Auckland Nines Jersey / Tournament

[deano the p]

i dont get the negativity towards fitler playing... it has achieved its desired result... every club forum, leagueunlimited, twitter, facebook ect are talking about it

type in auckland 9's tournament and there are links to fitler wanting to play. its drumming up the publicity of it

remember, this is what is replacing the all stars game, and the aboriginal side of the game would be filthy if the all star game was trashed for something that wasnt successful.

and for the people who think fitler will intensionally go out and injure a player, please, get a grip. they guy was a former australian captain for **** sake.

the inly injury fitler needs to worry about, are his unconditioned 41 year old hamstrings.

i for one am greatful the roosters wont be fielding a full team in this tournament, they would give us a flogging if we came across them

Spot on it's great for the promotion and great for holding the Roosters back.

Also correct that Fittler isn't the type to go out there to take a player out.

 

[BlackWhiteBlue]

spot on snow.

Waits for Gallen to do a knee in the 9s and not surface til Origin 1. Then get suspended til origin 2. Then get injured in origin 2 and miss club games till round 22……..

But Fittler might hurt Todd…………..

 

[Jimako]

Any one know who is televising the tournament? Haven't heard anything yet.

 

[egg]

Any one know who is televising the tournament? Haven't heard anything yet.

The 2014 NRL Auckland Nines might still be over three months away from actually taking place, but already, the hype and anticipation surrounding the inaugural competition is beginning to take full flight.

All 16 National Rugby League teams will compete in the competition spanning just two days, with at least 12 of each club’s top 25 salary capped players as well as one top five player from each of the club’s salary cap guaranteed to take part also—providing fans with two action-packed days of top-class rugby league.

Expected to draw upwards of 100,000 people in Auckland, NRL CEO Dave Smith said that the competition was “a fantastic opportunity to grow our game and for our clubs and players to share in a significant new investment in Rugby League”.

With the groups, draw and fixtures released this morning, let’s take a look at how the inaugural rugby league “nines” competition is shaping up.

Date: February 15-16, 2014
Venue: Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand
TV Coverage: Live via Fox Sports (Sky Sports in NZ)

COMPETITION FORMAT, POOLS AND FIXTURES
All 16 teams are split up into four equal groups where they will each play one another in the group stage. From there, the top two teams from each group will move on to the quarterfinals, where the winners from those eight games will play in a knockout format through to the Grand Final.

Group A (Yellow): Warriors, Raiders, Sea Eagles, Cowboys
Group B (Green): Roosters, Eels, Broncos, Bulldogs
Group C (Blue): Sharks, Knights, Tigers, Titans
Group D (Red): Storm, Panthers, Rabbitohs, Dragons

Day One Schedule
12.35pm: Sharks v Knights (Group C)
1:00pm: Tigers v Titans (Group C)
1.25pm: Roosters v Eels (Group B)
1.50pm: Broncos v Bulldogs (Group B)
2.25pm: Warriors v Raiders (Group A)
2.50pm: Sea Eagles v Cowboys (Group A)
3.15pm: Storm v Panthers (Group D)
3.40pm: Rabbitohs v Dragons (Group D)
4.20pm: Sharks v Tigers (Group C)
4.45pm: Knights v Titans (Group C)
5.10pm: Roosters v Broncos (Group B)
5.35pm: Eels v Bulldogs (Group B)
6.10pm: Warriors v Sea Eagles (Group A)
6.35pm: Raiders v Cowboys (Group A)
7:00pm: Storm v Rabbitohs (Group D)
7.25pm: Panthers v Dragons (Group D)

Day Two Schedule
12:00pm: Sharks v Titans (Group C)
12.25pm: Knights v Tigers (Group C)
12.50pm: Roosters v Bulldogs (Group B)
1.15pm: Eels v Broncos (Group B)
1.45pm: Warriors v Cowboys (Group A)
2.10pm: Raiders v Sea Eagles (Group A)
2.35pm: Storm v Dragons (Group A)
3:00pm: Panthers v Rabbitohs (Group A)
3.30pm: 1st Quarter Final
3.55pm: 2nd Quarter Final
4.20pm: 3rd Quarter Final
4.45pm: 4th Quarter Final
5.45pm: 1st Semi Final
6.10pm 2nd Semi Final
7.30pm: Grand Final

 

[northofthebordershark]

Any one know who is televising the tournament? Haven't heard anything yet.

Egg's post says Fox, although I heard it would be on 7Mate so not sure

 

[egg]

Egg's post says Fox, although I heard it would be on 7Mate so not sure

Hope your right. I just quoted a newspaper.. Perhaps both right.

 

[northofthebordershark]

Hope your right. I just quoted a newspaper.. Perhaps both right.

I hope you're right haha. I'll be overseas and probably more likely to see it at some sports bar if it's on Fox.

 

[Tatus]

don't understand how it's good for the Roosters tbh. It's for a tournament overseas so the Roosters won't attract new fans to the games he plays in. He's been retired for a while now so would be irrelevant to the young supporter who might still be making their mind up on who to support.

s great for the promotion

Also correct that Fittler isn't the type to go out there to take a player out.

