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oh well, no one is interested ina forum tipping comp so might as well didicate a thread to this years season.
we can chat about games and predications in this thread.
who does everyone think is up for the no1 spot this year?
i reckon Roosters and penrith will go good.
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ROUND 1

#Penrith Football Stadium

FRIDAY NIGHT
12/3/2004 7:30 PM (AEDT)
Penrith
Newcastle

#Telstra Stadium


SATURDAY NIGHT
13/3/2004 5:30 PM (AEDT)
Wests Tigers
Cronulla

#Telstra Stadium

13/3/2004 7:30 PM (AEDT)
Bulldogs
Parramatta

# Dairy Farmers Stadium

13/3/2004 9:30 PM (AEDT)
Nth Queensland
Manly

#Oki Jubilee Stadium

SUNDAY
14/3/2004 2:30 PM (AEDT)
St Geo-Illawarra
Canberra

#Suncorp Stadium

14/3/2004 3:00 PM (AEDT)
Brisbane
New Zealand

#Aussie Stadium

14/3/2004 6:00 PM (AEDT)
Sydney
South Sydney

with lockyer playing at number 6, the broncos are gunna be pretty tough this year. also, im tipping st george to fair better this year

the big improvers again will be he cowboys:okay: :okay:

first game of season!
Newcastle beat panthers 20-14:guns1:

wow, bulldogs really shat on eels tonight! the rape allegataions doesnt seem to be bothering them. Also sharkies got beat by Tigers!:bash:

I went to school with Keith Galloway, who scored the only try for the sharks. I remember back in primary school how everyone believed he was going to succed in league - and he's finally done it.:)

Keith has also represented the state in league in youth competitions and also was an Australian Schoolboys representative back in 2002 touring the UK. He also played league for the school - the same one that fellow Sharks player Jason Stevens went to which was Marist College Kogarah. He also played in junior comps for the Brighton Seagulls (Jason Stevens played there), Mascot in the South Sydney comp and Yarrawarrah in the Cronulla comp, which would see him at the Sharks

There's more I could say about him, but i'd go on forever.

please fab no more.lol
anyway, intresting round of league! rooster fought of a brilliant souths tonight!


SUNDAY MARCH 14, 2004

NRL LADDER


Pos. Team /P /W/ B /L /F/ A /Pts
1 Bulldogs 1 1 0 0 48 14 2
2 Broncos 1 0 0 0 28 20 2
3 Roosters 1 0 0 0 26 16 2
4 Sea Eagles 1 1 0 0 24 20 2
5 Raiders 1 0 0 0 21 12 2
6 Knights 1 1 0 0 20 14 2
7 Tigers 1 1 0 0 12 6 2
8 Storm 0 0 1 0 0 0 2

9 Dragons 1 0 0 0 12 21 0
10 Rabbitohs 1 0 0 0 16 26 0
11 Warriors 1 0 0 0 20 28 0
12 Cowboys 1 0 0 1 20 24 0
13 Panthers 1 0 0 1 14 20 0
14 Sharks 1 0 0 1 6 12 0
15 Eels 1 0 0 1 14 48 0

Originally posted by CULWULLA
please fab no more.lol
anyway, intresting round of league! rooster fought of a brilliant souths tonight!


SUNDAY MARCH 14, 2004

NRL LADDER


Pos. Team /P /W/ B /L /F/ A /Pts
1 Bulldogs 1 1 0 0 48 14 2
2 Broncos 1 0 0 0 28 20 2
3 Roosters 1 0 0 0 26 16 2
4 Sea Eagles 1 1 0 0 24 20 2
5 Raiders 1 0 0 0 21 12 2
6 Knights 1 1 0 0 20 14 2
7 Tigers 1 1 0 0 12 6 2
8 Storm 0 0 1 0 0 0 2

9 Dragons 1 0 0 0 12 21 0
10 Rabbitohs 1 0 0 0 16 26 0
11 Warriors 1 0 0 0 20 28 0
12 Cowboys 1 0 0 1 20 24 0
13 Panthers 1 0 0 1 14 20 0
14 Sharks 1 0 0 1 6 12 0
15 Eels 1 0 0 1 14 48 0

Well rabitohs fans can be happy, its about as high up the ladder as they'll get in 04.

only one blowout in the first round and that was the doggies v parra game. looks like its gunna be another tight season.

looks like its gonna be a long season for the mighty eels :(

and even worse news, star centre jamie lyon has asked for indefinite leave to sort out "personal issues" :(

Originally posted by rondeez
looks like its gonna be a long season for the mighty eels :(

and even worse news, star centre jamie lyon has asked for indefinite leave to sort out "personal issues" :(

there seems to be alot of this "personal issues" illness going around at the moment. Peachy had it, Hodges had it, sounds pretty contagious

Originally posted by hoffburger
there seems to be alot of this "personal issues" illness going around at the moment. Peachy had it, Hodges had it, sounds pretty contagious

rumours circulating that he is to quit rugby league all together.
he is only 22 yrs of age. has played 5 tests for australia and 5 for nsw. has played in a grand final. has played for country.

he is a star centre.. one of the best going round at the moment.

but apprently he doesnt like city life, and wants out.. this is just from rumours though.

after the demolision we got last weekend and now this
I FEEL THAT MY HEART HAS BEEN RIPPED IN TWO AND IM BLEEDING BLUE AND GOLD

there has to be more in it than just not liking city life

its no rumour ron! his gone! back to home town. he has just had enough of big smoke! In todays paper he has spoken about it. He said nothing to do with club or players or girlfriend. just simply he is a country boy who misses his town.
he has been at parra since he was 15.
good luck to him he was a brilliant powerful player.
:cheers:

shit! sharks should of won tonight. they were beating bulldogs all game until last minute!!
:bash:
anyway the round so far>

Round 2 - completed Brookvale Oval

20/3/2004
Manly 20 Hicks 2t, 1g, Stephenson, Harris 1t, Walker 1g
Sydney 42 Cayless 2t, Fittler, Catic, Hodges, Byrne 1t, Fitzgibbon 6g, Walker 1t, 1p

The Roosters ran in 7 tries to 3 and have 2 wins while the Sea Eagles slip back to 1-1

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Round 2 - completed Sydney Showground

20/3/2004
Bulldogs 24 Sherwin, Maiava, Price, Tonga 1t, El Masri 4g
Cronulla 20 Rieck, Merritt, Bird 1t, Kimmorley 2g, 2p

The Bulldogs claim their 2nd win with a late try after trailing 12-14 at half-time, while the Sharks slip to 0-2

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Round 2 - completed Ericsson Stadium

20/3/2004
New Zealand 10 Meli, Fa'afili 1t, Martin 1g
St Geo-Illawarra 16 Cooper, Head, Simmonds 1t, Riddell 1g, 1p

Scores were level 10-10 at half-time before the Dragons ran in a 2nd-half try to record their 1st win of the season, while the Warriors are 0-2 Match Report

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Round 2 - completed Canberra Stadium

19/3/2004
Canberra 18 Monaghan, Woolford, Robertson 1t, Schifcofske 3g
Penrith 34 Rooney 2t, Puletua, Waterhouse, Gower, Roberts, Ross 1t, Campbell 3g

The Panthers came back from a 6-12 deficit at half-time, scoring 6 tries in the second half to record their first win of the season

That was a pretty good performance by the dragons last night especially since Barrett and Gasiner were out for the match.

