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So, who are you supporting for the Grand Final? I can't make my mind up. I don't want Penrith to win again. I hate dynasties, and I think it's better for the game when teams rise and fall. It's one of the benefits of a salary cap. But I don't like Melbourne, because of their historical rorting of the salary cap, ruining multiple seasons of the NRL. And the whole introduction of wrestling manoeuvres into footy. A lot of their game seems to be based on cheating or exploiting weaknesses in rukes rather than playing in the spirit of the game. Or do I just barrack for the referee, touchies and video reviewers?
*Paul Crawley from Fox Sports* Wayne Bennett has unloaded on the overall unfairness in the standard of NRL refereeing and the Bunker, while calling for a dramatic overhaul on punishment for foul play, including a major revamp of the sin bin and send-off rules. The Dolphins super coach says his frustrations about the standard of officiating has been growing for some time. But he decided to speak out publicly because he says the current system is not getting better -and is having too big an impact on too many games. “If I was a punter I couldn’t bet a penny on rugby league at the moment,” the game’s greatest coach said in an exclusive interview with foxsports.com.au. “Do I need the grief this will cause? No, I don’t. “But I have to stand up for the players and the game I have spent my whole life being a part of and loving. “We can’t hide and pretend it is not a problem because it is a problem. “And it is causing massive frustration, not just with the players and coaches, but the fans. “People always go on about consistency. “I know how hard consistency is. “What I want is fairness for every team. “I want to know we are all getting a fair shake out there.” ## FOUL PLAY PUNISHMENT A LOTTERY Every game it seems has different rule interpretations for illegal high contact. One game you see a player sin binned for a high shot that wouldn’t bruise a grape. Then the following game someone gets clocked good and proper and it doesn’t so much as warrant a penalty. “I will give you an example,” Bennett continued. “I have had four players in the last two weeks hit with contact to the head by the opposition illegally. “Not one penalty in those four times. “But I have had two of these players taken out of the game on the advice of the independent doctor, who believed that they were concussed and so they were out of the game for 15 minutes. “So the doctor, who is the expert, believed they were concussed. “Yet the referee accused one of the players (Herbie Farnworth) that he was milking it. “Who is the expert here? The referee, the guy in the Bunker, or the doctor? “If the doctor believes he has been concussed, how can we leave it up to the referee or Bunker to argue that? “That is part of the frustration. “Then in Wednesday night’s State of Origin there were two penalties for high tackles. The players affected didn’t go to ground, nor were they called from the field for a HIA. “So this is where I get confused because in a game played five days before you can’t get a penalty for illegal contact to the head. “And five days later under the same set of rules they get penalties and the game goes on.” ## SO HOW DO WE FIX IT? “I will go back to my original point,” Bennett said. “If someone is hit in the head, unless it is clearly accidental, then that should be a penalty. “What they do after that (in respect to possible suspensions) is their prerogative. “But there is a duty of care the game has to its players. “Have they met some of that? Of course they have. “But typical of these people is that they continue to put band aids on situations rather than make the hard decision and getting us all to fall in line with it.” Bennett says it’s a similar scenario with punishment dished out for players running in to spark a melee. “In our game (against the Storm) there is a melee when Tevita Pangia did that good tackle,” Bennett explained. “He was offside but it was not an illegal tackle. “And yet a player from the other team raced in and started a melee. Even though we didn’t start the melee, no action. No penalty. No sin bin. “Then you can go back to Origin on Wednesday night, and it was a great example of the frustration I am getting at. “There was a melee in the second half and the referee takes no action. But he said, ‘If it happens again I will take action’. “Sure enough it happened again and he took action. “My point here is if he took action in the first place and didn’t put the band aid on there wouldn’t have been a second melee. “Anyone who thinks the melee is a good look for the game is kidding themselves. “So why do we put up with it?” ## BAN THE BIN AND ALLOW A SEND OFF REPLACEMENT Bennett wants to go two giant steps further by abolishing the sin bin for anything other than professional fouls, while revamping the send-off rule so teams get a replacement player after 10 minutes. He says the send-off should also cost the offending team three interchanges while the offending player should not return to the game. “We can’t get the sin bin right because of all the different variations and interpretations,” he said. “We played this game for 90-odd years without a sin bin. “So let’s just keep it simple and stick to the professional fouls for sin bins, and then let the match review committee take control of the grading and suspensions.” “And now to the send-off. “If you go back to the send-off in the first State of Origin, this is what the game has to look at. “What I am saying is the decision (to send off Joseph Suaalii) was right. 