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• Roosters vs Sea Eagles: Battle for about 10th on the ladder lol
• Panthers vs Storm: 1v4. Could well meet in the finals, and maybe even the big one.

Second rate commentator standing in for the legendary @Whirlybird@aussie.zone

Will this be a good footy game?

100%. The boys look fired up to give 110%, so footy will be the winner.

Really not sure how effective this protest will be, can’t say that not seeing an nrl logo on the jersey while watching an nrl game is going to affect me as a viewer like the player interviews are supposed to.

Round 21

Somehow Manly have managed to get Matt Lodge, a first grade regular over the last 5 years who was on a $600k a year contract, on a $1000 train and trial contract for the rest of the year.

Hopefully the NRL steps in a puts a stop to this clear abuse of the salary cap.

Another week another horrible referee blunder costing a team a win. Especially harsh since the Titans were beaten the previous week from giving away a penalty in this exact same scenario.

| Home | Score | Away | |---------------------------------|----------|-----------------------| | Newcastle Knights | 34 - 18 | Wests Tigers | | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 24 - 44 | Brisbane Broncos | | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | 8 - 19 | North Queensland Cowboys | | Sydney Roosters | 16 - 30 | Melbourne Storm | | New Zealand Warriors | 44 – 12 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | | Dolphins | 14 – 24 | Penrith Panthers | | Parramatta Eels | 25 – 24 | Gold Coast Titans |

Byes:

• Canberra Raiders
• South Sydney Rabbitohs
• St. George Illawarra Dragons

I've written a simple lemmy bot that can post on a daily basis. I know there's not much activity on this community, but I thought I could start scheduling Monday Footy Chat, Tuesday Footy Chat, etc.

Thoughts?

Find this hard to believe, I expected they must have broken through 30k at some point over the years. Maybe outside of the Eastern Suburbs they dont have too many supporters, or the Easterm Suburbs people dont even join up? Dolphins sent out an email in June saying they have 28.5k members already.

Here we go!!!!!

Game 3 is upon us! Who do you predict will win? Where will Gutho end up playing? Will Cook get dropped as rumoured? Will Queensland achieve the rare whitewash? What other insane decisions will Freddy make in his (presumedly) last game as coach?

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Fed up with the NRL’s stalling tactics in the ongoing pay war players will launch a game day media blackout from this weekend in a bid to bring league officials back to the negotiating table.

The players union announced the dramatic measures on Wednesday, confirming they would come into effect from Thursday and include Game III of the State of Origin series next week.

In a statement the Rugby League Players Association said the lack of effort from the NRL in pay discussions, which have been going on for more than a year, had forced the move.

“We have been forced into this position because of the NRL’s take-it-or-leave-it offer for your CBA,” the RLPA said.

“The NRL and ARL Commission have effectively halted negotiations.

“We are the party that is trying to keep things moving and reach an agreeable position. They have accepted all concessions the players made to settle negotiations, but have made over 100 changes which further erode player positions.”

“This unreasonable ultimatum from the game’s administrators has forced players to take action that will see all players boycott media obligations on any day there is an NRL, NRLW or State of Origin match.”

Under the plan, players will not speak to broadcasters, on TV or radio, or print journalists from the first match of the week until the conclusion of the round.

The RLPA has called for an immediate meeting with broadcasters to discuss the latest move which comes after several attempts to reignite discussions with the NRL.

RLPA boss Clint Newton said players “ deserve to have their rights and welfare protected”.

“Over the 20 past months, we have seen a disturbing pattern of behaviour from the NRL and ARL Commission. What we have seen is a failure to respect the role of the players’ representative body, erosion of fundamental player rights and attempts to buy off players without understanding this CBA is about so much more than money,” he said.

“They have failed to honour their commitments in providing a CBA everyone can be proud of – one that respects the players’ irreplaceable role. They did not properly disclose financial information and payments owed to the players, and disregarded their collective concerns. The players have shown tremendous patience and goodwill throughout this process, but their trust and resolve have been tested time and time again.”

Last month the RLPA Board, after a meeting between the RLPA, clubs and the NRL, resolved not to make any settlement which compromised their own position.

NRL MEDIA BLACKOUT

• Pre-match interviews (TV, radio, print, NRL.com) Half-time interviews (TV);

• Post-match interviews (TV, radio, print, NRL.com) Post-match press conference

• Media opportunities in the dressing rooms (TV, radio, print, NRL.com); and

• Media opportunities in mixing zones (TV, radio, print, NRL.com)

74-0, that is shattering.

TL;DW: it's definitely forward. But maybe not quite as badly forward as people thought?

https://www.seaeagles.com.au/news/2023/06/26/sea-eagles-sign-three-players-and-extend-club-international/

Missed this upset - given coaching issues at the Titans - gutsy.

Injury in the first 3 mins. Try in the first 10 - game on.

Flat track bullies, change my mind. Anyone who's thinking this drubbing of Canterbury actually means anything, feel free to read this

Did not watch the game but from the highlights that looked like a stormer.

This is hilarious and kind of tragic at the same time.

I’m excited to see Xavier back in.

No idea which way this will go but looking forward to it.