Barrett unfortuantely is out for a month with a leg injury of some sort. :bash: Not good for the dragons at all, and hopefully they can do well without him like they did last night.

Gasiner is also thinking of quitting too. He is also 22 like Jamie Lyons. Hope he decides to stay.

the sharks have had a pretty unlucky start to the season

The mighty EELS bounced back today to beat the Broncos 26-18 at home. :guns1

FABIAN: ITS LYON, NOT LYONS!!! Even journalists constantly get that wrong.

It would seem that the Eels have the wood on the Broncos. They out enthused the Brisbane side. Although I would have to say it was one of the most mistake ridden match I'd witnessed. I think it's going to be a long and lean season for the Broncos:bash:

wow, roosters shat on bulldogs tonight 35-0. i think the last few weeks are finally getting to the dogs.

Originally posted by CULWULLA
wow, roosters shat on bulldogs tonight 35-0. i think the last few weeks are finally getting to the dogs. And their fans were responsible for a heap of brawls in the crowd.

Go the Warriors over the Panthers!

Brisbane have been docked the two points from their weekend win after having 14 players on the field.

that was a load of crap. i mean sure i'm from brisbane so i'm biased but i do think the NRL was being stiff with their desicion, shane webcke was on the other side of the field being helped off, he doesn't really count as a 14th player i reckon :wallbash:

Panthers were too good for hapless Roosters 22-6. I was very lucky to go to the game last night after reciving free tickets. I thought both sides played quite well but the panthers were lucky to break through their defences. Adrian Moorley is on report over a high tackle and Swain ended up having three teeth knocked out during the first half. The Roosters also missed some opportunities to score as well. The Panthers also had a new home crowd record of 25 852. I was expecting 50 000 out there as someone told me that many were going.

Here are some pix I took

Panthers celebrate Luke Lewis' try

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid109/p654794ae86c1ef88d38ac8173c38dfcd/f9263c4a.jpg

Todd Byrne makes a dash across the field to score the Roosters only try

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid109/pa96400b7784d01b46f4ed0abb24869b7/f92639c8.jpg

Byrne celebrates his try

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid109/p247ffdaa2bb79dddae34ce84c51e202f/f92639af.jpg

A scrum in the second half

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid109/p2d18057021bbe4218e68dc1b8c21928a/f92638fd.jpg

Panthers fans celebrate a second half try

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid109/p1905d36573a509d7b1bb21c9d5720aed/f926381a.jpg

No try here, the roosters player was knocked out of the field of play

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid109/p2635f8d95d9e8d41a7ded7c61c9e1cb5/f92638a6.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid109/pc8e28496d2d974c1f41b825811a81bd6/f9263bba.jpg

Check out the tackle on the left early in the game!!!!

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid109/p19809ef5c432d08c2238a5f97a39e324/f9263bcb.jpg

Another disallowed Roosters try

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid109/p40746c8a8f05707adf473248b3f9f357/f92638ca.jpg

And for Rondeez - the cheergirls

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid109/p8eaabdb7f4808a942fd4b2b15f4a84ab/f9263ab8.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid109/pf7d6f8325d9a52e1141a439982385e62/f9263aa4.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid109/p2779717ec3e4b4e0079740d5c5c4fa83/f9263c28.jpg

This guy is lucky to be close to the action!!!

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid109/p4fd619066d0f3e9245b05310d4e603b9/f9263895.jpg

hapless??? wtf
roosters would of cleaned up the panthers last night if they had there full team! seems everyone has forgotten about craig wing? probably the best utility player in the world. Roosters really need him to set up play.
also 2 more players are out injured and only 20mins into first half Craig fitzsimmons was taken off due to injury. he is a major forward. with out the 4-5 players its hard to perform at best. im sure if panthers were without Gower, wesser, campbell ect.. they would not of played there best. I still think Roosters are the team to beat this year. lets see what happens when there side is back to full strength!!!

its beginning to be painful watching poor old roosters loosing to teams they normally shat on! they are suffering from one of the worst injury list with no more than 8 regulars out of the there first grade side.
Shannon Hegarty, Chris flannery,Craig Wing,Craig Fitzgibbons,Adrian Morely,Micheal Crocker,Jason cayless and Stuart Webb!!!!!
Hopefully within a month or so the team will be back to full strength.
Broncos won 26-14 tonight.

The Roosters have been hit hard by suspensions as well. Moorley and Webb are doing suspensions after last weeks match with the panthers. Moorley will return next week.

Good to see last night that the Roosters had an extra player on the field when the replacement for Ned Catic, the player injured in the first minute, was let on early. Hope that they will dock points from the Roosters like they did with the Broncos. Fat chance!

cul, dont go knocking the broncos too much, sure last season they had a end of season slump, but that was obviously not the broncos of old... i cant see the broncos playing worse in the second half of the seasons this year, actually i can see them playing better. Theve fielded teams with like 5players uner 19 already this season...these guys should prevent the broncos from failing, firstly they wont suffer as much player burnout and secondly, there young so there only going to get better.

-Corey Parker
-Karmichael Hunt
-Motu Tony
-Sam Thaiday
these guys are the future of the broncos

The Sharks have been performing poorly against struggling teams and are now at the bottom of the ladder. They were smashed by the cowboys last night and copped a big hiding by the rabbitohs the week before. What's been in the water down at Cronulla???? Or could it be just the fact that the struggling teams such South Sydney have managed to find some form.

Go St George against the Tigers today. I hope Stadium Australia doesn't put a curse like they have done to the dragons. They need to leave the place happy for once!!!!!

phh Suncorp Stadium was meant to be the Broncos curse, now theve beaten two of the top teams in the competition at Suncorp...

The Sharks have been performing poorly against struggling teams and are now at the bottom of the ladder. They were smashed by the cowboys last night and copped a big hiding by the rabbitohs the week before. What's been in the water down at Cronulla???? Or could it be just the fact that the struggling teams such South Sydney have managed to find some form.

Go St George against the Tigers today. I hope Stadium Australia doesn't put a curse like they have done to the dragons. They need to leave the place happy for once!!!!!
cronulla have had to break in a new coach and have many players out for injury and suspension.Also Souths arent a crap side anymore. they are a good side, so its no good comparing them to the south sydney of last few years. Saints run hot and cold. they should beat tigers today.

Dragons walloped the tigers 39-10 :okay:. It was a virtual repeat of last weeks thrashing of the knights. Looking forward to walloping the Panthers next weekend.

There was a closecall for the panthers beating the storm by only four points at Penrith today 30-26.

And also the Knights managed to defeat the warriors despite Johns being absent.

went to Eels v Rabbits today...

got there an hour before kickoff........
LINE WAS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO LONG
$8 hill tickets were sold out. so we got 25 dowla seats!!!!!!!!!
got in and missed 30mins of first half

but EELS won 41-20! so all good!

