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    NRL Match Thread - Round 5 - 2021

    in The Australian Rugby League Forum

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    17 hours ago, THE RED ROOSTER said:

    Fair play to a Dragons side breathing fire and ending up with a scoreline that was a fair reflection of the game against the less than electric Eels.

    Best performance from the Red V since winning the premiership under Wayne Bennett and light years in advance of anything produced in the McGregor years, a total transformation from the rabble spanked by Souths in the Charity Shield. The defence was superb.

    NB - St George adopted the Red Vee in 1945, St Helens in 1966-67. St George are the original Red V.

    Paramatta always seem to start like an express train and derail later in the season. The wheels flew off in all directions tonight. Plenty of posession, plenty of good field position, but they are a team of front-runners once they get ahead, they can stay ahead but once they get two scores behind all composure fl;ies out of the window. They were so predicable tonight, side to side favouring Ferguson's wing also SGI identified Gutherson as a weak link at full back - Corker coming up next week v Ricky's Raiders atCanberra on SKY.

    By way of a comparitor, the Roosters were 14 points down with a few reserve graders against Cronulla and had the composure and Rugby League nous to come back and win. That is the difference between contenders and pretenders. Conversely SGI have done what the Sharks have not, beat a side above them in the table and emphatically too.

    For once, Andrew Voss and I are in agreement SGI fans get down to Kogarah It will be worth it. 

     

    16 hours ago, Graham said:

    This  jersey is the first time the famous red vee design was worn by St Helens RFC. The opponents were Wigan in the 1961 Challenge Cup final.

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    Your point still stands of course TRR

    P.S. the shirt was worn by  Tom van Vollenhoven 

    Red V aside, of course St Helens were founded as a club many years before St George. (1873 v 1920)

    Just to clear up a few points of St George Dragons History....The Club was very close to playing in the foundation Rugby League comp in 1908 but at the last minute backed out and stayed with Rugby Union but however a St George team took part in the 3rd grade Sydney rugby league comp in 1910 and the first grade comp in 1921.

    The Red V was first worn by the St George Dragons in 1929.

    For more history of the St George Dragons visit the following websites.

    St George Illawarra Dragons - Jubilee Avenue

    The Best Dressed Team in Football | St George District RLFC (stgeorgedragons.com.au)

    HEAT 1 IS NOW FINISHED FOR THE 2021 TOTAL RL FORUMS NRL SURVIVOR ELIMINATION COMP HEAT 1...THREAD UPDATED AFTER NRL ROUND 6....WE HAVE A WINNER FOR HEAT 1

    in The Australian Rugby League Forum

    Posted

    ELIMINATED

    ROUND 1

    StormGirl - Titans

    Irish Saint - Titans

    ROUND 2

    Dallas Mead - Knights - Warriors

    Kayakman - Raiders - Cowboys

    Railway End - Eels - Cowboys

    The Rocket - Sharks - Cowboys

    Manxmanc - Raiders - No Pick Entered

    Sports Prophet - Raiders - No Pick Entered

    The Red Rooster - Eels - No Pick Entered

    Stoney100 - Panthers - No Pick Entered

    ROUND 3

    Rage - Roosters - Rabbitohs - Raiders

    Harrigan - Eels - Rabbitohs - Knights

    Spotty Herbert - Raiders - Panthers

    JimBronco - Panthers - Knights - No Pick Entered

    ROUND 4

    Oldbear - Raiders - Rabbitohs - Knights

    BETTER LUCK IN HEAT 2 FURTHER ALONG IN THE SEASON, ALL THOSE ELIMINATED

    ROUND 5

     

    Graham - Knights - Raiders - Eels - Rabbitohs - Warriors

    Dunbar - Raiders - Rabbitohs - Broncos - Storm - Warriors

    SURVIVED

    R L Winger - Roosters - Raiders - Eels - Rabbitohs - Storm

    Cameron Highlander - Raiders - Rabbitohs - Dragons - Roosters - Storm

    Dee Deuce - Panthers - Roosters - Eels - Rabbitohs - Storm

    WELL DONE ALL THOSE THAT SURVIVED

    ROUND 6

    THURSDAY APRIL 15

    Broncos vs Panthers, Suncorp Stadium, 7.50pm

    FRIDAY APRIL 16

    Knights vs Sharks, McDonald Jones Stadium, 6pm

    Storm vs Roosters, AAMI Park, 7.55pm

    SATURDAY APRIL 17

    Sea Eagles vs Titans, Mudgee, 3pm

    Rabbitohs vs Tigers, ANZ Stadium, 5.30pm

    Raiders vs Eels, GIO Stadium, 7.35pm

    SUNDAY APRIL 18

    Dragons vs Warriors, Netstrata Jubilee Stadium, 2pm

    Cowboys vs Bulldogs, Queensland Country Bank Stadium, 4.05pm

    NOW THAT WE ARE DOWN TO 3 SURVIVORS IN HEAT 1 OF THE COMP RULE 8 NOW COMES INTO AFFECT AND RULE 8 IS THE FOLLOWING BELOW...

