Jimmy_Crouch
Ken Catchpole (46)
Super rugby tighthead off the bench certainly helps the scrum too
Qld Premier Rugby 2022
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Wilson
David Codey (61)
Huge games from Dobbins and Higgins for Wests. I thought Kye Oates was pretty good in a beaten team too.
Agree with that.
Wests very handy at 7 considering Anderson and Kelegai are around (injured at the moment).
Confucius Say
Nev Cottrell (35)
West field looks badly in need of a turf replace.
Yeah. As predicted by everyone for the last couple of months.
PhilClinton
Geoff Shaw (53)
Surely the QRU have a word with them about it - they opted to persist to play on a weekend when calling off games was pretty much a statewide decision. And now teams have to play on that field for the entire second round.
PhilClinton
Geoff Shaw (53)
Good win by Brothers today at GPS. Adams icing things with the late penalty from a toughish position was clutch.
I thought GPS would be well on top after beating UQ at UQ last weekend, but the UQ form isn’t exactly a benchmark at the moment,
I thought GPS would be well on top after beating UQ at UQ last weekend, but the UQ form isn’t exactly a benchmark at the moment,
Confucius Say
Nev Cottrell (35)
And train. Injury chance increase as do infection on the graze knee or elbow potential.
Once it rain again?
PhilClinton
Geoff Shaw (53)
I don’t think it’ll rain much for the rest of the season, at least nothing like earlier this year.
SouthernX
Peter Johnson (47)
I think youll find that maybe there’s an event on at wests the weekend of “makeup games round” July 9.
as it was a designated competition bye round weekend (for the test match), wests probably went and booked the clubhouse for a function earlier in year not being able to predict Mother Nature.
Adam84
Nick Farr-Jones (63)
I don’t think QRU should be dictating things like weather days and whether games should proceed, they don’t have the resources to inspect each ground on game day and it would only cause extra friction if the clubs are the ones paying for ground maintenance costs anyway
Clubs just need to be smarter about it
Clubs just need to be smarter about it
Happyman
Ted Thorn (20)
TBH if the wests fields are that poor then perhaps the QRU should consider changing venues for the remaining games of the season. We don’t want a bad injury based on the state of Sylvan RD
Adam84
Nick Farr-Jones (63)
I’m not convinced that the field is that poor that games can’t be played there, nor do I think QRU should be making that decision on behalf of clubs. Wests cover their own insurance and liability.
PhilClinton
Geoff Shaw (53)
Why shouldn’t the QRU have a say in the state of the fields?
They already have rules around things like minimum bulb wattage to play night games, so there is precedent for them setting some standards around clubs/fields.
I agree in principal that the QRU shouldn’t be the field police on a regular basis. But I think they should have intervened with this particular incident and stopped the rain round game from being played, which likely would avoid this conversation.
At the end of the day though, its Wests players themselves who cop the raw end as they have to train on the fields for another 9 weeks. Lucky the club probably won’t have a deep finals run.
PhilClinton
Geoff Shaw (53)
The finals comment was just a bit of slow Sunday bait.
SouthernX
Peter Johnson (47)
you reckon country rugby clubs are telling other clubs they must relocate their games because of elements? Thank lord bond unI would only have to drive a hour for a makeup round. Those mid week fixtures aren’t afforded the luxury of our country rugby club brethren.
Grass, dirt or mud as long as there’s beers for the post match boat races - country rugby games will proceed as is.
Grass, dirt or mud as long as there’s beers for the post match boat races - country rugby games will proceed as is.
Dan54
Tim Horan (67)
Isn't it which club pays the most that get's the players?
The Nomad
Bob Davidson (42)
The two form teams at the moment are Wests and Brothers.
UQ just lost their third game in a row which hasn’t happened since 2019 , they did win the GF that year after sneaking into 4th spot in the last regular game of the season. So you can can never really write them off.