Sports Prophet

I wouldn’t argue with that at all. Best position it has been in ever.

Google Maps how long public transport from Cronulla to Allianz Stadium is and then consider how many NRL fans in Sydney who would consistently take up that long a journey to watch their team at “home”. The 25%-33% journey time from Essendon to Docklands would be far more acceptable. Shark Park is in dire need of improvements. It’s a relic stuck in the 70s. I think capacity gets back up to about 16k when works are completed which is barely ok, but hospitality ammenities are woeful.

How do you know that?

I think Wade Graham at his peak demonstrated how valuable a ball playing forward can be. Sharks remained top of the table by beating Melbourne last night and they had Cam McG as ball playing forward filling in for a late Nicho Hynes scratching.

I reckon it’s much more than the 55 minutes I remember reading about a decade ago. Not so lucky

I actually think he was being very cheeky and did what he did deliberately in order to put Atkinson off his game. I thought the sin bin was fully deserved.

40 minute halves of course.

Revolution will come as a surprise to the establishment

I might have missed the last quarter of that match but it’s great to see the Bombers up the top end of the table, beating teams in the top 4… and Cronulla for that matter.

How good was it to see the Bombers Fly Up, UP?

No it’s not. I can take a bad decision, but a bad directive is another thing altogether. The high ball kick and chase is the biggest officiating lottery going. Players called for escorting when simply holding their line or position is a consistent incorrect decision. Attacking players called for obstruction, by referees who read a game out of a book instead of on the pitch, whilst making legitimate attempts to catch a high ball are too common. Then we have the girls in the middle so we look progressive BS. NRL officiating is in a poor state it hasn’t been in for a long time.

I suggest the game finishes too quickly and I want more action. My proposal is a simple suggestion where the clock stops with all whistle stoppages. I reckon this gives us another extra 5-10 minutes of play per half, per match. In fact, I find it strange that the clock would even continue whilst the ball is not in play, so why is it even something requiring consideration?

Does a team really need two? I’m open to thinking that maybe my team doesn’t need both a half and a 5/8. Maybe my team would be better off with an extra basher.

Keeping this thread simple, I think this is such a low percentage play for the kicking team with a high expense should the ball not be retrieved. unless the game is on the line, I’m kicking long every drop out and playing the odds that my defence is better than a sub 50% opportunity to gain possession.

As far as I am concerned, any person responsible in the establishment of this fundraising scam should be made to explain themselves and failing that, removed from the sport.

The sustainability of London junior footy was certainly dependent on the DO’s. Funding obviously ran out. Why didn’t those DO’s care? Were they just rugby fans getting job or were there other reasons?

I wished for better but history told us this fundraising effort was only going to be a waste of every person’s pound. It actually makes me angry thinking about how the club would fund raise in this manner with no likelihood the funds would be anything but a waste. It would be great to know what the funds were used for.

Level headed and never showed the arrogance of some of the SL referees of his era. A good choice as a leader.

I don’t think RL is beyond saving in the capital. If it was, then we all may as well give up right now.

Not even all SL clubs have efficient academies in their own backyard do they? Grass roots development is down to the RFL as far as I’m concerned.

At least you apologised!

Like all good threads

I would love to see more examples of this, because I am also in the camp that believes there is no such thing as a deliberate knock on.

There was a similar highlight where a Melbourne player was in the process of being tackled but was able to execute a kick before he was penalised for “holding the ball”. All I see in your specified incident was an umpire making an on the spot decision 50/50 decision, so I don’t see it as undermining anything. The AFL are equally vulnerable to bad calls and certainly not immune to them. Not as bad a decision as the shambles we are getting from the NRL referees of late or even worse, the bunker with all the millions of dollars worth of replays and multiple angles the officials are resourced with.

There is a typical state divide in Perth being north and south of the river. This extends to Fremantle and Perth. Fremantle have a proud WAFL history and similar to the Broncos, there was some discontent around the WCE relegating WAFL to second tier footy standard. What was once a league with crowds regularly > 15,000 and a league of a similar public following to NSWRL at the time swiftly saw crowds go the same way as the BRL.