Rumours and Stuff

[Gronk]

the skull?

Perfect

 

[Glenneel]

PTB speed slow or fast, does not seem to affect a side's ability to win:

If play the ball speed means something but mostly nothing, what is a better metric? - The Rugby League Eye Test

Play the ball speed and “tunnel ball” has been in the NRL news cycle over the past week, on the back of a story by Adam Pengilly in THIS MASTHEAD the Sydney Morning Herald. In this article, Pengilly noted that as the Panthers ran down Parramatta during the final minutes of their game in Round...

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Except all the good teams employ this particularly Storm and Panthers.

 

[Twizzle]

Except all the good teams employ this particularly Storm and Panthers.

and they do it very well

 

[84 Baby]

Depends on the shape of the contracts of the returning players though. If they are abnormally back-ended (i.e. escalating at more than the rate of increase in the salary cap) then that flexibiity becomes a lot smaller.

Is the shape of the contracts more important than the paper they’re written on?

 

[84 Baby]

Except all the good teams employ this particularly Storm and Panthers.

and they do it very well

So neither of you actually read the article

 

[gaffer]

and they do it very well

odds are if parra done it like them we'd get penalised every time

 

[Matty Bhoy]

odds are if parra done it like them we'd get penalised every time

Completely agree. It is absolutely incredible the leeway Melbourne get in the ruck. Players holding on… laying in the path of the play the ball… slightly off to the side. It slows it down only minutely but it absolutely counts at that level.

 

[Chipmunk]

Depends on the shape of the contracts of the returning players though. If they are abnormally back-ended (i.e. escalating at more than the rate of increase in the salary cap) then that flexibiity becomes a lot smaller.

Isn't backending of contracts forbidden by the NRL now?

 

[eels_fan]

Sean Russell being picked in the PMXIII makes me very concerned for the future of Australian football

 

[T.S Quint]

Isn't backending of contracts forbidden by the NRL now?

Grossly backending by huge sums (like say $100k in the first year and then $500k in the second) isn’t allowed, but teams can slightly backend contracts if it’s for a relatively small amount.

 

[eels_fan]

 

[T.S Quint]

lol, sack Albo!

 

[Stagger eel]

Perfect

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just a good honest battler doing his best... bless him