NRL Rd 23 2024 - General Non-Warriors Thread

[JJ]

100 tries is a fair effort, I remember when the great Brett Kenny reached it, similarly plagued by injuries I guess

Shame Tom plays for the bad guys

 

[Beavers Headgear]

100 tries is a fair effort, I remember when the great Brett Kenny reached it, similarly plagued by injuries I guess

Shame Tom plays for the bad guys

I remember as a young bloke buying the pack of cards with the bubblegum and being amazed when I flipped the old looking blokes card over that he had 112 tries

 

[Philip_Smith007]

Cows finally get called for a forward pass.

 

[Philip_Smith007]

Walsh doesn't knock a ball on that gets called knock in everyday of the week, when you leave the ball behind you.

 

[Blair]

Cows finally get called for a forward pass.

18-12, Cows. Halftime. Momentum was with Brisbane towards the end of it. Walsh playing in the halves? No, I probably heard that wrong.

 

[Beavers Headgear]

There was talk of Walsh training in the halves all week. What a showpony, have never seen a player carry on for the entire game with an injury like he just did

Frustrating, I was tipping the Broncos all week but when it came time to enter them I thought surely at home the Cowboys have too much to play for

 

[Beavers Headgear]

I’d been surprised all week at the talk of Dogs v Dragons being match of the round and a great contest. It’s going as I thought it would so far

 

[JJ]

There was talk of Walsh training in the halves all week. What a showpony, have never seen a player carry on for the entire game with an injury like he just did

Frustrating, I was tipping the Broncos all week but when it came time to enter them I thought surely at home the Cowboys have too much to play for

So many poor teams. Penrith and Melbourne really are the only two that you can be confident in. Roosters can play to that level, then a fair gap

 

[Beavers Headgear]

So many poor teams. Penrith and Melbourne really are the only two that you can be confident in. Roosters can play to that level, then a fair gap

Even those ones have the performances in them where they look extremely beatable, especially the Storm.

Sharks I just don’t know. Dogs are a pretty consistent side, know what you’re getting from them week to week and it is a pretty decent level. Roosters and Manly similar sort of sides with their unpredictability and ability to score points quickly but concede them just as fast. Cowboys are probably in that category to a lesser extent as well

It’s weird, I don’t feel like we have had a great year, but sitting 5th-6th, beaten Penrith, Storm and Roosters, and biggest loss has been 14 points with the B side out there

 

[Beavers Headgear]

Couple of streaks look set to end

Dogs last played finals in 2016, certain to play this year, and barring injury, Luke Brooks looking at playing his first finals game after debuting in 2013

 

[Blair]

Couple of streaks look set to end

Dogs last played finals in 2016, certain to play this year, and barring injury, Luke Brooks looking at playing his first finals game after debuting in 2013

In Sydney, Warriors fans were always great after a big win, they lit up every train station for starters.

Dogs fans though, Bankstown just goes off. People hanging out of cars, tremendous noise and excitement. They haven't even won a finals match yet!

I sell gear and my Dogs gear is flying out the door. It's been sitting in boxes for years.

Brooks? Let's hope his finals-tough halves partner calms his nerves.

 

[Blair]

Redcliffe might be playing finals footy, but they'll struggle.

Ponga's only scored one try this year.

 

[Penrose Warrior]

So many poor teams. Penrith and Melbourne really are the only two that you can be confident in. Roosters can play to that level, then a fair gap

Do you think? I think this year has been the best in many years for quality. The Tigers, ok they're the basket case they always are, the Eels have been pretty shit...but the other sides have all had their moments, even us.

And yeah, the Panthers and Storm are a class above but it wouldn't surprise me at all to see the Dogs, Sea Eagles or Roosters tip either of them over, moreso the Storm I guess.

 

[Wheeled Warrior]

Panthers winning three in a row has cemented them in the legendary bracket.

4 in a row will be crazy in this modern era.

It's theirs to lose.

 

[Meth]

Young Knights winger has a bit of speed.

 

[Blair]

The round even had an alleged 'bite'.

Like a kid in the playground. Actually, I'm triggered. We had a next door neighbour who was a biter. In his defence though he was only five or six.

 

[Beavers Headgear]

Have noticed the last 4-6 weeks that the hip drop seems to be a thing of the past. Amazing how all the ‘accidents’ have miraculously disappeared once bigger punishments came along

 

[Beavers Headgear]

Thoughts on the Crichton/Flanagan incident ?

For me, Crichton had 3 goes pushing his face into Flanagan who is on his back, Flanagan shouldn’t be getting too much when Crichton forces his nose into his gob

 

[JJ]

Do you think? I think this year has been the best in many years for quality. The Tigers, ok they're the basket case they always are, the Eels have been pretty shit...but the other sides have all had their moments, even us.

And yeah, the Panthers and Storm are a class above but it wouldn't surprise me at all to see the Dogs, Sea Eagles or Roosters tip either of them over, moreso the Storm I guess.

Yep, I do - Penrith are an historically great side, the best since I've been watching (Sterlo Kenny Eels) - all things being equal, despite them powering the Dogs to the top 8 with their talent, I couldn't back anyone to beat them when it counts. The Roosters have talent and a chequebook, but Melbourne beat them to an inch of their lives, the Dogs and Cronulla are honest sides, but limited, Manly have talent, but well short of the top - the rest have been at best inconsistent, at worst, awful

 

[Thatwasnthighref]

Thoughts on the Crichton/Flanagan incident ?

For me, Crichton had 3 goes pushing his face into Flanagan who is on his back, Flanagan shouldn’t be getting too much when Crichton forces his nose into his gob

Yea I dunno... in isolation, Crichton's behaviour looks iffy but I often see players using their heads to control the ruck speed by pushing them into opposition players' heads. Not headbutting obviously, just pushed against them to limit movement.

I reckon if we looked more closely, and with the benefit of slowmo, we'd see face-to-face contact happen more than we think.

So with that in mind, I cant see any mitigation for Flanagan. If Wighton got 3 weeks for biting while in a choke hold, I think Flanagan deserves at least 4.