Round 6: Roosters Vs Sharks

[Mr BuLLdOgS]

Roosters Vs Sharks

Game Thread

Please note - This is a game thread only, therefore only game posts can be made here (Teams, Articles). Any other posts will result in loss of points.

**Referee Blows Game On!**

Full Time: Wednesday 16th July, 2003. 9:00PM AEST

Referee: Mystique

 

[ozzie]

1. The Lord Reynoldson
2. Brook
3. OVP ( Pennelope standbye)
4. Roosterboy60
5. Morticia

Reserves:

Penennlope_Pittstop if not required
Ozzie
3rd reserve BP

 

[...Morticia...]

for easts

The field of shattered dreams

To steal a line, “if you build it, they will come…” and build it, or rather refurbish it, they did. After spending $280 million, Suncorp Stadium was ready to pay homage to the reputation of a showpiece for Rugby League, a jewel in the crown. But after just three games, Suncorp is now at the centre of an investigation relating to player injuries. An investigation whose results will be scrutinised by, not only the Rugby League community in Australia but other sporting bodies throughout the world, most notably, the South African and English Rugby Unions who are worried about the health of their players during the World Cup. Instead of gaining a reputation as a world-class sporting venue, Suncorps reputation is fast becoming one of a graveyard for players knees.

Whilst knee injuries are commonplace in rugby league, six knee injuries over a space of three games at one stadium in a short period of time is a rare occurrence. Add to that, the fact that four of the six injuries were of the more uncommon nature, and all were sustained during what would under normal circumstances transpire to innocuous incidences, there is more than a transitory justification for an investigation. While fans, some players, coaches and clubs might bemoan the fact that injuries occur playing any sport and its just one of those things, most would lament the stance should their team become crippled by injury after playing on Suncorps surface and if they’re honest with themselves, may take the action that the Sydney Roosters have.

The fact to remember is that it is only an investigation at this point and should any findings correlate to the surface being hazardous it can only be advantageous to other teams. Whether any legal action ought to be taken should the investigation prove the surface is unsafe and therefore a pertinent factor in the injuries sustained thus far is a matter for debate and my opinion is of little importance. However, Suncorp Stadiums head, Geoff Donaghy may have opened the litigation door by admitting that a new surface had been grown. This new surface could be laid in four days, which begs the question of why it hasn’t happened considering the condition of the current surface. Simply put, laying a new surface at this point could be seen as an admission of negligence originally and negligence, if proven, could be costly in more than just monetary terms.

The Roosters initiating an investigation into the safety of the surface may appear to be a case of sour grapes but with recent research into surfaces and injury finding an association between knee injuries and shoe – surface traction citing grass cover and root density as one possible causative factor, illustrates there may be some justification for their actions. The injury outcome is also somewhat significant. Whilst knee injuries are an endemic part of rugby league, the more commonly acquired injuries to the knees are those of the anterior cruciate ligament, medial ligament and cartilage and the Roosters are no different than other teams when you consider that players were unavailable for a combined total of 73 games in 2002 due to the aforesaid injuries.

But the injuries being suffered at Suncorp are mostly of the less common variety. Four of the six injuries fall into the less common and rarer categories, the latter unexpectedly accounting for three of the injuries. Hodges suffered posterior cruciate ligament damage and Fitzgibbon, Cusack and Finch all suffered Lateral collateral ligament damage to varying degrees that is characterised by poor self-healing ability. Any self-healing is only in the form of scar tissue which, long term, negates to a poor prognosis for sufferers which doesn’t bode well for the three players long term playing careers. To be pragmatic, all three are looking at careers plagued by pain and auxiliary knee problems that transcends into being unavailable to take the field for the Roosters.

Rugby league is a business and any conscientious business should employ steps to ensure their employee’s safety. Its little wonder, therefore, that the Roosters have facilitated an investigation into the ground condition at Suncorp in regard to recent events. Investigation doesn’t instantly equate to litigation so before people castigate the Roosters for getting pundit advice regarding the surface, take a moment to reflect the benefits such a report may instigate. It may not be about financial reparation but rather the duty of care they owe their players to ensure a safe work environment.

