A photo of someone you know in hospital with Covid.
It’s not a hoax. It’s not always mild. This is very real.
Our medical system is so overwhelmed. I had my PCR and Rat test taken on the bitumen of the car park at outside of Emergency - I laid on concrete till a bed was free.
Today I picked up the major prize for winning the
@NBLSupercoach
competition.
In a weird twist of fate, today is also the 5th anniversary of my son Jack passing away.
As you all know, my SC team was named after him.
Quite overwhelming.
💜💜💜
#Supercoach
#DoIt4Jack
#NBL24
Im not a Panthers supporter but this was a story that Rugby League needed.
A club invests in youth development, keeps a core group of players together from the age of 15/16 and they go on to win a premiership.
@PenrithPanthers
congrats on being the 2021
@NRL
Premiers.
Out of hospital. Back home with my wife & children. I feel like a truck has run over me. Feel very weak.
Hoping household can be Covid free within couple weeks.
Thanks to amazing hospital staff.
Thank you for people who sent messages of support on here.
Stay safe.
Storm surge in Fort Myers, Florida is terrifying
CAT 4 hurricane Ian is currently equalling the 4th strongest hurricane to ever hit Florida.
This camera is 6ft above the ground
It is official.
I have somehow managed to win the 2023/2024
@NBLSupercoach
competition.
🏆🏀🏆🏀🏆🏀🏆
On 28/09/23, I sent a message to my best mate saying:
‘FYI I plan on winning it’
Never in my wildest dreams did I think it could happen.
#NBLSuperCoach
#SuperCoach
19 children went to school in America today and never got to come home.
This diagram was worth sharing ……… because it has happened after every mass shooting event.
When is it going to be enough?
Wake the fuck up America. This has to stop.
@dilusionalworld
I don’t blame the hospital or the staff - they are past breaking point. There were plastic seats in the carpark but I couldn’t hold myself up so I laid on concrete.
There were 20-25 people in carpark plus at least 10 ambulances waiting to be triaged.
@mums_hugs
I’m sorry that your son and his partner are dealing with this.
My wife and I lost our son Jack to Anencephaly 13 hours after birth. My wife carried both Oliver and Jack full term knowing that we would lose Jack shortly after birth - it’s a journey I wouldn’t wish on anyone.
Not way to start your day
On way to work when I got a call from my wife to say that our 4 month old girl Charlotte has tested positive to Covid via PCR test this morning 😢😢
Has spiked temps up to 39.6 for last 36 hours. Poor bubba is so sick 😢
Into 7 day isolation we go.
Just paid up for the Patreon of
@nrlphysio
and I’m just beyond impressed with the info I’ve paid for. There was zero chance of me ever having that sort of clarity on an injury topic. Thank you for everything you do for the
@SuperCoachNRL
community mate.
#SupercoachNRL
I know I haven’t responded to a lot of the
#nblsupercoach
community DM’s or replies in last 48 hours.
Baby decided he needed to come early.
Introducing my son Elijah who was born yesterday at 10:06am.
Has been on breathing support since birth but getting stronger 💜💜💜
Round 16 of
@NBLSupercoach
is complete.
Team
#DoIt4Jack
scored 546 for the round - weekly rank of 9th.
With 4 rounds to go, it’s fair to say the nerves are kicking in hard regarding the overall ranking.
🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀
#nblsupercoach
#supercoach
@samilukis
@ScottMorrisonMP
Sami I’m not huge fan of his & while it’s not a good look, he attended the McGrath Foundation function today 2 announce $40 Million in funding over 3 years.
I’ve got 2 females in my life being supported by the McGrath Foundation.
This is one thing I’m glad he did 4 a change.
Round 19 of
@NBLSupercoach
is complete.
Weekly rank of 54.
Got lucky with a few decisions this week.
1 more round to hold on - not gonna get much sleep this week!
🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀
#NBLSuperCoach
#SuperCoach
@DavidKuICUMelb
The girl who did my PCR/RAT test was meant to finish an hour earlier. The person who did my canular and took my bloods, he was training. His first ever time doing it. He was nervous/worried. I fist pumped him at end and thanked him for taking on the job.
Round 11 of
#NBLSuperCoach
is done & dusted.
A score of 396 allowed my team
#DoIt4Jack
to retain 1st overall.
