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This guy has to be the biggest imbecile in Rugby League. His articles are rubbish and hypocritical to say the least.
He bags Daley for being a bad commentator but then says rleague provied a balanced and comprehensive coverage. ROTFLMAO. Wait until you read this crap:
Premiership heavy weights Canterbury and Brisbane have made strong statements in Round 3 Telstra Premiership action that they'll be the two teams to beat in 2003. The Broncos won their opening two matches and the Bulldogs their first round match but both teams were extremely lucky to have a win on the board and playing below their best.
Round 3 saw that all change with emphatic performances by the Bulldogs against the Tigers and Brisbane against Cronulla. Canterbury led 28-0 at halftime against the Tigers and led 38-0 before letting in a late try. Braith Anasta only played the first half and in that time scored two tries and had a major hand in another to firmly stamp his control of the match.
Wests played alot better in the second half holding the score to 10-6 but the Bulldogs had landed with their easy disposal of the Tigers in the opening 40 minutes. The second half did allow Nigel Vagana to complete his hat-trick of tries.
The now former March Premiers blamed all their problems on one individual last year but it has been showed up already that the Tigers simply don't have the cattle, management or front office to be a competitive force.
Brisbane produced a big defensive and forwards effort to completely outplay the highly fancied Sharks by 30-4. The Broncos led 18-0 at halftime and soon after the break went out to a 30-0 lead. Brisbane pulled up the shutters after 60 minutes but in that time showed they will be one of the front-runners this year.
The performances of halves Shaun Berrigan and Ben Ikin was most impressive and are already striking up an impressive combination in the post-Alfie era.
Parramatta recorded their first victory of 2003 when Bill Harrigan assisted them to victory blowing a ridiculous seven successive penalties in the opening stages to wear out the Knights. Harrigan evened up the count but the damage had been done with the Eels scoring three tries in the last 10 minutes to take the score from 18-12 out to 30-12.
Hooker John Morris was outstanding for the Eels against his former club while Test centre Jamie Lyon bounced back to his best form after missing the second half of last year through injury.
The captaincy of Andrew Johns has to be questioned though. Johns tried hard and was a complete class above his team-mates but his reactions and comments whenever the Knights made a mistake was disappointing. A captain may not be the best player or organiser but their most important role is to keep encouraging their team-mates when times are tough.
Simon Woolford played one of his finest ever performances as he inspired Canberra to an 18-14 victory to maintain their unbeaten start to the 2003 season. Woolford came up with the crucial try in the second half and he played an excellent match throughout.
The Dragons received all the 50-50 calls in the first half but did nothing with the football and the turning point came in the 40th minute when Joel Monaghan scored a 90m try right on the stroke of halftime. The Dragons lack of discipline in attack and defence cost them again.
Referee Steve Lyons was obviously caught in the emotion of Manly's home-coming to Brookvale Oval. The Warriors scored four tries to one against Manly but five penalty goals to Ben Walker saw Manly in front until a Clinton Toopi try with three minutes to go.
The Warriors should have ranaway with the match early on when they led 14-0 but Manly on the back of alot of penalties edged their way closer to lead 16-14 heading into the final few minutes. Toopi's second try saw the Warriors emerge with a well-deserved victory.
Rhys Wesser has produced his finest match for the Panthers as they again upset the highly fancied Roosters 23-22 in a classic game of football. Wesser scored three tries but it was his defence that was crucial. He saved around five tries and showed alot more consistency in his all-round play. Wesser has always been able to score tries but hasn't been able to stop them and has been prone to silly errors. They went out the window as the Roosters dream run came to an end.
Craig Fitzgibbon had a chance to win Easts the match in the final two minutes when the Roosters received one of those predictable 4th tackle penalties. Penrith at one stage was down 16-4 but showed fantastic spirit and control to get their way back into the match and emerge victors.
The final match of the round saw North Queensland travel to Aussie Stadium to do battle against Souths in Monday Night Football. Consistent rain in Sydney made the conditions slippery but it was the boot of Josh Hannay that proved to be the difference.
