One-Eyed Richmond Forum
General => General Discussion => Topic started by: mightytiges on March 17, 2007, 01:34:54 AM
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They were rusty but a good first up win to the Storm.
I wouldn't mind that new Storm kid at Richmond if he had taken up Aussie rules instead of League. 17 years old, weighs 100 kgs yet is tall, super agile and athletic and ready-made to play against men :o.
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Ingliss would have been great too. Imagine him flying down the wing.
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Ingliss would have been great too. Imagine him flying down the wing.
Just goes to show there's hidden talent in the northern states if you can get to them young and they head down the Aussie rules path. Just like us getting Rainesy at pick 73 because he came from Qld.
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Caught a game in Canberra the other week, this Israel Falou is an unbelieivable quality.
Was taking speccies like an AFL player. No fear. Any chance getting him to switch codes ;D
With the tigs on Friday night - The storm play Sat @ 05:30.
Bit of a long trip to werribe for Coburg so maybe the Port v Box Hill - Mel storm double is on the cards.
Get along and have a look STORM are a good side to watch - you may be surprised. :thumbsup
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Caught a game in Canberra the other week, this Israel Falou is an unbelieivable quality.
Was taking speccies like an AFL player. No fear. Any chance getting him to switch codes ;D
If he played Aussie Rules Plough would drool over him lol. You're right CUB, he's a freak.
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Top effort by the Storm knocking off the Broncos on their own turf last night. I think that makes it 7 wins in a row :clapping.
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Thanks to a mate winning some free tickets :bow from his work's social club, I got to see my first live Melbourne Storm match last night. Aussie Rules is No 1. by far but I still had a fun night. Finally seen a team I was barracking for win too :lol. The Storm are scarily good and they were missing 5 of their best players due to Origin duties as well last night.
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Wasn't into league before the storm, but it has grown on me and the atmosphere at olympic park and supporting a winning team is fun.
My money is all going on the storm for the flag, went last year and put the cub curse on them.
This year will be a different story :pray
Went last Monday, we have another Monday night - get along good atmosphere.
Just a heads up if you have the balls you can get in for 4 bucks. :thumbsup
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Same here CUB. I use to watch their State of Origin and GFs but never took a real interest in RL. The Storm play a exciting attacking game and are always taking on the opposition. It's just incredible that blokes weighing over 100kgs can be that agile and fast. Some good jolting hits as well last night :thumbsup.
My mate will try to win some more tickets lol. Yeah it is a good night although we were in the main grandstand undercover and not the poor plebs stuck out in the rain when it suddenly came out of nowhere.
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The Storm gave it to the Broncos in the first half :thumbsup
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Awesome game by the Storm :clapping
I actually enjoyed watching it lol... even though some of the rules are foreign to me :thumbsup
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Yep Steph they are an awesome side :thumbsup.
The NRL still only let interstate sides play finals at home in the first week so the Storm will have to play their prelim in Sydney despite finishing on top of the ladder :thumbsdown.
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Great effort by the Storm. I was watching Channel 7 Brisbane news and they had a live cross-over to their reporter outside Olympic Park and the whole of Brisbane/Gold Coast/Sunshine Coast got to witness this reporter being rugby tackled by some idiotic Broncos supporter and was bashed by a group of them.
www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22390265-661,00.html (http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22390265-661,00.html)
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Great effort by the Storm. I was watching Channel 7 Brisbane news and they had a live cross-over to their reporter outside Olympic Park and the whole of Brisbane/Gold Coast/Sunshine Coast got to witness this reporter being rugby tackled by some idiotic Broncos supporter and was bashed by a group of them.
www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22390265-661,00.html (http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22390265-661,00.html)
I saw that this morning, what total morons ::)
Glad to here the reporter is ok though.
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No MT home prelim at the Tesltra Dome on Sunday 23 at 04:00 pm will be against winner of eels/dogs.
Clashes with VFL Grand final.
Gunna be a dilema for me if Coburg make the VFL granny ???
Even tho I think Geelong will get the sweep VFL/AFL double :banghead
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No MT home prelim at the Tesltra Dome on Sunday 23 at 04:00 pm will be against winner of eels/dogs.
Thanks CUB :cheers. I didn't realise the NRL had changed it this year. Good to see :thumbsup.
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Sunday 23.09 16:00 @ Telstra - Storm v Eels
Should be a ripper of a game - c'mon stormers u can do it.
What do I do if The Burgers do the right thing tomorrow. Ohhh the pain the pain.
Faaaaaarrkkkk - Have to go the the VFL granny and hopefully storm gets though - got my ticket for NRL granny allready :thumbsup
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Sunday 23.09 16:00 @ Telstra - Storm v Eels
Should be a ripper of a game - c'mon stormers u can do it.
What do I do if The Burgers do the right thing tomorrow. Ohhh the pain the pain.
Faaaaaarrkkkk - Have to go the the VFL granny and hopefully storm gets though - got my ticket for NRL granny allready :thumbsup
Decisions decisions CUB lol :thumbsup
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VFL it is. Tigers come first even if it is just Coburg.
If we are getting pumped in the 3rd can make a quick dash down the road.
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GO THE EELS!!
The Mighty boys in Blue and Gold will prevail!!
Jarryd Hayne...zip zip try!!!
Piggy Riddell busts his way over for another!!
Krisnan Inu the smiling assassin makes Israel Folau look like an amateur with a one two....Try!!
Nathan Hindmarsh Slams Billy the kid with a bonecrushing tackle!!
Fui Fui busts the line again and again!!!
Look out Storm...You are about to play a real team!! And now that you have to play on a field thats not designed for under 10's things are about to change!! :outtahere
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Coburg's flogging :-\ solved your dilemma CUB.
Storm 18-10 up with 20 minutes to go. After the Aussies ths morning and Coburg, hopefully one team we barrack for wins today.
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:woohoo
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Ended up watching the second half in the blues social club :-X
Hope we don't come out too bad with all those injuries, good win all the same.
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Now that the Cowboys are out - go the Storm. :thumbsup
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Go the Storm! ;D
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Go the Storm! ;D
Ditto for tonight :thumbsup
:rollin @ tiga's post
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TRY :clapping
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Ingliss try. Go Storm :thumbsup
10 - 0
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Try :clapping
14 - 4 :thumbsup
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Has Richo taken up rugby?
There's a bloke out there missing goals everywhere :rollin
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Another TRY :woohoo.
Has Richo taken up rugby?
There's a bloke out there missing goals everywhere :rollin
Maybe Richo should bring back the placekick :D
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Ingliss try No 2. Only 3 to go for Crazy John's $1,000,000 :lol
Cam Smith's goalkicking is making Richo look like Peter Hudson lol.
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Game over now 28 - 8. 6th Try to the Storm :clapping.
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Well done to the Storm.
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Congrats to the Storm. Best and most exciting side to watch in the NRL by a mile and they proved it in the Granny :clapping :congrats.
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Congrats to the Storm! :clapping :bow
Unfortunately I missed half of it because I fell asleep :banghead
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Go the Storm! With Cam Smith's kicking boots left down in Melbourne, It took 4 tries before I felt comfortable. Well done to the boys. They deserved it after the two seasons they have had. Clearly the best team in the NRL. :cheers :thumbsup
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Anyone up, chuck on channel 9 see a team with a bit of G & D 1/2 a team in off season taking it up to the poms.
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The Storm lost 4-11 to Leeds but why are these games always played in England and in our preseason against English teams that have just come off their season and are at their peak and battle-hardened.
What an idiot the Leeds CEO is. Why don't you come down to Oz in early October and we'll see who is the world's best RL team :stupid
"Tonight, I think we have seen without question England and the Super League have, indisputably, the world's best rugby league team.
"That sends out a terrific challenge to Australia and New Zealand and the NRL to try to produce a team as good as the one in England."
http://news.theage.com.au/leeds-chief-throws-down-challenge/20080301-1w2v.html
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Jarryd Hayne, who plays for Parramatta, was shot at on Ward Street in Kings Cross as he was walking with two friends at 4.20am (AEDT) on Monday.
The three escaped injury in the incident.
Parramatta rugby league club CEO Denis Fitzgerald told AAP his club was trying to locate Hayne Monday morning.
"We've obviously heard the reports but have been unable to contact Jarryd Hayne so we are none the wiser in regard to that at this stage," he said.
"We are trying to locate him and others."
Early reports suggested St George-Illawarra's Mark Gasnier was also caught up in the incident, but the extent of his involvement remained unclear.
Without naming who was involved, police said a Parramatta man was shot at on Ward St at 4.20am on Monday by a man standing beside a car.
"A Parramatta man in his 20s informed police that he was walking in the (Kings Cross) area with two friends when he noticed a man standing beside a car," a police spokeswoman told reporters.
"The man then fired a single shot in his direction.
"The three men then ran from the area and contacted police.
"The man who fired the shot then returned to the car and left the scene."
http://news.theage.com.au/nrl-stars-linked-to-kings-cross-shooting/20080303-1wd5.html
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Storm won their first game of the new season 32-18 over New Zealand. Billy Slater scored a hat-trick of tries.
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With the AFL wanting to push further into Sydney and the Gold Coast, interesting there's now a high profile push to merge Rugby League and Union at junior levels at least.
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23433387-5001023,00.html
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Craig Bellamy signs new five-year deal with Melbourne Storm
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23547000-661,00.html
Phil Rothfield
April 18, 2008 01:10pm
EXCLUSIVE: MELBOURNE Storm coach Craig Bellamy has signed a five-year contract today to stay at Melbourne Storm until 2013.
It is one of the richest coaching deals in rugby league history, believed to be worth around $2.5 million.
The man who coached Melbourne Storm to last year's premiership triumph phoned Broncos boss Bruno Cullen this afternoon to officially reject a massive offer to move to Brisbane.
Bellamy is now regarded as the number one coach in the game and will lead NSW into the State of Origin against Queensland this year.
His decision to stay in Melbourne is a huge bonus for the Storm but a devastating blow to the Broncos, who needed a man of his stature to replace six-time premier coach Wayne Bennett., who is believed to have landed a $750,000-a-year deal with the Dragons.
Bellamy, a two-time Dally M coach of the year winner, claimed his first premiership as head coach last year and has helped turn a host of players from discards at other clubs into representative stars. He will also coach NS Wales at State-of-Origin level for the first time this year.
Melbourne had previously offered Bellamy only a one-year extension to his deal.
But, with Brisbane officials having met Bellamy's manager, John Fordham, twice in a fortnight, Storm was forced to increase its offer.
Cullen and club chairman Darryl Somerville met Fordham at his Sydney office on Monday.
Storm chief executive Brian Waldron will meet Fordham on Friday.
Melbourne lock Dallas Johnson yesterday put any concerns over whether Bellamy would be at the club beyond next year to one side when he signed a new long-term deal.
Johnson's three-year deal will keep him in Melbourne until the end of 2011.
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Craig Bellamy signs new five-year deal with Melbourne Storm
That's a big get for the Storm. It would have been devestating to lose both Falau and Bellamy at the end of the year especially Bellamy. The Storm have lost good players north before (Kimmorley & Orford) yet still won the premiership thanks to Bellamy.
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HUGE get for the storm, if Bellyache left a few important senior players would of followed Smith being one.
Would have left storm a shell and stuggling in the melbourne market imo ..