Good to see last night that the Roosters had an extra player on the field when the replacement for Ned Catic, the player injured in the first minute, was let on early. Hope that they will dock points from the Roosters like they did with the Broncos. Fat chance!

They got a $10 000 fine.

bulldogs lucky to get awaay with the win at freezing Wellington tonight!
bullys won 24-18.

Against my better judgement I'll post this pick.
It wouldn't be controversial if the Bulldogs didn't f##k up in the first place.

And give the Broncos their 2 points back you Nazi bastards!

http://img36.photobucket.com/albums/v108/n4214439/bulldogs-promo.jpg

bulldogs lucky to get awaay with the win at freezing Wellington tonight!
bullys won 24-18.

And Mason scored the matchwinner as well. Pretty good despite the problems he has had. He has probably saved himself from being excluded from the Kangaroo's.

Tomorrow, the dragons against the panthers down in the gong. They are even wearing a special jersey for this match and the dragons will pull off a victory. The panthers lost down there last year.

how good was frawleys tackle for the broncos against the cowboys last night. what a cracker

wow, saints thrash panthers! also Storm shat on rabbitohs! sharkies won also!
bulldogs now back on top of league ladder!

wow, saints thrash panthers! also Storm shat on rabbitohs! sharkies won also!
bulldogs now back on top of league ladder!

Amazing day for the dragons. They were two points down just after halftime and would end up 26 points in front. A few records also fell. The crowd record was broken as 18 971 went to see them play and Matt Cooper scored four tries, the most scored by any dragon in a match.

It's a shame that Ben Hornby is on report.

your up early or was it a big night?

lol, remeber its an hourr later than he posted, thus 7am which isnt too early.

lol, remeber its an hourr later than he posted, thus 7am which isnt too early.

No, 6am as usual. You might need to adjust the clock as Australian times are always out of whack on these forums :bash:

Another big game on the weekend, against the roosters. They should do well against them and I will expect the dragons to win again.

i reckon Roosters will beat em. There getting back on there feet again and slowly there team is coming back. still no wing, but bloody good. saints always play hot/cold.
lso what about the debarcle with NZ warriors. big Ali Lauititi was sacked from his contrcat and now available to play for another team. maybe rabbitohs show interest.
how do you think kangaroos will go in test? 100-0! lol

pretty even at halftime but aussies score 5 tries to nil in 2nd half to beat kiwis 37-10.

http://www.sportal.com.au/photos/news/050284news.jpg
FRIDAY APRIL 23, 2004

Aussies win ANZAC Test
by: Mark Fowler
Sportal



A dominant second-half performance has helped Australia to a 37-10 win over New Zealand in the ANZAC Test at EnergyAustralia Stadium in Newcastle.

The Aussies ran in seven tries to two, Anthony Minichiello, Timana Tahu, Brent Tate, Darren Lockyer, Craig Gower, Michael De Vere and Michael Crocker all crossing for the home side, despite only going into the break 11-10 up thanks to a late Lockyer field goal.

Australia went behind after just six minutes when David Kidwell crossed after being set up well by Thomas Leuluai. Sione Faumuina converted to give the Kiwis a 6-0 lead.

Minichiello grabbed his team’s first try just four minutes later following a Shane Webcke offload, but the Kiwis went 10-4 ahead on 18 minutes when Lesley Vainikolo charged over from a scrum after Minichiello knocked on.



Tahu then got Australia back in the game on his home ground following a fine kick by Matthew Gidley, and when De Vere converted it was 10-10.

Clinton Toopi bombed a certain try, going himself despite having a number of players in support, and Lockyer made him pay with a late one-pointer.

A tight opening to the second half was broken when the outstanding Tate crossed, pushing off Toopi in the process, and although De Vere missed the conversion to keep the Kiwis within a converted try, the Aussies then ran away with the game.

Lockyer crossed three minutes later after Nigel Vagana knocked on, and 10 minutes later Gower went over. De Vere strode over on 70 minutes, putting the Aussies 31-10 up, and Lockyer then set up Crocker for a late try to give his side a 27-point winning margin.

New Zealand played for much of the game with only 15 men as Nathan Cayless and Robbie Paul were forced off with early injuries, although Paul was able to return midway through the second half.

Australia 37
Tries: Minichiello, Tahu, Tate, Gower, Crocker, Lockyer, De Vere
Conversions: De Vere 4
Drop goals: Lockyer 1

New Zealand 10
Tries: Kidwell, Vainikolo
Conversions: Faumuina

A wrap up of the round so far. Some very close games so far.

Cronulla 18
Parramatta 14

Canberra 19
Newcastle 18

Melbourne 26
North Queensland 8

No, 6am as usual. You might need to adjust the clock as Australian times are always out of whack on these forums :bash:

Another big game on the weekend, against the roosters. They should do well against them and I will expect the dragons to win again.
i told you Roosters will beat dragons.lol
they won 11-8 in a tough encounter!
also tigers too good for Sea eagles and Broncos thrash panthers.
tommorrows game is rabbitohs V Bullydogs.

Great to see 38,000 at Lang Park yesterday. Was also surprised to see them squeze 26,000 into Dairy Farmers Stadium at Townsville last weekend.

Anybody got any info on the Marathon Stadium upgrade?
Capacity it currently reduced to only 22,000, but don't they have plans to add to that?

As expected, the Bulldogs were too good for Souths 34-8.

its great to see the broncos going the way they are... there were critics everwhere saying this would be the "re-building year" and how there "nothing like the broncos of old".. yet the last few games and especially the one against the panthers proved how good they are and theres quite a few people who reckon its like the broncos of old. And considering how young many of the players in the team are i think this may be the beginning of a great season.

It was the second largest crowd for the broncos since the stadium opened and they topped the brisbane lions crowd by something like 3'800...

BIG GAME THIS WEEKEND!!!

The Local Derby - Sharks Vs Dragons down at Toyota Park!!!!

The Dragons are going to win this one!!!

A big turnout is expected - 20 000.

BIG GAME THIS WEEKEND!!!

The Local Derby - Sharks Vs Dragons down at Toyota Park!!!!

The Dragons are going to win this one!!!

A big turnout is expected - 20 000.

The Dragons ended up thrashing the sharkies 42-12:okay:, their biggest ever win against them, even without Barrett. Hornby got a hatrick of tries and could be in the Blues side as a result.

http://www.nrl.com.au/img/news/13/Hornby,B-4050123.jpg

New crowd record too for Toyota Park with 22 302 rocking up to see this game

cant believe saints lost to sea eagles?lol what a round of upsets! i got 2/7.
roosters now on top of table!

MONDAY MAY 10, 2004

NRL LADDER


Pos. Team P W B L F A Pts
1 Roosters 9 7 0 2 216 122 14
2 Bulldogs 8 6 1 2 189 171 14
3 Broncos 9 7 0 2 241 181 12*
4 Panthers 9 6 0 3 234 192 12
5 Dragons 9 5 0 4 225 139 10
6 Knights 9 5 0 4 222 211 10
7 Eels 8 4 1 4 197 214 10
8 Raiders 8 4 1 4 155 194 10
9 Storm 8 3 1 5 230 172 8
10 Cowboys 8 3 1 5 140 146 8
11 Tigers 8 3 1 5 130 168 8
12 Sharks 9 4 0 5 180 234 8
13 Warriors 8 2 1 6 146 184 6
14 Sea Eagles 8 2 1 6 169 218 6
15 Rabbitohs 8 2 1 6 113 241 6

warriors stoop to a new low!

