NRL 2024

bayimports

interesting news and rumours floating around today

James Maloney fired from Cowboys for drink driving..although seems like an overreaction to me (must be more to it)
First time a serial offender gets a downgrade (Kaufusi) although ban should have remained for that haircut and his origin input
Souths fail to get Latrell cleared for this round, so banned week 1 next year
Spoonbowl has the most bets of any game this weekend and although Parra favourites on the tote, two third of the money is on the Tigers

but the biggest rumour of the day (in my mind) is that apparently Moses Leo close to signing with one of 4 league clubs chasing him

mariner4life

Lol I just flicked over to the league

The Broncos are already in Bali.
Blowtorch on Kevvie hard

bayimports

Hughes has to be close to a lock for Dally M

bayimports

there is better hype than a grand final

mariner4life

Spoonbowl delivering reserve grade shit everywhere

antipodean

40mins away from three in a row!

antipodean

We've got this in the bag.

Imagine throwing an intercept to a bloke that had a leg transplant from a midget.

I blame Wests.

mariner4life

The Tigers are fucking terrible

I love Benji but...

Donsteppa

Shipping 54 points in a battle for the spoon. With 9 minutes to go still... yikes!

antipodean

@Donsteppa said in NRL 2024:

Shipping 54 points in a battle for the spoon. With 9 minutes to go still... yikes!

Leaving nothing to chance.

mariner4life

60 points. 60 fucking points.

This is a new low. They keep finding them.

Fold the club.

NTA

Fucking hell. League players can tackle but they can't defend. Haven't watched more than a few minutes this year but nothing changes.

Crichton stands still, then runs thru a huge gap created by lazy rabbits who switch off once the ball gets 10 metres away from them. Wingers can't count.

This Va'a kid is monstrously big

African Monkey

At the risk of being that guy, I really do think that the Tigers aren't far away from being competitive again, and I hope they do. I think they have some good young kids coming through, and whether you like the guy or not, Jerome Luai will make a huge difference next year imo.

Never been the biggest fan of Benji, but I do think that they'd be better off sticking by him.

NTA

@African-Monkey the margins are pretty thin at this level. An extra year of experience together could be the difference.

I'm not convinced on Luai. Seems to benefit from Cleary and a good squad. Seems like a bit of a flog.

African Monkey

@NTA said in NRL 2024:

@African-Monkey the margins are pretty thin at this level. An extra year of experience together could be the difference.

I'm not convinced on Luai. Seems to benefit from Cleary and a good squad. Seems like a bit of a flog.

I'm probably the only Luai fan out there, but he guides Penrith around well to many victories when Cleary takes his usual 8-12 week injury break in the middle of every season.

Aren't Penrith at about an 80% win rate when Cleary doesn't play?

I think Penrith will find the going harder next season if Cleary takes large chunks of the season off.

mariner4life

Thank fuck the regular season is over. Everyone except Melbourne are limping in to finals. Ok, i guess the Sharks smoking Manly yesterday was something.

There are some deeply flawed teams in the finals, so it will be interesting to see who gets hot.

mariner4life

For the regular season, Brisbane far and away the most disappointing side this year. Losing a Grand Final to Penrith is club destroying apparently. And to right the ship they are bringing in (checks notes) T-Baz?? What the? So when you fire Kev 10-games in to next year you are giving one of the worst head coaches of all time the gig for 4 months? lol