2023 NRL General Discussion

BurgoShark

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Some interesting comments in this article. Headline is "closer games and higher attendance", but there are some comments there about ball in play and duration.

He said the ball was in play for longer (62.6%)
Maybe the first one is believable. That is consistent with what happened in the trials. About 12 minutes out of each 20 was ball in play. This 62.6% number would definitely exclude stopped clock scenarios.

... and the elapsed time per match, which is how long a game takes from kick-off to full-time, was significantly less (91.48m).
The second one, no freakin' chance. That would mean less than 2 minutes per game of stopped clock, and half time is exactly 10 minutes whistle to whistle.

Duration of the Sharks/Bulldogs trial was ~95 minutes excluding the drinks breaks and half time.

We're not that dumb NRL.

 
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Steve Price's son debuting for Cowboys this weekend.
Christ I'm getting old.
 

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How good is it that Moses Suli says he didn't want to go to the Dragqueens???
 
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For me cobbo sure will be elite but has some flaws in his game at present but is young so won’t be too nasty. As in a established player easy answer is brooks, I’ll settle on SJ
 
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I've got a few. Luai, Smith, Klemmer, Ponga and Kikau all immediately jump to mind.
 
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