No hate man, but you are the biggest sheep. Have an opinion of your own instead of just getting others facts and putting them together.. It's great for the game, it's great for the roosters and it's great for opposition teams.
/fitter discussion, otherwise we are just going around in circles.

 

[sharks2010]

:lmao

 

[deano the p]

Considering I'm talking about the standard of play not the promotional ability one would think I'm refering purely to playing ability.

I'm struggling to see the benefit for the Roosters of a tournament in Auckland having more people come through the gate, in what way do you think reducing their chance of winning benefits them?

Bringing in Fittler is hardly going to win them a heap of new fans, people that aren't fans of Rugby League won't care that some old guy is going to play.

So what's the benefit for them?

A benefit for the competition maybe but there is no benefit for them.

I don't understand how it's good for the Roosters tbh. It's for a tournament overseas so the Roosters won't attract new fans to the games he plays in. He's been retired for a while now so would be irrelevant to the young supporter who might still be making their mind up on who to support.

Might be good for the tournament, don't see what it does for the Roosters though.

Too this post I agreed as shown below.

Spot on.

i dont get the negativity towards fitler playing... it has achieved its desired result... every club forum, leagueunlimited, twitter, facebook ect are talking about it

type in auckland 9's tournament and there are links to fitler wanting to play. its drumming up the publicity of it

remember, this is what is replacing the all stars game, and the aboriginal side of the game would be filthy if the all star game was trashed for something that wasnt successful.

and for the people who think fitler will intensionally go out and injure a player, please, get a grip. they guy was a former australian captain for **** sake.

the inly injury fitler needs to worry about, are his unconditioned 41 year old hamstrings.

i for one am greatful the roosters wont be fielding a full team in this tournament, they would give us a flogging if we came across them

To this post I agreed as shown below.

Spot on it's great for the promotion and great for holding the Roosters back.

Also correct that Fittler isn't the type to go out there to take a player out.

don't understand how it's good for the Roosters tbh. It's for a tournament overseas so the Roosters won't attract new fans to the games he plays in. He's been retired for a while now so would be irrelevant to the young supporter who might still be making their mind up on who to support.


No hate man, but you are the biggest sheep. Have an opinion of your own instead of just getting others facts and putting them together.. It's great for the game, it's great for the roosters and it's great for opposition teams.
/fitter discussion, otherwise we are just going around in circles.

No hate man but you need to learn how to read. I said it was good for promotion the whole time I said it was bad for the Roosters standard of play and them as a club gain nothing from it.

Also you need to learn how to quote a post.

You have been on this site for three years now and you still can't read posts or quote them.

In regards to the bolded (in your last post thought I best clarify that for you) it's great for the game and for the opposition teams but not for the Roosters as shown by the fact that you are still yet to name one reason why it would be good for the Roosters.

 

[HaroldBishop]

don't understand how it's good for the Roosters tbh. It's for a tournament overseas so the Roosters won't attract new fans to the games he plays in. He's been retired for a while now so would be irrelevant to the young supporter who might still be making their mind up on who to support.


No hate man, but you are the biggest sheep. Have an opinion of your own instead of just getting others facts and putting them together.. It's great for the game, it's great for the roosters and it's great for opposition teams.
/fitter discussion, otherwise we are just going around in circles.

You are making a fool of yourself. Best you stop now.

 

[hamsy44]

So many lol's reading this thread

 

[djhabib]

lol deano keeps trying

 

[deano the p]

lol deano keeps trying

I should just go with the old theory in regards to arguing with idiots.

Just once I'd like to be surprised and see an actual point brought up.

 

[sharks2010]

So many lol's reading this thread

its becoming quite entertaining, I'm looking forward to tatus reply

 

[CrankyShark]

Anyone think we have a real show? I can see us getting past the group stage, but we just don't have the backs to win this kind of competition.

Can anyone convince me we are a hope? The prize money would be nice.

 

[deano the p]

Anyone think we have a real show? I can see us getting past the group stage, but we just don't have the backs.

Can anyone convince me we are a hope. The prize money would be nice.

The only way I see us going close is if we take it seriously and the other sides don't IMO. So many sides out there that will murder us in this.

 

[slide rule]

Anyone think we have a real show? I can see us getting past the group stage, but we just don't have the backs to win this kind of competition.

Can anyone convince me we are a hope? The prize money would be nice.

Pretty much agree, however I think our forwards have a bit to offer in this format. More space across the park might help open up some gaps for the more mobile forwards too. Particularly if we can get some good offloads. Carney is also capable of causing some problems too. He's pretty quick and can find the space if it opens up.

Hopefully we'll take in a game plan that throws caution to the wind a bit. My main concern is that we will just try and grind, as usual.

I'd particularly like to see them play Gardner.

 

[deano the p]

Pretty much agree, however I think our forwards have a bit to offer in this format. More space across the park might help open up some gaps for the more mobile forwards too. Particularly if we can get some good offloads. Carney is also capable of causing some problems too. He's pretty quick and can find the space if it opens up.

Hopefully we'll take in a game plan that throws caution to the wind a bit. My main concern is that we will just try and grind, as usual.

I'd particularly like to see them play Gardner.

Gardner, Carney and our mobile forwards are capable of serious damage, I just don't think we have enough all up.

 

[HaroldBishop]

Can we get Barry Russell to be our Fittler?