Round 3 vs Titans

[Drag Queen]

Well if Girds and Tallis said it, that’s good enough for me!!!

If we were judging hookers on forward passes not picked up by the ref, Cam Smith wouldn’t have made it past his first season!
Instead, we judge hookers on their ability to play the position. And McInnes shits on Rein from a great height. Anyone trying to use forward passes that aren’t penalised as a yardstick is clutching at straws.

Smith would be capable of murder under any ref. We all know that. Obviously you don't like the commentators. I'm not here to stir the pot but we have a couple of guys who know the game. You disagree. So be it.

 

[blacksafake]

Rein is now at his 2nd club since leaving & he's yet to claim a regular starting spot.Anyone who plays NRL is obviously a good player,however McInnes is certainly a massive upgrade.

 

[Drag Queen]

Rein is now at his 2nd club since leaving & he's yet to claim a regular starting spot.Anyone who plays NRL is obviously a good player,however McInnes is certainly a massive upgrade.

Hmm. I'm not going to diss Cam. He needs to not study Cam Smith. I like him and he has the highest IQ of any footy player. He's not an upgrade from my perspective but each to their own. He faded badly when the stakes were high. I don't blame him given his tackle rate. Talented yes, coached well no. I'll leave it there.

 

[Blood Shot Eyes]

Loved the effort by Sims in constanly bashing the Kiwi centre and getting up looking down and smiling at his victim....reminded me of the days Blocker Roach would do it in SOO

 

[Overseas dragon]

Big week next week with knights at Wollongong on Sunday and the rabbits at kogarah on the friday at kogarah.
I can wait.

Yes boys it won't be overseas dragon it will be Sydney here I come dragon ,rabbits chooks Melbourne here I come look out

 

[Blood Shot Eyes]

What did come to mind yesterday was when we got an early lead and The Titans levelled at 8 all in recent times we have folded in games but we witnessed yesterday a belief that has been missing for quite a few years

 

[Overseas dragon]

I was driving back from Victoria to the Central Coast and listened to it on Triple M with Girdler and Tallis. Bloody unreal and the banter was hilarious. I'll also apologise for all my negative comments about Dufty. It sounded like he had a blinder. Actually it sounded like the whole team were on fire. Congrats my Dragons team. Did Widdy get MOTM?

Well done DRAG takes a big man/ woman to say they made a mistake take it easy sweetie by the way what part NZ you from

 

[Drag Queen]

What did come to mind yesterday was when we got an early lead and The Titans levelled at 8 all in recent times we have folded in games but we witnessed yesterday a belief that has been missing for quite a few years

I'm only 20 minutes in. Pity I know the outcome but liking what I see Xx

 

[RufusRex]

Does this merkin actually think Rein is a better hooker than McInnes?
f**k me sideways.

 

[Drag Queen]

Rein is now at his 2nd club since leaving & he's yet to claim a regular starting spot.Anyone who plays NRL is obviously a good player,however McInnes is certainly a massive upgrade.

Does this merkin actually think Rein is a better hooker than McInnes?
f**k me sideways.

I'm guessing I'm the merkin but it's my humble opinion. Hope you have someone to f**k you sideways Xx

 

[RufusRex]

I'm guessing I'm the merkin but it's my humble opinion. Hope you have someone to f**k you sideways Xx

no you are definitely not the merkin in this instance

 

[ozbuck]

As long as there's been no halt at the play the ball, the FORWARD PASS from dummy half is about the the RECEIVER (e.g. Graham) making sure he has timed his run properly and not the Hooker. Passing from hooker is a very unconscious processs. Why? Repetition! Yep, repetition will do that. The constant repetition of passing from dummy half where 99% of the time the receiver has timed it correctly, the other 1% is just too small to consciously be aware of, especially when the receiver is running at speed and theres a split second decision to be made.

There was a pass that I'm surprised wasn't called forward from McIness to Graham before the one that WAS called forward too. Its not McIness' fault, things are moving too quickly and automatic to figure out whether your pass is going to be 'flat' and ok, or half a metre forward. From the stands it looks sooooo easy, but on field is a different story.

 

[Drag Queen]

no you are definitely not the merkin in this instance

no you are definitely not the merkin in this instance

 

[Dennis Papaioannou]

Loved the effort by Sims in constanly bashing the Kiwi centre and getting up looking down and smiling at his victim....reminded me of the days Blocker Roach would do it in SOO

Sims is a brute and has evolved into our packs enforcer.
Great to see.

 

[Old Timer]

Sims is a brute and has evolved into our packs enforcer.
Great to see.

TBH if you can't dominate a pack with Cartwright in it then it is time to give it up.
Hurrell can be dynamic but yesterday is not the 1st time he has been dominated and gone missing in his futile efforts to get square.
I think yesterday was Sims' best game for the club but need to see how he goes against Cowboys, Storm, Roosters, Warriors to give him the title "enforcer".

