2024 Preseason and Draw discussion thread

[King-Gutho94]

 

[King-Gutho94]

Tigers get a 1st round bye must be punishment for being wooden spooners.

That means they will be 9th come end of round 1.

Nice to see the NRL have a sense of humour with the draw.

 

[strider]

have they said what time the Vegas games will be? Good viewing time for us?

March 2 is a Saturday - Is that March 2 there or here? .... Vegas evening time would be arvo our time

 

[Incorrect]

have they said what time the Vegas games will be? Good viewing time for us?

March 2 is a Saturday - Is that March 2 there or here? .... Vegas evening time would be arvo our time

From memory when the ABC Grandstand crew were talking about it a couple of months back, the games were being scheduled for Friday night Vegas time and would be early afternoon on the Saturday here...

EDIT - scratch that. It's Saturday night Vegas time, Sunday afternoon AEDT

 

[TheRam]

Well at least we should be starting the season with a win.

 

[King-Gutho94]

have they said what time the Vegas games will be? Good viewing time for us?

March 2 is a Saturday - Is that March 2 there or here? .... Vegas evening time would be arvo our time

Saturday Night Vegas time - Sunday Lunch time i would say.

Similar to NFL night games where they kick off around 11:30am or 12:30pm Sydney time.

 

[King-Gutho94]

Well at least we should be starting the season with a win.

Saturday arvo/evening against an arch rival like the Dogs

The match should be sold out unless its pissing down with rain especially being round 1.

 

[Gronk]

Thu 9 Nov 2024​

The draw is set for release on Monday November 13, according to a Nine papers report by Michael Chammas

Expected round one schedule:
Rabbitohs v Sea Eagles (March 2 in Las Vegas)
Broncos v Roosters (March 2 in Las Vegas)

Knights v Raiders (Thursday, March 7)
Warriors v Sharks (Friday, March 8)
Storm v Panthers (Friday, March 8)
Eels v Bulldogs (Saturday, March 9)
Titans v Dragons (Saturday, March 9)
Dolphins v Cowboys (Sunday, March 10)

Bye: Wests Tigers

The four Vegas clubs will play each other in Rounds 2 and 3 as well, with Rabbitohs-Broncos and Sea Eagles-Roosters slated for Round 2, and Rabbitohs-Roosters and Broncos-Sea Eagles for Round 3.

Pre-season fixtures could be released as soon as Friday 10 November. On Feb 11, the Rabbitohs and Manly are expected to meet in Gosford, with the Charity Shield between Souths and the Dragons at Kogarah a week later, which will also have Eels-Raiders as a curtain-raiser. Canterbury v Melbourne is expected to open the pre-season challenge at Belmore in early February. All Stars is slated for Friday 16 February.

UPDATE: The SMH has published the full pre-season challenge match-ups

February 11: Rabbitohs v Sea Eagles on Central Coast
February 16: Indigenous All Stars v Maori All Stars

Pre-season week one (February 15-18)

Dogs v Storm at Belmore
Sharks v Knights at Central Coast Stadium
Manly v Roosters at Central Coast Stadium
Warriors v Tigers at TBC
Broncos v Cowboys at Mackay
Dragons v Rabbitohs at Kogarah
Eels v Raiders at Kogarah
Dolphins v Titans at Sunshine Coast

Pre-season week two (February February 22-25)

Sharks v Bulldogs at Cronulla
Roosters v Rabbitohs at Cronulla
Dragons v Tigers in Mudgee
Manly v Broncos in Manly
Titans v Eels in Ipswich
Storm v Knights in Fiji
Raiders v Cowboys in Queanbeyan

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[the phantom menace]

Well at least we should be starting the season with a win.

I think we'll get soaked by the new look Dogs tbh.

 

[King-Gutho94]

I think we'll get soaked by the new look Dogs tbh.

They already have issues telling RFM to stay away.

You cant tell me there are happy camp there

 

[T.S Quint]

Our Grand Final in round 1.

Better f**ken win.

 

[Gronk]

They already have issues telling RFM to stay away.

You cant tell me there are happy camp there

Poor Gus.

 

[the phantom menace]

They already have issues telling RFM to stay away.

You cant tell me there are happy camp there

I didn't think he was still under contract there, after the previous issues between club and player.

They might not be happy, but I reckon they'll pump us in round 1 anyway while we're still lazy and unfocused, relying on our past glories.

 

[hineyrulz]

I didn't think he was still under contract there, after the previous issues between club and player.

They might not be happy, but I reckon they'll pump us in round 1 anyway while we're still lazy and unfocused, relying on our past glories.

I thought he had a year to run on his contract, BS to get rid of a player.

 

[JokerEel]

Panthers go 3 peat and get analed by the NRL in the first round..

 

[King-Gutho94]

I thought he had a year to run on his contract, BS to get rid of a player.

He has 2 years left

Gus tossing players to the curb the moment they are redundant.

Haven't seen that before

 

[Incorrect]

Happens at most clubs... We were rumoured to be looking at offloading Matterson as a means of making room for JAC just the other week were we not?

Contracts aren't worth the paper they're written on FFS!!

 

[T.S Quint]

Happens at most clubs... We were rumoured to be looking at offloading Matterson as a means of making room for JAC just the other week were we not?

Not necessarily.
There were rumours that the Dogs were asking for Matterson in return for releasing JAC, not that we were trying to offload him.

However, I do agree that every team tries to offload contracted players all the time. I imagine we were doing it with Nathan Brown.

Contracts aren't worth the paper they're written on FFS!!

@Barry O'Speedwagon?

 

[King-Gutho94]

Happens at most clubs... We were rumoured to be looking at offloading Matterson as a means of making room for JAC just the other week were we not?

Contracts aren't worth the paper they're written on FFS!!

Well most clubs don't ban the bloke from turning up to training.

It must be pretty toxic for that to happen

 

[Twizzle]

especially when they are under contrct, seems a bit sus