Good stuff :clapping
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Top comeback win by the Storm tonight. Scored 19 points to nil in the second half to win by 23-16.
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Still going along nicely the stormers after the origin fiasco.
10- 1 I got for Storm / Geelong looking better by the day. :thumbsup
Brown opens a can over Storm tactics
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/07/25/2313978.htm (http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/07/25/2313978.htm)
LOL @ hypocrite Brown saying such&such should of hit/headbutted harder and then whinges about Billy's defence wah wah wah
Man I look forward to the day the AFL teams hate Richmond as much as Syd Qld and all NRL clubs hate the storm ... I live for the day - Go stormers u show em,
Oh and great game Monday night - bludy ripa
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Best full on biff for a long while lol. And best of all it backfired on the Dragons and the Storm pumped them :thumbsup.
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Sonny Bill's NRL legal bombshell
ROY MASTERS, ANDREW STEVENSON AND GEESCHE JACOBSEN
29/07/2008
THE Bulldogs defector Sonny Bill Williams will return fire against the NRL's legal threats by challenging its salary cap, a move that could destroy the financial foundations of Australia's four football codes.
The NRL and Bulldogs launched court action against Williams yesterday for what they say is breach of a "watertight" contract. But Williams's lawyers will argue that the salary cap is an unreasonable restraint of trade - and some legal experts suggest he could succeed.
Williams was stuck in London last night, with visa difficulties delaying his move to France, but before he fled the Bulldogs last Saturday a leading Sydney barrister prepared a legal strategy to challenge the salary cap, which sets a ceiling of the total amount clubs can pay their players.
If Williams, 22, was successful it would represent the worst nightmare for Australia's four football codes, which all rely on caps to restrain player payments.
The Bulldogs star has been summonsed to appear next Tuesday at a hearing of the NRL's and Bulldogs' application for an injunction to prevent Williams playing or training with a rugby club in France - provided lawyers can find and serve papers on him in person before 6pm on Sunday, Sydney time. Williams's lawyers will say the Bulldogs can pay more than his existing $450,000-a-year contract but are prevented from doing so by NRL rules that create salary parity across its 16 clubs. Williams is expected to earn the equivalent of $3 million for two years with the French club Toulon.
Should an Australian court find in favour of the New Zealand international, it would entitle the AFL Players' Association to challenge the Australian rules salary cap, dismantling a club structure that has preserved a competitive balance for 30 years and prevented billionaires such as the Carlton patron Dick Pratt spending whatever they wanted to plunder the talent of rivals.
The Australian Rugby Union also imposes "contracting protocols" which set maximums on what its four Super 14 clubs pay players, an arrangement even more vulnerable because it was reached without the input of its players' association. Soccer's A-League has a salary cap in place, with a single marquee player allowed to earn full market value.
The player manager Steve Gillis warned that several more NRL stars are on the verge of leaving the game. "They're looking for our very best players," he said. "They'll knock them off one by LEAGUE IN CRISIS 'Extradition treaties for criminals are one thing; a process to bring back runaway footballers quite another.'
http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/national/national/sport/sonny-bills-nrl-legal-bombshell/1228760.aspx
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Just got my storm finals mail and it states Prelim if we get a home game which we should.
26/27 September.
26 th VFL at Telstra, wouldn't think they would play a prelim @ olympic park.
27 The night of the GF would be a big move, be interesting to see what they do.
Seeing I will be going to all 3 could be a big mess come Sunday if they do play it Sat night :cheers :help
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Just got my storm finals mail and it states Prelim if we get a home game which we should.
26/27 September.
26 th VFL at Telstra, wouldn't think they would play a prelim @ olympic park.
27 The night of the GF would be a big move, be interesting to see what they do.
Seeing I will be going to all 3 could be a big mess come Sunday if they do play it Sat night :cheers :help
Good to hear the Storm will be getting home finals but why can't they play the Prelim on a Sunday?
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Seems the Storm were thinking Prelim finals and premierships too early too and lost at home to the 8th placed Kiwis :P.
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OUCH ! - GOOD ENOUGH TO WIN 3 IN A ROW :pray
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Did it the hard way in 1999 after losing at home to St George in week 1. Storm have the talent to recover question is are they mentally right to do so this year? I hope so :thumbsup
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Is the Brisbane semi final at Olympic Park?
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Is the Brisbane semi final at Olympic Park?
Nope Suncorp in Brisbane Sat night .....
Worse still NO LIVE telecast as yet.
Poxtel have it marked at 10:00
9 no balls at all have it listed at 11:25 after showing some dramas :banghead :banghead
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Is the Brisbane semi final at Olympic Park?
Nope Suncorp in Brisbane Sat night .....
Worse still NO LIVE telecast as yet.
Poxtel have it marked at 10:00
9 no balls at all have it listed at 11:25 after showing some dramas :banghead :banghead
You're right. I forgot the NRL use the old McIntyre system where losing means you also lose home ground advantage in the second week of the finals even though you finished higher on the ladder :P.
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Brisbane @ 2.90 up here is great value. Expect it to be a very tight affair in the rain.
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Storm came back from 0-12 down at half time to win 16-14 :thumbsup
Inglis scored the winning try in the last minute :bow
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sensational result. what a brilliant win from behind.
a close mate of mine had a 5 leg multi riding on the storm result.
collected 5 grand.
never seen someone more than happy than him last night.
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I watched the last 20 minutes on the tv and still don't know how the Storm won it. They were down to 12 men for half of that time. They just found some extra energy out of nowhere in the last 2 minutes to force the Broncos to knock-on in the tackle and then throw it out wide of the tired Broncos to score the winning try :clapping.
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It seems the NRL are doing their hardest to stop the Storm winning by suspending Craig Smith for 2 games :whistle.
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It seems the NRL are doing their hardest to stop the Storm winning by suspending Craig Smith for 2 games :whistle.
It aint workin - 1 more to go boys, to make it one of the sweeetest GF victories EVER
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The NRL have fined the Storm $50K because of comments coach Craig Bellamy made, which were fairly harmless really.
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That spray at the NRL was worth every penny of that $50k. Brilliant stuff ;D. A bit like '74 Richmond with Tommy's "us against the world" mentality.
It aint workin - 1 more to go boys, to make it one of the sweeetest GF victories EVER
You had to laugh at the Sydney-biased commentators. Storm win 28-0 without 2-3 of their best players and they say Manly will be confident after seeing Melbourne play last night :wallywink.
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It'll be a replay of last year's NRL Grand Final - Storm vs Manly.
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THE NRL judiciary panel is taking legal action against Melbourne Storm coach Craig Bellamy and the club's chief executive Brian Waldron.
DISGRUNTLED NRL judiciary panellist Darrell Williams (former Manly player) has no regrets over the decision to proceed with a defamation case against Melbourne three days out from the grand final.
http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,24436689-23209,00.html
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The NRL should have 'tiffs' like this all the time. They couldn't buy all this publicity in Melbourne if they tried.
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Go Storm. Stick it up 'em up there ;D
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Go Storm. Stick it up 'em up there ;D
Can't believe I've been looking forward to this game
Been sending a friend in Sydney very unsportsmanlike :D text messages for the last half hour lol
Go Storm :thumbsup
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Duds lol
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Collingwood Storm.........LOL :wallywink
Would have been on the bandwagon if they had won!!!
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The Storm looked tired and played without intensity. Like Geelong they were very predictable too without their captain. Only Falou looked like dangerous. One of those GFs where everything including mistakes and loose throws turned to gold for the winner.
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I just found it laughable that those humble and magnanamous Sydneysiders had to scrape the bottom of the NRL barrel and support Manly the NRL equivalent to Collingwood to get what they wanted at the weekend at our expense. Its like Sydney or Brisbane playing Collingwood in the AFL decider and the whole of Melbourne giving their unequivocal support to the Skunks. Wait a minute its happened twice in the last 6 years and by memory we weren't that desperate to see Sydney or Brisbane fail. In fact I was happy for them to win. See we are more classy and refined in Melbourne.
What I found interesting was that in the AFL the powers that be have moved heaven to ensure Sydney and Brisbane succeed on the Grandest stage ie non AFL states yet the NRL virtually have had no understanding or compassion to the Storm's plight during the latter stages of the season in a non NRL state.
I guess there has been enough exposure with reference to the Cam Smith affair over the last 3 weeks.
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Not just cause I am a Melbourne boy, but this is my take after being around a fair bit.
South Australians hate us NSWelshmen hate us and Qld hate us and West Ozzies also.
The rivalrys between the states go like this, NSW v QLD and Everyone v VIC
NT doesn't really count in all of this, runaways from all over OZ, more than likely aligning themeselves with WA, too much sun and beer to really care up there :thumbsup
Of course there is allways going to be interstate rivalry and I like beating any of them just as much as the rest of us, but the feeling I have got from my years on this earth and travel is they take it to the nth when it comes to us Vics, whereas we seem to take it as we see it.
As HT says, I wasn't barracking for the Skunks when they were playing Brissy in the Grand finals ..... No freakin way
For those Sydney pricks to go for Manly says a lot, 'a real lot'. In the end and I mean this without any bias, I just think they are all seriously Jealous and just cant accept that Vic is the best state in Australia and deep down inside they know it and it hurts ! :shh
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At the end of the day Melbourne Storm turned out to be only a Melbourne Fart. :whistle
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What I found interesting was that in the AFL the powers that be have moved heaven to ensure Sydney and Brisbane succeed on the Grandest stage ie non AFL states yet the NRL virtually have had no understanding or compassion to the Storm's plight during the latter stages of the season in a non NRL state.
This stood out a mile for me too. You'd expect Sydneysiders and their media to hate the Storm and be anti-Melbourne and whinge and moan but for nuff nuff Gallop and his NRL cronies to support them shows how uncommitted they really are to a truly national RL comp. Oh well that little Sydney-centric suburban attitude will come back to bite them come the next tv rights when another $1b is handed over to the AFL. It says a lot that they make Andy D and the AFL look like admins from heaven :help.
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I always thought it odd to have a Rugby League world cup. We could have an Aussie Rules one lol given the Aussie RL side is miles ahead of the rest and there are so few countries competing in the comp anyway. One other thing that stood out last night was how much the Storm missed Cam Smith in the NRL grand final.
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I always thought it odd to have a Rugby League world cup. We could have an Aussie Rules one lol given the Aussie RL side is miles ahead of the rest and there are so few countries competing in the comp anyway. One other thing that stood out last night was how much the Storm missed Cam Smith in the NRL grand final.
Oops :rollin :wallywink
The Aussie RL side did a Geelong tonight. Choked big time in the one that counted.
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But how many forward passed were the Kiwi's allowed to do and head high tackles.
Cause they seemed to be allowed to get away with them all gsme while we got fingered right away.
But when we went from 10 to 14 that was the highlight of the game.
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chockers
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I know you shouldn't point the finger at just one player but................. :banghead :banghead
Billy Slater hang your head in shame, 20 mins to go and instead of taking the tackle you try and rund around blokes on the side line and then under pressure just throw it blindly backwards for a turn-over and the easiet of tries... IMHO cost Australia the world cup :banghead :banghead
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Yep Billy had a major brain fade :P. NZ deserved the win though. More attacking and creative and 22-4 after half-time is a spanking. It's funny how sides can turn up cold and off the boil if they make the decider too easily and get knocked off by the more battle hardened team.
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NZ deserved the win though.