100 per cent. “But we have no comeback when it leaves one team with 12 men and the game is done. “The send-off was created in 1908. “There were T Model Fords in 1908. “We still have cars today. But, geez, the cars have changed enormously. “Yet we still have the same send-off. “We are asking fans to pay $300 to go to a State of Origin game. “If I am paying $300 and I am going to take my family and it costs well over $1000, and I know the game is over in 7 minutes, we have got to be better than that. “It is a discussion we need to have. “I am not trying to belt anyone up. “I just want to be constructive. “I want to be honest and tell what is really happening out there. “The kickback is always that you have to send players off or otherwise they will be doing this or doing that (to illegally rub out the best players). “But the AFL have never sent a player off in their history. “They have had tough men. They have great players. They have all survived with no sent off players. “Am I saying we do that, not necessarily. “But we have to look at what we can do. And don’t use the excuse they will just be taking out the best players. “There were times in our game when players got rubbed out for two years (for foul play) because the game was brutal on foul play. “The bosses at the time brought Jim Comans in to clean up the game and there is still nothing to stop us doing that. “High profile players have always been targeted. The great Wally Lewis. Allan Langers. Andrew Johns. Brad Fittlers. “You don’t think they were singled out as well? “But the answer is heavier penalties post-match. We need to have a mature discussion about the send-off and the sin bin. “I have not spoken to other coaches about this, but I am sure they would share the same frustrations. “It is a great competition. “The salary cap is working. “It is also why it is so important to get the officiating right. “I have no doubt they are saying to themselves in there at the NRL, ‘Here comes Bennett again, whinging’. “But no one rings me up from the NRL. “Nobody says to me that ‘we have reviewed the performance of the referee and Bunker and it wasn’t where it should be’. “I have got to question them. “They have a responsibility much greater than not to be having a whinge about me because I am unhappy or disappointed about the way a game was officiated. “But I am the bad guy because I am making a complaint. “I make the complaint because I care about my players. “I don’t want to see them get hit in the head illegally, we all understand the consequences of that. The head is a no-go zone. “I don’t want my players copping poor decisions. “I owe it to them. “I ask them to go out there and play to the rules and we judge them on their performance. “And I feel like I have let them down if I don’t question when I know the decisions are wrong. “In our last game they got four decisions wrong which they admit to, and we should have got four penalties. We got none. “Am I saying drop the ref? No, I am not. “We have players that have bad games. “But we have to be better. “Everyone thought the Bunker was going to be the saviour of the game. “The Bunker has made it worse because they have hindsight and time on their hands, and they still can’t get it right. “I think the answer is more accountability, better training for the Bunker, and less people in the referee’s ears when he is referring the game. “Because right now he has a coach, two sideline officials and a Bunker person who have access to him. “I couldn’t imagine sending my player into a game with all that information being fed to him why he is trying to do his job. “Am I against talking to the referee? No, I am not. “But it should only be in a break of play and the referees’ coach should have the same rule on him as we do on our players. “A message can be taken out in a break of play and then we all move on. “We can’t just sit back and continue to let this happen. “It’s not just me disgruntled by this. “It is other coaches, players and most importantly the fans who pay their hard-earned money to support our game. “We can’t just continue to fob it off and say, ‘He is whinging again’. And we can’t say the fans are whingers too.”
