This years WARL Comp

[Perth Red]

With Nth Beach and Sth Perth now dealing with the loss of their best players to the Reds I can see the comp this year being very even. Whilst maybe not as good quailty as previous years there will be a new intensity for play off spots due to the closeness of all the teams.

Whose going to be favourites? A lot will dpepend on where the Reds Reserve players get posted to I suppose?

 

[Nuke]

All players are already assigned to WARL clubs and should be training once a week with their WARL clubs.

I don't think there'll be massive changes to those teams. Yes, their top few players will be with the WA Reds more often than not, but regarding the Reds reserves players, they'll be playing for their WARL clubs when they're not in the WA Reds squad.

 

[joondalup_giant]

South Perth will still be competitive i can see the top 4 lookin something like this

Joondalup
Rockingham
South Perth
North Beach

 

[Goldthorpe]

South Perth will still be competitive i can see the top 4 lookin something like this

Joondalup
Rockingham
South Perth
North Beach

How unusual!

 

[KalgoorlieRed]

So maybe just maybe we wont see a Sth Perth Vs Norths final again! Yipee.

 

[Nuke]

That'd be bloody fantastic KalgoorlieRed.

 

[Goldthorpe]

I see there is no WARL tab under League Unlimited > Competitions. But there is a VRL tab.

Any reason?

 

[joondalup_giant]

didnt notice that until u pointed it out, definitly should be in there!

 

[Perth Red]

I see there is no WARL tab under League Unlimited > Competitions. But there is a VRL tab.

Any reason?

Cos nobody cares about us in the West!

 

[joondalup_giant]

steve mortimer does, did any1 else hear what he said on fox sports news about the future of the game and the fact were called "National" rugby league, so we need teams in south australia & western australia!

 

[Goldthorpe]

steve mortimer does, did any1 else hear what he said on fox sports news about the future of the game and the fact were called "National" rugby league, so we need teams in south australia & western australia!

The only problem with that is he mention South Australia first :?

 

[joondalup_giant]

The only problem with that is he mention South Australia first :?

prolly rolls off the toungue better, what have they got goin 4 them that we dont? JBC side??? no

 

[Goldthorpe]

prolly rolls off the toungue better, what have they got goin 4 them that we dont? JBC side??? no

Or probably he was geographically going from East to West.

The Rams had a lot going for them, they had Noel Goldthorpe playing for them.

 

[Nuke]

Haha! They actually didn't have too bad a line-up considering they were only 2yrs old when they were cut.
Funniest moment I remember seeing of theirs was in 1998. I forget who they were playing, and who it was who did it (Iro? Walters?), but with only seconds remaining on the clock, the Rams were winning (an unusual position for them to be in at that stage of the game!) and had the ball. The Adelaide player ended up running back and forth across the field, then running backwards just to run the clock out. The crowd was laughing, the commentators were laughing, and eventually the siren went and he got tackled or kicked it out. Funny stuff!

 

[In-goal]

Interesting stuff from mortimer, The NRL could do with further work in both of Australia's Western States.

 

[Goldthorpe]

Unfortunately it doesn’t look like Sport FM 90.5 is going to broadcast the NRL Show [which includes WARL] on Friday afternoons this season. Something to do with a broadcasting license which is disappointing because I enjoyed listening to Sully and Kim on the way home from work.

I take it that no one over here will broadcast 2GB’s feed for Friday Night Football and the Sunday afternoon game.

Are any of the WARL fans going to put their balls on the line and do some predictions for the WARL First Grade competition?

 

[Perth Red]

With the change in staff due to Reds I will go for a Joondalup v Sth Perth final!

Having said that, looking at where the Reds players are being located, the majority of them are going to Sths and Nth Beach if they don't make the starting 17 so likely no change and another North Beach v Souths final!

 

[Goldthorpe]

Winner: South Perth
Improvers: Joondalup & Willagee
Sliders: North Beach & Central

 

[joondalup_giant]

Having said that, looking at where the Reds players are being located, the majority of them are going to Sths and Nth Beach if they don't make the starting 17 so likely no change and another North Beach v Souths final!

thats because the majority of the players come from south perth or north beach.

It's hard 2 predict who will win this years comp with out seeing the other sides play. However i honestly believe we will be in the grand final

 

[Kurt Angle]

I haven't seen the 2008 schedule on the WARL homepage.

When does it start?