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References
Sports Med. 2002; 32(7):419-32
John Orchards’ website
Sydney Roosters website – injury report page
Various electronic Newspaper articles

 

[Alan Shore]

Cronulla Sharks
1. Keg
2. Anastabation
3. Tamazoid (c)
4. Diehard
5. Beaver_Online
Interchange
6.
7.

Come on Sharks, we want this one. We need to start climbing the ladder now.

 

[Genghis Chan]

Lord Reynoldson
Roosters #1
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Problems With Referees

The problem when it comes to referees, is spectators. No matter what they do, referee’s just can’t win. It’s not all spectators that are the problem, but there are fans from all clubs that have the ability to be a disgrace. No matter who wins the match, groups of fans from the losing team are bound to be pointing their fingers at the man with the whistle to avoid seeing the fault lines that may appear in their own sides defence. They are too unwilling to realise that their team may have dropped the ball a dozen times when they had nothing but open field ahead of them. They are too biased to admit that their side just wasn’t good enough to get the victory.

Although lacking brains and an open mind, they certainly do not lack cowardice. One fan at WIN Stadium 2 weekends ago did not even give Steve Clark the courtesy of making his way onto the field before deciding to verbally abuse him with comments about Clark’s wife. The unfortunate yet true situation in Rugby League, is that this is not a one off. It happens all the time. Not necessarily before a match or as personal as the WIN Stadium incident, but at half time or leaving the field at full time, it is all but impossible for an official to leave without some sort of abuse.

While WIN Stadium case was one extremity of what happens, almost all cases have one thing in common – spectators who think that just because they watch the game, they know everything about it. How many of those abusive spectators have actually read the rules of the game? My guess would by less than 1 percent, and that’s being generous. Would 1 in 100 abusive spectators really have not just read, but understood and comprehended the rules? Not likely. Possibly 1 in 1000, but even then I wouldn’t be betting on it, regardless of the odds. Yet entire stadiums still have the nerves to boo referees and touch judges from the ground.

Then what do they do? Nothing but sit there and complain..

The problem has little to do with the referee in the middle, although the video refs have left referee Boss Robert Finch a bit shocked on occasions. The main problem is those lazy fans, with nowhere near the knowledge of the game that the referee’s have, actually having the guts to sit there and complain. If you have not read the rulebook, comprehend the rules, and then gone and done something for the community like getting out there and referee games for the kids and also understanding just a fractions of the pressure they NRL referees go through, what right do you have to complain? As a member and fan of a Rugby League club you have every right to complain about poor performances from. However, as a fan do you really have the right to sit behind a metal fence, like a coward, and abuse and complain about a referee? No, not unless you are also a qualified member of a rugby league refereeing association.

Even when the officials put in brilliant performances, one group of fans feel compelled to complain because their side was on the wrong end of the score line for the simple reason that they are often too biased to see faults in their own teams.

Statistics can often be misleading, but they can also often tell a lot in a game of rugby league. There was a staggering average of 45 errors in games played on the weekend for each team when only counting missed tackles and dropped balls. When you also take into account the number of terrible kicks and last option plays that butchered tries, the number just grows. Yet people still insist that the referees are at fault for losses.

While I am not saying that they are faultless, if anyone can honestly say that the team of officials in any given match, made more than 45 errors in a game, that’s including missing some calls due to the physical impossibility of not being able to be in 5 different places at once to see everything in a crowded area, then all I can do is laugh at their naivety. There are less of them to cover more ground, with no interchanges like the other teams have, but the are that they still have the best error rate in the NRL. Congratulations referees.
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[ozzie]

subbed - OVP out The Backpacker in - Ozzie first reserve..

 

[roosterboy60]

Roosterboy60, 4, Roosters

Star Players in teams.

There is one in nearly every team if not every one, but as soon as they are out their team really goes down hill. I will now run through the list of clubs that go down hill without their star player.

Brisbane Broncos: Darren Lockyer is their star player but even when he is out the Broncos can still fire and win. However, without him they do struggle to win. Darren is one of the best three players in the NRL at the moment and if he got injured the Broncos would struggle. However, they are not a one-man team and would still be able to win without him.

Bulldogs: In my opinion the Bulldogs don’t have a star player they rely upon. The two players that could be considered are Braith Anasta and Brent Sherwin but at the moment they are not a club that would go down hill if they lost them.

