Tag: 2008
Season 2008: Round 10
From The Couch Vale, Graham Murray…The nice guys rarely last in rugby league and it is a credit to Graham Murray that he has survived as long as he has. Murray has been maligned in many quarters throughout his time as a head coach in Australia but the simple reality is that he rates as […]
Season 2008: Round 9
From The Couch Played Strong, Done Good…Vale Jack Gibson. A man of few peers, whose incredible reach made rugby league an infinitely better game. For that, everyone involved in the sport will be eternally grateful. Jack played strong and he done good. We are the poorer for his passing. Ridiculous Origin Selections, New South Wales…Ben […]
Season 2008: Round 8
From The Couch An Enjoyable Public Whipping…Phil Gould is nothing more than a loud mouthed fool with a strange fetish for public spectacle and though I occasionally find myself agreeing with him, for the most part he is nothing more than an out-of-touch whiner who gets his kicks from settling old scores and attacking personal […]
Season 2008: Round 7
From The Couch Whoring Off The Green and Gold (Or Blue and Maroon, As The Case May Be)…It probably should have come as no surprise. Australian coach Ricky Stuart got his Sharks boys a Test jersey. Greg Bird and Paul Gallen will both start in the backrow while new recruit Anthony Tupou has also been […]
Season 2008: Round 6
From The Couch Vale, Big Red…On a cold and wintry Saturday evening at the always comfortable Toyota Park, “Big Red” Lance Thompson played his last game of top grade rugby league. It was fitting that the workhorse backrower waved the game away at the venue he started at all the way back in 1995, when […]
Season 2008: Round 5
From The Couch Channeling Vince Lombardi, Panicking Like Nathan Brown…Jason Taylor did his best to channel the legend of Vince Lombardi when making the journey down from the box and calling his players into huddle mode with only twenty minutes remaining but all that was achieved was the assurance that Souths would not take the […]
Season 2008: Round 4
From The Couch Steven Folkes…It was time. It will catch us all and it has caught Steve Folkes. Graceful and with dignity, Folkes announced that he would not be seeking reappointment as the Bulldogs mentor. An association that has spanned over five hundred first grade games as a player and a head coach will end […]
Season 2008: Round 3
From The Couch Paul Gallen is a Cheap Thug…Cronulla lock Paul Gallen is a cheap thug who should be suspended for at least a month for working over Anthony Laffranchi’s nasty facial wound. Gallen seemingly tore at the face of Laffranchi after the latter was tackled in a play that eventually won the Titans the […]
Season 2008: Round 2
From The Couch The Shoulder Charge…One would hope that the NRL does not take a reactionary stance and attempt to ban the shoulder charge. There were, without doubt, a number of unfortunate incidents involving the shoulder charge over the weekend that certainly did no favours for the image of the game. There have also been […]
Season 2008: Round 1
From The Couch Non-Issue of the Week…the Riley Brown tackle. Riley Brown has been lambasted from many quarters for being the third man into a tackle that dislocated Craig Wing’s shoulder. There seems little doubt that the Roosters duo were holding him up to get smacked but to suggest it was a deliberate ploy to […]
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