PRE-GAME [Round 9, 2022] Rabbitohs vs Broncos

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Wayne Bennett on Adam Reynolds:

“Souths had a tough decision to make and they made it, OK. Personally, I would have liked for Adam to stay at Souths. I fought for that - but I also had to understand that Souths had salary-cap issues and you have to take the reality with the bad medicine. The bad medicine was we might have to let him go and the reality is there is a salary cap in place, and if we tried to keep Adam, then we might lose this guy over here and that guy over there. It would have been nice to see Adam finish his career at Souths, but I also know keeping him would have impacted on their roster enormously.”​
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“Adam is very much like ‘Alf’ with his character traits, his teammates love playing with him. Adam is a bloody tough bugger. Like Alf, he has great courage. He is only a small bloke, but he has played 11 years now against the biggest and best players in the NRL and he has handled it all. Adam is the ultimate pro. One thing that pisses me off is people who question his training because he is committed to his preparation. He is a great team guy and you can already see what he has brought to the Broncos. Adam has been wearing the Broncos jersey for eight weeks now and he has brought a calmness to their side.”​

Souths chief executive Blake Solly:

“The truth is we could have kept ‘Reyno’ for a second year, but it would have meant letting go of someone last year. Wayne, to his credit, and we all agreed, we were in it to win it last year, so we shouldn’t let anyone go from our roster."​
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“We never had concerns about Adam’s body, that wasn’t right. Our challenges for the salary cap were in 2023. Adam’s body is the same as any other player at 31 or 32 in the NRL, we didn’t think there was an elevated risk of him breaking down. We offered Adam a deal to stay in 2022 and we were hoping we could have been in a position to offer him something at a later stage. Whilst it was unfortunate to lose Adam, we always respected his decision to seek the longer-term financial security offered by the Broncos and bringing up his family in Brisbane.”​

Kevin Walters:

“We need to play well for Adam, it’s a big thing for him going back there and we want to make sure it’s a special night for him. Adam has had a big influence over everything we do every game. He has got some knowledge on Souths, but everyone knows what they do and how they play. We have had our best start at the Broncos for five years and he has had a huge influence on that. Everyone is pulling their weight and that’s helped Adam. I feel he is putting his stamp on our team, certainly.”​

McHunt
 
winslow_wong said:
Why are the broncos at such long odds? Is Reynolds ok?
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I should point you in the direction of a niche publication called the NSWRL Digest. Your answers are there.

I reckon last weekend had a bunch of upsets as a way of the NRL saying "see, there is no referee bias, the shit teams can also win games" but it'll be back to regular programming this weekend and the Broncos are going to be shafted big time by the refs, especially after we beat them in Round 1.
 
McHunt said:
Wayne Bennett on Adam Reynolds:

“Souths had a tough decision to make and they made it, OK. Personally, I would have liked for Adam to stay at Souths. I fought for that - but I also had to understand that Souths had salary-cap issues and you have to take the reality with the bad medicine. The bad medicine was we might have to let him go and the reality is there is a salary cap in place, and if we tried to keep Adam, then we might lose this guy over here and that guy over there. It would have been nice to see Adam finish his career at Souths, but I also know keeping him would have impacted on their roster enormously.”​
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“Adam is very much like ‘Alf’ with his character traits, his teammates love playing with him. Adam is a bloody tough bugger. Like Alf, he has great courage. He is only a small bloke, but he has played 11 years now against the biggest and best players in the NRL and he has handled it all. Adam is the ultimate pro. One thing that pisses me off is people who question his training because he is committed to his preparation. He is a great team guy and you can already see what he has brought to the Broncos. Adam has been wearing the Broncos jersey for eight weeks now and he has brought a calmness to their side.”​

Souths chief executive Blake Solly:

“The truth is we could have kept ‘Reyno’ for a second year, but it would have meant letting go of someone last year. Wayne, to his credit, and we all agreed, we were in it to win it last year, so we shouldn’t let anyone go from our roster."​
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“We never had concerns about Adam’s body, that wasn’t right. Our challenges for the salary cap were in 2023. Adam’s body is the same as any other player at 31 or 32 in the NRL, we didn’t think there was an elevated risk of him breaking down. We offered Adam a deal to stay in 2022 and we were hoping we could have been in a position to offer him something at a later stage. Whilst it was unfortunate to lose Adam, we always respected his decision to seek the longer-term financial security offered by the Broncos and bringing up his family in Brisbane.”​

Kevin Walters:

“We need to play well for Adam, it’s a big thing for him going back there and we want to make sure it’s a special night for him. Adam has had a big influence over everything we do every game. He has got some knowledge on Souths, but everyone knows what they do and how they play. We have had our best start at the Broncos for five years and he has had a huge influence on that. Everyone is pulling their weight and that’s helped Adam. I feel he is putting his stamp on our team, certainly.”​

McHunt
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Seems like a subtle dig at Bennett from Solly there. Benno leaving a club in cap trouble again?
 
