Tanking in the NRL

[Last Week]

Has it ever happened before?

 

[moffla]

Roosters aren’t tanking. Could have simply rested their starting side which would have been enough to see them lose

 

[Ron's_Mate]

Donkeys tanked the whole season

 

[Bring back John Fifita]

Nothing to gain by tanking in the NRL.

>> Cave.

 

[shear_joy9]

seen it plenty of times when the players want the coach gone

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Wanking

 

[Fangs]

Tank to get a shiny new contract at the Broncos? Sure.

 

[Last Week]

Nothing to gain by tanking in the NRL.

>> Cave.

Not true. Could tank to avoid having to travel and play a certain team the next week.

 

[Sans Souci Sainter]

 

[Sans Souci Sainter]

And Parramatta absolutely tanked against the Dragons in the last reg season game in 2009.

I think it was a 76 point turnaround, the next week. On the same ground!!

Jarryd Hayne clinic. Our blokes couldn’t get near him. I think he stepped around Hornby at least twice in the same try in what might’ve been a hatrick day.

Anyway. Yes. It happens.

 

[Apey]

Yeah... well yeah thats what the Knights were doing, for sure. We love our Sydney rugba leeg.

 

[Smell My Finger]

I think it's rife.

 

[Bring back John Fifita]

I think it's rife.

Of course it’s rife in AFL..

 

[Bring back John Fifita]

Not true. Could tank to avoid having to travel and play a certain team the next week.

“Could”...

 

[simmo05]

Has it ever happened before?

Mitchell Moses

 

[mave]

Don't know about whole teams tanking.

There are a few examples of players individually playing dead though.

Manly v Raiders in Albury 2015 comes to mind immediately.

 

[Lemon Squash]

I’m not usually the conspiracy theory type and I don’t think they tanked per se, but they weren’t mentally in that game. Second half they deadset didn’t even compete.

Pretty clear that their minds were already on next week and in the back of their heads I reckon they were thinking it might not be the worst thing travelling 30mins up the road to Penrith instead of going to QLD to face Melbourne

 

[AlwaysGreen]

It's not called tanking at the club from Bondi, it's called 'golfing like Nick'.

 

[AnonymousLurker]

Souths were on fire , and roosters couldn’t handle it , they got smashed fair and square it’s a long season and hard for teams to be up every game .
If they wanted to tank they would have rested their team , also they played Souths so they would never tank against them .
Frankly I think it’s a insult to every side , that all other sides get smashed they are shit , roosters get smashed you all say they tanked

 

[stryker]

Souths were on fire , and roosters couldn’t handle it , they got smashed fair and square it’s a long season and hard for teams to be up every game .
If they wanted to tank they would have rested their team , also they played Souths so they would never tank against them .
Frankly I think it’s a insult to every side , that all other sides get smashed they are shit , roosters get smashed you all say they tanked

That’s because the Roosters are not shit. They just played like they are which raises eyebrows.