NRL General Discussion Thread - 2016

[mrslong]

Pfft, i wasn't speculating. It was fact.

 

[Super Freak]

Pfft, i wasn't speculating. It was fact.

That was a little different.

This is a separate incident and there have been no evidence presented against any players or even any players named by anyone.

 

[Fozz]

Dank probably cut himself shaving and thought he could get a bit of attention for it.

 

[tommy]

Just saw a story on the news saying Robbie Farah possibly to the Rabbits. Inglis could barely hide his disdain when he said he thinks Farah would be great for the club through gritted teeth.

 

[Bucking Beads]

Just saw a story on the news saying Robbie Farah possibly to the Rabbits. Inglis could barely hide his disdain when he said he thinks Farah would be great for the club through gritted teeth.

Inglis won't be there so it's all good.

 

[tommy]

Does anyone know if Archer has backed the bunker calls again this week like Blake Austins' triple movement or does he do that tomorrow once all the games are played?

 

[Super Freak]

Does anyone know if Archer has backed the bunker calls again this week like Blake Austins' triple movement or does he do that tomorrow once all the games are played?

There wasn't much controversy surrounding it so we won't see his thoughts until later on tonight or tomorrow.

Usually if there is a big blow up like the Burgess no try and Herman no try, he would come out 24 hours after the game and back the bunker.

 

[Super Freak]

Does anyone know if Archer has backed the bunker calls again this week like Blake Austins' triple movement or does he do that tomorrow once all the games are played?

Well the ref review video was just uploaded.

Archer said the refs didn't have sufficient evidence to overturn the on-field call of no try for the Blake Austin try.

And he said that the video refs got every other call right, including the Tedesco try. He said that there was enough evidence to overturn the on-field call of no try.

 

[Broncoman]

James McManus has been forced to retire due to concussion.

 

[Sproj]

SHame when that happens to a player because it doesn't bode well for their future.

 

[mitch222]

James McManus has been forced to retire due to concussion.

I thought he already had retired due to concussions
That's two Newcastle players now that have retired due to injury (Snowden being the other)

 

[Unbreakable]

David Nofoaluma is quietly having a career season, I brought up the prospect of signing him last off-season before we landed Roberts and people more or less scoffed at the idea. (Which was probably fair enough, considering his injury history)

Tries - 14 (Tied 3rd in NRL)
Linebreaks - 16 (5th in NRL)
Offloads - 32 (9th in NRL)
Tackle Busts - 117 (1st in NRL)
All Run Metres - 2,690 (20th in NRL)

 

[Rhino1001]

David Nofoaluma is quietly having a career season, I brought up the prospect of signing him last off-season before we landed Roberts and people more or less scoffed at the idea. (Which was probably fair enough, considering his injury history)

Tries - 14 (Tied 3rd in NRL)
Linebreaks - 16 (5th in NRL)
Offloads - 32 (9th in NRL)
Tackle Busts - 117 (1st in NRL)
All Run Metres - 2,690 (20th in NRL)

Also the best finisher in the game imo

 

[Foordy]

[FONT=&quot]RYAN James has been found found guilty of a careless high tackle that broke James Tedesco’s jaw, but he will be free to play this weekend after a bizarre intervention by one of the NRL’s judiciary panel members.[/FONT][FONT=&quot]Gold Coast skipper James was found guilty on Wednesday evening of a grade two careless high tackle, which initially ruled him out of Saturday’s clash with the Knights in Newcastle.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]But judiciary panel member Royce Ayliffe took it upon himself to speak up after the guilty verdict was handed down, telling James’ defence team: “Hang on, he’s only been found guilty.’’[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]That prompted James’ lawyer Jim Hall, a former judiciary boss, to request the charge be reduced to a grade one, which meant 90 carry-over points and no suspension.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Hall initially implied he was unaware seeking a downgrade was a viable option.

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[FONT=&quot]It then took just five minutes for Ayliffe and fellow panel members Chris McKenna and Mal Cochrane to allow one of the most penalised forwards in the NRL to have his charge downgraded.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Tedesco has been left with four plates inserted into his jaw as the Wests Tigers’ finals hopes hang by a thread following their 19-18 loss to the Titans last week.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Social media went into meltdown given James is free to play, yet only a fortnight earlier St George Illawarra’s Tyson Frizell copped a one-match ban for brushing past a referee.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Judiciary chairman Geoff Bellew told the panel to ignore the fact Tedesco had broken his jaw when deciding whether to find James guilty.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]“Disregard any medical evidence given to you. The only issue for you is whether or not the tackle was careless,’’ Bellew said.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]But when it came to grading, the seriousness of Tedesco’s injury was taken into account.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Coach Neil Henry, who flew from the Gold Coast to Sydney to support his skipper, said: “We came down here thinking the speed of which (the incident) happened, it wasn’t a careless action by Ryan.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]“The judiciary thought it was on the lower end of carelessness, they took into account how fast the action happened, and how James Tedesco was dropping. We’ve been able to get a downgrade. There was no malice or intent.’’[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Tedesco, who is recovering after surgery, was forced from the field on the hour mark during Saturday’s heartbreaking loss to the Titans at a packed Campbelltown Sports Stadium.

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[FONT=&quot]NRL counsel Peter McGrath said the tackle was avoidable, and James had enough time to make a safe tackle without any contact to his jaw. He argued James also took his eyes off Tedesco before he made contact.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Hall said the tackle was “accidental’’, and there was nothing else James could have done.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]“There is no swinging arm, his fist is not clenched, Ryan James moves into the tackle bent forward with his hands out in front, ready to catch and hold,’’ Hall said.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]“James Tedesco catches the ball in an upright position, and in less than a quarter of a second the tackle is completed.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]“It was accidental, not careless. The game is played at speed, and you would all know it is impossible to change a tackle in less than a quarter of a second, a third of a second, even half a second.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]“You should ask yourselves what else Ryan James could have done to avoid making contact with the head.’’[/FONT]

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WTF ...

So let me get this straight ... Corey Parker gets suspended for a week for a hit on Tedesco that did no damage, despite the fact that it was his first charge in 15 years (so he gets a discount for a 7 year clean record) he also go a discount for an early guilty plea

and Ryan James (who is one of the most penalised forward in the NRL) breaks tedescos jaw and gets his charge downgraded after intervention from a judiciary panel member and doesn't miss a game.

That'll do me ... everytime you think the NRL couldn't be more of an amateurish, incompetent organisation, they go and prove you wrong

 

[tommy]

Gold Coast Titans are the flavour of the month. I stopped being surprised about the NRLs' handling of things a long time ago.

 

[Harry Sack]

*puts on tinfoil hat*

It's very simple Mr Foordy. The Titans are currently an NRL run club. They also have on their roster a player that commentators and media froth over to the point that the rest of the team is irrelevant. The Titans in the finals is a promotions dream. Titans V Sharks would make our overlords happier than a pig in poo.

 

[Foordy]

*puts on tinfoil hat*

It's very simple Mr Foordy. The Titans are currently an NRL run club. They also have on their roster a player that commentators and media froth over to the point that the rest of the team is irrelevant. The Titans in the finals is a promotions dream. Titans V Sharks would make our overlords happier than a pig in poo.

But that would confuse the refs ... they wouldn't know who to favour

 

[Morkel]

*puts on tinfoil hat*

It's very simple Mr Foordy. The Titans are currently an NRL run club. They also have on their roster a player that commentators and media froth over to the point that the rest of the team is irrelevant. The Titans in the finals is a promotions dream. Titans V Sharks would make our overlords happier than a pig in poo.

So proud right now.