still playing cowboys :(

and they'll play the sharkies won't they?

yeh raiders will play sharks and cowboys will play broncos

i knew deep down i should have tipped cowboys but was too pussy

they are looking good

I just need Parra tonight for a perfect round.

Not sure which way that game will go though.... hoping they fire up for Hindy

i need Saints for a perfect round. first round of no crazy upsets for a while, saints v parra was probably the hardest pick for me

lol well I am out. I tipped the sharks for a slight upset.

f***ing marvellous Parra still can't fire up on a night like this. They deserve the f***ing SPOON!!

f*** YYOU I tipped st george haha

I'll end up on 125 points!

parramatta killed my perfect round.

Hindys kick was awesome.

oh s*** just checked and i picked the sharks. damn! thought i had perfect round

http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s480x480/303548_410343465680286_304635108_n.jpg

equal first with ctd!!

yeah Hindy's kick was awesome

did he slot it?

yep

I got my first perfect round!

I'm a firm believer in wooden spooners going out as they should so Eels were an easy tip.

Hindmarsh also used sand instead of a kicking tee

http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2012/09/03/1226463/651776-nrl-finals.jpg

haha well done hindy

he's a absolutely champion, shame about the rest of the team

Oh we tipping finals as well. its onnnnnn

you can't choose when setting it up

my work one ended today as is money was handed out

doesn't really make any difference for qgl one

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Finals should be double points.

can you tweak your own tipping comp ?

Yeah just for funzies, mainly to stimulate the NRL discussions.

there really isn't any tweaking i can do on this nrl one at all

hopefully they get some more options going next year

i imagine with oztips completely selling out the nrl tipping would have gained quite a few more people so hopefully they get their s*** together

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lol I finally get 8/8 on the final round. Balls.

Yay broncos are on a Saturday I can finally watch a game yay.

/sets alarm for sat morning

raiders will be the 2012 premiers i have decided.

lols smart still high on pain meds after the knee operation eh?

Raiders have no chance, they can implode at ANY time!

unfortunately the gap between the top 4 and the bottom 4 is rather large, the rabbits probably being the only question mark of the top 4 teams due to consistency and well just being the rabbits. you're just waiting for it all to go wrong as usual

GET ON IT. lets go broncs, and if they fail go cronulla, canberra, souths, cowboys

so pumped for the best weekend ever. finally can watch the broncs cause its on sat morning and ibiza sunday

Oh goody
9 the home of Standard Definition Sport.

THERES GONNA BE A BIFF

so pumped for the best weekend ever. finally can watch the broncs cause its on sat morning and ibiza sunday

where exactly are you and how will you watch it?

at home cause it is the weekend! whereas friday night game = friday morning and I am at work

so you get it on TV or go to a pub or have pay?

I would go to the pub cause I wouldn't get Sky just for NRL because it is all in the morning. But the pub will probably be showing the Rugby Union so I'll just watch a stream either a dodgy stream or the official stream livenrl.tv


Manly THUG CATS. Matai the Catai.

doggggiiiiiiiieeeesssssssssss

thank f*** for that, only 1 more step from sending these f***heads out the back door

in other good news lyon's probably gone for the rest as well

lols if your mob lose it's bye bye finals in week 1 pave...

was a good game, we panicked too much and threw stupid passes at key times. Both teams handling was atrocious

was very niggly and stop start

but better team won.

we lost the plot in the second half

haha nice try but i'm expecting it infact i sort of hope they don't somehow take the cowboys out because they have the better shot, we aren't the reigning premiers and premiership favourites, well ex-favourites

or hated by everyone

Wasnt a great game, lot of errors but was good game.
Dawgies are a solid side, Tollman was awesome.
Pritchard and the other Mossie are big boppas.

The only thing better than Manly losing is Storm losing.
Manly were in trouble losing Lyon he is the Lockeyer of Manly.
excellent captain big talker on the field.
If hes gone so are Manly.

Broncos are no hope tomorrow night.

don't ya just love Ennis.

classic old school hooker

i certainly wouldn't count the broncos out tonight, whenever they play the cowboys no matter where each team is ranked and how they're playing they always bring the best out for these games and they have a bit of a habbit of trying to belt each other too

Cowboys are gonna take the horse out the back of the barn...

they will probably beat them, it will be a closer game than you think

The only thing worse than the Broncos last night was South Sydney.

I think Thaiday sucks as a Captain.
Cowboys will do a Manly team missing Lyon and Matau.