🏀🏀🏀🏀
As each round goes by, my anxiety levels continue to creep higher & higher 🥺😬😩
#SuperCoach
My wife & kids went on play date with her family this morning.
As such, I decided to treat myself to a celebratory breakfast on way to work to celebrate my
#NBLSuperCoach
achievement.
Was only 45 minutes but it was nice to finally reflect on what has occurred.
#SuperCoach
Had a great time at the
@NRL_Bulldogs
open training session tonight.
All of the Bulldogs faithful there tonight really appreciated this event 💙🤍💙🤍💙
Photos with Terry Lamb +
@PhilGould15
were an absolute highlight of our night.
#proudtobeabulldog
I don’t know whether to scream out with joy or cry in anguish about my
#nblsupercoach
Round 8 result.
Managed 2nd highest score of the round - so close to another $1000 prize 🤦♂️
Thanks as always to the
#supercoach
community
Shoutout to
@BBall_Blokes
@InsightFSports
🏀🏀🏀
Approx 6 hours until game 3 of
@NBL
Round 15 tips off.
With a 4 day old baby now at home + 4 other children under 9, what are the chances of my wife allowing me to watch the games today & follow my
@NBLSupercoach
team??????
🏀🏀🏀🏀
#nblsupercoach
#zerochance
I met
@therealbigmarn
in Melb in 2019. Bumped into him in a hotel lobby. Discovered we were headed to same venue. Jumped in cab together & chatted for over an hour.
Our son had passed away a few months prior. This random encounter made me feel like ‘me’ again after everything.
Today is
#saytheirname
day.
In memory of my little boy. We miss him so much.
We put one foot in front of the other. People don’t realise how hard that is to do some days.
Jack Colin van der Giessen 💜💜💜
Please say his name.
#DoIt4Jack
Round 10 of
#NBLSuperCoach
is complete.
Things were looking very ordinary early on in the round 🥶🥶🥶
My team
#DoIt4Jack
came to life towards the end of the round & managed to land a score of 459 - has allowed me to retain 1st place overall.
🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀
#SuperCoach
Yep as per my tweet yesterday, this gives me massive anxiety.
Imagine paying $250,000 to go that far under water in something controlled by a game controller.
Just no, nope, no way.
#titanicsubmarine
#NBLSuperCoach
Round 10
- 70% of the top 1% of teams have the C on Patrick Miller
- 48% of the top 1% of teams are trading in Jaylen Adams
- 37% of the top 1% of teams are trading in DJ Hogg
I am not doing any of the above.
I am going to lose a lot of sleep this weekend.
Trying to do some last minute
#NBLSuperCoach
Round 19 trade research with little man on my chest.
Yes it’s a tired smile 🥲
Hasn’t been an easy week to invest time - wife & eldest daughter have Covid, little man & 2 year old daughter also sick.
2 rounds to go 🏀
#SuperCoach
MY MIND IS OFFICIALLY BLOWN 💥🧨💥🧨
I’ve been listening to
@scplaybook1
and taking advice from them for years.
Been in
#SuperCoach
charity comps with
@SCSpy1
over the years.
Always wondered ‘who is this Spy bloke’ ………. Literally had no idea of the connection
👀 👀 👀
@axelated
It’s been a an awful week. Our little one stopped having temps on Tuesday but has been so irritable.
I’ll be ok. I just feel like a truck has run me over. I’m exhausted. It’s going to take a couple weeks of rest at home to get back on top of things.
My beautiful little Charlotte - hard to believe she is 13 weeks old.
Another addition to the
@NRL_Bulldogs
family. Hopefully under the direction of
@PhilGould15
our boys can bring a title home by the time she attends school 💙🤍💙🤍💙
#proudtobeabulldog
#bulldogsfamily
So about this storm I posted about earlier ………. Ah yep it got pretty intense when it hit!!!
Apologies for the swearing but that crack of thunder scared the crap out of me.
I can’t believe the amount of rain we copped in 15 minutes.
#Brisbane
#Storm
Round 7 of
#nblsupercoach
is all wrapped up.
A score of 243 for my team
#DoIt4Jack
was enough for me to hold onto 2nd place overall.
A tricky trading period for us all to navigate in the coming weeks.
#supercoach
#NBL
Just a Dad in a Hawaiian shirt trying to keep his 17 day old son happy - easily his most unsettled day so far.