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> This year’s series was the first to be played across three games, in a milestone acknowledged by Maroons captain Ali Brigginshaw after the match. “We’ve wanted this for so many years, and finally, for both teams, we’ve been able to achieve it,” she said. First ever decider, and a sell out crowd to boot Women's footy is on the up and up.
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Demolition in the first half. - Moses making 50-60m with his kicks - Angus Crighton like a runaway tank - even Trell looking like a footy player again - Liam Martin, clean it up. Grubby all night. - Used to think DCE was overrated, now I think he may be underrated... The traditional 1-1 back to QLD for NSW to lose game 3 looks to be happening again....
Footy is back, and so is [Bludging on the Blindside](https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/bludging-on-the-blindside)! Chookies vs Silvertails this arvo. Carn the Chooks 🐔
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Open in Incognito if you encounter the paywall. Not linking to the archive like I normally do for BT, because the video is the *point* here, and the archive doesn't work with the video.
NRLW Sunday 3:55pm Knights v Titans Sunday 7:30pm Panthers v Broncos Who will win it all?
* Fri 7:50pm Panthers v Storm * Sat 7:50pm Broncos v Warriors Also should note the Women's NRL Finals Week 1 * Sun 2:05pm Knights v Broncos * Sun 4:05pm Roosters v Titans Grand Final or bust!
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* Fri 7:50pm Storm v Roosters * Sat 4:05pm Warriors v Knights Win or off to Bali you go
* Fri 7:50pm Broncos v Storm * Sat 4:05pm Panthers v Warriors * Sat 7:50pm Sharks v Roosters * Sun 4:05pm Knights v Raiders Time to play seriously.
Mens Season Average | Team | ATK | DEF | POW | Δ Power / Δ Season | Consistency | Rank | | --------- | ----: | ----: | ----: | ------------------: | -----------: | ----: | | Panthers | 1.13 | 1.58 | 1.78 | \-9.98% | 1.27 | 1 | | Broncos | 1.23 | 1.31 | 1.61 | 73.12% | 1.24 | 2 | | Warriors | 1.08 | 1.25 | 1.35 | 110.68% | 1.15 | 3 | | Knights | 1.13 | 1.18 | 1.33 | 140.58% | 1.06 | 4 | | Storm | 1.13 | 1.14 | 1.29 | \-22.22% | 0.87 | 5 | | Sharks | 1.19 | 1.04 | 1.24 | \-9.46% | 0.84 | 6 | | Cowboys | 1.08 | 1.00 | 1.07 | \-32.34% | 0.51 | 7 | | Eels | 1.11 | 0.96 | 1.07 | \-17.26% | 0.85 | 8 | | Rabbitohs | 1.01 | 1.05 | 1.06 | \-22.23% | 0.86 | 9 | | Roosters | 0.86 | 1.09 | 0.93 | \-38.27% | 1.66 | 10 | | Eagles | 0.94 | 0.98 | 0.93 | 10.51% | 1.13 | 11 | | Titans | 0.96 | 0.87 | 0.83 | 19.48% | 1.21 | 12 | | Dolphins | 0.95 | 0.81 | 0.77 | 0.00% | 0.95 | 13 | | Raiders | 0.89 | 0.83 | 0.74 | \-35.11% | 1.19 | 14 | | Dragons | 0.89 | 0.78 | 0.70 | \-14.58% | 1.33 | 15 | | Tigers | 0.78 | 0.78 | 0.61 | 8.61% | 0.69 | 16 | | Bulldogs | 0.81 | 0.72 | 0.58 | \-15.84% | 0.80 | 