Supercoah Meninga is heading to Canberra today, they got a huge day planned apparantly. I think they will beat the Sharks.
The Green Machine LIVES

thaiday is the worst captain. he is a funny guy IRL. very witty. but an unlikable captain. corey parker ftw.

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/national/hadley-sued-over-rabbits-statue/story-fndo1uez-1226468080678

The next day on Nine's rugby league show The Sunday Roast, Voss questioned the statue's likeness to Warren, which sparked a furious on-air response from Hadley and former Test star and league Immortal Bob Fulton

Hadley was on a rare day off on that Sunday in August when he phoned the studio and demanded to be put to air after hearing of Voss's comments on Sunday Roast.

After Hadley, 57, tore strips off him on air two days in a row - calling him names and spelling them out for impact - Voss sued.

SO thats the Vossy story.
Id heard it had something to do with Hadley being peeved that Vossy was his understudy at 2GB and had got a deal with 9 to call the League.

f*** so it means we're going to be left with hadley pretty much

you can't subpeona your bosses email and question half of channel 9 in court and then expect a contract

haha david gyngell, makes sense now when beau ryan says 'roll it gyngell' when they're about to some beau knows

GREEEEEEEEEEEEEEN
MACHEEEEEEEEEEEEN

Woot woot Raiders!

mm unfortunately i'm stuggling to see how anyone but the top 4 will be in it the week after next

i think souths will probably destroy the raiders next week after how bad they were on friday night and the cowboys will need to bring something special to the table to get over manly

both are possible though i guess, possible cowboys more so

Go the Cowboys I guess. Best Grand Final I could hope for now is Raiders vs Cowboys.

Haha benefit of the doubt, that's great

That'll f***ing do me

the first one was rubbish
That one is outright cheating
who is the 3rd umpire ?

thurston should have walked off.

the first one was rubbish
That one is outright cheating
who is the 3rd umpire ?

thurston should have walked off.

Yeah I've had enough of watching BS ref calls. Dumb tries

the way they're going the odds are a dud call will decide the GF

Cowboys were never going to get the rub of the refs tonight though really

Haha benefit of the doubt, that's great

That'll f***ing do me

Yeah get out of jail free card to refs, f***en ridiculous!

Mna of the Match for Manly was the Video Ref.

The only reason Manly are premiers was because of preferential treatment from the refs last year, disappointed to see it continuing this year.

haha some really bad calls there...

to be fair we got some dodgy ones too, before Cowboys second try there was a clear strip in the play the ball that went unpenalised if that was picked they don't score...

but yeah the ref's are ruining the game

That was an embarassment for the game tonight.

2012 with 2 refs and a video ref and they still cant get it right.

was strip was an excusable one, it was very slight. The touchie wouldn't have seen the hand

watching keiran foran touch the ball 10 times in slo mo and then a try awarded was pretty f***ing hilarious

Hand of God try.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/s480x480/485811_414313148632142_1878680237_n.jpg

I think the vid ref is on the take

Go Souths.

There is no other team I want to win it now.

Despite drawing Manly in the finals sweep.

I didn't see the cowboys/manly game, anyone got a video of these terrible calls?

could it be a team I support in the NRL might win??

go souths

missed the game, was out at Jersey Boys, awesome show btw.

did Souths play like they could win next week?

http://media01.couriermail.com.au/multimedia/2012/nrlspecs.jpg

Yeah something's not right when instead of arguing about it Rabbs & Gus both agree that the video refs have been acting a little "shell shocked and fragile" of late.

I tell you what though a lot of people are having a crack at Manly and I've copped s***loads from mates, but IT WASN'T MANLY'S FAULT!!

Blame the stupid referee's if your team got the rub of the green you just have to take it and get on with it.

I agree some really s***ty calls, but it's hardly Manly's fault!

Everything is Manly's fault.

Foran claims he didnt touch it.
HES A FIBBER

of course he's going to say he didn't touch it

f*** the NRL, Queensland cups where its at. Up the Mighty Seagulls. 4pm next Sunday at Suncorp vs Redcliff. Will be a screamer.

Been in ibiza for 10 days and my brain is fried forgot to tip. f***ing video refs:

Foran now claims he DID touch the ball.

HE WAS FIBBING

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Go Manly tonight!

must have tipped lol. Oh well I am tipping souths and melb cause whatever I want them to win and maybe if I tip them they will!!!! yewww

Tipping Dogs and Sea Eagles!

