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- February 17, 2024, 8:14 pm
- Forum: Canberra Raiders
- Topic: Raiders re-sign Pasami Saulo to end of 2026
- Replies: 93
- Views: 5113
Re: Raiders re-sign Pasami Saulo to end of 2026
So games he's racking up 150, 160, 170, 180+ metres consistently isn't setting the world on fire? Just say you don't watch the games Not saying he is a bad player. I'm saying the discussion that he is streets ahead of Saulo isn't correct. I've just told you, I have watched the games. This thread ha...
- February 17, 2024, 8:08 pm
- Forum: Canberra Raiders
- Topic: 2024 Trial 1 v Eels: Teams and Game Day *Teams p1*
- Replies: 461
- Views: 31784
Re: 2024 Trial 1 v Eels: Teams and Game Day *Teams p1*
The most important thing is that Hopoate is the last on every list. Wing: Rapana, Cotric, Savage, Asumoa, Schiller all much better. Centre: Timoko, Kris, Schiller, Rapana, Hosking, (any warm body) all much better. Fullback: Stewart, Savage, Kris, Weekes, Rapana all much better. Albert shouldn’t be s...
- February 17, 2024, 8:01 pm
- Forum: Canberra Raiders
- Topic: 2024 Trial 1 v Eels: Teams and Game Day *Teams p1*
- Replies: 461
- Views: 31784
Re: 2024 Trial 1 v Eels: Teams and Game Day *Teams p1*
For the people wrapping Strange’s defence did they not see the misses, getting pushed off too easily, not locking in with his inside defender and some poor positioning. Now this is absolutely not a shot at him. He’s a young guy who looks like he will develop into a good player. But his defence look...
- February 17, 2024, 8:00 pm
- Forum: Canberra Raiders
- Topic: 2024 Trial 1 v Eels: Teams and Game Day *Teams p1*
- Replies: 461
- Views: 31784
Re: 2024 Trial 1 v Eels: Teams and Game Day *Teams p1*
Sasagi impressed me Even the speed of that trial-EW is going to struggle this year and really, should struggle to be named. No disrespect but there are better players in his position now I’ve just read through the whole thread and this is one of the oddest takes here. Sasagi wS there but offered no...
- February 17, 2024, 7:52 pm
- Forum: Canberra Raiders
- Topic: POLL: Strongest 2024 line up: Savage re-vote
- Replies: 185
- Views: 9330
Re: POLL: Strongest 2024 line up: Savage re-vote
Rapana, Cotric, Savage, Asomua, Schiller are all far and away better than Hopoate. Hoppa shouldn’t even be considered unless something drastic happens and only one of them is available. He’s a horrific defender, terrible under the high ball, doesn’t have great hands, would be one of the least agile...
- February 17, 2024, 6:13 pm
- Forum: Canberra Raiders
- Topic: 2024 Trial 1 v Eels: Teams and Game Day *Teams p1*
- Replies: 461
- Views: 31784
- February 17, 2024, 5:57 pm
- Forum: Canberra Raiders
- Topic: 2024 Trial 1 v Eels: Teams and Game Day *Teams p1*
- Replies: 461
- Views: 31784
Re: 2024 Trial 1 v Eels: Teams and Game Day *Teams p1*
Strange's kicking game is pathetic. Looks like a baby giraffe trying to kick a footy. Weekes has a better kick (hell Starling has a better kicking game) Sent from my Pixel 6 Pro using Tapatalk Pathetic is harsh. He’s wearing 7 but he’s a running 6 or centre. It just has to be passable in that role.
- February 17, 2024, 5:54 pm
- Forum: Canberra Raiders
- Topic: 2024 Trial 1 v Eels: Teams and Game Day *Teams p1*
- Replies: 461
- Views: 31784
Re: 2024 Trial 1 v Eels: Teams and Game Day *Teams p1*
Only halfway through the first meaningless trial but my main takes are the obvious ones: - only 3 players in the entire squad capable of playing second row at NRL level - Morkos leaving has hurt us on the back of Croker retiring. Hopefully one of these blokes prove me wrong but I think we have to pl...
- February 17, 2024, 5:51 pm
- Forum: Canberra Raiders
- Topic: 2024 Trial 1 v Eels: Teams and Game Day *Teams p1*
- Replies: 461
- Views: 31784
- February 17, 2024, 5:30 pm
- Forum: Canberra Raiders
- Topic: 2024 Trial 1 v Eels: Teams and Game Day *Teams p1*
- Replies: 461
- Views: 31784
Re: 2024 Trial 1 v Eels: Teams and Game Day *Teams p1*
How did Savage play 1 game all last season while Hopoate played what seemed like 70?
- February 17, 2024, 5:22 pm
- Forum: Canberra Raiders
- Topic: 2024 Trial 1 v Eels: Teams and Game Day *Teams p1*
- Replies: 461
- Views: 31784
Re: 2024 Trial 1 v Eels: Teams and Game Day *Teams p1*
Hola looks easily good enough to be a 4th in line prop too. Way too stacked in the middles this squad.
