2023 R22 Sat - Canberra 6-28 Newcastle @ GIO

[Apey]

Friend im here to tell you that neither of these football teams are decent.

Better than usual. Usually it's Raiders fringe top 8 and Knights bottom 4. Raiders might be pretenders but they're still up there. Knights had a good win last week and are 3 in a row (even if 2 of those are bottom-dwellers). I would say they're decent.

Should be a good match-up for once really. Not really convinced we've turned a corner though, and I suspect Raiders will bounce back after the Warriors game.

 

[mongoose]

Hoping this game day thread can reach the heights of the old days.
Do the Raiders fans on here still have a ridiculous amount of hate for us?

hard to hate a club you feel sorry for....

 

[mozza91]

hard to hate a club you feel sorry for....

The hate is still there baby!

 

[Chief_Chujo]

Remember that time we played the knights and one of their merkin players blatantly dropped the ball on the way to scoring a try and the video ref said he was doing a drop kick. I remember.

 

[mongoose]

The hate is still there baby!

I actually don't hate the knights at all.

Broncos, Storm, Roosters, Panthers, Bulldogs, Rabbitohs, Sharks, Sea Eagles, Dragons are all clubs I dislike more than the Knights.
Eels and Tigers are the only Sydney clubs I can stomach really....

 

[mozza91]

Remember that time we played the knights and one of their merkin players blatantly dropped the ball on the way to scoring a try and the video ref said he was doing a drop kick. I remember.

I feel like it was Michael Ennis who either kicked or scored the try. A truer merkin there’s never been.

 

[GongPanther]

Hard one...Knights by 22-24.

 

[alexwilliams_66692007]

f**k Canbruh

 

[Vibing]

What is the actual history of that hate? Is it an LU thing or do the wider raiders fanbase have some bizarre hatred for the knights?

I think its in the heads of Knights fans moreso , I have never heard of hate for the Knights

 

[Vibing]

to the game
Knights season on the line
Raiders with a bunch of teams sniffing around them

Knights more then hold their own against the Raiders going back to 1988

but tend to do not as well in Canberra
so Raiders in a tight one
Bye Bye Newcastle for 2023

 

[mozza91]

I think its in the heads of Knights fans moreso , I have never heard of hate for the Knights

Joined March 2023. So obviously a real authority on the matter.

 

[Vibing]

Joined March 2023. So obviously a real authority on the matter.

ahh
if ive never heard of it

its not a thing

 

[Leber]

Is it just me or do knights fans seem
To boo waaaay louder and longer than others?

 

[Vibing]

Is it just me or do knights fans seem
To boo waaaay louder and longer than others?

something about a chip on a shoulder

 

[sportsnut]

Knights are starting to play some good footy. But Canberra might as well give up this season if they can't win this at home.

 

[skeepe]

Does it get any b . e . t . t . e . r than this?
Saturday afternoon footy at the coldest shithole on earth.
Better rivals with two wheelbarrows of shit-talking posters.
The rivalry is illogical, nobody knows really what kick-sharted the hatred?
The steel city versus the public servants, whichever way you spin it both sets of supporters are bald. Yul Brenner, Patrick Stewart, Dwayne the Rock Johnson, Bruce Willis ... yep you guessed it, all bald.
But we're not just talking bald here, we're talking Brad Arthur bald.
Cast your minds back. David Barnhill, bald. Josh Hodgson, bald. Blake Ferguson, bald. Adam McDougall, bald. And the man so bald he played for both these merkins, Ben Kennedy. But Raiders have the bald edge. Knights have the merkin edge - with Johns and John's and Gids. And modern day merkin Ponga.
It's only fitting that when these two bald sides come together the fans turn into dribbling lunatics.
And long may it continue.
How did it begin, this hatred? Was it Joey giving it to Finch?
Was it Rogers trying to knee Vidots face off while his teammates held Vidot back?
Or is it just because both sides are shit? Yep, they're both shit. We all know it, but the players don't.
So the battle lines are drawn. Two shit teams playing for a finals berth, so they can be trounced by a good side.
At the end of it all, nobody will care. How good is diss?

 

[Saxon]

something about a chip on a shoulder

Nah, Newcastle people are well balanced. They've got a chip on both shoulders.

 

[Grapple]

Absolutely hate Newcastle but they have clearly turned the corner and are a different team now at a good time of the year. Probably because they actually let their combinations grow and have enough time to play (and Ponga's been healthy)

Canberra @ home will be another good test for Newcastle. I think Canberra will be up for it though. Canberra by 4

 

[Diesel]

Raiders by 4 or Knights by 20

 

[Woody90]

I also think Raiders by 4 (with Knights scoring more tries but not kicking any goals).