So,finally half an hour late the Channel nein kick off occurs
The teams run at eachother,getting in the good old arm wrestle,this goes on until the 12th minute where Gifty goes a bit high on Wallace,worse head highs have been let go but perhaps thats just manly bias
Broncos thankfully take the 2 points,this is a big part of the game for mine,instead of keeping the pressure on they relieve it for the cost of 2 points,a diabolical move as its a sign that Brisbane dont think they can crack our defense,which has been quiet marvellous
The arm wrestle hardly gets started from the next kickoff,a brisbane set ends in a kick and chase which gives us the same thing right back,decent set and a good kick on the end of it,tackle 2 Yow Yee fumbles and a 2nd man play sees Yow Yee get caught out of position thanks to Foz and Stewie,LYON finally takes a shot at goal....and misses
Brisbane get a somewhat lucky play to make a break,due to DCE still waiting for his testicle to re-decend.....Stewart makes a brilliant tackle only for the broncos go around our "put a tissue over us" defensive formation after the line break,was done way to easily
A Checcin-Esque penalty sees the Broncos go into the dressing room 6 points ahead,that was perhaps the softest penalty i have ever seen as Matai was following the ball
Joe makes one of his customary knock ons and we hit the sheds,what comes out the other end of halftime is something of brilliance
Kickoff occurs and within about a minute Manly are winning almost every single collision,pushing blokes another few metres while mostly either stopping the brisbane offense dead or pushing them back,a few blokes from brisbane make the push but its not nearly enough,they are clearly losing this arm wrestle
Predictably this results in another try,the way the try occured however was not predictable,it was built upon brilliance and bull****,Forans worst try assist if there is such a thing sees T Rex's chances of doing the naked lap to easy to mess up,Lyon kicks and its good!
Brisbane is clearly losing this battle,10 all and manly not only have the momentum but the sparks we were seeing in the 1st half start becoming jets of pure awesome,DCE puts up the perfect bomb for the leagues best offensive bomb catchers to score with basic ease,Brisbanes night is only about to get worse,after 10 more minutes of the bumbling broncos and an uncharacteristic Brett Stewart knock on leading nowhere good for the baby broncos,after a good line break DCE's dummy finally pays dividends resulting in a marvellous solo try,Lyon still converting,hopefully this is a sign of things to come
Minutes later we seen what will have other teams ****ting their pants,a brilliant side-chip-grubber kick from Foz into the hands of Snake and straight back out of them into DCE's hands who almost runs himself across the deadball line,thankfully he did not as that try deserves a million replays which it will have in opposition locker rooms,they will find no defense for this caper,DCE goes from 0 career trys to 2 in about the space of 5 minutes
A few minutes later our off field captain makes one of the most horrid tackles in the modern game,a neck grapple,highly odd from the old plodder,his antics impressed noone especially not the refs,if he gets suspended for that well,i will definatly not complain,i hate the broncos but i dont want to see anyones neck broken
Next cab off the ranks was the brilliance of a few players,DCE,Foran and Snake help Hopoate score the perfect contortionist try,Broncos for the rest of the game "Assault" our line without ever looking dangerous
Ratings
B Stewart-8-Brilliant...lethal...orgasmic,perhaps lost 20cm of pace
Hopoate-7.5-Did nothing wrong and scored a double
Lyon-7-Not quiet at his peak but still highly solid
Matai-7.5-4th most LB's in the NRL after missing 4 weeks.....just wow
D Williams-6.5-I cant fault him for anything.....but wasnt overly involved
Foran-9.9-Just wow......this kid apparently has improvement left..Where?
DCE-8-More involved,a double and some brilliant kicking,passing,running
King-6-In defense was solid,in attack....meh
Ballin-7.5-Did easily the biggest hit of the game,was a monster in defense
Kite-6.5-As with King...good defense....attack needs some work
Watmough-7-Expected more from him in attack,he isnt 2009 yet
Gulavao-7-Defended well,attack needs more catching tho Joe
G Stewart-8-Ran with gusto,hit with gusto,the man was pure gusto
T Williams-6-Needs to time his run from acting half better,he was solid
Robinson-7-Our best prop tonight in my view,he didnt have a hard act to follow though
Rose-4-His injury seen him have few minutes....he didnt have enough time
Bhurer-Unrateable-Des why waste this blokes awesome talent???
