LIVE GAME Rd 27 live discussion NRL

[Tiger-ferret]

Maguire giving the Broncos the steel they need to give it a real crack.

Haha yep. There’s been rumblings at broncos but they’ve been strong enough to stand up to the players and back the coach.

 

[Flippedy]

Walsh celebrating his embarrassment of drinking out of a toilet bowl like a scummy druggo…classy stuff

I haven’t seen much of him as a player, or even the Broncos at all this season, but after watching tonight he’s gone straight to the top of the most punchable face list. He exudes so much arrogance.

The Broncos as a team are really impressive though. Snatched 4th place and are peaking at the right time. Melbourne, on the other hand, are looking shot and nothing like the Melbourne of old. I can’t see them going far from here, though I do hope and pray they at least flog the Dogs next week!

 

[cktiger]

If we were refereed like that the place would be in meltdown

 

[Siberian Kitten]

Pretty ordinary game. Lots of grubbiness and head hunting. Walsh and the front row made the difference. Storm rely too much on bombs.

 

[Demps]

Yeah and Blore

Shawn Blore is injured.

Massive blow for Melbourne Storm as key player could be out for rest of NRL season

He showed no signs of the injury in the loss to the Roosters last week. Read more here.

au.news.yahoo.com

 

[BrissieTiger67]

The Bunker overruling the official in the early Reece try to say it hit his knee and didn't touch his hands as a knock on was wild. There was nothing conclusive there to overrule the ref. We don't win that....

 

[Siberian Kitten]

Bellyache was talking about Storm's probs with defence - 70 points in two games. What I saw was Storm trying to slow the ruck riiiiiight down and Atkins not putting up with it. Without that cheat code, Storm gave up a ton of penalties and they leaked points. They need Klein reffing in an Origin way to win the comp.

 

[Flippedy]

The Bunker overruling the official in the early Reece try to say it hit his knee and didn't touch his hands as a knock on was wild. There was nothing conclusive there to overrule the ref. We don't win that....

I don’t think many teams would win that one, only a select few. This season Canberra and Brisbane in particular.

 

[mtd#2]

Bellyache was talking about Storm's probs with defence - 70 points in two games. What I saw was Storm trying to slow the ruck riiiiiight down and Atkins not putting up with it. Without that cheat code, Storm gave up a ton of penalties and they leaked points. They need Klein reffing in an Origin way to win the comp.

This is where the game is flawed..

Because a team could play that way all season and then 2 rounds before semis the refs start interpreting the game different..

I wish they applied the same ruck rules all year.. no Interpretation.. just rules that are applied.

 

[69tiger]

Bellyache was talking about Storm's probs with defence - 70 points in two games. What I saw was Storm trying to slow the ruck riiiiiight down and Atkins not putting up with it. Without that cheat code, Storm gave up a ton of penalties and they leaked points. They need Klein reffing in an Origin way to win the comp.

They were walking a tight rope.
They could’ve been penalised so many more times (and sin binned) with the holding down in the ruck -now teams have a blueprint of how to beat the Storm, quick play the balls and offloads that they just couldn’t control, just arm grabbing tackling, not Storm of old, that’s for sure!!!

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Why in the hell did Melbourne rush Hughes back? They had second sown up and could have easily given him the extra week. Now his season is done and most likely the club’s too as a result.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

They’ve also lost Pap as well with a Cat 1