MONDAY MAY 17, 2004

NRL LADDER


Pos. Team P W B L F A Pts
1 Roosters 10 8 0 2 254 140 16
2 Bulldogs 9 7 1 2 227 183 16
3 Panthers 9 6 1 3 234 192 14
4 Broncos 10 7 0 3 257 198 12*
5 Knights 10 6 0 4 239 227 12
6 Storm 9 4 1 5 266 188 10
7 Dragons 10 5 0 5 237 177 10
8 Tigers 9 4 1 5 156 180 10
9 Eels 9 4 1 5 213 250 10
10 Raiders 9 4 1 5 167 220 10
11 Cowboys 9 3 1 5 160 166 9
12 Sea Eagles 9 3 1 6 211 238 8
13 Sharks 10 4 0 6 198 272 8
14 Rabbitohs 9 2 1 6 133 261 7
15 Warriors 9 2 1 7 166 226 6

It was a big weekend of upsets with the Tigers, Storm and Manly winning their games.

It must of been bad for those tipping.

yes especiially because of the draw! state of origin is coming up next week! :rock: :carrot: :righton: :pepper: :cucumber: :banana2: :master: :banana: :drunk: :cheers:

NSW Origin Side - Go NSW :okay: :cheers:

Fullback
Ben Hornby
St George Illawarra Dragons

Wing
Anthony Minichiello
Sydney Roosters

Centre
Mark Gasnier
St George Illawarra Dragons

Centre
Matt Gidley
Newcastle Knights

Wing
Luke Lewis
Penrith Panthers

Five Eighth
Shaun Timmins
St George Illawarra Dragons

Half Back
Craig Gower
Penrith Panthers

Lock Forward
Craig Fitzgibbon
Sydney Roosters

Second Row
Andrew Ryan
Bulldogs

Second Row
Nathan Hindmarsh
Parramatta Eels

Prop Forward
Mark O’Meley
Bulldogs

Hooker
Danny Buderus (c)
Newcastle Knights

Prop Forward
Ryan O'Hara
Canberra Raiders

Interchange: Willie Mason Bulldogs, Brent Kite St George Illawarra Dragons, Trent Waterhouse Penrith Panthers and Craig Wing Sydney Roosters.

18th Man: Kurt Gidley Newcastle Knights.

Queensland

Rhys Wesser, Justin Hodges, Paul Bowman, Brent Tate, Billy Slater, Darren Lockyer (capt), Scott Prince, Shane Webcke, Cameron Smith, Steven Price, Michael Crocker, Dane Carlaw, Tonie Carroll.

Interchange: Ben Ross, Petero Civoniceva, Travis Norton, Chris Flannery, Matt Bowen (one to be omitted).

PATHETIC!

Went to Parra VS Storm yesterday.

PATHETIC CROWD... 8,000!!!
PATHETIC EELS.

DANIEL WAGON SUCKS!

NATHAN HINDMARSH AS USUAL, WAS OUR ONLY SHINING LIGHT!

minichello wing?? hes the best fullback going around atm!! who the hell is hornby?

Hornby is a Dragon of course. He's been a major player in the Dragons Success this season

In action against those sharks

http://www.nrl.com.au/img/news/13/Hornby,B-4050123.jpg

I'm still getting over that thrashing by the dogs which I ended up seeing down at the local RSL. They would of won if they had their full side including Blacklock and Barrett.

he still isnt as good as minichello!

its a different lookin nsw side thats for sure. the forward pack looks a bit inexperienced for my liking but im sure theyll do the job.

only one position i dont agree with in the queensland team and thats paul bowman. he has to be the most boring player ever. the rest of the back 5 are choc a block full of excitement. between wesser, hodges, tate and slater there are some worries for nsw

go queeeeeeeeeensland, cant wait :drunk:

Three Blues players were believed to be drunk as they travelled on a bus this morning after a big night out. This has happened as clubs sit down to discuss player conduct while out in public.

he still isnt as good as minichello!

He got the captainacy!!!!

"The Leader" is reporting that the Bulldogs Braith Ansta is set to move to Union and is expected to join Southern Districts in the Sydney Rugby Competition and play for the Waratahs.

"The Leader" is reporting that the Bulldogs Braith Ansta is set to move to Union and is expected to join Southern Districts in the Sydney Rugby Competition and play for the Waratahs.

Fabian for starters, "the leader" or whatever still has a year left on his contract with the bulldogs meaning he wont be able to move till the end of 2005, unless given a release. As for being expected to move, well thats bullshit, cause at the moment he has called the QLD Reds for a contract, and i havent heard to much about the Waratahs yet, yet just cause his a NRL player doesnt mean that the Super 12 teams are gonna drop everything to grab him.

That is what Southern Districts are claiming at the moment and also it is stated that his contract ends this year. Southern Districts is where Waratah and Wallaby player Mat Rodgers plays.

Also I'm disgusted by Mark Gasiner's behaviour over the phone sex incident with Minichello's mobile phone. In addition to being kicked out of the origin side, he has been suspended from the Dragons indefinately and will cop a fine. Apparently more Blues players are believed to be involved and they will also cop similar punishments when they are named.

It's disappointing he cannot play against Parramatta tonight, but he has to be punished for his actions. Some guys just have no idea about how to treat women. Being the main goal kicker for the dragons, it will make beating Parramatta pretty tough. With 12 players out due to injury (Barrett, Blacklock etc) or origin it will make things even tougher for the dragons. They will fire back like they always do.

how stupid is Mark Gasnier??? it was going to be his origin debut. hes blown it!
are most footballers shit for brains?? after all thats has happened over past few months and gasnier does this?? :wallbash:

Minichello is now suspended and out and a couple of others were fined for their involvement as well. Willie Peters, Ten News League reporter was fuming over the whole thing during a crossover during the news last night. believing league had hit a new low and hadn't seen anything like it. He called for tougher rules to bring them into line "just like everyone else"

And Brisbane got their two points back at a cost of $75 000

As for the beleagued Dragons, well they didn't let the Gasiner saga along with the dozen or so absentees wreck their performance. Nathan Blacklock's last minute addition paid off, and halfback Matthew Head was the main player setting up a number of tries. Riddell also played very well.

In the end the dragons cleaned up the eels

St George 37
Parramatta 6

And I can say that the Dragons are back on fire. Bring on the finals!!!!!

minichello?? he stupidly gave phone to gasnier. lol
Gould says it has thrown the campaign into a dizle and and doesnt want to coach again. what a year 2004 has been for league?? lol
also looks like WMAson will leave bulldogs too.

Thank Christ the Broncos got their 2 points back.
I don't think anybody with an IQ greater than a floor tile actually believed they deserved to loose them in the first place.

wow, warriors are a bit of a worry. not good also parra and souths are back to there old ways of loosing alot!
Roosters are crowing at top of ladder ! easliy best perfomer in the league! look at thoses stats! 312 for, 146 against!!

