2024 NRL General Discussion Thread

[Foordy]

they really do need to change the name of the Draw to TV schedule or even game schedule. he are some of the matchups from Round 1:

Dolphins vs Rabbitohs ... i.e. Bennett vs Woolf

Eels vs Storm ... i.e. Bellamy vs Ryles

Broncos vs Roosters ... watch them play up the racism scandal from last year even if Mam doesn't play ... we're also the two clubs going after Hunt

 

[Big Del]

I'd be driving it as hard as I could low and towards the 35m on either sideline get to start the set with a set d line

Who`s going to make the 1st tackle ?
Your winger ? How do the middles and edges line up for the kick off ?

I`m old enough to remember always lining up forwards on one side of the field , backs the other and only ever kicking off to the forwards .

Warren Ryan pioneered the split centres and 2nd rowers . Before it was forwards around the ruck and backs on the open or long side .

I laugh when people complain about rule changes . There was once a 0 metre rule for defence lines and unlimited tackles . Imagine how the old blokes whinged when a 5 yard rule and then 6 tackles came along ! LOL .

 

[Xzei]

Who`s going to make the 1st tackle ?
Your winger ? How do the middles and edges line up for the kick off ?

I`m old enough to remember always lining up forwards on one side of the field , backs the other and only ever kicking off to the forwards .

Warren Ryan pioneered the split centres and 2nd rowers . Before it was forwards around the ruck and backs on the open or long side .

I laugh when people complain about rule changes . There was once a 0 metre rule for defence lines and unlimited tackles . Imagine how the old blokes whinged when a 5 yard rule and then 6 tackles came along ! LOL .

Set up just like normal either the other side catches a difficult ball before it goes out makes a mistake or it does go out and you are defending from a standing start.when I say kick it low ideally it is bouncing along the ground at speed and a prick to gather.

 

[The Strapper]

Anyone know when the full draw will be released?
They have put out Rd 1 so I suppose it is close.

As usual the AFL have got theirs out ahead of us so we will get the blame if there are any same day Broncos and Lions clashes.

 

[Sproj]

Anyone know when the full draw will be released?
They have put out Rd 1 so I suppose it is close.

As usual the AFL have got theirs out ahead of us so we will get the blame if there are any same day Broncos and Lions clashes.

Which there already is with the Broncs opening game. It’s same time as Lions.

 

[The Strapper]

Which there already is with the Broncs opening game. It’s same time as Lions.

Yeah but aren't we playing the chooks in Sydney?
I don't consider 2 games in different cities a clash even if they're on the same day.
I meant when the broncos and lions are both playing in brisbane on the same day.

 

[BroncsFan]

Magic Round 2025 released... we've got Panthers on the Sunday... might be the first time we've played Sunday on Magic Round

Also lol at Manly copping the bye for it... Manly fans blowing up thinking they're being punished but don't realise it was probably the money grubbing owners requesting it, because they didn't want to ask for the home game money after making a big issue about selling their home games to Suncorp for like 10yr.

NRL Magic Round 2025 schedule revealed

Magic Round has been a highlight of the NRL calendar since 2019 and there's a host of superb clashes at Suncorp Stadium in Round 9, 2025 when the magic show arrives in Brisbane again.

www.nrl.com

 

[Foordy]

Magic Round 2025 released... we've got Panthers on the Sunday... might be the first time we've played Sunday on Magic Round

Also lol at Manly copping the bye for it... Manly fans blowing up thinking they're being punished but don't realise it was probably the money grubbing owners requesting it, because they didn't want to ask for the home game money after making a big issue about selling their home games to Suncorp for like 10yr.

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NRL Magic Round 2025 schedule revealed

Magic Round has been a highlight of the NRL calendar since 2019 and there's a host of superb clashes at Suncorp Stadium in Round 9, 2025 when the magic show arrives in Brisbane again.

www.nrl.com

I might actually go to Magic Round for the first time now we're not playing on Friday

 

[Foordy]

lol @ Badel's take on us not playing on Friday

The Dolphins and Broncos are waging a fierce sporting turf war in Queensland and Redcliffe’s Friday night timeslot is a major coup for the fledgling organisation in the Battle of Brisbane rivalry.

