PRE-GAME Round 26 - Broncos vs Roosters

[abashii]

Poach him?I thought they released him so they could but Junior Paulo.

They released him because the next player they were poaching from Newcastle, Tapine, became available a year early. Canberra have no high ground to stand on when it comes to poaching players, most of their squad has been nicked from elsewhere.

 

[tommy]

They released him because the next player they were poaching from Newcastle, Tapine, became available a year early. Canberra have no high ground to stand on when it comes to poaching players, most of their squad has been nicked from elsewhere.

Ahh that's right, Tapine is who I was thinking of.

 

[Fozz]

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[ivanhungryjak]

[video]https://youtu.be/Fca4B7zIiUU[/video]

This is the one I was thinking about. It resulted in the Sam Thaiday ref shirt pull.

 

[ningnangnong]

Lol, a Melbourne Storm player talking about playing against the spirit of the game?

Turn it up!

 

[abashii]

Anyone know when the charge sheets come out? Napa put in a double shoulder charge over the weekend and I think Kane Evans or someone was involved in some grubby act as well. Nothing mentioned on the NRL site so far but I'm not sure whether that's because the charges haven't come out from that game yet or because the Roosters are made of fucking teflon.

 

[Foordy]

Anyone know when the charge sheets come out? Napa put in a double shoulder charge over the weekend and I think Kane Evans or someone was involved in some grubby act as well. Nothing mentioned on the NRL site so far but I'm not sure whether that's because the charges haven't come out from that game yet or because the Roosters are made of fucking teflon.

Kane Evans was similar to the Ryan James incudent.

No action was taken against James so i don't expect any action against Evans

 

[Stix]

Anyone know when the charge sheets come out? Napa put in a double shoulder charge over the weekend and I think Kane Evans or someone was involved in some grubby act as well. Nothing mentioned on the NRL site so far but I'm not sure whether that's because the charges haven't come out from that game yet or because the Roosters are made of ****ing teflon.

Napa makes solid shoulder/head tackles every game, sometimes he gets pinged sometimes he gets nothing. He's right on the borderline where he wraps just enough arm around to constitute a tackle but pretty much just plants his shoulder in

 

[Porthoz]

I'm surprised Smith is carrying on so much, with the amount of well constructed penalties he gets his side he should be like "well played Milf, well played". I'm also liking the fact the Milf is crafty like that, and to pull that shit on the Storm of all teams!! Good on him

Shows how much we rattled the Storm... never seen Smith and Cronk lose control like they did in this game.

 

[Super Freak]

Anyone know when the charge sheets come out? Napa put in a double shoulder charge over the weekend and I think Kane Evans or someone was involved in some grubby act as well. Nothing mentioned on the NRL site so far but I'm not sure whether that's because the charges haven't come out from that game yet or because the Roosters are made of fucking teflon.

Charge sheets come out 24 hours after the game.

He got away with it.

 

[GCBRONCO]

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[MaroubraBroncos]

"SPIRIT OF THE GAME" I think systematically cheating through the salary cap is probably as bad as it gets!

 

[john1420]

Melbourne folks are the last people that can question anybody else over not playing in the spirit of the game

 

[Super Freak]

"SPIRIT OF THE GAME" I think systematically cheating through the salary cap is probably as bad as it gets!

And trying to rip people's heads off with grapple tackles..

They didn't invent the wrestling, but they mastered and used it and I don't see how that is in the spirit of the game.

Smith must have a bad memory of why he missed the 08 GF...

 

[Stix]

It's not against the spirit of the game, old mate shouldn't have been laying in the ruck... Clever play by Milf

 

[K-Style]

It's not against the spirit of the game, old mate shouldn't have been laying in the ruck... Clever play by Milf

Maybe this is more the spirit of the game Smith is looking for:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCkpIOCsRQY

 

[Sproj]

Maybe this is more the spirit of the game Smith is looking for:

Cameron Smith kicks Issac Luke in face - YouTube

Hopefully that makes it easier.

 

[mrslong]

Taking my old man to this game. It's his first Rugby League game since he took me to my first one way back in 1994. He's never been a real fan of Rugby League (obviously) but seems to have mysteriously got on board this season.

It's going to be a bit awkward because the old man is a bit hard to get along with, but anyway, here goes nothing. Happy Father's Day.

Side note: That Cameron Smith kicking thing was not much in it really, he was being held down by a Burgii who was blocking his vision. I'd say the winning argument to the "spirit of the game" issue he has is definitely all the paper bags of money he has under his bed.