MONDAY MAY 31, 2004

NRL LADDER


Pos. Team P /W/ B /D /L/ F /A /Pts
1 Roosters 11 9 1 0 2 312 146 20
2 Broncos 11 8 1 0 3 281 220 18
3 Panthers 11 8 1 0 3 296 239 18
4 Bulldogs 11 7 1 0 4 282 253 16
5 Storm 11 6 1 0 5 316 224 14
6 Tigers 11 6 1 0 5 219 212 14
7 Knights 11 6 1 0 5 257 255 14
8 Dragons 12 6 0 0 6 296 207 12
9 Raiders 11 5 1 0 6 233 264 12
10 Sharks 12 6 0 0 6 266 318 12
11 Cowboys 10 3 2 1 6 178 188 11
12 Eels 11 4 1 0 7 225 320 10
13 Sea Eagles 11 3 1 0 8 261 316 8
14 Warriors 11 3 1 0 8 198 296 8
15 Rabbitohs 11 2 1 1 8 163 325 7

I heard the Melbourne Storm had their first ever win in Newcastle over the weekend.

Go the Storm.

I heard the Melbourne Storm had their first ever win in Newcastle over the weekend.

Go the Storm.
yeah thanks to the bloody storm i missed out of getting 7/7 for the tips! i went for all the home games and got 6/7 but storm stuffed it up by winning at Newcastle! :wallbash: lol
anyway good to see storm win some away!

It was good to see Mark Gasiner in top form again , scoring two tries for the Dragons during Friday night's narrow loss to Brisbane. It could of been alot worse for the dragons. I wasn't expecting a win seeing the game was in Brisbane and St George have never virtually won up there. Maybe if they had Barrett and co, it could of been a big upset.

Also there are calls for coach Brian Smith to be sacked following their latest loss. Fans have just had enough of Parramatta's woes. As for former Eel, Jamie Lyon (I got it right this time), he will be released to play for Wee Waa. There is speculation some NRL clubs might be chasing him as well.

Jamie Lyon is only being released to play for Wee Waa, he wont be allowed to play for another NRL club until his given a release. Which Parramatta? isnt going to do...

Broncos may not face the mid seasons slump like they usaully do, with players like Lockyer, Tallis, Webke, Shaun Berrigan not playing as many games as they did this time last year, theres every chance the broncos will breaze through it.

Also, Karmichael Hunt, who my brother is friends with is a absolute Sensation up here in Brissie aat the moment. His still only 17 and has started ever Broncos match this season. He only left high school last year from one of Brisbanes top Rugby Union playing schools. His already scored 6 tries this seasons, tied for top try-scorer with 2 other players. He was selected to play for the kiwis in the last international, but said no so he could play State of Origin in Australia. People reckon he has the potential to be the best FB in the world, who better to teach him the ropes then Darren Lockyer.

His practically has a collum written on him each week in the paper, and last Sunday the front sports page just had a picture of him with "Special K" written across it.

And to think just last year he was running out and playing my brother in schools rugby union.

how ridiculous!! they have bloody 15 players out injured and they want to know why poor old rabbitohs are loosing every game! i reckon any NRL would do the same if they lost most of there first grade players.(cant they remember back to first round when they won 3 in row beacuse they had there full side??)
Just watch, i hope they keep on loosing and the new coach and managers will realize how stupid they are!
this also goes for Parra! its not the coach! its the bloody players!!

Rabbitohs axe Langmack
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Sportal

South Sydney has sacked coach Paul Langmack after a long board meeting to discuss his future.

The club's chairman Nick Pappas has named Arthur Kitinas as caretaker coach.

"The board of South Sydney met tonight and resolved that Paul Langmack be excused immediately from all his duties with the club as head coach," the club explained in a statement released late on Tuesday.

"Paul's contract with the club gives the club the right to excuse him from providing his services and the board has resolved that it is in the best interests of the club, its players and supporters that this occur immediately."


Souths are on the bottom of the ladder with just two wins and a draw after 12 rounds, but Pappas did thank Langmack for his efforts.

"On behalf of the board of directors, I thank Paul for the effort he has shown and wish him well in the future," he said.

Pappas is already looking to a better future, throwing his support behind the caretaker coach.

"I know that Arthur Kitinas and the players will rise to the challenge and do their very best for the club for the remainder of the 2004 season," he said.

"I call on all South Sydney supporters to show their support for the club, as they have done so many times in the past, by coming out in strong numbers for the club's next home match against the Melbourne Storm on Saturday," he said.

Langmack is the second Souths coach to be sacked in as many years, with the first coach Craig Coleman, shown the door before the start of the 2003 season.

Coleman stuck with the club when Souths were kicked out of the comp before the 2000 season.

He coached the team through 2002 when they rejoined the NRL, but was shown the door in the off-season after poor form in the club's trial matches.

Langmack took over at the start of the 2003 season, but the side still finished last, eight points adrift of Manly and the Wests Tigers.

Round 13 - completed EnergyAustralia Stadium

5/6/2004
Newcastle 16 Tahu, Carmont, K Gidley 1t, M Gidley 2g
Parramatta 18 Dykes, Graham, Burt 1t, Witt 3g

The Knights led 10-0 at half-time, but the Eels ran in 3 tries in the 2nd half including 1 in the final seconds to pinch the game




Round 13 - completed WIN Stadium

5/6/2004
St Geo-Illawarra 12 Cooper, Howell, Creagh 1t
North Queensland 14 Williams, Faiumu, Bowen 1t, Hannay 1g

The Cowboys led 10-4 at half-time but withstood a Dragons fightback to hold on and win




Round 13 - completed Olympic Park

5/6/2004
Melbourne 30 Slater, Bell, Johnson, Kidwell, Kearns 1t, Orford 3g, Smith 2g
Wests Tigers 24 Laffranchi, Elford, Fitzhenry, Galea 1t, Hodgson 4g

The Storm led 16-12 at half-time, then ran in 2 converted second half tries and 2 penalties to seal the win

Brad Fittlers BACK!! i remember QLD did this a few years back with Alan Langer and it worked wonders!


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SUNDAY JUNE 6, 2004

Fittler's NSW return
Sportal



Roosters veteran Brad Fittler is set to return to State of Origin after a meeting with New South Wales coach Phil Gould.

The Blues are in desperate need for a number six with several injuries to key players, and Fittler told ABC Radio that Gould had asked him to return.

New South Wales won the first match thanks to a field-goal from five-eighth Shaun Timmons, but he was considered a temporary measure and is also under an injury cloud.

Fittler, who earlier this year announced he would retire at season's end, hasn’t played State of Origin since 2001.



He was the youngest person to play Origin for NSW, and he captained the side 14 times from 1994 to 2001, as well as making 15 other appearances.

yeah but langer wasnt even playing in the NRL, he was in England playing at the time and got a release to come back to play the State Of Origin...

On a similar note, Steve Renouf a former QLD and aus rep who retired has being playing in the QLD Cup, apparently his playing pretty good and theres being talk about a return to the Broncos.

cant believe the Eels won!

i couldnt make the trek up to newcastle.,.. and dont have foxtel
so i was following it on NRL.com
with 79minutes gone, I THOUGHT IT WAS OVER
refreshed it one last time to make sure and fell on the flooor when i saw they had won!!!!!!


