9s...what did you learn?

[dogz08]

we suck

 

[thorson1987]

Haha I lived his rant about an elbow to the f**ken face. Don't know if he was telling his players to do it or complaining that they didn't fire up over it. Either way he's good value

Apparently little (or big depending on which way you look at it) BJ was elbowing manly players during tackles.

 

[mozza91]

Give us the safiti brothers and he's all yours

You can have Josh King and Brendan Elliot?

 

[Spot On]

That the criticism Nathan Brown copped for signing Ponga has well and truly dried the f**k up.

 

[blaza88z]

Newcastle fans getting all excited because the bloke coming to their club had a couple of good runs at the 9's (where defense is non-existent)

 

[butchmcdick]

You can have Josh King and Brendan Elliot?

Throw Jaeleen Feeney up in dis bitch and we got ourselves a deal !

 

[perverse]

Newcastle fans getting all excited because the bloke coming to their club had a couple of good runs at the 9's (where defense is non-existent)

We're like a disabled kid hearing there could be a cure for our illness, or at least treatment for the pain within 12 months, and you're throwing shade. The kid went well, he could have gone shithouse.

 

[Spot On]

Newcastle fans getting all excited because the bloke coming to their club had a couple of good runs at the 9's (where defense is non-existent)

The media salivating over him as you'd expect. As were many supporters of other clubs in the nines thread.

 

[Panther91-03]

1. Ponga is a freak!
2. Warriors get worse by the year
3. People who judge too early on who's gonna do well or who will go shit and end up eating their own words
4. No one knows how to convert tries even from right in front
5. 9s should be an event where it moves around to different cities and countries each year instead of one

 

[Perth Red]

That nines is like watching rugby league from the early 90's. Fast, skilful, refs making decisions, no wrestling. The good old days rekindled in Auckland.

 

[rabbitohs95]

Doesn't matter what big names you take to the 9s, you gotta have the right players for the format to do well. I think the 9s game is evolving and we're slowly learning what it takes to do well in it. Hopefully in a few years it can have it's own brand of fulltime rugby league.

 

[McNulty]

Bulldogs competing for a wooden spoon

 

[Canard]

That nines is like watching rugby league from the early 90's. Fast, skilful, refs making decisions, no wrestling. The good old days rekindled in Auckland.

You must preface that with "in England"

Defence being optional has never been what Australian Rugby League is about.

For mine, I think we learned the format has a limited lifespan. Those crowds were terrible. Id like to see the TV ratings also.

 

[T-Boon]

Corey Norman is the best nines player in the world and Parra became too reliant on him - the first nines one man team.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Daryl Halligan is the premier nines commentator in the southern hemisphere.

 

[adamkungl]

That nines is like watching rugby league from the early 90's. Fast, skilful, refs making decisions, no wrestling. The good old days rekindled in Auckland.

Weird, I grew up watching 90s ARL and I distinctly remember teams being able to tackle.

 

[POPEYE]

Newcastle fans getting all excited because the bloke coming to their club had a couple of good runs at the 9's (where defense is non-existent)

'Defence' is harder as well, wait till the NRL season when opposition teams put the 4 extra players all on Ponga then we'll see how f**king good he is . . . wait, that mightn't work out too well

 

[Canard]

Daryl Halligan is the premier nines commentator in the southern hemisphere.

Ding, Ding, Ding we have a winner!

I can't see why we won't be able to commentate the Superbowl today also.

 

[mozza91]

Throw Jaeleen Feeney up in dis bitch and we got ourselves a deal !

Accepted. Hell you can take Elliot for free.

 

[GAZF]

Daryl Halligan is the premier nines commentator in the southern hemisphere.

You're Johnny on the spot on about that.