NRL 2021

[dmck]

Just now, dmck said:

I'm impressed with CH9 using commentators who have English as a second language..........

Ch 7, on the other hand use a different approach for their AFL commentators....... As a community service they employ two imbeciles.

[Gad]

due to the latest Victorian outbreak of Covid19-20-21, the Melbourne Storm have now relocated to the Brisbane NRL hub... The Saturday, Storm v Knights game has now been relocated to CBUS Stadium

[dmck]

@ Gad...

Love your "signatures".. !!!

[ellicat]

Forgot a few weeks, sorry Gad. Up to date (provided Dogs lose) =

Gad's score -

Week 14 b'fwd

         Total Tips  70          Total Margin 233

week 15               5                                    13
week 16               5                                    31
week 17               3                                    31
week 18               7                                      4

Scores                 90                                        312  

[ellicat]

On 13/07/2021 at 7:21 PM, kmcrosby78 said:

hopefully @ellicat’s hapless Tigers can seal a trifecta of wins for us .

You're very quiet tonight, Kelvin. haha

It was a game of two teams trying to 'out-worse' each other.

[kmcrosby78]

Yes, very disappointing, especially as we were at the game. You’re mob hung in well, we just couldn’t get our left side defence sorted.

[Gad]

2 hours ago, ellicat said:

Forgot a few weeks, sorry Gad. Up to date (provided Dogs lose) =

no probs, thanks 

[Gad]

Round 18  results

Friday, July 16

Titans 8  vs  26 Eels

and the Titans keep on…. Titaning????

Sea Eagles 32  vs  18 Dragons
interesting game, both sides put in when they had their moments and momentum… Dragons got lost in their moments a number of times.

 

Saturday, July 17

Raiders 34  vs  18 Sharks

The only reason the Sharks are in the top 8… Raiders went missing on the paddocks for many weeks…..
 

Cowboys 18  vs  34 Roosters

Cowboys started by firing off small arm volleys, but  were out banged of the gun fight when the Roosters fired off artillery rounds in the last 20 minutes

Storm 48  vs  4 Knights
Fancy that…..

Sunday, July 18

Warriors 16  vs  30 Panthers
injury hit Warriors keep being clobbered but show heart

Broncos 24  vs  42 Tigers, Suncorp Stadium, 4:05pm
Tigers offered some purring in the first 40, in the second 40 the same Broncos serial brain failures,  who can not learn from their repetitious brain fails, opened the doors and the Tigers snarled, roared and left the Broncos in the cat litter tray before leaving the field at 80 minutes

Rabbitohs 32  vs  24 Bulldogs

The Bunnies were a bit off…. but the Doggies can take this week`s John Wayne Award for showing ‘True Grit’ for giving Bunnies fans a few palpitations throughout the contest….

 

[Gad]

I`ll get in early posting round 19.... some  may like to take advantage of early ticket sales for the Suncorp and/or CBUS double header games

Round 19

Thursday, July 22

Eels vs Raiders, CBUS Stadium, 7:50pm

Friday, July 23

Roosters vs Knights, Sunshine Coast Stadium, 6pm

Cowboys vs Storm, Queensland Country Bank Stadium, 7:55pm

Saturday, July 24

Rabbitohs vs Warriors, Sunshine Coast Stadium, 3pm

Sea Eagles vs Tigers, Suncorp Stadium, 5:30pm

Panthers vs Broncos, Suncorp Stadium , 7:35pm

Sunday, July 25

Dragons vs Titans, CBUS Stadium, 1.50pm

Bulldogs vs Sharks, CBUS Stadium, 4:05pm

[GregOug]

1 hour ago, Gad said:

I`ll get in early posting round 19.... some  may like to take advantage of early ticket sales for the Suncorp and/or CBUS double header games

Round 19

Saturday, July 24

Sea Eagles vs Tigers, Suncorp Stadium, 5:30pm

Panthers vs Broncos, Suncorp Stadium , 7:35pm

Sunday, July 25

Dragons vs Titans, CBUS Stadium, 1.50pm

Bulldogs vs Sharks, CBUS Stadium, 4:05pm

Yeah. They should all be particularly close matches.

[Drop Bear]

Panthers next week...

Does anyone else hanker back 2 weeks ago when Broncos secured their points in a heroic and mighty bye.. 

[Drop Bear]

Getting some great value next week. I'm gonna be so rich when Broncos and Cowboys smash out good wins! 

[Hweebe]

If you are wondering who the mystery TheRoyalHuy is in the AFOtipping comp. That would be me 

I've been lurking mid table for a while until last week. Its a log jam at the top

 

[kmcrosby78]

On 19/07/2021 at 7:57 AM, Drop Bear said:

Getting some great value next week. I'm gonna be so rich when Broncos and Cowboys smash out good wins! 