Canberra Raiders: I think that Simon Woolford and Clinton Schifcofske are the stand out players in that team and if they lost them they would suffer accordingly. In my opinion Woolford as dummy half leads the team around the park. They would struggle without him.

Cronulla Sharks: They have not played well this year but if they were and they had a player out they wouldn’t want to lose David Peachey. He is a great player on his day and would be a big loss to the Sharks if they were one of the contenders.

Dragons: Trent Barrett is their star player and is currently out. Even though they are doing well without him I think they would be doing much better if he was playing. A State Of Origin player he is missed by the Dragons.

Manly: They really don’t have a player you could class as a player that holds them together. If there was one it would either be Steve Menzies or John Hopoate.

Melbourne Storm: Their best player is Scott Hill and I think they miss him. It’s a pity he is very injury prone because when he’s at his best he’s one of the best players in the NRL. The Storm are doing well without him now but I think they’d still prefer him playing than not.

Newcastle Knights: Obviously Andrew Johns is their star player and when he is out they rarely win. I’m not saying the Knights are a one-man team but when Johns is out they go downhill very quickly.

In my next post I will look at the rest of the clubs.

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[Beaver_Online]

Beaver_Online playing for Sharks

Rugby League 2003: The Sequel

Super League has arrived in Australia…long live Super League.

When the Super League war broke in 1997 and divided the competition in 1998, rugby league fans were devastated…gutted, that somehow, a game that for the previous 90 years had somehow fallen into the hands of News Limited and the traditions of the game were shown the same door as many first grade players that hit their 30s and succumb to injury.

I was crushed that the game I had embraced for 20 odd years was falling apart as clubs, players, lawyers and businessman jostled for positions that would deliver them the financial rewards and the control which for many eastern seaboard Australian’s consider is the greatest game in the world.

Where else do we have such gripping melodrama that when you think you have worked out the plot, something turns the tables, and all bets are off.

Rugby League is the ultimate soap opera - it is a delicious mix of villains, scandal, greed, hero’s, triumph, tragedy and of course, the season cliffhanger.

But while we are readily accepting of the Rugby League 2003: The Sequel as opposed to its predecessor, we have fallen under the spell of the scriptwriters and producers of our great game.

We have fallen into the trap of any daytime soapie addict. Sure the scriptwriters have rewritten some of our favourite characters and traditions into the script in the form of South Sydney and Jubilee Oval, and some of our most despised villains in Manly.

But we have so easily forgotten the plot twists of the past and swallowed the sequel. We are enraptured by the skill of its main actors, dazzled by its promises of more suspense, and a desire to find out what is the next installment.

I often like to think of Rugby League 2003: The Sequel in terms of Dallas, the eponymous 1980s soap produced by Blockbuster and Viacom media head, Aaron Spelling.

The most telling aspect of this program that led to its ultimate downfall would have undoubtedly been the death of Bobby Ewing. Patrick Duffy, who played Bobby Ewing was murdered by scriptwriters as he sought out the lucrative offerings of other film projects, series and endorsements...money and greed is a nasty thing.

Of course, after 12 months Patrick had lost his celebrity, was on the fast track to nowhere and returned with cap in hand to the same scriptwriters, begging to be rewritten into the show.

Obligingly, they did and twelve months after Bobby Ewing was murdered, he returns, living, healthy. It would appear that Bobby’s death was a dream sequence, one that lasted a whole television season of 22 episodes…

Now, Rugby League 2003: The Sequel is starting to emulate the same plotlines as Dallas.

The most significant problem with rugby league is that in 2003, like Dallas in the 1980s, is under the control of a media magnate. In fact, it gets worse for rugby league because we have two media magnates in Rupert Murdoch and Kerry Packer.

But as the soapie-addicted viewers we are, we forget that our television games on Fridays and Sundays are dictated by the television station. We forget that the ABC – the national broadcaster – no longer provides free to air league coverage, and the only way we get to see a TV game is to subscribe to Murdoch’s and Packer’s Pay TV channel.

Sure get off your backside and watch your team live. I would like to, but with nationalization of the game, I don’t get to see them play in Canberra, Melbourne, Nth Qld, Brisbane, Newcastle or New Zealand…unless I subscribe to Pay TV.

Super League was all about Pay TV, News Ltd and media outlets controlling our game and the loss of our traditions, but for every South Sydney, there is a North Sydney.