 

[getsmarty]

NRL stars Ben Hunt and Gareth Widdop combine for super long range try as Dragons annihilate poor Titans
6:30pm
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Ashley Taylor has endured a horror homecoming as St George Illawarra destroyed his Gold Coast side in Toowoomba.



St George Illawarra thumped the Gold Coast Titans 54-8 in Toowoomba.
Source: SKY
The Dragons won 54-8, with Ashley Taylor reported for tripping and twice kicking restarts out on the full in a Clive Berghofer Stadium nightmare today.

The Toowoomba product was also forced to pass a concussion test at halftime as the unbeaten Dragons scored nine tries to one in the city's first NRL game.

The Titans entered the match with the league's worst defence after missing 82 tackles across the opening two rounds and it didn't improve as their right edge was brutally exposed by the red-hot Dragons.

They produced the worst possible start when Kane Elgey knocked on from the kick- off, with fullback Matt Dufty crossing inside 90 seconds.

Gold Coast steadied from there though, Taylor's short ball giving Michael Gordon his first try in Titans colours.

They briefly looked the better side as Bryce Cartwright and Konrad Hurrell both spilled the ball with the try-line at their mercy.

But the Titans let the Dragons into the game with back-to-back penalties and Taylor's errant boot as centre Tim Lafai combined with Dufty for three tries in four minutes to close the half.

A professional foul from Jack de Belin and subsequent sin-bin early in the second half should have given the Titans a way back in.

Instead former Titan Nene MacDonald rubbed salt into the wounds with a try in the corner and Ben Hunt combined with halves partner Gareth Widdop to toy with Garth Brennan's side.

The newly-formed duo did as they pleased as the Titans dropped off a staggering 45 tackles and looked lost when the Dragons spread the ball wide.

Both men put in kicks to set up late tries as the Titans defence clocked off, allowing both Dufty and Lafai to notch a hat-trick of tries.


https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/spo...long-range-try-dragons-annihilate-poor-titans

 

[BalmainBoy_1969]

Where is negative view thought he’d be all over this thread especially after Lafai scored a hat trick and we put 54 points on them

I doubt you guys will be hearing much from him or his ilk for a while mate (maybe he'll excrete a few words if/when the lads cop a loss!). No point posting if you can't kick a guy when he's down. Isn't that right subjective spew?

 

[Alec's-saints]

I doubt you guys will be hearing much from him or his ilk for a while mate (maybe he'll excrete a few words if/when the lads cop a loss!). No point posting if you can't kick a guy when he's down. Isn't that right subjective spew?

objective scum said Broncos would win by 10. where has the flog gone?

 

[Frank Facer]

Sims is a brute and has evolved into our packs enforcer.
Great to see.

Yesterday, I think Roach said that Vaughn was our pack leader.

I recall hearing that Frizell was our pack leader. I think Gould said it last year or the one before.

DeBelin plays like a pack leader.

James Graham is like a pack leader too.

That is why our pack is so good now and has certainly lost it soft tag.

 

[Saint_JimmyG]

Lol you’ve been waiting a while for Cam to get pinged for throwing a forward pass!

But yes, despite throwing a single forward pass in over a year of first grade he is a significantly superior passer of the ball. The speed with which he clears the ruck allows for much of our forward domination and the accuracy of the passes means that our forwards and halves weren’t stopping to reach up, down or behind themselves to catch it!

Rein has a single attribute that is superior to McInnes and that is speed off the mark. However, this is nullified by his sheer stupidity, as 2/3 times he used it was on the 4th tackle and he’d get dominated, leaving no DH to pass on the 5th and putting all the pressure on whatever half is trying get a kick in!

I could go into detail about specifics of what makes Cam a better attacker, defender, ball player, kicker and all round footballer than the bench hooker from the team we pumped by 46 points, but it would fall on deaf ears. I mean, he threw a forward pass, right?! Worst hooker ever!

No, it was his first forward pass detected (so far) this season. McInnes threw another one only seconds earlier that was missed.

Reverting to sarcasm and subtl

Lol you’ve been waiting a while for Cam to get pinged for throwing a forward pass!

But yes, despite throwing a single forward pass in over a year of first grade he is a significantly superior passer of the ball. The speed with which he clears the ruck allows for much of our forward domination and the accuracy of the passes means that our forwards and halves weren’t stopping to reach up, down or behind themselves to catch it!

Rein has a single attribute that is superior to McInnes and that is speed off the mark. However, this is nullified by his sheer stupidity, as 2/3 times he used it was on the 4th tackle and he’d get dominated, leaving no DH to pass on the 5th and putting all the pressure on whatever half is trying get a kick in!

I could go into detail about specifics of what makes Cam a better attacker, defender, ball player, kicker and all round footballer than the bench hooker from the team we pumped by 46 points, but it would fall on deaf ears. I mean, he threw a forward pass, right?! Worst hooker ever!

No, it was the first forward pass (so far) this year from McIness that was finally detected by a referee.

There will be many more to come. Only seconds earlier, he threw another one that was missed.

Reverting to sarcasm and subterfuge is unbecoming.