Gamble responsibly ......... 

[Gad]

Round 19 results

Thursday, July 22

Eels 10 vs  12 Raiders

fancy that…. even Raider fans are in shock by this win…..

 

Friday, July 23

Roosters 28  vs  8 Knights

the Knights looked good.. before the Roosters decided to kick in

Cowboys 16  vs  20 Storm

this could have been the boil over of the decade… keeping the panic under the surface, the Storm`s winning hunger got them the win.

 

Saturday, July 24

Rabbitohs 60  vs  22 Warriors

lots of points scored… the Storm and Panthers dug deep for wins this round, the Bunnies didn`t need to dig too deep, but they still are having problems with commanding a game for the whole 80 minutes

Sea Eagles 44  vs  24 Tigers
this score line kind of says where they are both at….
 

Panthers 18  vs  12 Broncos
only the Storm would be upset at being beaten by 6 after 80 minutes against the Panthers

Sunday, July 25

Dragons 10  vs  32 Titans

Well, this match up was always going to be an ‘on the day', toss of a coin tipping type of game for me… as per usual,  I lost the toss again

Bulldogs 24  vs  44 Sharks
Doggies are showing areas of improvements, but continued mistakes and dumb actions drag them back each week… Sharks are on course to go out in the 1^st week of the finals.... if they can stay in the top 8

[Drop Bear]

On 24/07/2021 at 10:58 PM, Hweebe said:

If you are wondering who the mystery TheRoyalHuy is in the AFOtipping comp. That would be me 

I've been lurking mid table for a while until last week. Its a log jam at the top

 

yep and now that the QLD teams will win everything from now on in @Old Scaleyand I will be smoking it up to the top... 

Interesting that Panthers are paying $4... Must be lots of Sydney support or something? 

[Gad]

Round 20

Thursday, July 29

Roosters vs Eels, BB Print Stadium, Mackay. 7:50pm

Friday, July 30

Tigers vs Warriors, Suncorp Stadium, 6pm

Broncos vs Cowboys, Suncorp Stadium, 7:55pm

Saturday, July 31

Dragons vs Rabbitohs, Browne Park  Stadium, Rocky. 3pm

Knights vs Raiders, Suncorp Stadium, 5:30pm

Storm vs Panthers, Suncorp Stadium, 7:35pm

Sunday, August 1

Bulldogs vs Titans, CBUS Stadium, 2pm

Sharks vs Sea Eagles, Moreton Daily Stadium, 4:05pm

[ellicat]

Looking like a pretty good set of games this weekend.

Might be some movement on the tipping table this week.

[Towknee]

15 hours ago, ellicat said:

Looking like a pretty good set of games this weekend.

Might be some movement on the tipping table this week.

Looks like the top 8 teams all play each other. Let’s see if they keep the scores close? 

[ellicat]

I think you're right. Some should be tight games.

[Drop Bear]

BOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

Here we come!!!

[Drop Bear]

Broncos will win the premiership this year!!!! 

Go you good things!!!!

[Newbie to Brisbane]

Today’s games at Suncorp stadium have been cancelled 

[ellicat]

Lucky the Olympic games are on, or I might have to talk to the family.

[Gad]

7 hours ago, Newbie to Brisbane said:

Today’s games at Suncorp stadium have been cancelled 

that means no Saturday tipping loses ....  we all did very well 

[Angry51]

23 minutes ago, Gad said:

that means no Saturday tipping loses ....  we all did very well 

Dunno about no losses.... I seem to have lost a couple

of places in the first 3 games.

[GregOug]

31 minutes ago, Angry51 said:

Dunno about no losses.... I seem to have lost a couple

of places in the first 3 games.

At least you’re game to look. I stopped long ago!

[Gad]

okay Saturday games were wiped out, bring in Monday and all Round 20 games are on again 
https://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/arlc-chairman-peter-vlandys-reveal-plans-for-nrl-amid-covid19-drama/news-story/02908d337565b5d3850b92ace569df58

Rabbitohs and Dragons, Knights and Raiders, and Storm and Panthers are now set to go on Sunday, pushing games originally set for Sunday back until Monday.

Suncorp Stadium is set to host Knights vs. Raiders at 1:50pm, Panthers vs. Storm at 4:05pm and Dragons vs. Rabbitohs at 6:25pm on Sunday.

 On Monday, Suncorp stadium will host the Bulldogs v Titans at 6pm…. Sharks v Sea Eagles at 8:05pm.

Those games had initially been scheduled to take place on the Gold Coast and at Redcliffe, respectively, but as part of the league’s Level 4 Biosecurity Protocols, games must continue to be played at the same venue until further notice.