Cull, i agree with you, its the PLAYERS not the COACH.... eg. DANIEL WAGON SUCKS SHIT!

Wooooooooooooooooooo hoooooooooooooooo Melbourne beat West Sydney.

Go Storm

A big weekend of upsets with dragons, cowboys and rabbitohs producing big upsets

St George/Illawarra 28
Penrith 8

Canberra 26
Cronulla 16

North Queensland 30
Newcastle 6

Souths 28
Melbourne 26

Parramatta 52
Manly 12

Wests 50
NZ Warriors 4

I watched the second half of the Warriors Vs Wests match. The warriors hit some form in the early part of the second half, getting off the mark, but were to collapse yet again. They have hit a new low

As for the NRL, The rabbits win, sends them off the bottom of the ladder with the warriors taking their place.

No. Club P W D L B F A P/D PTS
1 Roosters 12 9 0 3 2 324 186 138 22
2 Bulldogs 12 8 0 4 2 322 265 57 20
3 Broncos 12 8 0 4 2 303 250 53 20
4 Panthers 13 8 0 5 1 316 287 29 18
5 Storm 13 7 0 6 1 372 276 96 16
6 Wests Tigers 13 7 0 6 1 293 246 47 16
7 Cowboys 12 5 1 6 2 222 206 16 15
8 Dragons 14 7 0 7 0 336 229 107 14
9 Knights 13 6 0 7 1 279 303 -24 14
10 Raiders 13 6 0 7 1 273 300 -27 14
11 Eels 13 6 0 7 1 295 348 -53 14
12 Sharks 14 7 0 7 0 312 366 -54 14
13 Rabbitohs 12 3 1 8 2 191 351 -160 11
14 Sea Eagles 13 4 0 9 1 293 380 -87 10
15 Warriors 13 4 0 9 1 222 360 -138 10

penrith were never going to win with half the team missing. I picked 5/6 so i had a goodweekend.
I still think NSW will win origin this week after loosing Kimorley to a hamstring injury today. Replacement brett Finch is a great and already plays inside fitler for easts, so its all good!

Damn, we lost by 2 points...2 measley points.

Results from Round 15 - some very close games

Sydney Roosters 48
Newcastle 4

Canterbury 24
Canberra 20

South Sydney 34
Manly 30

Brisbane 34
Parramatta 24

North Queensland 28
NZ Warriors 26

Penrith 32
Cronulla 12

St George 50
Wests 0

The ladder.

No. Club P W D L B F A P/D PTS
1 Roosters 13 10 0 3 2 372 190 182 24
2 Broncos 13 9 0 4 2 337 274 63 22
3 Bulldogs 13 9 0 4 2 346 285 61 22
4 Panthers 14 9 0 5 1 348 299 49 20
5 Storm 13 7 0 6 2 372 276 96 18
6 Cowboys 13 6 1 6 2 250 232 18 17
7 Dragons 15 8 0 7 0 386 229 157 16
8 Wests Tigers 14 7 0 7 1 293 296 -3 16
9 Raiders 14 6 0 8 1 293 324 -31 14
10 Eels 14 6 0 8 1 319 382 -63 14
11 Knights 14 6 0 8 1 283 351 -68 14
12 Sharks 15 7 0 8 0 324 398 -74 14
13 Rabbitohs 13 4 1 8 2 225 381 -156 13
14 Sea Eagles 14 4 0 10 1 323 414 -91 10
15 Warriors 14 4 0 10 1 248 388 -140 10
P: Played, W: Win, D: Draw, L: Loss, B: Byes, F: For, A: Against, P/D: Points difference (For - Against), PTS: Points

THE SAINTS game was real close!!lol i got 6/7, bloody rabbitohs ruined my tips!
Roosters still the team to beat!!

Some images from the weekend's games

Dragons Vs Tigers

Ashton Sims is tackled by John Skandalis

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Trent Barrett

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Lance Thompson

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The Dragon Army

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Jason Stevens in the Sharks Vs Panthers match

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Andrew Walker

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Carmichael Hunt with the ball for the eels in their match against Brisbane

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Glen Hall scores a try for Souths in their 34-30 win over Manly

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Went to the SCG yesterday to watch the dragons match. I was expecting a good fight from Souths, but the dragons just demolished them in the first 25 mins. It was good to see the Rabbits fight back late in the half but in the end they were overwhelmed.

There was a great crowd there as well - 24 000 with 15 000 already there an hour before the match and the atmosphere was fairly good. All Souths Vs St George matches should be played there from now on. Aussie Stadium cannot rack up the crowds, atmosphere and the tradition associated with the rivalry

St George have a bye next weekend so their climb up the table continues

Here's the table after round 16

No. Club P W D L B F A P/D PTS
1 Roosters 14 11 0 3 2 428 190 238 26
2 Bulldogs 14 10 0 4 2 378 303 75 24
3 Panthers 15 10 0 5 1 374 315 59 22
4 Broncos 14 9 0 5 2 351 295 56 22
5 Storm 14 8 0 6 2 414 282 132 20
6 Dragons 16 9 0 7 0 438 241 197 18
7 Cowboys 14 6 1 7 2 268 264 4 17
8 Raiders 15 7 0 8 1 314 338 -24 16
9 Knights 15 7 0 8 1 339 363 -24 16
10 Wests Tigers 15 7 0 8 1 293 352 -59 16
11 Sharks 15 7 0 8 1 324 398 -74 16
12 Eels 15 6 0 9 1 335 408 -73 14
13 Rabbitohs 14 4 1 9 2 237 433 -196 13
14 Sea Eagles 15 4 0 11 1 335 470 -135 10
15 Warriors 15 4 0 11 1 254 430 -176 10
P: Played, W: Win, D: Draw, L: Loss, B: Byes, F: For, A: Against, P/D: Points difference (For - Against), PTS: Points

I hear Storm won again.

Btw, is it a top 8 or top 6 playoff. I think its top 8. But dont you think top 8 is a bit much for a 15 team comp? I mean its possible to lose more than you win and still make the finals. Take a look at the Canberra Raiders who currently sit in 8th spot. They have won 7 and lost 8. Isnt the finals (or play offs) about getting the best performed teams of the season and making them square off against eachother to decide the champion?

Eight teams qualify for the finals just like Aussie Rules which isn't too bad. I think it's better than the old structure where only five teams qualified and I find the eight team final series to be more competitve and fair.

Yea but it will be a bit silly if say Canberra qualifies in 8th spot with say 10 wins, 12 losses (assuming the NRL is 22 rounds excluding byes). Well you know what I mean, how ever many matches each team plays in the minor round, if a team loses more than it wins, and gets through to 8th spot, it looks stupid.

As the AFL has 16 teams, you have to be at least 50 per cent or better to get 8th spot. The past 3 years, 11 wins from 22 matches plus good percentage (points for and against) has been good enough to get 8th spot. But other years it has been 12 wins. At least thats over 50 per cent or equal. But to get 8th spot and into the finals with a less than 50 per cent win loss record in the NRL really only promotes mediocricy.

