Game Day: Rd2 Eels v Sharks @ Commbank Mar 10, 2023

[IFR33K]

Sivo was charged for dangerous contact on someone. $1500 fine.

<inert Matto jokes here> Go !

NRL Judiciary Report: Kiwi games counted in NAS ban

Storm prop Nelson Asofa-Solomona will only miss one game at the start of the 2025 season after it was ruled that three of New Zealand's Pac Champs game would count as part of his ban.

www.nrl.com

I heard matto is paying for our Fijian friend.

 

[Gronk]

I heard matto is paying for our Fijian friend.

Well as long as we don’t get in trouble with the salary cap mob, the local kebab shop can pay for it for all I care. As long as we have all learnt our lessons from this shemozzle.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Its why i challenge tct, when he's creaming about our attack in pre-season.

There's nothing I've seen so far from our attack that was better than last year besides from scrums we do the panfers thing and play nfl but we haven't scored from here.

And drown was our hb the majority of the time last year too with moses mainly kicking

For the past three years we completed at 79% or better. So far this year we are at 74%. I expect with a larger sample of more games it will revert to around the 79% mark. It'll be exciting if it doesn't.

 

[Eelementary]

The fact is we are missing two representative-quality forwards in Lane, and Matterson.

Those two, alone, should add some serious fire-power to our squad.

We need to find some decent tight forwards, though - I'm not a big fan of Makatoa, but he's a toiler, and shouldn't be on the bench; Greig can't defend; Moimoseah is dumb as dogshit; and Murchie is an edge.

 

[Happy MEel]

Yeah im wondering if hopgood might be seen as an option at dummy half for a small part of games .... tho i would much rather we had a decent 14

The problem is this though Hopgood is gassed at the point of the match where we want him to cover hooker. I don’t think that’s a particularly good move.

 

[strider]

The problem is this though Hopgood is gassed at the point of the match where we want him to cover hooker. I don’t think that’s a particularly good move.

Yeah i know .... i think its better to have a decent 14 .... but maybe if matto is back then they can work the interchanges to rest hopgood but still have him do a short stint to cover dummy half ..... i dunno. Its certainly not ideal .... i hope they tried to sign a decent utility and couldnt manage to get it done, rather than just expect hodgson is gonna be an 80 minute prospect or some other shitty alternative.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

The problem is this though Hopgood is gassed at the point of the match where we want him to cover hooker. I don’t think that’s a particularly good move.

At least he won't be expected to carry the ball and run decoys. Just follow the play and pass the ball. Hodgson even stays in centrefield when the ball goes to the edges. Remember when he set up Paulo's try he was at second receiver.

He's in the team for his talk and his leadership, like Cronk when he won a grand final with one arm.

 

[Delboy]

Hopgood came down to Penrith originally as a hooker , maybe the plan was to spell Hodgson when Matto came on.

 

[the phantom menace]

#thanksmatto for messing with the dummy half rotation!

So Sivo accepts a fine and keeps on playing with the team, and we're still without "teach the NRL a lesson" Matterson for another week?

 

[Chipmunk]

#thanksmatto for messing with the dummy half rotation!

So Sivo accepts a fine and keeps on playing with the team, and we're still without "teach the NRL a lesson" Matterson for another week?

I suspect $1000 is more to Sivo and his family than $4000 is to Matterson.

 

[the phantom menace]

Very true.