I now its only Round 2 - but how good it is seeing the Gronks fail? And they have the Storm next week in Melbourne. I've been invited to a box for Round 4 v Phins. Usually a big game and will likely go close to selling out. Might be worth going for a laugh.

Same,,and as a team surely you dont want it at this point of the season either.

a motherfucker?

Already a thread my man.

Bit of a Brisbane icon. Still hear him every day driving to work advertising seats'r'us.

I've deliberately booked a work trip to come to Sydney around this game. Haven't been to a home game in ages.

Greatest crowd catch of all time?

I understand he's quite respected as a mentor and possible future coach. I'd imagine his job is to mentor the current and future halves and then transition full time into a coaching role.

In al my years of flying with Singapore, i've never been offerred this upgrade...

Harsh?

He looks more pickled every time I see him. Seriously, how much booze has he done?

Oh no...anyway...

#prayfordubai

Am I the only one who doesn't understand the point of Matt Nable?

I daresay most of us are thinking this

Solid defence will only get you so far. Last season showed that. Its the Drags ffs. And this is putrid.

So. Fucking. Dumb. Critta

We really need more clarity on the shoulder charge. Especially this whole "brace for impact" malarkey

Whoops

Vossy definitely has a love for the Dogs.

It was definitely a borderline call. No way Galvin would have got there but a professional foul is a professional foul. Weak to be taking the 2 tbh.

We have 18 days (i think) until our next game, which is crazy. I'd rather a play a top team, probably take a loss, reset and treat next game as real season opener. (Yes im being a negative Nancy 18 minutes in) :p

Fmd, i read that play from Brisbane

somewhere in bottom half of top 8.

So, it looks like they trained inside a very fancy shed?

I think its the correct decision. As long as this same approach is now consistently taken going forward. I remain sceptical.

Nice handbag

Dubai Stadium. At least its the right field dimensions. https://www.thesevensstadium.com/

Going to Vegas is going to cause enough disruption as it is, let alone going to the middle fucking east in 2027 just as the premiership window appears to be finally opening. I'd be ok with an "international round" or something like that where every team trots off somewhere o/s (Hong Kong, UK...

I think LIV golf's a good example.

I just assumed it's mostly going to be Sunday evening games

Just watched the footage. Tbh, meh. Play on.

The cup only works because its (generally) played in the freezing UK after their season has already started, and the vivist team has been on a plane for 24 hours Its a good leveller, and TBH, the English comp needs it more than the NRL. The sold out Hull Stadium showed that. We all know if you...

that would help. I never think of it at the right time.

The humidity in QLD means that i never seem to go through an entire shaker of the stuff before it goes hard and/or cakey.

How pissed was she? Like a bit tipsy, a Stefanovic or full blown Mike Willessee (sp?)?

Poorleen...

I think we all hope Kiraz's body holds up all season. He's just so important.

USA were co-hosts of the 2024 t20 world cup with the WIndies. As well as a couple of already existing cricket grounds (Florida & Texas), the built a temporary stadium from scratch near New York. Had a 34K captivity (so bigger than any other cricket ground in North America/Caribbean not to...

For the reason why anyone does anything - money. I guess the thinking is that its an opportunity to give some exposure to the Indian broadcasting/betting markets. Even if 1% on Indians became interested, that's more than the BBL's current TV audience.

I hope so, as i still can't bring myself to wear my 2026 members cap yet, as the logo looks cringe (sad, i know).

I haven't checked the accuracy of this:

I love the smell of napalm in the morning

Here ya go https://www.thechronicle.com.au/sport/matt-utai-slams-down-a-match-winning-try/video/f7b0693bab150965740517811543879a

15 comments in and its Albo's fault apparently...

"accidentally"

Facebook is now a dead set cesspit because of it, and TBH, 80% of people seem to not notice (or care) and just lap it up.

I'm not a big origin guy TBH, but i see these rules as commonsense change.

Also had this a few weeks ago. Beer was decent. Definitely triggered a few of my friends hehe...

I decided to drink these last night on Valentine's Day. I like to live dangerously.

Stili (rightly) cops a lot of shit, but that was impressive.

I still wouldn't take him to Vegas tbh.

Why have captains chaklenges in trials?