 

[BroncsFan]

lol @ Badel's take on us not playing on Friday

Will be interesting to see how it goes... Broncos are usually required on the Friday night to sell out the game, but they're going with dolphins this year who didn't have a great attendance record at Suncorp when broncos weren't involved.

NRL might be banking on the women's origin being on Thursday and hopefully people will be in town regardless.

Dolphins averaged 23k at Suncorp for their games without Broncos... some pretty dire attendances in there and only had one Thursday game... so some pretty good timeslots, including Sunday vs Cows Rd 1... that should be a near sell out.

Rd 1 vs Cows (Sunday) 32,477
Rd 5 vs Tigers (Saturday) 22,051
Rd 8 vs Knights (Sunday) 18,033
Rd 10 vs Manly (Thursday) 14,059
Rd 16 vs Storm (Friday) 25,167
Rd 21 vs Titans (Sunday) 19,533
Rd 23 vs Wahs (Sunday) 28,056
Rd 26 vs Broncos (Saturday) 50,049

without Broncos 22,768
w Broncos 26,178

 

[Old Mate]

Will be interesting to see how it goes... Broncos are usually required on the Friday night to sell out the game, but they're going with dolphins this year who didn't have a great attendance record at Suncorp when broncos weren't involved.

NRL might be banking on the women's origin being on Thursday and hopefully people will be in town regardless.

Dolphins averaged 23k at Suncorp for their games without Broncos... some pretty dire attendances in there and only had one Thursday game... so some pretty good timeslots, including Sunday vs Cows Rd 1... that should be a near sell out.

Rd 1 vs Cows (Sunday) 32,477
Rd 5 vs Tigers (Saturday) 22,051
Rd 8 vs Knights (Sunday) 18,033
Rd 10 vs Manly (Thursday) 14,059
Rd 16 vs Storm (Friday) 25,167
Rd 21 vs Titans (Sunday) 19,533
Rd 23 vs Wahs (Sunday) 28,056
Rd 26 vs Broncos (Saturday) 50,049

without Broncos 22,768
w Broncos 26,178

The numbers for round 26 are massive. Would that be the highest attendance for a regular season game that season?

 

[BroncsFan]

The numbers for round 26 are massive. Would that be the highest attendance for a regular season game that season?

Apparently the first Broncos vs Dolphins game is biggest regular season game... 51047

 

[Foordy]

the Titans have hired Todd Carney as a junior pathways coach

 

[Foordy]

Fatty Vautin has announced his retirement from commentary.

Fatty said

“I’m 65 and I’ve run out of petrol,”

“When I think about my life I have to say it’s all been a surprise; the television career, my football career. I remember thinking as a 15 or 16-year-old redheaded, freckly kid that I didn’t know what I was gonna do with my life, and then when I look at what I’ve done, I’m still surprised.”

In an eyebrow-raising comment, Vautin also appeared to suggest he is walking away because he does not like the direction the game is going down with recent rule changes.

“The players are unbelievable, but there are things about it now that irritate me, like the six again and dropouts that are contested,” he said.

“I don’t want to become that cranky old guy who complains about a sport that made him what he is.”

Fatty on the people he has worked with

“What really gives me joy though, is running into people to this day who say nice things about what we did,” he said.

“It makes me quite emotional when I meet people, and it happens often, who say to me, ‘That show brought my family together’.

“I remember meeting a guy recently who thanked me for the relationship that he and his dad had because they bonded over watching The Footy Show. And when you hear things like that, that it brought families together, and kept them together, that’s better than anything.”

 

[Sproj]

In an eyebrow-raising comment, Vautin also appeared to suggest he is walking away because he does not like the direction the game is going down with recent rule changes.

“The players are unbelievable, but there are things about it now that irritate me, like the six again and dropouts that are contested,” he said.

This is me too.

 

[ningnangnong]

I'll miss ya Fatty.

People moan about him because he's not an 'expert analyst' or any of that, but he's always added something different to the commentary team. It's like watching the footy with ya mates.

The best thing about Fatty is that he's never taken himself too seriously. Always been very grounded, and by all accounts a stand-up bloke.

 

[Xzei]

 

[mrslong]

My little brother and I bonded over the footy show. We’ve never laughed so hard as the night fatty & sterlo met Steve & Teri Irwin. That was the purest television you could ever watch.

Thanks for the mems.

Also 6 again rule sucks giant balls.