The 2006 NRL Season Proper (Part 1)
September 4th 2006 12:17
We can't doubt this is the most exciting time of the year! More so the fact the Roosters aren't in the finals - again! I'm sorry, I really don't mean that...
But yes, twenty-six weeks of competition seems to have (as the cliche goes) flown by. But instead of looking into the finals, let's use this week to savour what made the 2006 season proper (in no particular order):
Parra, lucky to be there?
We can say that Jason Taylor was the Parra's saviour - and perhaps rightly so, but let's think mathematically for a sec. had the New Zealand Warriors not been deducted points for salary cap breaches, Parramatta may just not have been in the finals... So Parra fans might want to add David Gallop and the NRL board to their Christmas list - and let's not forget the auditors that busted the Warriors!
Coaches, coaches and coaches - would anyone be one? Is it now harder to be a coach than a referee?
Two well respected coaches have departed (Brian Smith and Ricky Stuart) and before round one, we knew of changes in the ranks for next year (Mic Hagan, Matthew Elliot, Johnny Lang). And on refereeing, can we say any more about the video referee that hasn't already been said?
You wouldn't think with the hype around drug testing, players would even consider to use them
Somehow recreational drugs managed a headline this year, with Mitchell Sargent having his contract torn up
Once a (grand) finalist, not always a finalist
Both of last year's grandfinalists are not in the finals series
Origin politics
New South Wales winning the first State of Origin game by one point meant that the Queensland forwards were weak ??? And from that, did we ever find out who "decorated" Wally's statue before the second game? I'm not into conspiracy theories, but it did spark an emergence by the Queensland side...
Melbourne showed up to a football game besides AFL ???
Yes, we're not sure how this happened...
Oh Souths...
South Sydney won THREE games - what is the Gladiator thinking now?
But yes, twenty-six weeks of competition seems to have (as the cliche goes) flown by. But instead of looking into the finals, let's use this week to savour what made the 2006 season proper (in no particular order):
Parra, lucky to be there?
We can say that Jason Taylor was the Parra's saviour - and perhaps rightly so, but let's think mathematically for a sec. had the New Zealand Warriors not been deducted points for salary cap breaches, Parramatta may just not have been in the finals... So Parra fans might want to add David Gallop and the NRL board to their Christmas list - and let's not forget the auditors that busted the Warriors!
Coaches, coaches and coaches - would anyone be one? Is it now harder to be a coach than a referee?
Two well respected coaches have departed (Brian Smith and Ricky Stuart) and before round one, we knew of changes in the ranks for next year (Mic Hagan, Matthew Elliot, Johnny Lang). And on refereeing, can we say any more about the video referee that hasn't already been said?
You wouldn't think with the hype around drug testing, players would even consider to use them
Somehow recreational drugs managed a headline this year, with Mitchell Sargent having his contract torn up
Once a (grand) finalist, not always a finalist
Both of last year's grandfinalists are not in the finals series
Origin politics
New South Wales winning the first State of Origin game by one point meant that the Queensland forwards were weak ??? And from that, did we ever find out who "decorated" Wally's statue before the second game? I'm not into conspiracy theories, but it did spark an emergence by the Queensland side...
Melbourne showed up to a football game besides AFL ???
Yes, we're not sure how this happened...
Oh Souths...
South Sydney won THREE games - what is the Gladiator thinking now?
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Comment by StephenP
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It had to be a Channel 9 employee - everyone was writing the Queenslanders off leading into the second game, some media even reported that the Origin concept was dying and fans (TV included) were waning.
How come they never found the culprit of Wally's blue costume? Maybe because Channel 9 has a bucketload of money, and could afford to hush certain officialdom as to letting the case slide off the face of the planet.
Your right, they never found the amatuer artist, did they?
Joe the cameraman, anyone!!!
StephenP
P.S. - The Eels are specials this week against the Storm - get on 'em!!!!
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