Definitely has some tummy pains today 😢
Mumma Bear & our 2 year old daughter are having a rest. 3 older ones back at school & kindy.
#deadarm
#makingmemories
Round 6 of
#NBLSuperCoach
is in the books.
Managed to put together another great score - 11th highest for the week and have managed to move back into 2nd overall.
As always thanks to
@InsightFSports
&
@BBall_Blokes
for all their info each week.
#supercoach
My alarm went off at 4am Friday to go to work. 24 hours later, I’m still awake but for all the wrong reasons 😢
After 10 days of seeing my daughter battle fevers, headaches and nasty cough, i took her up to QCH tonight.
X-rays have shown she has pneumonia in her left lung 😢
I’ve made no secret I plan to be aggressive early with my
@SuperCoachNRL
trades …….. but am I being too aggressive:
Dearden to Galvin
Tuaupiki to Hammer
Savage to Holmes
Would be playing 5 x CTW’s for week:
Holmes
Lomax
Hammer
RTS
May
#NRLSuperCoach
Round 17 of
@NBLSupercoach
wasn’t the happiest of weeks for my team
#DoIt4Jack
- my overall lead shrunk by quite a margin.
3 rounds to go.
Trade decisions for Round 18 are still very much up in the air.
#nblsupercoach
I’m very grateful to have Denzel Valentine & Jaylen Adams in my
@NBLSupercoach
side this week.
I’m not so thrilled they are on my bench while Kell & Waardenburg are on the court ……… but any points are good points!!!
#NBLSuperCoach
Really enjoyed my first
#SuperCoach
podcast experience - something I’ve always wanted to do.
Thanks to the
@SuperCoach_Hub
crew for having me on. Shoutout to
@Verns_Sc
for stepping into the role of host & guiding me through the experience.
Bring on round 11
#NBLSuperCoach
🏀🏀
This week on the SC Hub
#NBL
Classic podcast, we welcome
@Verns_Sc
into the host role along side the current overall leader
@myNAMEisDVG
🔥
Available now on YouTube & Spotify!
Youtube:
Spotify:
A week like this has been on the horizon for a while now.
Disappointed with a score of 458 for Round 12 of
@NBLSupercoach
That score sees me relinquish 1st place.
Round 13 will also be tough due to most other top 10 teams having 4-5 Cairns players still.
#NBLSuperCoach
@Natasha19317558
I’ll be ok. Will just need time for body to recover from it all. Temps for our little one started coming down Tuesday but she has been so miserable.
Unfortunately looks like our eldest daughter who is 7 is starting to get sick. It’s inevitable I guess that it will hit all of us
@LozTurner
The AML reporting requirements kicking in there. That’s a legislative requirement on all banks now over certain cash thresholds.
It does feel invasive for sure
think reporting requirements were put in place as safeguards against money laundering, anti-terrorism measures etc
Round 3 of
#NBLSuperCoach
is in the books.
Thrilled that my team
#DoIt4Jack
has climbed to 45th overall!!!!
Jordan Crawford was the star of my team ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Doyle was a solid captain selection again
👨✈️👨✈️👨✈️
1st time in top 100 for any
#Supercoach
code - WOHOO!!!
@FOXNRL
Every club has their dark days. Supporters who turn their backs on their club in periods like this are not the real deal - they are ‘fair weather fans’
Of course I don’t like losing but I keep wearing my
@NRL_Bulldogs
colours proudly each week
#proudtobeabulldog
#doggies4life
Ok well I have finally been able to invest more time on my
#SuperCoach
team.
Pondering Caleb Serong v Andrew Brayshaw.
Had Serong virtually all of last year.
Have had Brayshaw in the team all this preseason.
Today is the day we
#saytheirname
Jack Colin van der Giessen.
In memory of our little boy and everything he brought to our life. We miss him so much.
Please say his name.
.
@ZelenskyyUa
's tv address to the Russian (!) people might be the most moving speech that I've ever seen in my entire life. The whole world needs to see, understand and share this crucial Ukrainian message.