True - they certainly seemed like they wanted it more... certainly played that way
Australia seemed to play like they just thought it was all going to happen
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No one probably cares about this (apart from me) but West Tigers have resigned Robbie Farah
:gotigers
http://www.livenews.com.au/Articles/2009/01/13/Robbie_Farah_to_stick_with_Tigers
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What's going on up there in the NRL?! Now their poster boy for the new season Brett Stewart is up on sex charges and the NRL have had to pull their ad off the air.
http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,25152978-23209,00.html
There was also another player who pushed and shoved a sponsor of the NRL at their season opening launch. What nutters!
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Thats what happens when you run into brick walls all day long.
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Yep what a shocker of a thing to happen on the eve of promoting the new season in.
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The RFC wouldn't mind a 27 year old state of origin player walking into the club at the minute. It's just happened for the Storm.
MELBOURNE STORM has signed exiled Parramatta half-back Brett Finch until the end of this season.
It’s believed Finch, who walked out on the Eels last week after a dispute with coach Daniel Anderson, agreed to terms with the 2007 premiers late yesterday.
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sport/nrl/story/0,27074,25332712-11088,00.html
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Good to see the Storm boys Slater and Smith finish off the Blues in the last few minutes. I hope Inglis is okay.
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It has been a shocking season for ARL with their players doing the wrong things, and now "Snapper" is born
http://www.livenews.com.au/sport/league/roosters-forward-nate-myles-suspended-over-drunken-behaviour/2009/7/7/212141
Tuesday, 7 July 2009 9:00 AM 17 comments | Have your say Roosters forward Nate Myles suspended over drunken behaviour
The Sydney Roosters' season has hit a new low, with Nate Myles suspended after allegedly defecating in a hotel corridor.
The NRL has met with the Sydney Roosters and decided to suspend Myles for six matches, including Origin III next week.
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Apparently Nate's nugget dropping may be OK as
Apparently someone asked Nate how the Roosters had been playing this year and he thought it would be simpler to explain the answer if he gave a presentation as well.
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These crazy drunken indiscretions have become almost a weekly event in the NRL this year that no one is surprised anymore when another one happens.
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You've got to love NRL state of origin. White punches Price smack flush in the jaw and levels him out on the turf out cold and the referees then send off the wrong player ??? :rollin. Barry Hall might want to switch codes lol.
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While they were trading blows Trent Waterhouse blinsided Price and headlocked him and slammed him to the ground. That was what KOD him and why Trent was sent off.
Price started the Fight by kneeing White in the head, you should know if you do that to Whitey you aint gunna get away with it.
Some nice punches laid in that one - If it was AFL they would be up for 10 weeks each at least. :o
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Cheers CUB. On the replay though it looked to me that Price was unconscious as soon as White's punch collected Price on the jaw while Waterhouse had Price in a headlock. Perhaps it was a combination of both but Price looked out cold before he hit the turf. You're right though, that would be 10 weeks plus in the AFL. They don't miss with their fists in NRL :help.
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You were right MT - Saw a replay and he was GAWN before he hit the ground.
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Greg Inglis apparently is in trouble with the police. Charge at midday with recklessly causing injury and assult.
Source: SEN
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Greg Inglis apparently is in trouble with the police. Charge at midday with recklessly causing injury and assult.
Source: SEN
What an idiot hitting his girlfriend. Is he trying to be the Carey of the NRL ???.
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With the Dragons and Titans losing does that mean the Storm now have the week off and go straight to the Preliminary Final? The use the old McIntyre finals system don't they in the NRL?
I hope so :thumbsup.
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Yessiree - Went to Fridays match freakkin awesome - Slater is a freak.
Big Double for me Saturday week.
http://www.nrl.com/newsviews/latestnews/newsarticle/tabid/10874/newsid/56696/storm-happy-to-go-behind-afl-grand-final/default.aspx (http://www.nrl.com/newsviews/latestnews/newsarticle/tabid/10874/newsid/56696/storm-happy-to-go-behind-afl-grand-final/default.aspx)
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Yessiree - Went to Fridays match freakkin awesome - Slater is a freak.
Big Double for me Saturday week.
http://www.nrl.com/newsviews/latestnews/newsarticle/tabid/10874/newsid/56696/storm-happy-to-go-behind-afl-grand-final/default.aspx (http://www.nrl.com/newsviews/latestnews/newsarticle/tabid/10874/newsid/56696/storm-happy-to-go-behind-afl-grand-final/default.aspx)
Good stuff CUB :thumbsup
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We will be playing the winner of the Broncos v Dragons match.
Our other 2 rivals alongside Manly - How sweet to knock one of them out as well.
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The Storm are looking good for the premiership next week CUB. 80 points scored in both finals. Slater and Inglis are just freaks :bow.
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Went in 06 and 07 , missed last year 'good move that was' - Do I line up for 3 in 4 years?
What a great day Saturday was - Still recovering :cheers
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Went in 06 and 07 , missed last year 'good move that was' - Do I line up for 3 in 4 years?
What a great day Saturday was - Still recovering :cheers
The crowd support will be overwhelmingly for Parra so if the Storm win and you're there CUB it will be sweet waving good-bye to 95% of the crowd at the end ;D.
How did Hayne get just a grade one charge for that? I know the NRL judiciary aren't the AFL tribunal but if dropping your knees into the head on an opponent lying on the ground is allowed then they might as well go back to the free-for-all old days.
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How did Hayne get just a grade one charge for that? I know the NRL judiciary aren't the AFL tribunal but if dropping your knees into the head on an opponent lying on the ground is allowed then they might as well go back to the free-for-all old days.
I think everyone knows, though it hasn't been said, that Hayne would have got a week in the regular season. I think its a difficult situation for the tribunal. Storm fans probably can ask about consistency with Smith missing out last year. Personally I think its a change for the better if there is some leniency for a GF. The incident disadvantaged the Bulldogs, not the Storm and the Bulldogs player wanted the charge dropped. It wasn't a dirty hit just one of those things.
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How did Hayne get just a grade one charge for that? I know the NRL judiciary aren't the AFL tribunal but if dropping your knees into the head on an opponent lying on the ground is allowed then they might as well go back to the free-for-all old days.
Pretty simple really, the Storm are embarrasing the Northern states and anyone who does not follow them wants them to lose. Them all getting on the Manly wagon last year proved that.
Gotta win this one.
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Pretty simple really, the Storm are embarrasing the Northern states and anyone who does not follow them wants them to lose. Them all getting on the Manly wagon last year proved that.
I don't really think that is the case. It is great for the sport to have a team in Melbourne doing well and up here in QLD 90% of people will be barracking for the Storm due to Smith, Inglis, Slater, Cronk and Johnson. Just need Brett White to run into a goalpost :thumbsup
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How did Hayne get just a grade one charge for that? I know the NRL judiciary aren't the AFL tribunal but if dropping your knees into the head on an opponent lying on the ground is allowed then they might as well go back to the free-for-all old days.
Pretty simple really, the Storm are embarrasing the Northern states and anyone who does not follow them wants them to lose. Them all getting on the Manly wagon last year proved that.
Gotta win this one.
Hate to rain on your parade CUB but the Eels will win this one. I will be there on the day and enjoying it with my in-laws who are massive Eels fans. They are on fire at the moment and pretty much unstoppable. Sorry Storm, maybe next year.
When its Game Time...its Hayne Time!!!!
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Went in 06 and 07 , missed last year 'good move that was' - Do I line up for 3 in 4 years?
What a great day Saturday was - Still recovering :cheers
The crowd support will be overwhelmingly for Parra so if the Storm win and you're there CUB it will be sweet waving good-bye to 95% of the crowd at the end ;D.
How did Hayne get just a grade one charge for that? I know the NRL judiciary aren't the AFL tribunal but if dropping your knees into the head on an opponent lying on the ground is allowed then they might as well go back to the free-for-all old days.
MT I think you'll find that Goodwin's testimony in favour of Hayne would have carried some weight in the decision process. Plus the fact that Goodwin continued to play without any lasting affects also gets taken into consideration.
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The Storm has scored 148 points and only conceded 26 in their last four games tiga and they'll want to avenge last year's embarrassment.
Pretty simple really, the Storm are embarrasing the Northern states and anyone who does not follow them wants them to lose. Them all getting on the Manly wagon last year proved that.
I don't really think that is the case. It is great for the sport to have a team in Melbourne doing well and up here in QLD 90% of people will be barracking for the Storm due to Smith, Inglis, Slater, Cronk and Johnson. Just need Brett White to run into a goalpost :thumbsup
Probably not in Qld but in Sydney some traditional RL followers see the Storm as a creation from the Super League war that came at the expense of founding clubs and the pain that caused. Having the "Mexicans" beat them at their sport would tick them off as well lol.
In 2007, Parramatta CEO Denis Fitzgerald said that rugby league should not be promoted in Melbourne. That was just before the Storm ran over Parra in the finals onwards to the premiership. History to repeat?! :thumbsup
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How did Hayne get just a grade one charge for that? I know the NRL judiciary aren't the AFL tribunal but if dropping your knees into the head on an opponent lying on the ground is allowed then they might as well go back to the free-for-all old days.
Pretty simple really, the Storm are embarrasing the Northern states and anyone who does not follow them wants them to lose. Them all getting on the Manly wagon last year proved that.
Gotta win this one.
Hate to rain on your parade CUB but the Eels will win this one. I will be there on the day and enjoying it with my in-laws who are massive Eels fans. They are on fire at the moment and pretty much unstoppable. Sorry Storm, maybe next year.
When its Game Time...its Hayne Time!!!!
Bookmarked buddy ;D
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How did Hayne get just a grade one charge for that? I know the NRL judiciary aren't the AFL tribunal but if dropping your knees into the head on an opponent lying on the ground is allowed then they might as well go back to the free-for-all old days.
Pretty simple really, the Storm are embarrasing the Northern states and anyone who does not follow them wants them to lose. Them all getting on the Manly wagon last year proved that.
Gotta win this one.
Hate to rain on your parade CUB but the Eels will win this one. I will be there on the day and enjoying it with my in-laws who are massive Eels fans. They are on fire at the moment and pretty much unstoppable. Sorry Storm, maybe next year.
When its Game Time...its Hayne Time!!!!
Bookmarked buddy ;D
I bet it is!! ;D
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How did Hayne get just a grade one charge for that? I know the NRL judiciary aren't the AFL tribunal but if dropping your knees into the head on an opponent lying on the ground is allowed then they might as well go back to the free-for-all old days.
Pretty simple really, the Storm are embarrasing the Northern states and anyone who does not follow them wants them to lose. Them all getting on the Manly wagon last year proved that.
Gotta win this one.
Hate to rain on your parade CUB but the Eels will win this one. I will be there on the day and enjoying it with my in-laws who are massive Eels fans. They are on fire at the moment and pretty much unstoppable. Sorry Storm, maybe next year.
When its Game Time...its Hayne Time!!!!
Bookmarked buddy ;D
I bet it is!! ;D
This could be the end of a beautiful friendship ;D
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Storm by 30 for me.
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The Storm has scored 148 points and only conceded 26 in their last four games tiga and they'll want to avenge last year's embarrassment.
Pretty simple really, the Storm are embarrasing the Northern states and anyone who does not follow them wants them to lose. Them all getting on the Manly wagon last year proved that.
