Tag: 2011
From The Couch: Grand Final
Image: Grand Final Breakdown: There was tremendous excitement heading into the Grand Final. It ended in tremendous disappointment for everyone bar the Manly faithful, who were singing “Eagle Rock” ad nauseum by full-time. The crowd was a lot more Manly than most had forecast. It seems they will travel come Grand Final day. But the […]
The Early Line: Grand Final
Manly have opened up 6 point favourites across the board against New Zealand in Sunday’s Grand Final despite the Warriors’ impressive win over the Storm. The Warriors match-up well with New Zealand again holding a big advantage in the pack. What the Warriors have is a big, aggressive, mobile, disciplined forward pack and man-for-man they […]
From The Couch: Finals Week 3
Image: Farewell, Darren Lockyer: Rugby league sadly said farewell to one of its greatest ever players on Friday night. Tragically, he never even made it to the field. Seeing Darren Lockyer sit there on Friday night, watching helplessly as his Broncos lost and his career came to a sad end, a tear filled my eye. […]
The Early Line: Preliminary Finals Weekend
Manly have opened up 4.5 point favourites against Brisbane in their preliminary final at the Sydney Football Stadium. There is supposedly a question mark over Broncos skipper Darren Lockyer after surgery on his fractured cheekbone but there is absolutely no doubt that the champion will play. And it does seem like he is on a […]
From The Couch: Finals Week 2
Image: What Went Wrong in the Kingdom of Wayne:Last week Wayne Bennett was taken to task in the media for visiting his new club Newcastle only days before the Dragons were to take on Brisbane in an elimination semi-final. It was a complete and utter beat-up with the Dragons playing as well as they have […]
The Early Line: Finals Week 2
The Wests Tigers open their semi-final clash with New Zealand as 8.5 point favourites. The Warriors were awful last week, getting hammered by 30. In their last 11 matches following a 20-point defeat over the last three years, the Warriors have bounced back with a win only twice. Up against a Tigers team that has […]
The Early Line: Finals Week 1
One of the great modern rivalries plays out on Friday night with the Wests Tigers and St George-Illawarra squaring off, the Dragons going off at 2 to 2.5 point favourites. The Dragons have won 4 of their last 5 against the Tigers but Tim Sheens’ men won when the two teams last met 16-14. ANZ […]
From The Couch: Round 26
Image: The 2011 Willie M Medal:From The Couch is pleased to announce that Blake Ferguson has won the second annual Willie M Medal for the player who did more damage to his team’s chances of victory than any other. No player showed Ferguson’s longevity of mediocrity, his penchant for poorness or consistency of crude play […]
From The Couch: Round 25
Image: One Wild Night: Enough with all the moralistic bullshit, the insufferable high and mighty vitriol, the hypocrisy offered by most of those who have been “outraged” at the “ugly” scenes on Friday night: there was not a single rugby league fan who didn’t enjoy seeing Glenn Stewart and Adam Blair go at it. It […]
The Early Line: Round 26
Betting in the Newcastle-South Sydney playoff has opened pick 'em though some early money for the Knights has seen them firm to 1.5 point favourites with some books. There is a play with the Knights here. The Rabbitohs three-quarter line looks as bad as any I have ever seen and surprisingly, in what could be […]
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