I had a pretty ordinary start in the tipping.
5s not too shabby.

You guys seen the leading tipsters ?
wtf they must be Rugby League Nerds.

If Manlys Video Ref has a good game tonight they could beat Storm.

OK Manly it's time to aim up!!

the first 20 mins will decide it imo

Hopefully we turn up, I honestly think it could go either way.... the team who takes their chances will win (or pays the refs the most, lols!)

Or if the nrl will allow another gf with only 1 Sydney team

K A R M A

wow terrible start from Manly..but how is that a try for Slater? HAHAHAH wtf video ref

Still less dodgy than both tries last week

it's not a storm, it's a tsunami!!

f*** me we couldn't play any worse

George rose should probably go and get a pie and sit this one out, I don't think I've seen him do anything else but be a useless slow c*** for quite a while

could Smiths s*** kicking come back to haunt the storm?

Lyon is the Lockyer of Manly.
Manly forwards havent showed up.

does Manly have forwards playing tonight?

didn't notice

thank god for that, just a shame the cowboys were robbed of their chance by these f***wits

billy obviously still isn't at 100% if jamie lyon can almost run him down

wow manly, couldn't be any worse

go manly!



oh wait.....

Storm v Rabbits finals :P

manly choked big time

i foresee a storm v bulldogs final.

be nice to see souths but doubt they'd take the storm on tonights performance and especially after what will be a hard game v doggies

Forwards didn't turn up, 4 million dropped balls and a totally inept performance all round.

Lyon v storm tonight!


P.S. where did the broncos finish?

quit bringing up the past mate. manly are cats lead by king catai the matai

so glad there isn't even a possibility we have to go through another year of hearing how these c***s are the premiers

Can ch 9 (The Home of SD Sport) plz show the Grand Final on GEM too ?

yeah lyon does deserve a wrap

Super League ad

f***ing refs. it's a gee up again. totally not a penalty.

hoping for rabbits but dogs will be hard to run down from here.....

rabbits just look all over the shop now, losing ole matey (number 7?) is hurting them

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good thing doggies win or there'd be more riots

So the Bunnies, who were the last team that I even gave the slightest modicum of a f*** about, are gone.

I guess my hate of the Storm pretty much overrides all but it sucks having a Grand Final with no team to back :(

I dunno who I want to win. Quite an achievement from both teams imo.

Melb stripped of their whole roster besides 3 players and still reach high standards.

Dogs were the scum of the competition a few years ago - now they are seen as family orientated club.

yeh they've both done really well and it's going to be a good game

Yeah should be a good game, would be happy for either team to win. Will probably barrack for the Doggies, they've been great all year.

Was expecting more out of last nights match, it was a good game but it had hints of being great at the beginning when Isac Luke was tearing it up out of dummy half. I was hoping for a Bunnies v Dogs finals at the start of the finals series so was a bit disappointed when it didn't quite reach that level of game.

Hopefully no injuries will ruin next weeks game.

it would have been a great game if adam reynolds haven't got injured, all direction in attack and most 5th tackle options went out the window for souths and they fell apart

yeah Luke was very good last night. No Reynolds was gg.
I think losing Matt Cooper really hurt them too.
Lots of experience and dangerous with Inglis (who again was kind of quiet)
But really the Bulldogs were just too good everywhere.

No complaints about the Finals system this year, 1 and 2 made the Grand final.

Whos the MAtt that had the sideshow bob dreads ?

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i'm pretty sure matt cooper plays for the dragons yo

ahhh Matt King >.<

http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/rugby-gold/quade-cooper-has-used-his-twitter-account-to-launch-an-attack-on-wallaby-coach-robbie-deans/story-fn8t7efs-1226479689813

Cooper to quit Union play with The Roosters next season ?
Anastas gone to wests so theres an opening ofr a playmaker

unlikely they'd have any room for him in their celery cap

brisbane could use him

Canterbury vs Melbourne?

How could less f***s possibly be given.

I bet Cooper and Williams are pro gay marriage.

How could less f***s possibly be given

if manly were involved......

bam

I heard the Broncos were chasing Thurston for 2014

if manly were involved......

bam

I was thinking that, but if Manly were in it I'd be barracking for whoever the other team was, even if it were Storm or Dogs haha.

