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    Agree with your picks David68 except for the Knights v Manly game. Knights got flogged last week and couldn't score a point, Manly looked good, Tommy T is out but I think they'll still get the job done.

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    Didn't know it's raining so much. Forwards have a bigger influence and Manly have a great pack.

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    ^Yeah I didn't look at the forecast 'cause I'm not betting on that game. Will watch it though later tonight (I've got the Watch NRL app so all games and replays on demand) but would also like to see the Knights win. Never ever bet either way if it's raining though!

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    The NRL news from the weekend

    The Parramatta Eels held off a fast-finishing Gold Coast Titans at CBUS Super Stadium to secure a 26-20 win.

    but . . .

    Ozzie beef strikes/streaks




    “So my actual biggest goal in life has been to actually just run on a football field,” she said.
    “And yeah, I’m doing this.”

    Eels halfback Mitch Moses, who was lining up a kick at goal at the time, was also stunned by the level of aggression in the tackle, with vision showing him putting his hands on his heads in shock as the pitch invader was slammed into the ground.

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    Streakers have gone soft.
    Aren't streakers suposed to be naked?

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    The most unappetizing round thus far

    Raiders vs Cowboys tonight then ...

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    I'm only really interested in the Storm/Sharks battle

    Both on 4 wins from 5 and the same points differential of + 65

    Add in the spice that Sharks have ex-Storm players Hynes and Finucane and Hynes is playing the house down in his move from Fullback to 5/8 or halfback (I forget which)


    Almost all Home Teams for me this week ...


    • RAIDERS vs Cowboys - Night game in Canberra, probably about 14C @ kick-off, not exactly A barmy Townsville night.
    • RABBITOHS vs Bulldogs - Latrell Mitchell out for 8 weeks, not a hamstring muscle, but he's torn the tendon ... pass me the tissues pls.
    • PANTHERS vs Broncos - Coach/Father and Son have resigned until 2048 on squillions
    • SEA EAGLES vs Titans - Titans a roughy here
    • STORM vs Sharks - In 12 previous matches between these sides at AAMI Park, Sharks has won just twice.
    • ROOSTERS vs Warriors - Meh
    • DRAGONS vs Knights - I'll regret it, but changed my tip to the Knights. Lost to Manly last week, but a man down for a lot of the game and there were 2/3 tries in the last 10 mins which made the game appear less of a contest.
    • EELS vs Tigers - Meh



    For me, danger games are the Storm game and the Knights overcoming the Dragons at home.
    Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago ...


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    TizMe ... look away now ...

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    Quote Originally Posted by David48atTD View Post
    I'm only really interested in the Storm/Sharks battle
    Raiders v Cows tonight is a must-win game for both of them you'd think. The old saying is you can't win the Premiership during the early rounds but you can lose it, and whoever looses tonight will be on 4 points after 6 rounds and the Top 8 will suddenly seem a long way off.

    Agree with your assessment of the Storm v Sharks game being the highlight of the round. Sharks have looked very good after some really good buying and appointment of a new Coach in the off-season who's brought the work ethic, mindset, and attacking flair of the Roosters with him. But the hardest test in NRL is playing Storm in Melbourne, let's see how the Sharks go against a team that never beats themselves and is relentless for the full 80 minutes.

    Knights have been very ordinary but I think they'll beat St George who are in total disarray and have Ben Hunt in their team finding new ways to make a fucking idiot out of himself in both attack and defence. Knights get Klemmer back and Edrick Lee (remember him?) who I watched playing a NSW Cup game 2 weeks ago and he still looks good. Then there's Ponga who's a much better player than he's showing recently and is due for a blinder. Saints lose, but I'm not betting on that one.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Headworx View Post
    Raiders v Cows tonight is a must-win game for both of them you'd think.
    Interesting/quirky fact ...

    "Each of the last nine teams that have played New Zealand have lost their next match."

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    ^As a punter, that wouldn't be one of the stats worth including when weighing 2 teams up but it is interesting

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    Quote Originally Posted by David48atTD View Post
    TizMe ... look away now ...
    Indeed.

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    Magic Round on this week-end

    Grounds heavy to wet ... it's been pissing down.

    Storm vs Panthers on Saturday night ... Suncorp is sold out.

    "Brisbane received a month’s worth of rain in a day ahead of Magic Round, which gets under way at Suncorp Stadium on Friday evening."

    "Brisbane received 67.7mm of rainfall to 9am on Friday – in excess of the city’s May average (61.1mm) – leaving ferries and CityCat services suspended."
    Brisbane reports a month’s worth of rain in day ahead of Magic Round | The West Australian

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    The imbedded video in this is well worth a look ... NRL 2022: Magic Round previews, round 10 fixtures
    Last edited by David48atTD; 13-05-2022 at 10:31 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by David48atTD View Post
    TizMe ... look away now ...

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    Tigers surging ahead now

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    State of Origin on this arvo/evening 5.10pm Thai time

    Apparently blowing a gale in Sydney ... might settle a bit come game time.

