NRL Auckland Nines

[Big Pete]

[video=youtube_share;5f59iiTxg30]http://youtu.be/5f59iiTxg30[/video]

 

[Big Pete]

Should be a bunch of fun and a nice change of pace after the All Stars fixture fizzled out.

Interested to find out who will be covering it? A type of tournament like this is there purely to give the fans a fix of League so surely something must be figured out by now?

 

[Broncoman]

What was the 7's and Pre-season cup like for anyone who saw it?. Should be a very good advertisement for the game and hopefully is a success.

 

[Charmamba]

Let's win this one!!! 4 Backs 1 half 4 forwards?


Barba, Hoffman, Reed, Oates/Copely* (forgot Hodges is injured...)
Hunt
Glenn, Gillett, Parker, McGuire

 

[theshed]

I can't see us winning. Other than Barba I dont see enough flair in out team. Smith/Crionk/Slater is an obvious favourite. Burgess boys/Luke/Reynolds/Inglis and co.

 

[Morkel]

So the rules are 1 of your top 5, and 12 of your top 25. So the Storm can shelter their big 3 and send Hoffman. Speed & elusiveness is the order of course, but it will be intersting to see what style of forward works best. There is still an argument for a big strong steamroller to break tackles, drag defenders & put defence on the back foot.

 

[Kimlo]

This is awesome, I can't wait for it to happen.

I wonder if Bellamy the sook will willingly participate? He did go on his usual bitchy whinge rants about only participating if it was mandatory.

 

[QUEENSLANDER]

That promo video is so crap. You can tell the organisers are very worried that no stars will play, so they had all the people in the video say "we're bringing out best". Seems so scripted!

 

[Black Philip]

I don't care, but I'm glad the All stars fixture got the arse. Stupid concept.

 

[subsbligh]

More like:

Barba, Hoffman, Reed, Milford,
Hunt
Glenn, Gillett, Parker, McGuire

 

[subsbligh]

Have they established the rules yet?

 

[subsbligh]

Also, strategically, this ties in nicely with the Touch Football Australia association.

 

[Kimlo]

That promo video is so crap. You can tell the organisers are very worried that no stars will play, so they had all the people in the video say "we're bringing out best". Seems so scripted!

Scripted or not, I thought it was cool.

 

[Nashy]

Can we get English refs to ref it. They can't be worse than NRL refs.

 

[KingWebcke]

They can't be worse than NRL refs.

Is that a challenge?

 

[hidethesuspect]

That video is so scripted it takes away from the impact. It could be a good thing, excited at the prospect. Good to see Greg Bird donning his traditional wife beater. He always wears that when he's about to participate in an advertisement. It's an unwritten rule that all bogans are to wear a wife beater.

 

[Ironbroncos]

looking forward to this, already planning to go with my workmates

 

[Mt Smart]

Here's your Draw Broncos Fans


Group A
Canberra Raiders
Manly Sea Eagles
New Zealand Warriors
North Queensland Cowboys

Group B
Brisbane Broncos
Canterbury Bulldogs
Parramatta Eels
Sydney Roosters

Group C
Cronulla Sharks
Gold Coast Titans
Newcastle Knights
Wests Tigers

Group D
Melbourne Storm
Penrith Panthers
South Sydney Rabbitohs
St George/Illawarra Dragons

The NRL Auckland Nines will feature:

31 live games over just one weekend
All 16 NRL Clubs with over 256 star players
9 players per team
9 minute halves
4 pools of 4 teams
$2.25m Australian dollars prize money
One action packed weekend at Eden Park

The NRL Auckland Nines Draw » League Freak - Covering The NRL, Super League And Rugby League World Wide - LeagueFreak.com

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