In 2003, while Pay TV and Channel 9 dictate how our game is run and broadcast, we refer to it as the best season since 1994…sadly, we don’t call it Super League though…we call the National Rugby League.

The more things change the more they stay the same. I can't see rugby league going the same way as Dallas, but I can see that as viewers we are happy to swallow the same plot devices.

Super League is here...Long Live Super League.

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[The Backpacker]

The Backpacker #11 for Easts, having a run in place of OVP...

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Old Dog Teaching Roosters New Tricks

Realistically he was only a dog for two seasons as a player and one as the U/20 coach but Ricky Stuart seems destined to be remembered as the coach who broke the Roosters 27 year premiership drought first, a bulldog second and a Raider a distant third which is ironic considering what he achieved with them. But there are three defining characteristics to ‘Sticky’, whether outfitted in Roosters, Bulldogs, Raiders, NSW or Australian colours. His dogged determination, competitiveness and sheer bloody mindedness. Three characteristics that are common in a halfback, a champion and a successful coach.

When Stuart was helped from the field in Round 16, 2000 with a career ending knee injury, talk turned to what role he would now play in Rugby league. A great player, a tactical player, doesn’t necessarily make a good coach but the Bulldogs management had faith in Stuart and in 2001 he emerged as a successful U/20 coach. Stuart, it appeared, had managed to transcend the gap between player and coach with relative ease but could the results be repeated with a first grade team. Could a young coach, with only a years experience under his belt with lower grade take the helm of a team that, while consistently making the finals each year, stumbled at the final hurdles and turn them into a team capable of going all the way? The writing, as they say, is on the wall and history shows that, he could and did. But not without his detractors.

The armchair critics came out as soon as Stuart signed his autograph on the dotted line and it’s not an understatement to say that many of the latté sipping set from the Eastern Suburbs were horrified by his appointment and the subsequent signing of Mullins. Many Roosters fans were peeved and any loss justified their beliefs. On the outside, all did not seem well at the Roosters as they lost four of their first five games in 2002 but behind closed doors, something was happening that would see fans stand as one and claim Ricky as their own champion. Stuart was stamping his own brand of ‘my way’ on a football team known to have failed in reaching their potential in seasons past.

There were mass e-mail outs to fans from the man himself, asking for support when the team was decimated by injury. The session where players picked a name out of a ‘hat’ and had to write something positive and negative about their play down and then sit and listen as all comments were read out in front of everyone. Demands that every player purchase a laptop and holding intricate computer video sessions. Dispersing with the 5 star hotel in favour of a 3 star motel before games and quashing the flamboyant attacking flair the Roosters were known for in favour of brutal defence. Stuart created the Roosters school of ‘no excuses’. Missed tackles, tiredness, poor ball handling and most of all, losing, were unacceptable. He commanded and received, respect. He didn’t cater to over inflated egos. In Ricky’s school, no player was bigger than the team. No name would be included on the game sheet on reputation alone. He was prepared to make the hard calls, prepared to make unusual choices and prepared to have faith in his judgement, even when the critics were ready with the knife. And throughout it all, he managed to tread the fine line between mate and coach.

Not that there weren’t some stumbling blocks along the way, a rap on the knuckles from management for getting on it with the boys the most publicised but any minor misdemeanours were far surpassed by accolades and the results of his coaching style are there for all to see. A great player doesn’t necessarily make a good coach but Stuart is one that has managed to take his on-field prowess to the clipboard and turn a talented team into a successful team. The coach, who now has the biggest critics of all, Easts fans, using the catch-cry ‘In Ricky, we trust’. That, itself, shows what he has done for the league consumer in the Eastern Suburbs.

Playing Career
Canberra: 203 games
Bulldogs: 30 games
NSW: 14 games
Australia: 9 tests

Coaching Career
Bulldogs U/20: 19 wins (including finals) / 4 losses = 82.6% win rate
Roosters: 29 wins (including 2002 finals) / 14 losses / 1 draw = 65.9% win rate

In Ricky we trust… [-o<
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[Alan Shore]

***Tamazoid, Cronulla Captain***
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It's a TEAM Effort

When a team is down, losing and not near a win, the majority of the abuse hurled by fans is aimed at certain players used as scapegoats and the coach. This season, Sharks fans have stopped being 'nice guys' and jeered coach Chris Anderson at Cronulla Leagues Club after a 20-0 drubbing by Penrith, coached by former Sharks coach John Lang, with former players in Brett Howland, Martin Lang and dynamo Preston Campbell, who was controversially sacked by Anderson last year. But that's another story. The remedy has been a swag of top-notch signings, including speedster Nathan Merritt, dynamic forward Andrew Lomu (Jonah's cousin) and the world's best centre, Nigel Vagana. This has definitely averted fears that Cronulla would descend into the South Sydney cycle of mediocrity.