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    Photo by The Daily Rugby The 2022 State of Origin series will be the 41st annual best-of-three series between the Queensland and New South Wales rugby league teams. Before this series Queensland has won 22 times, NSW 16 times with two series drawn.
    Catch every game of the 2022 Rugby Games live on Stan Sport. Start your Free Sport Trial Now


    2022 State of Origin Kick-off Times and Venues


    2022 SOO Game 1: 8pm Wednesday 8th June, Stadium Australia, Sydney
    2022 SOO Game 2: 6pm Sunday 26th June, Optus Stadium, Perth
    2022 SOO Game 3: 8pm Wednesday 13th July, Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane


    QUEENSLANDER

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    Quote Originally Posted by David48atTD View Post
    State of Origin on this arvo/evening 5.10pm Thai time

    Apparently blowing a gale in Sydney ... might settle a bit come game time.

    NRL Rugby League 2022-state-origin-jpg


    Photo by The Daily Rugby The 2022 State of Origin series will be the 41st annual best-of-three series between the Queensland and New South Wales rugby league teams. Before this series Queensland has won 22 times, NSW 16 times with two series drawn.
    Catch every game of the 2022 Rugby Games live on Stan Sport. Start your Free Sport Trial Now


    2022 State of Origin Kick-off Times and Venues


    2022 SOO Game 1: 8pm Wednesday 8th June, Stadium Australia, Sydney
    2022 SOO Game 2: 6pm Sunday 26th June, Optus Stadium, Perth
    2022 SOO Game 3: 8pm Wednesday 13th July, Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane


    QUEENSLANDER

    The mighty Queenslanders did the job! At Sydney!

    Panama hat is strangely quiet today...

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    Jeez that was a good game to watch! I though for sure we were going to golden-point with 10 minutes to go, NSW threw everything they had at the line but somehow QLD held on. I can see QLD getting a little bit better for game 2 and NSW getting a lot better, should be another cracker.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Headworx View Post
    though for sure we were going to golden-point with 10 minutes to go, NSW threw everything they had at the line but somehow QLD held on.
    That is the Queenslander spirit!

    Nail biting time!

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    Well done Queensland. With two players ruled out with COVID, including star Cameron Munster they dominated NSW in a wild, frenetic, injury and card filled match to win 22-12
    Last edited by DrWilly; 14-07-2022 at 04:50 AM.

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    One of the fastest, toughest, brutal, and edge of the seat Origin games in memory. This is why Rugby League is my favourite sport to watch by a very long way, nothing compares.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Headworx View Post
    One of the fastest, toughest, brutal, and edge of the seat Origin games in memory. This is why State of Origin is my favourite sport to watch by a very long way, nothing compares.

    FTFY.

    You're welcome.

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    As far as I know, they play Rugby League in the NRL too

    I just love the game and always have, it's a brutal sport played at 100 mph with some mad skills involved as well. You would need to be borderline insane to play it at professional levels.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Headworx View Post
    As far as I know, they play Rugby League in the NRL too
    I realise that. I've tried to get into it.

    I just can't. I watch 3 games a year (SOO), and sometimes 4 if I make the NRL GF.

    Rugby and Aussie Rules for me.

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    ^I like Aussie Rules because I played it as a kid, would rather watch NRL though. Cannot deal with Union, compared to League it's an error-riddled snails paced cluster fuck of players (many of them fat and clearly unfit) standing around with hands on hips in between penalty conversion attempts. Pass.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Headworx View Post
    Cannot deal with Union, compared to League it's an error-riddled snails paced cluster fuck of players (many of them fat and clearly unfit) standing around with hands on hips in between penalty conversion attempts. Pass.
    League is like watching the highlights of a proper game. There's no connection with the phases or the linking between play and set pieces.

    Their scrums are awful and no line outs at all.

    Meh.

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    Since the 80's, scrums have only been there to give NRL players a chance to catch their breaths (as told to me by one Changa Langlands) because they don't get the regular delays in play like Union players do. But seriously, scrums in Union do my head in anyway as they try to set it and get a result 5 fucking times before, and you guessed it, another penalty is blown. So let's write another 3 or 4 minutes off, not counting whatever time the scrum debacle took off the clock, while everyone except the kicker stands around with hands on hips so the 15 penalty kick of the game can take place shall we?. Dead boring game to watch if you're use to the speed, skills, and physicality of League..

    The proof of ball skills and fitness is indisputable, any decent NRL player will be in their national Union team the same year (or week) they switch codes (Tuiquiri, Sailor, SBW, Rogers, Vanavalu, RTS, Burgess, Folau, Hunt, Thorn, Korobeiti, etc, there's a ton of them) but Union players do not have the balls skills or fitness to play League at any real level. They can't reliably catch a simple fucking pass, it's just an accepted part of that game!

    Anyway, I'm not from a private school background and can't watch Union without thinking "is this seriously the best players that country can come up with", including when the All Blacks play, and that will never change.

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