#StandWithUkraine
#Ukraine
#Україна
#Russia
#Россия
We now have pictures of all 6 children in
@NRL_Bulldogs
colours 💙🤍💙🤍💙
1 - Elijah 2024 (excuse tired Dad face)
2 - Sophie 2014 + Annie 2017 + Charlotte 2021
3 - Oliver & Jack 2019 (photo was couple hours b4 Jack passed away 💜)
One for you
@PhilGould15
#proudtobeabulldog
Not a lot went to plan for me in
#nblsupercoach
this week.
Ended up on a score of 385. Luckily I managed to only slide 1 ranking so still sitting in 3rd overall.
Some tricky decisions to make this week.
Over 40% of the top 1% ranked
#nblsupercoach
teams are bringing Patrick Miller in this week.
I have Crawford, Ili & PJC in my guard position already - just cannot fit Miller in this week. It’s going to be a very nervous watch!!!
Hopefully Crawford can match Miller’s points.
I’ve waited over 20 years for this sequel.
The original movie ‘Twister’ was a driving force behind my fascination with weather-related natural disasters. Yes that’s right - you can all blame that movie!!!!
I cannot wait to see this on the big screen next year.
#Twistersmovie
I have a high level of confusion tonight - Matt Burton has been published as only having 5/8 eligibility for the 2022
@SuperCoachNRL
competition.
He was 2021 Dally M CENTRE of the year!!!!
How does he not have 5/8 / CTW dual status???
Someone
@scplaybook1
explain please lol
This one tweet means more to me and my family than you could even imagine
@Ben32292891
On behalf of all of us, thank you for your thoughtfulness with this.
The
@SuperCoachNRL
community at its finest right here 💙💙
Thanks again to
@TopSport_com_au
&
@copes9
for the opportunity
Want it on record
@TopSport_com_au
. Long way to go, but if I win I want to donate $2000 out of my winnings to Hummingbird House. So 3k to me and 7k to charity.
@myNAMEisDVG
i am only a single parent pensioner I truly wish I could give more.
#Doit4jack
, love from me and my son
15 weeks ago I knew nothing about
@NFL
let alone
#NFLFantasy
. I have somehow finished the regular season in 2nd place in the
@MovinChainsNFL
NFC Charity League.
Should i manage to be crowned as champ, my chosen charity is Hummingbird House
💜💜💜💜
#doit4Jack
I think I invest too much tome in
@SuperCoachNRL
The first thing I thought about when I woke up .........
'ah man, I am going to need Tapine, AJ & Cody Walker to combine for at least 275 points if I have any shot at winning my H2H this week'
#supercoachnrl
More
@SuperCoachNRL
carnage news:
Mahoney ruled out 4 season - owned by 21% of top 500
Crichton charged, looking 3 weeks out - owned by 87% of top 500
Lodge charged, looking 2 weeks out - owned by 8% of top 500
Ownership numbers as per
@AdamDriussi
@scplaybook1
Massive
#NBLSuperCoach
implications
Traded in by 44% of the top 1% of the comp.
Wish Mitch all the best with the results - he is a massive part of the Phoenix.
Mitch Creek is out for the South East Melbourne Phoenix’s game vs the Illawarra Hawks tomorrow with a knee injury, sources told ESPN. He had scans today; the team is awaiting results. Abdel Nader, who the Phoenix signed this week, will suit up tomorrow and make his
#NBL24
debut.
I've held Jordan Crawford since Round 3 of my
@NBLSupercoach
journey.
I firmly believe his presence in my
#NBLsupercoach
team, is the reason behind my current ranking.
Tassie only have 3 DGW's left. The time has come.
I will miss watching him hit a 3 and yelling 'BOOM'
Can i please make a heartfelt plea for people to go help out regions like outer regions of Ipswich, Lockyer Valley, Kilcoy, Gympie etc.
Thousands turned out to 2011 Brisbane
#MudArmy
which was amazing. However many of the outer lying regions didn’t get a lot of help.
Day 1 of the SE QLD
#MudArmy
for me today.
Dropping off some supplies to a friends daughter who was evacuated in Brisbane and then driving out to Neurum (near Kilcoy) where properties had river rapids running through them.
Round 3 of
@Supercoach
is done & dusted. Not breaking any records but had another really solid jump in overall rankings - delighted to jump almost 20,000 places again.
Traded in Lachie Bramble, Matt Crouch & Tom
Powell who were all excellent.
#SuperCoach
75.8% of
#NBLsupercoach
teams ranked in top 1% have the C on PJC (with good reason).