17 | Current Form | Team | ATK | DEF | POW | RANK | | --------- | ----: | ----: | ----: | ----: | | Panthers | 1.11 | 1.51 | 1.68 | 1 | | Broncos | 1.24 | 1.29 | 1.60 | 2 | | Knights | 1.15 | 1.25 | 1.43 | 3 | | Warriors | 1.06 | 1.29 | 1.37 | 4 | | Storm | 1.15 | 1.13 | 1.30 | 5 | | Sharks | 1.13 | 1.04 | 1.17 | 6 | | Eels | 1.16 | 0.97 | 1.12 | 7 | | Cowboys | 1.08 | 1.03 | 1.11 | 8 | | Rabbitohs | 1.01 | 1.05 | 1.06 | 9 | | Roosters | 0.87 | 1.11 | 0.97 | 10 | | Eagles | 0.97 | 0.97 | 0.94 | 11 | | Titans | 0.96 | 0.85 | 0.82 | 12 | | Raiders | 0.90 | 0.83 | 0.74 | 13 | | Dolphins | 0.92 | 0.80 | 0.74 | 14 | | Dragons | 0.86 | 0.80 | 0.69 | 15 | | Tigers | 0.77 | 0.77 | 0.59 | 16 | | Bulldogs | 0.82 | 0.70 | 0.57 | 17 | Average Home: 23.44 Away: 20.42 | E[Home] | Home | Away | E[Away] | P(Correct) | E[Winner] | P(NSFW) | | -------: | --------- | -------- | -------: | ----------: | --------- | -------: | | 26 | Broncos | Storm | 18 | 71.05% | Broncos | 15.01% | | 30 | Eagles | Tigers | 16 | 79.85% | Eagles | 13.20% | | 20 | Rabbitohs | Roosters | 16 | 62.64% | Rabbitohs | 11.94% | | 16 | Dolphins | Warriors | 26 | 78.89% | Warriors | 11.81% | | 26 | Panthers | Cowboys | 14 | 73.53% | Panthers | 9.59% | | 16 | Dragons | Knights | 28 | 87.35% | Knights | 11.16% | | 32 | Titans | Bulldogs | 20 | 81.91% | Titans | 6.74% | | 32 | Sharks | Raiders | 18 | 85.97% | Sharks | 3.82% | Womens Season Average | Team | ATK | DEF | POW | Rank | | -------- | ----: | ----: | ----: | ----: | | Roosters | 1.59 | 1.51 | 2.40 | 1 | | Broncos | 1.21 | 1.13 | 1.37 | 2 | | Knights | 1.17 | 1.11 | 1.30 | 3 | | Sharks | 0.95 | 1.04 | 0.99 | 4 | | Dragons | 1.00 | 0.98 | 0.98 | 5 | | Titans | 0.89 | 1.06 | 0.95 | 6 | | Raiders | 1.00 | 0.92 | 0.92 | 7 | | Tigers | 0.91 | 0.94 | 0.86 | 8 | | Cowboys | 0.80 | 0.80 | 0.64 | 9 | | Eels | 0.70 | 0.71 | 0.50 | 10 | Current Form | Team | ATK | DEF | POW | RANK | | -------- | ----: | ----: | ----: | ----: | | Roosters | 1.61 | 1.52 | 2.45 | 1 | | Broncos | 1.24 | 1.16 | 1.43 | 2 | | Knights | 1.18 | 1.12 | 1.32 | 3 | | Sharks | 0.95 | 1.04 | 0.99 | 4 | | Dragons | 1.01 | 0.97 | 0.97 | 5 | | Titans | 0.90 | 1.05 | 0.95 | 6 | | Raiders | 0.97 | 0.90 | 0.87 | 7 | | Tigers | 0.91 | 0.93 | 0.85 | 8 | | Cowboys | 0.79 | 0.80 | 0.63 | 9 | | Eels | 0.70 | 0.72 | 0.51 | 10 | Average Home: 19.67 Away 18.71 | E[Home] | Home | Away | E[Away] | P(Correct) | E[Winner] | P(NSFW) | | -------: | -------- | ------- | -------: | ----------: | --------- | -------: | | 18 | Raiders | Knights | 24 | 81.19% | Knights | 0.43% | | 24 | Broncos | Sharks | 16 | 83.62% | Broncos | 0.42% | | 16 | Cowboys | Dragons | 24 | 82.20% | Dragons | 0.37% | | 18 | Titans | Tigers | 16 | 64.50% | Titans | 0.02% | | 44 | Roosters | Eels | 8 | 99.99% | Roosters | 70.38% |
Dumbass. He'll join Latrell watching their teams most important game of the season from the sideline.
