Tag: 2009
Season 2009: Round 28
From The Couch Finals Summary #1: Parramatta were hardly challenged by a disappointing Gold Coast team who threw very little at the Eels. The Gold Coast led 2-0 early but come the twenty minute mark and Parramatta had broken through. An early injury to Ashley Harrison and some questionable officiating hurt the Titans but it […]
Season 2009: Round 27
From The Couch Finals Summary #1: Melbourne burst into premiership favouritism after a clinical and destructive display that showed Manly up as the pretenders they were. And come Sunday afternoon it was a win that would consign Manly to the scrapheap of also-rans in 2009. Manly are a team that need to start well and […]
Season 2009: Round 26
From The Couch Finals Preview with Resident Expert Confucius: Dragons: Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes. Bulldogs: Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in getting up every time we do. Titans: Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it. Storm: The cautious seldom err. Sea Eagles: When […]
Season 2009: Round 25
From The Couch Tragedy at Homebush: The entire season flashed before my eyes, the colour drained from my face and the prospect of vomiting was a very real one. Brett Kimmorley was being assisted off the field after only five minutes, his face broken and contorted in pain. The word from the sheds did nothing […]
Season 2009: Round 23
From The Couch Like A Rick Stone: “Now you don’t talk so loud. Now you don’t seem so proud.” Brian Smith was shown the door on Friday night by the Newcastle Knights board with assistant Rick Stone elevated to the top job for at least the next two seasons. The Rick Stone era has officially […]
Season 2009: Round 22
From The Couch Melbourne Minus GI: The race for the 2009 NRL Premiership is down to a race in two if the suspension of Greg Inglis remains in place until the end of the season. The weakness of the Melbourne Storm this season has been their inability to score tries. The Storm rank tenth in […]
Season 2009: Round 21
From The Couch The Shame of Queensland: 21 seasons under Wayne Bennett and the Broncos never embarrassed themselves, Brisbane and Queensland like they have over the last two months. The traditional powerhouse who has not missed a finals series since 1991 has won only one match in their last eight, conceding an astonishing 293 points […]
Season 2009: Round 20
From The Couch Special K: A few thoughts on the Karmichael Hunt defection to the AFL before I find a bottle of whiskey and read the extreme and apocalyptic opinions of the crazed NRL and AFL columnists of the mainstream newspapers. • Hunt’s defection is probably the most salivating cross-code defection in the history of […]
Season 2009: Round 19
From The Couch State of Origin III Review: It became apparent about twenty minutes into Origin III that the Queensland team had been on the drink for the majority of the week. A traditional Mal Meninga preparation, full of celebration and bonding. Queensland to a tee and I should have known better. Against the worst […]
Season 2009: Round 18
From The Couch State of Origin III Preview: New South Wales are going to get whipped more than a galley slave on a slow moving boat. Bettors would have a greater chance of a collect by betting the Washington Generals to defeat the Harlem Globetrotters despite the Generals having an approximate 6-13,000 record, their last […]
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