This year is one of great opportunity,the 1st half those sparks were there,the 2nd the fire finally fizzed out with 6 minutes left due to lack of need to keep it going,thankfully never letting in those soft trys as the game ended which we were guilty of earlier on,Keep up the good work boys,with this set of halves we have an era of dominance coming in the likes of which unthinkable in the modern game,aslong as we hold onto Desmond Hasler and his terrible haircut and we NEED to keep a hold on these halves....at almost any cost,if this happens the 70s will be a mere footnote in history in comparison
The only area i see weakness in is the props as was expected pre season
Edit-Brett Stewart didnt touch the ball,id forgotten this refs blunder
The teams run at eachother,getting in the good old arm wrestle,this goes on until the 12th minute where Gifty goes a bit high on Wallace,worse head highs have been let go but perhaps thats just manly bias
Broncos thankfully take the 2 points,this is a big part of the game for mine,instead of keeping the pressure on they relieve it for the cost of 2 points,a diabolical move as its a sign that Brisbane dont think they can crack our defense,which has been quiet marvellous
The arm wrestle hardly gets started from the next kickoff,a brisbane set ends in a kick and chase which gives us the same thing right back,decent set and a good kick on the end of it,tackle 2 Yow Yee fumbles and a 2nd man play sees Yow Yee get caught out of position thanks to Foz and Stewie,LYON finally takes a shot at goal....and misses
Brisbane get a somewhat lucky play to make a break,due to DCE still waiting for his testicle to re-decend.....Stewart makes a brilliant tackle only for the broncos go around our "put a tissue over us" defensive formation after the line break,was done way to easily
A Checcin-Esque penalty sees the Broncos go into the dressing room 6 points ahead,that was perhaps the softest penalty i have ever seen as Matai was following the ball
Joe makes one of his customary knock ons and we hit the sheds,what comes out the other end of halftime is something of brilliance
Kickoff occurs and within about a minute Manly are winning almost every single collision,pushing blokes another few metres while mostly either stopping the brisbane offense dead or pushing them back,a few blokes from brisbane make the push but its not nearly enough,they are clearly losing this arm wrestle
Predictably this results in another try,the way the try occured however was not predictable,it was built upon brilliance and bull****,Forans worst try assist if there is such a thing sees T Rex's chances of doing the naked lap to easy to mess up,Lyon kicks and its good!
Brisbane is clearly losing this battle,10 all and manly not only have the momentum but the sparks we were seeing in the 1st half start becoming jets of pure awesome,DCE puts up the perfect bomb for the leagues best offensive bomb catchers to score with basic ease,Brisbanes night is only about to get worse,after 10 more minutes of the bumbling broncos and an uncharacteristic Brett Stewart knock on leading nowhere good for the baby broncos,after a good line break DCE's dummy finally pays dividends resulting in a marvellous solo try,Lyon still converting,hopefully this is a sign of things to come
Minutes later we seen what will have other teams ****ting their pants,a brilliant side-chip-grubber kick from Foz into the hands of Snake and straight back out of them into DCE's hands who almost runs himself across the deadball line,thankfully he did not as that try deserves a million replays which it will have in opposition locker rooms,they will find no defense for this caper,DCE goes from 0 career trys to 2 in about the space of 5 minutes
A few minutes later our off field captain makes one of the most horrid tackles in the modern game,a neck grapple,highly odd from the old plodder,his antics impressed noone especially not the refs,if he gets suspended for that well,i will definatly not complain,i hate the broncos but i dont want to see anyones neck broken
Next cab off the ranks was the brilliance of a few players,DCE,Foran and Snake help Hopoate score the perfect contortionist try,Broncos for the rest of the game "Assault" our line without ever looking dangerous
Ratings
B Stewart-8-Brilliant...lethal...orgasmic,perhaps lost 20cm of pace
Hopoate-7.5-Did nothing wrong and scored a double
Lyon-7-Not quiet at his peak but still highly solid
Matai-7.5-4th most LB's in the NRL after missing 4 weeks.....just wow
D Williams-6.5-I cant fault him for anything.....but wasnt overly involved
Foran-9.9-Just wow......this kid apparently has improvement left..Where?
DCE-8-More involved,a double and some brilliant kicking,passing,running
King-6-In defense was solid,in attack....meh
Ballin-7.5-Did easily the biggest hit of the game,was a monster in defense
Kite-6.5-As with King...good defense....attack needs some work
Watmough-7-Expected more from him in attack,he isnt 2009 yet
Gulavao-7-Defended well,attack needs more catching tho Joe
G Stewart-8-Ran with gusto,hit with gusto,the man was pure gusto
T Williams-6-Needs to time his run from acting half better,he was solid
Robinson-7-Our best prop tonight in my view,he didnt have a hard act to follow though
Rose-4-His injury seen him have few minutes....he didnt have enough time
Bhurer-Unrateable-Des why waste this blokes awesome talent???
This year is one of great opportunity,the 1st half those sparks were there,the 2nd the fire finally fizzed out with 6 minutes left due to lack of need to keep it going,thankfully never letting in those soft trys as the game ended which we were guilty of earlier on,Keep up the good work boys,with this set of halves we have an era of dominance coming in the likes of which unthinkable in the modern game,aslong as we hold onto Desmond Hasler and his terrible haircut and we NEED to keep a hold on these halves....at almost any cost,if this happens the 70s will be a mere footnote in history in comparison
The only area i see weakness in is the props as was expected pre season
Edit-Brett Stewart didnt touch the ball,id forgotten this refs blunder