2017 Auckland Nines

[Poupou Escobar]

f**king nice jersey. Very attractive footy blouse.

 

[Gronk]

To me it looks like a shit combination of an armour suit (with those dots being the rivets) and some sort of tribal tattoo (Maori/nz) above the word parra. Either way it's f**king horrendous.

it's not our best, but horrendous ? I'll show you horrendous.

 

[Gronk]

 

[Twizzle]

I wonder how many married people will get busted on TV caught sitting in the singles zone.

 

[Green River Eel]

I wonder how many married people will get busted on TV caught sitting in the singles zone.

I wonder how many people will get caught dogging in the singles section?

 

[Gronk]

Must be a squad released soon ?

Any smokey selections to be added to the usual suspects ?

 

[The EELiminator]

enjoy it while it lasts if clubs keep pulling their best players out the nines will soon go the way of city/country

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Clubs are forced to include a certain number of their top five and top 25. Anyway the format means that some blokes who are only backups in the 13-a-side game are able to play very well in Nines.

And unlike City-Country there is good prize money, and the benefits all accrue to the clubs. There is zero gain for NRL clubs to let their players play City-Country.

 

[strider]

Defending champs baby!! ... yeah yeah salary cap whatever, f**k off, we are the champs

 

[hineyrulz]

Back 2 back baby!!

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

I'd be ok with us fielding a crappy side. We've already won the damn thing once. I'd rather have no injuries this year.

 

[T.S Quint]

So the Nines has a salary cap, right?
You know, because we got stripped of our prize money and title because we were over it.

So if that's the case, how does Ruben Wiki fit into the Warriors' cap?

 

[Twizzle]

So the Nines has a salary cap, right?
You know, because we got stripped of our prize money and title because we were over it.

So if that's the case, how does Ruben Wiki fit into the Warriors' cap?

 

[strider]

So the Nines has a salary cap, right?
You know, because we got stripped of our prize money and title because we were over it.

So if that's the case, how does Ruben Wiki fit into the Warriors' cap?

Its like the rest of the nrl, it has rules that get made up as you go along

 

[forward pass]

Its like the rest of the nrl, it has rules that get made up as you go along

I honestly believe the club should appeal the nines decision. I can understand that given our other serious issues that we did not fight it because we would have looked pretty silly.

But now that time has passed, the club should argue their case. I don't think there is a salary cap for the nines so why did we get stripped of the title. It makes no sense to me. I think we would get a better hearing now than we would have last year.

We won that fair and f**king square and we should have our name on the shield - and the prize money too.

 

[The EELiminator]

We won that fair and f**king square and we should have our name on the shield - and the prize money too.

easiest way to get it back is to win it again

 

[Suitman]

I agree.

I think we should just let it go, and win again.

 

[forward pass]

I agree.

I think we should just let it go, and win again.

Yeah I felt that way too. But now it shits me just as a matter of principle. The NRL added that to the punishment just to prove how ruthless they are. There was no sensible reason for that portion of the punishment.

 

[Gary Gutful]

easiest way to get it back is to win it again

This.

I agree.

I think we should just let it go, and win again.

...and This.

How can merkins forget that we cheated our rings off???

 

[Suitman]

Yeah I felt that way too. But now it shits me just as a matter of principle. The NRL added that to the punishment just to prove how ruthless they are. There was no sensible reason for that portion of the punishment.

I understand where you are coming from, but a cheating squad is a cheating squad.
Who's to say that some of the players who played in that tournament would have been at our club if we had played by the rules?
I think we need to let it go mate, as much as it might irk you.
I'm well and truly over our shite and have put it behind me, and I'm looking forward to following a team with a professional coaching staff and salary cap compliant bunch of players and a competent board in charge of our club for a change.
I think we are in a far better position now looking towards the future than when Fitzy was in charge and 3P were on the prowl.
I see our future as positive as it has ever been since the early 2000's.