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yurithe1

Sezer did have a good game. Earned his spot for next week. But I don’t think you’re locking this thread after one game where Sezer still struggled in areas like short kicking in a dominant game. Might want to cool your jets and see how he backs it up. That's been Sezer's problem for a while. He put...

yurithe1

Ohhhhh. My throat hurts this morning. Good thing I came prepared for this one and brought Strepsils. Oh and I'm extra tired because I, uh, stayed up to watch the replay on Fox in my room. This is a good feeling. Or it would be a better one if I wasn't about to spend six hours in an ice rink, but y'...

yurithe1

Jason Croker with a try according to the commentators! I was at work during the game listening through ABC Granstand. Johnny Gibbs kept calling..Josh Bateman !!! His co-commentators didn't even correct him..all night this went on ! John Gibbs was really anti Raiders all night. He had a real bee in ...

yurithe1

2 - Sezer
2 - Bateman
1 - Wighton
1 - Whitehead

Plus a pat on the back for Starling for being dangerous out of dummy half and getting some go forward happening.

yurithe1

We are now worried that sezer will try his best if he gets the 7? Hmm - yeah that doesn't sound right - I think he will try to be the dominant half, which will reduce the effectiveness of Jack, who has been playing WAY beyond my expectation. You could well be right if the Bulldogs game was anything...

yurithe1

2 - CNK
2 - Whitehead
1 - Sezer
1 - Havili

yurithe1

I'll say it: Croker is having a crap season in defence.

yurithe1

I'm thinking of going to the Brumbies' final home game, but I'll need to check whether it clashes with the Raiders' game. Heck, I'll even pay for my own ticket for a change, LOL. I've followed them since their first season, but I've only paid for a ticket twice in all that time. Freebies from the ba...

yurithe1

The way injuries are going, Luke Bateman might get into the 17 again once he's recovered.

yurithe1

John Bateman has only returned to full time training after spending time back in England with his family. I doubt he'll be called back this soon. There seems to be some concern about Tapine getting injured again. Blooding so many players early in the season is turning into a master stroke by Stuart....

yurithe1

John Bateman has only returned to full time training after spending time back in England with his family. I doubt he'll be called back this soon. There seems to be some concern about Tapine getting injured again. Blooding so many players early in the season is turning into a master stroke by Stuart...

yurithe1

John Bateman has only returned to full time training after spending time back in England with his family. I doubt he'll be called back this soon. There seems to be some concern about Tapine eating injured again. Blooding so many players early in the season is turning into a master stroke by Stuart. ...

yurithe1

What’s the leaked team? 1. Tedesco 2. Addo-Carr 3. Mitchell 4. Morris 5. Tupou 6. Walker 7. Cleary 8. Klemmer 9. Cook 10. Vaughan 11. Cordner 12. Frizell 13. Trbojvic 14. Wighton 15. Murray 16. Matterson 17. Haas Cotric rumoured to have gotten the call as well. I hope he isnt 18th man again. The Mo...

yurithe1

The players have forgotten what was working for them immediately after the Storm game and that was moving up in defence and smothering the opposition. Far too often yesterday, they did as they have done so often in the past -- waited for the ball-carrier to come to them rather than killing his momen...

yurithe1

The Brumbies would love to have someone who can kick at above 60%. My problem with Croker lately is that he has been making some very poor defensive reads for the past 3-4 weeks and these have usually resulted in tries. Simonsson is still too inexperienced to make up for these poor reads and decidin...

yurithe1

I think we should be concerned about the low crowd figures for Brumbies games –- averaging just over 8,000 people per game and last Friday was below 7,000. That sort of thing threatens their viability and seeing as there's still no A League soccer side here, the justification for a new stadium is di...

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2 - Horsburgh
2 - Wighton
2 - Papalii

yurithe1

...and running into the posts on a kick chase was hilarious (See my rant last week when Papa was denied a try by the goal posts, why are they in a position which can affect play?). Do you think we should also get rid of them pesky sidelines which are also in positions to affect the play? I understa...

yurithe1

I'm out. Murdoch's website lost my tips. Takin' my bat and ball and going home. They've come back saying you should use the help function on the site... and outline the specific issues. Ha! I wasn't able to log on, so I contacted their tech support. They found my tips, but said that despite me tryi...

yurithe1

No one is suggesting releasing a NZ rep player, the question is do you renew his contract, as it is about to expire. And in my mind, Croker is no longer suited to the wing - for me the game has evolved to a point where the focal point of a wingers game these days is rucking it out of your own end a...

