2021 NRL General Discussion

Thresher · Sep 28, 2021

Tommy Turbo (left), just after receiving the Dally M.

Cage · Sep 28, 2021

I wonder how many Pacific Pe$o$ the muckraker media pay for this type of crap. Obviously enough to drop your acquaintances in the poo, the same acquaintances that thought enough of you to invite you to their get together.

You cant choose your family, but you can choose your friends, so FFS be selective about who you choose to be around when you may do naughty things, not necessarily against the law, but maybe less than socially acceptable to the mainstream.

Capital_Shark · Sep 28, 2021

Addy said:
So what's the consensus?

Did Gal say;

Don't surround yourself with nuffies, and you won't find trouble. Just explained very poorly,

Or,

Do all the stupid **** you want, just not around stupid people?

The latter. Try tell a bloke in his early 20s not to do dumb **** - waste of breath.

MMsharks · Sep 28, 2021

Sharkmate said:
When are these morons going to learn, if you do this **** then make sure it is not being recorded, especially when done in private setting.

don't know
complete idiots

but this will be swept under the carpet

BurgoShark · Sep 28, 2021

Tatus said:
Even easier when he is your best player week in and week out. It’s well deserved IMo

Just a comment on the system mate. Bort summed it up well. The best ways to accrue points in Dally M are to be playing well on a **** team (Kennedy, Hunt) or to be a well known player on a team where either everyone is playing poorly (RTS) or everyone is playing well (Benji).

Cage · Sep 28, 2021

Kennedy deserves all the accolades he gets.

He has elevated himself from a player that most on this forum didn't rate, and some probably still don't, to a player that you can depend on to deliver at an acceptable level. I firmly believe his best is still ahead of him.

egg · Sep 28, 2021

Anyone see merit in signing Benji on a small contract as back up to mainly play for Jets , but assist Trindalls game too ?

Thresher · Sep 28, 2021

egg said:
Anyone see merit in signing Benji on a small contract as back up to mainly play for Jets , but assist Trindalls game too ?

Probably everyone except Benji

common · Sep 28, 2021

From DT 28/9/21:

Melbourne stars Cameron Munster and Brandon Smith are facing two-game bans and fines of up to $40,000 over the white-powder scandal as the NRL prepares to come down hard on the Storm duo for hijacking grand final week.

The pair, along with teammate Chris Lewis, were spoken to by the NRL Integrity Unit on Tuesday afternoon, but any sanctions are unlikely to be handed down until next week.

When they arrive, they are likely to result in the trio missing the start of the 2022 premiership.

Warriors sensation Reece Walsh is also expected to be suspended for the start of next year after admitting to using cocaine in a separate incident at the weekend. Walsh is also expected to have a strike registered against his name under the game’s illicit testing policy.

Munster and Smith, however, are set to avoid a similar fate due to a loophole in the game’s illicit testing policy that prevents the NRL from testing players outside the season.

egg · Sep 28, 2021

Yeah no doubt he'd want to play NRL constantly , rather than through injury only

Thresher · Sep 28, 2021

common said:
From DT 28/9/21:

Bet they never get formally tested and just go down in history as naughty boys. Barba, though also a domestic rock thrower, would have reason to feel more harshley done by.

common · Sep 28, 2021

Thresher Shark said:
Bet they never get formally tested and just go down in history as naughty boys. Barba, though also a domestic rock thrower, would have reason to feel more harshley done by.

Do correct me if I am wrong, but was Barba tested during or after the season? As that is the " loophole in the game’s illicit testing policy that prevents the NRL from testing players outside the season."

Addy · Sep 28, 2021

common said:
From DT 28/9/21:

That punishment would be based on the video, not a positive drug test.

I'm sure the NRL could drug test them outright, but it wouldn't exactly be random.

I couldn't care less. Without the players, the NRL would have gone bust midway last year. Let them have a few nose beers.

Give them a symbolic fine and move on.

Capital_Shark · Sep 28, 2021

Thresher Shark said:
Bet they never get formally tested and just go down in history as naughty boys. Barba, though also a domestic rock thrower, would have reason to feel more harshley done by.

Why? He got tested, they got filmed. The film proves nothing, a positive drug test is actual evidence.

common · Sep 28, 2021

Addy said:
That punishment would be based on the video, not a positive drug test.

I'm sure the NRL could drug test them outright, but it wouldn't exactly be random.

I couldn't care less. Without the players, the NRL would have gone bust midway last year. Let them have a few nose beers.

Give them a symbolic fine and move on.

Say what now? Without the NRL these blokes wouldn't be on these high paid contracts, and they wouldn't be as protected as they are when it comes to doing some of the bullshit they do, and illegal crap, like coke.

I bloody hope the NRL comes down on them hard. With all the crap that has gone on last year, and this year, they should all have their arses in line, and feel damn lucky they can still play a game for their hundreds-of-thousands of dollars a year while so many people are struggling to make ends meet. Spare me this "recreational" "party" drug nonsense.

Thresher · Sep 28, 2021

Capital_Shark said:
Why? He got tested, they got filmed. The film proves nothing, a positive drug test is actual evidence.

Read the first bit of what I typed: "Bet they never get formally tested"

Thresher · Sep 28, 2021

common said:
Do correct me if I am wrong, but was Barba tested during or after the season? As that is the " loophole in the game’s illicit testing policy that prevents the NRL from testing players outside the season."

He got tested after we won the comp. So outside normal season.

Capital_Shark · Sep 28, 2021

common said:
Say what now? Without the NRL these blokes wouldn't be on these high paid contracts, and they wouldn't be as protected as they are when it comes to doing some of the bullshit they do, and illegal crap, like coke.

I bloody hope the NRL comes down on them hard. With all the crap that has gone on last year, and this year, they should all have their arses in line, and feel damn lucky they can still play a game for their hundreds-of-thousands of dollars a year while so many people are struggling to make ends meet. Spare me this "recreational" "party" drug nonsense.

Without players the NRL doesn't have a product to sell to have money to pay anyone anything.

And its absolutely recreational, unless it was prescribed? lol

It can't even be proven what the substance was. Maintain its talc powder for a joke & let someone try prove otherwise.

Capital_Shark · Sep 28, 2021

Thresher Shark said:
Read the first bit of what I typed: "Bet they never get formally tested"

Why would they?

common · Sep 28, 2021

Capital_Shark said:
Without players the NRL doesn't have a product to sell to have money to pay anyone anything.

And its absolutely recreational, unless it was prescribed? lol

It can't even be proven what the substance was. Maintain its talc powder for a joke & let someone try prove otherwise.

They both need each other equally.

And it is an illegal drug. They should get in more **** than they should. Here is hoping there is actual testing done.

I agree, though, without testing they could sit back and deny it all. Was all a gee-up. But I highly doubt it. Either way, isn't a good look.

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