NRL Tipping

[Itachi]

Does anyone rememebr the police officers taking the mobile phones off the broncos players and finding pictures of a certain person using drugs. Well my "sources" have revealed to me the person who was in the pictures. Mind you its not the same source i had before. Sorry to say it people but it was Lockyer. . It hasn't been made public and i very much doubt it will ever be made public tbh.
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[RXWAG]

I'm not shocked at all, what do you think they do with all the money, put it into term deposits??? your right it prob wont see the light of day!
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Selamat Pagi Bitches...

[Shannon]

John, Seriously, Craig would have a right to whinge if it was another team, because they'd probably do it without any penalties given to the player or club. The only point he made was that we're the only team that gets pointed out for it.

The fact of the matter is, if Manly had of made that same tackle, it probably wouldn't have been in the newspaper and it definitely wouldn't have gotten 2 weeks. Anyone thats played Rugby League, or knows anything about the game has said that Cam shouldn't be missing a grand final over that, and if Ricky Stuart can go on about the tackle all week, then i think our Coach can have a say aswell.

I'm a bit undecided about the winner, i'm flying up in the morning and i'm proud of the boys eitherway, that awesome win against the broncos and then the brave effort against the Sharks.

I think we might just scrape home, i'd rather lose with a full team than knowing we're going in under strengthed with the Australian/NSW/Storm Captain out and another great player in Ryan Hoffman out.

The only reason you's all hate the storm is because we're so good. Why are Manly and Storm so boring to watch? Because they're not your team?

Storm may be falling from the top, but I can assure you they'll probably win another 3 premierships before Tiger's win one.

Heck they've already been in 4 Grand Finals, and Tigers have been in one.

We're arrogant? Don't you think we deserve to be? 3 Grand Finals, 3 Minior Premierships. We havn't lost a game by over 10 points in like 2-3 years when it wasn't an Origin week.

Name another team that you can say has done that?

We've been in the competition for 11 years and made 4 Grand Finals.. Seriously, jealousy is a curse.

hahahahaha GO THE STORM WIN OR LOSE

[Qbert]

Firstly, Itachi I hope that you are wrong, that would be some really bad news as Lockyer is my favourite player.

I know I don't hate the Storm over jealousy, I hate them for what they are doing to the game, slowing it down and making it boring to watch, and yes, they are doing so illegally, which is why Cameron Smith was suspended.

And why are Manly and Melbourne so boring to watch? For me it is because I dislike both teams and it is the second year running to have both teams in there which I care very little about and that are both the favourites to be in the final. tbh we have been pretty lucky in the past (for me at least) with finals, with so many fairy tales such as Wests and Panthers and then my team the Broncos winning. I do find Melbourne a boring team to watch for a number of reasons, 1. The amount of holding down at the ruck they get away with is a joke and 2. Too much dummy half running. I love watching my team play against them though, as they always provide the toughest matches and a run for your money. As for Manly, I enjoy seeing them play and I love their forwards like Stewart and Menzies who can play like backs and they play a good style of footy IMO.

Lastly Shannnon get off your high horse, just becauase your team has been doing great doesn't mean you have to be arrogant. I know I won't be come Origin time next year. Win with a little dignity.
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[Shannon]

Qbert, you must know a lot about Rugby too, saying the Broncos deserved to win. Someone should tell that guy that dropped the ball that the game goes for 80 minutes, not 79.

I did feel sorry for you's, but it was an awesome game an awesome feeling.

I actually wasn't referring to you in really any of that, and i'm not arrogant, I go into most games thinking we're going to lose, i'm one of the most negative people going around.

Seriously, do you think that if it was that easy to cheat yourself to 3 Grand Final's that we'd be the only ones doing it? So you're saying the only reason we're so good is because we cheat?

Did we have 10+ people in Origin this year because they're all cheaters? I've already said, it doesn't really mean much to me if we lose tomorrow, I've experienced the joys of winning and being there last year, and it wouldn't really bother me for others to enjoy it.

But I also hope we can win just because we have been the best team in the last 3 years, nobody can deny that and i'd like to have 2 trophies to show for it.

=) Sorry if I was coming off arrogant, but seriously, i'm just so sick of being labeled cheats. Everybody grapples, yes we probably started it, but every team in the competition does it and I do think it was unfair to suspend a player at that crucial time of the year when over 300 grapple cases have gone before the judiciary this year with something like 13 charged.

It's also pretty funny that the first grapple we did was in 2003, and you never really heard of it being mentioned until we got to the GF in 2005. Ironic..

Everyone slows down the ruck, everyone makes dummy half plays but we just do it better than anyone else. We also have many big game players who make unbelievable plays and runs, but nobody ever seems to put our success down to that.

