Round 8 Discussion

[Big Pete]

Friday
6:00pm - Canberra Raiders vs Manly Sea Eagles
7:50pm - South Sydney Rabbitohs vs Brisbane Broncos

Saturday
3:00pm - Parramatta Eels vs Penrith Panthers
5:30pm - North Queensland Cowboys vs Newcastle Knights
7:30pm - Cronulla Sharks vs Gold Coast Titans

Sunday
4:00pm - Wests Tigers vs Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs

Tuesday
4:00pm - Sydney Roosters vs St George Illawarra Dragons
7:00pm - Melbourne Storm vs Warriors

 

[Super Freak]

Apparently Klemmer will be out this week but whether that was just Graham playing games remains to be seen.

A tough round this week. There are a few potential upsets on the cards.

I think Tigers could get up over the Bulldogs.

Warriors are always a danger for Melbourne at this time of year.

 

[Big Pete]

Tomorrow night is a good opportunity for the Raiders to stake their premiership claim. At home against an up & down Sea Eagles outfit, this should be the type of game they win comfortably as they steel themselves for the representative season.

The Sea Eagles need to get back to what was working for them. When they shocked the Cowboys & the Roosters, it was on the back of their defence and their take-no-prisoners style which frustrated their opposition into error. To concede 35 and 30 points in consecutive weeks isn't good enough and they can't afford to give the Raiders that amount of latitude otherwise the Raiders will make them pay.

I'm tipping the Raiders and think they'll go on some sort of run from here. They may not win 10 in a row or something crazy but wouldn't be surprised if they only drop two or three games between now and Round 20.

And I think the Rabbitohs will lift against the Broncos. I think they'll make the most of having Sam Burgess there after he got lucky at the judiciary and I think they'll put plenty of scoreboard pressure on the Broncos who were far from convincing against the Gold Coast. I think the Broncos will finish with their noses just in-front, but I think without Hunt and a few of their up and coming players they won't be as consistent as a typical Bennett coached side.

So...Canberra 32-14 and Brisbane 24-20. Brisbane to really miss Kahu's goal-kicking, while Reynolds' boot makes the score look a lot closer than it really is on the field.

 

[Battler]

Lmao at the amount of ridiculous penalties the Raiders are getting here. Paulo just got robbed of a try.

 

[broncsgoat]

What a fucking joke

 

[Battler]

Paulo loses the ball, gets a penalty.

 

[broncsgoat]

Papalli on song.

 

[broncsgoat]

Yup

 

[Super Freak]

Can they hold onto the fucking ball?

 

[ivanhungryjak]

That's got to be an HIA, surely?

 

[Super Freak]

Good one.

Pretends it's the knee so he doesn't have to go off for a HIA.

 

[Super Freak]

That was flukey as ****.

 

[Super Freak]

That's got to be an HIA, surely?

You watch, the NRL will do nothing about it.

This is why we need independant doctors.

 

[ivanhungryjak]

You watch, the NRL will do nothing about it.

This is why we need independant doctors.

I mean, did he think the fake grab at the knee would fool anyone ?

 

[Super Freak]

Taupau is a beast.

 

[Rhino1001]

And limping back up to halfway would have fooled anyone.

 

[Super Freak]

I mean, did he think the fake grab at the knee would fool anyone ?

I thought it was pretty funny.

Laying there motionless on the ground, grabbing at his head and then grabs the knee but doesn't appear to be in any pain..

I wonder why the sideline official isn't pulling him off. Don't the NRL still have one there to monitor and make these calls?

 

[Super Freak]

Now he is off.

Sounds like someone got in the Raiders staff ear.