NRC Rnd 2: Melbourne Rising v Brisbane City

[Highlander35]

Brisbane City were just too good, simple as that. Built on a much better pack, and a good performance from McIntire at fly half. He doesn't have the physical stature or pure technique as Debreczeni, but he has a wonderful fly half brain, if the Reds don't sign a new fly half, they should be served well with him and Greene.

Think anyone who expects the Rising to be as good as last season needs to think again. Tyler, Leafa, Chubb, Douglas, Cummins, Reid, Fuglistaller, Fainga'a is a noticeable drop in quality in the tight 5, and size in the back row compared to Smith, Leafa, PAE, Jeffries, Neville, Jones, McMahon, Timani.

Last season also had more Super allocated players too. 15 out the 16 initially allocated players played most of the games, Placid came down early, Meehan came back after no one else wanted him, Burgess was allocated to us after beimg drawn in as the 3rd Wobbly fly half, plus Sefa came out from dominating the local comp.

We're still good enough to make the semis I reckon, especially with Cruze, Jones, Timani, Engo and Ships to come back in, but think we'll be in the middle of the pack behind City and the Vikings.

 

[Purce]

Someone has probably already asked this somewhere however I'm wondering if they have the game available to watch on replay? Struggling to watch them live.

 

[Hugh Jarse]

Games come up on the foxtel on demand website usually within 48 hours of the game. They say 24 hours but it was >48 hours last week.

 

[liquor box]

are they on youtube this year?

 

[Purce]

Games come up on the foxtel on demand website usually within 48 hours of the game. They say 24 hours but it was >48 hours last week.

Cheers Hugh

 

[Train Without a Station]

Be chill highlander. The rising have not put there best team on the park once yet. Look how many who are part of the team that didn't play today still. The biggest loss has been in the front row losing both their dominant props from last year. Unless Timani won't be available they will be pretty close again. Actually no Inman either, but I think they have good class out wide with the addition of Shipperly.

 

[qwerty51]

I'm watched both games live without issues. You need a News Ltd account that is linked to your Foxtel account.

 

[Highlander35]

it's not about not being chill TWAS, it's more we got a really good season last year with consistently fit Super Players and there were a couple of game (Specifically the Rams, and the 2 Country sides) where without them we probably would have lost, and this one is much like them.

I'm trying to convince myself to realistic as much as anything else. Not good at that when it comes to teams I love, although very occasionally, relentless optimism works (<3 Glasgow)

 

[Mr Wobbly]

Any news on Placid's injury? He looked pretty crook.

 

[TOCC]

Finally got the opportunity to watch the replay, I don't think either team played to the conditions very well, I think someone from both teams needed to make the call to play it tighter and stop spreading it wide so quick.


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[elementfreak]

Any news on Placid's injury? He looked pretty crook.

The Rebels will announce it on their website apparently.