Goodbye 2010 -2019

[AlwaysGreen]

2010 - 2019
Premiers
2010 - Dragons
2011 - Sea Eagles
2012 - Storm
2013 - Roosters
2014 - Rabbitohs
2015 - Cowboys
2016 - Sharks
2017 - Storm
2018 - Roosters
2019 - Roosters

Grand finals
Storm 4, Roosters 4, Bulldogs 2, Cowboys 2, Sea Eagles 2, Dragons, Warriors, Rabbitohs, Broncos, Sharks, Raiders 1.

(Therefore only Eels, Knights, Titans, Tigers and Panthers didn't make a grand final in that 10 season period.)

Wooden Spoons
Knights 3, Eels 3, Titans 2, Sharks, Storm 1.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Bring on 2020 and beyond, I'm particularly looking forward to 2044 when the raiders are due to make their next grand final.

Hopefully Ben Cummins is retired by then.

 

[Canard]

Why would this decade be know as the naughties? Surely that's last decade?

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Why would this decade be know as the naughties? Surely that's last decade?

True, I'm still a bit emotional about Cummins hand of plod last night.

 

[Uncle Kraka]

I’d call it the tennies

 

[The Mad Hatter]

Tweenies

Great decade. Plenty of thrills, magic and footy greatness.
Fantastic footy. My first born went to his first game Rd 1 2010 as a seven month old and finished it with a GF.
Well done all. Loved most minutes of it (2013 preliminary gets very forgotten ) and looking forward to the 2020s.

 

[Tommy Smith]

10/10 decade. Would watch again.

 

[moffla]

Here’s to another decade of making grand finals and winning a couple of comps

 

[roofromoz]

5 finals series, best being a prelim in 2014.

Thanks Gus?

 

[Mr Spock!]

Let me guess... 2020 ladder
1. Storm
2. Roosters

The rest to fight over the scraps

 

[Tommy Smith]

Let me guess... 2020 ladder
1. Storm
2. Roosters

The rest to fight over the scraps

Nah f**k that shit. Here's hoping for...

1. Roosters
2. Storm

 

[Fangs]

Started well, got super soft 2016 onwards.

Onto 2020.

 

[Game_Breaker]

So what were the most memorable moments of the decade?

Cowboys GF win
Sharks turning the porch light off
Storm caught cheating the cap
NSW breaking the QLD streak
Roosters back to back
Cummins 6 again, jk lol
The peptide scandal
The off season from hell

 

[ReddFelon]

So what were the most memorable moments of the decade?

Cowboys GF win
Sharks turning the porch light off
Storm caught cheating the cap
NSW breaking the QLD streak
Roosters back to back
Cummins 6 again, jk lol
The peptide scandal
The off season from hell

James Graham biting Slater.
James Graham inciting dogs fans to pelt the referees in the Souffs/Dogs grand final rematch in 2015.
Slater getting booed in 2018

 

[axl rose]

Tigers are due next decade,for a one off finals appearance, please something.

 

[wittyfan]

So what were the most memorable moments of the decade?

Cowboys GF win
Sharks turning the porch light off
Storm caught cheating the cap
NSW breaking the QLD streak
Roosters back to back
Cummins 6 again, jk lol
The peptide scandal
The off season from hell

Ben Hunt's fumble 2015

 

[Perth Red]

It's been an interesting decade for the game at the top.
Finally casting off News Ltd ownership, clubs going broke, NRL having more money than you can shake a stick at by the end of it, clubs cheating with drugs and salary caps to get an advantage, the wrestle, 3 different CEO's who've failed to excite, more and more disgruntlement with the game on the field, the end of the biff and shoulder charges, players salaries sky rocketing, still no expansion, women's game on fire, International RL making a return, crowds stagnant, TV audiences dropping, couple of clubs dominating whilst some finally winning a premiership, Fox simucasting every game whilst Ch9 get staler, player misbehaviour on scales unheard of (or so we are led to believe) and despite it all Rugby League remains the best game in the world!

Lets see what the next decade brings us.

 

[Generalzod]

There is only one memorable moment the Sharks turning off the porch light.

 

[magpie_man]

Pros:
- In terms of fairytales it was an incredible decade: Dragons, Souths, Cowboys, Cronulla, and very nearly Canberra. Nearly every GF was closely-fought, tense and exciting.
- The game finally got rid of News Ltd. and inaugurated an Independent Commission. Gallop was subsequently turfed.
- The game also finally began to earn what it was entitled to in terms of broadcasting rights (funny that) which led to an increased salary cap and a plugging of the drain of players to RU and the ESL.
- The advent of the Women's Premiership and the rise of the Women's game in general (particularly Origin).
- The increase in the freakish athleticism of the players both in the forwards (beasts like Taumalolo, Papalii, Haas, Fifita with motors like Phar Lap) and the backs (wingers performing acrobatics in the corners).
- Origin continued to deliver as a spectacle.
- The rise and rise of the International game, largely on the back of Tonga, Fiji, Samoa and PNG.
- An increased - and long overdue - focus on player welfare (banning of the shoulder charge, HIA [contentious, I know]).
- FINALLY some better stadiums: Melbourne, Parramatta and Townsville with the SFS, Homebush and Cronulla in the works.
- The delicious decline of Rugby Union in Australia.

Cons:
- A general stagnation in crowds and television ratings.
- Refereeing steadily sinking to the level of farcical as the decade progressed and, ironically, reaching rock-bottom for the 2019 GF.
- In spite of their demands to be "stakeholders in the game", players' off-field behaviour continued to be deplorable, feeding the wowser brigade and axe-grinders.
- A reactive, spineless, myopic, wasteful, navel-gazing administration continued to run the game (I thought we got rid of Gallop.)
- Channel 9 coverage and commentary actually got even worse (the 2009 version of myself would've thought that impossible).

 

[TheFrog]

Cons:
- A general stagnation in crowds and television ratings.

It's boring when the same old teams win all the time.

I’d call it the tennies

I'll settle for the stupids.