yurithe1

With the injuries we've had so far, how can anyone be talking about releasing a NZ international? Croker tends to get an injury towards the end of the season. So, we need someone who can come in at centre. Cotric switches to the left and Joey comes in on the right. That said, we have no idea whether...

yurithe1

Online change for this week: Guler in place of Soliola. He's not having the sort of impact he used to and probably needs a week's rest to freshen up. 1. Nicoll-Klokstad 2. Simonsson 3. Croker 4. Cotric 5. Oldfield 6. Wighton 7. Williams 8. Papalii 9. Hodgson 10. Lui 11. Whitehead 12. Horsburgh to st...

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2 - Oldfield. He needs to stay in the side if BJ isn't able to return this season. 2 - Horsburgh. His battle with Sam Burgess was great. Terrific ball steal as well. 1 - Cotric. Good second half that could see him on the NSW bench. Needs to be more involved though. 1 - Sutton. Will have made Bennett...

yurithe1

After last night's game, Cotric will get picked before Croker does.

yurithe1

Basically all sammy needs to do to keep his spot in first grade is continue to not do anything while having poor to no defence. Sammy is allowed to do nothing on the field because thats the role hes been given, halves arent there to defend and hes a good guy. Sezer lost to melbourne all on his own ...

yurithe1

yurithe1 wrote: ↑
May 19, 2019, 2:28 pm

Green eyed Mick wrote: ↑
May 18, 2019, 3:20 pm
Former Number 1 ticket holder and now Raiders legend QP shuffling off.

Sad day for the Raiders family.
Too true.

Looking upon us from the great club house in the sky – Les McIntyre, David Grant, Allan McMahon, Peter Jackson, Alfie Walker and now Hawkey and Quentin.

Never to be forgotten.

yurithe1

Green eyed Mick wrote: ↑
May 18, 2019, 3:20 pm
Former Number 1 ticket holder and now Raiders legend QP shuffling off.

Sad day for the Raiders family.

Too true.

Looking upon us from the great club house in the sky – Les McIntyre, Hawkey, David Grant, Allan McMahon, Peter Jackson, Alfie Walker and now Quentin.

Never to be forgotten.

yurithe1

I don’t even know why it’s getting spoken about. They will name Dugan in the centres like usual. Dugan wasn't there last year. Brad Fittler doesn't mind rolling the dice on new players. That's why Dugan and Ferguson weren't there last year. I think he will go with mostly players from last year. The...

yurithe1

Dusty wrote: ↑
May 11, 2019, 8:00 pm
For sure

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Commentators keep saying that Sydney crowds don't like to travel. That's why people there keep agitating for suburban ground games.

yurithe1

No random bloke in a Souths jumper will ever outdo the fat bloke in a Raiders Phone Zone jumper still hanging around the Tuggeranong Hyperdome (edit Southpoint) I still feel for the day in the mid 2000s where Rebel Hyperdome were trying to sell off racks of Raiders jumpers for $20 each and I saw pe...

yurithe1

I'm pretty sure you're describing Sam Williams to a tee. Great clubman. Well liked by team. Can pinch hit the NRL for 1-3 weeks when needed but other than that not NRL standard. From the area so you dont' have to pay overs. No other club wants him as their starting half, no real competition to driv...

yurithe1

I'd rather give Oldfield a chance to cement his spot rather than shuffle players around. Remember: nobody had even heard of Cotric before he was picked to replace Edrick Lee. At least we've seen what Oldfield can do. The question mark seems to be whether he can contain Mitchell, who we might face tw...

yurithe1

Some reckoned Sam would be 'terrorized' against the Panthers. It didn't look that way to me. Bigger test this week against the in form Lattrell and Cordner. As long as they keep communicating and hunt together in defence they should be ok. Masters got isolated last week and the Chooks made them pay...

yurithe1

Yeah, horses for courses. I recall Shannon Boyd was talked about as a Kangaroo player who would relish playing on the heavy English fields. That proved to be the case when he came off the bench in the 4 Nations final. BTW, I swear I'm sure my cat, April, sniggered when she saw George Williams' attem...

yurithe1

Quick question: anyone know what Williams' stats are for try assists? He seems to have put up a few pinpoint kicks that have led to tries. Apart from that, he made Edrick Lee's life difficult a few weeks ago with some kicks that came down in the corner and a few metres from the in-goal. He's come up...

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