The NRL Finals - Week 1 Thread

[Gerrumonside ref]

Canberra’s full back definitely carrying an injury there or cramping badly.

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Ponga knocks on with an odd jumping catch that led to a heavy fall.

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Newcastle charge down an attempted drop goal with the hooter blaring 

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[Irish Saint]

Fogarty attempt again charged down half time in extra time 28-28 

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Tension is palpable at Newcastle, we’re underway again 

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[Irish Saint]

I hope the Knights win.

However if Fogarty does actually make a field goal the line is:

"Fogarty kick ensures there's a bad moon on the rise in Newcastle tonight."...

Instead he kicks out on the full.

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The Raiders put it out on the full on the last tackle.

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Newcastle deep in Canberra’s half but they fluff the DG attempt only to be reprieved with a penalty for offside.

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[Irish Saint]

Pen to Newcastle inside the 20. 

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A simple kick to take the lead here for the Knights

[Irish Saint]

Ponga makes the pen 30-28 1;23 to play

[Gerrumonside ref]

30-28 to the Knights with just a min and a half remaining

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Newcastle almost blunder the short kick off but finally gather it.

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Clock being counted down by the Newcastle crowd 

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Young forces a knock on from Canberra and the Raiders are out and the Knights will move on to face New Zealand!

Brilliant game!

[Gerrumonside ref]

7 minutes ago, Irish Saint said:

I hope the Knights win.

However if Fogarty does actually make a field goal the line is:

"Fogarty kick ensures there's a bad moon on the rise in Newcastle tonight."...

Instead he kicks out on the full.

Well they did it and it was a nice watch with you mate (apologies for the spelling errors on the players, yes, I’ve read too much Guardian! Haha)

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[Irish Saint]

And that's it folks Knights win 30-28 great game. 

[Irish Saint]

1 minute ago, Gerrumonside ref said:

Well they did it and it was a nice watch with you mate

Like to see the Knights or Warriors go all the way..

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What a shame Sky cutaway from all the post match festivities.

You do question how much they care about the coverage at times.

Great game nonetheless.

[Gerrumonside ref]

Just now, Irish Saint said:

Like to see the Knights or Warriors go all the way..

I keep changing my team in Australia, but yes it would be nice to see an underdog story 

[Irish Saint]

12 minutes ago, Gerrumonside ref said:

What a shame Sky cutaway from all the post match festivities.

You do question how much they care about the coverage at times.

Great game nonetheless.

Yes I don't understand that either. Whenever they show the Super Rugger or division 3 south Rugger from  New Zealand they usually have experts in the studio..

Wtf is this Sky Tennis channel I have returned home to. Wimbledon is over nobody cares. I don't ever care when Wimbledon is on. Like to see the viewing figures for that.

Contract with Sky is ending soon seriously thinking of getting rid.

 

[Futtocks]

Raiders had the chances but couldn't take them. Another thriller.

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5 minutes ago, Irish Saint said:

Yes I don't understand that either. Whenever they show the Super Rugger or division 3 south Rugger from  New Zealand they usually have experts in the studio..

Wtf is this Sky Tennis channel I have returned home to. Wimbledon is over nobody cares. I don't ever care when Wimbledon is on. Like to see the viewing figures for that.

Contract with Sky is ending soon seriously thinking of getting rid.

 

Ah that’ll be the wall to wall coverage of the US Open they’ve been doing.

I suppose it is the last of the 4 Grand Slam events and one of the few they hold the rights on.

I must admit I only have casual knowledge of how it’s been going.

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[Irish Saint]

4 minutes ago, Gerrumonside ref said:

Ah that’ll be the wall to wall coverage of the US Open they’ve been doing.

I suppose it is the last of the 4 Grand Slam events and one of the few they hold the rights on.

I must admit I only have casual knowledge of how it’s been going.

I thought Eurosport always showed the US Open. No matter don't want to derail the thread.

Will be interested to see how the Americsns take to the two games being played in Vegas suppose it will depend on the coverage the games receive.

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5 minutes ago, Irish Saint said:

I thought Eurosport always showed the US Open. No matter don't want to derail the thread.

Will be interested to see how the Americsns take to the two games being played in Vegas suppose it will depend on the coverage the games receive.

Yes, will be interesting to follow, I’m skeptical it will be a success as most sports fans over there already have dedicated followings of college or pro teams (or both) as you know.

The battle for column inches, airtime, social media will be immense.

I noticed the ads for it this morning in Australia seemed to be hoping many Aussie fans would flock there for Vegas fun.

I don’t know how much that costs though for the average NRL fan in Australia and New Zealand.

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