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NRL | NFL | Horse Racing | MrG aka Gerard Condon retired coach (circa 16yrs) & sports enthusiast. Insta: mrg_readingtheplay Teams I follow: The winning ones
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#Bennett
few weeks ago off Dragons flogging has a friends and family day for training and lightens their heads and freshens them up by surrounding them with the people who love what they do and support them.
Travel to Townsville and touch up Cowboys.
Last week has a heart to
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Nothing to see here of course... either blow them (last week) or don’t.
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Best of the season..
In a recent video session, Mitchell snapped at Murray for not passing him the ball when he wanted it.
“When I call for it, give it to me,” Mitchell said, according to those in the room.
To which Murray replied: “Most of the time, you’re not there.”
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If that’s a fair try I’m an astronaut...
If we are objective the score should have been 0-0 at half time, and neither of QLD’s first two trys awarded.
#origin
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Nathan Cleary - 6 Origin games so far as lead playmaker.
Zero line breaks, zero try assists.
If that was Mitchell Pearce, Cherry-Evans, Adam Reynolds, Ben Hunt or alike the sky would be falling in with media focus.
Staggering.
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Just a hunch but I reckon Latrell Mitchell & Josh Addo-Carr are about to become “Exhibit A” under Peter V’Landys.
I welcome it.
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Matt Cecchin will now return as a
#NRL
Referee in 2019, start date yet to be determined.
Bravo. Should never have degenerated to what it did under the Archer mess. Great outcome.
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1) People
2) Need
3) To
4) Stop
5) Predicting
6) The
7) NRL
8) Ladder
9) For
10) The
11) New
12) 2024
13) Season
14) It’s
15) Still
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17) Wests Tigers
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That Toupu accidental high hit has been 10 mins in bin for anyone else for the last 7 weeks…
#Seriously
#Consistency
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Bruce McAvaney surely the best of all time in Oz at Olympics and athletics commentary. Just silk and class. Could listen to him for hours on end. Amazing.
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Not sure there is a nicer guy or Gentleman in rugby league than Sterlo. And my goodness what a champion player he was at every level in Oz, then in England. Wonderful reader of the game and class commentator.
Will be sadly missed out on retirement at seasons end.
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This ⬇️ ✅
c/
@Tedeschi8181
Ricky Stuart can abuse cameramen and blame referees and keep journalists waiting over an hour for his compulsory press conference but the fact is his idiotic team selection was far more relevant. Brisbane scored nearly all their tries down the
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A 6 Again on the 1st tackle. Has to be the most stupid rule of professional sport.
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If you’re disappointed with what you receive this Christmas just remember, somewhere, someone will be unwrapping a Manly jersey....
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The game is not played in slow motion. Regardless, Gagai has control as he forces the ball. It’s a try every day of the week for the last 100 yrs. Just horrible decision.
@NRL
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The Dragons couldn't fit Brett Morris into their cap for this season.
The Roosters could.
Just let that sink in slowly....
#CapManagement
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Fittler losing two deciders at Lang Park when very pronounced favs.. Bennett with supposedly the worst QLD Origin team in living history and now Slater with no Munster and losing two players early all in game 3. Origin creates some amazing history.
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I'm told Daily Terror have had staff ringing around club staff at NRL clubs this week trying to suss out where each club may be holding their Mad Monday get togethers ...
Yet they claim they didn't stake out the Bulldogs last yr ...
Utter grubs.
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Stuart gifted a premiership winning team by Graham Murray, few yrs later took it to 2nd last & was punted. Punted by Sharks, walked out on Eels.
37% win rate since left Roosters..
Maybe all of that is more the story, not Wighton leaving.. But it won't be written. 🤔
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Kevin Walters was shown door at Catalans. Lasted about 6 mths as an assistant at Storm. Walked out (sighting Origin commitments) 3 yrs ago at Bennett Broncos after major internal blowup over his poor coaching of the then halves.
Lovely guy. Not everyone makes it as a NRL coach.
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How good is Nick Meaney going? Another that has blossomed under the turns water into wine coach and system. Went to Storm on near minimum salary with their goal that he might one day be like a Nicho Hynes style of versatile higher end first grader. Great kid, great story! Brained
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The faking of supposed crusher tackles seems to be a new low and tactic for the Eels.
#Ordinary
Repeat instances last night
@JoelJimmySEN
@SMHsport
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Wonderful pic!
James Graham's daughter was furious with her dad after the Dragons failed to beat the Roosters on Thursday 😂
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Annesley: Any stoppage in play can see a Captain’s Challenge
Saturday night, Klein, 53rd minute:
“It’s a marker penalty which is not challengable”
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NSW got 4 x 6 agains and then a sin bin all prior to half time. No wonder fatigue cut in for QLD into the second half.
