2023 Pacific Championships

[innsaneink]

Madge is now NSW coach so if he does a good job in coaching and team selection like he did today, he could become a very good coach for the Blues going forward.

Maybe we could....

.... Oh wait

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Nz Rugby League is a steam train atm.

 

[kiwitiger]

Yep, there'd be less than 12,000 there...so much for Rugby League being big in South Island!

Hamilton is in the North Island about an hour south of Auckland.
A little disappointing crowd number but RL is a minor sport in NZ. More people would have stayed home an watched NZ v Pak in the cricket on at the same time and tbh thats what i have been watching.

 

[Snidest 0]

How good is Foran. Footy player through and through. No wonder Des loves him.

How good was he when he was on massive contracts for Parra, Warriors and the Dogs??

The middle portion of his career was way below par!

 

[Snidest 0]

Nz Rugby League is a steam train atm.

Forgot last week already??

PS - did you see crowd in Waikato???

 

[Snidest 0]

Australia lost because Mal is a poor coach and selector!!

Simple as that!

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Forgot last week already??

PS - did you see crowd in Waikato???

What happened last week? Genuine question. Paying little attention to this.

 

[Snidest 0]

What happened last week? Genuine question. Paying little attention to this.

Australia beat NZ in a one-sided game in Melbourne 36-18

 

[Demps]

How good was he when he was on massive contracts for Parra, Warriors and the Dogs??

The middle portion of his career was way below par!

Was always his best when playing for Manly

Solid leader imo but yeah, some sad years with those clubs 🤣

 

[Tucker]

What happened last week? Genuine question. Paying little attention to this.

Why would you make such a dumb, uninformed statement then?

 

[diedpretty]

I don't think Yeo is much of a player outside the penriff system.

 

[Tucker]

Lot of players played out of position.

Ordinary bench selections.

Don't get me started on Valentine Holmes - him making this team after the off season scandal only a few weeks ago. Ridiculous.

What about my mate Harry Grant?
Tries hard but just isn’t a rep standard player.
Forward pack were treated like punks…especially the middles.
That was a lesson in Test footy. They should hang their heads.

 

[Tucker]

I don't think Yeo is much of a player outside the penriff system.

Agreed.
He…and quite a few of the Penrith guys are not so impressive outside of that system.
Ivan has done a remarkable job there.

 

[Demps]

What about my mate Harry Grant?
Tries hard but just isn’t a rep standard player.
Forward pack were treated like punks…especially the middles.
That was a lesson in Test footy. They should hang their heads.

Forward pass champion today.

Ben Hunt mogged him again today, at the hooker position.

 

[innsaneink]

Injuries held him back a lot... Put his body on the line many times... A great career winding down

 

[diedpretty]

Forward pass champion today.

Ben Hunt mogged him again today, at the hooker position.

what about the forward pass Cotter threw at about the 70 minute mark. Passed it a mtr behind the 40mtr line and lands a mtr in front of the 40 mtr line - play on - lol.

 

[Merlot]

huge shot in the arm for NZ league.nepotism has been papered over ,too long on this side of the dutch

 

[Siberian Kitten]

Well, we now know for sure that Penrith's dominance is due to JFH, Leota and Cleary, and the others play off them.

 

[hank37w]

Australia lost because Mal is a poor coach and selector!!

Simple as that!

When it comes to coaching I think Mal is a myth.

Doesn't strike me as being the brightest guy.

Crap bench and don't think too much of Hynes as a super sub middle on the bench.

Terrible missed tackle on Neame, but I suppose he wasn't the only one at fault there.

Poor old Nicho, he has been a bit like Stefano in that he has not really made the most of his opportunities at representative level.

 

[hank37w]

Was always his best when playing for Manly

Solid leader imo but yeah, some sad years with those clubs 🤣

Some sad times off the field to go with it.