comp is still wide open (to be the team that loses teh GF)
i don't blame the players as much as the judiciary that continually lets guys off for shit acts. NAS should have been off for weeks before the finals. But didn't get suspended once.
The NRL has zero integrity.
Yep NAS should have been gone for a fair bit this season but the inconsistency in the interpretations varies week to week.
This was a weird weekend in terms of instructions to refs on how to manage what could be seen as foul play. I don't think the players were any worse than what they have been in the last few rounds, but more than a few yellow cards across the weekend for sure. Even in yesterdays game, I thought a few more could have gone to the bin given what the had deemed as foul play. The inconsistency of what they march people for week to week is insane.
The NRL in my mind still has the least duty of care for head contact and even worse, when they do have concussion, some of the prior concussed players should be sitting down for a lot longer, it should have also seen a few of yesterdays players not even play.
Still, Penrith the team to beat but all teams still have something to offer. Even the Raiders showed they're up for the grind, but Melbourne did look a shadow of their former selves. The only saving grace is that Joseph Manu and Jerome Hughes now have time to get over a few injuries without having to play further in the finals.
So this weekend will be interesting
wait, i just checked the draw. how to the Eels get the Raiders when the Sharks finished higher? That changes everything
Eels should be too good for the Raiders if they can sort themselves mentally
Sharks v Souths will be fucking epic.
@mariner4life said in NRL 2022:
So this weekend will be interesting
wait, i just checked the draw. how to the Eels get the Raiders when the Sharks finished higher? That changes everything
Eels should be too good for the Raiders if they can sort themselves mentally
Sharks v Souths will be fucking epic.
Raiders on a roll, just depends what Parra teams turns up.
The other match though will be brutal. Think only Burgess likely unavailable out of remaining players still in finals (other charges for Roosters and Storm, but theyre gone). Sharks will be sweating on Finucane though
Thomas Burgess (Rabbitohs) Grade 2 High Tackle - TBC 2-3 matches
Thomas Burgess (Rabbitohs) Grade 1 High Tackle - TBC $1800-$2500
Taane Milne (Rabbitohs) Grade 1 High Tackle - TBC $1800-$2500 fine
Dale Finucane (Sharks) Grade 1 Crusher Tackle TBC $3000-2 matches
Taylan May (Panthers) Grade 2 High Tackle - Guilty, early plea 1 match
Spencer Leniu (Panthers)Grade 1 High Tackle - Guilty, early plea $750 fine
@mariner4life and I’m hoping the Sharks stuff them bunnies.
Don’t care who wins the other one
@ACT-Crusader said in NRL 2022:
Don’t care who wins the other one
assuming the winner of that gets to face the Cowboys, i hope they beat each other senseless
@ACT-Crusader lol, I dont like either of the supporter groups, but the sharks players seem to be a better bunch now that Gallen is gone. Graham still lurks though. Bunnies full of people everyone loves to hate
I will support Parra for the other one just so Ricky throws another tantrum about how they were robbed
@bayimports said in NRL 2022:
@ACT-Crusader lol, I dont like either of the supporter groups, but the sharks players seem to be a better bunch now that Gallen is gone. Graham still lurks though. Bunnies full of people everyone loves to hate
I will support Parra for the other one just so Ricky throws another tantrum about how they were robbed
How do I register a down vote? Lol
@bayimports said in NRL 2022:
@ACT-Crusader lol, I dont like either of the supporter groups, but the sharks players seem to be a better bunch now that Gallen is gone. Graham still lurks though. Bunnies full of people everyone loves to hate
I will support Parra for the other one just so Ricky throws another tantrum about how they were robbed
What’s wrong with Graham? He’s always seemed one of the more likeable bogan rugby players.
@bayimports said in NRL 2022:
@ACT-Crusader lol, I dont like either of the supporter groups, but the sharks players seem to be a better bunch now that Gallen is gone. Graham still lurks though. Bunnies full of people everyone loves to hate
I will support Parra for the other one just so Ricky throws another tantrum about how they were robbed
How do I register a down vote? Lol
You are in a very very small minority (an island of 1) on here wanting to see Sticky celebrate any winning….
@bayimports said in NRL 2022:
@ACT-Crusader lol, I dont like either of the supporter groups, but the sharks players seem to be a better bunch now that Gallen is gone. Graham still lurks though. Bunnies full of people everyone loves to hate
I will support Parra for the other one just so Ricky throws another tantrum about how they were robbed
What’s wrong with Graham? He’s always seemed one of the more likeable bogan rugby players.
yeah, when the Sharks were absolutely packed with grubs like Fifita, Gallen, Ennis, Flanagan, Jimmy Maloney (who i actually liked), that tattoed winger who kept getting fired by everyone, i thought Graham was one of the least offensive.
@ACT-Crusader said in NRL 2022:
@bayimports said in NRL 2022:
@ACT-Crusader lol, I dont like either of the supporter groups, but the sharks players seem to be a better bunch now that Gallen is gone. Graham still lurks though. Bunnies full of people everyone loves to hate
I will support Parra for the other one just so Ricky throws another tantrum about how they were robbed
How do I register a down vote? Lol
You are in a very very small minority (an island of 1) on here wanting to see Sticky celebrate any winning….
he'll still whinge that the Raiders were dudded by the ref even if they win the penalty count and get every 50/50 call and win the game. weak gutted dogs everywhere
@bayimports said in NRL 2022:
@Nepia Gallen clone and disciple , haven't forgiven him for previous years of infamy, used to be one of the dirtier players about (although in last 2 years he has spent most of his time injured), so not up to it as much lately
Hmmm not for me. Thug is in the eye of the beholder I guess. 