I just don't give a f*** either way with this.

yeah true, someone to hate is better than no one to really care about going for

I heard the Broncos were chasing Thurston for 2014

yeah that would be massive, i find it unlikely. this must be their second bid for him because i've already heard of them pulling out once

would be devastating for the cowboys which would suck

yeah i hope he stays there.
They could go all the way next year.

Its looking like a certainty Cooper will play NRL next season.

http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/rugby-gold/disenchanted-quade-cooper-eyes-code-switch-to-nrl/story-fn8t7efs-1226480592937

roosters have said they aren't chasing his signature

without prior planning i can't see how most teams have any room for him off the cuff, he's going to want big dollars. anasta finished at the roosters this year but they also bought james maloney from the warriors on some massive 4 year deal they he signed like last year

i think just because he says he wants to play along side SBW doesn't mean it's going to happen

broncos are possibly one team in a position to offer him something, some big names leaving in the past 2 years you'd think they would have some room hence why they would be chasing a massive signing like thurston's

I am guessing you are talking about Quade Cooper - I read that article this morning. Him leaving rugby could quite possibly be the best thing that could happen to rugby at the moment. He will do well in rugby league I think. The All Blacks have really broken him mentally.

Who would he play State of Origin for?

Who says he would actually be any good at Rugby League?

Well considering league is essentially dumbed-down and sped up union, and considering his running the ball playing style and good (when he is not demoralised by the ABs) kicking game I think he'd fit nicely. What about him makes you think he wouldn't be a good league player?

he'd probably have to make more tackles in league, and he can be a turnstyle

Union is a lazy version of League.
The reason League was dreamed up was because Union was too slow and boring.
Cooper would have to work a lot harder in League.

Cooper hasnt played any League therefore if his first game was with say The Roosters he would be a NSW Origin player. But the rules are very vague, that popollina guy who played with KIWI junior test side has decided he wants to play for QLD.

Its a money thing, you get a couple of thousand to represent KIWIs or 4-5 times that amount to play for QLD.

The solution is to allow non-QLD/NSW players to play Origin and still represent NZ and to maybe have Pacific Islanders included in the NZ Test team. When I see Benji Marshall i think of him as NSW, Tollman and Burgess are NSW players.
Besides, NSW cant win anymore so we need to adjust the game to help them become more competitive.

disagree completely with letting kiwis and s*** play state of origin with no reprisals (ie. ineligablity to play for nz)

i know the rules deciding where you play have been dodgy at times, apparently it's more straight forward now as of next season. but it would completely destroy any idea of what state of origin was originally about

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but it would completely destroy any idea of what state of origin was originally about

This sounds like pointlessly clinging onto tradition for no good reason to me. State of Origin is about half of the best players in league vs. the other best half. The quality is going to ebb and flow and teams are occasionally going to be mis-matched like right now (seems to be getting closer with the last series thank god) but that's the nature of the beast. As long as the players playing Origin are playing or are eligible to play for Australia I don't have a problem with it.

I reckon players should be able to choose who they play for. If I was a gun footballer I probably would have ended up playing for QLD in SoO despite the fact I have been a die-hard NSW supporter since I was knee-high to a Gary Coleman. I'd be f***ing pissed if I had to play for QLD - in fact I'd probably just refuse to play. I wonder how many players were put in that situation.

http://www.live4.com.au/nrl-grand-final-thoughts-pt-1/ - Anthony Minichello blog :O

This sounds like pointlessly clinging onto tradition for no good reason to me. State of Origin is about half of the best players in league vs. the other best half. The quality is going to ebb and flow and teams are occasionally going to be mis-matched like right now (seems to be getting closer with the last series thank god) but that's the nature of the beast. As long as the players playing Origin are playing or are eligible to play for Australia I don't have a problem with it.

I reckon players should be able to choose who they play for. If I was a gun footballer I probably would have ended up playing for QLD in SoO despite the fact I have been a die-hard NSW supporter since I was knee-high to a Gary Coleman. I'd be f***ing pissed if I had to play for QLD - in fact I'd probably just refuse to play. I wonder how many players were put in that situation.

so we'll call it something else then

the criteria is already fairly loose (though as i mentioned, apparently has been tightened upas of next year) as to who plays for who

james tamou the cowboys front rower who played for nsw this year is a kiwi, he chose to play for nsw/aus and that is fine (sort off, i still think it's retarded a bit) but getting to play for kiwis and then slot into the nsw team at state of origin time is just totally retarded imo. there has to be some kind of definining

why would anyone be s***ty about playing for the state they were born in and 1 would assuming went for their whole life?

