World club challenge.

[HappilyManly]

Cat Slater takes a dive - queue Bennett diatribe like he did against Chez 😎

 

[wombatgc]

Dirty diver Slater...and then Ennis is pissing in his pocket.

 

[Harvies elbow]

Would be a shame if scam smith got injured and missed the testimonial rort match..... a real shame

I'd like to extend that to the entire season.

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

Rhinos will do well to hold these bastards from scoring 50, you can see it coming!

 

[EaglesDontTweet]

Rhinos sucking in the deep breaths as that try went in.

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

Rhinos sucking in the deep breaths as that try went in.

The heat would be killing them, remember they’ve come from -8 at night and probably 3-4 tops at day to this!

 

[EaglesDontTweet]

The heat would be killing them, remember they’ve come from -8 at night and probably 3-4 tops at day to this!

Agree Mark. They have played with enthusiasm but the conditions must be draining them.

 

[Deleted member 26876]

This Croft from the Storm looks like a goer, Gronk might not be missed that much after all!

I reckon they're not looking too good. Wait till they come up against an nrl side, Smith is carrying them thus far

Rhinos look decent in patches

 

[Clint]

I like Rabs's voice too much to switch the fox league. Even if he is trying to hype up the storm who'll be shot with a **** halves pairing in 2018

This young bloke replacing Cronk is very handy. They will not lose too much with this bloke replacing Cronk.

 

[Deleted member 26876]

PRoblem with Rhinos is they defend too hard during the set, overread and then struggle for one or two tackles where they let go of all good work

Storm with the large scoreline because they have size compared to this english side

 

[Harvies elbow]

Nothing wrong with parcell's tackle but apparently nothing wrong with Smith's elbow to the head so award him the penalty.
Another great year of dodgy decisions ahead.

 

[Deleted member 26876]

This young bloke replacing Cronk is very handy. They will not lose too much with this bloke replacing Cronk.

Reckon in the future that will be true, although not this early in his career. Lucky to still have smith, although in future as smith is gone, the storm too will largely fade imo

 

[Deleted member 26876]

Leeds tired, need that number 13 back on to give stability. Very poor defence. Glasby nearly bulldozed through! lol

 

[HoldenV8]

The day they decided that it would be a World Club Series with teams other than the two premiers was the day the concept died IMO.

Sure, Manly only won 1 of their 3 WCC games, and sure it was mainly played in England (largely due to the fact that the game was played when they were already into their season after they moved to a summer league), but it was something to look forward to.

I mean, who can get excited over a team finishing 4th or lower in the NRL and then playing in a world club championship series? It should be premiers vs premiers.

Today's World Club Series reminds me too much of the way Super League did it in 1997. Shock horror yet another of the boneheaded SL ideas made it into modern league. Well, we know who won that war don't we.....

 

[Deleted member 26876]

I just wished English teams could defend. They have improved physically over the years but their reads are still all over the place, they're a bit dyslexic in defence

 

[Simonmyers11]

This Melbourne side is always well drilled. Their D again was very good. They will be right up there again. Croft is a dead set Cronk clone!

 

[HoldenV8]

This Melbourne side is always well drilled. Their D again was very good. They will be right up there again. Croft is a dead set Cronk clone!

I still say the best way to beat Melbourne is to attack down their right.

Vunivalu may be able to score tries.....but as a defender he makes Nathan Merritt look like Jake Trbojevic. It amazes me that he was ever considered for last years Golden Boot. All the guy can do is score tries. My front yard doesn't have a front fence and I have more faith in it to keep attackers out than I would him.

Edit: I know it may have been against Australia, but did anyone realise that when Valentine Holmes scored his record 6 tries in the WC Semi-final against Fiji.....his direct opponent was Vunivalu? The guy is completely clueless in defence.

 

[Eagle thru 'n' thru]

After watching last night's game between the Storm and the Rhinos, I can see Melbourne's dirty gamesmanship (Billy "Boot 1st tackle later" Slater) will continue. Slater's dive was almost a stint in the bin worthy it was that obvious.
It was good to see former Manly players Cuthberson have a crack at Melbourne, and Parcell playing a solid game, and that legitimate tackle on Scameron was top notch. Bring on the NRL 2018!
Here in Perth, there is absolutely zero written in the weekend paper "The Weekend West" on the game last night.
There is 4 sentences on Thurston's shoulder heading into tonight's trial. And 5 sentences in relation to a women's competition. That's the only mention of rugby league. AFL has 3 pages worth on updates, stories and results. NFL, Basketball get more page space than league. Come on NRL and do something about it!

 

[The Who]

I still say the best way to beat Melbourne is to attack down their right.

Vunivalu may be able to score tries.....but as a defender he makes Nathan Merritt look like Jake Trbojevic. It amazes me that he was ever considered for last years Golden Boot. All the guy can do is score tries. My front yard doesn't have a front fence and I have more faith in it to keep attackers out than I would him.

Edit: I know it may have been against Australia, but did anyone realise that when Valentine Holmes scored his record 6 tries in the WC Semi-final against Fiji.....his direct opponent was Vunivalu? The guy is completely clueless in defence.

Ken Irvine couldn't tackle either, but he brought thousands of fans through the gate just to see him run with the ball.

 

[Kiwi Eagle]

Sitting here hoping and praying to see an article with a headline about Slaters shoulder being stuffed and out for the season