Warriors and Broncos both being 2-2 highlights how badly a big chunk of the NRL is going at the moment
Deadset been about 3 teams playing well so far this season and somehow 2 of them are the Cowboys and Sharks
Genuinely impressive that the Tigers have been through 4 different coaches and 100odd players in the last decade and they still can’t stop the embarrassment
This 0-4 start ranks somewhere up there with Gal kicking a fuck-you field goal to sink their finals chances in 2019
Glad this kind of footy is back - before the peanuts at the NRL started with all this rule change shithousery the first few rounds used to be upsets galore as the shit teams who don’t realise they’re bad yet start the season swinging with confidence
Just dropping in to say this is an excellent campaign from the NRL - always thought there was a market for the game to expand into philosophy
Expecting to see lots of poets and beret wearing theorists flocking to watch this weekend
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Six again? More like 2.3 again
NRL teams are only conceding an extra 2.3 tackles per set restart, with almost two thirds of them occuring on tackles 1 or 2. Is that really a sufficient punishment for holding down in the ruck or straying offside?
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Once again the biggest problem with this crackdown is how often a defender displays correct tackling technique and through circumstances outside of his control ends up in the sinbin
If the point of the crackdown is to change behaviour, why is correct technique being binned?
Just to clarify, Paul Green slotted in one of the worst wing defenders, Kyle Feldt, to move Val Holmes to fullback and keep the incumbent fullback, AJ Brimson, on the bench to play back-up hooker (a position he’s never played) to replace the one and only hooker he picked
Welcome to Paul Greens world baby
Just wait until he names a prop at halfback and we’ll really be cooking
Paul Green masterclass well underway here; keeps his best fullback on the bench to come on to replace the only hooker he picked who hasn’t player 80 all year
#ThankYouPaul
Paul Green with one last gift to the people of Townsville
To think we were only a Coen Hess at second row for the full experience
Origin in Townsville will be proper mayhem
Probably be the most raucous crowd in Australian sport, people are underestimating how many certified lunatics will be in attendance
Remember 7 weeks ago when the Cowboys and Sea Eagles were apparently 2 of the 7 worst teams in NRL history?
Are we ready to have a proper conversation about these new rules yet?
This Penrith side is easily the best regular season team I’ve ever seen, I can’t remember anyone making other quality teams look as helpless as they do on the regular
The NRL can point to whatever cherry-picked data they want but without question in my mind the new rules have made it more difficult for tacklers to administer proper technique with how often defences are back-peddling and unable to establish position before making contact