But is it really the fault of the players and the coach?

Sure, the players kick the ball out of the full, can't get Bostick glue sticks to sponsor them to solve their handling problems, miss tackles and show all-round ineptitude. The coach doesn't make the errors that lose the game, but they are in charge of selections and the game plan. Most blame Chris Anderson for ignoring what his players do best and forcing them to play the controversial 'flat attack'. It's not as though the coach wants to lose, nor do the players want to make errors and earn the hatred of fans.

Which is why this is entitled "It's a team effort".

The key to any successful footy side is the administration. If the front office is in order, then the results will flow on to the footy field. One prime example is the Northern Eagles. Despite having quality players (many representative) on their team such as Kosef, Kimmorley, Muir, Menzies, O'Meley, Stringer, Toovey, Goddard, Reeves and Orford on the payroll, they never really competed with the top sides and never made the eight. The result of incompetent administration? Implosion. Today the merger is long gone and Manly are standing alone.

Unless action is taken at Souths, they too will die or relocate, and at the moment it seems inevitable. An underqualified, unprofessional wannabe in Tapp as CEO, who is known to boast about his Level 2 coaching certificate, Piggins controlling the Leagues Club (and despite his passion, he has no idea about administration) along with poor crowds, an almost non-existent geographic area, they won't be around much longer. At the moment they're nothing more than a retirement village for players. At the end of 2002, they couldn't even manage to put an offer on the table for their best back, who is now taking the ESL by storm, Brent Grose. It just reeks of incompetence. Once the front office is sorted out, there's no reason why they can't be successful. Then they'll sign more successful players and the morale around the place will improve.

All the top clubs have excellent administration. Shane Richardson, since becoming Penrith CEO last year, has turned them around from cellar dwellers to top of the table high flyers. He's done the same thing at Cronulla and Hull in the UK. The Broncos setup has been the same from day one and I can't remember them having a particularly woeful year. Nick Politis refuses to speak with under performing staff at the Roosters, the Knights are pretty good as well while Steve Mortimer and George Peoponis have recovered the Bulldogs from the Salary Cap drama.

There are three critical roles in club administration. President, CEO and Marketing Manager. In the early 90s, Cronulla were near extinction. Then come Peter Gow, Shane Richardson and Richard Fisk. With their specific skills and astute leadership, Cronulla were once again competition heavyweights. The club is now making a profit, and the credit can go to the supreme business skills of Gow. If your management and marketing is poor, so too are your crowds. The aforementioned trio brought the masses back in their hordes to Shark Park. The same thing is happening at Penrith with Richardson at the helm; a crowd record was broken recently.

In summary, there are three critical factors in a successful football club. Good players aren’t enough. A top-notch management team along with a good coach are the finishing touches. And they all attract each other. Competent administration will be able to sign the good players and coaches. Coaches attract the good players. Good players attract more good players. They say rugby league is a team game. That applies to footy clubs as well.

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[brook]

Brook posting for easts

A Fitting Farewell

As fans we can be a hypocritical lot. Time and time again you will hear
people lamenting the lack of loyalty in the modern game and claiming that
players should be willing to accept huge pay cuts because they 'owe' it to
the clubs that first game them a shot, and yet the minute a player looks
like nearing the limit to what he can give to the club the cries will go up
to let him loose. It seems loyalty is only supposed to be one-sided.

Now I am not for a minute suggesting clubs should keep players well past
their prime on the payroll simply because of past service to the club but
at the same time is it really asking too much to treat our departing stars
with a little dignity and allow them to go out on a high?

