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Been watching Morris. I thought he was supposed to be really rapid?!?! He's barely touching 140 ATM. Green is bowling as fast.

Speaking of Green, he has his 1st wicket

Bartlett is ON FIRE!

Cutting smelly would be madness! The cows are hardly and organisation to model yourself against. I'd have thought taps would have been next in line and this could hurt his confidence. But if it was managed properly, then I see this as only positive They have better success than us in the last 7-8yr...

-PJ- wrote: ↑February 2, 2024, 1:24 pm 1st ODI AUS v WI @ MCG.

AUS have won the toss and will bowl.

Xavier Bartlett and Lance Morris on debut for AUS

Congrats to both.

2 new quicks. Interesting

This says a lot of things that it shouldn't... 1. Ricky and/or Whitey are too stubborn to step aside. 2. "Fog has to step up and lead"... I'd argue wearing the 7 means it's in the job description anyway. 3. Taps isn't ready for the responsibility... :roflmao What a slap in the face. 4. You...

The Cowboys are interviewing former Commanders HC Ron Rivera for their DC vacancy next week, per David Moore.

Former Vikings HC and Cowboys DC Mike Zimmer is interested in the current vacant Cowboys gig a person with knowledge of his thinking said.

Via Calvin Watkins

Not too much change for the local Canberra competitions. Already a 19 day stand down for juniors, more change for seniors which have an 11 day stand down. Guess we will see what the NRL and NSWRL make of it. Because of the money, and access to medical treatment, I cant seem them go down the 21 day ...

Only thing with X Savage on the wing with C Stewart at Fullback is the risk of them both being dominated when working it out of our own end. They can just run around the kick return defence, like they did in Cup. Then they don't need to work it out 😃 ^^^ Someone send this to Ricky. I think we have ...

Dan Quinn is the man in Washington Could be a major loss for Dallas, as the defence has been the consistent presence that has fuelled that team. I’ve seen Ron Rivera floated as an option but I wonder if the Jones’s contact Mike Zimmer For the commies I’m not sure I like the hire, will largely depen...

Greygoateebloke wrote: ↑February 1, 2024, 4:41 pm 14. Puru
15. Mooney
16. Papalii
17. Smithies

I think Mariota needs to be starting with Tapine, the future is now.
Puru can cover dummy half, anywhere in the backs, and the back row, so he gets the nod over Starling.

i could support this too. same pack as mine, just shuffled a little.

If he was that good how couldn't he break into a dud Warriors side? He can play multiple positions, as you point out. Something obviously changed when he came to Canberra. In 2017 CNK was 21 turning 22. So just out of u20s. 2017 Warriors backs: 1. RTS (c) - NZ FB 2. Vatuvei - former NZ Rep/ Lolohea...

Dan Quinn is the man in Washington Could be a major loss for Dallas, as the defence has been the consistent presence that has fuelled that team. I’ve seen Ron Rivera floated as an option but I wonder if the Jones’s contact Mike Zimmer For the commies I’m not sure I like the hire, will largely depen...

bonehead wrote: ↑February 1, 2024, 8:32 pm Inglis looks an out and out flat track bully and Carey has fallen apart from where I thought he was going

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He looked like a 40 avg kinda guy, but he's regressed to 30 quickly.

:x So the same structures that allowed them opportunity to show thier ability and perform better than they ever had simultaneously eroded thier ability. Makes sense. The issue here is u see CNK as a guy who was a D to start with. Never was. I saw a Trey Mooney stuck behind rep players (TBF past yr ...

If we want to be the best, we need to stop worrying about "the norm" and set the standard. Don't think we will though, I expect we will regress for quite a few years. Agreed. I dont see long format batsmen. I dont see the next keeper. The next spinner has potential. There seem to be an al...

2001? Yes Which is insane. We won in India in 2004, we need to stop legitimising it by saying even the great sides struggled, and find a way TBF, the 3 big nations struggle away from home. India struggled to win here, England struggled to win here. England doesnt win in India - I know they just got...

:x Players have come here and become better players. You mentioned CNK earlier, CNK came here a D grader and left a B I'd have thought. Most players that come to the Raiders now get better and/or play thier best football here. See, this isn’t actually true. CNK was actually a gun, and scored 7 trie...