But what can you do? Add another team I guess. Make it 16 teams. Bring back the Adelaide Rams.

Amaruu, another way to look at it is you have a top 6, with 4 teams guaranteed to make it and 4 more teams playing off for the last 2 spots.
It adds a couple more games to the playoffs (more spectators) and will look alot better once the NRL gives the Gold Coast it's licence back :)

Mr MacPhisto, yea I know the deal with that. I think the NRL uses the 1v8, 2v7, 3v6 4v5 format. The last 2 sides really only make up the numbers under that format. The AFL used that format for about 7 years, but it wasnt very popular.

It goes like this:

The top 2 ranked winners from week 1 automatically go to the semi finals (or preliminary finals).

The bottom ranked two losers from week 1 are eliminated.

This means that if final results go to form, meaning teams 1, 2 , 3 and 4 win, that means 1 and 2 go directly through to the semis to be played in week 3 and teams 7 and 8 are eliminated. It also means teams 3,4,5 and 6 swap over in the second week of the finals. That is, in week 1, where you had 3 v 6 and 4 v 5, the teams swap in week 2, being 3 v 5 and 4 v 6. The matches in week 2 are sudden death.

Confusing? You god damn right it is.

Thus if final results go on form, the 3 v 6 and 4 v 5 matches in week 1 are incosequential. They have no bearing. This was not popoluar with the AFL and so they got rid of that format. These days in the AFL they have the 1v4 2v3 (double chance to the loser) and 5v8 and 6v7 (sudden death for the loser) format.

Anyhow, I wasnt whinging about a top 8 in the NRL, I just thought it was a bit odd as the NRL only has 15 teams.

^What I hate most about it is with the current format if teams 5 and 6 loose and 7 and 8 win, a team that finished 5th is screwed.

The 8 team thing was weirder a few years ago when they only had 14 teams.
I'm guessing it's all to do with the dollar. Better TV ratings, bigger crowds, more advertising revenue etc....

Good point Macphisto. That pisses me off when the two bottom teams win and 5 and 6 lose. Anyway, I think it should be a top 6 in the NRL, teams 7 and 8 really don't deserve to be there.

When's the last time a team finishing 7 or 8 won the Premiership?

^ Well that was my original point, in a 15 team comp, the 8th ranked team doesnt deserve to be there, especially if they lose more than they win.

roosters come back from 14nil to beat saints 18-14 with 15mins to go.poor saints there injury list is growing again.

roosters come back from 14nil to beat saints 18-14 with 15mins to go.poor saints there injury list is growing again.
I couldn't believe this match. I was watching all the first half and then part of the second half and thought when it was 14-0 to the Dragons: "I'm going to bed, safe in the knowledge that the Dragons will go home with the points in the bag". Then I get up this morning, visit smh.com.au and BIGNO! Roosters, 18-14!!!!!

What the heck happenned? Bloody Rooters. Can't stand them.

roosters come back from 14nil to beat saints 18-14 with 15mins to go.poor saints there injury list is growing again.

Disappointing that the dragons couldn't keep that lead, but overall it was a good game with finals like football however both sides had their lapses which cost them dearly with the roosters in the first half and dragons in second half.

My brother who went to the match thinks Adrian Morley should of been sent off over the tackle that put him on report, calling it a professional foul. I agree with the refs call as it only wrapped part of the neck of the player. Morely was warned earlier and he couldn't keep up to it. He was cheezed off when he went over minutes later too.

The Dragons were never mean't to win the game but the final score suggests that they wouldn't go down with a fight.

nah, the morley tackle had nothing in it. even on footy show today they said it will be waved. just a highish tackle. dragons are in trouble leading into finals. most of team are being injured too much.

looks like roosters and bulldogs will be fighting out for the premiership this year.

rd 21 /
bulldogs bt panthers
cowboys bt dragons
eagles by raiders
tigers bt eels
knights bt rabbitohs
broncos bt sharks
roosters bt storm

Great to see the Cowboys sitting in 6th spot after a comprehensive victory over STI. Hopefully they don't play the Broncos in the first week of the finals.

Tigers to make the top 8!

Sell out crowd at Leichhardt Oval this Sunday!

Tigers v Souths
Wearing the Balmian Jersey
TRADITION TRADITION TRADITION!!!!!!

Crowd to top the 18,883 record!

GO THE MIGHTY TIGERS!!!!!!!!!!!

Stop the rot!

Go to www.stoptherot.org

the eels are gooooone for the season bar a mircale.

hopefully with the new signings... tahu, riddel etc. they can turn it around next year!

yes was a dispapointing year for eels.its a shame. always next year!!

I'd have to say a big WELL DONE to the Cowboys this season. Keep on playing hard and at your best and better things will happen.

Dragons deck the storm 34-14!!! :cool:. It sends them up to fifth place.

after roosters loosing to sharks (without kimmorley) i think there no longer a premiership threat..
Bulldogs are team to beat!

after roosters loosing to sharks (without kimmorley) i think there no longer a premiership threat..
Bulldogs are team to beat!

with the Eels out id like to see the Cowboys win the premiership... sure its a longshot but the fans up there deserve it.. consistently getting 20,000 plus to games even when their team was shithouse!

Roosters just mauled the panthers! They're back, not good news for dragons supporters!
My tip for GF: Roosters vs Dragons

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Penrith beat the Broncos. The dragons now have to make a trip out west to play them next week instead of playing them at home :bleep: :bash:

Thanks alot Brisbane!!!!!!!!

sorry Fab

i wanted to see brisbane win just as much as you, but for different reasons of course. its a shame brisbane didn't win, now we have to go into the finals without any momentum. hopefully the return of lockyer, carrol and berrigan can help us win.

well ROOSTERS WIN MINOR PREMIERSHIP! and $100,000 for title.!

also Fittlers last club game
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now for semis!
how does everyone think the top teams are going? who is the fav atm?
Roosters? Bulldogs, panthers? saints?

well brisbane effectively has its reserve grade team on the field at the moment with all the injuries. Theres barely 2players in the starting side atm who were there at the start of the season.

Ahh well, with all the young blood coming through it only looks brighter for the next few years to come.

So whos gonna win this weekend??

Panthers v Dragons
Broncos v Storm
Bulldogs v Cowboys
Roosters v Raiders

my pix-
panthers
broncos
bulldogs
roosters

Dragons
Broncos
Bulldogs
Roosters

go the cowboys, lets hope they can spring a surprise in their first finals appearance

Dragons
Broncos
Bulldogs
Roosters

Looks like the panthers have already wrapped up their match against the dragons 18-0 already after just 12 minutes.

The dragons defence has been shocking!!! :bash:

Make that 22-0

Penrith hold off to win 31-30. Gower's field goal saved them :bash:

:(

Looks like its gonna be the Broncos or the Storm next week for the Dragons.

edit- fantastic game though, right down the wire.

broncos are goooonne!!! beaten soundly by melbourne storm!!! 31-14
goodbye gtallis! you were a great player/.

What do you mean the Broncos are gone???

Go cowboys, what a fantastic game tonight. Almost like a stat of origin style passion and self belief by the north qlders. It was good to see the cowboys on tv, in fact the first time that ive ever seen them.