#Mens Season Average | Team | ATK | DEF | POW | Δ Power / Δ Season | Consistency | Rank | | --------- | ----: | ----: | ----: | ------------------: | -----------: | ----: | | Panthers | 1.14 | 1.63 | 1.86 | \-5.71% | 1.39 | 1 | | Broncos | 1.23 | 1.31 | 1.61 | 73.37% | 1.22 | 2 | | Warriors | 1.10 | 1.23 | 1.35 | 110.76% | 1.18 | 3 | | Sharks | 1.21 | 1.06 | 1.29 | \-5.64% | 0.87 | 4 | | Knights | 1.12 | 1.14 | 1.28 | 132.25% | 1.05 | 5 | | Storm | 1.12 | 1.14 | 1.27 | \-23.11% | 0.86 | 6 | | Rabbitohs | 1.02 | 1.06 | 1.07 | \-21.21% | 0.85 | 7 | | Eels | 1.09 | 0.95 | 1.04 | \-19.18% | 0.91 | 8 | | Cowboys | 1.07 | 0.98 | 1.04 | \-34.12% | 0.50 | 9 | | Eagles | 0.91 | 1.00 | 0.90 | 7.81% | 1.15 | 10 | | Roosters | 0.84 | 1.07 | 0.90 | \-40.54% | 1.61 | 11 | | Titans | 0.96 | 0.88 | 0.84 | 21.50% | 1.18 | 12 | | Dolphins | 0.98 | 0.82 | 0.80 | 0.00% | 0.88 | 13 | | Raiders | 0.88 | 0.83 | 0.74 | \-35.11% | 1.13 | 14 | | Dragons | 0.91 | 0.77 | 0.70 | \-13.84% | 1.41 | 15 | | Tigers | 0.79 | 0.78 | 0.62 | 10.21% | 0.67 | 16 | | Bulldogs | 0.80 | 0.73 | 0.59 | \-14.43% | 0.81 | 17 | Current Form | Team | ATK | DEF | POW | RANK | | --------- | ----: | ----: | ----: | ----: | | Panthers | 1.16 | 1.64 | 1.89 | 1 | | Broncos | 1.24 | 1.32 | 1.63 | 2 | | Sharks | 1.22 | 1.10 | 1.34 | 3 | | Knights | 1.13 | 1.18 | 1.33 | 4 | | Warriors | 1.10 | 1.21 | 1.33 | 5 | | Storm | 1.13 | 1.13 | 1.28 | 6 | | Rabbitohs | 0.99 | 1.06 | 1.04 | 7 | | Cowboys | 1.03 | 0.98 | 1.01 | 8 | | Eels | 1.05 | 0.92 | 0.96 | 9 | | Roosters | 0.86 | 1.10 | 0.95 | 10 | | Eagles | 0.92 | 0.99 | 0.92 | 11 | | Titans | 0.95 | 0.86 | 0.82 | 12 | | Dolphins | 0.98 | 0.82 | 0.80 | 13 | | Raiders | 0.87 | 0.83 | 0.72 | 14 | | Dragons | 0.92 | 0.77 | 0.71 | 15 | | Tigers | 0.79 | 0.78 | 0.62 | 16 | | Bulldogs | 0.79 | 0.72 | 0.57 | 17 | Average Home: 23.42 Away: 20.44 | E[Home] | Home | Away | E[Away] | P(Correct) | E[Winner] | P(NSFW) | | -------: | -------- | ------- | -------: | ----------: | --------- | -------: | | 30 | Panthers | Eels | 14 | 89.20% | Panthers | 15.01% | | 34 | Warriors | Dragons | 16 | 94.62% | Warriors | 13.20% | | 24 | Dolphins | Cowboys | 26 | 55.67% | Cowboys | 11.94% | | 30 | Storm | Titans | 18 | 84.07% | Storm | 11.81% | | 26 | Roosters | Tigers | 14 | 79.01% | Roosters | 9.59% | | 16 | Raiders | Broncos | 30 | 89.60% | Broncos | 11.16% | | 18 | Bulldogs | Eagles | 26 | 69.96% | Eagles | 6.74% | | 24 | Knights | Sharks | 22 | 58.59% | Knights | 3.82% | #Womens Season Average | Team | ATK | DEF | POW | Rank | | -------- | ----: | ----: | ----: | ----: | | Roosters | 1.26 | 1.20 | 1.51 | 1 | | Knights | 1.16 | 1.08 | 1.25 | 2 | | Broncos | 1.08 | 1.01 | 1.09 | 3 | | Sharks | 1.00 | 1.08 | 1.08 | 4 | | Raiders | 1.07 | 0.99 | 1.06 | 5 | | Tigers | 0.97 | 1.08 | 1.05 | 6 | | Titans | 0.87 | 1.07 | 0.93 | 7 | | Dragons | 0.97 | 0.95 | 0.92 | 8 | | Cowboys | 0.93 | 0.87 | 0.81 | 9 | | Eels | 0.79 | 0.75 | 0.59 | 10 | Average Home: 18.41 Away 20.39 | E[Home] | Home | Away | E[Away] | P(Correct) | E[Winner] | P(NSFW) | | -------: | -------- | ------- | -------: | ----------: | --------- | -------: | | 16 | Eels | Cowboys | 26 | 90.20% | Cowboys | 0.03% | | 16 | Dragons | Titans | 18 | 62.47% | Titans | 0.00% | | 22 | Roosters | Tigers | 16 | 78.59% | Roosters | 0.00% | | 20 | Broncos | Raiders | 22 | 59.11% | Raiders | 0.00% | | 20 | Knights | Sharks | 18 | 55.30% | Knights | 0.00% |
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Mitchell was sent to the sin bin in the 79th minute at McDonald Jones Stadium on Sunday after an incident involving Knights forward Tyson Frizell. With an early guilty plea he would miss one match, ruling him out of the Round 27 clash with the Roosters because the Rabbitohs have a bye in Round 26. [The incident](https://youtu.be/91-m96i4Jnk?t=855). Dunno what to make of it. Slomo looks bad, but normal speed, with movements of the players is arguable. What was Trell trying to do anyways?
Happy Rugba Leeg to you and your family! Looks like Storm vs Raiders is the pick of the round. If I know anything, you can expect the unexpected!
