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    Confirmed Signings

    This signing business is all over the shop. I know training has only just started for most, but deciding on your halves in late November doesn’t fill me with confidence. That’s why success in this game is so cyclical because of the signings turnstile - except Penrith who seem to manage to give...
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    2025 NRL Draw news, venues, info

    Well, start with how they used to do it - pull the teams out of a hat, and alternate each week between home and away games. That’s just one method that doesn’t involve Media and sponsorship moguls wanting to feather their own nests.
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    2025 NRL Draw news, venues, info

    The draw sucks and it is detrimental to the game. There are just too many holes in how it is managed. That’s the cold hard reality. I haven’t read anything to say otherwise, the NRL have just stuffed up. The only people having a whinge on here are those motivated by self interest and those...
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    2025 NRL Draw news, venues, info

    Okay, so there are issues for many teams about an unfair draw. I’ll start with the Storm. How is it fair that they get 7 home games and 3 byes by Round 15? It was the same in 2024. They are a great side and deserved Grand Finalists, but they were ahead of the pack most of the year on the ladder...
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    Pacific Championships 2024

    Sorry, by ‘Overplaying it’ I meant trying to have an Ashes series every year or something stupid like that. Every 3 years sounds about right. Yes Govt. funding has played a role, but I’d say it’s money well spent for all parties. The Chinese need a national RL team if they want to win influence...
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    Pacific Championships 2024

    The Pacific Championships has been a great success, and I think it’s a mistake if they ditch it in favour of overplaying the Aussie vs England series idea. Teams in the Pacific have come a long way and are now providing competitive opposition for the first tier nations. It is a pity that the...
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    2024 Pacific Championships - 18 Oct to 10 Nov

    This is an interesting matchup I reckon. Might even go so far as to predict a Tongan victory. Winner will obviously play Australia in the final, so a lot at stake.
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    Pacific Cup 2024

    I didn’t mind the Aussie vs Tonga game. The intensity was there even though the combinations looked rusty for both teams. This Kiwi game will be even more interesting, especially as the Kiwis have gone all out with selections.
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    2024-25 Off Season Incidents

    Absolutely agree with this. For me, taking photos or at least being in a position to have your photo taken, whilst doing something that will be deemed as stupid and threaten your career, is the greater idioacy. And so called ‘fans‘ and ‘mates’ who take photos and share them are just the lowest...
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    2024-25 Off Season Incidents

    This whole thing with high profile players begs the question: ‘what percentage of the game’s players are on the gear?’. We‘ve had stories/suggestions/evidence of Bromwich, Smith & Munster, Ponga & Mann, Latrell, Addo-Carr and now Mam. Statistically speaking that’s a pretty good sample and all...
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    2024-25 Off Season Incidents

    I‘m still wondering why League isn’t filling stadiums in Beijing as promised by Ribot. But seriously, League has very wide appeal, namely because of the very different roles and positions within a team. There’s something for everyone to identify with, whereas in other football team sports the...
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    2024-25 Off Season Incidents

    Carrigan and smart are not words to be used together. He is the David Beckham of the NRL - good looks, some ability…….but as soon as he speaks……….
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    2024-25 Off Season Incidents

    Check any court case in Australia, there’s character witnesses and usually the mental health card gets a run. It’s a long held strategy of the legal profession to elicit sympathy/understanding for the accused. Is it time to ditch it - absolutely yes. As to the responsibility thing, how...
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    2024-25 Off Season Incidents

    It’s always an interesting discussion around off field behaviour and how it should be managed by clubs and the NRL. Off field bad behaviour is nothing new. It’s been around since Messenger’s day. But we now live in a world where ‘image’ has to be managed more than ever, I dunno, probably because...
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    Kangaroo's selection after State of Origin. Your kangaroo's Team

    So I never really understood the selection of Moses as Kangaroos half. He was obviously underdone in the game against Tonga, as you‘d expect since he hadn’t played since Origin and he missed games for Parra prior to that. And now the Kangaroos are faced with the option of Ben Hunt in the halves...
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    2024-25 Off Season Incidents

    Well, he certainly drives harder than he tackles. They missed Walker in the finals.
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    Pacific Championships 2024

    Finding it hard to get into this series, but I’ll try once the games start. wondering if the timing is right for these internationals.
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    Player ratings 24

    I don’t understand your response, but regardless I consider May yet another very talented Panthers product that escaped their system, albeit through his own doing. His 10 games very pretty impressive for mine.
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    Player ratings 24

    Taylan May had 10 decent games in 2024. Shame really.
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    Team 2025

    Lucas is very underrated. Poor bloke filled in at centre in 2024 more times than he expected, after being initially named either in the second row or bench. He played very well each time. He’s set for a great 2025 as he’ll be much better for the experience. I just hope he gets a regular run at...

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