NRL General Discussion Thread - 2016

[Porthoz]

I wonder if any Queenslanders will turn up if it's an all Sydney affair. The general interest in the Grand Final and the finals series here in QLD really dies of when all the Queensland teams are out.

Yes, because NSW'kers were super interested in last year's GF... :rolleyes:

Suncorp Stadium will sell out twice over easily, with Qld'ers and all the NSW'kers living here.

 

[Harry Sack]

I wonder if any Queenslanders will turn up if it's an all Sydney affair. The general interest in the Grand Final and the finals series here in QLD really dies of when all the Queensland teams are out.

You can't really compare the hype around watching it on TV to the possibility of actually attending. It's simple really, the GF has never been held in QLD. It wouldn't matter who was playing, it would sell out almost immediately.

 

[Super Freak]

Quite a few Sydney teams have a very large supporter base up here.

And it would be the Grand Final at the best Rugby League stadium in the world. It would still sell out.

 

[abashii]

I'd buy tickets as soon as they came out, but unlike most southerners I wouldn't sell them just because my team didn't make the cut.

 

[Foordy]

There was a story in this mornings' CM that I can't find online. Apparently Suncorp Stadium is being seriously considered to hold the 2018 and 2019 grand final.

yes it is because of the NSW stadium deal ... meaning that ANZ wouldn't be ready to host a GF during the re-development

 

[ivanhungryjak]

yes it is because of the NSW stadium deal ... meaning that ANZ wouldn't be ready to host a GF during the re-development

They're also pretty cunning because they've put Melbourne in the frame too so a bidding war is on the cards and the government will have to pay a lot more.

 

[gordjw]

Do you think they'd seriously go to Melbourne? It's not too bad for Origin (although I'm not really a fan of it), but surely not the GF.
They'd also have to fit in with the AFL finals somehow.

I wouldn't mind a 3 year rotation, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne.

 

[Bull Shark]

why is Matt Moylan trying to laugh like Johnathan Thurston?

that's just weird

 

[Kimlo]

Former NRL star Fuifui Moimoi fighting for his life with deadly infection | Daily Mail Online

Hopefully he gets better soon! Poor guy :(

 

[Unbreakable]

According to Josh Massoud just then on 7 News, Eels are going to be deducted 8 competition points.

 

[Porthoz]

Ouch, that's finals gone almost certainly...

 

[Kimlo]

According to Josh Massoud just then on 7 News, Eels are going to be deducted 8 competition points.

Wow, for this year or starting from next? That's going to just about kill their top 8 chances.

 

[Kimlo]

Ouch, that's finals gone almost certainly...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_NRL_season#Ladder

2015 NRL season v t e
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Sydney Roosters	24	18	0	6	2	591	300	+291	40
2	Brisbane Broncos	24	17	0	7	2	574	379	+195	38
3	North Queensland Cowboys (P)	24	17	0	7	2	587	454	+133	38
4	Melbourne Storm	24	14	0	10	2	467	348	+119	32
5	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	24	14	0	10	2	522	480	+42	32
6	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	24	14	0	10	2	469	476	−7	32
7	South Sydney Rabbitohs	24	13	0	11	2	465	467	−2	30
8	St. George Illawarra Dragons	24	12	0	12	2	435	408	+27	28
9	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	24	11	0	13	2	458	492	−34	26
10	Canberra Raiders	24	10	0	14	2	577	569	+8	24
11	Penrith Panthers	24	9	0	15	2	399	477	−78	22
12	Parramatta Eels	24	9	0	15	2	448	573	−125	22
13	New Zealand Warriors	24	9	0	15	2	445	588	−143	22
14	Gold Coast Titans	24	9	0	15	2	439	636	−197	22
15	Wests Tigers	24	8	0	16	2	487	562	−75	20
16	Newcastle Knights	24	8	0	16	2	458	612	−154	20

Judging by last year, they're still a chance, but they'd need to be top 2-ish to make it.

 

[broncos4life]

Time to start planning mad Monday, much easier to plan when you know the date.

 

[ivanhungryjak]

According to Josh Massoud just then on 7 News, Eels are going to be deducted 8 competition points.

If you were a Dogs or Storm supporter, you'd be pretty filthy with that.

 

[mitch222]

If you were a Dogs or Storm supporter, you'd be pretty filthy with that.

its more than enough points to eliminate them from finals footy

 

[ivanhungryjak]

its more than enough points to eliminate them from finals footy

11 from 17 is very doable but even so, at least it gives them a shot.

 

[Morkel]

I guess we'll wait and see the scope to which they've "cheated".