Souths scored four tries to three but seven goals from Hannay and a crucial drop-goal to Chris Sheppard saw the Cowboys run out 27-20 winners. It was the Cowboys second successive victory as they get their season firmly back on track after a disappointing round one effort.
Major Points to come out of Round 3:
- Canterbury and Brisbane make their mark.
- Parramatta and Penrith record their first victories.
- Easts brought back to reality.
- Newcastle have a major lack of depth and teams will be looking to frustrate Andrew Johns out of the match.
- The Dragons continue to under-achieve despite all the off-season hype with a new coaching staff.
- Auckland are yet again being under-rated by many, including myself. With only 30% of possession, they beat Manly scoring four tries to one on their home soil and had to put up with some dodgy refereeing.
- The problems at Wests Tigers didn't resolve around one person as they said last year. They are off to a worse start this season, Terry Hill is injured again and their depth isn't crash hot. Until they acknowledge front office problems than they'll always struggle. A contender for the spoon.
- Souths jump the gun signing Paul Langmack to a three-year deal and lose to perennial strugglers North Queensland. Excellent timing again by the Rabbitohs.
- Laurie Daley is without doubt the worst TV commentator. Biased, repetitive and nothing original to say (Sounds like you Matt). Fine footballer, great captain but a commentator he isn't.
- Canberra take the March Premiers tag away from the Wests Tigers. (WTF?????????????????????????????????)
Rleague.com has again provided at least two match reports for every match. It is our goal to have between 2-4 for each match and to provide comprehensive and balanced coverage this season. The best way for this is to provide a variety and diversity in match reports.
The last part about comprehensive and balanced coverage is bullshit. The above piece of toilet paper is neither comprehensive or balanced. It's biased MattO bullshit filled with nothing more than his idiotic, one eyed view of rugby league. This along with his stupid conspiracy theories make anything he writes an instant selection for the "Doodie" award, currently being judged by our old mate One Eye. Anyone can write 2-4 articles about a matchbut it's what you write that counts. Obviously he goes for the quantity over quality theory.
He bags Daley for being a bad commentator but then says rleague provied a balanced and comprehensive coverage. ROTFLMAO. Wait until you read this crap:
Premiership heavy weights Canterbury and Brisbane have made strong statements in Round 3 Telstra Premiership action that they'll be the two teams to beat in 2003. The Broncos won their opening two matches and the Bulldogs their first round match but both teams were extremely lucky to have a win on the board and playing below their best.
Round 3 saw that all change with emphatic performances by the Bulldogs against the Tigers and Brisbane against Cronulla. Canterbury led 28-0 at halftime against the Tigers and led 38-0 before letting in a late try. Braith Anasta only played the first half and in that time scored two tries and had a major hand in another to firmly stamp his control of the match.
Wests played alot better in the second half holding the score to 10-6 but the Bulldogs had landed with their easy disposal of the Tigers in the opening 40 minutes. The second half did allow Nigel Vagana to complete his hat-trick of tries.
The now former March Premiers blamed all their problems on one individual last year but it has been showed up already that the Tigers simply don't have the cattle, management or front office to be a competitive force.
Brisbane produced a big defensive and forwards effort to completely outplay the highly fancied Sharks by 30-4. The Broncos led 18-0 at halftime and soon after the break went out to a 30-0 lead. Brisbane pulled up the shutters after 60 minutes but in that time showed they will be one of the front-runners this year.
The performances of halves Shaun Berrigan and Ben Ikin was most impressive and are already striking up an impressive combination in the post-Alfie era.
Parramatta recorded their first victory of 2003 when Bill Harrigan assisted them to victory blowing a ridiculous seven successive penalties in the opening stages to wear out the Knights. Harrigan evened up the count but the damage had been done with the Eels scoring three tries in the last 10 minutes to take the score from 18-12 out to 30-12.
Hooker John Morris was outstanding for the Eels against his former club while Test centre Jamie Lyon bounced back to his best form after missing the second half of last year through injury.
