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Shoulder charge being banned, meh, people overreact too much about it. Tackle properly or fuck off, it'll exploit the likes of Sonny Bill, Chris Sandow and Greg Inglis who are all about the charge. 3 weeks will go by and noone will be fazed by it being banned.
I reckon we will see a Cowboys - Sharks grand final this season. Imo the have the best rosters in the comp, especially the Sharks, I wouldn't be surprised if their rorting the salary cap. It's good to have wrestling to watch during the pre-season, if we didn't the pre-season would fell a hell of a lot longer.
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Greg Inglis has so much more to his game than the shoulder charge...
I will miss Sandow trying to shoulder charge and bouncing off players.
I do hate traitors, but its good that SBW is back in the game. Wish Folau had followed suit. Its always good when QLD gets stronger.
Hope the Warriors finally get their shit together this year, but I wouldn't bet on it. Other than that its hard to go past Sea eagles and Bulldogs (even though I dont know how the dogs arent routing the cap). Storm will have grand final hangover IMO. The players wont be as motivated as before. I really want the Cowboys to win, just for Thurston and because they got screwed against Manly last year. Souths are entertaining, but as long as Sutton is in the halves, they wont win. I wouldn't say the Eagles look that strong on paper but they have one of the best, if not the best halves combination and they got rid of that lard Tony Williams. Broncos halves are too average even with 50yr old Scott Prince. Other then that, no other team really stands out.
We have a thread for this, unless they deleted it.
Shoulder charge being banned, meh, people overreact too much about it. Tackle properly or fuck off, it'll exploit the likes of Sonny Bill, Chris Sandow and Greg Inglis who are all about the charge. 3 weeks will go by and noone will be fazed by it being banned.
fuck out of here with that nonsense. The shoulder charge ban is fucking awful, there is absolutely nothing wrong with a properly executed shoulder charge and it is a proper tackle
Cowboys are an average side, semis will be between Storm, Bulldogs, Manly and the next flavour of the season, possibly Souths.
There is too much of a risk factor involved on the charge, that's why I see merit in its ban. Dean Young could have been severely injured from Inglis' botched tackle last year.
Cowboys aren't going to have any influence on the finals because they cannot win in Sydney. Storm will be back up the top, Dogs as well, Cronulla should be up around the top with their roster alone, and I'd say Newcastle will raise a few eyebrows this season with the Bennett influence having another offseason to take effect.
As for us, if we can make the 8 I'll be happy. A consistent halves pairing, and limited injuries to key players, plus Benji having a year of consistently good games, we could push for the 4, but it's unlikely.
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Cowboys aren't going to have any influence on the finals because they cannot win in Sydney. Storm will be back up the top, Dogs as well, Cronulla should be up around the top with their roster alone, and I'd say Newcastle will raise a few eyebrows this season with the Bennett influence having another offseason to take effect.
