Next years NRL winners?

[tigerboi]

Yep its that type of week where i reckon 6 games can go either way,for me including my team the only good things would be manly.

however do really like the broncos away to the storm,great odds($2.35) for a side going for 4/4 up against the storm 1/3.

I will miss the tigers game as i gotta run to melbourne on monday for 4 weeks solid...,penrith bad tip,cant knock you on the warriors or dragons as they could get up...my upset is newcastle,i tipped them to fall into the 8 but i like them for at least the top 6,still early yet..

Mate hope you do well...tb

 

[tigerboi]

What about the dopey bulldog fans at the game last night!!come to the game thinking they could give it to willie mason,great game as i expected...he did his talking on the field with a m.o.m. performace.

He stood above all the rubbish that went on around him,as i been saying,o'meley & mason have given their pack go forward mongrel & its revitalised nat myles(2007 dud buy of the year...) mason looks a vastly different player under freedy fittlers coaching,i also thought riley brown had a top game,& minichiello as i expected had a great game.

The biggest problem at the bulldogs IS ben roberts the 5/8,he has very poor vision & execution & it was willy masons try saver in the 12th minute on him that was the turning point of the game,as by the 20th minute the chookies had weathered the storm as usually happens then they just got right over the dogs & never looked like getting beat.

The other big game saw my pick go down by 20,but with several players out & lockyer on the bench the broncos had a try disallowed at 8-18 which turned the match,the storm hit back well in particular billy slater he had a blinder & looking a big chance to get back into the origin side & what a bunch of champs QLD have in the no.1,wesser,slater,hunt,bowen
lockyer(ex)...melb.looked real good...

st george 10 cronulla 6...23 mins left...tb

 

[tigerboi]

JJ hi mate.....

just seen your soft 'enforcer' ryles

sharkies 18...st george...16 in golden point extra time

like this jj,st george kick off,cronulla work it up field & on the 5th tackle your EX- australian forward lays all over the player....penalty,40m out
covell crash bang wallop...led 16-12 at 77.30 minute mark,had it won?

I will say it again...ryles is soft,here take these down to their training
see if he can squash any???...lol.lol!!!

 

[tigerboi]

Cronulla v st george match report...tb

Sharks sink Dragons in extra time
By Todd Balym
AAP

Cronulla winger Luke Covell nailed a 41m penalty goal in just the second minute of golden point extra time to give the Sharks a 18-16 NRL victory over St George Illawarra at ANZ Stadium.
Dragons prop Jason Ryles, a former co-captain, gave away a penalty for holding fullback Brett Kearney down on the fifth tackle and Covell stepped up to seal the win.
Covell had missed a chance to win the game in the 78th minute with a sideline conversion attempt that was nothing short of abysmal.
The Dragons had appeared on track for victory after Ben Hornby crossed in the 70th minute and Jamie Soward converted for a 16-12 lead.
But Sharks five-eighth Greg Bird, in the final roll of the dice, grubbered to the corner and winger Bryson Goodwin clutched the ball from thin air to ground it within millimetres of the sideline and level at 16-16.
It was a bitter end to a tough week for the Dragons, with coach Nathan Brown told he was no longer wanted beyond this year and his job would be taken by Brisbane's Wayne Bennett.
Skipper Mark Gasnier had done his job in getting the Dragons within victory by setting up two tries, but it was Ryles who let the team down.
Gasnier and Sharks opposite Ben Pomeroy staged a battle royale in the centres, the Test star putting Hornby across in the 70th minute after making a break down the right hand side.
The Dragons superstar set up his side's opening try in the 13th minute when he beat Pomeroy's defence and flicked the ball for winger Josh Morris to score in the corner.
But Pomeroy was not to be outdone, he responded with his own reverse-flick pass to put Greg Bird over just shy of the half hour and then kicked ahead in the 63rd minute as fullback Brett Kearney beat Dragons hooker Ben Ellis in the foot race to score, Luke Covell's conversion giving the Sharks the lead.
The Sharks two-point half time lead was quickly eroded with a Jamie Soward penalty in the 44th minute and the Dragons then claimed the lead when substitute Lagi Setu crashed over in the 53rd.
But the try was not without controversy, video referee Russell Smith awarding it benefit of the doubt even though his grounding was obscured by defenders Brett Kimmorley and Brett Kearney in an attempted trysaver.
A healthy crowd of 15,318 attended the derby, but just how many were paying customers is unclear after an official was spotted handing out a box full of tickets at nearby Rhodes shopping centre in the late afternoon.

