great to watch? it was ugly as hell, i cringed. it started well but bad move lifting instead of driving through, shitty technique. lifting a big, heavy, retard like kite who had good momentum is always going to be potentially dangerous even though there was no intent. thaiday has no loading but i'd say they'll cop the two weeks. grade 2 my arse. uate's was a 0. different rules round origin time. and hoffman's gone for the season (6 weeks+). beale's a good substitute but he's not as damaging and it means either copley or gagai will slot in on the wing and both are pretty green. they'll be good players in time but both are pretty error prone and both make poor reads in defence. don't wanna see copley under the high ball either

i'd probably hate hodges and thaiday too if i wasn't a broncs fan. hodges in particular is real cocky. but any other team would love to have both of them.

i don't mind them as players, they can be annoying for supporters of other clubs at times, are you talking broncos, QLD supporters too?

It was an ugly tackle that went wrong, two weeks is about right, forget the uate tackle, taylors was probably not as bad and got 5 with loading and fighting it, taking the two is sensible. Warriors are a real chance against the broncos now, i like their side, its big with good forwards and backs with skill, speed and enterprise it should be a cracker.

Broncos and Manly were good on the weekend, though the warriors and cowboys were ordinary at the same time.
Very good semis coming up this weekend, im leaning towards a Manly V Broncos GF at this stage. Melbourne just cant get there please... anyway Melbourne weren't that great on the weekend against 8th place Knights, they had some luck and bent the rules again, now Slater runs at the fullback jumps with no intention to catch the ball hits it back with his buddies competing behind him, they were also grappling, holding down all game again and slowing it up so much,and cronk slides in with his legs leading to hit the ball and stop a try, and of course no penalty . Bellamy must stay up at night thinking how can i bend the rules and find a loophole this week? anyway what can you do? commentators suck up storms arse all the time and just heap praise and haven't got the balls to criticize them that annoys me the most.

I'm still backing the dragons to make the final and I don't know why. To me it looks like they're reverse choking.

I'm backing the Broncos to play Wests in the finals.

In the Grand Final you mean? yes that will be my preference game, a lockyer V Marshall head to head going into golden point and lockyer kicks a field goal in the 89th minute to win. Well a Queenslander dream anyway.

Is Lockyer playing or not? I've read several articles that contradict each other. Some say he's right to play and it's down to him on the game day, and others' say he's withdrawn. I just don't know.

Personally, I'm of the opinion that it should be his decision to play or not. I know he's no doctor and that he isn't completely aware of his condition, but if he doesn't play and the Broncos do lose, it's the type of decision that'll probably eat away at you forever.

He's officially ruled out, which, as much as I hate the Broncos, is a bit of a shame. Although there may be no sweeter way to go out than scoring a field goal in golden point in your last game at Suncorp.

That's true, but it isn't really going out.

i think lockyer made the right decision, now the team can plan and prepare, it will show how good this young team is if they win without him, it will be a test for them. the last few weeks they have been at home in front of their own supporters with sellout crowds, lockyer's last game, 2nd last game, third last game etc. now they will get a shot of reality playing a pumped up manly in sydney with little crowd support and of course NO lockyer.

I have faith.

keep the faith... they can still do it.

Good performance by the warriors, they are the real deal. GF promises to be a thriller, both teams have good strong forwards, good halves and speed out wide, i'll go for warriors at this stage, i picked them as the dark horse a few weeks back and will stick with them, Maloney/Johnson V Foran/Cherry Evans is mouth watering.

should be a cracker. don't hate manly as much as previous seasons but i'd still like to see them thoroughly touched up by the warriors. great things happening in league over in nz. that's teams in three grades of footy finals; firsts, nsw cup(vulcans) and the 20s. after perth and another qld team it'd be good to try and squeeze a second league team over there. it will obviously be tough penetrating the union market but perhaps it's time for some bolder and more aggressive steps by the nrl - should be plenty of cash to splurge in a few years when the new tv rights are agreed upon.