    When the competition gets Down to 5 players or less surviving in a heat. 
    You must pick a points total of the team you have picked and who that team is playing. 
    The survivor must not break the points total scored in the game by both teams.

    GOOD LUCK ALL SURVIVORS IN ROUND 6

    R . I . P . Tommy Raudonikis ....The Toughest Aussie Halfback To Ever Pull On The Number 7 Jumper....A Dead Set Legend

    in The Australian Rugby League Forum

    Posted

    A man who couldn’t lie: Why one-of-a-kind Tommy defined integrity...Words by Roy Masters.

    “Integrity” has become such a hackneyed word in rugby league today, it is almost meaningless. Yet Tom Raudonikis, who died on Wednesday, defined it. He was incapable of telling a lie.

    He possessed an antennae, a built in early radar system which detected the strengths and weaknesses of others and allowed him to become a topdog on the football field and a champion of the underdog off it.

    He loathed hypocrisy and duplicity. One story demonstrates this. In 1984, he completed his second season as coach of Brisbane Brothers and became aware of moves to replace him. The club’s annual presentation night was approaching and none of the club committee had the guts to tell him he’d been sacked.

    Tom called me at my Sydney home and requested what he called “a special speech to stick it up the bastards.” Aware the Brothers was a Catholic Old Boys club and cognisant Tommy had been educated by the nuns at Cowra, I opted for a message designed to make the committee squirm over their treachery.

     

    Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar” came to mind and, in those pre-email days, I dictated the speech over the phone, detailing the virtues the Cowra nuns had imbued in him, including honesty.

    He was to end the speech with a stage left turn to the seated committee men, pointing to the president who had once befriended him, saying, “Et tu, Brute.”

    I insisted Tom drink only two schooners before speaking. He called a few times through the day, concerned he could not deliver the speech without referring to his notes.

    “Tuck it down the front of your trousers and reference it when needed,” I said. “People will appreciate you have gone to the trouble to write it.”

     

    Later that day, he drove to Brisbane airport to collect Henry Foster, an indigenous player who had won the Player of the Year award. Tom tried out the speech on Henry and when he reached the “Et tu” bit, Henry said, “You’re kiddin’, Tom.”

    Just after midnight, my phone rang. It was Tommy telling me how successful the speech had been. “The players and their wives all stood up on the tables and cheered and cheered...and the committee blokes themselves.”

    However, he had a confession to make, consistent with the searing honesty which had been his lifetime companion.

    “Sorry mate,” he said. “But I had six schooners.”

    Of the hundreds of messages I have received since Tom’s passing, one from former NRL media manger, John Brady, resonated most.

     

    “He taught us many things,” Brady said. “He pulled a bit of snobbery out of all of us. He taught us not to look down on people.”

    “Brades’s” colleague, Geoff Carr, was Tom’s manager of the NSW State of Origin team.

    At the launch of the 1997 series, Carr’s namesake, NSW Premier Bob Carr, stood on the stage beside Tommy and it was noted the Blues coach wasn’t wearing socks.

    With the formalities complete, Geoff said, “Tommy, we’d better get you some socks.”

     

    As they parted, Tom turned to Geoff and said, “I don’t have any underpants either. You better get some of those, too.”

    On the eve of the NSW team’s trip to Melbourne for the MCG “Cattledog” match against Queensland, a fund raiser was held for Adam Ritson, a former Sharks and Eels player who suffered a serious head injury the previous year and was forced to retire aged 20.

    It was the final year of the Super League war and players from both the ARL and News Limited funded competitions met socially for the first time.

    The following morning, as Geoff hurried the players onto the bus, he found a dishevelled Tommy who declared, “I’ve got my socks on but can’t find my teeth.”

    Mobile phones in cars had become available and Tommy mocked the yuppies when stationary at traffic lights, reaching for an old handset on the front seat and engaging in an imaginary conversation.

    As a player, reigning premiership coach, the Storm’s Craig Bellamy, summed Tommy up best.

     

    “If I showed vision of Tommy to my team, they’d say, ‘He’s not a halfback’. He’s taking the ball up like a front rower, he’s tackling like a second rower...”

