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Sharks will finally win the league imo

Nahh it will be the Knights season this year.. all the youngsters got a little experience under their belts now!

yer go the knights. I think we have a good chance if walsh and mullen stay there.

How come you guys support the Knights?

Well i support the knights because thats where most of my family lives and where my parents are from. SO naturally i was brought up as a knights supporter when i was younger. But as i got a bit older i started chopping and changing teams not knowing much about the league at that stage. So eventually some1 told me that you should support the team you first started supporting. So i took on that advice and have been a knights supporter ever since

Me .. i have no decent reason.. just grown on me .. my first friend wen i came to australia likes Newcastle so i guess i went from their .. my auntie and her family go for the bulldogs .. and they tried to get me to go with them .. pfft

I support the Broncos ........... hopefully Locky can stay healthy and then we'll have a great chance of making the play-offs .

And before you ask , when it comes to the NRL , I'm a Broncos and Queensland fan because of Darren Lockyer . Back in the late 90's NRL games started being shown here in England on satellite t.v. I'd always followed the English game ( St.Helens fan) , and decided to watch the Aussie game as well . The first game I watched was early in the 2000 season , and the Broncos defeated the Knights with a late Lockyer try ; and I had a team to support

Souths fan and this year is our back to earth year and expects us to finsh 7th-12th this season but once we get that world class winger we'll be fine for 2009 and that will be our shot at the title.

For those of you who live in Oz .

Is there much interest in the forthcoming World Cup ? Or is it all NRL at the moment ? How seriously do you lot take the International game ?

Theres no hype what so ever about the World Cup atm. Not much on the Nrl to be honest either. Its all cricket and A-League which has now finished with the Jets winning 1-0

And where would you say the NRL ranks in the Aussie mind compared with Cricket , Aussie Rules etc ?

Is it still the number 1 sport in NSW and Queensland , 2nd only to Cricket , or has the AFL finally taken over everywhere , not just Vic and SA ?

I support the broncos because my cousins live in brisbane

Hopefully we will do better than last season

I got some of the first round results here:

Roosters 34-20 Rabbitohs

Gold Coast 36-18 Cowboys

Parramatta 28-20 Bulldogs

Manly 10-16 Cronula

Newcastle 30-14 Raiders

And a win for the Broncos

With the Broncos leading by only 8 points to 6 after 20 minutes ; Locky enters the fray , coming off the bench for the first time in 12 years . 60 minutes later , and with a 48-12 victory in the bag , our hero departs the scene .

Knights 2 from 2 now with an extra time win over grand finalist Manly.

Other winners in this round include:
Bulldogs, Broncos, Tigers, Sharks, Warriors, Raiders.

Knights lost in a friday night thriller! 24-23 to the Eels after the Knights i think, could of easily taken the win if they took their chances. Ah well these things happen im just glad to see the Knights playing positively and stong!

That was an exciting game, was worth watching it instead of looking for football to watch on Sopcast instead

Got some results from round 3...

Broncos 36-2 Cowboys
Roosters 10-6 Storm
Raiders 21-14 Dragons
Titans 18-4 Sharks
Panthers 26-22 Rabbitohs
Bulldogs 32-12 Tigers

Still one game to come on monday.

Broncos have turned things around a lot from last season

Melbourne Storm 28-8 Brisbane Broncos
Canterbury Bulldogs 12-40 Sydney Roosters

MELBOURNE were embroiled in another chicken wing controversy, with prop Adam Blair placed on report during the 28-8 NRL victory over Brisbane at Olympic Park.

Blair was booked by referee Jared Maxwell after pinning and twisting the left arm of Bronco Michael Ennis in a tackle midway through the second half.


WILLIE Mason, the biggest name and mouth in the NRL, celebrated his homecoming at ANZ Stadium by tearing apart his former Bulldogs teammates with two barnstorming tries in Sydney Roosters' 40-12 shellacking.

Sharks 18 - 16 Dragons after Golden Point!

Local Derby win - get in

Sharks are playing well. Well they normally do at the start of the season, first 6 or 7 rounds then something happens and they play like crap.

Dragons gave away stupid penalty at the end

It's all Ryles - don't know how he's always getting picked for Aust/NSW teams - he's always doing stupid things like that.

Cowboys bounced back with a big win over the Eels last night.