NRL Match Thread - Round 10

[THE RED ROOSTER]

Its Magic weekend and we all get to see all games this round.

Note for tipsters - The Brisbane weather is forecast to be good so a high scoring round is in prospect.

The Coin Toss games

• Canterbury v Canberra
• Sharkies v Dolphins
• Storm v Wabbits

You can make a case either way in all of these games so for example, it would not be a wowzer moment if say the Dolphins beat Sharkies.

Both Broncos and Dolphins despite being the official "away" teams have home advantage. Titans would if they had any fans..

Expect New Zealand Warriors to have a heap of vocal support from the expat Kiwis in Brizzie.

It's not a case of make or break for Anthony Griffin, that's a media beat up, Hook will be hooked. The defeat last week against the Bulldogs when the Doggies left plenty of points on the field, has sealerd his fate and If I had some of your money to place a bet it would be Shane Flanagan as coach sooner rather than later..

[Anita Bath]

Check out NRL attendences…I think you will find Titans have plenty of fans.

 

Dont understand why Warriors were not given their bye this week. Crazy having them fly over for this.

[Futtocks]

A lightning start from the Raiders, with Rapana scoring in less than a minute. The Bulldogs have rallied with a try of their own now.

6 all

[Futtocks]

The scorers are being kept busy - Bulldogs 18:22 Raiders with 5 minutes to HT.

[JohnM]

Missed most of the first half. Looks like I missed the action as, with 2  -30secs to go, its  CBY 18 - CAN 22

[JohnM]

CBY 18 - CAN 32 with 20 to go to FT.

Commentators saying Magic Round completely sold out. No tickets left.

[Futtocks]

Kiraz's break and offload - chef's kiss!

[JohnM]

Some odd decisions...and no challenges left!

[Futtocks]

Controversy! Raiders have a perfectly good try chalked off, followed by conceding a penalty try for tackling Perham without the ball.

Bulldogs 30:34 Raiders with a couple of minutes left.

[Futtocks]

Hudson Young's effort being bunkered... no try!

[Futtocks]

Rapana defuses the Burton bomb and it finishes Bulldogs 30:34 Raiders. Exciting game.

[DavidM]

Interesting game . Some good rugby there . And after watching him all season a ref who isn’t NRL standard 

[JohnM]

Manly  0, Brisbane 20 with 4- 30 to half time. It's the Selwyn Cobbo show.

Crowd bored as they've been doing a Wave.

Edited May 5, 2023 by JohnM

[Futtocks]

36 minutes ago, JohnM said:

Manly  0, Brisbane 20 with 4- 30 to half time. It's the Selwyn Cobbo show.

Crowd bored as they've been doing a Wave.

Hard to match the all-action entertainment of the previous match, especially when Manly are in a bit of a rut.

[JohnM]

Watching Manly is like watching Wigan last night.

[JohnM]

COBBO! 

[Futtocks]

Full Time, and it is Manly 6:32 Brisbane after a fairly forgettable second half.

Edited May 5, 2023 by Futtocks

[Graham]

Enjoyed the Raiders Dogs game. Raiders deserved their win. Good to see Croker back on the thick of the action. 

[THE RED ROOSTER]

Doggies did three things wrong

• Never let a rugby ball bounce
• Canberra forwards making big yards up the middle
• Stupid penalties conceded giving up field position

They have the back line to put points on the board fast but if you cannot defend you end up making Ricky's Raiders look good and that's criminal.

Another tip gone for a Burton.

Second game pretty humdrum. with a lot of teams these days it would appear they put in the effort to either get an upset or close to one and then fail to back up the following week see Manly v Melbourne and Newcastle v the Penny Panthers. Good teams back up the following week.

 

 

 

 

[THE RED ROOSTER]

10 hours ago, Anita Bath said:

Check out NRL attendences…I think you will find Titans have plenty of fans.

Not when I have been at Robina. If your an away fan or a local expat In a Rugby League sense. The Gold Coast is a great place to go for a weekend with a footy game to boot and away team merchandise sells like hotcakes come matchday. Away fans boost their attendances. I stand by what I have posted.

[DavidM]

Brisbane looking good  with most bases covered . We’ll see if they can see it to the line this year . Manly like Manly , sometimes good sometimes bad . They always look to me like theyre lacking compared to the best sides

Edited May 5, 2023 by DavidM

[JohnM]

Three games 2morro Sat.

Might miss the 6 am one, though.

[JohnM]

But catching the second half, in which Warriors suffer two non-concurrent sin binnings.

Warriors 6 - Panthers 14 with 11 mins to full time.

[Davo5]

Brutal game this,the official isn’t doing the Warriors any favours but they are still in this game despite the 2 sin bins,Warriors 6-14 Penrith

[Davo5]

The Warriors brave defence is finally broken by a rampaging Spencer Leniu run to clinch the game 

Edited May 6, 2023 by Davo5