- February 17, 2024, 5:19 pm
- Forum: Canberra Raiders
- Topic: 2024 Trial 1 v Eels: Teams and Game Day *Teams p1*
- Replies: 461
- Views: 31784
Re: 2024 Trial 1 v Eels: Teams and Game Day *Teams p1*
Cotric looks to have lost weight and be moving better. That’s a good sign.
- February 17, 2024, 5:09 pm
- Forum: Canberra Raiders
- Topic: 2024 Trial 1 v Eels: Teams and Game Day *Teams p1*
- Replies: 461
- Views: 31784
Re: 2024 Trial 1 v Eels: Teams and Game Day *Teams p1*
Well we know Hopoate can’t defend at centre either now.
- February 17, 2024, 4:56 pm
- Forum: Canberra Raiders
- Topic: 2024 Trial 1 v Eels: Teams and Game Day *Teams p1*
- Replies: 461
- Views: 31784
Re: 2024 Trial 1 v Eels: Teams and Game Day *Teams p1*
Strange playing on the left. Interesting.
- February 16, 2024, 7:37 pm
- Forum: Canberra Raiders
- Topic: Raiders re-sign Pasami Saulo to end of 2026
- Replies: 93
- Views: 5113
Re: Raiders re-sign Pasami Saulo to end of 2026
He's good depth. Or he should be. But he played 22 FG games last season. I think that's why people worry Mooney hasn't re-signed yet. If Saulo is an average fringe first grader and Mooney can’t take his spot in the 17, that might say more about Mooney than Saulo or Ricky. It might. Or it might be a...
- February 16, 2024, 7:26 pm
- Forum: Canberra Raiders
- Topic: Canberra Raiders miss out on signing a second-row target Luciano Leilua
- Replies: 223
- Views: 13778
Re: Canberra Raiders express interest in Cowboys forward Luciano Leilua
He’d be almost the perfect second rower to play on Fogarty’s side. There’s no point having a non creative line runner outside of a half with no ball playing ability.
- February 16, 2024, 3:12 pm
- Forum: Canberra Raiders
- Topic: Canberra Raiders miss out on signing a second-row target Luciano Leilua
- Replies: 223
- Views: 13778
- February 15, 2024, 3:27 pm
- Forum: Canberra Raiders
- Topic: Raiders re-sign Pasami Saulo to end of 2026
- Replies: 93
- Views: 5113
Re: Raiders re-sign Pasami Saulo to end of 2026
Glad we’ve re-signed the 7th best prop at the club.
- February 12, 2024, 3:11 pm
- Forum: Canberra Raiders
- Topic: 2024 Canberra Raiders alternate jersey
- Replies: 56
- Views: 7596
Re: 2024 Canberra Raiders alternate jersey
I think it looks pretty good. The white sponsorship looks much better than red. We do love a red sponsor clashing with the green don’t we? Oracle, Ozemail, Huawei, Toyota.... I agree with Julian, it’s not even in the top 10 worst jerseys we’ve had. I am curious why we’ve gone all green though. Isn’...
- February 12, 2024, 3:10 pm
- Forum: Canberra Raiders
- Topic: 2024 Canberra Raiders alternate jersey
- Replies: 56
- Views: 7596
Re: 2024 Canberra Raiders alternate jersey
That's easily the worst jersey the Raiders have ever produced. It's the sort of corporate sludge that gets produced when there's zero respect for the customer. I can't understand why the Raiders find uniform design so difficult. Not even in the top 10 of Canberra’s worst jerseys. That weird Grey je...
- February 12, 2024, 2:25 pm
- Forum: Canberra Raiders
- Topic: 2024 Canberra Raiders alternate jersey
- Replies: 56
- Views: 7596
Re: 2024 Canberra Raiders alternate jersey
Not even in the top 10 of Canberra’s worst jerseys.
- February 10, 2024, 9:12 am
- Forum: Canberra Raiders
- Topic: Mitchell Brophy receives inaugural Jarrod Croker Scholarship for 2024
- Replies: 6
- Views: 946
Re: Mitchell Brophy receives inaugural Jarrod Croker Scholarship for 2024
I presume this is Michael’s young fella?
- February 8, 2024, 7:02 pm
- Forum: Canberra Raiders
- Topic: POLL: Strongest 2024 line up: Savage re-vote
- Replies: 185
- Views: 9330
Re: POLL: Strongest 2024 line up: Savage re-vote
Rapana, Cotric, Savage, Asomua, Schiller are all far and away better than Hopoate. Hoppa shouldn’t even be considered unless something drastic happens and only one of them is available. He’s a horrific defender, terrible under the high ball, doesn’t have great hands, would be one of the least agile ...