Never is this trend more perfectly illustrated then in the case of Tigers
captain Darren Senter. Since joining Balmain from Canterbury way back in 94
Dazza has been among the tigers most loyal servants. Tales of his bravery
are legendary and every old Balmain fan has their own favourite 'Hollywood'
story...the time he played near half a game of footy with a broken jaw and
then had to restrained from fighting the doctor who wouldn't let him back
out for the second half, the time he went out and won wests the game after
witnessing his father being carted off to hospital in an ambulance at half
time, Balmain’s last game at Leichhardt when, suffering from hypothermia at
half time, he simply had a hot shower and then got straight back out there
to lead the way home...

So what does he get for his decade of service, on a year that will almost certainly be his last in the NRL? Certainly not the fond farewell he deserves from the fans that’s for sure – instead it seems the claws are well and truly out and anything goes in the attempts to discredit him and ‘prove’ that his 10 years of toil for the club means nothing. Sure Darren never has been and never will be an angel – he gives away far too many penalties, argues with the ref and can be among the most frustrating players in the game, he also lacks the skills of a top class hooker and the size of most good backrowers and it is certainly time to recognise that his NRL career is over.

Does this mean however that we should pretend that he has never offered anything good to the club? Does it mean that we should deny (as many have) that he has been among Wests best players this year, has done a terrific job of cutting his penalty rate and that his 40 + tackles a game will be sorely missed? I would hope not, and it certainly shouldn’t mean people making statements like ‘Lets hope Senter gets a career ending injury’ as I have seen from some fans that shall remain nameless.

Is it too much to ask that we show a little loyalty to a man that has given so much to the club and, come the souths game which will be almost certainly his last game at Leichhardt, we give him a resounding farewell and make sure he knows that his devotion to Balmain and the Wests Tigers has been appreciated and that, whatever our excitement about his replacements, Leichhardt will be a very different place without him around.

I hope not, I will be at Leichhardt that day cheering myself horse for a true clubman and I certainly hope to god that the rest of the wests tigers fan base has a change of heart and joins me in giving Darren a rousing farewell and hoping he manages to bring us home for one last win at the den.

 

[ozzie]

GAME OVER - TIME PLEASE BOYS AND GIRLS

 

[ozzie]

Mystique

Could you please only mark the threads to ensure a win for us, starting from the top.. Cronulla had only two posters and our side would like to keep the unmarked posts for next game. This has been a waste of time and effort on our teams behalf and the two posters from Cronulla. I'm sorry to see they were let down badly. The time and effort can be offset if we can use the posts next game. I will get the players whose posts are not marked to transfer their posts to the next game.

cheers

 

[Anonymous]

Mystique

Could you please only mark the threads to ensure a win for us, starting from the top.. Cronulla had only two posters and our side would like to keep the unmarked posts for next game. This has been a waste of time and effort on our teams behalf and the two posters from Cronulla. I'm sorry to see they were let down badly. The time and effort can be offset if we can use the posts next game. I will get the players whose posts are not marked to transfer their posts to the next game.

cheers

With respect ozzie, I'm not sure if you can do that. They are there now and any editing or changing of essays goes against the rules.

Once the posts have been submitted, all are marked and the scores are totalled... that's the basic idea of the game.

How many posts the other side make should have no bearing on how many posts your side keeps... and quite frankly, I wouldn't like to see a precedent set where posts were getting pulled after fulltime.

Additionally, the winning margin contributes to your for-and-against record and this is reflected in your position on the competition ladder. So they are not a waste of time.

I'll be asking the refs in every game to mark all match posts.

 

[ozzie]

Ok - not happy Jan!! but will abide by the rules...mark away.

 

[Anonymous]

Ok - no happy Jan but will abide by the rules...mark away

LOL.. thanks mate. If you think about it, its the only fair thing to do and is in the spirit of the game.
Cheers.

 

[Mystique]

EASTS

Morticia – The Field of Shattered Dreams 8.6

Lord Reynoldson – Problems with Referees 8.1

Roosterboy60 – Star Players in Teams 7.2

TheBackpacker – Old Dog teaching roosters new tricks 8.5

Brook – A fitting farewell 8.3

Total: 40.7



SHARKS

Beaver_Online - Rugby League 2003: The Sequel 8.6

Tamazoid – It’s a TEAM effort 8.4

Total: 17.0

Roosters beat the Sharks: 40.7 – 17.0
Player(s) of the round: Morticia for Easts and Beaver_Online for the Sharks

 

[The Backpacker]

Cheers ref.