I don't really think that is the case. It is great for the sport to have a team in Melbourne doing well and up here in QLD 90% of people will be barracking for the Storm due to Smith, Inglis, Slater, Cronk and Johnson. Just need Brett White to run into a goalpost :thumbsup
Probably not in Qld but in Sydney some traditional RL followers see the Storm as a creation from the Super League war that came at the expense of founding clubs and the pain that caused. Having the "Mexicans" beat them at their sport would tick them off as well lol.
In 2007, Parramatta CEO Denis Fitzgerald said that rugby league should not be promoted in Melbourne. That was just before the Storm ran over Parra in the finals onwards to the premiership. History to repeat?! :thumbsup
Hence the reason why Denis Fitzgerald is no longer the Parra CEO. They guy was a goose.
In all honesty MT, super league is long forgotten up here. If anyone were to despise Melbourne solely because Super League it would be me as my original league team that I supported, the Illawarra Steelers were a major casualty of that debacle.
The rivalry that extends to Melbourne is also the same for the QLD teams and even Canberra to a smaller extent. People fall back on alliances that they associate with the most (The old rule. Team first, then State, Then Country) You may find that some disgruntled Bulldogs fans and possibly even some dragons fans(except me) will go for the Storm as the frustration of losing to Parra may still cut deep. I'm going for Parra because my in-laws are huge fans and take me to games so for want of a better expression, they are my second favorite NRL team.
Oh and also to tick CUB off!! ;D
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Shame Parra are gunna lose then HEY !!!!!!
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The Storm has scored 148 points and only conceded 26 in their last four games tiga and they'll want to avenge last year's embarrassment.
Pretty simple really, the Storm are embarrasing the Northern states and anyone who does not follow them wants them to lose. Them all getting on the Manly wagon last year proved that.
I don't really think that is the case. It is great for the sport to have a team in Melbourne doing well and up here in QLD 90% of people will be barracking for the Storm due to Smith, Inglis, Slater, Cronk and Johnson. Just need Brett White to run into a goalpost :thumbsup
Probably not in Qld but in Sydney some traditional RL followers see the Storm as a creation from the Super League war that came at the expense of founding clubs and the pain that caused. Having the "Mexicans" beat them at their sport would tick them off as well lol.
In 2007, Parramatta CEO Denis Fitzgerald said that rugby league should not be promoted in Melbourne. That was just before the Storm ran over Parra in the finals onwards to the premiership. History to repeat?! :thumbsup
Hence the reason why Denis Fitzgerald is no longer the Parra CEO. They guy was a goose.
In all honesty MT, super league is long forgotten up here. If anyone were to despise Melbourne solely because Super League it would be me as my original league team that I supported, the Illawarra Steelers were a major casualty of that debacle.
The rivalry that extends to Melbourne is also the same for the QLD teams and even Canberra to a smaller extent. People fall back on alliances that they associate with the most (The old rule. Team first, then State, Then Country) You may find that some disgruntled Bulldogs fans and possibly even some dragons fans(except me) will go for the Storm as the frustration of losing to Parra may still cut deep. I'm going for Parra because my in-laws are huge fans and take me to games so for want of a better expression, they are my second favorite NRL team.
Oh and also to tick CUB off!! ;D
If I followed that old rule I would've had to barrack for Collingwood :chuck against Brisbane in 2002/3. I may be Victorian but I'm not insane :lol.
One more sleep before Slater, Inglis and co. go on a scoring rampage :thumbsup.
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Storm will win by 20 points. :thumbsup
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Do it easy boys - 40 - 16
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All over! 23-16
Storm are Premiers :thumbsup :clapping
LOL at the biased commentary barracking for Parra and sooking over penalties. Sook it up cry babies :lol.
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like listening to Rob Walls and Tim Lane when the Blues are playing. Such bias.
Storn just did enough, gee it was close in the end.
cant believe how well they tackle and i cant believe we didn't learn a thing off them.
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It sure helps being a solid and athletic 110kgs when tackling. A different tackling game to be fair. NRL is a power game where your opponent is charging head on at you and there's gang tackling. Aussie Rules is a 360 degree game so there's more 1-on-1 footy.
Btw poor of Ch 9 to cut the coverage before the trophy presentation ::).
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It sure helps being a solid and athletic 110kgs when tackling. A different tackling game to be fair. NRL is a power game where your opponent is charging head on at you and there's gang tackling. Aussie Rules is a 360 degree game so there's more 1-on-1 footy.
Btw poor of Ch 9 to cut the coverage before the trophy presentation ::).
Robbie Nahas proved you dont have to be 110 kgs to lay a good tackle. Same goes for Cronk and Slater. Small boys compared to MoiMoi.
Nahas played like a guy thankful to be given a chance to play football. Most of his teamates seem to take this for granted.
He made other players much taller and bigger look terrible this year.
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LOL at the biased commentary barracking for Parra and sooking over penalties. Sook it up cry babies :lol.
As a neutral I thought it was shocking that decision against Parra with 5 to go. Would have made a great finish to the game. They need to consider a tennis/NFL style challenge system.
Thought Cronk would have got MoM. Once again Slater mixing the brilliance and the brain explosions in a big game. He rarely brings his A-game to origin and yesterday he was good for 65-70 minutes and then nearly cost Storm the game. I wonder if this is a case of people voting with 10 to go as usd to happen with the Norm Smith...?
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As a neutral I thought it was shocking that decision against Parra with 5 to go. Would have made a great finish to the game. They need to consider a tennis/NFL style challenge system.
The Storm would've challenged the referee missing Inglis copping a coathanger in the first half when he tried to kick and chase into the end zone. Gus was happy to see that one let go but then sooks about the Parra one.
Thought Cronk would have got MoM. Once again Slater mixing the brilliance and the brain explosions in a big game. He rarely brings his A-game to origin and yesterday he was good for 65-70 minutes and then nearly cost Storm the game. I wonder if this is a case of people voting with 10 to go as usd to happen with the Norm Smith...?
Agree with you there Jake. I thought Cronk, Smith and Blair were the best 3 for the Storm. The thing is the superstars Slater and Inglis although fairly well contained for most of the game scored tries plus the Inglis drop goal in the second half and that in the end sealed the win.
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Congratulations to the Storm. They were the better team on the day. Parra were constantly playing catch up footy. In the first half they were very flat and the Storm capitalised.
I had two loud mouthed Storm supporters sitting behind me. Geez it was hard hearing all their crap every time the Storm scored or made a break.(CUB are you of Indian descent and have dreadlocks?? :lol) One of them even proceeded to bag out my Father in law saying he was a typical fair weather Eels Supporter. He shut up once he was shown a Season ticket membership card. What was funny though, as soon as the Eels scored they both conveniently went to the toilet!(Probably StKilda supporters). In the end I congratulated them on their teams victory and took comfort in the fact that I will probably never ever see them again. :lol
It was pleasing to see the number of Eels fans that stayed back in our section for the presentation and congratulated the Storm on the victory lap.
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Agree with you there Jake. I thought Cronk, Smith and Blair were the best 3 for the Storm. The thing is the superstars Slater and Inglis although fairly well contained for most of the game scored tries plus the Inglis drop goal in the second half and that in the end sealed the win.
I think what got it for Billy was that the entire week was about Slater vs. Hayne and Hayne was rather ineffective where Billy was good for 70 minutes. Inglis' field goal was the best bad kick of all time.
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.(CUB are you of Indian descent and have dreadlocks?? :lol)
100 % Aussie, White and a nude nut ...... Dont mind a Vindaloo occasionally though ;D
Best team won, although a bit nervous towards the end! Don't count on not seeing us again Tiggy poos.
11 years in the comp 5 grand finals for 3 Victories. New Stadium in Melbourne and Under 20 champs to boot.
Just want to make all them bias northerners really SICK of the storm Colours......
Plenty more to come ..... Let's make it 5 GFs in a row next year
Ohh did I mention Bellamy - best Coach in the league by a streak ....
Victoria should change its slogan "Welcome to Victoria the Rugby League capital of Australia" Just to pee those Sydneysiders of that little bit more ;D
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Victoria should change its slogan "Welcome to Victoria the Rugby League capital of Australia" Just to pee those Sydneysiders of that little bit more ;D
That is too funny!! I'll pay that one CUB!! :rollin
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John Howard heading up the NRL :o
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John Howard heading up the NRL :o
And have Peter Costello as Andy D's equivalent. :rollin :rollin Well he did retire from politics yesterday so it may be closer to the truth than you think. :rollin
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John Howard heading up the NRL :o
And have Peter Costello as Andy D's equivalent. :rollin :rollin Well he did retire from politics yesterday so it may be closer to the truth than you think. :rollin
It would be deja vu for Costello as Andy D wouldn't step down for him either lol.
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Talk of the Storm being stripped of 44 premiership points for salary cap breaches relating to Cam Smith and a 3rd party deal with Foxsports.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/mystery-spoon-plunge-on-storm/story-e6frf9if-1225856820616
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plus the premierships! :o
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David Gallop's press conference:
* Storm were $1.7m over the cap over the past 5 years including $700k in 2010. Systematic methods used to hide breaches. NRL auditor found a secret file in a separate room at the Storm's admin HQ which exposed the Storm's salary cap avoidance.
* Penalty is the stripping of 2 major premierships and 3 minor premierships, a $500k fine, and all points stripped for the whole of 2010.
* No premierships will be awarded in 2007 and 2009. So Manly and Parramatta don't gain them.
:gobdrop
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Cheats. Ballsy of the NRL with the Rebels coming in and a second soccer team too.
Those premierships should definitely be awarded to the best non-cheating team.
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And they have to give back the prize money.
Man I knew they hated us, but fair dinkum :banghead
No way all the clubs would be above board.
Should get these auditors onto Carlton and Judds case.
Premerships still exist for all us supporters - NRL not doing emselves any favours with the Rebels coming in next year.
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I'm with you CUB. I sure wish Dimwittyou and little Ando had the BALLS to strip Carltank of a couple of their ill-gotten Premierships.
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Nah, it's fair what has happened. There will be cops involved as well. you cant do what they have done.
it's a stuffing tragedy
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My ex-boss is a director of the club :help
A tragedy for the supporters and the innocent parties
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Fair enough to be punished for cheating but sheesh are the NRL committing suicide expansion wise with such a hefty penalty. This could kill off the Storm and result in the NRL going back to just a two state competition. Aren't the NRL trying to negotiate a new TV rights deal?
A shame Carlton weren't stripped of their last two flags when they were caught cheating ::).
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Gee theres gonna be some heads banged together over this. imagine how the players feel? :-[
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I'm with you CUB. I sure wish Dimwittyou and little Ando had the BALLS to strip Carltank of a couple of their ill-gotten Premierships.
Will put our game to shame they didn't do this and the NFL did against a side they desperately want to succeed
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NRL had to do it. if they went soft they would get killed in the media of letting cheater win in afl area.
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They had two sets of books. heads are gonna roll.
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NRL had to do it. if they went soft they would get killed in the media of letting cheater win in afl area.
Totally agree
The NRL set the precedent in 2004 (?) with Canterbury and they have remained tough on what is cheating
It certainly will hurt NRL in Victoria
It will interesting to see what some of these palyers do now, the ones with the outside deals because you would assume somehow those agreements cann no longer be honoured
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Gee theres gonna be some heads banged together over this. imagine how the players feel? :-[
Devastating for players who are innocent. Some of the higher profile players will move onto other clubs for the Storm to get back under the cap by next year. Seeing Slater, Inglis and co. running around up north for other clubs will be hard to take for supporters.
