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1 week ago |
theroar.com.au | Matt Russell
Gather Round produced great football for some teams – and continued the misery for some of the battlers. Credit to Port Adelaide for bouncing back against newfound rivals Hawthorn, but they need to show it was not just a flash in the pan if they don’t want season 2025 to be a waste.
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2 weeks ago |
theroar.com.au | Matt Russell
The State of Origin rivalry is one of the purest and cleanest to ever exist in the history of sport. I am talking in an overall sense, not any of the brutality that happens on the field. State against state, mate against mate, the old catchphrase still lives on 45 years later – and while a lot has changed in the game since 1980, this hatred for each other has been the one constant.
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2 weeks ago |
theroar.com.au | Matt Russell
There has been little change to the Power Rankings over the last round, especially at the top half of the list. The top-eight race is wide open, but sadly though, there is a group of six teams that have probably, barring a minor miracle, played themselves out of this season already with disappointing starts. Here’s how the teams stack up after Round 4.
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2 weeks ago |
theroar.com.au | Matt Russell
There are no longer any winless teams in the NRL with both teams at the bottom of the ladder coming into round 5 – the Dolphins and Eels – coming up with victories. All eyes were on Clint Gutherson and Zac Lomax in the clash between the Dragons and Parramatta, with both men playing their former clubs after trading jerseys in the off-season. It ended up as a thriller, with a Zac Lomax field goal in Golden Point getting the Eels over the line 23-22, despite Gutho scoring two tries.
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3 weeks ago |
theroar.com.au | Matt Russell
We’ve all heard about the boy who cried wolf, but we also have an NRL version: players who cried high shot. Well, that’s how, at least, some fans have come to believe it. Milking penalties are not a new thing, nor is gamesmanship. Just remember some of the stuff Tommy Raudonikis came up with to gain an advantage. Then there are teams going slow and players getting cramps to wind down the clock at the end of games – not to mention the feigning injuries.
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