I doubt Huddo is there - Martin, Koloamatangi, Olakau'atu, Crichton, maybe a Butcher (would probably play for QLD, but not flashy enough for NSW, EG Capewell was a mainstay for a while) - not sure what other edges were looked at. Murray will probably play some edge too, which is a waste of his abili...

This came down to Mooney or Hoskings for me Voted Mooney He should be in the 17 imo, is the best player in that list. I think we should invest in him as a player because i think he's got the potential to be a pillar to build a forward pack around for 5-10 years. Does that make the bench a little he...

Yeah they'll be regretting it in a year or two when, with a few further retirements, our batting completely goes down the toilet and we're losing tests left right and centre. Same thing happened around the 2010 mark, I'm expecting it to happen again. It could happen I think it will happen. We were ...

Cause we're not winning by an innings every test and scoring 600 like they did in the mid 2000s It's been refreshing to watch some cricket on tougher decks with lower scores where the game is still alive after Australia bats I love a contest too, but doesnt change that we should have won all 5 game...

2001? Yes Which is insane. We won in India in 2004, we need to stop legitimising it by saying even the great sides struggled, and find a way TBF, the 3 big nations struggle away from home. India struggled to win here, England struggled to win here. England doesnt win in India - I know they just got...

My biggest disappointment with this current generation is despite the resurgence in our our test team over the last several years we still haven’t won a series in India or England. Even the great sides struggled in India. Waugh's and Ponting's didn't fair much better. Don't think Ponting ever won t...

Agar and Beer were both tried before going back to Lyon.

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 t...

Off contract at the end of the year are: 1. Hohepa Puru 2. Trey Mooney 3. Nick Cotric 4. Zac Woolford 5. James Schiller 6. Pasami Saulo 7. Peter Hola I’m assuming both Jordan Rapana and Elliott Whitehead will retire too opening up 9 potential spots in the top 30 for 2025. Vena Patuki-Case and Micha...

Marsh is the AB Medalist... why does that make me feel like we sucked this past 12months?!? And we won the Test Champs and a WC. Because as Australians in our 30’s/40’s(I’m assuming) we expect nothing but wins, we’ve been very blessed in the periods of crickets we’ve had the pleasure of watching. W...

Marsh is the AB Medalist... why does that make me feel like we sucked this past 12months?!? And we won the Test Champs and a WC.

Yeah they'll be regretting it in a year or two when, with a few further retirements, our batting completely goes down the toilet and we're losing tests left right and centre. Same thing happened around the 2010 mark, I'm expecting it to happen again. It could happen I think it will happen. We were ...

:x Players have come here and become better players. You mentioned CNK earlier, CNK came here a D grader and left a B I'd have thought. Most players that come to the Raiders now get better and/or play thier best football here. See, this isn’t actually true. CNK was actually a gun, and scored 7 trie...

Let’s push the analogy to breaking point [emoji16] The kids keep taking abacuses (abacii?) to math competitions and their teachers are clearly working very hard to make them passable on their abacus. The teachers select the kids who go in competitions based on those who can best utilise the abacus....

100% I say it all the time. The coaches get paid too! If we could just flog blokes and expect them to figure it out skill and structure wise, why pay Stuart 1m a year? Just get a boot camp instructor in for 70k a year and save the money. Coaching is a teaching role. It’s the coach and his staff’s j...

The Steelers are hiring former Falcons HC Arthur Smith as their next offensive coordinator per @tompelissero

Azza wrote: ↑January 30, 2024, 7:31 pm Yeah they'll be regretting it in a year or two when, with a few further retirements, our batting completely goes down the toilet and we're losing tests left right and centre. Same thing happened around the 2010 mark, I'm expecting it to happen again.

It could happen

Northern Raider wrote: ↑January 30, 2024, 5:15 pm
Interestingly the Sheffield Shield starts up this weekend. Same time as the ODI series against Windies. Of course they have Cameron Green in the ODI squad instead of getting some valuable time with the red ball. Gotta laugh.

Yup... dumb

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