NRL Telstra Premiership 2006

[IloveGilly]

Bad news for Tigers, Marshall has taken a massive injury and will miss the remainder of the season and he will miss 6 months.

That should be the end of the Tigers.

 

[aussie1st]

To top it off they lost to the struggling Panthers. If Raiders win today they can move into the 8 as both Cowboys and Tigers who are on the same points as them lost.

 

[IloveGilly]

Wow, very nice job to the Raiders. They are certainly one of the most underrated teams.

Looks like Rabbits won't be causing any problems in the buisness end of the season.

 

[Yorkshire_No1]

Brent Webb is joining Leeds Rhinos next season following Toopi from NZ Warriors. Great news

 

[aussie1st]

No surpise on Webb his asking price was like 300k NZD. Hes good but not worth that much.

Raiders were brillant, they finally started using their backs and the tries came. Only down side was the poor 5th play option in the Roosters 20. Other than that it was one way traffic.

Bunnies geez how bad are they going, good thing they recurited well next season. Warriors look to be back in form, they could be a threat if they keep going.

 

[Brett_Lee]

Well the anti tampering deadline is well and truly over. What do you think is going to happen with player trades etc? I hope the broncos sign a few new players cause they usually only sign one or two new players from other sides in the NRL a season.

http://www.nrl.com/News/Latest/NewsArticle/tabid/76/NewsId/1874/Default.aspx

There is going to be a salary cap increase to 4 million

 

[Iron-Haggis]

The Broncos don't need to sign too many players from other NRL clubs. They have a huge local talent pool to choose from and have no need to spend $300 000 on a player when they have a good youngster of equal quality coming through the ranks they only need to pay $100 000 or so for.

 

[aussie1st]

Deadset whats with the Raiders. A game they should win they lose instead. Poor play by most of the team especially Smith.

Souths don't know how they lost to the Cowboys. They were leading against a team that was on a 6 game losing streak then lose it in the last minutes.

Warriors are looking really good, they will be a real big threat if they can make the top 8.

 

[IloveGilly]

4 million? IMO, it's not going to stop players transfering to Union.

 

[James219]

Haha, Syl, the Raider's just aren't up to the free flowing brand of league so famously demonstrated by the mighty Eels...:
Paul Gallen was selected for the NSW squad! His youngest brother was in the year ahead of me (he was crazy, just quietly). Anyway, Gallen's been a solid performer for a number of years with Cronulla, and it's good to see the opportunity come his way.

 

[Left_Hander]

Yeah. It is about time someone who is actually in form get picked for the Blues. Because everyone from the big clubs eg: Dogs, Dragons Roosters always get picked. Hope he doesn't get injured and he plays a blinder for the Blues.

 

[aussie1st]

Dam those Queenslanders won
Commentators were saying there was some dodgy calls. But if you are playing to the rule book then 2 of them were fine. The Caroll no try was fine, that was a strip for mind. Thurston knock on leading to the try hard to call didnt' see another replay. Last one on Hodgson suppose knock on was fine again. It didn't touch his arms so no knock on according to the rule book.

Still great fightback by Queensland to win it after being 14-4 down and 3 calls against them. Mogg was brillant, Schif solid, Thurston really stood up and showed why he is so special.

 

[Left_Hander]

Don't call me a sore loser but, I think the State of Origin is staged. Let's take a look at some of the reasons:

1) Soccer is growing in popularity in Australia
2) If NSW won last night SOO would have lost a lot of fans because it's getting predictable.

In the Telegraph, they surveyed 20 Melbourinan people and they showed them a picture of Lockyer and Mason. Only 2 out of the 20 people knew who Lockeyer and Mason were and they came from Dubbo and Brisbane. Personally I don't know why they took the game down there. Most of them were calling it Rugby. Judging by the survey Melbourinas don't give a hoots about League.

 

[James219]

Yeah, and that's why those calls went QLD's way? :
It's definitely becoming predictable, or was, but it's not staged, and what association does the growth of soccer have with SOO?
And, agreed, it was a complete waste of time holding the game in Melbourne- it's blatantly clear that a sporting culture like that cannot be broken into so simply, and if they're looking to challenge AFL- and the like- with league, well, they've got to be kidding themselves.
That Caroll decision was poor, in my opinion anyway. As the commentators said, it was poor ball security, simple as that.
The Thurston knock-on came off his knee, didn't it?
With Hodgson- it came off his forearms! At least I thought it did...
There would've been loads of media mutterings had NSW scraped away with the victory, that's for sure.
Anyway, QLD played well, and probably deserved the victory. They looked dangerous through their two key playmakers in Thurston and Lockyer (it's funny how some actually doubted his ability to play at the highest level post-first game), and they found a nice variation in wide and central forward play.
Mogg played very well, as did Tate in the centres. QLD looked to be the hungrier outfit, and Grothe was one of the few NSW standouts- he seemed involved in pretty much everything, and he really made his presence felt by using his immense strength and good pace.
Nonetheless, QLD were the better side, and it's good to see a change in the tides.
Gosh, John Howard turns up for everything, doesn't he?- he got a nice reception, too!

 

[Brett_Lee]

YES QUEENSLAND WON WOOOO

There were a few dodgy calls. Tonie Carrolls try should have been awarded, The nsw try should have been disallowed and nsw pretty much scored off the back off that penalty they got from the strip. If qld had that awarded it would hav been 10-4 qld and that NSW one that was allowed about the hodgeson knock on shouldnt have been so it still would have been 10-4 plus those two extra qld try teh final score should hav been 22-4 or something like that. I was suprised the match didnt end up going to a Field Goal point or even golden point it was that close.

Both teams played well and queensland had the upper hand. Congrats to lockyer for player of hte series his try last night would hav to be one of the Best origin tries ever, shifofske did look a little nervous kicking that one infront to make it 16-14 you could tell. That mogg try was brilliant and i have to admit thursten set up a few chances and a try for Queensland they all played quite well and you could tell that most people were cheering for queensland even though it was put down as NSW as the first or home team. It was a big booo for NSW when they came out. But if that game was in Telstra Stadium well Queensland mightnt have played as well.

The game between Storm and Broncos tomorrow should be a thriller because theres players coming off origin, and Broncos will be within 2 points of the storm if they win. Lockyer will be playing another good match this weekend!