2020 NRL Nines February 14-15

[Bandwagon]

Dufty was a meter offside.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

The team of the tournament shows why our squad wasn't ideal for this format. Besides a couple of forwards famous for their one-on-one attacking ability, the best performers were mostly reserve graders:

Scott Drinkwater (Cowboys)
Clint Gutherson (Eels)
Mason Lino (Knights)
Tyrone Peachey (Titans)
Jason Taumololo (Cowboys)
Phillip Sami (Titans)
Luke Metcalf (Sea Eagles)
Cody Ramsey (Dragons)
Viliame Kikau (Panthers)

 

[Stinky]

More likely to smell like Bronco sphincter.

Isn't that right @Stinky

Dragons son

 

[strider]

Dufty was a meter offside.

f**k yeah, he was asking for it

 

[Bazal]

Dragons son

Weasels?

 

[Bandwagon]

Weasels?

And Geelong

 

[Bazal]

And Geelong

Ah yes. The mighty weasel cats

 

[Eelogical]

Dufty was a meter offside.

Gas or electrical?

 

[Bandwagon]

Gas or electrical?

It's a US measurement , about the equivalent of 10.56689 quarts

 

[Bazal]

It's a US measurement , about the equivalent of 10.56689 quarts

Or the volume of semen inside @Stinky's skull

 

[TheParraboy]

Will still somehow manage to be leading the comp after 10 rounds, extend Mary’s contract and then turn to shit and finish 10th

Or just blame the DeBelin saga again to get a contract extension?

 

[Gary Gutful]

Or just blame the DeBelin saga again to get a contract extension?

How's the Gong looking these days? Going to play a round at WGC soon...

 

[Bazal]

How's the Gong looking these days? Going to play a round at WGC soon...

There's a new doco about the gong up on YouTube actually.

Its called Damo and Darren

 

[Gary Gutful]

There's a new doco about the gong up on YouTube actually.

Its called Damo and Darren

I'm not googling that Casper.

 

[TheParraboy]

How's the Gong looking these days? Going to play a round at WGC soon...

Not bad, you should move here after doing Canberra?

 

[Eelogical]

Not bad, you should move here after doing Canberra?

He'll probably do that once the cops find out he's living in Canberra.

 

[Oscarman]

I'm not googling that Casper.

Watch it. It is fantastic.

 

[lingard]

They didn't choke though. Just like any team that wins a comp they had a bit of luck. The idea of choking is nonsense. Just because you lose an elimination match doesn't mean you choked. In a close one it just means you were unlucky.

Many things - fluctuating confidence, negative self-talk, performance anxiety, doubting one's self - can negatively impact a sportsperson in a variety of ways. In a solo sport (tennis, boxing) this sort of thing might be more obvious - but lack of confidence can be contagious. So in a team sport, if you have one or two team members low in confidence and high in self-doubt, they can really upset the morale of a whole team. One or two mistakes by players during a high-pressure game, or one or two adverse referee decisions, and suddenly you can have most of the team (or enough of them) making mistakes and playing without confidence or conviction. I reckon 'choking' is a very real thing. And it's harder to control in a team situation than in an individual sport.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

This is why clubs spend so much on leaders.

 

[lingard]

The team of the tournament shows why our squad wasn't ideal for this format. Besides a couple of forwards famous for their one-on-one attacking ability, the best performers were mostly reserve graders:

Scott Drinkwater (Cowboys)
Clint Gutherson (Eels)
Mason Lino (Knights)
Tyrone Peachey (Titans)
Jason Taumololo (Cowboys)
Phillip Sami (Titans)
Luke Metcalf (Sea Eagles)
Cody Ramsey (Dragons)
Viliame Kikau (Panthers)

But us coming fourth probably indicates that our squad was ideal for this tournament.