QLD’s got just one 6 again in the game, in the 77th minute.
The rule is a joke.
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How painful is Gould in commentary when it becomes so obvious who he’s backed ...
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Not a peep out of Daily Telegraph and Fox over last few days with a story on the developments of the betting scandal rort, cease betting notice and now level of Police investigations..
If it was a Bulldogs mad monday be staked out and be front page...
#OhThatsRight
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Run peptide program, put playing list at significant health risk, found out, & stood down.
Return, orchestrate & run hidden cap breaches & bend your club over.
Take another 12 months off, get pardoned and return.
What sort of leadership does the game actually stand for?
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So Ref didn’t make a decision at the end of the game and then we have a Refs challenge? Challenging what?
#NRL
#CowboysTigers
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Henry Perenara has no clue
That he is back in 1st grade is embarrassing
#NRLBulldogsSouths
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In 6 mths time Cartwright’s NRL career will be but a memory.
I hope the Instagram fame for his Mrs pays well.
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As a senior past player Tallis couldn't have been more embarrassing..
RLPA CEO Clint Newton had a long chat with Gorden Tallis on
@TripleM_NRL
about our CBA dispute.
Check out our FAQs with answers to the key issues 👇
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NRL sends message to Rabbits Roosters to maintain discipline in tonight's clash or there'll be players put in the sin bin
Meanwhile Broncos player (the same player) reported 3 times in the one game last night, no sin bin. Yep.
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News Ltd papers must be so chuffed today having slaked GI’s every move in Brisbane to produce their stories and sensationalism..
Oh, and over next few weeks they’ll probably run some stuff about bullying or in support of mental health. Utter grubs.
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Gold Coast coach Justin Holbrook apparently hasn’t heard from stood-down pair Bryce Cartwright and Brian Kelly since Friday )refuse to be vaccinated).
Justin, you just won Lotto.
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How good this pic. Tyrone Peachey has been sin binned, up the tunnel he goes and then walks into Roosters rooms to check on his injured mate Latrell Mitchell.
#FirstClass
#NRL
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Nofoaluma kicking back somewhere in Melbourne tonight eating a pizza, glass of red, feet up and thinking semi finals footy here I come....
#storm
#nottigers
#nrl
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I'm all for heavy penalties on Haas and similar bullshit from players.
But how does a player playing a Grand Final and testing positive to coke cop $5k and a slap on the wrist with a wet lettuce?
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QLD no Munster and lost two players in opening minutes yet played with such levels of intensity all the way through.
5 disallowed or called back tries and they were all QLD plays… Could have been far wider.
#Origin
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Nick's worth $3 bil. He would have sent an sms to Robbo and said Son go for it, I got it covered...
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Positive shout out to Latrell Mitchell and Cody Walker.
Friend sent me a message both were in Walgett over last wkend for the annual knockout - "couldn’t of been better role models or more generous with their time, signing autographs, taking pics".
Cody Walker also played for
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Utoikamanu to be dropped from NSW Origin.
Think that makes it about 11 players Fittler has picked for one game and then dropped..
The kid is a future rep player. Its a dead rubber game. Should have been retained and given further experience at the coalface.
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I just don’t get this weekly booing Latrell Mitchell thing, or that it’s become a trend. It’s horrible.
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What is the bunker looking at? Or not. Brooks flattened and taken out..
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Ashley Klein goes from a week off and purgatory to a return game last week to arguably the match of the round this week.
The whole system is so broken.
#nrl
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$4,500 fine? He’s a consistently offending grub. He should be rubbed out for 4 weeks, should have already been suspended earlier this season.
#JoshMcGuire
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Benji must have put in a couple of extra hours work this week.
I’m sure
@BulldogRitchie
will have a new update this week.
#workethic
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What a stitch up. Implicated and suspended over peptide scandal, now implicated over salary cap breaches (with much more to come) yet tries to divert focus taking the high moral ground...
#peanut
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Fittler told everyone about the new generation and about culture and respect, which is also why he flicked Ferguson.
Loses game 1, gets embarrassed as a coach in how he handled that game and now all the “ideals” are out the widow, desperation now rules..
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Koroisau has carried the Tigers for the last 18 mths and been outstanding through recent weeks, played to a stand still.
And gets omitted from Origin..
Geez
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Panthers completed at just 67% in the GF, season long they had been circa 81%.
Made 18 errors (13 the week prior) and missed 29 tackles.
Forget any other narrative, they were well below their best and beaten fair and square.
#NRLGF
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Hey
@Kate_McClymont
seems Foran's ex is also no rap on the credibility of some of the stories being told or written
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There’s many years and a long list of reasons why Rothfield has zero credibility...
