"They'd butt each other like a pair of billy goats and would both look like a mess at the end of the game. I'd often see Billy an hour later sharing a beer with his rival, with both blokes sporting half a dozen stitches in their scones. They were a breed apart, fornt-rowers - blokes like Bluey were proof of that." Johnny Raper on Billy Wilson and other front rowers of the time
'when my life is over, the thing which will have given me greatest pride is that I was first to plunge into the sea, swimming freely underwater without any connection to the terrestrial world'
2 weeks apart theyve gone from beating the best team in SL to losing to the the worst team in the nrl last year
its a shame manly didnt have proper trial games to get ready for the nrl rather than the distraction of the wcc
Its not suprising in the NRL as we have seen to lower placed clubs suddenly become play off contenders in the past, its a much more level playing field than the UK, where you toss a coin between Saints and Leeds.
Leeds won the WCC last year. Remind us who they lost to the week after? Castleford. And where does that leave the NRL champions Melbourne in comparison to last year's wooden spoonists?
Leeds won the WCC last year. Remind us who they lost to the week after? Castleford. And where does that leave the NRL champions Melbourne in comparison to last year's wooden spoonists?
Exactly.
The trolling effort is quite poor.
so much for leeds being good enough to make the semis of the nrl.
lucky they can go back to SL and not have to play nrl teams each week.
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