 

[tigerboi]

Well tb after following your picks the previous week i have decided to go this way :-

Storm to blow away the Broncos
Roosters to spur the Bulldogs
Dragons to burn the Sharks
Titans to crush the Raiders
Eels to constrict the Cowboys
Warriors to club the Knights
Sea Eagles to feed on the Rabbitohs
Panthers to shred the Tigers

Hope Canterbury don`t go all soft up against their old forwards.

Both 3 from 4 mate,i reckon i will get you on my team!...tb

I tip:Roosters,Broncos,Cronulla,Gold Coast,Parramatta,Manly,Newcastle,Tigers

Spooly....parra hit back after being down 12-0,now 12-6...tb

 

[tigerboi]

Both 3 from 4 mate,i reckon i will get you on my team!...tb

I tip:Roosters,Broncos,Cronulla,Gold Coast,Parramatta,Manly,Newcastle,Tigers

Spooly....parra hit back after being down 12-0,now 12-6...tb

Doing ok on the nrl with 5/7 & 4/7 at minetalk,need it the other way around...tb

 

[Wysiwyg]

Doing ok on the nrl with 5/7 & 4/7 at minetalk,need it the other way around...tb

My lot are 5/7 with the game tomorrow night to go. St. George had the game won 2 min. out and blew it.Should be 6/7. and the Cowboys got up off the deck this week-end.Hard to follow form as usual.


Storm to blow away the Broncos ✔
Roosters to spur the Bulldogs ✔
Dragons to burn the Sharks X
Titans to crush the Raiders ✔
Eels to constrict the Cowboys X
Warriors to club the Knights ✔
Sea Eagles to feed on the Rabbitohs ✔


Panthers to shred the Tigers ???

 

[The Ferret]

Bit of a hiding for the Wests Kittens tonight... Wests thrashed by westies!

 

[The Mint Man]

Bloody hell!!!! just seen the score Gotta say that I did go for the tigers but I win both ways as I work with a few tigers supporters that I can rib all week now
Tigers are ****

Cheers

 

[justjohn]

TB thanx for the grapes ,how about I give you a big bag of lemons to SUCK after that performance .I bet your in between states now shaking your head ,probably with a Huge box of kleenex on your lap .youth policy ,its alright if they can play ,you're so right Mint Man they are sh-t

 

[tigerboi]

Bloody hell!!!! just seen the score Gotta say that I did go for the tigers but I win both ways as I work with a few tigers supporters that I can rib all week now
Tigers are ****

Cheers

yep thanks you can all start now...i gotta say it didnt surprise me that penrith hit back & with farah,marshall,halatau,gibbs,o'hara out injured we look a bit slow,just shows how even the comp. is if you lose 1 or 2 players you come right back to the field.

I still think penrith may struggle later on but its only rd.4,the best guide is after about rd 15,when each side has played each once,see you look at the gold coast & think they are rocking???but they have had 3/4 at home up there v cowboys,sharks,raiders & got clipped by saints(only win) but they play their next 3/4 away...parra broncos,knights..

the cowboys hit back as well so it will be interesting comp the next 8 weeks...tb...well done wysiwyg he tipped the panthers.....tb

see you next week...

 

[tigerboi]

TB thanx for the grapes ,how about I give you a big bag of lemons to SUCK after that performance .I bet your in between states now shaking your head ,probably with a Huge box of kleenex on your lap .youth policy ,its alright if they can play ,you're so right Mint Man they are sh-t

Bring it on...put your $$$$ where your mouth is,back your team to finish higher than mine....

ryles what a soft ****,at least we have genuine excuses like a bad injury toll & penrith had a point to prove...so it didnt surprise me that penrith finally had a dig unlike st georges pack of girls...cant wait til rd22 to give it to your pack of girls...

 

[justjohn]

WHAT........TB ''see you next week '' what's the goyou've turned into a big soft---- like your team ,no fire,no passion come on TB put those kleenex away

 

[tigerboi]

WHAT........TB ''see you next week '' what's the goyou've turned into a big soft---- like your team ,no fire,no passion come on TB put those kleenex away

plenty of passion for my team,not got the time...it means see my tips on thursday.where i will tip the cowboys at home to bash your bunch of girls,hey i told you weeks ago that ryles is a girl,the only time he got fired up was on the bench at a fan....soft...tb

 

[tigerboi]

Round 5 in the nrl looks a bit of a yawn this week except for the storm v manly,in the nrl comp ive got 19/32 in 3047th place out of about 50,000+

storm v manly...going for the storm here with billy slater starting the season in great form they looked good beating the broncos...
storm by...7

eels v titans...parra look hopeless with smith at half as i said 3 weeks ago,mateo & finch provide more options by running to the line,smith has a poor passing game,however the titans are 2/13 away(1 was the tigers)so parra to get home,but their 2nd half attack worries me,parra by 8

dragons v cowboys...i am attempting to maintain my 100% record here with the dragons,i go the cowboys to give it to the dragons now the cowboys have got their act together(hi jj) that shelia ryles is playing again so the cowboys pack will get over saints ...cowboys by 12

hey jj how bad did it hurt you seeing lord teds son diving over to put the game into extra time for cronulla...ouch,his nephew played in our team yonks ago & he would come to our games,his try in the grand final with a chip n chase 1977...classic,get rid of ryles & you will do ok...

