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Perhaps the primary reason Wighton wants to move on, though, is the most obvious — he doesn’t want the responsibility of five-eighth because he’s a left centre with arguably the best left-foot step in the game. Wighton has been shuffled from wing to centre to fullback and then, in 2019, to five-eig...

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Based purely off on-field displays it’s too early to write Curtis off. He had three perfectly fine games. Everyone was happy. He then looked average for four games, during a period in which the whole team looked average. It’s not as though he was losing us games on his own, but he had a number of in...

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If Scott isn’t being considered (injury or otherwise) I see no reason Sticky won’t back HSS for a start just like he did Semi. Bateman is a walk up start in his preferred position after what he’s done there. I’d only consider moving him if: - Due to further injuries, god forbid, there’s no other opt...

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Listening to the audio it doesn’t sound that solid to me. Read merely speculating that Bateman may have to return via the centres (unlikely IMO) making it difficult for Scott to break back into the team.

Certainly doesn’t sound as though a mid season transfer is imminent.

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The back half of the season has us up against current top 8 opposition in only 3 of 10 games. Assuming COVID doesn’t change things up, this is a very strong position to be in in terms of consolidating a finals spot. It does make pushing for top 4 (which should be the goal regardless of the current i...

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I’m glad this is over and I’m glad he’s going back to England as opposed to an NRL rival. I like to think John’s focus will now turn to leaving his mark on the NRL forever and going home with a premiership. Knowing the competitor he is, I’m confident he’ll stop at nothing in his quest to make that h...

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I’m not criticizing either Bateman specifically as we don’t know the full circumstances, and I certainly don’t begrudge a player trying to maximize their earnings over a short and physically debilitating career. I do however think the argument of “clubs don’t show loyalty to players, why should play...

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Hodgo somehow came out of this game with a Dally M point...

Did Ruan Sims get her spot on the judging committee back or something

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Gotta say, watching the Eels and Panthers the last couple of weeks we'll be finding it hard to land a top 4 spot unless we lift our game dramatically from our last 2 outings. I’m actually thrilled to see the likes of these two and Newcastle holding down top 4 spots at the moment. I’m not convinced ...

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Can’t read the article but I’m guessing despite this development we’re still waiting for the NRL to approve moving the game?

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The speed at which these fairly big changes have been waved through, despite widespread apprehension if not outright objection from people all across the game, almost makes me think one or both of the broadcasters have demanded them.

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This also makes me question all the charity work Sia has done as being incredibly irresponsible. Imagine if he’d visited your kid who has cancer in hospital and today you’re finding out he’s an anti-vaxxer. The flu can kill a kid with leukaemia. But hey, muh beliefs and opinions! I think this is a ...

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If you suspend the comp now no telling when/if it resumes. IMO best to allow the Warriors to exit after Round 2 (hopefully temporarily) and call all games draws (even if a stand-in team is brought in). Separately, I actually think there’s some merit to the “Darwin solution”. Relocate the teams and p...

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I think you could make a case for at least a few more of our players e.g. Cotric, Tapine, Croker in the bottom half of that list but the glaring omission for mine is Whitehead. No way in the world are there 50 players ahead of him.

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I can’t really argue with the NRLs stance here. In discretionary cases like this where the alleged offenses aren’t serious enough to warrant automatic stand down it all comes down to potential for damage to the game. The relevant points in this situation, and where it differs from some others, are t...

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No idea how this stuff works, is anything likely to be determined on March 20? If yes, surely no fault stand down is the safe option from the NRL given there’s only one real game between now and then anyway.

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If Scottric happens in 2020 (and I kind of hope it doesn’t as that will likely mean BJ has left early) I think it’ll be pretty successful. I rate Curtis and so do plenty of people in the media it seems, would not surprise me in the slightest if we see a Scott/Cotric edge combo lining up for NSW at s...

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I think the characterization of Leilua as volatile/erratic etc in some of the media is pretty unfair. He makes the odd dumb play but he’s been consistently and overwhelming great in his 4.5 seasons in Canberra. 2x Dally M centre of the year even after injury robbed him of last season in which he was...

