NRL Rd 24 2024 - General Non-Warriors thread

[Big Marn]

C'mon Tigers, hold out! Five mins to go.

Edit: and they did, but only just (they're the Tigers after all. A forward pass stopped Souths from scoring two tries in the last three minutes.

18-16, Wests. Final. Benji looked like he was close to tears.

I didnt watch this game. Souths AND Tigers fans were blowing up about Belinda Sharpe after the game. Was she really that bad? I guess she got the forward pass at the end but apparently missed a bunch of other stuff.

 

[Rich102]

I used to work in the Manchester Unity building on the corner of Victoria Street and Hobson Street. The ground floor in those days was a theater leased by TVNZ to film 'On the Mat' hosted by Steve Rickard and Earnie Leonard, later Barry Holland. We leased half the 3rd floor and later on TVNZ moved their sports department into the other half. Graham Thorne was always friendly and we were always invited to watch the live feeds with them. Tony Palmer was motorsport. Never really interested in league. But got given the league gig and totally cocked it up. Good pubs around there in those days, Empire across the road, and I can't remember the name of the pub on the corner of Hobson and Wellesley Street, downstairs. The On the Mat wrestlers were accommodated there. King Curtiss was always very outgoing and liked a drop. They had a good eaterie there too.

 

[Big Marn]

NZ On Screen

www.nzonscreen.com

you might be interested in this website Blair. Its got a lot of old NZ tv shows on it from the past plus a bunch of other stuff.
I was watching a bit of Fred Daggs piss take on Country Calendar yesterday.

 

[JJ]

I used to work in the Manchester Unity building on the corner of Victoria Street and Hobson Street. The ground floor in those days was a theater leased by TVNZ to film 'On the Mat' hosted by Steve Rickard and Earnie Leonard, later Barry Holland. We leased half the 3rd floor and later on TVNZ moved their sports department into the other half. Graham Thorne was always friendly and we were always invited to watch the live feeds with them. Tony Palmer was motorsport. Never really interested in league. But got given the league gig and totally cocked it up. Good pubs around there in those days, Empire across the road, and I can't remember the name of the pub on the corner of Hobson and Wellesley Street, downstairs. The On the Mat wrestlers were accommodated there. King Curtiss was always very outgoing and liked a drop. They had a good eaterie there too.

Ernie Leonard probably doesn’t get enough respect for what he achieved, notably for Maori in broadcasting

 

[Rich102]

Ernie Leonard probably doesn’t get enough respect for what he achieved, notably for Maori in broadcasting

Yeah. Shame he died so young.

 

[JJ]

NZ On Screen

www.nzonscreen.com

you might be interested in this website Blair. Its got a lot of old NZ tv shows on it from the past plus a bunch of other stuff.
I was watching a bit of Fred Daggs piss take on Country Calendar yesterday.

John Clarke, iconic in NZ and probably Aust too

 

[Philip_Smith007]

80s/90s throwback with the state of the surface for this Chooks game

I'm a bit behind just watching the mini this morning. Is Walker still off contract? If so we need to throw the kitchen sink at him. (If it hits him in the head he might be silly enough to sign with us).
How bad was the field for a new multimillion dollar stadium.

 

[Philip_Smith007]

I wonder why RTS is not showing the same ability that Holmes shows in the centres.

 

[JJ]

I wonder why RTS is not showing the same ability that Holmes shows in the centres.

Different players? Holmes never showed the same ability as RTS at fullback....

 

[Philip_Smith007]

Different players? Holmes never showed the same ability as RTS at fullback....

So RTS dogging it at centre?
Or his talent set doesn't translate to centre?

 

[Big Marn]

So RTS dogging it at centre?
Or his talent set doesn't translate to centre?

I dont think setting up his wingers comes naturally to him.
He was originally a winger so all he did was receive the ball. He then went to fullback where it was a lot of solo jinking runs and supporting the forwards up the middle like the Hammer does really well.
He's been bog average at freeing up his outsides at centre (though he got moved around alot so have to take that into consideration)
But his first instinct is to run. He doesnt have the reverse flick pass like old Hiku and Joey Manu have in their repertoire consistently. So yeh, maybe his skillset isnt really centre.

 

[JJ]

So RTS dogging it at centre?
Or his talent set doesn't translate to centre?

Hasn’t really been allowed to settle there imo, jury out

 

[Blair]

As Phil (Dr Death - he was always good at telling us when our season officially ended) - pointed out in the other thread, the Dragons beating the Titans means we have no mathematical chance of making the eight.

Nulla probably ended Newcastle's hopes too, in a golden-point thriller, 19-18.

 

[Beavers Headgear]

Some interesting decisions in that Sharks v Knights game yesterday, can’t say I disagreed heavily with any of them though

Big of a shame for the comp how that game ended, a win for the Knights would have really catapulted them into a battle for 8th, and a loss for the Sharks would have seen them on 32 along with the Dogs then Manly on 31 for 4th spot, with Manly v Dogs and Manly v Sharks still to come this season

 

[Blair]

Death riders are not on the Storm...

Rd 24 Ladder:



Born to hand jive, baby (how low can you go?)...

I'm still a bit nervous about the Broncos getting there. I dunno why apart from their egos really turning me off.

The spoon is still on. It's funny how many Eels fans want their team to get it. They think it means the necessary clean-out will occur. I think Tigers fans will beg to differ.

 

[Blair]

I didnt watch this game. Souths AND Tigers fans were blowing up about Belinda Sharpe after the game. Was she really that bad? I guess she got the forward pass at the end but apparently missed a bunch of other stuff.

Like a lot of people (not my mother!) I'm wary of going too hard on female officials. Let's just say Sharpe is in a tough profession, often thankless and no-win, often over-scrutinised, and her sex is new to it. It'll take time.

 

[Campion]

I hope the Wests Tigers can go above the Eels. I cannot stand the Eels -- them geezers Gutherson and Moses are always moaning to the referee. I also wouldn't mind the Raiders getting a spoon because Ricky Stuart is the biggest moaner alive -- but that outcome is a mathematical impossibility.

 

[Blair]

...I also wouldn't mind the Raiders getting a spoon because Ricky Stuart is the biggest moaner alive -- but that outcome is a mathematical impossibility.

I'm sure Raiders fans will be absolutely thrilled about that! What a season-defining achievement.

 

[Penrose Warrior]

The spoon is still on. It's funny how many Eels fans want their team to get it. They think it means the necessary clean-out will occur. I think Tigers fans will beg to differ.

This is such a massive fallacy, that I reckon could be debunked very quickly, not only with the Tigers example but further back in history. I'm glad we've never had one, it has to be a horrible feeling as a fan. You are literally as far away as you can be from a premiership, and players will think 'f**k that, I'm not going to that club'