We've got the best 2 teams in the GF Tomorrow, I hope its a close one regardless of the result.

[Qbert]

I didn't mean to imply that any/all of the Storm players are cheats, I am just annoyed at the style of footy they play in reguards to holding down at the ruck and how they go about this by wrestling, which is taking it too far IMO. I don't even mind heaps of dummy half running tbh, yes it can get a little boring/repetitive, but I love seeing Smith play and he is much better at doing so then any other dummy half (especially hodges pathetic dummy half attempts at the back half of the year ). It annoyed me more when it came into the Origin this year because Bellamy was the coach of NSW and game 1 was the one of the boringest games of State Of Origin I've seen, the amount of holding down at the ruck was unbelieveable.

All teams grapple to some degree and the Storm probably do cop too much flack sometimes (I didn't see it but apparently Geyer was called by a touchie for a grapple that was non-existant last week against Sharks). You're right though, the Storm were the first too do it, are the best at it and get away with the most IMO because they are so damn good at it.
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[john_solids]

[canetoad]

F*** the NSW Cup final was awesome. 103 minutes, about eleven million god awful field goal attempts and it ended up with a try to Wentworthville. Best game of footy I've watched all season by far. All the young fellas played their hearts out the whole 100 odd minutes and it was absolutely nailbiting. Couldn't help feel sorry for the Newtown guys after the match though.

Also produced the funniest moment I've seen all season, one of the Wentworthville second rowers (no. 12, forget his name) going for a field goal from 40m out but the ball landed at an awkward angle and ended up as a 30m grubber. The look on his face was priceless.

Under 20s playing now, about to go watch it. I'm thinking about skipping the big one though considering how fuck boring last year's was and how much I despise Melbourne. We actually paid tickets to see that one too. I hope Manly gets up anyway.
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[john_solids]

yep that Justin Horo kick was awfully funny, when the pass went to him i just screamed NOOOOO!!!! but he took the kick anyway and i bet he wish he didnt bother now, great game though, wouldnt go as far saying it was the best game all season but it was a great GF game, good to see such a nail biter.
Broncos seem to be picking up a bit of steam now in the toyota cup, just scoring another try. this is how the raiders played last week, good first half then a bit of a sleeper second half, and i dont think the broncos are ready to stop, i think we will see a few more tries from them.
ok look at that straight after the try, the restart then a full set of six and a kick behind the line and a drop out by the raiders could be a try in a minute or two.

EDIT can you believe it golden point number 2 of the day, is this a bit of an example of what might happen tonight. lets hope so what a day of football.
wow how many attempts at a field goal today something like 20 or so, and yet none went over, unbelievable
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[Qbert]

And the Broncos go down in golden point. At least it was a good game, a lot of backline movement, but you can tell that these guys are not very experienced as the NRL players by some of the silly mistakes they make, but it was a great game to watch and Canberra probably deserved it more. The first game was good as well, but the thing in both which annoyed me was that it is really not that hard to kick a field goal! The first game had like 13 attemps, the second more than 5 and none went over! Most of them were easy ones as well which made it so annoying.

Anyway I would not be surprised to see it going to golden point this afternoon, but my tip will be Melbourne to win 20-16.
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[BurnZ]

Hahaha. Just then on TV.

"Prime Minister Kevin Rudd."

"Boooooooooooooooo!!!"


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R.I.P. Tanya - 16/04/2011

[john_solids]

what an end to a great career for Steve Menzies, biggest ever grand final victory, Manly deserved it, they have been on top of the ladder all season only just missed out on the minor premiership, but made up for it absolutely destroying the storm, feel sorry for Geyer being his last game also, and ending it that way is not how any player would like to end their career.
i dont know who got the biggest boo that game, either Cameron Smith during the game on the big screen or Kevin Rudd, but the biggest cheer was Menzies' coming on for Matai around the 70th minute.
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[RAMPAGE]

I found it a boring game. But good way for beaver to go out. Also congrats to amick for taking out the tipping comp.

[Qbert]

Wow can't believe how the game turned out, good to see Beaver go out on a win and with a try for himself. You reminded me of the tipping RAMPAGE, you are GEE - EL on oztips arn't you? If so you and I tie for second place and congrats to amick for winning. Howver I'm pretty sure that he's a random who may have joined the comp as he hasn't made a post on PALGN (couldn't see anyone with that username) and didn't pay the $poons for prize money, which I will hand out now...

The prize money all up is 220 $poons. Seeings that amick isn't elligble for the winning spoons, should they be split between RAMPAGE and myself (tied second) and the rest go to Big Pete who finished third?