Wolfie said:
No way should Carrigan be starting. Its a risk we dont need to take. Cant see him being ready, he hasnt had any footy since the Warriors game.
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I'm tipping Flegler to start ahead of Carrigan
 
theshed said:
Seems like a subtle dig at Bennett from Solly there. Benno leaving a club in cap trouble again?
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Was thinking the same thing. Can we somehow make this Louise’s fault?
 
McHunt said:
“Souths had a tough decision to make and they made it, OK. Personally, I would have liked for Adam to stay at Souths. I fought for that - but I also had to understand that Souths had salary-cap issues and you have to take the reality with the bad medicine. The bad medicine was we might have to let him go and the reality is there is a salary cap in place, and if we tried to keep Adam, then we might lose this guy over here and that guy over there. It would have been nice to see Adam finish his career at Souths, but I also know keeping him would have impacted on their roster enormously.”
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The old salary cap excuse.

I call bullshit. The reality is, they favoured Walker over Reynolds.
 
Morkel said:
I should point you in the direction of a niche publication called the NSWRL Digest. Your answers are there.

I reckon last weekend had a bunch of upsets as a way of the NRL saying "see, there is no referee bias, the shit teams can also win games" but it'll be back to regular programming this weekend and the Broncos are going to be shafted big time by the refs, especially after we beat them in Round 1.
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It’s the hardest game to tip this weekend and will be crucial to putting me up high in my tipping comp.
 
Typically we don't travel well and this is a Sydney game. We've won the last two - when was the last time we had 3 wins in a row? Souths may have been lucky to walk away with that last week (I think 13-on-13 they lose by 20) but in the end they put on a lot of points and will be confident from that (despite it being against 12 for 70mins).

I think Souths are very much beatable and I'd love to see us belt them. Unfortunately though I think tomorrow night will be one that brings us down a few pegs again. I changed my tip from Broncos to Souths today - feeling pessimistic (though I also was last week so let's hope it's a repeat!)
 
jarro65 said:
I'm tipping Flegler to start ahead of Carrigan
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In fact that's absolutely the way it should go unless KW and his advisors have seen something at training which instilled confidence that Carrigan is definitely right to go.

I thought Flegler and Jensen would make the perfect starters. They're both fast and stocky and my observations over the years have convinced me that pays dividends later in the match. We have to run these big South's forwards off their feet. I am worried we will miss Capewell's anticipation especially when that crafty fucker Cook gets it into his head to run.
 
I have gone 8/8 broncos games tipping this year. Every game we won I was feeling buzzing about the game. The ones we lost I was negative. I’m positive right now. Real positive even for a team that just lost its 2 best forwards. We got a spine that’s working. Arguably they don’t (better than ours just isn’t clicking and has no direction). Our outside backs are just in a buzz right now. Arguably 2 could play origin Cobbo in this form would come close (not that he would get selected this early or at least shouldn’t. Herbie would play for Qld quicker than you could say Lovebug if he wasn’t a Pom. Good signs for mine also our middle forward rotations looking good. Gamble had some shining moments last week (some shockers to but we will ignore that). Only issue for mine is that our second rowers need to defend and defend well. But when Robati played second row against the Warriors I think he was actually one of if not our best player that game. Bring it on, Carn the Bronx and let’s hope this optimism doesn’t make me look like a fruit loop tomorrow post the game.
 
I've kind of put the kiss of death on the Broncos though by throwing down a fairly solid chunk of change on all the ways to back them. Outright, 1-12, 13+ and the margin bets are all the first leg of ten different multis so I am really hoping the new Broncos turn up. I don’t have any problem seeing in my minds eye a very strong win even without Haas who I tend to think slows us down. Not his fault mind you but it can be a bit slow motion at times.

I did take a 'sensible' multi with South's to win but would happily lose that one!
 
cento said:
Hold the ball they don’t look like there a fit team
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Well that seems ti be one thing we have over them.
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