- February 8, 2024, 7:56 am
- Forum: Canberra Raiders
- Topic: Locks and contenders 2024
- Replies: 50
- Views: 8925
Re: Locks and contenders 2024
to be honest if we took out the finals game, Mariota on pure performance would have been below both guler and saulo. I couldn't disagree more. On pure performance, to me it was plainly obvious every time he stepped on the field that not only did Mariota have a much higher ceiling but he was already...
- February 7, 2024, 4:07 pm
- Forum: Canberra Raiders
- Topic: Canberra Raiders to feature in All Stars
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3201
Re: Canberra Raiders to feature in All Stars
I don’t know if he’d be starting centre but he’d absolutely be picked given he can play edge forward and there’s not a big contingent of current NRL forwards for the indigenous all stars to pick from.
- February 6, 2024, 1:09 pm
- Forum: Canberra Raiders
- Topic: Ex Raiders... where are they now?
- Replies: 4174
- Views: 600850
Re: Ex Raiders... where are they now?
Joey Leilua absolutely flogging Curtis Scott would probably be the greatest NRL wash up fight I could imagine.
- February 4, 2024, 8:37 am
- Forum: Other Sports
- Topic: The Cricket Thread
- Replies: 25370
- Views: 1378646
Re: The Cricket Thread
Agar and Beer were both tried before going back to Lyon. Nah that’s not the case. He hadn’t made his first class debut when Michael Beer first played a test. They played in conjunction in the West Indies in a test later on though. Lyon was dropped in India in ‘13 because he bowled right handed. Pic...
- February 4, 2024, 8:24 am
- Forum: Other Sports
- Topic: The Cricket Thread
- Replies: 25370
- Views: 1378646
Re: The Cricket Thread
And also remember in the early years of Lyon’s career he was in and out of the team probably quite unfairly. He has a better record against the Indians - who are traditionally regarded as the best players of spin - than Shane Warne. He got dropped unfairly a couple of times but he’s generally been ...
- February 4, 2024, 8:22 am
- Forum: Canberra Raiders
- Topic: 2024 Round 1 v Knights: Teams and Previews *Teams p1
- Replies: 784
- Views: 51495
Re: 2024 Rd 1 v Knights: Teams and Previews
'I knew it was going to be a long shot': Canberra Raiders star Sebastian Kris opens up on NRL All Stars decision Sebastian Kris always thought counting the NRL All Stars game towards his suspension was a "long shot". It's why he instantly moved on and switched his focus to being ready for...
- February 4, 2024, 8:14 am
- Forum: Canberra Raiders
- Topic: Adam Cook returns to Canberra Raiders on train and trial contract
- Replies: 38
- Views: 3667
Re: Adam Cook returns to Canberra Raiders on train and trial contract
Cook looked good in that game and did some nice things in reserves early the following year but then completely went to water. He seemed to totally lose his nerve and couldn’t catch a cold. Was sad to see. If he has got his confidence back he could be ok. From what I’ve gathered from looking over h...
- February 2, 2024, 6:29 pm
- Forum: Canberra Raiders
- Topic: Raiders player signing speculation 2024
- Replies: 1056
- Views: 86432
Re: Raiders player signing speculation 2024
Not sure where the bit of second row comes from. Utility back. Played way more fullback than any time pent in the forwards. I like him as an outside back though. The reserve grader that I think might be a very good get is Max Feagai. The brothers were very over rated to start with. He got left behin...
- February 2, 2024, 6:24 pm
- Forum: Canberra Raiders
- Topic: Jamal Fogarty named Raiders vice captain for 2024
- Replies: 46
- Views: 3417
Re: Jamal Fogarty named Raiders vice captain for 2024
Gee that’s a slap in the face to Joe Tapine.
- January 31, 2024, 9:10 pm
- Forum: Other Sports
- Topic: The Cricket Thread
- Replies: 25370
- Views: 1378646
Re: The Cricket Thread
And just on the earlier talk of the transitioning of this test team…. The Ashes showed the real glue of the side and the most irreplaceable player/person is Nathan Lyon. There is no obvious way to try and ready Murphy or Sangha etc. We knew we’d never have another Warne but we’re also never going to...
- January 31, 2024, 9:03 pm
- Forum: Other Sports
- Topic: The Cricket Thread
- Replies: 25370
- Views: 1378646
Re: The Cricket Thread
Cummins?
Head scored a century in the world test championship final and the World Cup final.
That alone should get the AB Medal, no questions asked imo.
Head scored a century in the world test championship final and the World Cup final.
That alone should get the AB Medal, no questions asked imo.
- January 31, 2024, 7:12 pm
- Forum: Canberra Raiders
- Topic: Adam Cook returns to Canberra Raiders on train and trial contract
- Replies: 38
- Views: 3667
Re: Adam Cook returns to Canberra Raiders on train and trial contract
I remember liking what I saw of him. I could be wrong but it seems like he was the primary playmaker in a Qld Cup team that was pretty ordinary last year whilst in the Cows top 30.
Slim pickings in Australian rugby league for back up halves though.
Slim pickings in Australian rugby league for back up halves though.