    Of all the modern players, Storm utility Brandon Smith reminds me most of Tommy with his fierce dummy half runs and skill at exploiting a gap in the defensive line. Like Tommy, Smith is also under-rated for his self appraisal of his play. But there is no way Tommy would be replaced after 50 minutes, as Smith sometimes is. Tommy would be racing up the stairs to the coach’s box, quicker than the coach was escaping it.

    As a coach, everyone wanted to play for Tommy but he could blur a message. Once, when asked what type of defensive pattern the NSW team would employ, he said, “We’ll slide, go up and in and then we’ll bash them.”

    At a time his loved ones are searching for meaning in life, Tom’s devoted partner, Trish, sent a text. It read “Tommy passed away at 7am on the 7th. He was 70 and he wore jersey No 7.”

     

    Seven is also the sacred number of the ancient gods, combining the square and the rectangle. There are also seven seas, seven days in the week, seven sacraments, seven wonders of the ancient world.

    But only one Tommy.

    Please remember him when you next use the word “integrity.”

    NRL Match thread Round 4 2021 - Don't forget the Monday game this week

    in The Australian Rugby League Forum

    Posted · Edited by R L Winger

    21 hours ago, Futtocks said:

    Hell of a match, not always for the best reasons, but loads going on.

    The Dragons are playing far better than I thought they would this year, showing what was not there last year a determination to win. Griffin is a step up in coaching than what McGregor was for sure. I dare say it!!!! If the Dragons can keep this type of play together all year and pick themselves up the following week after a loss that will come throughout the year, they just might make it into the top 8, come the seasons end, then set sail for yet another of very many Grand Final appearances in there 100 year history. St George Dragons playing in top rugby league competition 1921 to 2021.....Illawarra is just an add on since 1998..... GO THE MIGHTY DRAGONS

    HEAT 1 IS NOW FINISHED FOR THE 2021 TOTAL RL FORUMS NRL SURVIVOR ELIMINATION COMP HEAT 1...THREAD UPDATED AFTER NRL ROUND 6....WE HAVE A WINNER FOR HEAT 1

    in The Australian Rugby League Forum

    Posted · Edited by R L Winger

    ELIMINATED

    ROUND 1

    StormGirl - Titans

    Irish Saint - Titans

    ROUND 2

    Dallas Mead - Knights - Warriors

    Kayakman - Raiders - Cowboys

    Railway End - Eels - Cowboys

    The Rocket - Sharks - Cowboys

    Manxmanc - Raiders - No Pick Entered

    Sports Prophet - Raiders - No Pick Entered

    The Red Rooster - Eels - No Pick Entered

    Stoney100 - Panthers - No Pick Entered

    ROUND 3

    Rage - Roosters - Rabbitohs - Raiders

    Harrigan - Eels - Rabbitohs - Knights

    Spotty Herbert - Raiders - Panthers

    JimBronco - Panthers - Knights - No Pick Entered

    ROUND 4

    Oldbear - Raiders - Rabbitohs - Knights

    BETTER LUCK IN HEAT 2 FURTHER ALONG IN THE SEASON, ALL THOSE ELIMINATED

    SURVIVED

    R L Winger - Roosters - Raiders - Eels - Rabbitohs

    Graham - Knights - Raiders - Eels - Rabbitohs

    Dunbar - Raiders - Rabbitohs - Broncos - Storm

    Cameron Highlander - Raiders - Rabbitohs - Dragons - Roosters

    Dee Deuce - Panthers - Roosters - Eels - Rabbitohs

    WELL DONE ALL THOSE THAT SURVIVED

    ROUND 5

    THURSDAY APRIL  8

    Rabbitohs vs Broncos, ANZ Stadium, 7.50pm

    FRIDAY APRIL 9 

    Warriors vs Sea Eagles, Mt Smart Stadium, 6pm

    Panthers vs Raiders, Panthers Stadium, 7.55pm

    SATURDAY APRIL 10

    Titans vs Knights, Cbus Super Stadium, 3pm

    Bulldogs vs Storm, Perth, 5.30pm

    Roosters vs Sharks, Central Coast Stadium, 7.35pm

    SUNDAY APRIL 11 

    Tigers vs Cowboys, Leichhardt Oval, 4.05pm

    Eels vs Dragons, Bankwest Stadium, 6.15pm

    NOW THAT WE ARE DOWN TO 5 SURVIVORS IN HEAT 1 OF THE COMP RULE 8 NOW COMES INTO AFFECT AND RULE 8 IS THE FOLLOWING BELOW...

    When the competition gets Down to 5 players or less surviving in a heat. 
    You must pick a points total of the team you have picked and who that team is playing. 
    The survivor must not break the points total scored in the game by both teams.