Please don't think that I am trying to hand myself as much as possilble, just trying to be fair. Feel free to suggest how/the amount to be split.

I'd say 1st and 2nd prize would go to RAMPAGE and myself which would be maybe 180/220 $poons, meaning 90 each and then 40 for Big Pete at third?

EDIT: Just realised that Pete tied with "flunked", but I am pretty certain that him, along with amick, was a tipster who was never identified and never played $poons.
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[Toastfarmer]

Well I always thought Manly were a reasonable chance but I never would have guessed 40-0. I wonder what Pick The Score was paying on that margin?

And the Raiders! I'm very proud of how they went. It was definitely a more entertaining game than the GF. Even though the first grade Raiders were bundled out of the finals early I think it could be described as a pretty good year for the club given that they've won the inaugural Toyota Cup and their feeder team Souths Logan won the QLD Cup. Two out of three ain't bad.

[RAMPAGE]

[Big Pete]

Geez I somehow ended up third despite the fact I didn't tip the GF? Not a bad effort. Either way it was a nice competition and thanks for setting it up again Qbert!

As for Grand Final Day I enjoyed myself.

Wentworthville vs. Newtown had to be one of the worst yet most memorable games I've seen. There were so many possible Australia's Funniest Home Video's nominations it wasn't funny! That Horo drop goal from 30 out taking the cake.

Canberra vs. Broncos found a way to transform me into an 18 year old tourettes sufferer. I swear (hehe) that I let out so many curses through out the match that I even had Cartman saying..."dude that's too far". It wasn't because I was angry either just dissapointed at the result and felt the Broncos deserved to win. Sadly fate thought differently and that's footy. How good is that Jharal Yow Yeh though?

As for the Grand Final...zzz. Never before have I seen such a useless grand final. It felt like I was watching Manly vs. a Gutless Melbourne XVII and as a Rugby League fan that is highly dissapointing. It's a shame I didn't wake up in time to catch the ESL apparantly the Leeds/St. Helens match was phenomonal.

Oh and predictions for the Aus. team for the WC?

Mine would be:

1. Billy Slater
2. Israel Folau
3. Justin Hodges
4. Jame Lyon
5. Greg Inglis
6. Darren Lockyer (c)
7. Scott Prince
8. Brent Kite
9. Cameron Smith
10. Petero Civoniceiva
11. Anthony Laffranchi
12. Glenn Stewart
13. Paul Gallen

14. Kurt Gidley
15. Sam Thaiday
16. Steve Price
17. Anthony Watmough
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[Passa]

Grand final was a massive disappointment. I don't like the Storm or Manly, so I was just hoping for a close game, which obviously I didn't get. Atmosphere was kinda lame as well compared to the other grand finals I've been to, a side effect perhaps of having two of the worst supported teams in the final.

Enjoyed Wentworthville vs Newtown much more, absolutely hilarious match, I was sad when it ended there must have been in excess of 10 field goal attempts..
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[Shannon]

I'm too disapointed, I always knew it was going to be a massive job without Smith and Hoffman but 8-0 down at half time and 2 sets on their line at the start of the 2nd half i'm pretty disappointed that they gave up.

We had no structure the whole game but you can't go blaming Aitkens for that because he hasn't really played any matches this year. I feel bad for Folau, he's the only one on our team who really tried his heart out and the only one that deserves to be upset for the loss.

Was a good few days overall, and just happy to make 3 consecutive Grand Finals. As hard as it is to be happy about it, you can't really be upset you've got teams that havn't won flags in 50 years of being in the NRL and Storm have been in 4 Grand FInals in 11 years so i'm just proud.

Its pretty disappointing with the massive boo that Cam got, he's the Aussie captain lmao =/ oh wellll tis' manly after all.

Can't wait for 2009 already

[Qbert]

I've set up a fantasy competition for the RLWC and it would be great if some people wanted to join to make a PALGN comp. Go to this website and register and then select to join a private comp with the ID 288002.

I have never used this website before, so i don't know if I have to invite members, or if they can just join. So if someone could have a go at signing up and let me know if it goes OK.

In case you're wondering, you pick 13 players to make your fantasy team, but you can only have max 2 from each country. The players get graded on how well they perform and then you get scored accordingly. I think it seems really run so if you think it's a good idea, the cut off is in 5 days when the RLWC starts and if you need any help, just post there or PM me.
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[mclinton92]

only just saw this thread now, i wouldve tipped manly because "that's my team!"
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[Big Pete]

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Yeah I tried to create a second team and enter and it wouldn't let me, but I found that when i emailed myself through the website, the hyperlink would let me register. So just PM me your email itf you would like to join and hopefully that will work.
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