Tag: From The Couch

From The Couch: Round 2

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From The Couch: Round 2

From The Couch: Round 2 Mann Oh Mann: Has Paul McGregor lost the plot? Are his eyes painted on? Is he being held to some kind of blackmail ransom by either Kurt Mann or Josh Dugan or every other NRL team? Surely these are the only explanations for his decision to play Mann at fullback […]

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From The Couch: Grand Final

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From The Couch: Grand Final

The Greatest Game of All: Sunday night’s Grand Final was the greatest game of Rugby League ever played. It surpassed the ’89 Grand Final, the ’85 Challenge Cup final, the ’13 World Cup semi and any number of Origin matches. It was played with a fervour and a pace rarely seen in a decider. The […]

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From The Couch: Finals Week 3

Filed in From The Couch, NRL by on September 29, 2015 4 Comments
From The Couch: Finals Week 3

  Grand Final Preview: As much as it would be a real delight – both spiritually for the great JT and financially having steamed in at the 10s pre-season – to see the Cowboys lift the trophy on Sunday night, it won’t happen. The Broncos look absolute specials to win their seventh title and end […]

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From The Couch: Round 25

Filed in NRL by on August 31, 2015 3 Comments
From The Couch: Round 25

  Jason Taylor Didn’t Think This Through: Jason Taylor has clearly exposed his own failings as a coach by his decision – and that of the total morons running the Wests Tigers – to call out Robbie Farah in the most humiliating way possible. Taylor’s blinkers showed he is no tactician. He is no thinker. […]

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From The Couch: Round 22

Filed in NRL by on August 10, 2015 10 Comments
From The Couch: Round 22

Deal with the Devil: Any hope that the horrid reign of Rugby League on Nine would end was extinguished on Monday when the NRL announced it had reached a $925 million deal with the network that extends their relationship until 2022. It is a sad day for followers of the code even if on face […]

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From The Couch: Round 21

Filed in From The Couch, NRL by on August 3, 2015 2 Comments
From The Couch: Round 21

The RLW Players Poll: The correct answers to the Rugby League Week player poll: Fullback: Roger Tuivasaa-Sheck Wing: Semi Radradra Centre: Blake Ferguson Five-Eighth: Blake Austin Halfback: Johnathan Thurston Prop: Jesse Bromwich Hooker: Jake Granville Second-Rower: Simon Mannering Lock: Corey Parker Coach: Craig Bellamy Current Player Who Could Become Coach: Cameron Smith Best New Face: […]

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From The Couch: Round 20

Filed in From The Couch, NRL by on July 27, 2015 12 Comments
From The Couch: Round 20

The Fifita Fools: Andrew and David Fifita are giant human beings. And they also appear to be giant knobs. They should not have been eligible to play for the Sharks on Sunday against the Bulldogs. David didn’t play because he is as bad a first grade footballer as he is a spectator at junior Rugby […]

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From The Couch: Round 18

Filed in From The Couch, NRL by on July 13, 2015 5 Comments
From The Couch: Round 18

Origin Disgrace: Losing an Origin match 52-6 is embarrassing but the reaction of coach Laurie Daley following the humiliation was downright embarrassing. New South Wales were thumped from beginning to end. There is no hiding from the fact a much better team annihilated the Blues on every level. They went out to embarrass the Blues […]

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From The Couch: Round 15

Filed in From The Couch, NRL by on June 22, 2015 5 Comments
From The Couch: Round 15

Only At Parramatta: Only Parramatta could manage to find themselves in this current mess where their saviour is likely to walk because the board couldn’t agree on the terms delivered in the contract by the CEO despite those terms being known months before  the CEO was fired for same and said player’s contract was declared […]

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From The Couch: Round 14

Filed in From The Couch, NRL by on June 15, 2015 7 Comments
From The Couch: Round 14

Origin II Preview: This will not be a long preview, if, for other reason, it is tiresome being repetitive. Queensland will win and they will win because they selected a team to win, not one to contain the opposition. There is plenty of talk about the Blues being tough and they are – but no […]

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