It's hard to see the Club surviving. Their history has effectively been erased and the brand is now heavily tarnished. The team will inevitably fall down the ladder through loss of its star players and financially the club will take a massive hit in one of the most competitive sporting markets in the world with 4 football codes - the NRL being a minor code down here and two new clubs in other codes starting up. We saw what happened to Carlton financially in a pro-AFL town. They needed $1m from the AFL plus Pratt's $$$ to get back on their feet. The Storm don't have that support.
This affects the Rebels as well given who they poached from the Storm to run the new rugby union club.
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Devastating for players who are innocent. Some of the higher profile players will move onto other clubs for the Storm to get back under the cap by next year. Seeing Slater, Inglis and co. running around up north for other clubs will be hard to take for supporters.
Actually it will be interestng to see what these high profile players do to be honest
Great test of character for them. DO they stay or do they go? They should stay as they helped create this mess.
What is really sad is the NRL in Victoria has always wanted to be front page news and the lead story on the 6.00pm news and tonight they will be for all the wrong reason
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I'm with you CUB. I sure wish Dimwittyou and little Ando had the BALLS to strip Carltank of a couple of their ill-gotten Premierships.
Will put our game to shame they didn't do this and the NFL did against a side they desperately want to succeed
What is even more amazing is that News Ltd have a stake in both the NRL and Melbourne Storm and yet there was no cover up by the NRL and the punishment was severe. Quite staggering to see this sort of integrity in the modern day. The AFL never displays such behaviour. Andy D and co don't deserve the honour of running this great game.
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Bwahahahahahahahahaha idiots!
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Jealousy and cunning
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Why would you keep a secret file of the breaches at all, let alone at the office where an auditor could find them? ? ? ? ? ?
There's a lot of people in NSW rugby that are going to be celebrating tonight
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Storm statement regarding NRL punishment
22/04/2010 5:24:46 PM
“Melbourne Storm has today accepted the findings and outcomes of an NRL investigation in to the club’s salary cap accounts,” Melbourne Storm Chairman, Dr Rob Moodie, said.
“The rules are very clear and some former members of management have wrongly decided to break them.
“On behalf of the Melbourne Storm I would like to sincerely apologise to our players, our staff, our sponsors, our members and our supporters, and we will continue to assist the NRL with their investigation.
“The Melbourne Storm Board became aware of these possible salary cap indiscretions on April 13 this year.
“At that point the Board initiated its own full investigation into any possible salary cap indiscretions.
“Today is a most unbelievable blow and this is the lowest day in the club’s history.
“Melbourne Storm is a resilient club and this is a great challenge, a challenge that as a board we weren’t aware of, but now are.
“We will absolutely endeavour to return this club back to the great heights where it deserves to be.
“Melbourne Storm is full of people with great character who will not turn their back on this next great challenge.
“We will repay our fans. The biggest sufferer here is our support base. They have not had any role in what has been uncovered here.
“For that we are absolutely sorry.
“All we can ask of them is to remain resolute and loyal to the Melbourne Storm and we make the commitment that we will never ask them to ever experience anything like this in the future.”
Melbourne Storm coach Craig Bellamy said: “This is an absolute shock to myself, to our football staff, to our players.
“Personally I am heartbroken.
“But this football club has great character and values. We will not walk away from this challenge.
“We will stick tight together as a group and fight our way back from this.”
http://www.melbournestorm.com.au/default.aspx?s=article-display&id=2487
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Why would you keep a secret file of the breaches at all, let alone at the office where an auditor could find them? ? ? ? ? ?
They were keeping two books. A phoney one to show the NRL's auditors and the hidden real one.
There's a lot of people in NSW rugby that are going to be celebrating tonight
On SEN some from up there are saying they couldn't care less as Melbourne is an Aussie Rules town and they never liked the Storm ::). They should care if the next tv rights deal is less than what they wanted because there's one less club and the NRL is limited to just viewers in two states.
Yep WP it's lead story on both SEVEN and NINE news. They spent at least 7 minutes on it and are calling it the greatest cheating scandal in Australian sport. TT is also doing a story on it.
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Isn't it strangely fitting that the Storm is based at the cardboard kingdom like another bunch of serial cheats?
They should just torch the place and have done with it :lol
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Isn't it strangely fitting that the Storm is based at the cardboard kingdom like another bunch of serial cheats?
They should just torch the place and have done with it :lol
;D
Well if it did rub off being at cheatville they'll know they were taught by the best :scream.
Just back to the AFL you wouldn't want to be the club next to breach the salary cap. Andy D and the AFL won't want to look "soft" in comparison to the NRL.
Another issue here is the new rectangular stadium about to start hosting games. The stadium would have been counting on decent Storm crowds to provide funding returns through the winter months.
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Isn't it strangely fitting that the Storm is based at the cardboard kingdom like another bunch of serial cheats?
They should just torch the place and have done with it :lol
My thoughts entirely. If you reside with poo and scum pretty soon no matter what you'll end up behaving like cheat and scum. Anything underhanded and improper and somehow that Carlcheatliescum are involved.
Finger is being pointed at Brian Waldron who left the Storm for the Heart.
When we had a salary cap breach in the 90's was it Waldron's time at the club?
Seems to me issues follow him wherever he goes? ::)
For the record Canterbury were caught late in 2002 and stripped of all their points for salary cap breaches. They were undefeated three weeks out from finals when they were caught. In 2004 they won the NRL Grand Final.
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Bahahaha unbelievable this was the main story on Lateline.
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saw this on the fox site.
http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,27023108-5018866,00.html
Got me thinking how Billy Slater would go off a half back flank if you could teach him to kick?
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Out of all of this, at least we aren't going to be the only footy team this year finishing on 0 wins!
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Word out of the Storm is Waldron's excuse when contacted to explain this mess is that all NRL clubs are doing it.
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3 major sponsors quit the Storm within the past 24 hours. As I said yesterday it's hardly to see them surviving this.
As for Waldron, hard to believe his word on this but if there's even a smidge of truth to what he has claimed then the proverbial will really hit the fan for the NRL.
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saw this on the fox site.
http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,27023108-5018866,00.html
Got me thinking how Billy Slater would go off a half back flank if you could teach him to kick?
Not the dumbest idea if any of them can kick. Slater wasn't too bad kicking the Sherrin at goal in that Rexona best athlete tv show. Ironcially they wouldn't be included in an AFL club's salary cap because they have not been part of the AFL system for the past 3 years. Similar to what happened with Karmichael Hunt at GC17. Andy D would love the publicity too especially if they were to sign-up with GWS. In fact the AFL would probably pay the salary for the club.
I'd doubt though any would want to make the transition to the AFL. Hunt was a special case as he played a bit of footy as a junior. However with talk of more than just 2-3 players leaving the Storm over this it's going to be difficult to squeeze them all in at other NRL clubs who would be all maxed out with their own salary caps. The like of Slater, Inglis and co. may head over to England to play. There's 100 Aussies playing in the English super league as is. It would be another hit for the NRL if they did. Playing Union would also be an option say in France. Again similar to what Hunt did.
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The Melbourne rebels will sniffing about too, I'd think?
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Have they got any 18-20 yo Melbournian kids who understand AFL footy ... giving 1 or 2 a chance may be a worthwhile exercise.
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Have they got any 18-20 yo Melbournian kids who understand AFL footy ... giving 1 or 2 a chance may be a worthwhile exercise.
Wouldn't think so as it would be hard to find a kid outside of NSW and Qld up to standard to play NRL. IIRC the Storm's feeder club is in Qld.
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Just reported on Ch 7. With no player cuts they'll be $1.2 million over the salary cap next year :o.
Also it's been found as part of the cap rort players were given free credit cards, electrical goods, etc.
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24 nil at half time
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24 nil at half time
40 - 6 at full time :thumbsup.
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Got back about 30 min ago - 25000 there, awesome atmosphere :clapping
Something has to happen about this 0 ponts crap :help
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At least they show them that no matter what has happened they are still a team that can fight with pride.
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MELBOURNE Storm has taken legal advice about challenging the NRL's sanctions against the club over salary rorts.
The independent members of the board, those not aligned with the club's owner, News Limited, have engaged Melbourne law firm Arnold Bloch Liebler to look in to how NRL chief executive David Gallop reached his decision.
There have been suggestion he acted outside the NRL's own rules, but the specific legalities of what the directors might base their case on are unclear.
But it's believed they have been told they would have a good case.
Full article at:
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/melbourne-storm-seeks-legal-advice-on-challenging-nrl-sanctions/story-e6frf9if-1225865870346
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But it's believed they have been told they would have a good case.
I wonder if those saying this are prepared to go "no win, no fee" ?
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what the directors might base their case on are unclear.
It might have something to do with Gallop being unclear in his declaration on the club.
ie-who was actually responsible as well as obtaining alleged evidence under questionable methods.
Good chance old four eyes did an incomprehensive job on lagging the storm,kind of like when cops screw up a bust and the defendant walks
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NRL is an inferior product to AFL in every way from the CEO down.
Would be very unprofessional for the NRL if the Storm win in the courts.
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Off to the Victorian Supreme Court they go. It was just announced on the news.
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Betting has been suspended on the Gold Coast Titans to win the NRL wooden spoon but the NRL and the Titans are denying any salary cap issues...
A BOOKMAKER has suspended betting on the NRL wooden spoon after fielding several bets on the fourth-placed Gold Coast Titans but the NRL says there's no reason to expect a salary cap breach announcement.
Sportingbet Australia stopped the betting after taking a series of wagers on Tuesday morning on the Titans to come last this season.
http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/nrl/bookmaker-suspends-wooden-spoon-betting-on-gold-coast-titans/story-e6frep5x-1225885722791
GOLD Coast chief executive Michael Searle had a message for punters and bookmakers yesterday: Titansbet is happy to take your money.
Searle, currently overseas in his other guise as manager of Australian surfer Joel Parkinson, has vehemently denied his club has done anything wrong. And he is more than happy to put his money where his mouth is.
Rumours have swirled around the Gold Coast for months, stretching back to the club's fall-out with builder Alex Simpson over its Centre of Excellence.
Simpson claimed he had promised to build a house for Titans captain Scott Prince free of charge in an attempt to circumvent the salary cap. Prince and the Titans denied the claims, and an NRL investigation found no evidence of anything untoward.
That was expected to be the end of the matter, but it has continued to simmer in the background -- until this week. The latest dramas began on Monday when an anonymous caller rang a Sydney radio station with a tip that the Titans were about to be busted for breaching the cap. The speculation grew legs yesterday morning, when a betting agency posted a wooden spoon market -- only to remove it soon after following several small wagers on the Titans.
Full article at:
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/sport/gold-coast-slams-new-cap-rorting-rumours/story-e6frg7mf-1225885914252
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Even if GC got pined I think the NRL would make a point of them being able to finish above Melbourne who won premierships and whose rorts went on for a few seasons
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If there was any truth to this it would be a free kick to the AFL on Gold Coast. GC17 comes in with both the NRL and A-league teams in crisis.
Interesting that the NRL wants to expand into the Central Coast (hardly expansion as it's RL heartland) and have another go in Perth where it failed once before. The NRL doesn't really have the funds to support a Perth side if it struggles. There'll be no News Ltd to prop it up as it does the Storm. They're obviously counting on a substancial increase in $$$ from tv rights. It's certainly getting a very crowded sporting market amongst the football codes.