Season Average | Team | ATK | DEF | POW | Δ Power / Δ Season | Consistency | Rank | | --------- | ----: | ----: | ----: | ------------------: | -----------: | ----: | | Panthers | 1.11 | 1.61 | 1.79 | \-9.56% | 1.34 | 1 | | Broncos | 1.19 | 1.28 | 1.53 | 65.34% | 1.46 | 2 | | Warriors | 1.08 | 1.27 | 1.38 | 117.43% | 1.07 | 3 | | Storm | 1.07 | 1.11 | 1.20 | \-27.30% | 0.96 | 4 | | Sharks | 1.20 | 1.00 | 1.19 | \-12.03% | 0.83 | 5 | | Knights | 1.11 | 1.08 | 1.19 | 116.68% | 0.97 | 6 | | Eels | 1.14 | 1.02 | 1.17 | \-9.24% | 1.11 | 7 | | Rabbitohs | 1.05 | 1.05 | 1.10 | \-18.69% | 0.80 | 8 | | Cowboys | 1.11 | 0.98 | 1.09 | \-30.55% | 0.48 | 9 | | Eagles | 0.91 | 1.00 | 0.91 | 9.42% | 1.04 | 10 | | Titans | 0.99 | 0.91 | 0.90 | 29.61% | 1.16 | 11 | | Dolphins | 1.02 | 0.83 | 0.85 | 0.00% | 0.83 | 12 | | Roosters | 0.79 | 1.03 | 0.81 | \-45.73% | 1.71 | 13 | | Raiders | 0.90 | 0.87 | 0.79 | \-30.15% | 1.22 | 14 | | Dragons | 0.89 | 0.77 | 0.69 | \-15.24% | 1.35 | 15 | | Bulldogs | 0.81 | 0.75 | 0.61 | \-11.32% | 0.78 | 16 | | Tigers | 0.77 | 0.77 | 0.60 | 7.18% | 0.65 | 17 | Current Form | Team | ATK | DEF | POW | RANK | | --------- | ----: | ----: | ----: | ----: | | Panthers | 1.13 | 1.77 | 2.00 | 1 | | Broncos | 1.22 | 1.30 | 1.58 | 2 | | Warriors | 1.10 | 1.27 | 1.40 | 3 | | Knights | 1.14 | 1.09 | 1.24 | 4 | | Sharks | 1.16 | 1.01 | 1.17 | 5 | | Storm | 1.03 | 1.11 | 1.15 | 6 | | Eels | 1.13 | 1.00 | 1.13 | 7 | | Rabbitohs | 1.03 | 1.02 | 1.05 | 8 | | Cowboys | 1.08 | 0.97 | 1.05 | 9 | | Titans | 0.99 | 0.90 | 0.89 | 10 | | Eagles | 0.91 | 0.97 | 0.87 | 11 | | Roosters | 0.82 | 1.03 | 0.84 | 12 | | Dolphins | 1.04 | 0.81 | 0.84 | 13 | | Raiders | 0.88 | 0.86 | 0.76 | 14 | | Dragons | 0.89 | 0.78 | 0.70 | 15 | | Bulldogs | 0.83 | 0.74 | 0.61 | 16 | | Tigers | 0.78 | 0.78 | 0.61 | 17 | Average Home: 23.32 Away: 20.25 | E[Home] | Home | Away | E[Away] | P(Correct) | E[Winner] | P(NSFW) | | -------: | --------- | -------- | -------: | ----------: | --------- | -------: | | 12 | Eagles | Panthers | 24 | 82.14% | Panthers | 8.44% | | 30 | Sharks | Titans | 20 | 77.95% | Sharks | 6.53% | | 28 | Broncos | Eels | 18 | 83.32% | Broncos | 3.93% | | 30 | Rabbitohs | Dragons | 18 | 83.95% | Rabbitohs | 9.07% | | 14 | Tigers | Warriors | 28 | 79.71% | Warriors | 17.42% | | 24 | Roosters | Dolphins | 20 | 60.39% | Roosters | 1.57% | | 28 | Storm | Raiders | 16 | 82.53% | Storm | 7.61% | | 34 | Knights | Bulldogs | 14 | 89.39% | Knights | 24.66% |
* Roosters vs Sea Eagles: Battle for about 10th on the ladder lol * Panthers vs Storm: 1v4. Could well meet in the finals, and maybe even the big one.
Second rate commentator standing in for the legendary [@Whirlybird@aussie.zone](https://aussie.zone/u/Whirlybird) Will this be a good footy game? 100%. The boys look fired up to give 110%, so footy will be the winner.
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Really not sure how effective this protest will be, can’t say that not seeing an nrl logo on the jersey while watching an nrl game is going to affect me as a viewer like the player interviews are supposed to.
