After being maligned for a long while & with some justification the Eagles forward pack stood up to the much lauded Souths pack & absolutely SMOKED them!

Bill Willy turned back the clock & was a handful all night. Starling was back to last year form. Kept waiting for B Stewart to score a double to match Beaver's club record.

Go Manly

I hope you remember that moment Cobra as it will probably be another 40 years

envious little bitches

ANZ tonight sending off Richie and Dan. This place has changed a lot. In the Novotel having a Jim beam n cola

Richie Mccaw and Dan Carter, thorns in the wallabies side for many years,is Carter going o/s or retiring??Im thinking (hoping) Wallabies by 6 tonight Pleeeaaase After Manlys win last night let the underdogs run continue

after the first 5 minutes i don't blame you ,more dropped ball than an AFL game.40 mins to go in a close one

how was that cowboys game,,,they were predicting a corker.

we could miss the 8 the way we are travelling and who we have to play

thePup said..
Dunno why but I got a premonition the Hares will be up against the Brookie boys first week of the finals

still dont think manly will make it

out of the 8 that are there now.

i can only see storm or souths missing.

Hey ted -HAR HAR.

From the ashes...

Ted the Kiwi said...

Good to see the Knights have a good second half.



Has anybody checked Teds well being

thanks for the unexpected last couple of weeks dragons...i am more than pleased....sorry ted your kiwi boys went down without seeing the white line

Macaha said..
Ted = cone of silence

Sorry fellas had a very busy day. Yes last night was an atrocious result. Not the end of the world but close We showed our age at times and lack of experience at other times. It was a very poor exhibition of skills from both sides. Wayne Barnes did not help matters blowing his whistle every 10 seconds and stopping any hint of flow of play - but unlike a league person I am not blaming the ref for the result - just think he could have played a bit of advantage both ways at times. At least he had the balls to use the yellow card - something NRL refs lack. It looked clear after about 5 mins that we would lose. Its not often we lose (think that Richie's 15 lost as an AB in 141 matches) and when we do its clear as day after 5 mins - last night was no different. We dropped the ball repeatedly in the first few mins - writing was on the wall.

The ANZAZ efforts by the army ban before the game were tragic. But their singers did well for the national anthems. Some idiot from Australia - Bernard Foley - was doing kicks over the post during the last post - amazing. Finally someone told him to stop. Instead of staying where he was he buzzed off and ran almost right through them. Madness. Lack of respect. Most people (was surrounded by Aussies) around us thought we were seeing things as he lined up another kick. Incredible. Absolute disgrace.

I enjoyed the ANZ stadium - they have really lifted their game - loads of market stalls outside with street food - lamb shanks, Indian curries, kebabs, tasty soups etc - its a really nice touch. Transport to the game was a joy - a bus from Dee Why provided free of charge as was the return journey that took all of 40 mins. Hard to see why everyone complains so much about that joint.

But its just round one and to win the Bledisloe you will have to beat us in NZ shortly. Can not see that occurring - this was a good result - as Cobra would say - it was the game we needed to lose

But in all seriousness it was an absolute terrible game from both sides. The number of ball handling errors was huge given the quality of the Abs and some of the Aussies. If you were not a rugby fan watching that game you would wonder what all the fuss was about. I think Nick Fibs missed his man 3 times passing from the ruck.

Scotty - poor result not end of the world. ANZ is a good place to watch a game