General NRL 2016 Round 1 - General Discussion

[Jordan G]

Watching that game made me feel worse. The Roosters are without Roger Tuivasa-Sheck, James Maloney, Mitchell Pearce, Daniel Tupou, Michael Jennings and Jared Warea-Hargraeves. They had a young squad playing today. We on the hand have improved our position, played pretty much our best available line up and still get wasted...

The Rabbits game was what would have happened to us if we were playing anyone other than the Tigers, Knights, Titans.

They would never have let us come back in the second half like the Tigers did.

 

[Selector]

Wouldve been 100% with my tips this weekend, if not for the Warriors.

 

[mt.wellington]

Paasi is going gangbusters

if only he hadn't been so shit in his Warriors debut...

He wasnt too bad on debut. John Palavi was rubbish...

 

[Sup42]

Thrilled for Agnatius.....I posted here a while back that he would be a player the Warriors would offer huge money to get back one day......

Ran over one hundred and eighty meters tonight against a weak Knights side.


He tried too hard in his debut here.....risky offload.....but that guy has been busting his balls to be an NRL player from the fringes for a while now.

He's found a happy home in Aussie and he will be chased hard by the Kiwis management this year.....he must be the most multi skilled prop in the NRL just now.

If he stays with Tonga I'll be over the moon for them.


What a player.

 

[Centurion]

Thrilled for Agnatius.....I posted here a while back that he would be a player the Warriors would offer huge money to get back one day......

Ran over one hundred and eighty meters tonight against a weak Knights side.


He tried too hard in his debut here.....risky offload.....but that guy has been busting his balls to be an NRL player from the fringes for a while now.

He's found a happy home in Aussie and he will be chased hard by the Kiwis management this year.....he must be the most multi skilled prop in the NRL just now.

If he stays with Tonga I'll be over the moon for them.


What a player.

REALLY happy he's kicked on and doing so well. He's a great kid too - very respectful and a just a decent young man. So happy for him and his family - hopefully his older bro Samasoni will get a break one day.

 

[InsideBall]

The Rabbits game was what would have happened to us if we were playing anyone other than the Tigers, Knights, Titans.

They would never have let us come back in the second half like the Tigers did.

I don't know about that.

When we get a roll on, I don't think there's a team in the comp that can stop us. But that isn't, and has really never been, the issue. The issue, is us stopping them. And often enough it's not even particularly good attack that we're dealing with - it's just our utterly woeful defense.

 

[mt.wellington]

Thrilled for Agnatius.....I posted here a while back that he would be a player the Warriors would offer huge money to get back one day......

Iggy is a real success story. Of all the Warriors he was the guy I admired the most because of the effort he put into being a Warrior. He was on a third tier contract getting $10K to train just as hard as the 2nd tier boys. Having a young family he also had to work a fulltime job. When the Warriors took control of the NSW Cup team the training went from night time to day. Iggy was then having to take time off work to train as well as the time he was already taking off to travel to Australia.

When the Warriors released him he got a training contract with the Titans which basically means we'll provide you lunch. He left his partner and child here while he pursued his dream. First few months he was catching the bus to training and back and sleeping on the floor of old teammate's Siuatonga Likiliki's flat.

To see him flourish over there makes my heart smile. Couldnt have happened to a nicer more hard working bloke. No second year syndrome for him...

 

[Weno]

David Bhana had an okay FG debut.
Looks a bit heavier.
Was busy.
Happy for him.

 

[Lord Gnome of Howick MBE]

Ah Mau is another reject who is now a beast.

 

[ShaunJohnson7]

It would be great to have a winger of the calibre of Jason Nightengale on our team right now......

 

[Lord Gnome of Howick MBE]

It would be great to have a winger of the calibre of Jason Nightengale on our team right now......

He just gave up a try.

 

[ShaunJohnson7]

He just gave up a try.

How many times a game do our wingers do that? Everyone knows Nightengale is as safe as they come.

 

[snake77]

How many times a game do our wingers do that? Everyone knows Nightengale is as safe as they comw.

For our wingers. Are you asking for in a game or in a season? Tough question as I lost count on the weekend so for the season would be nearly impossible.

 

[OMG]

He just gave up a try.

Nah they were both Duggan

 

[Lord Gnome of Howick MBE]

Koribeti has run round Dugan for two tries now - Dragons left edge keeps coming in and leaving the touchline exposed.

 

[Lord Gnome of Howick MBE]

Nah they were both Duggan

It was Nightingale's error that gave them posession 10m out.

 

[OMG]

Koribeti has run round Dugan for two tries now - Dragons left edge keeps coming in and leaving the touchline exposed.

It's the right edge, bro, what you drunking?

 

[Lord Gnome of Howick MBE]

It's the right edge, bro, what you drunking?

Had a couple but I meant right edge (Melbourne's left.)

Dragons were cruising then Nightingale drops it and Koribeti makes Dugan look like Manu.

 

[Viking]

Iggy is a real success story. Of all the Warriors he was the guy I admired the most because of the effort he put into being a Warrior. He was on a third tier contract getting $10K to train just as hard as the 2nd tier boys. Having a young family he also had to work a fulltime job. When the Warriors took control of the NSW Cup team the training went from night time to day. Iggy was then having to take time off work to train as well as the time he was already taking off to travel to Australia.

When the Warriors released him he got a training contract with the Titans which basically means we'll provide you lunch. He left his partner and child here while he pursued his dream. First few months he was catching the bus to training and back and sleeping on the floor of old teammate's Siuatonga Likiliki's flat.

To see him flourish over there makes my heart smile. Couldnt have happened to a nicer more hard working bloke. No second year syndrome for him...

Was there any reason why the Warriors didn't persevere with Paasi, the surely didn't release him on his one bad game after he'd been such a gun for Keebra, the 20s and then the Vulcans?

The Likiliki brothers have always coasted on their natural ability and neither of them have an NRL contract now. Mafa looked like Jabba the Hutt in the last NSW cup game I saw him play for the Knights.

 

[Lord Gnome of Howick MBE]

And now Koribeti gives up a try and lets the Dragons back in to it.