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Somehow Manly have managed to get Matt Lodge, a first grade regular over the last 5 years who was on a $600k a year contract, on a **$1000** train and trial contract for the rest of the year. Hopefully the NRL steps in a puts a stop to this clear abuse of the salary cap.
Another week another horrible referee blunder costing a team a win. Especially harsh since the Titans were beaten the previous week from giving away a penalty in this exact same scenario.
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| Home | Score | Away | |---------------------------------|----------|-----------------------| | Newcastle Knights | 34 - 18 | Wests Tigers | | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 24 - 44 | Brisbane Broncos | | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | 8 - 19 | North Queensland Cowboys | | Sydney Roosters | 16 - 30 | Melbourne Storm | | New Zealand Warriors | 44 – 12 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | | Dolphins | 14 – 24 | Penrith Panthers | | Parramatta Eels | 25 – 24 | Gold Coast Titans | Byes: - Canberra Raiders - South Sydney Rabbitohs - St. George Illawarra Dragons
I've written a simple lemmy bot that can post on a daily basis. I know there's not much activity on this community, but I thought I could start scheduling Monday Footy Chat, Tuesday Footy Chat, etc. Thoughts?
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Find this hard to believe, I expected they must have broken through 30k at some point over the years. Maybe outside of the Eastern Suburbs they dont have too many supporters, or the Easterm Suburbs people dont even join up? Dolphins sent out an email in June saying they have 28.5k members already.
Game 3 is upon us! Who do you predict will win? Where will Gutho end up playing? Will Cook get dropped as rumoured? Will Queensland achieve the rare whitewash? What other insane decisions will Freddy make in his (presumedly) last game as coach?
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Fed up with the NRL’s stalling tactics in the ongoing pay war players will launch a game day media blackout from this weekend in a bid to bring league officials back to the negotiating table. The players union announced the dramatic measures on Wednesday, confirming they would come into effect from Thursday and include Game III of the State of Origin series next week. In a statement the Rugby League Players Association said the lack of effort from the NRL in pay discussions, which have been going on for more than a year, had forced the move. “We have been forced into this position because of the NRL’s take-it-or-leave-it offer for your CBA,” the RLPA said. “The NRL and ARL Commission have effectively halted negotiations. “We are the party that is trying to keep things moving and reach an agreeable position. They have accepted all concessions the players made to settle negotiations, but have made over 100 changes which further erode player positions.” “This unreasonable ultimatum from the game’s administrators has forced players to take action that will see all players boycott media obligations on any day there is an NRL, NRLW or State of Origin match.” Under the plan, players will not speak to broadcasters, on TV or radio, or print journalists from the first match of the week until the conclusion of the round. The RLPA has called for an immediate meeting with broadcasters to discuss the latest move which comes after several attempts to reignite discussions with the NRL. RLPA boss Clint Newton said players “ deserve to have their rights and welfare protected”. “Over the 20 past months, we have seen a disturbing pattern of behaviour from the NRL and ARL Commission. What we have seen is a failure to respect the role of the players’ representative body, erosion of fundamental player rights and attempts to buy off players without understanding this CBA is about so much more than money,” he said. “They have failed to honour their commitments in providing a CBA everyone can be proud of – one that respects the players’ irreplaceable role. They did not properly disclose financial information and payments owed to the players, and disregarded their collective concerns. The players have shown tremendous patience and goodwill throughout this process, but their trust and resolve have been tested time and time again.” Last month the RLPA Board, after a meeting between the RLPA, clubs and the NRL, resolved not to make any settlement which compromised their own position. ## NRL MEDIA BLACKOUT * Pre-match interviews (TV, radio, print, NRL.com) Half-time interviews (TV); * Post-match interviews (TV, radio, print, NRL.com) Post-match press conference * Media opportunities in the dressing rooms (TV, radio, print, NRL.com); and * Media opportunities in mixing zones (TV, radio, print, NRL.com)
The ones from the NRL subreddit are about the only thing I miss from the migration
