NRL 2007

[Spruce Goose]

This is the thread to post in about Rugby League. Weekly teams, results, discussions etc.

Sprucey's Unbiased Predictions:

Minor Premiers: Manly
Premiers: Storm
Runners Up: Broncos
Wooden Spoon: Raiders
Most Improved Team: Sharks
Team to go backwards most: Raiders
Dally M: Lockyer
Souths to make 8?: Nope. I predict 10th
Titans to make 8? Nope. They could, but injury's will expose their lack of depth. I predict them to just miss out.
State of Origin Result: QLD, 2-1
Will Johns last the season: Yes (an injury or 2 along the way but nothing major), but it will be his last. Newcastle won't make 8.
First coach to be sacked: Nathan Brown
Leading Try Scorer: Greg Inglis or Nathan Merrit

Let's look back on this at season's end and see how close we were.

 

[Spiff]

Minor Premiers: Bulldogs
Premiers: Dragons
Runners Up: Storm
Wooden Spoon: Eels
Most Improved Team: Souths
Team to go backwards most: Eels
Dally M: Karmichael Hunt
Souths to make 8?: Nope
Titans to make 8? Yep
State of Origin Result: QLD, 2-1
Will Johns last the season: Yes
First coach to be sacked: no coach sacked this year
Leading Try Scorer: Chris Walker

 

[Winmar]

I don't know enough about NRL teams in general to make predictions on all of those, but I must say, I like Spiff's premiership prediction. The only way both Spiff and Spruce could be right (Dragons and Nathan Brown) is if NB gets so excited after the premiership win he does something stupid like rooting someone's wife, and is given the arse.

 

[Sydo]

There's just not enough recreational drug use in the NRL to make the sport interesting to a Victorian.

 

[Goreripper]

Haha. I love how the AFL won't drop players for things that NRL guys get sacked for, and yet a bloke makes a $10 bet on a game his team isn't even in and just about gets a new arsehole torn in him.

 

[Goreripper]

Minor Premiers: Storm
Premiers: Storm
Runners Up: Bulldogs
Wooden Spoon: Raiders
Most Improved Team: Souths
Team to go backwards most: Dragons
Dally M: Jonathon Thurston
Souths to make 8?: Yes
Titans to make 8? No.
State of Origin Result: QLD, 2-1
Will Johns last the season: Yes.
First coach to be sacked: Nathan Brown
Leading Try Scorer: Greg Inglis, Matt Bowen or Shaun Berrigan

 

[Goreripper]

The Cowboys/Broncos game was a fucking cracker!

 

[Southy]

Best game I have seen in a long while I reckon

 

[MeKaChrOme]

twas a very good game..

Saints vs Titans was good, though mistake ridden.

Newcastle v Dogs would've been a good game. Johns got clocked by Sonny Bill Williams. Nasty...

 

[Spiff]

Newcastle vs Dogs was indeed a good game.

 

[Goreripper]

I wanted to watch that game, but I couldn't get any signal because of the heavy cloud. FUcking useless satellite. Fortunately, The Magnificent Seven was on, so the afternoon wasn't completely wasted.

 

[Bucko]

Minor Premiers: Bulldogs
Premiers: Tigers
Runners Up: Bulldogs
Wooden Spoon: Raiders
Most Improved Team: Souths
Team to go backwards most: Raiders
Dally M: Scott Prince
Souths to make 8?: Yes . 7th
Titans to make 8? Yes 8th
State of Origin Result: NSW, 2-1
Will Johns last the season: Yes
First coach to be sacked: Neil Henry
Leading Try Scorer: Nathan Merrit

 

[KoichCPA]

Minor Premiers: Manly
Premiers: Manly
Runners Up: Storm
Wooden Spoon: Raiders
Most Improved Team: Rabbits
Team to go backwards most: Raiders
Dally M: Thurstan
Souths to make 8?: 9th
Titans to make 8? 3rd
State of Origin Result: QLD, 2-1
Will Johns last the season: fuck no
First coach to be sacked: Hagan
Leading Try Scorer: Brett Stewart

 

[mattt]

Minor Premiers: Storm
Premiers: Cowboys
Runners Up: Bulldogs
Wooden Spoon: Eels
Most Improved Team: Cowboys
Team to go backwards most: Raiders
Dally M: Jonathon Thurston
Souths to make 8?: No.
Titans to make 8? Yes.
State of Origin Result: QLD, 2-1
Will Johns last the season: No.
First coach to be sacked: Michael Hagan
Leading Try Scorer: Matt Bowen, Greg Inglis.

 

[mattt]

The Cowboys/Broncos game was a fucking cracker!

Im going to try and make a few Cowboys games this year. My friends' old man works for the NRL now and get free tix

 

[mattt]

Tips For Round 2
Dragons V Knights
Panthers V Bulldogs
Tigers V Manly
Raiders V Storm
Cowboys V Roosters
Warriors V Broncos
Rabbitohs V Eels
Titans V Sharks

 

[Spruce Goose]

Same except I chose tigers and sharks

 

[Spiff]

I tipped Tigers over Manly, otherwise mine are the same as Mattttt's.

 

[mattt]

ROUND 2 RESULTS (so far)

Panthers 40 - Bulldogs 10
Newcastle 16 - Dragons 12
North Queensland 43 - Sydney City 6
Manly 19 - Wests Tigers 8
Melbourne 32 - Canberra 16
New Zealand 24 - Brisbane 14
Souths 31 - Parramatta 6

 

[KoichCPA]

2 for 2 so far this weekend.