Feels as though safety in numbers is best policy this week.
Would be massive risk swinging against that type of C selection.
I don't think I have the intestinal fortitude to chance it.
This the moment
@Eagles
fans - I could barely sleep at all. 30 minutes until kick-off. I am so nervous and excited for our boys.
Shoutout to our Aussie boy
@jordan_mailata
best of luck mate. I know
@MailataMaria
will be watching on proudly 💚🤍💚🤍💚
#FlyEaglesFly
Wivenhoe Dam status updated to critical severity. The dam now at 148.5% & will begin release at 4am.
Brisbane will not feel effects of this release until overnight on Sunday but all areas immediately downstream will be impacted through Sunday morning.
Rain just not stopping.
A friend who lives in Melbourne has decided to move to Canada.
In her message she said ‘I feel Australia has lost its way’
She wrote with such sadness.
She is right in many ways.
We pride ourselves on ‘we are one but we are many’. Reality is we are so splintered right now.
@Julian_OBrien
I can’t speak for everyone but I know that prior to this year, I had watched 2 x
@NBL
games live and maybe 1 on TV in my life.
I am a SuperCoach tragic, My involvement in
#NBLsupercoach
has led to me watching 3-4 games a week. In Round 2, I watched 5 games!!
Loving it.
After listening to the
@InsightFSports
&
@BBall_Blokes
podcasts, I’ve decided to stop playing silly buggers & get some Cairns pieces back into my
#nblsupercoach
team.
It’s been a wild ride having 1 or none in team thus far - with a million DGW’s coming up, the time has come.
What a successful and enjoyable first ever
#NBLSuperCoach
season! A major shift in participation and engagement with the move to the SuperCoach platform has been a major plus for the game and the league.
Thank you to all that have listened throughout the season, to our patreons
Round 1 of
@SuperCoachNRL
is finished. What a crazy week. My team
#DoIt4Jack
scored 996.
Realistically I was very lucky to hit that score.
When Palasia got relegated to the bench, I had just enough money to switch him to Flegler.
Bring on Round 2.
#NRLSuperCoach
Josh Roberts playing time 4
@CairnsTaipans
time in last 5 games:
9
3
0
4
5
Today v United?
27 minutes
22 points (10 from 11 FG)
5 rebounds
1 assist
3 blocks
Where did that come from????
Taipans looked way better with him in starting 5
#NBLSuperCoach
#NBL
Day 1 of the SE QLD
#MudArmy
for me today.
Dropping off some supplies to a friends daughter who was evacuated in Brisbane and then driving out to Neurum (near Kilcoy) where properties had river rapids running through them.
Day 2 of
#MudArmy2022
Spent the afternoon on Torwood Street in Auchenflower. It’s just so distressing the carnage in this area.
The people on this street were hit with flooding this morning in the storm after the original flood receded.
My
@SuperCoachNRL
side
#DoIt4Jack
has the C on Shaun Johnson.
Around 10 minutes until kick off.
I am nervous. I am excited ......... also kind of feel a bit sick pulling such a POD move in Round 1 🤣🤣🤣
Here's hoping it is not a disaster.
#NRLSuperCoach
#SuperCoachNRL
The obvious and safest captain choice for round 16 of
@NBLSupercoach
is Bryce Cotton.
His floor is very safe & I think he plays most minutes of anyone in the
@NBL
Other choices in my opinion:
Gary Clark
Mitch Creek
Isaac Humphries
Tahjere McCall
Trey Kell
New Podcast: "
#NBLSuperCoach
: Round 6 Preview" 🎧
Six teams on the double but is it time to get Saucy?
The Blokes catch up to go through a review, news, injuries, the schedule and your questions ahead of a big Round 6 of the NBL SuperCoach season
All dressed up for
#MelbourneCup
day.
Unfortunately I’ll be sitting at a desk working my arse off all day but I’m sure my colleagues and I will make the best of it.
Happy Cup Day folks.
#melbournecup2023
@BBall_Blokes
Team
#DoIt4Jack
scored 391.
It is likely that the 2 x Adelaide pieces i have in Kyrin Galloway & Jacob Wiley will be my trade outs this week.
Have some nice pieces in team already for Round 5:
Harrison
Ili
PJC
Crawford
Along with Hukporti & Travers.