NRL General Discussion Thread

[Unbreakable]

Brian Canavan is “retiring” soon too back home to QLD. Best administrator in the game.

He was the only full time staff with Bennett when the Broncos started. Saved Wally’s life too.

BC could be head of football.

And if David Fifita only signs a 1-2 year extension with us, you know who their marquee signing will be. It'll check all the boxes, gets to stay in Brisbane, gets an obscene amount of money, gets to be the face of the new franchise.

 

[Fozz]

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Brian Canavan is “retiring” soon too back home to QLD. Best administrator in the game.

He was the only full time staff with Bennett when the Broncos started. Saved Wally’s life too.

BC could be head of football.

Brisbane Retirement Home Bombers, they could be based in Hervey Bay.

 

[Finbar]

Saved Wally’s life too

How'd he save Wally's life?

 

[1910]

How'd he save Wally's life?

Prelim Final Mark Graham elbowed Wally in the throat and Wally needed mouth to mouth. Canavan was Valleys' trainer and got to him first and started it before Dooley took over.



11 minutes in.

Canavan went from Valleys to the Broncos and then Roosters CEO, NRL head of football and now Knights trying to fix them. He's a great admin.

 

[Kooly87]

Prelim Final Mark Graham elbowed Wally in the throat and Wally needed mouth to mouth. Canavan was Valleys' trainer and got to him first and started it before Dooley took over.



11 minutes in.

Canavan went from Valleys to the Broncos and then Roosters CEO, NRL head of football and now Knights trying to fix them. He's a great admin.

Any chance he wants to be the Broncos CEO after White finishes up?

 

[1910]

Any chance he wants to be the Broncos CEO after White finishes up?

Not too sure what he's coming back here to do but he'd be a great CEO. Ex Teacher too imagine the conversations Seibs and Canavan could have- no one would know what they're talking about.

 

[GCBRONCO]

 

[Big Pete]

We love to give opposition coaches a tough time, but I really enjoyed Robinson's insight into his defensive structures. What I took out of it was his theory on simultaneous contact, the significance of remaining square and the 70% of the field rule. His explanation really spoke to what coaches are looking for and their perspective on why things worked or didn't work.

 

[LittleDavey]

Agree BP, I found that really impressive. I'd love to see Seibs' take on the technicalities of the game like that tbh. Robbo - and Bellamy - are the the masters in our code of both game and player management.

 

[Foordy]

Agree BP, I found that really impressive. I'd love to see Seibs' take on the technicalities of the game like that tbh. Robbo - and Bellamy - are the the masters in our code of both game and player management.

Bellamy's is simple hurt your opponent any way you can ... that's why he started using moves meant to make BJJ fighters submit

 

[LittleDavey]

Bellamy's is simple hurt your opponent any way you can ... that's why he started using moves meant to make BJJ fighters submit

Oh Bellyache is without a doubt also a master in the dark arts, and I despise that he's brought it into the game. But he's clearly technically very good as well - the Storm's game plans are clearly tailored each week to their opposition, and have been for years.

 

[Foordy]

Oh Bellyache is without a doubt also a master in the dark arts, and I despise that he's brought it into the game. But he's clearly technically very good as well - the Storm's game plans are clearly tailored each week to their opposition, and have been for years.

I don't think he necessarily tailors his plans to the opposition ...

IMO, his Plan A is very very good (and he has the right player to pull it off, i.e. Smith) that it beats most opposition ... but from what we've seen over the years, in the rare occasions when his Plan A isn't working, the Storm either aren't equipped to switch to a Plan B or simply don't have one, and that is when teams beat them

 

[LittleDavey]

I don't think he necessarily tailors his plans to the opposition ...

IMO, his Plan A is very very good (and he has the right player to pull it off, i.e. Smith) that it beats most opposition ... but from what we've seen over the years, in the rare occasions when his Plan A isn't working, the Storm either aren't equipped to switch to a Plan B or simply don't have one, and that is when teams beat them

Hmmm. I tend to disagree for the most part, though I do agree that these days if you can get in their face, rattle them & keep the pressure on they are more beatable than they have been in years.

I can vividly remember watching them completely dismantle their opposition via weak points though. The example which comes to mind being that fateful game we had poor Kodi on the wing(?)...although that was more circumstantial with the initial injury to Oates (?), it shows good game awareness and targeting of opposition weaknesses. Many times you see play seeming to deliberately AVOID an injured opposition player for whatever reason.

 

[Unbreakable]

Not too surprised that League Life was axed, rubbish show.

Only really notable personnel changes is Vossy now hosting Controversy Corner instead of Graeme Hughes, and Sam Burgess / Cooper Cronk being regular members of the Fox coverage.

 

[broncos4life]

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Not too surprised that League Life was axed, rubbish show.

Only really notable personnel changes is Vossy now hosting Controversy Corner instead of Graeme Hughes, and Sam Burgess / Cooper Cronk being regular members of the Fox coverage.

Glad to see League Life gone, that was an awful show.

 

[Big Pete]

I'm disappointed with that announcement. I don't mind them dropping League Life since it was just another magazine show on a channel full of them but the lack of variety is so disheartening. When they announced Fox League, I thought it would really bring Rugby League coverage forward and they'd do a wonderful job of promoting the current game and honoring the past.

If anything the coverage has gotten worse and they've butchered a lot of the old games. They can't even go one day without trimming games down and they replay the same episode of NRL 360 at least five times in 24 hours just in case you missed it the first time.

 

[Unbreakable]

I'm disappointed with that announcement. I don't mind them dropping League Life since it was just another magazine show on a channel full of them but the lack of variety is so disheartening. When they announced Fox League, I thought it would really bring Rugby League coverage forward and they'd do a wonderful job of promoting the current game and honoring the past.

If anything the coverage has gotten worse and they've butchered a lot of the old games. They can't even go one day without trimming games down and they replay the same episode of NRL 360 at least five times in 24 hours just in case you missed it the first time.

Yeah I agree, I really think you really only need to play episodes 2 times in the modern era, with everyone having recording technology and the sorts. I'd much rather the empty time slots be filled up with random old games, shown in full, or with minimal amounts of cutting.

They should show old games of each match-up for the upcoming round, i.e - showing a bunch of Broncos v Cowboys games, Sea Eagles v Storm games, etc prior to Round 1.

I think they do this occasionally, but I could be wrong.

 

[Kooly87]

Not too sure what he's coming back here to do but he'd be a great CEO. Ex Teacher too imagine the conversations Seibs and Canavan could have- no one would know what they're talking about.

Surely we're in the process of looking for White's replacement soon? Would be great timing.