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Melbourne Storm salary cap breaches total $3.17m since 2006
* From: AAP, Herald Sun
* July 15, 2010 UPDATE 1pm:
FIVE managers have been identified by News Limited chairman John Hartigan as the "rats in the ranks" that orchestrated a $3.17m salary cap rort at Melbourne Storm.
Mr Hartigan said the investigation identified five managers who were involved in cheating the system, labelling them "rats in the ranks''.
He named former chief executive Brian Waldron, as well as Matt Hanson, Paul Gregory, Peter O'Sullivan and Cameron Vale.
Mr Hartigan said 13 players - including seven current members of the squad - had received payments or benefits from third parties that fell outside the cap.
He said there was no evidence to suggest the players had known the payments could contribute to the club breaching the salary cap.
The players named were Billy Slater, Cameron Smith, Greg Inglis, Cooper Cronk, Ryan Hoffman, Anthony Quinn and Brett White and former players Dallas Johnson, Will Chambers, Mick Crocker, Matt Geyer, Steve Turner and Antonio Kaufusi.
"Regrettably not one of the players agreed to co-operate with the investigation," Mr Hartigan said. "In my view it's totally unacceptable.
"I'm pleased to confirm that (coach) Craig Bellamy did co-operate with News Ltd's investigators.'' He added that Mr Bellamy was unaware of any wrongdoing.
Mr Hartigan said the main method used to conceal extra payments to players was through third party payments, from companies including the Unity Foundation and the McManus Group.
However, he said there was no evidence to suggest these companies knew the payments could contribute to a salary cap breach.
Full article here:
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/nrl/melbourne-storm-rort-report-to-shock-nation-john-hartigan/story-e6frfgbo-1225892035886
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The NRL salary cap is $4.5m I believe so the Storm are 33% over the cap :o. Hard to see the Storm now holding onto their star players if they have to make such a huge cut to get back under the cap. No star players means less wins and bandwagon fans will drop off. Not good for NRL in Melbourne no matter what Gallop says.
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Not sure why they sacked the independent directors, Peter Maher being my ex boss and Petra a work colleague.
If they've done nothing wrong, why were they dismissed?
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Not sure why they sacked the independent directors, Peter Maher being my ex boss and Petra a work colleague.
If they've done nothing wrong, why were they dismissed?
Hmmm call me cynical......
But I reckon it has something to do with the fact the News Limited who own the Storm and control half of the NRL are trying to rid themselves of any blame in this. Easiets way to do that is have the independant go so they can't say anything about New Limited
News Limited's handling of this latest report by Deliottes and the way they've leaked it to themsleves is nothing short of disgraceful but at the same time sums them up beautiful IMO
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Not sure why they sacked the independent directors, Peter Maher being my ex boss and Petra a work colleague.
If they've done nothing wrong, why were they dismissed?
Hmmm call me cynical......
But I reckon it has something to do with the fact the News Limited who own the Storm and control half of the NRL are trying to rid themselves of any blame in this. Easiets way to do that is have the independant go so they can't say anything about New Limited
News Limited's handling of this latest report by Deliottes and the way they've leaked it to themsleves is nothing short of disgraceful but at the same time sums them up beautiful IMO
Sums up my thoughts pretty much :thumbsup
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Just reading through the articles today made me realsie how absolutely devestated I would be if this were Richmond.
I jumped on the storm wagon day one and I was growing to love the club, still support them and will follow them but this has sort of left me non plussed, just don't really know how to justify to myself the success they have had, knowing that other teams aren't all squeaky clean helps a bit.
Gunna be a tough couple of years for the storm and good on Bellamy for sticking it out, hope we come out the other end and stick it up them all over again.
JUST GLAD IT WASN'T MY TIGERS - WOULDN'T KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH THAT AT ALL !!!!!!
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Just reading through the articles today made me realsie how absolutely devestated I would be if this were Richmond.
I jumped on the storm wagon day one and I was growing to love the club, still support them and will follow them but this has sort of left me non plussed, just don't really know how to justify to myself the success they have had, knowing that other teams aren't all squeaky clean helps a bit.
Gunna be a tough couple of years for the storm and good on Bellamy for sticking it out, hope we come out the other end and stick it up them all over again.
JUST GLAD IT WASN'T MY TIGERS - WOULDN'T KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH THAT AT ALL !!!!!!
We came pretty close in 1990 :P
Although it was due to mismanagement and incompetence rather than League imposed penalties for systematic cheating, we came pretty close to our mid 1980s' directors and administrators killing off Richmond by losing our best players (they walked out) and us losing $1.5m in 1985 (equivalent to losing $15m in today's terms relative to revenue). It screwed us up for 25 years financially and in terms of lack of modern training infrastructure, the effects of which we are still dealing with and only now just catching up to the other clubs. If it wasn't for our supporters putting their hands in their pockets Richmond would've ceased to exist in October 1990.
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It's going to be sad no longer seeing Inglis with the Storm. The Broncos have done well effectively replacing Falou with Inglis in the same role.
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Inglis is horribly overrated. Did you see him stuff almost everything he did up yesterday against the Rabbits? Great player when on song, but that only seems to be in rep games. Best possible outcome was for him to leave and keep three better players and also resign Manu, Neilson and Blair.
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Inglis is horribly overrated. Did you see him stuff almost everything he did up yesterday against the Rabbits? Great player when on song, but that only seems to be in rep games. Best possible outcome was for him to leave and keep three better players and also resign Manu, Neilson and Blair.
The Storm will miss Inglis from a publicity/marketing p.o.v.
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Those league boys at the roosters are all class,
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/new-disgrace-as-rooster-rookies-defecate-in-hotel/story-e6frexnr-1225916767285
YOU just can't believe it.
A year after Nate Myles was suspended for six matches and fined $50,000 for defecating in a hotel, two more Sydney Roosters players have performed the same disgusting and vile act.
The Roosters yesterday sacked Toyota Cup players Sam Brunton and Anthony Gelling, who are accused of defecating on tables and the floor of rooms at the Holiday Inn, Townsville, last weekend.
The Roosters were in North Queensland to play the Cowboys last Saturday night.
A cleaner claimed the rooms were "disgusting, absolutely disgusting".
The club issued a media statement yesterday but attempted to cover up the players' names and their repulsive, shameful indiscretion.
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Those league boys at the roosters are all class,
Alcohol and moronic footballers don't mix :help
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A Saints side finally won a Grand Final this week ;D.
Congrats to tiga's dragons. Hopefully breaking a 31 year drought is an omen for Richmond :pray.
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Sounds like the Bunnies are getting serious. First snatching Inglis away from the Broncos and now the word is Wayne Bennett may leave St George to coach them :o.
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Maybe so CUB :lol :rollin :lol
I think the AFL expansion into Western Sydney and the chosen colours also may see the NRL propel Wests Tigers and South Sydney into competition frontrunners to hold down that territory. :shh
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:lol
Didn't Russell Crowe say once he is also a Richmond supporter?
http://footy.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_celebrity_supporters_of_AFL_clubs#Richmond_Football_Club
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I saw on the news tonight that Greg Inglis' future is still up in the there. I was surprised Andy D was so forthright in saying the AFL was interested in chasing Inglis. If the AFL was willing to pay for his "marketing" salary of a million or so I wouldn't mind seeing him as a rookie on our list. If Inglis could make the transition to Aussie Rules skill-wise his athleticism would make him a hard player to match-up on.
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From Sydney Morning Herald
NO ACTION ON WALDRON FILES
SPEAKING of controversial figures - remember News Ltd boss John Hartigan and his promises that all of the files relating to former Melbourne Storm boss Brian Waldron would be handed to police? We are still waiting for the action against him. This column for one would still be interested in hearing from Waldron.
http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-union/union-news/rice-rumours-rattle-reds-20110305-1biod.html
Just thinking, this has been buried. You have to ask, why hasn't there been action one way or another. Is he innocent, guilty or something else ???
Why didn't News Limited hand over the files?
Why has the police investigation stopped?
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Given the issues with Carney and now Benji, the NRL are probably happy to avoid any more off-field dramas. The Storm were hammered in any case and Waldron is no longer dealing with the NRL so it's probably now out of sight out of mind for the NRL.
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Go Storm! First legitimate win in a while ;)
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Todd Carney is the Fev of the NRL. What a waste of talent.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/04/19/3196015.htm
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I'm not a big fan of RL but it was a good game last night. It's a competely different sporting culture in Sydney. They'll get 82k rocking up to a one-off SOO yet the NRL is lucky to get crowds of 10-15k to most games each week. Fickle lot up there! :wallywink
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Thurstans tonight getting his leg caught underneath two players and his knee buckling under the weight was sickening to watch :P. Gone for the year. It'll also confirm that any chance of SOO returning to AFL level ain't going to happen as no AFL club will risk losing their best player(s) midseason in state games.
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Thurstans tonight getting his leg caught underneath two players and his knee buckling under the weight was sickening to watch :P. Gone for the year. It'll also confirm that any chance of SOO returning to AFL level ain't going to happen as no AFL club will risk losing their best player(s) midseason in state games.
As a Cowboys fan (member) I reckon with Thurston going down our season is now gawn.
After he went down I actually made the comment that's why I never want to see SOO back in the AFL
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Go Qld!!!!!!!!!
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Off to see the Storm -v- Broncos tonight
I'll be barracking for the Storm..... never know your luck I might get to see a win this weekend after all :rollin
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Off to see the Storm -v- Broncos tonight
I'll be barracking for the Storm..... never know your luck I might get to see a win this weekend after all :rollin
got to see a win
One thing about the Storm is they are great TEAM because they have a TEAM first mentality
Brilliant coach is Craig "belly ache" Bellamy
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Off again on Friday to watch the Storm
Last H&A game at AAMI for the season
And BTW I am a member of the North Qld Cowboys - I got my 2012 membership renewal yesterday :gobdrop
Would suggest the Tigers & other AFL Clubs look at what stuff they give out with their membership; looks terrific quality and for me all for $65 :clapping
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So what exactly was quality?
Going tonight also, should win for Billys 200th. :thumbsup
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So what exactly was quality?
For one the members cap that every member gets is from their apparel sponsor ISC, rather than the no name brand like the RFC issues
Laser Engraved key ring, a wheelie bin sticker ;D, a waterproof poncho, and a magnetic picture frame and then the stock standard lanyard ;D
The membership I get because I am interstate is going to cost me $65 for all the goodies plus 2 tickets to an away game - so if they play the Storm I get free tickets. :thumbsup
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Yep the Richmond caps have pretty much most of the time been crapola!
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Good tough win last night, Storm didn't do too bad either :P
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Good tough win last night, Storm didn't do too bad either :P
So that's the record (12 wins in a row)?
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Good tough win last night, Storm didn't do too bad either :P
So that's the record (12 wins in a row)?
Yep :clapping
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Props to Billy Slater and Gareth Widdop for cradling David "Wolfman" Williams to keep him still until the medicos arrived. :clapping :clapping Quite possibly could have saved him from further serious damage to his spine. Such a contrast to the rest of very spiteful match.