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Bateman under contract for next 2 yrs
Bateman changes Manager
Old manager continues to get 6% for next 2 yrs, new manager doesn't
New manager Isaac Moses now agitates for new upgrade & extension
New manager then gets 6% of upgrade & extension period
New manager plants media story
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6) The
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8) Ladder
9) For
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11) 2022
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13) It’s
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16) Cowboys
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Bet this won’t be front page crisis story for tomorrow’ paper...
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What about Bellamy’s long term record. Fark me he’s one of the best of all time.
Top 2 all but every yr in D
Top 2 if not top 4 finish most yrs.
He build the system and has a number of times reinvented the team list.
Outstanding coach.
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Jarome Luai confirming in the last hour that his Insta post was in response to numerous death threats sent to him last night..
Why in this country is it not law that every social acc must be registered with proper ID process.
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Remember all those articles about the Roosters ground breaking OS pre season prep, high level camp in Barcelona with 1000 key staff.
Start the season without Cronk, Cordner and Mitchell = 0-2 and now Politis wants the comp re set.
Haven’t laughed so much for weeks..
#Crying
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Webster 6-0, 6-0, 6-0 in straight sets. New balls please.
It was manufactured outrage by a news organization desperate for headline story. They planted 3 photographers to stalk the day/night event to get their story.
HEATED. 🔥
Andrew Webster has blown up at his rival journos over their exposure of the Bulldogs' Mad Monday.
#9NRLSFS
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Shane Flanagan's comments after that infamous 7th tackle try against the Cowboys a couple of years back...
Lest We Forget Shane.
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NRL legal war with NSWRL for 2 yrs
NRL now significant dispute w QRL over QCup
NRL blames everyone else for incompetent grassroots dev. last 15 yrs
NRL care factor zero for International game, dev. or Kangaroo annual schedule
20 mths later no Player CBA
But it’s ALWAYS
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4 weeks for Shoulder Charge
2 weeks for Cocaine
Makes sense...
Is there anybody out there?
@Todd_Greenberg
@nrl
#NRL
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Arthur would have ridden his push bike with thongs on to meet Tommy at the pearly gates. Tommy would have said Hey Arty, where’s the best place for a cold beer round here!
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So Storm families and friends based in QLD can fly to Sydney, into a hot spot and attend the Grand Final, mix with 40,000 people then return with no quarantine.
Yet others can't do anything similar (cross border bubble).
@AnnastaciaMP
utter hypocrisy for political reelection.
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“Arnie (Titmus) came to me when she was a 4min12 swimmer, and then at that stage Katie was a 3min56, so that’s a 16 second difference. We just started chipping away and then we started to believe’’.
And people wonder why he got a bit excited. What a journey, & beat the best!
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Trent Barrett sitting back watching a Hastings masterclass. One can play, one can’t coach.
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Sia Soliola
#KenStephensMedal
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Dedicates much of his free time to various causes including feeding the homeless at Early Morning Centre soup kitchen each Monday, Vinnie's CEO Sleepout, Kulture Break, Menslink & Silence is Deadly & ambassador for children w Angelman Syndrome
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21,500 at Penrith last night, and they got to see all 3 grades - as it should be.
To Gould’s credit he’s tapped into what the fans want and like as a Home game experience.
Something the
@NRL
executive could again learn from...
@Todd_Greenberg
@SmartState1
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Asked not to publish the story nor non factual crap. After the backlash meek apology now appears..
When will News Ltd ever realise he has zero credibility and no role.
#Rothfield
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So Haas is on
this yr $748k
next yr $798k
2024 $848k
Asked for
$1mil
$1.2mil
$1.2mil
+ extension
Then a release
Embarrassed himself
Now prepared to stay for
$748k
$798k
$848k
And far less credibility…
That New Manager bit worked out well eh..
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So Wayne Pearce postpones for 7 days the next committee meeting for Project Apollo but forgets to tell everyone, Graham Annesley drives from Gold Coast to Sydney to attend meeting, turns up yesterday am to silence and an empty room...
Project Apollo eh... 🤔
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What about Cooper Cronk.
8 Grand Finals, multiple premierships and I hope goes out with the Clive Churchill Medal.
Absolute Gentleman and just an outstanding champion.
#NRL
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Ben Ikin new head of football at Broncos. Outstanding appointment. Very smart operator and great guy.👏👏
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Apparently old mate Rothfield bit embarrassed by this piece ⬇️ and struck a nerve..
He’d hate it if you kept retweeting it..
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Thomas Burgess on charge faces 2 weeks suspension.
Pending of course fan letters demanding any suspension be delayed till 2023..
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