Rocky
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Yep - it was almost like last man standing when Des finally gave most of those guys a chance.
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Most of those players that got that start was due to injuries.
At the beginning of the Bulldogs game I think it was ... the commentator said that the #14 man had started the game at hooker ... and the 9 was on the bench ...
A discussion was then had .. that stated that this unannounced change counted as an official interchange .. and that Bulldogs now had one less ... this was confirmed later by the sideline reporter ....
Harsh, and seemingly unimportant ... BUT ... The bookies and the NRL do not like silly buggers with team lists ...
Has never played hooker, can play middle and edge
40 nil
It's only a game ...
As it's a free to air game, his big brother should be able to watch (assuming he has access to television).
Not looking forward to having young Feledy come back to haunt us in the centres.
Maybe they didn't confirm the change an hour before the game, I thought it's Ok to change up until then.
You are correct .. but it shows how seriously the Nrl take it ..
Off contract at the end of next season
If he kicks on, I wonder how keen he would be to come back and play with his old team mates?? Could be a big incentive. Of course, I'm still looking forward to seeing Koula and Meyers playing together.Off contract at the end of next season
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Perhaps but I look at it as when Player X is ready he gets his chance.
For every Hamole there's an Albert Hoppa. This place was in contortions at points as to why the next great hope wasn't getting a run. Fast forward to the big chance and the Kid crashed and burned to the point that he was let go and is only now getting a run in the Faders due to the injury of first-choice players.
I'd also say that many of our young gun players were not signed to long-term deals back in 2019/2020 and if you put your best young talent in the window they get snapped up by other sides pretty fast... I feel that the right decisions were made at the time because if I look at our side today we have the majority of said young guns in the side, playing great and signed to long-term deals..... perhaps the plan worked out in the end eah?
I give you the @Tigers as evidence. they are quick to promote young players into the fg side only to see them plucked away before they have the cap room to secure them long-term.
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or as i mentioned above when the young guys were signed sealed and delivered. Then they get their chance.
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Stmerge game. a blunder made by Hook.
Brooke
Bencher
How frustrating was that ?
It being their relationship with the betting agencies?
That's where teams like the Broncos and Penrith have such a big advantage, they don't have this problem. They have such a big pool of young bulls always coming through all keen to play with their idols. It's no big deal losing potential star players when theirs a truck load waiting in the wings ready to take their place.
Scorpio
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According to some comments in the linked threads (which I find believable), he was made an offer by the club, but that offer was rejected... ergo he wasn't let go.
I did have a look at some of the old threads and it's an interesting read.
The Book of Albert
fuucck me dead. Just heard on triple m. I feel ill. Albert Hopoate has signed with the Warriors and starts with them next week. How has this happened??
silvertails.net
Albert Poll - show me the money....
breaking away from the main thread for a moment as I'm not sure you can add a poll to a current thread? So much talk after poster opened lid on Albert's offered contract a few days ago. Lots of views but very little 'we should pay him xxxxx'. So without bankrupting the club put your open bid...
silvertails.net
we've all moved on, I guess, but annesley said it didn't cost them an interchange but the nrl knobs will look at it after the game.
St George Illawarra Dragons interchange error: Will Anthony Griffin’s side be punished by the NRL?
The most bizarre incident to come out of Round 7 in the NRL wasn’t the decision to penalise Tyson Frizell for an accidental hair pull but rather the interchange mix-up from the St George Illawarra Dragons.
www.sportingnews.com
“There’s a bit of misunderstanding about this,” Annesley said.
“They weren’t docked an interchange. They still go their normal number of interchanges.
“It becomes a breach of our rules, which is dealt with separately post-game,” Annesley stated.
“Andrew Abdo will have a look at the circumstances around that and we’ll get some more details on how that happened, and then a decision will be taken in the normal course of events about the reasons why the rules were breached.
“A determination will then be made whether they’re issued a breach notice and an associated penalty that goes with that.”
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6 | 2 | 4 | -31 | 6 |
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