Toughest preseason ever 2019

[bonehead]

should we start a 2018/19 toughest preseason ever thread?

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[Brewdle]

Ran into Cotric at Mawson yesterday, he said training had been tough


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[greeneyed]

Ran into Cotric at Mawson yesterday, he said training had been tough


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The toughest ever?

[Botman]

Toughest pre season ever

[greeneyed]

Who’s that?

[Botman]

I believe it’s a fan with a rig not a great deal better than mine posing as Corey Horsburgh

[greeneyed]

I can see that now.

[-PJ-]

Well..he's going to feel the toughest preseason ever for sure !!!!

I didn't start this thread btw, I just found last years..

Boner started it in 2017.

[bonehead]

Well..he's going to feel the toughest preseason ever for sure !!!!

I didn't start this thread btw, I just found last years..

Boner started it in 2017.

baton passed

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[Dr Zaius]

Flog them bad make them as fit as they have ever been - reduce the late game fades. Focus almost entirely on defense. Ball handling drills once fatigued. Forget about attacking drills.

[dubby]

Flog them bad make them as fit as they have ever been - reduce the late game fades. Focus almost entirely on defense. Ball handling drills once fatigued. Forget about attacking drills.

Dr Zaius speaks the truth.

I also think they need sports psychology to overcome their mental yips.

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[Sid]

Flog them bad make them as fit as they have ever been - reduce the late game fades. Focus almost entirely on defense. Ball handling drills once fatigued. Forget about attacking drills.

Disagree. Should be honing the skills on flick passes, intercepts, chippy-chases, mid field bombs and post try fortnite dance celebrations

[Dr Zaius]

Flog them bad make them as fit as they have ever been - reduce the late game fades. Focus almost entirely on defense. Ball handling drills once fatigued. Forget about attacking drills.

Disagree. Should be honing the skills on flick passes, intercepts, chippy-chases, mid field bombs and post try fortnite dance celebrations

You make a strong point

[roneel78]

Flog them bad make them as fit as they have ever been - reduce the late game fades. Focus almost entirely on defense. Ball handling drills once fatigued. Forget about attacking drills.

Disagree. Should be honing the skills on flick passes, intercepts, chippy-chases, mid field bombs and post try fortnite dance celebrations

Don’t forget crash ball!! Reckon they can get even better


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[Seiffert82]

Edit.

[greeneyed]

Canberra Raiders forward Sia Soliola to trim up ahead of NRL season

With the Green Machine about to hit the training track and ramp up their pre-season, Soliola will be looking to drop a few kilos by the end of November. Those kegs come in the form off lopping off his luscious locks when he cuts his and his son Alesana's hair to raise money for Canberra charity Kulture Break on November 22.

"I've done it with my first born, Israel, and I raised a bit of money over there in England and I thought I'd do the same here with this haircut," Soliola said.

Read more: https://www.canberratimes.com.au/sport/ ... 50dsk.html

Raiders: 2018 season by the numbers: https://www.nrl.com/news/2018/11/03/can ... e-numbers/

Video: https://www.nrl.com/news/2018/11/03/can ... e-numbers/

[Lucy]

Growing beards should be priority number one.

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[BadnMean]

Flog them bad make them as fit as they have ever been - reduce the late game fades. Focus almost entirely on defense. Ball handling drills once fatigued. Forget about attacking drills.

Disagree. Should be honing the skills on flick passes, intercepts, chippy-chases, mid field bombs and post try fortnite dance celebrations

Not enough focus on short kick offs or prop-as-half link plays.

[dubby]

Polky will go down in GH infamy for the way he shut down and exposed RaidingZ

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[FuiFui BradBrad]

Polky will go down in GH infamy for the way he shut down and exposed RaidingZ

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Lock for Boogs rookie of the year

[RedRaider]

Press releases saying that the focus of this pre-season is about defence. We are good at SAYING it, but when there is no accountability there is no delivery. Wash, rinse and bring it out again next year.