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As controversial as it was, if you have to lose a Grand Final this is basically best case scenario as far as I’m concerned. We got a thrilling game. We got to watch our team deliver on the biggest stage. Jack Wighton won the Clive Churchill medal. We outplayed or at the very least matched them and E...

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I’ve ended up with a group of 5 spare seats together in S141-2 row 38, right behind the official Raiders supporters section. Looking for something close to the $165 cost price. If anyone interested hit me up on PM. Will probably also list them on Ticketek marketplace.

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I bought a stack of silver tickets after the result down in Melbourne and they ended up being in the back half of one of the supporter bays. Could work out really nicely or could be right in opposition territory. Hopefully they publish which end is which ahead of Monday morning so I’ve got time to t...

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If we win this and Croker can bag a try and a few goals in the process he’ll be a real chance of ringing up his 2000th career point on the biggest stage of all. That’d quite something.

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Looking at the finals structure and taking turnarounds etc into account is it fair to assume that if we’re hosting a week 2 final (god forbid) it’ll be Saturday night?

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ANZ is an awful, awful, awful place to watch footy. Bulldogs have no place in the league under the current arrangements.

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Not that ladder position is the be all and end all at this stage but with the Roosters and Storm facing off this round a top 2 spot if not first spot should be up grabs for us here.

Wouldn’t that be something at the quarter season mark.

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Went to the Super League final last night and watched our guys closely all game, thought both looked good. Was sold on J Bateman already despite not knowing how he really fits into the team (4 international backrowers is a nice problem to have I guess), but I’m now confident Sutton can contribute so...

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Happy with this. Hodgo/Baptiste was an excellent combo. Baptiste coming off the bench with his speed and energy and Hodgson shifting into that hybrid running forward/first-receiver role provided genuine impact on plenty of occasions. And regardless, the squad needs another hooker. None of Havili, Hi...

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I don’t mind the idea not because I think he’ll necessarily be a better winger than centre but simply because it would allow Cotric and Wighton to play at 1 and 3 or vice versa and seamlessly switch them as required during a match. For example Wighton could defend at left centre most of the time sho...

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I have no idea what Wighton’s done but would be gutted to lose him. He’s dynamite. Plenty of talk he’s overpaid, even though none of us know what he really earns, but even taking some of the more inflated figures I seriously doubt you go to market with that and find an upgrade on Jack. Likely the ex...

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One of the most frustrating things about this is the large amounts of money involved. I think it's worth close to $100K to play in an Origin series? Giving that to someone who is out of form but has "been there before" out of some misguided sense of loyalty is absolutely corrupt. BJ has ea...

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Wonder how injury cover works with Mounties playing a GF in Sydney the next day? We obviously need some cover but can't pull too many blokes out of that game. Few guys on standby in Melbourne Saturday night and fly them back to Sydney first thing Sunday?

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Thanks for the kind words all. Next season I'll have to take a step back when it comes to away games, but I'll still try get to a few. I think the Cowboys are the only team for whom I've not gone to a home game now, so Townsville is definitely on the agenda next time we play there.

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This is perhaps a bit premature, but if our season ends against Melbourne on Saturday I'm not sure I could bear to write this up. This year I set myself a goal of attending every single Raiders game live. I'm still on track. I'm absolutely giddy at the possibility we could make or even win the Grand...

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What an unbelievable night. Sooooo proud of the boys. Just want to mention and I don't know if its just me but does anyone else notice when austin kicks for touch from a penalty he gets huuuuuuuuge gains.? No commentators have really mentioned it but keep an eye out for it next week. I think it is ...

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Can't believe the extent to which the media has jumped on the Panthers. 6 wins against mostly crap opposition. Yeah it's not bad, but have they really all forgotten that we've been beaten just twice in the last 4 months? Both against teams who were top 4 at the time. Last time Panthers played a top ...

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