    GOOD LUCK ALL SURVIVORS IN ROUND 5

    HEAT 1 IS NOW FINISHED FOR THE 2021 TOTAL RL FORUMS NRL SURVIVOR ELIMINATION COMP HEAT 1...THREAD UPDATED AFTER NRL ROUND 6....WE HAVE A WINNER FOR HEAT 1

    in The Australian Rugby League Forum

    Posted

    ELIMINATED

    ROUND 1

    StormGirl - Titans

    Irish Saint - Titans

    ROUND 2

    Dallas Mead - Knights - Warriors

    Kayakman - Raiders - Cowboys

    Railway End - Eels - Cowboys

    The Rocket - Sharks - Cowboys

    Manxmanc - Raiders - No Pick Entered

    Sports Prophet - Raiders - No Pick Entered

    The Red Rooster - Eels - No Pick Entered

    Stoney100 - Panthers - No Pick Entered

    ROUND 3

    Rage - Roosters - Rabbitohs - Raiders

    Harrigan - Eels - Rabbitohs - Knights

    Spotty Herbert - Raiders - Panthers

    JimBronco - Panthers - Knights - No Pick Entered

     

    BETTER LUCK IN HEAT 2 FURTHER ALONG IN THE SEASON, ALL THOSE ELIMINATED

    SURVIVED

    R L Winger - Roosters - Raiders

    Graham - Knights - Raiders

    Dunbar - Raiders - Rabbitohs

    Cameron Highlander - Raiders - Rabbitohs

    Dee Deuce - Panthers - Roosters

    Oldbear - Raiders - Rabbitohs

    WELL DONE ALL THOSE THAT SURVIVED

    ROUND 4

    THURSDAY APRIL 1

    Sea Eagles vs Panthers, Lottoland, 8.05pm

    FRIDAY APRIL 2

    Bulldogs vs Rabbitohs, ANZ Stadium, 4.05pm

    Storm vs Broncos, AAMI Park, 8.05pm

    SATURDAY APRIL 3

    Sharks vs Cowboys, Sunshine Coast Stadium, 5.30pm

    Titans vs Raiders, Cbus Super Stadium, 7.35pm

    SUNDAY APRIL 4

    Knights vs Dragons, McDonald Jones Stadium, 4.05pm

    Roosters vs Warriors, SCG, 6.15pm

    MONDAY APRIL 5

    Tigers vs Eels, Bankwest Stadium, 4pm

    GOOD LUCK ALL SURVIVORS IN ROUND 4

    HEAT 1 IS NOW FINISHED FOR THE 2021 TOTAL RL FORUMS NRL SURVIVOR ELIMINATION COMP HEAT 1...THREAD UPDATED AFTER NRL ROUND 6....WE HAVE A WINNER FOR HEAT 1

    in The Australian Rugby League Forum

    Posted · Edited by R L Winger

    ELIMINATED

    ROUND 1

    StormGirl - Titans

    Irish Saint - Titans

    ROUND 2

    Dallas Mead - Knights - Warriors

    Kayakman - Raiders - Cowboys

    Railway End - Eels - Cowboys

    The Rocket - Sharks - Cowboys

    Manxmanc - Raiders - No Pick Entered

    Sports Prophet - Raiders - No Pick Entered

    The Red Rooster - Eels - No Pick Entered

    Stoney100 - Panthers - No Pick Entered

    BETTER LUCK IN HEAT 2 FURTHER ALONG IN THE SEASON, ALL THOSE ELIMINATED

    SURVIVED

    R L Winger - Roosters - Raiders

    JimBronco - Panthers - Knights

    Rage - Roosters - Rabbitohs

    Graham - Knights - Raiders

    Dunbar - Raiders - Rabbitohs

    Cameron Highlander - Raiders - Rabbitohs

    Dee Deuce - Panthers - Roosters

    Spotty Herbert - Raiders - Panthers

    Oldbear - Raiders - Rabbitohs

    Harrigan - Eels - Rabbitohs

    WELL DONE ALL THOSE THAT SURVIVED

    ROUND 3

    THURSDAY MARCH 25

    Panthers vs  Storm, Panthers Stadium, 8.05pm

    FRIDAY MARCH 26

    Dragons vs Sea Eagles, WIN Stadium, 6pm

    Rabbitohs vs Roosters, ANZ Stadium, 8.05pm

    SATURDAY MARCH 27

    Raiders vs Warriors, GIO Stadium, 3pm

    Broncos vs Bulldogs, Suncorp Stadium, 5.30pm

    Eels vs Sharks, Bankwest Stadium, 7.35pm

    SUNDAY MARCH 28

    Knights vs Tigers, McDonald Jones Stadium, 4.05pm

    Cowboys vs Titans, Queensland Country Bank Stadium, 6.15pm

    GOOD LUCK ALL SURVIVORS IN ROUND 3

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