:(

Looks like its gonna be the Broncos or the Storm next week for the Dragons.

edit- fantastic game though, right down the wire.

Looks that won't be happening. The Saints are definately out :bleep:. I'm spewing over their premature departure. As usual the bulldogs stuffed up, and I think i'll be adding them along with Mark Gower to my hate list.

Well done to the cowboys, they deserved the win :cheers:

The broncs lost but the cowboys still got up so I'm stoked. WHat a top game of footy. Nothing better than watching those bulldogs bastards getting hammered. lol.

Awesome game. Matt Sing gets 3 tries off the bomb. Champion.

Omg I'm devastated that the Dragons are out :( :(.
Had a few beers with the boys to drown the sorrows but this morning it's as bad as ever.
That's what happens when the team is complacent, oh well heres to 2005 =/

the broncos are still in, unless a big upset happens and canberra beat the roosters. which isnt to unlikely considering the two upsets last night..Im glad the cowboys won though, i support 3 teams, the cowboys, broncos and the storm. Basically because i was born in Townsville, raised in Brisbane and are mates with a storm player from school.

I can't believe the Cowboys won! Good to see them getting plenty of raps to, not the usual "oh didn't the opposition have a shocker". If the Roosters win today then we'll we'll be playing Brisbane next week. That is going to be HUGE!!!

cowboys v broncos will be a cracker of a game, do u reckon they will get much of a crowd in Sydney to this game though?

cowboys v broncos will be a cracker of a game, do u reckon they will get much of a crowd in Sydney to this game though?
Probably not. They should move this game to Lang Park.

Word from the Sunday footy show is that if Roosters win to bring about a Broncos v Cowboys game the Broncos & the NRL have agreed to try & take the game to Townsville. The footy show may also broadcast from Townsville on Thursday.

Go Roosters!! :)

Word from the Sunday footy show is that if Roosters win to bring about a Broncos v Cowboys game the Broncos & the NRL have agreed to try & take the game to Townsville. The footy show may also broadcast from Townsville on Thursday.

Go Roosters!! :)
Wow that would be cool. However if it was played at Lang Park it would be a 55,000 sellout as opposed to a 23,000 sellout in Townsville. Tough call for the NRL.

yeah gallop just meantioned on Roosters game that the BroncosVCowboys will be in Townsville! cool.
Roosters were phenominal today. thrashing raiders.
oh well them & panthers have a week off
next week- StormVbulldogs!
BroncosVCowboys

The last Bronc Cowboys game up there drew 26,000. The record Bris v Townsville crowd is 30,000 so if they squeeze em in it'll be a bumper crowd.

I hope they errect a few temporary stands.

yeah i think the capacity is 32'000, not sure though and cant be bothered to look, yeah well the broncos have being playing pretty ordinary the last few games so there gonna have to pull together a good one to topple the cowboys. Im unsure about who to support, im going for the cowboys at the moment i reckon, there first time they reached the finals so its exciting stuff.

again another disappointing end to a dragons side with so much promise and potential.

i just want the roosters to lose!
go the cowboys!

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/09/13/1094927507886.html?oneclick=true

It's confirmed Townsville will host the Broncos v Cowboys semifinal. The capacity of Dairy Farmers Stadium by the way is down to 25,000 these days I think because extra seating has been added at the expense of the higher density grass areas. People are sleeping at the ticket office tonight to buy tickets tomorrow morning.

And get this - the Broncos can't find a hotel to stay in - the city's booked solid.

haha!

LOL @ the Broncos.. thats classic. The game should be a sellout.

And to other news. the Storm Bulldogs semi will be broadcast live in the southern capital. Is this ratings suicide? I wonder how it will go.

LOL @ the Broncos.. thats classic. The game should be a sellout.

And to other news. the Storm Bulldogs semi will be broadcast live in the southern capital. Is this ratings suicide? I wonder how it will go.
Yeah, should be interesting to see... Hope they beat those bloody Bulldogs

LOL @ the Broncos.. thats classic. The game should be a sellout.

And to other news. the Storm Bulldogs semi will be broadcast live in the southern capital. Is this ratings suicide? I wonder how it will go.
Not really, rugby league games usually rate better in Melbourne than AFL games rate in Sydney (particularly the GF) even though Swans games are continually being shown live here. Channel 10 are making a big loss through those games but they will recover these losses through the big amount they'll make showing the final series.

I'm sure when the next tv contract comes up for the NRL, I think in 2007, they will get a much bigger and better deal than what they have at the moment. The last deal was made in the wake of the Super League War where rugby league was on its knees, however now it is riding the wave as the biggest ratings winner for channel 9 and they will pay huge amounts to retain the rights. Channel 7 are also finalising a big bid for the rights, but I doubt they will get them since NEWS LTD owns both the NRL and Channel 9... but its possible.

The Broncs Cowboys game sold out in less than 3 hours. The ticket queue stretched 1km and the volume of phone bookings caused Townsville's Phone system to shut down.
lol

An AFL final with the Lions and Geelong is being played on the same night. Will be a ratings nightmare for CH10 up here.

WOuld have worked out better had they played it in the arvo.

The Broncs Cowboys game sold out in less than 3 hours. The ticket queue stretched 1km and the volume of phone bookings caused Townsville's Phone system to shut down.
lol

An AFL final with the Lions and Geelong is being played on the same night. Will be a ratings nightmare for CH10 up here.

WOuld have worked out better had they played it in the arvo.

serz. i wonder what will rate hire because it is the BRISBANE lions after all.
but then again the COWBOYS and the BRONCOS into the finals... so should be a ripper!

anyways thats interesting to find out the NRL grand final rates higher in melb then the AFL one does in sydney.

im sure channell 10 will make it up by getting the rights to another bullshit reality tv show. "Spot the gay survivor on big brother"

broncos are goooonne!!! beaten soundly by melbourne storm!!! 31-14
goodbye gtallis! you were a great player/.

Goodbye. Nth Qld beat them 10-0. The Broncos made too many errors in the game and too many lost opportunities. As for the cowboys, a perfect game by them, and held them off right until the end.

my pix this weekend
PENRITH
ROOSTERS
looks like we getting a GF repeat from last year, but this time Roosters will win! they have been the best team this year by far!

yeh theres no way i want the doggies to win.

i wouldnt mind a cowboys penrith grand final as it would give the north qlders something to cheer about.. and give it better tv ratings in the northern state.

doggies are winning 22 -8 atm! panthers are done!

bulldogs win 30-14. panthers made waaaay to many errors.
buldogs now into 2004 GF! they will face probably Roosters next week!

thank god the panthers lost! o but wait an even worse team beat them! nrl 2004 could end really bad so i hope the cowboys win and i'll remember 2004 forever.

Roosters turn Cowboys fairytale into a nightmare. going down 19-16 today. There were tough but better side won.
So next weeks its 1st & 2nd to play each other in GF.
Bulldogs did look good on Sat, but Roosters will fight to the end and give freddie fittler a deserved end to his long career!

The Doggies fans are definitely partying hard tonight...

I cant wait till its Parra's turn :(