I wonder if any opposition AFL players would do the same for Hayden Ballantyne? :lol
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who siad there was no finals action for RFC fans this year
Off to watch the Storm on Sunday
And have fingers crossed for my Cowboys against those vile Sea Eagles ;D
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Just noticed my 9yo daughter bought home from school a "'Melbourne Storm Bag, Cost $1.00
Contained cap and other goodies.
She then went on to say that players from the Storm have attended her school twice in the last 2 months conducting clinics. etc.
She goes to school in Essendon,
She then went on to say that Essendon has only been once with 2 ""dud players"" that she hadnt heard of.
Guess, what, she now wants to go and watch the storm play now
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I would say the Storm are my 2nd NRL team - Cowboys come first ;D
But really do enjoy watching the NRL especially now we have AAMI Park - sensational venue with a great atmosphere
Looking forward to Sunday :thumbsup
And not suprised by what you've said Jack - Storm have always been good at the schools, community stuff - seriously they put a lot of AFL Clubs to shame. Think it has a fair bit to do with trying to grow their "brand" and being the only team in town...
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Melbourne Storm are supposed to be re-developing the Cross Keys footy oval (where Jason Moran was killed)
It is going to be a new training venue for them, the growth of rugby in the northern suburbs is really taking off. Especially up around the Craigieburn area.
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Thats correct TFL.
They are doing it in conjunction with the Essendon Cricket Club.
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Billy Slater won the Dally M tonight :clapping. The Storm cleaned up in most of the awards too.
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Solid win by the Storm but the last 20 minutes were not great - poor actually
Need to play for the entire 80 mins against the likes of Wests, Manly to win a flag
Crown only just on 15k - very very poor IMHO
Premlim final will be in Melb - get on board folks
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NRL were dumb to schedule the game at the same time 90k were going to be at the 'G and when the Wallabies were playing their opener in the Rugby World Cup.
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NRL were dumb to schedule the game at the same time 90k were going to be at the 'G and when the Wallabies were playing their opener in the Rugby World Cup.
So when should it have been played?
They played last Sunday night so they were given a 7 day break
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NRL were dumb to schedule the game at the same time 90k were going to be at the 'G and when the Wallabies were playing their opener in the Rugby World Cup.
So when should it have been played?
They played last Sunday night so they were given a 7 day break
Play it Sunday night rather than the arvo where it clashes. Advertise then for fans who went to the 'G during the day to then head over to AAMI Park and follow the Storm.
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What was Gallop thinking calling Storm fans "terrorists" and saying he never understood the whole passion line.
http://www.news.com.au/national/rugby-league-boss-david-gallop-likens-melbourne-fans-to-terrorists/story-e6frfkvr-1226135416867
How do you support a club without passion? ??? What an idiot!
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What was Gallop thinking calling Storm fans "terrorists" and saying he never understood the whole passion line.
http://www.news.com.au/national/rugby-league-boss-david-gallop-likens-melbourne-fans-to-terrorists/story-e6frfkvr-1226135416867
How do you support a club without passion? ??? What an idiot!
I can't believe I am about to say this but...
In fairness to Gallop he didn't call Storm supporters terrorists... he used the term in an analogy, granted an absolutely shocking one but he didn't directly call them terrorists.... another example of very poor journalism....
And just on the booing and I know that I am very much in the minority here but I was actually embarrassed by the booing on Sunday .... had no problem with him being booed when he walked on the ground but it went over the top
Because IMHO the actual moment for recognising the achievement of what this club has done in the last 12 months got lost with all the booing - people seemed focused on that rather than what the achievemebnt is.
I just thought it was disappointing that when the Storm guys were holding the trophies aloft the cheering wasn't as loud as the booing ....
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What was Gallop thinking calling Storm fans "terrorists" and saying he never understood the whole passion line.
http://www.news.com.au/national/rugby-league-boss-david-gallop-likens-melbourne-fans-to-terrorists/story-e6frfkvr-1226135416867
How do you support a club without passion? ??? What an idiot!
I can't believe I am about to say this but...
In fairness to Gallop he didn't call Storm supporters terrorists... he used the term in an analogy, granted an absolutely shocking one but he didn't directly call them terrorists.... another example of very poor journalism....
And just on the booing and I know that I am very much in the minority here but I was actually embarrassed by the booing on Sunday .... had no problem with him being booed when he walked on the ground but it went over the top
Because IMHO the actual moment for recognising the achievement of what this club has done in the last 12 months got lost with all the booing - people seemed focused on that rather than what the achievemebnt is.
I just thought it was disappointing that when the Storm guys were holding the trophies aloft the cheering wasn't as loud as the booing ....
Fair enough WP but obviously the booing got to Gallop for him to get flusted and use the terrorist analogy. In any case the "passion" comment was equally odd. It sounded like someone who didn't understand Melbourne sporting culture which is built on a passion for sport. You can be pretty sure other football codes will now further emphasize how they love the passion of their fanbases at games.
There is one-eyed irrationalism when it comes to following football clubs (hello OER ;D ). No doubt some Storm fans rightly or wrongly believe a number of Sydney-based NRL clubs were also cheating the salary cap. The same thing happened in the AFL with some Carlton fans whinging about how they were singled out harshly unlike say Essendon. IMO Gallop was naive if he wasn't expecting an angry reception just a year after the salary cap scandal. The pain for Storm fans would've still been raw.
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Fair enough WP but obviously the booing got to Gallop for him to get flusted and use the terrorist analogy. In any case the "passion" comment was equally odd. It sounded like someone who didn't understand Melbourne sporting culture which is built on a passion for sport. You can be pretty sure other football codes will now further emphasize how they love the passion of their fanbases at games.
Agree about the "passion" comment. Especially when you consider the NRL has had a massive focus shift in the last 5 years regarding getting people to become members of their clubs is not encouraging "passion" in your club :-\
Not only that what makes it stranger still is that the NRL has some pretty passionate supporters for their own. Hasn't Gallop ever heard of South Sydney, Manly, St George & Brisbane to name a few ...don't try and tell those fans they are not passionate ;D
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Not only that what makes it stranger still is that the NRL has some pretty passionate supporters for their own. Hasn't Gallop ever heard of South Sydney, Manly, St George & Brisbane to name a few ...don't try and tell those fans they are not passionate ;D
Under 14k went to the Manly vs Nth Qld final at the SFS. The North Melbourne of rugby league lol.
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Under 14k went to the Manly vs Nth Qld final at the SFS. The North Melbourne of rugby league lol.
In that regard Manly fans are like Tiger fans ..we wont go to Docklands...Manly supporters didn't wnat to go to the SFS...dont agree with it but that's their passionate think LOL :thumbsup
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Just noticed my 9yo daughter bought home from school a "'Melbourne Storm Bag, Cost $1.00
Contained cap and other goodies.
She then went on to say that players from the Storm have attended her school twice in the last 2 months conducting clinics. etc.
She goes to school in Essendon,
She then went on to say that Essendon has only been once with 2 ""dud players"" that she hadnt heard of.
Guess, what, she now wants to go and watch the storm play now
Jack, its the polar opposite up here. GWS and the Swans are far more active in the schools and the community than any of the Rugby league clubs.
I think the incumbents in their respective regions tend to rest on their laurels whereas the new kids in town are always out to impress and convert as many people as they can.
To WP, Commiserations on the Cowboy's. My Dragons are still in it but only by the skin of their teeth. I can't see us beating the Bronco's tomorrow but I sure hope we do. It would be an absolute killer way for Darren Lockyer to go out. :pray
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Off to the Prelim Final tonight
If I run into Mr Gallop I'll pass on our best regards :rollin :rollin :rollin
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Off to the Prelim Final tonight
If I run into Mr Gallop I'll pass on our best regards :rollin :rollin :rollin
You terrorist you ;D
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Live into Melbourne on GTV9 :thumbsup
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Off to the Prelim Final tonight
If I run into Mr Gallop I'll pass on our best regards :rollin :rollin :rollin
You terrorist you ;D
With passion ;D
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Melb Storm lost.
Warriors win 20 - 12
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Melb Storm lost.
Warriors win 20 - 12
The Storm's gameplan seemed to be take 5 tackles then a useless kick straight to a NZ player. The Storm are normally very creative and keep the ball alive but tonight they were so dull and predictable. Only have themselves to blame for losing.
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Good riddons Carlton sorry i meant Storm
Cheats
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Good riddons Carlton sorry i meant Storm
Cheats
I agree with this. IMO from an outsiders prospective because I don't follow NRL very closely fans have been to quick to forgive a club that has had a legacy of cheating.
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Good riddons Carlton sorry i meant Storm
Cheats
I agree Dan. Headquarters at Princess Park wear navy blue and were caught cheating says enough for me really. Eventually when you shack up with poo you start smelling and looking like it too.
I am more peeved as a Wests Tigers fan that we lost last week and the game winning try should not have been awarded and thus possibly we would be talking of Manly vs Wests Tigers Grand Final.
NRL may struggle to fill the Olympic Stadium next week. Will be like watching Nought and St Kilda.
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Good riddons Carlton sorry i meant Storm
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I agree with this. IMO from an outsiders prospective because I don't follow NRL very closely fans have been to quick to forgive a club that has had a legacy of cheating.
Probably because they took their medicine and got on with it.
The gut feeling amongst many is that they were ones caught and made oan example of for something that is (was?) rife in the comp.
The sad thing is that the whole thing detracts from what a good coach Bellamy is, although the Warriors seem to have his measure.
Now Tucker, were your alliances originally with Wests or Balmain?
I was a Balmain supporter, but with them merging with the Magpies and Storm coming in that was it for me.
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Melb Storm lost.
Warriors win 20 - 12
The Storm's gameplan seemed to be take 5 tackles then a useless kick straight to a NZ player. The Storm are normally very creative and keep the ball alive but tonight they were so dull and predictable. Only have themselves to blame for losing.
yes the Storm kicking game was poor to say the least and it wans't helped by their inability to not get over the half way wark when going forward
I reckon the Warriors play a very similar style Storm, probably explains why the match up so well on them. Discussing it on the way back to the car I made the comment that the Warriors out "stormed the Storm" ;D and the Storm had no plan B
have to say it was a strange feeling after the game. I enjoy watching the Storm but I admit I dont have the same passion for them that I do for the Tigers, so after the game I wasn't angry, or upset or even very disappointed - just thought it was a good game and the better team won on the day :P
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have to say it was a strange feeling after the game. I enjoy watching the Storm but I admit I dont have the same passion for them that I do for the Tigers, so after the game I wasn't angry, or upset or even very disappointed
Getting too upset over the storm losing would be like getting jealous when your mistress roots around.
:rollin
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Good riddons Carlton sorry i meant Storm
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I agree with this. IMO from an outsiders prospective because I don't follow NRL very closely fans have been to quick to forgive a club that has had a legacy of cheating.
Probably because they took their medicine and got on with it.
The gut feeling amongst many is that they were ones caught and made oan example of for something that is (was?) rife in the comp.
The sad thing is that the whole thing detracts from what a good coach Bellamy is, although the Warriors seem to have his measure.
Now Tucker, were your alliances originally with Wests or Balmain?
I was a Balmain supporter, but with them merging with the Magpies and Storm coming in that was it for me.
yeah okay so i must have been hearing someone else say their wins were fair at the Dally M when they cheated their way to the top.
Im not a big league fan by any means but that was poor IMO
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"yeah okay so i must have been hearing someone else say their wins were fair at the Dally M when they cheated their way to the top."
