Tuesday, April 06, 2004
Warrioring
The fourth round was rugby league at its finest perhaps due to the Canterbury Bulldogs having a bye. The Warriors had their first victory of the season against a hapless Manly team thanks largely to a standout, two-try, performance by Epalahami Lauaki. It was also good to see hard man Richard Villansante - villa gorilla - back providing some added backbone to the team and I'm tipping his return from injury could see a change in luck for the Warriors - provided he doesn't spark anymore armed offenders squad callouts by showing off his air rifle in public.
Another team to watch is the Canberra Raiders, they look top-8 certainties, although they have been the recipients of some tight victories like against the luckless Cowboys.
The Warriors will need to be at the top of their game to knock-off Newcastle this weekend as they will be smarting from their 48-2 drubbing from the St George Dragons last weekend. Go figure, they can beat reigning premiers Penrith in the opening round and then they lose one player, admittedly it was Andrew Johns, and then lose to the Dragons like that.
The Penrith Panthers versus Sydeny City Roosters match on Friday night was the game of the season to date, both teams consistently played the ball faster than any of the other teams in the competition. The Panthers with home advantage were offering punters good odds at $2.15 and won easily 22-6.
One young Penrtih player lost four or five (media reports vary) teeth in a high tackle, then tried to return to the field, his rational was that they had already be knocked out once and they couldn't knock 'em out a second time. In an interview in the Sydney Morning Herald he says only that the emergency dentist told him that his teeth weren't that good in the first place. Penrith reserve graders were out on the field at half time and managed to find most of them, it is that sort of muscle-head unfathomable dedication to the cause that will see the Panthers be premiers or thereabouts again this season.
The NRL tipping competition has attracted in excess of 33,000 people this year and I'm currently sitting in about 1600th place on 24 points. I even picked the Rabbitohs to get the most hit-ups last weekend. Celebrity tipper and Australian PM John Howard is on 13 points proving that like his politics his tipping skills too are minimal.
If it is one thing though that has pissed me off about the league this year - in addition to not being able to get into the ground for the Warriors first match due to a shit new electronic ticketing system - it is the TAB's lousy odds on try scorers. Most warriors players were paying between $2 and $3.50 to score a try against Manly, at that stage they were yet to have won a game - I mean, come on, offer the punters some incentive to enter your filthy establishments.
This is what happens when someone has a monopoly on the industry, they can offer a crap product and get away with it, bring on the bookies I say.
Another team to watch is the Canberra Raiders, they look top-8 certainties, although they have been the recipients of some tight victories like against the luckless Cowboys.
The Warriors will need to be at the top of their game to knock-off Newcastle this weekend as they will be smarting from their 48-2 drubbing from the St George Dragons last weekend. Go figure, they can beat reigning premiers Penrith in the opening round and then they lose one player, admittedly it was Andrew Johns, and then lose to the Dragons like that.
The Penrith Panthers versus Sydeny City Roosters match on Friday night was the game of the season to date, both teams consistently played the ball faster than any of the other teams in the competition. The Panthers with home advantage were offering punters good odds at $2.15 and won easily 22-6.
One young Penrtih player lost four or five (media reports vary) teeth in a high tackle, then tried to return to the field, his rational was that they had already be knocked out once and they couldn't knock 'em out a second time. In an interview in the Sydney Morning Herald he says only that the emergency dentist told him that his teeth weren't that good in the first place. Penrith reserve graders were out on the field at half time and managed to find most of them, it is that sort of muscle-head unfathomable dedication to the cause that will see the Panthers be premiers or thereabouts again this season.
The NRL tipping competition has attracted in excess of 33,000 people this year and I'm currently sitting in about 1600th place on 24 points. I even picked the Rabbitohs to get the most hit-ups last weekend. Celebrity tipper and Australian PM John Howard is on 13 points proving that like his politics his tipping skills too are minimal.
If it is one thing though that has pissed me off about the league this year - in addition to not being able to get into the ground for the Warriors first match due to a shit new electronic ticketing system - it is the TAB's lousy odds on try scorers. Most warriors players were paying between $2 and $3.50 to score a try against Manly, at that stage they were yet to have won a game - I mean, come on, offer the punters some incentive to enter your filthy establishments.
This is what happens when someone has a monopoly on the industry, they can offer a crap product and get away with it, bring on the bookies I say.
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