panthers v roosters...penrith like the cowboys finally put it together over my team last week,however i like the roosters & it will be a good guide to later on to how they go without willie mason,look for mitchell pearce to give the penrith wingers lots of 5th tackle cross kicks...chookies by 10

warriors v bulldogs...hard game to pick but going for the bulldogs,last game here the dogs got home 40-20...dogs by 4,el masri could be the difference here...

raiders v tigers... my team here are 2/2 & need to knock over the raiders who at home usually score 24-30,tim sheens has finaly moved morris out of halfback to 5/8 with farah into the no.7,he will most likely not play with dean collis coming off the bench to the centres & tim moltzen moving back to the scrumbase with morris.or there is a chance that matt head could come into the no.7 out of reserve grade...tigers by 10

knights v broncos...going for the knights with the homeground advantage & the broncos look vunerable without lockyer even with wallace playing well,i think the knights can have too much enthusiasm for the broncos
newcastle by 7

souths v cronulla...souths with jeremy smith at halfback would be lucky to beat their own U20's,i said at the start of the year that souths problem is their halves,it surprises me that jason taylor a good no.7 himself cant get it right.

I would give nathan merritt a crack at it as he has more speed & better passing game than smith,just shows you the game is won on the park with tough forwards & a smart halves pairing,all the armarni suits & the rest of the bull crowe went on with mean zip on the paddock,in fact i think the halfback jeremy smith still has his on when he plays...sharks by 14

i tip..storm,parra,cowboys,roosters,bulldogs,tigers,knights,sharks


go the tigers...tb

 

[tigerboi]

the latest on robbie farah...
West Tigers' Farah out of Raiders clash

AAP

Frustrated Wests Tigers hooker Robbie Farah will give himself a couple of weeks rest but has not ruled out surgery on the protruding discs in his back.
Farah is suffering from protruding L5 and S1 discs in his lower back which is not providing him with any pain but weakening the power in his left leg.
The Tigers chief playmaker has ruled himself out of the next two games and is hopeful the period on the sidelines and consistent rehabilitation will allow him to return to the NRL without resorting to surgery.
"The best option for me at the moment is to have a couple weeks rest," he said.
"Although I obviously feel like I can play I risk doing further damage ... at this stage we decided to take a week or two off and make sure I'm fully fit.
"I have spoken about it with the doctor and surgery is the last option that we can take.
"I'm not looking to do that in the near future."
Farah was put through a tough training session at Concord Oval Thursday but did not pull up well and visited a specialist for the first time in the afternoon.
The 24-year-old confirmed he had spoken to Roosters fullback Anthony Minichiello about how he battled, and continues to struggle with, a similar back injury.
Farah said Minichiello's experience, playing less than 20 NRL games in two seasons with two bouts of surgery, has taught him not to play with any weakness in his back.
"It is pretty concerning to see what he has gone through," said Farah.
"That's why I'm trying to look after it at this point in my career. I don't want it to get to that stage."
Farah had been named at halfback for the Raiders clash on Sunday but his spot is most likely to be taken by former Dragon Mathew Head, who would make his debut for the club.
Coach Tim Sheens will wait until Saturday before finalising his squad.


Posted: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:05

or there is a chance that matt head could come into the no.7 out of reserve grade...tigers by 10



i tip..storm,parra,cowboys,roosters,bulldogs,tigers,knights,sharks


go the tigers...tb

 

[justjohn]

No wonder Farah has a bad back because he has been carrying the tigers for so long and it tells because they are SH-T without him:grenade:

 

[tigerboi]

This robbie farah????

jj.. he did his back lifting the premiership trophy!!!!

After we beat your team of girls.. then blew the cowboys away...

Here it is in case you forgot,again...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYM0-NlM_pA


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIS8p0pZUdk

priceless...tb

 

[tigerboi]

The problem hagan has now is hes got finch at 5/8 & i think the best combo this year has mateo at 5/8(his off loads from scrums are game breakers)& finch at halfback.interesting to see tonight if tim smith plays the full 80 mins....tb(hey im taking the piss..!)

Its official the immortal bob fulton reads this thread...

Since tim smith returned to the no.7 for parra,they have v newcastle got home with a try & 2 field goals in the second half,v cowboys got slapped & scored 1 try in the 2nd half,last night v titans they managed 2 tries after half time to draw the 2nd half 12-12 all...