"Xerri. Not a known offloader " Could he commentary moment of the year

Good to see Sua backing himself

That last one is pretty fucked up tbh. There's also a lot of cultures where its not usual to take husband's surname. My own wife didn't for several reasons...

Skeletor memes never get old.

So Payne is now the crown prince of Zamunda?

Cause there are two kinds of people in this world... There are bullies and there are nerds. And there are hot Asian chicks. They'll do what you want. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. You better believe it, buddy. They will do what you want because they know, they know what you want. Oh, oh, oh, don't be...

I hope some of you cleaned your mouths properly, after all that bootlicking.

Good on the Rabbitohs TBH.

Some dogs fans get outraged and play the victim ("it;s all the media's fault!"). The victims here are the people who were abused by these little darlings. The Club should ban her for life TBH. Send a message that the Club doesn't want turds like this as fans. If it was someone is Souffs or...

Only thing i remember from the Last Boy Scout is the opening scene.

I thought she was brilliant in Upright (TV series from 2019 with Tim Minchin)

Yes, there's a couple of framed Dogs jerseys in the bar as well. There's a Las Vegas rum. Didn't see that in the shop when i was there though... https://kalkimoon.com/product-category/bulldogs/

I've been there twixe and found plenty to do - beach, turtles, rum... but a lot of the nice suff is in places like Bargara not Bundaberg itself which i found to be fairly dead apart from themain attractions. Having said that, I've never lived there!

Ben Fordham is basically Temu Alan Jones.

We popped for a couple of drinks - i bought a bottle of gin and one of rum (not the Bulldogs ones though).

I know there's a thread about the Gin deal, but i couldn't find it, so anyway... Doggggiezzz....

It was a private boardroom-style lunch (10 people) that a feiend purchased at charity auction.Was a Rockpool which was an added bonus. Wayne started off a little stiff, but then opened up. Was actually really interesting him talking about players he has mentored etc. There were a few brief...

Come on: Things Can Only Get Better was a dead set banger. (although i'm not even sure if he was with them at the time).

Had lunch with Wayne Bennett yesterday (yes, true story). Anyway, i asked him: would you be interested in coaching the new PNG team? He replied that essentially that if he younger he'd like to do it, but not now. So, looks like Jason Demetriou would be frontrunner?

How does that work (reggies I mean)? I assumed Norths would be their feeder club? Bloody long way to travel if you get called up or dropped though.

Trump literally just said this... in Davos, in German speaking Switzerland: “Without us you’d all be speaking German”

Nats throwing their toys out of the pram again.

Brodie Croft is supposed to be on their radar.

It feels like we've been talking about him for years

Season 2 of the Night Manager is currently showing on Prime. Little bit disjointed as its made (and set) a decade after the first one, but but otherwise quite entertaining. Tom Hiddelsford is still the main man. I won't mention how Hugh Lawrie fits in as that a spoiler. The Argentinian chick...

My immediate thought about half a sentence in.

i'd imagine the transfers were for like 1c surely?

You'd bloody well hope so

Im actually in Thailand, but Thai beer is generally crap. Thank the French for colonising Laos I guess...

@Roll the Bones , my final decision for 2025...

Its beer o'clock, surely. Happy new year all.

They will do whatever it takes.

Hang on, wtf? I just went to get a beer and came back and he's already fucking gone.

A group of us bought 3 x 4 day passes for the 150th anniversary test in March 2027 (aim is to rotate the passes between about 5 or 6 of us). These ***** better up their game before then. Those tickets were bloody expensive (even before I pay for my airfare). Imagine the poor bastard who gets...

Sadly we might face a few years of trying to find the next permanent opener.

Sack Boland...

What a weird day.

that batting tail is starting to look a bit long. Still not really sure what Cameron Green's job is? Is he really that good a batsman? So, barring something major, could we consider Khawaja's test career over? Or is there a flicker for Sydney - if Weatherald fails or someone else gets injured?

Yes

I think rain is likely in the next 90 minutes or so (just as i have to head to airport to pick up Mrs CD. Yay). So they will need to get the scoring moving from the start to wrap this shit up before then.

This could ne the most crucial 90 minutes of the series. If England can draw level by stumps without losing more than 2 wickets they are well and truly in this.

No wicket in first over? Sack Starc. Get your shit together, Mitch

Could be another short test. No rain forecast here for first 3 days afaik. Bloody annoyed im not going.