Tag: From The Couch
From The Couch: Round 8
A Wonderful Weekend: The NRL did a tremendous job honouring Anzac Day and the 100-year anniversary of Gallipoli. Outside of the aural molestation that was the Guy Sebastian/Lee Kernaghan/Jess Mauboy song, everything was done with class and an eye to avoiding over-commercialisation. Seeing players walk out together was a fantastic way to show that while […]
From The Couch: Round 4
Weary Warriors: The New Zealand Warriors have taken my money for the last time. Once again they have proven themselves pretenders. They should have belted Brisbane in Auckland on Sunday but were crippled by their own stupidity and inconsistency. It defies belief that Manu Vatuvei can continually get away with having such horrid hands. Shaun […]
From The Couch: Round 11
Ed Is Dead: The inevitable has occurred. Steve Price has been sacked as coach of St George Illawarra, midway through his third season. He leaves with a 22-36 record and not a single finals appearance on his resume. He will almost never be seen again as an NRL head coach. He endured a horror time […]
From The Couch: Round 10
Welcome Back: Tee up the theme to Welcome Back, Kotter … Tedeschi is back. After a midseason European sojourn, highlighted by a trip to St Helens to watch the Good Friday clash with Wigan, I have been jonesing for the Great Game. So buckle down … we have an uninterrupted run to the line […]
From The Couch: Round 5
Elliott Had to Go: Matt Elliott was a shocking – and surprising – hire by the New Zealand Warriors in the first place so it is no surprise it all came to an end after a mediocre 13-16 run in just over a year. Elliott, not a renowned disciplinarian, was never going to work with […]
From The Couch: Round 4
Farewell Fifita: The Canterbury Bulldogs have made the stunning – and entirely correct – decision to tear up the contract of new recruit Andrew Fifita. The Bulldogs made the announcement on Monday following the disgraceful comments from Fifita over the weekend saying he regretted his decision to pocket $3.5 million from the Bulldogs over […]
From The Couch: Round 3
The Sharks Play Their Hand: It was great to see Cronulla coach Shane Flanagan – oops, Peter Sharp – play it hard and tough with boom rookie Michael Lichaa and dropping him to reserve grade a day after his debut and the day he announced he had signed with the Bulldogs. It was something […]
From The Couch: Round 2
A Spectacular Signing: Canterbury have pulled off an incredible coup in landing the prized signature of Andrew Fifita. The Bulldogs have invested significantly in the Sharks prop, spending nearly $850,000 a season. It is a signing that has been widely panned but it is one of the most brilliant signings in recent years. Fifita […]
From The Couch: Round 1
All Hail the New Rules: The NRL, for the most part, has done an exceptional job over the summer with the sensational Auckland Nines, the announcement of a record profit and a clear direction relating to off-field misdemeanours. Their best move though was introducing some rules relating to speeding the game up and player […]
The Top 50 Players in the NRL (Part 2)
Image: Without further ado, the top 25 players of 2013. 1. Andrew Fifita (Cronulla, -) Andrew Fifita is one of the great stories of 2013. Emerging in 2012 as a tough but inconsistent player, Fifita became the dominant prop – and perhaps the dominant player – in 2013. The Sharks prop became the first front […]
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