NRL Round 1 discussion

[Aucklander]

Nearly there. Kicks off Thursday night with the Broncos hosting the defending champs. So sick of the constant shit getting thrown at the game by the parasites who make their money out of it. Nice to finally be at this point.

Souths already look good in trial games and smashed St Helens in the WCC. Them by 12.

Friday night and an Eels v Manly game which should be a thriller. Eels to kick the season off with a 10 point win.

Super Saturday and my mighty Warriors who have to hit the road for the first two weeks. Play the Knights first up in what chould be a high scoring affair. So much will depend on SJ and ST, while the Knights are always tough at home. I can see golden point in this game. Warriors by 2.

The under siege Titans host the Tigers and I just can't see anything but a Tigers win. Them by 16.

Ripper game to end the day with the Cowboys v the Roosters. Really should be the best game of the weekend. Cowboys by 8.

Two games on Sunday which should be belters too. Penrith v the Doggies should draw a healthy crowd to kick the season off at Penrith. Could be a truck load of points in this one. Panthers at home by 6.

They might be tipped tipped to finish near the bottom, but two very evenly matched sides here. Cronulla at home by 4.

Monday night footy and the old rivalry between the Dragons and Storm to kick it off. Not a lot of love for either team to make finals, but that shouldn't halt a fiery encounter. Storm by 2.

 

[He_Beast]

I'm pretty pumped. I think the Eels will come out firing, but hopefully we can handle it.

A lot of people expecting us not to make the finals this year, which I can certainly see NEXT year if we don't retain the halves, but I honestly can't see a team with those two not making the finals. Don't think we'll be a premiership threat, though.

 

[bomberbaird]

Pretty pumped, to bad I have to wait till monday night. Going to be a good season

 

[royboy2]

Can't wait, 3 sleeps to go!

 

[Klim]

Bring on the new season.

 

[JMan5]

Hopefully this will finally be the Cowboy's year. It's now or never. I'm keen to see if they can hold on to their impressive winning record at home. Only 1 loss last year but the thing that's haunting them is their Sydney games. Concur that hoodoo and they will be unstoppable.

Top 4:
Cowboys
Rabbitohs
Panthers
Roosters

 

[balmainforever]

Souths
Manly
Warriors
Tigers
Cowboys
Bulldogs
Sharks
Dragons

 

[Klim]

Round 1 Teamlists

 

[Jatz]

Super pumped for tonight!

Also made the decision to make the trip up north to see the Knights take on the Warriors. Really looking forward to Saturday arvo!

Btw, how good is the Saturday arvo time slot! I've been saying for years that League needed it.

 

[Jatz]

Sam Tomkins to miss AuckMel ?

 

[bomberbaird]

Super Saturday haha..

Massively keen to see kick off tonight...Need some real sport again!

 

[Aucklander]

Sam Tomkins to miss AuckMel ?

Yea mate, that's what I'm hearing. Haven't heard anything else yet.

 

[royboy2]

For those interested I've created a Bigfooty tipping comp, tips not entered get you the lowest score for the round. So if you don't see this till after round 1, you can still co

http://www.footytips.com.au/comps/Bigfooty_NRL_tipping_comp

 

[Jatz]

Yea mate, that's what I'm hearing. Haven't heard anything else yet.

That would be big for us. Should be a really good game.

 

[Aucklander]

That would be big for us. Should be a really good game.

Yea, I'm almost tempted to change my tip. Looking forward to it.

 

[imadodgyumpire]

Thank **** there's a game on tonight. I had nothing to do.

 

[Klim]

God the side tape on the Broncs jersey is ******* awful.

 

[Sydney Bloods]

stupid penalty to give away in this day inage

 

[royboy2]

God the side tape on the Broncs jersey is ******* awful.

But the scoreline is a thing of beauty

 

[damochandler]

broncos were beyond woeful. no structure at all. thaiday is a passenger. he'll be in the qld cup soon

 

[Broar]

What a terrible night not only did I have to sit through that stinking heat but I had to watch that woeful performance.

I know I should be ripping into the forwards for that powderpuff performance, but the state of our outside backs at this club is disgusting and depressing. We've had so many wonderful backs at our club but now we've got this lot and sadly this comes as no surprise to me. As I've seen first hand this club (the one I love so much) and its development pathway systems continue to ignore some amazing talent solely on the basis of them being too small.

 

[moto748]

First game hardly a thriller, then. Brisbane looked deeply ordinary; Souths were as efficient as ever, and despite the humidity, didn't have to do anything amazing to win comfortably.

 

[Jatz]

Thought the 300m line was a nice touch.

Is it just me or was that crowd slightly disappointing? Parker's 300th, Bennett returning, season opener. Thought they'd get more than 36k.

 

[damochandler]

Parra should get up tonight

 

[Aucklander]

Bloody good game. Sick of Checkins whistle and for gods sake make a bloody call you weak bugger. Poor form those idiots who wouldn't shut up for the minutes silence.