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Vegas And The Round Up: Success or Not?
EagleEyePie replied to Sports Prophet's topic in The General Rugby League Forum
Imagine having to front the media and stand there like naughty schoolchildren apologising as if what they've done is actually that bad. Play fighting in a lift to 'win' a room and accidentally hitting an emergency button. Won't somebody please think of the children! I'm sure both players really wanted to ask the media what the hell is wrong with them all I'm fairly certain no one at Canberra is actually bothered about the behaviour. It's the fact that it gave the media a reason to cause a stir over something so small. -
Eckersley is from Oldham and played for Waterhead and O'Neil was at Halton Farnworth. Farrimond and Nathan Lowe were from Leigh Miners and Leigh East respectively. Of course building an academy isn't necessarily about finding players from right on your doorstep, especially when Wigan, St Helens, Warrington, Salford and Leigh all have catchment areas that massively overlap. Finding an area that is a rugby league hotbed that doesn't have a Super League side can be a massive benefit. As I mentioned above, Eckersley is from Oldham and played for Waterhead alongside Jacob Douglas. Harry Smith and Brad O'Neill were playing for Widnes amateur sides. Also Halifax, where Morgan Smithies, Matty Nicholson and Lukas Mason played amateur rugby before signing for Wigan. You try to build a consistent base of local talent to keep the academy competitive but a lot of work goes in outside of the catchment area too.
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Eckersley Burgess Halsall Gildart Marshall Williams Smith Havard O'Neill Byrne Nsemba Farrell Smithies Bench: Sutton, Partington, Nicholson, Forber
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‘What in the RFL was that?’
EagleEyePie replied to Northern Eel's topic in The General Rugby League Forum
Correct answers for this week 1. Will Wakefield score more than 2 tries against Hull KR? NO (2 tries only) 2. Will Hull v Wigan be a higher scoring game than Warrington v Catalans? YES (50 - 30) 3. Will Oldham score more points than Bradford? NO (18-38) 4. Will there be more than 1 away win in League One this weekend? YES (Crusaders & Hurricanes) 5. Will a drop goal be scored during this round of Super League fixtures? NO Tie breaker: How many tries will be scored across all Super League games this weekend? 40 Scores (with proximity to tiebreaker in brackets) @Barley Mow - 3 (-6) @JonM - 3 (+7) @JDM - 3 (+7) @Just Browny - 3 (-13) @Northern Eel - 2 (+2) @RP London - 2 (-2) @Damien - 2 (-4) @daz39 - 2 (-14) @EagleEyePie - 1 (-1) @MZH - 1 (-7) -
I know but surely the biggest reason for not doing a short drop out was the fact that it was most likely to give your opponent the ball back in the most dangerous part of the pitch and mean your defensive line was weaker because some players would have to compete for the kick. I'm not sure I'd take a short kick off over smacking it as far down the field as possible. I could understand short kick offs being more popular as the risks are greatly reduced.