grrrrrrrrrr
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Talk is he made 50 tackles with a busted shoulder. Surely not good from a tigers point of view. How is cherrington going lately ???
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Robbie's shoulder
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westTAHger
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This is why I don't like origin. Origin have a trophy at conclusion of three games.
In no way does it benefit any team, who have players selected.
Regardless of which state you support, if a player from your team gets injured, your team suffers.
In no way does it benefit any team, who have players selected.
Regardless of which state you support, if a player from your team gets injured, your team suffers.
@westTAHger said:
I couldn't agree more. I'm a club supporter and, although I enjoy watching SOO games, I couldn't really care less about the result.
NRL bread and butter is the club season. SOO interrupts that and has the potential to make a farce of it and derail a club's season. What is the point of following a club if its season gets derailed by an irrelevant anachronism? If the NRL is serious about increasing it's following it really needs to think this one through.
simonthetiger
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There is a simple way around this….and it makes sense.
Play the comp. After that have state of origin,and then after that international games.
Everyone is a winner and there is a sense of progression from club to state and then country.
And the comp isnt messed up half way through like it is now!
Play the comp. After that have state of origin,and then after that international games.
Everyone is a winner and there is a sense of progression from club to state and then country.
And the comp isnt messed up half way through like it is now!
happy_tiger
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@NT Tiger said:
I wonder if the talk of selling SOO and NRL as separate entities when the next TV rights deal comes around will change things ??
@simonthetiger said:
Rusty mentioned this on TFS years ago. I've always thought it was a good idea.
You have a full year to gauge everyone's performances, pick the cream of the crop after the finals, and then you pick the Australian team from the best of the 34 SOO players.
happy_tiger
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@Cultured Bogan said:
Its not the worst idea floating around
I think the only issue I can see with this is that Players from teams that don't make the 8 may not have played football for anywhere up to 7 weeks
innsaneink
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They can have train on squads and keep training
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@happy tiger said:
Agree with Ink, train ons are a great idea. You'd have a really good idea on who you'd want playing by then, and if you don't make the 8 you're brought into camp early on an extended training period.
Since origin wouldn't conflict with the season proper, you could play Origin over a week, a fortnight or three weekends, depending on how you want to structure it, so you wouldn't necessarily have to wait seven weeks since a game.
Playing three games over 7-10 days would be a big ask though and would give bugger all time recovery from injuries (although as it stands they back up the week after Origin for club if fit so it's not all that different I guess.)
I don't think SOO should be played in the middle of the season. It's constantly billed as the pinnacle of the game, why isn't it played at the end of the season? Most likely as they don't want people forgetting about the premiers, but you have international duty at the end of the season as it is. It would also get rid of the split rounds, and you could shorten the season by two rounds, or play two extra full rounds.
Most importantly, clubs don't lose key players mid-season due to long term origin injuries.
happy_tiger
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@innsaneink said:
Very true Ink
But I think the NRL would be concerned that the flagship game is played by players who haven't played a game in 7 weeks
That is the big problem , I didn't realize this but SOO ranks 1, 2 and 4 in viewing numbers so the NRL has to make sure the standard remains at its optimum
And that is also why the NRL isn't keen to sell the two (SOO and NRL ) as separate entities
Supposedly they think they would lose out $$$ wise when the TV rights come up
happy_tiger
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Personally I'd prefer to see us to keep SOO where it is , but turn that part of the season into a real event
Play it over 4 weeks
Have a 4 week transfer window for clubs
Get NZ to have its own SOO
Make more of the NYC SOO for both Qld and NSW and the NZ version
Play a knockout comp in the NRL or a 9's based comp for the other players
After the victor of the Australian SOO series and NZ SOO series is decided they play a one off game to have champion
You would get 5-6 games a weekend and would create excitement in both interstate football still , our up and coming juniors would get some focus and to a degree our international football
Play it over 4 weeks
Have a 4 week transfer window for clubs
Get NZ to have its own SOO
Make more of the NYC SOO for both Qld and NSW and the NZ version
Play a knockout comp in the NRL or a 9's based comp for the other players
After the victor of the Australian SOO series and NZ SOO series is decided they play a one off game to have champion
You would get 5-6 games a weekend and would create excitement in both interstate football still , our up and coming juniors would get some focus and to a degree our international football
westTAHger
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So when will we know the extent of the injury to Robbie's shoulder ?
Tiger_Watto
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@westTAHger said:
SOO is the showpiece of our game, so it wont be moved to the end of the season.
Moving forward, players injured in rep games should have an exemption in the salary cap until they return.
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