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Same issue every year with SOO and finals. Manufactured drama that sells papers but makes the game look like amateur hour. Another example of short term media at the cost of respect and long term interest for the game. Instead of talking about lawyers and technicalities surely better for the...

Pretty embarrassing so far for NRL. Cheap tickets, Sydney glamour teams playing. Broncs get over 40000 from a crap season with few star players, last night couldn’t give away 20000 tickets. New stadiums will help a bit but doubt will make much difference. Remember Broncs we’re routinely...

Wondering if we can get a poll going. Who at this point wishes we could have kept Ben Hunt (presuming would require increased offer closer to Dragons)?

Marty Johns going on about bring it down to 4 instead of possible 6. I think 4 is ridiculous. Becomes like union where players warm the bench for all but last 5 minutes. Disappointing in union if your favourite player comes off and won’t be back. Would think 6 or 7 is right number...

Absolute farce but as far as tell can was correct ruling based on interpretation that hasn’t been applied in living memory! Easy fix is saying as genuine attempt at drop goal but still lot of ambiguity as to interpreting genuine. Can’t rely on common sense in NRL. Fox sports commenter had...

Guy apparently requires double knee reconstructions according to fox sports. That’ll make it 4 on the left and 1 on the right. He’s been impressive to recover from first 3 but how do you recover from 5! Feel sorry for the bloke but wished we never signed him and glad we let Newcastle pay...

Another communist method to ‘even’ the competition rather than promote the excellence required to actually sell the product. Set low at 5.7 million lot of guys are going to lose their jobs or take big cuts... Worse form of restraint of trade than players because at least players have access to...

Hilarious to see Gould blowing up about penalties and mocking the game. Does the guy actually listen to himself? He was more intrusive than the refs! I agree the penalties are a little heavy but the majority looked fair enough. Is it not incumbent on the players to actually be onside, play...

Know it won’t happen with current vested interests but would like to discuss benefits (and downsides) of going to a 2 tier league structure. 12 sides per division both national comps. Both soft salary caps (with luxury tax if overspend). Need to maximise value for lay fans with 6 high level...

I was wondering if anyone with the technical nous, time and interest could actually examine Maccas pass (or perhaps more accurately overall time from heel strike to receiver) speed compared to other hookers so we can put the question to bed? Not sure if can be done easily re measuring distances...

Great article about how NRL is allowing itself to be run into the ground. Channel nine and papers have a lot to answer for but can't control that right now. But game is worst enemy. Cricket's system while not perfect (suspect Hawkeye is no where as accurate as sold) has usually very accurate...

Is it just me or has this year, particularly the finals to date been poor quality football? Low completions, bad defensive misses, lots of single player efforts that are made to look better than they really are? Or is it fatigue with injuries and 8 interchanges? Is it increased speed and...

Wondering what the feeling is about them? I think the Smith/Thurston match and NRL criteria are a joke. Why should anyone play a tribute match while they are still playing? Shouldn't it be after they retire as one last go round with their mates? Where is the value to fans and surely it...

Wondering if anyone has or knows where to get stats of head injury assessments, outcomes and concussion related weeks off? Wondering how often happens and who seems to be gaming it the most. Didn't see a big 'hit' on Gallen tonight although might have missed it, but IIRC not his first...

Hi Hoping for advice on how to rewatch broncos games? Used to use livestream overseas but can't seem to find the link. Have Foxtel go but nothing ready to stream and replays inconvenient times. Telstra NRL app footy pass also only seems to have highlights. Thanks

On ladder predictor have us finishing 4th losing to Melbourne week 1 assuming our picture of on and off competence and scraping through. Not the worst run after that with decapitated Cows and fairytale less Sharks. Just not seen the consistent steel and desire to win a premiership. Think it's...

Cowboys game today. Not even sure Reynolds got much of a hit but he stayed down and ruined the momentum for Cows in a try scoring situation. If I was the coach I'd tell my players to do it. If a player stays down and play stops surely the player must go off for at least the rest of the set...

Any more news about how he is going? A relatively mild staph skin infection sensitive to first line antibiotics is very different from a heart or bone staph infection resistant to first line antibiotics.

Salary cap as it stands is a blight on the game. Little reward for developing talent or building culture of success. Few one club legends which surely negatively impacts fan loyalty (and one club players getting unders in exchange for loyalty). It is a restriction of trade for players and...

Hi Thinking ahead to the future wondering about ideas for new rules or tweaks of current rules to make the game better to watch and safer for the players. Maybe not all are gems but hopefully at least some are worth a go in end of season dead rubbers. What annoys you most? For me: 1) Sick...