[greeneyed]

Beep test results for the squad from Friday:

Backs
1 Aidan Sezer
2 Sam Williams
3 Paul Roache

Forwards
1 Daniel Keir
2 Kyle Paterson
3 Makahesi Makatoa

Read more: https://www.raiders.com.au/news/2018/11 ... t-results/

[BJ]

My Raiders Beep test for those playing at home.

Re-Watch the first three games of the season and every time you swear, Beep the swear word out and add one to the count.

I guarantee you will be Beep test over 100, by the end of game 2. No current player will be able to match our Beep Test count.

[Rickmando]

Flog them bad make them as fit as they have ever been - reduce the late game fades. Focus almost entirely on defense. Ball handling drills once fatigued. Forget about attacking drills.

Disagree. Should be honing the skills on flick passes, intercepts, chippy-chases, mid field bombs and post try fortnite dance celebrations

Not enough focus on short kick offs or prop-as-half link plays.

I’d be disappointed if Hodgson wasn’t practicing his crash balls or the halves weren’t honing their 4th tackle kicks - both seem to be a big part of the weekly game plan

[BadnMean]

Flog them bad make them as fit as they have ever been - reduce the late game fades. Focus almost entirely on defense. Ball handling drills once fatigued. Forget about attacking drills.

Disagree. Should be honing the skills on flick passes, intercepts, chippy-chases, mid field bombs and post try fortnite dance celebrations

Not enough focus on short kick offs or prop-as-half link plays.

I’d be disappointed if Hodgson wasn’t practicing his crash balls or the halves weren’t honing their 4th tackle kicks - both seem to be a big part of the weekly game plan

I think we are way past 4th tackle kicks now. 3rd tackle at worst. Zero tackle kicking duel style ideally. Even if it's Sammy's 25m range and Jack's "anywhere will do" megaboot.

[greeneyed]

Canberra Raiders complete first pre-season camp

The Canberra Raiders NRL squad has returned today from an army style camp, which was used as an opportunity to get together and prepare for the start of their 2019 pre-season.

The camp featured a mix of physical and mental challenges over two and a half days, with the team working on resilience and focusing on team values.

Read more: https://www.raiders.com.au/news/2018/11 ... ason-camp/

[edwahu]

When is the under 20s squad announced?

[greeneyed]

Canberra Raiders put a brick in the wall to start NRL pre-season rebuild

The Green Machine has completed a three-day camp around the capital to lay down a marker for their goals over the next 12 months.

"It wasn't the normal run of the mill army camp in regards to being bashed up physically," Stuart said. "A number of points came out of our review from last season that there's a lot to work with in regards to the mind, resilience and making decisions under duress. Over the last two and a half days, the guys have been put under a lot of duress and then it was about choices we made, and buy in.

Read more: https://www.canberratimes.com.au/sport/ ... 50ek8.html

[Sid]

that's one way to build the braddon facilities a bit quicker I guess

[Rick]

An update from Ricky after the first week of preseason; I’ve got 17 blokes hurting in there.


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[thedevilingreen]

An update from Ricky after the first week of preseason; I’ve got 17 blokes hurting in there.


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Only 17 blokes not the toughest pre season ever then is it

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[Schifty]

I think we should have the easiest pre season ever as it is pretty obvious these toughest ever ones don't work.

[zim]

I'm surprised with the mention of us being "unlucky" in the video and the article there's no blow ups on here. I don't normally have an issue with those comments but it annoyed me.

[edwahu]

I'm surprised with the mention of us being "unlucky" in the video and the article there's no blow ups on here. I don't normally have an issue with those comments but it annoyed me.

I read it but I couldn't be bothered blowing up about it again. It's just Ricky been Ricky.

What disappoints me more is to see him talk about mental issues been a problem, but after a review we end up with 10 physios and trainers but still not a Sports Psych or even anything like it.

[greeneyed]

I'm surprised with the mention of us being "unlucky" in the video and the article there's no blow ups on here. I don't normally have an issue with those comments but it annoyed me.

I've said it before... Telling your squad that their losses are "unlucky" or wins are "lucky" is not encouraging a high performance culture IMO. Jack Gibson used to say something like... "Everyone's lucky, you just have to put yourself in position to take advantage of it." A much better message IMO.