Game Day: Storm v Manly [Round 16, 2020]

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Justin Olam is 26 - 92 kg 178 cm, first game of League age 18, debuted NRL 2018, has a degree in applied physics and models his game on Steve Matai!

Olam inspired by the warrior ways of Matai

Justin Olam has turned into a fearsome centre for the Storm with and without the football and it was the warrior ways of former Sea Eagles centre Steve Matai that inspired his NRL dream.

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[SeaEagleRock8]

Justin Olam is 26 - 92 kg 178 cm, first game of League age 18, debuted NRL 2018, has a degree in applied physics and models his game on Steve Matai!

Olam inspired by the warrior ways of Matai

Justin Olam has turned into a fearsome centre for the Storm with and without the football and it was the warrior ways of former Sea Eagles centre Steve Matai that inspired his NRL dream.

www.nrl.com

Well well well. Debuted in NRL at age 25 and at age 26 is killing it.
So much for needing an injection of youth

 

[40 nil]

So much for needing an injection of youth

Maika Sivo who is 2 months older that Olam also debuted at age 25.

Cody Walker, who is now 30, debuted at age 26 ...

 

[The Who]

Maika Sivo who is 2 months older that Olam also debuted at age 25.

Cody Walker, who is now 30, debuted at age 26 ...

Those of us who are calling for a change in playing personnel don't care about age; we'd just like to see those players in our roster who haven't had a chance to debut given their chance. Age is not the reason, it's just that the 11 who haven't been selected are young -- T-Rex excepted.

 

[40 nil]

Age is not the reason, it's just that the 11 who haven't been selected are young -- T-Rex excepted.

I tend to think that 20 minutes of T-Rex could be more effective than 50 minutes of Jack or Corey. He probably won't be given a chance this year with the likelihood his contract won't be renewed.

 

[StuBoot]

It seems to me that Addo is in front by a long way when the ball leaves Smith's boot. That means he is offside right? If I'm wrong about the rule then so be it, but it means I've been wrong about the offside rule for 40 years then.

He is certainly not behind the kicker when the ball is kicked.

And why did the video ref make the point that he was behind munster?

(Ok I'll move on - no use going crazy over yet another inexplicable NRL situation)

The rule is both feet need to be behind the ball when it's kicked and how they can definitively say he had both feet behind the ball ( which it doesn't look like he did ) when they can't rule whether a ball has been thrown forward is ridiculous and frustrating.

It was also frustrating when Olam was ruled off side ( by the vidiot ) from Munster's bomb when Garrick spilt it but they called the knock on, shouldn't the first infringement overrule anything that came after?
Next play from the scrum they score and the game is as good as gone.

 

[Shoe1]

The rule is both feet need to be behind the ball when it's kicked and how they can definitively say he had both feet behind the ball ( which it doesn't look like he did ) when they can't rule whether a ball has been thrown forward is ridiculous and frustrating.

It was also frustrating when Olam was ruled off side ( by the vidiot ) from Munster's bomb when Garrick spilt it but they called the knock on, shouldn't the first infringement overrule anything that came after?
Next play from the scrum they score and the game is as good as gone.

Thank you. And kicked means once it leaves the boot. Affogato was gone to the next post code by then.

I hear my old coach - stay BEHIND THE KICKER