Parramatta Eels

Fulton urges Eels to dump Smith

By Dean Ritchie | April 07, 2008 12:00am




LEAGUE immortal and NSW selector Bob Fulton has called for Tim Smith to be dumped as Parramatta's starting halfback following the Eels 38-14 thumping at the hands of North Queensland on Saturday night.
Fulton also urged Eels coach Michael Hagan to stick with opening-round combination of Brett Finch and Feleti Mateo in the halves for the Friday night showdown against the Titans.
"I think Parramatta have got to get Finch back to halfback," Fulton said.
"Until such time that Finch is back in the No. 7 jumper, I think that Parramatta will struggle.
"Tim Smith has undoubted ability but there are some issues there that need to be resolved.
"I think Finch should be halfback and Feleti Mateo at No. 6. Those two players complement each other.
"I thought Parramatta was legless in that match on Saturday night against North Queensland."
Smith spent the first two rounds of the season in the NSW Cup for Wentworthville as he overcome off-season injury and tried to regain full fitness before re-entering the top flight.
Hagan admitted after Saturday night's clash that his halves took "poor options" and foreshadowed team changes ahead of this weekend's home clash against the Gold Coast.
"We didn't given them (Smith and Finch) any platform to play behind," Hagan said. "We didn't control the ruck at all well and it's difficult for them to play behind that.
"But I still thought we came up with some poor options, too, at the right end of the field. We had poor structure and didn't build enough pressure.
"I still think we've got some players who, individually, aren't performing as well as they can - for whatever reasons. We need to assess that this week with regard to playing the Titans on Friday night.
"We need to come up with a football team to get the job done and we're certainly not doing that at the moment."
Hagan said Chad Robinson was one player ready to make his return while injured centre Ben Smith could also make a surprise comeback.
Eels captain Nathan Cayless said after the game late Saturday: "We talked about coming up here, the Cowboys wanting to play well, being desperate and all that sort of stuff but you've got to get out on the field and do it. We didn't do that."

tim smith what a start...tb

tim smith as i pointed out,poor options..back to wenty.

eels v titans...parra look hopeless with smith at half as i said 3 weeks ago,mateo & finch provide more options by running to the line,smith has a poor passing game,however the titans are 2/13 away(1 was the tigers)so parra to get home,but their 2nd half attack worries me,parra by 8

 

[tigerboi]

Hey jj i heard saints are bringing in the real deal team next week...

Cowboys hold on to down Dragons
By Steve Jancetic
AAP

North Queensland made it back-to-back NRL wins as they ground out an ugly 20-16 victory over St George Illawarra at WIN Stadium in Wollongong.
Cowboys skipper Johnathan Thurston was the architect of the narrow win with each side scoring three tries apiece, the game in the balance until the final play as the home side launched a gallant fightback.
While the match never reached any great heights, the two teams weren't helped by an insipid refereeing display from Tony De Las Heras and his partner in the box, the majority of their decisions leaving fans and officials scratching their heads.
The Dragons looked like they had made the perfect start when Jamie Soward ghosted through the Cowboys' defence only for video referee Graeme West to spot an obstruction not seen by any of the other 11,639 people inside the ground.
It was as bemusing a decision as West's call to award Soward a four-pointer on 30 minutes, the Dragons half appearing to knock the ball on not once but twice as he attempted to ground the ball.
It left the Dragons down 8-6 after Thurston had scored next to the posts, a ricochet from a chip kick finding Luke O'Donnell who showed good hands to pass to his skipper on the inside.
Thurston had opened the scoring after five minutes when he converted a simple penalty goal, Ben Hornby kicking out on the full from the restart to give the visitors another crack at the line.
But in truth it was the Dragons who had the better field position only for a lack of options or poor execution to let them down.
Even when they got over the tryline they found a way to botch points, Rangi Chase failing to simply fall on a rolling ball as he chased his own grubber into the in-goal, Thurston showing his how it's down with his four-pointer three minutes later.
Soward's try ensured the Dragons were still in it at the break but it wasn't too long before they were huddled together in the in-goal with Anthony Watts diving over untouched from dummy half.
Thurston then stamped his class and looked like he had put the issue beyond doubt as he first put Carl Webb through a hole before backing up to take the Cowboys down field.
Dragons skipper Mark Gasnier then instigated a resurgence from the home side with a long run down field which eventually resulted in Chase kicking for Jason Nightingale to score out wide.
It was game on when Hornby put Stuart Webb over on 70 minutes to make it 20-16, but that's where the scoring ended


The mail doing the rounds is these guys can really bamboozle any NRL side in the comp...