O/T Rugby League

[CuriousMattUK]

Originally Posted by jake1669

Game has kicked off and I still can't decide who I'm supporting. What is it about Manly that makes it so hard for me to like?

I'm an Englishman and I wanted Manly. English fans are partisan like that.

Leeds were the better team on the night but I hardly think it's a fair contest.

The Aussies have to come over here every year and in the past two seasons have played at the home stadiums of the teams they were facing.

Ideally the World Club Challenge should alternate between the hemispheres and be played on "neutral" territory rather than that club's own home ground.

[jake1669]

I agree mate! On top of that, it is still pre-season down here and the Super League has not only finished pre-season but are a couple of games into the regular season.

Bugger all you can do about that though, the seasons just can't be lined up.

By the way, your boys looked awesome against Leeds last week!!

[CuriousMattUK]

Originally Posted by jake1669

I agree mate! On top of that, it is still pre-season down here and the Super League has not only finished pre-season but are a couple of games into the regular season.

Bugger all you can do about that though, the seasons just can't be lined up.

By the way, your boys looked awesome against Leeds last week!!

Thanks for the compliment regarding our performance last weekend. We were below par in round 1 and really improved Vs the now World Club Champs in round 2.

We play Round 3 today away at Bradford.

Can't wait for the NRL season to begin!

[aussiepride]

yeah!
the have gotten rid of the stupid mcintyre system for the final in the nrl starting this year!
they replacing it with a top 4, bottom 4 finals. still sounds a little confusing.

what do they do in uk?

[CuriousMattUK]

Originally Posted by aussiepride

yeah!
the have gotten rid of the stupid mcintyre system for the final in the nrl starting this year!
they replacing it with a top 4, bottom 4 finals. still sounds a little confusing.

what do they do in uk?

It's a top 8 play-off system which the majority of fans find ridiculous. In a 14 team league it means the "pass mark" for the play-offs is less than half.

1st V 4th, 2nd V 3rd, 5th V 8th and 6th V 7th in Week 1.

[CuriousMattUK]

Excited for the start of the NRL season folks?

[mbourke]

St George all the way

[jake1669]

Originally Posted by CuriousMattUK

Excited for the start of the NRL season folks?

All fired up mate!! Got my tickets for the Warriors on Sunday, playing at Eden Park with more than 30,000 pre-sales. They're talking about selling the place out with walk up sales.