Sorry daniel, im not too sure what you are trying to say here.
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"yeah okay so i must have been hearing someone else say their wins were fair at the Dally M when they cheated their way to the top."
Sorry daniel, im not too sure what you are trying to say here.
Bellamy at the Dally M coach of the year speech said he thought the Storm deserved those wins that they were stripped off.
That's hardly an endorsement for taking your medicine and moving on.
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Bellamy at the Dally M coach of the year speech said he thought the Storm deserved those wins that they were stripped off.
That's hardly an endorsement for taking your medicine and moving on.
Sorry daniel that's not what he said. The word fair was never ever mentioned.
He was asked despite the NRL striping the Storm of the premierships if he felt his teams were still the premiers
He answered that depsite what the record books say they still felt they won those flags because of the all the hard work they players, staff & coaches put in, they went out an played to the best of their ability and won the game. He certainly wasn't bitter and at no stage mentioned the word fair. He was simply asked a question by the host on the night. A question that everyone knew was provocative. Lets be honest it doesn't matter how he answered the media were going to jump on it
Let me finish by saying that I don't condone what the Storm did and to a point I agree with the penalities handed out. The NRL had made it clear years before that you cheat the salary cap then the punishment will be swift and severe, just ask the Bulldogs who heading towards GF glory and a few weeks out from the finals had all the points striped off them. It's a pity the AFL didn't have the same courage about taking away premierships when the Blues cheated
However, dont lose sight of the fact that the cheating was done in the front office not by the players or the coach but the enitre Club (rightly) was punished. With the most innocent people being the fans who were the ones who lost the most.. their crime in this was simply following a club
What is most the most pathetic part of this whole mess is the fact that other parties who were most likely involved in this sordid mees and are who are yet to be bought to account are the player managers. 12 months after the event they are still being investigated. That's in indictment on the NRL IMHO
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Supported Balmain Al from early on when I found out the NRL had a Tigers team also.
Can remember losing to Canterbury in 1988 and then Canberra in the unloseable Grand Final in 1989 and then all pretty much slowly downhill.
I can understand people jumping onto the Storm when they came into into the comp in 1998 and I know just like the National Comp has worked in AFL it needs to succeed in NRL but I still support the Tigers. I have never supported the Storm openly although I was never upset when they won or lost the GF's they have participated recently.
I was glued to the TV in 2005 when we beat the Cowboys in the decider after we went on a huge late season run which saw us eventually win the Premiership.
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Cheers tucker.
I still have a soft spot for the NRL tiges...as long as i forget they merged with the magpies ;D
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Manly wins NRL grand Final defeating Warriors 24-10 :sleep :sleep
Can't stand Manly :rollin :rollin
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In great news for the Storm HB Cooper Cronk has re-signed for a further 4 years with the Storm
Turned down a massive offer from the Titans to stay loyal. Though how the titans can be out signing players when they are on the verge of being shutdown because they are broke beggars belief - but another topic for another day
I will admit I thought Cronk was "goneskis" as loyalty is not a massive thing in the NRL with the way players sell themselves to the highest bidder
Well done Cooper Cronk :clapping
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Though how the titans can be out signing players when they are on the verge of being shutdown because they are broke beggars belief - but another topic for another day
The NRL surely can't let them fold with the tv right deal under negotiation.
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Though how the titans can be out signing players when they are on the verge of being shutdown because they are broke beggars belief - but another topic for another day
The NRL surely can't let them fold with the tv right deal under negotiation.
Short answer is YEP
But not "fold" as such MT but they would certainly take back the license and sell it to someone else. NRL happily allows private membership
There are already a couple of private consortiums circling for when the Titans in their present form go belly up.
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Storm beat Newcastle 34-22 to stay undefeated after five games.
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Rugby League boss David Gallop has quit.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/nrl/david-gallop-stands-down-as-arlc-boss/story-e6frfgbo-1226384809913
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signed with north i suppose :lol
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signed with north i suppose :lol
:lol
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The NRL got it's $1 billion pay day for its TV rights.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/nrl/nrl-happy-with-billion-dollar-broadcast-deal-signed-with-nine-and-fox-sports/story-e6frfgbo-1226455264763
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Gillon McLachlan has knocked back a huge offer from rugby league to remain with the AFL.
The chief executive of Racing NSW Peter V'landys will now be installed as the favourite to win the position.
Essendon chief executive Ian Robson, who formerly held a similar position with the NRL's New Zealand Warriors, was reportedly also in contention for the job, but has denied the speculation.
http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/146736/default.aspx
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Congrats to the Storm on making the NRL Grand Final after smashing Manly :thumbsup. A chance for them to win a premiership without it being taken off them after losing two premierships due to salary cap cheating.
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Was a great night watching those silver tails get smashed, with one eye on afl watching fig jams season go down the toilet!
Just need the crows to flush the toilet and rabbitohs to either win or ingliss to maim a few bulldogs and a fine weekend will be just about complete.
NB: tigers to knock off the falcons in the EFL wouldn't be bad either!
Have a great weekend (no smilie face, cost too much)
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how did proctor get off that dangerous tackle two weeks ago?
was very surprised to see him running around last night.
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Go boys, love the storm!
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Dogs are biting ears ::). Mike Tyson playing for Canterbury tonight :help.
Storm up 14-4 at half-time :thumbsup. If Cam Smith could've converted his kicks they'd be further ahead.
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Most biased commentators I've ever heard. So down and depressing at the final siren
Well done Storm
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Well done Storm :clapping. Deserving NRL premiers.
Most biased commentators I've ever heard. So down and depressing at the final siren
There's still 'our local Sydney comp.' mentality up there especially in the Sydney media. They are obsessed with all that 'footy wars' crap and how the big bad AFL is "invading" Sydney RL heartland. I guess that stems from the NRL not being a truly national comp. in Australia with just the Storm outside the two RL heartland states of NSW and Qld.
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Nine News Melbourne @9newsmelb
RT @AyrtonWoolley: IT'S OFFICIAL: Craig Bellamy re-signs with Melbourne Storm until the end of 2016 season.
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Sharkies had a win
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NRL referees and officials pelted with full bottles by Canterbury-Bankstown fans after the game. A South Sydney fan was also allegedly king hit from behind outside the ground.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oASmfVV0seI
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Two arrested after Bulldogs fans go berserk following controversial NRL finish
Nine news
April 4, 2015
Two people have been arrested for assault and domestic violence as the violent fan fallout from tonight's NRL Rabbitohs-Bulldogs game continues.
Referees, officials and other fans have been pelted with bottles after a controversial ruling in this evening’s Good Friday match.
One of the alleged culprits was arrested for domestic violence offences, while another male was taken to hospital after being allegedly attacked.
There were reports one 17-year-old South Sydney fan was attacked outside the ground.
Two more people have been identified as having allegedly thrown bottles and police will seek to arrest them.
Read more at: http://www.9news.com.au/national/2015/04/03/18/39/bulldogs-fans-go-feral-after-referee-decision-goes-souths-way#Dh2GdV91UOIlurQ4.99
TWO Canterbury fans face the prospect of life bans after allegedly being identified among supporters who threw bottles at match officials — leaving a touch judge with a suspected broken shoulder last night.
Incensed Bulldogs fans, angry at their team’s loss to Souths at ANZ Stadium, hurled bottles of water from the stands, striking several officials and causing one to fall heavily (left).
Read more at: http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/nrl-vows-to-identify-and-ban-for-life-the-bottle-throwing-thugs-at-the-souths-v-canterbury-game/story-fni0cx12-1227290777813
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The 20 people who showed up were just bored.
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Best half ive ever seen. They kept coming and coming but couldn't break that defence until the end.
JT what a machine. Seriously if he was my captain i wouldn't stop busting your gut until the end.
Dont follow the sport all that much until finals time, but I do know that Broncos like the Hawks can FO. They have won enough.
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I used to be a Cowboy's member up until a couple of years ago
Still have a soft spot for them
So absolutely stoked for them
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Well done to the Storm. Off to another NRL Grand Final :clapping.
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Very Richmondy performance by NSW last night .
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Very Richmondy performance by NSW last night .
:lol
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The referees in the NRL Grand Final must have wanted to out do Razor Ray and make the game all about them.
So much for the old saying that the umps/refs won't change their mind. Gifted the NRL premiership to the Roosters.
https://twitter.com/NRLonNine/status/1180791415137161217
Then there was the falcon off the Roosters' trainer when a Canberra player would have waltzed down the field for a try.
https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/teams/roosters/nrl-grand-final-shame-worst-call-in-history/news-story/9f42d10585a604a442201091d357adc2
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Surprise surprise it favours the top-end-of-towner Easts....
But seriously, who gives a shyte about that bastadised game. Even when it was tight it was still an absolute bore. I seriously dont understand why I bother watching the GF.
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The referees in the NRL Grand Final must have wanted to out do Razor Ray and make the game all about them.
So much for the old saying that the umps/refs won't change their mind. Gifted the NRL premiership to the Roosters.
The bloke in charge of the refs, appoints his brother to the GF. Just like he did with the State of Origin
How the NRL can keep a straight face around this brotherly love is farcical
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Ch 9 has let rip at the NRL accusing it of years of financial incompetence and mismanagement.
The article says Nine is threatening to walk away from the sport.
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At Nine we had hoped to work with the NRL on a solution to the issues facing rugby league in 2020, brought on so starkly by COVID-19,” the statement began.
“But this health crisis in our community has highlighted the mismanagement of the code over many years. Nine has invested hundreds of millions in this game over decades and we now find they have profoundly wasted those funds with very little to fall back on to support the clubs, the players and supporters.
“In the past the NRL have had problems and we’ve bailed them out many times including a $50m loan to support clubs when the last contract was signed.
“It would now appear that much of that has been squandered by a bloated head office completely ignoring the needs of the clubs, players and supporters.”
https://www.sen.com.au/news/2020/04/09/channel-9-launches-scathing-assault-on-nrl/
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Congrats Storm :clapping. A Victorian clean sweep along with us and the Vixens :thumbsup.
ps. The NRL video ref is even worse than the AFL's.
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Good but crazy deciding game in the NRL State of Origin.
Carnage in the first half with 3 blokes going off with concussion plus some old fashioned 80s "biff".
https://twitter.com/australiantalk/status/1547185716165509122
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Qld is probably in mourning with both Brisbane teams choking in their respective GFs in the same weekend.
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How can u say lions choked? Broncos yes but lions?
Odd comment.
Fantasia game and equally impressive umpiring.
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How can u say lions choked? Broncos yes but lions?
Odd comment.
Fantasia game and equally impressive umpiring.
The Lions choked due to their MCG hoodoo. The Pies are hardly dynasty team quality (which Penrith is by the way). Negative tactics and brainfades which they've repeatedly demonstrated when playing at the MCG cost the Lions goals and the flag.
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I think the pies play a brand of football that wins finals , also they appear to have the right people running the show off field who are making the right calls. And given good recruiting and development they still might become a dynasty team.
I think they also have an ageing list in areas that will require attention very soon and they are also a club that can let success go to their heads
I mean after 2017 how many of us thought we were a dynasty team . In my case it was relief and shock more than anything initially.
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Lions choked?
I honestly thought they were fantastic
A great game of footy with two teams going toe to toe
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Broncos choked big time. They had the Panthers on 5oast with 15 minutes to go
Lions IMO did not.