SGBall 2019

[Bearfax]

Very curious that Schuster is rarely mentioned in the match summaries. Is this to keep other sides off the scent

 

[The Who]

Gee. I thought we were a big side, but the quote that Canterbury were a big side got me wondering if it's time to reduce the number of players on the field to 12?
With the vast majority of forwards now from Polynesian/Islander stock the opportunity for smaller, skilful players diminishes. If rugby league becomes too heavily skewed towards power then it will lose some of its appeal, and the smaller, faster kids will be more inclined to play soccer or Aussie Rules.
Rugby league should be a mix of raw power with scintillating football and ball movement.
The dimensions of a RL field have not changed in 110 years yet players have got so much bigger that there is less space to move.
Personally, I'd get rid of the 'lock' position. A lock is no longer needed to lock in the scrum, which has been a bad joke for many years.
To me the game is headed towards gridiron where big, beefy blokes line up to crash into one another, while the exciting actions happens away from them.

 

[The Wheel]

https://www.seaeagles.com.au/news/2019/03/12/sea-eagles-team-to-play-wests-in-sg-ball/

SG Ball team for the weekend, currently undefeated

 

[The Wheel]

Harold Matthews team for this week - full of locals and going well

https://www.seaeagles.com.au/news/2019/03/12/sea-eagles-side-to-play-magpies-in-harold-matthews/

 

[Cliffymagic]

Gee. I thought we were a big side, but the quote that Canterbury were a big side got me wondering if it's time to reduce the number of players on the field to 12?
With the vast majority of forwards now from Polynesian/Islander stock the opportunity for smaller, skilful players diminishes. If rugby league becomes too heavily skewed towards power then it will lose some of its appeal, and the smaller, faster kids will be more inclined to play soccer or Aussie Rules.
Rugby league should be a mix of raw power with scintillating football and ball movement.
The dimensions of a RL field have not changed in 110 years yet players have got so much bigger that there is less space to move.
Personally, I'd get rid of the 'lock' position. A lock is no longer needed to lock in the scrum, which has been a bad joke for many years.
To me the game is headed towards gridiron where big, beefy blokes line up to crash into one another, while the exciting actions happens away from them.

Games would definitely be more exciting 12 vs 12.

 

[Izzy]

The draw they had with parramatta could have easily been won if the refs at the eels home ground were actually unbiased... Some very bad calls helped the eels in the last 10 minutes. Good luck to the boys they are having a great start to their season and I will be there to cheer them on next game!

 

[The Wheel]

https://www.seaeagles.com.au/news/2019/03/19/sea-eagles-team-to-play-roosters-in-harold-matts/

Matts team this week - boys are going well

 

[The Wheel]

https://www.seaeagles.com.au/news/2019/03/19/manly-team-to-play-roosters-in-sg-ball/

Ball team looking to bounce back after a narrow loss