NRL isn't the only game that gets important calls wrong.



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I am not a Packers fan and there were many horrible calls the whole game. But this call was just terrible. This was ruled a touchdown although it was clearly an interception by the Packers. This was the monday night game on 9/24/2012.

Basically, this was in the final seconds of the game. It was ruled a Seahawks touchdown, despite Greenbay intercepting the ball. Seahawks won as a result. The video begins after this play has occurred, wherein the Packers are refusing to come back onto the field to allow the Seattle to kick the PAT and finish the game (I used this particular video because it includes the best replay angles).

Here's a high quality video of the play as it happened live:




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why would anyone be s***ty about playing for the state they were born in and 1 would assuming went for their whole life?

Because you could be assuming wrong, and they could go for NSW (like me)

well tough tits

state of origin, change the name if you're going to make it a free for all

so you are a born and bread queenslander yet go for nsw? Lul

nearly finals time!

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/A3y47AUCMAAlx7p.jpg:large

http://i.imgur.com/7XUsr.jpg

I dont think Johnns should be an Immortal, he is not a great player, he was a good player but no Mal Meninga.
Johns Drug taking is also a stain on the game as was his mysterious quitting of the Knights.

yeah bah i've also seen a shirt with '2012 minor premiers' in the cantebury shop at chermside - they're making the most of it

for the storm it's just business as usual lul

facey he was a pretty great player, i always thought to get into the immortals it was based on your on field and off field service to rugby league. but i have found out it is purely based on your on field performance

lockyer will be there

last edited by paveway at 07:53:41 28/Sep/12

Pave shirt above is grand anal

Also all clubs do the minor premiers shirts and associated paraphernalia.....

Both clubs will have premiers shirts already printed

Grand Anal, lol

Storm are Favourites in betting.
I heard on ABC radio that Slater has the Flu real bad and they are watching the other players hoping it hasnt spread.

Storm could lose some players if hes spread it.

Nothing quite like having your best player come down with the "flu" a couple of days out from the biggest match of the year. Doubt the Doggies will pay too much attention to it :p

Took me 10 years to see 'grand anal'

Looks like Folau might be coming back.

Eels seem like the most likely prospect. Damn, the Maroons are going to be even stronger now :(

lul the eels

he'll be more successful playing AFL

anyone heard any whispers of Thurston links to the storm.....?

Yeah, he was stuck in one in New York (lulz)

He will be mercilessly sledged.
I guess his comeback will be 'yeah but i got $$$$'

If hes going to the eels it must be because he wants to live in Sydney.
I would have thought he'd be keen to come to the Broncos though or even The Titans who would have some room in the Cap.

Although, arent a few of the Eels born again Christians or something ?
Folau is a Religious dude too i think.

i can see headline for izzy now "afl was hard, i am going back to league"

or maybe his come back will be more like 'yeah i gave it a go and didn't like it' ...

no doubt they will sledge him but anyone with half a brain cell would rather see a superstar like that back in the game rather than playing gayfl

i'd love to see him back at the broncos but he's probably setup in sydney and is still keen to keep his family at arms distance who are in brisbane

i guess he wasnt enough of an athlete to compete in the afl.

its not like league where any over weight boofhead can be a super star.

you need to be an athelete to make it in the afl.

haha trying so hard bro

He'll be the fittest dude in whatever team he joins now

eels will be throwing the kitchen sink at him, they need good press as well as actual decent players

did his job (purely marketing and hype), i figured he'd do his contract (was it 3 years?) and then head back, but probably a good thing he goes now, won't stymie the development over the next couple of years of Patton/Cameron in the forward line for GWS, he's much worse and older.

If anything they need a experienced big forward to help shield them until they grow a bit more, folau was unable to do that cos he can't seem to read the game at all.
For anyone who is interested in the aussie rules, what's the bet that GWS push hard for Kurt Tippett now? If he slips into the draft after these contract shenanigans at Adelaide then i reckon they'll snap him up.

He'll be the fittest dude in whatever team he joins now

yeah but he'll need to bulk up again or he'll get smashed in head ons.

Will be interesting to see where he plays!

Will be interesting to see where he plays!

hmm, that will be a tough one

i am going to say center or wing... it is a big call i know

ricky stuart to get sacked by another club. hayne cant direct a team, he just does a few good things per game when he feels like chiming in.

hayne will shift to 6. retard folau will do his best at 1.

hopefully somehow scott prince gets hit by a bus