The captaincy of Andrew Johns has to be questioned though. Johns tried hard and was a complete class above his team-mates but his reactions and comments whenever the Knights made a mistake was disappointing. A captain may not be the best player or organiser but their most important role is to keep encouraging their team-mates when times are tough.
Simon Woolford played one of his finest ever performances as he inspired Canberra to an 18-14 victory to maintain their unbeaten start to the 2003 season. Woolford came up with the crucial try in the second half and he played an excellent match throughout.
The Dragons received all the 50-50 calls in the first half but did nothing with the football and the turning point came in the 40th minute when Joel Monaghan scored a 90m try right on the stroke of halftime. The Dragons lack of discipline in attack and defence cost them again.
Referee Steve Lyons was obviously caught in the emotion of Manly's home-coming to Brookvale Oval. The Warriors scored four tries to one against Manly but five penalty goals to Ben Walker saw Manly in front until a Clinton Toopi try with three minutes to go.
The Warriors should have ranaway with the match early on when they led 14-0 but Manly on the back of alot of penalties edged their way closer to lead 16-14 heading into the final few minutes. Toopi's second try saw the Warriors emerge with a well-deserved victory.
Rhys Wesser has produced his finest match for the Panthers as they again upset the highly fancied Roosters 23-22 in a classic game of football. Wesser scored three tries but it was his defence that was crucial. He saved around five tries and showed alot more consistency in his all-round play. Wesser has always been able to score tries but hasn't been able to stop them and has been prone to silly errors. They went out the window as the Roosters dream run came to an end.
Craig Fitzgibbon had a chance to win Easts the match in the final two minutes when the Roosters received one of those predictable 4th tackle penalties. Penrith at one stage was down 16-4 but showed fantastic spirit and control to get their way back into the match and emerge victors.
The final match of the round saw North Queensland travel to Aussie Stadium to do battle against Souths in Monday Night Football. Consistent rain in Sydney made the conditions slippery but it was the boot of Josh Hannay that proved to be the difference.
Souths scored four tries to three but seven goals from Hannay and a crucial drop-goal to Chris Sheppard saw the Cowboys run out 27-20 winners. It was the Cowboys second successive victory as they get their season firmly back on track after a disappointing round one effort.
Major Points to come out of Round 3:
- Canterbury and Brisbane make their mark.
- Parramatta and Penrith record their first victories.
- Easts brought back to reality.
- Newcastle have a major lack of depth and teams will be looking to frustrate Andrew Johns out of the match.
- The Dragons continue to under-achieve despite all the off-season hype with a new coaching staff.
- Auckland are yet again being under-rated by many, including myself. With only 30% of possession, they beat Manly scoring four tries to one on their home soil and had to put up with some dodgy refereeing.
- The problems at Wests Tigers didn't resolve around one person as they said last year. They are off to a worse start this season, Terry Hill is injured again and their depth isn't crash hot. Until they acknowledge front office problems than they'll always struggle. A contender for the spoon.
- Souths jump the gun signing Paul Langmack to a three-year deal and lose to perennial strugglers North Queensland. Excellent timing again by the Rabbitohs.
- Laurie Daley is without doubt the worst TV commentator. Biased, repetitive and nothing original to say (Sounds like you Matt). Fine footballer, great captain but a commentator he isn't.
- Canberra take the March Premiers tag away from the Wests Tigers. (WTF?????????????????????????????????)
Rleague.com has again provided at least two match reports for every match. It is our goal to have between 2-4 for each match and to provide comprehensive and balanced coverage this season. The best way for this is to provide a variety and diversity in match reports.
The last part about comprehensive and balanced coverage is bullshit. The above piece of toilet paper is neither comprehensive or balanced. It's biased MattO bullshit filled with nothing more than his idiotic, one eyed view of rugby league. This along with his stupid conspiracy theories make anything he writes an instant selection for the "Doodie" award, currently being judged by our old mate One Eye. Anyone can write 2-4 articles about a matchbut it's what you write that counts. Obviously he goes for the quantity over quality theory.