All five games will go ahead in front of empty stands as 11 LGAs in South East Queensland lock down until at least Tuesday at 4pm AEST.

EDIT

Sunday, August 1

Knights vs Raiders, Suncorp Stadium,1.50pm

Storm vs Panthers, Suncorp Stadium, 4.05pm

Dragons vs Rabbitohs  Suncorp Stadium, 6.25pm

Monday August 2

Bulldogs vs Titans,   Suncorp Stadium , 6.00pm

Sharks vs Sea Eagles,  Suncorp Stadium, 8:05pm

 

[ellicat]

Gad's score -

Week 18 b'fwd

         Total Tips  90          Total Margin 312

week 19               6                                    15
 

Scores                 96                                        327

[Gad]

Round 20  results

Thursday, July 29

Roosters 28  vs  0 Eels
I did say in my Round 16 results comments, posted on July 4…  “Eels are only keeping a top 4 spot warm”…

Friday, July 30

Tigers 16  vs  18 Warriors
#@*^#@ furball chokers…. just when I`d finally accepted the Warriors were a bunch of losers

Broncos 37  vs  18 Cowboys

this was no heavy weight match up, but the improvement in defence and offence across the field by the Broncos was there to be seen. There are some winnable rounds coming up for them… if they`ve packed the white flag away now! 

Sunday August 1

Knights 34  vs  24 Raiders

Both teams are among 5 sitting on 18 points, with the Titans 7^th on the ladder with 18 points

Storm 37  vs  10 Panthers

Panthers were minus a couple of key players for this 1-2 match up… then again the Storm has been missing many key players all season and have kept on storming…

Dragons 14  vs  50 Rabbitohs
no puff, let alone magic in these Dragons

 Monday, August 2

Bulldogs 6  vs  34 Titans
this win jumps the Titans from 10th on the ladder to 7^th… top 8 who would`ve thunk…..

Sharks 22  vs  40 Sea Eagles

with the hammy hanging in there it was again the Trbojecic show, with some help from Manly..

[ellicat]

Gad's score -

Week 19 b'fwd

         Total Tips  96          Total Margin  327

week 20               6                                    14
 

Scores                 102                                       341

[Drop Bear]

6 hours ago, ellicat said:

Gad's score -

Week 19 b'fwd

         Total Tips  96          Total Margin  327

week 20               6                                    14
 

Scores                 102                                       341

I don't know what that means... but congratulations?

 

[Drop Bear]

Go the Broncos. It's never too late legends. 

[ellicat]

1 hour ago, Drop Bear said:

I don't know what that means... but congratulations?

 

Gad had an issue with his sign-in for the tipping and had to start a new account, so I'm calculating his score manually and updating here as we go.

[Gad]

6 hours ago, Drop Bear said:

I don't know what that means... but congratulations?

 

Thank you... I`ve lost track of it all..... 

[ellicat]

1 minute ago, Gad said:

Thank you... I`ve lost track of it all..... 

You're coming tenth.

[Gad]

another interesting round coming up with many possibilities... well maybe not the Doggies 

 

Round 21

Thursday, August 5

Knights vs Broncos, Sunshine Coast Stadium, 7:50pm

Friday, August 6

Raiders vs Dragons, CBUS Stadium, 6pm

Eels vs Rabbitohs, CBUS Stadium, 8:05pm

Saturday, August 7

Warriors vs Sharks, Suncorp Stadium, 3pm

Roosters vs Panthers, Suncorp Stadium, 5:30pm

Sea Eagles vs Storm, Suncorp Stadium, 7:35pm

Sunday, August 8

Bulldogs vs Tigers, Moreton Daily Stadium Redcliffe, 2pm

Titans vs Cowboys, Cbus Super Stadium, 4:05pm

[kmcrosby78]

54 minutes ago, Gad said:

another interesting round coming up with many possibilities... well maybe not the Doggies 

I agree - without looking at the line ups or betting odds, there aren't many there that I'd confidently predict.  Oh, and the Doggies are playing the '$%P*#ing furball chokers' ........ so you never know ..... .

[Gad]

On 03/08/2021 at 8:23 PM, kmcrosby78 said:

....  Oh, and the Doggies are playing the '$%P*#ing furball chokers' ........ so you never know ..... .

sadly for their fans the games the Tigger's should win they often lose direction and blow them. Moses moved on and his potential and consistency has come through at the Eels, Brooks... well, everyone is getting older while waiting....

[Gad]

NOTE.... the Thursday night,  Broncos  v   Knights game has been shifted from the Sunshine Coast Stadiu to Suncorp Stadium 

and Sunday`s, Doggies  v  Tiggers game will now be played at CBUS Stadium