2016 NRL Grand Final: SHARKS v STORM, Sunday Oct 2nd

[Gronk]

LOL Connor Broadhurst.

 

[Snoochies]

Is today the last time Rabs calls a game?
I like Matt Thompson as a caller. Best of the rest besides Vossy but he won't be back at 9 anytime soon.

 

[Bazal]

Drew Hutchison has to be the biggest, slowest halfback going around outside of bush footy. Cannot believe the Dragons think this is the guy to lead them out of the doldrums...

 

[hindy111]

Agree a big slug.
Fogarty is solider then thought.Physically ok.

 

[strider]

I like a solider half ... better than a less solider half

 

[ElectricEelMan]

After 20 minutes I can't see how the Bears win this, their forwards are getting absolutely dominated by the Cutters. But it is quite warm there today .....

 

[Snoochies]

Last pass was forward

 

[strider]

The slug just ripped through the middle to setup a try

 

[Happy MEel]

Burleigh's ruck defence is atrocious.

 

[Bazal]

After 20 minutes I can't see how the Bears win this, their forwards are getting absolutely dominated by the Cutters. But it is quite warm there today .....

They have a huge bench, Josh Ailoamai weighs about sixteen thousand kilos and is fast off the mark. If they get a bit of momentum they can rack up points very quickly.

The heat may be counting against them a bit, with such a big pack.

 

[Bazal]

The slug just ripped through the middle to setup a try

I thought the live footage was a slow mo replay. Awful defence, but Hutchison isn't "ripping" through anything

 

[strider]

I think the last pass was forward there too .... must be playing rugby union rules in this one

 

[Gronk]

I've seen a bunch of Bears games since we signed the Fog.

They just hit up off the hooker and hail-mary on the 5th. No real structure or game plan.

The Fog has a lot to learn in the off season. The good thing is that he is not a child. Is a good defender and already has a pretty good kicking game.

 

[Bazal]

Bears defence is shocking, they look slow with all those props

 

[strider]

Do people still believe the qld cup is better than the nsw one? ... cos this game dont seem that way

 

[ElectricEelMan]

It's like a NYC defense performance from the Bears.
They are brittle like peanut butter but without the goodness

 

[strider]

Sattler reckons the Bears are super fit ... they look like super slugs so far today

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I think it's a bit of a fallacy that the QLD Cup is a higher standard than the NSW Cup. The part timers in the QLD Cup might be better (on average) than the part timers in the NSW Cup, but the NSW Cup has far more full time NRL contracted players per team.

Look at these two teams. The Cutters have the following NRL contracted players:
Quinlan
Mann
Milne
Faifai Loa
Hutchison
McCrone
Havili
McCarthy

The Bears have these full time footballers:
Cullen
Peteru
Burr
Lynch

 

[Snoochies]

Is this really a game the players are pumped for or just an extra game to play on the big stage. They both won their GF's last week, probably depends on who got drunk less wins the game.

 

[strider]

It's like a NYC defense performance from the Bears.
They are brittle like peanut butter but without the goodness

I will have to try me some of that brittle peanut butter one day ... i usually get the buttery soft stuff