Is that English, Australian English or English as spoken by and Englishman pretending to be an Australian

I think Stuart's done his dash in the NRL for the time being. He left the Roosters in absolute chaos and the Sharks have been generally t*rd ever since he joined them.

Unless John Lang quits for some reason he'll be at Souths next year.

Sticky has struggled since Gus Gould stopped helping him out with coaching.

Souths will make the 8 this year but they havent set the competition on fire as many thought they would.

John Lang might hang onto his job at Souths if they do well in the finals but I still reckon Ricky Stuart will be there next year

Bazza-Pulling back a bit there considering your nailed on bit of inside info- not so confident now hey

I feel sorry for John Lang. Met him a couple of times. Great bloke.


His hands are tied at souths though. Whatever Rusty Crowe says, GOES.

Hence little Pommie Sam getting a go there


Cant blame Rusty really I guess... he owns it ... and he just wants to sell season tickets

so why does sammy burgess help in selling souths season tickets if he isnt any good?

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Its like me telling you I'm going to buy a new Holden Maloo ute* with every concievable extra on it known to mankind. This Ute Im going to buy can do 1000kmh. It converts into a jet fighter. Then it converts into a speedboat. Nothing Ford have got will ever come close to it. Everytime I drive this Ute the whole of NSW can feel the earth shake. Its a monster. You start to get interested. I tell you that I'm going to race this Ute and its going to be a winner. Week after week it will humiliate anything Ford can throw at it. You can come along and watch and if you buy a season ticket to come and watch all the rounds this animal is racing in you can save a bit of money. I'll even throw a Holden HSV cap in. You simply have to see it. So because you like V8 supercars and Utes you think 'Wow.. I have to come along and watch this bar-stard every week...and im going to tell all my mates. They will want to come too.'

So I've got your money. And your interest. And your mates interest. And their mates interest. And their money.


Then lo and behold... this Ute turns out to be a Barina. With a flat tyre.


Welcome to the world of advertising my friend.


*just for Dally... a Holden Maloo utility vehicle (a ute) is a type of high performance 'pick up' type vehicle that is very popular in Australia.

You can have that one on me next time you are pretending.

'Champ'

1. This is NRL news......there is a board for that isn't there?
2. It is also old NRL news
3. Bazza...leave Dally alone, he gets confused without his mates
4. Suprised the sharks just didn't get rid now...they are fodder at the moment and a new coach could have 1/2 a season to start getting it right.
5. No doubt this failed coach (at the sharks anyway) will end up turning bridesmaids of SL into potential brides....only for Leeds to run off with the groom again come october.

They played some good footy against the Eels at times last weekend. Ok I know its only the Eels but you can only beat whats in front of you. Gallen was awesome.

Agree, they did play well last week....it's the rest of the seaon that is the problem. They need back to back wins to get their confidence up, but in my humble opinion, they don't have "the tools" or the right coach in place to challenge for a spot in the 8.

Probably not this year.

They do have some youngsters that could kick on and do well in the NRL in the next few years though.

Kade Snowden has been particularly impressive this season I've thought. And Tim Smith is settling back into life in the NRL nicely so far.

They have the Broncos next....at Cronulla. Hopefully Origin 1 will be particularly hard on the Broncos players. Another good performance this weekend like they put in against the Eels and who knows.........


Although knowing the inconsistent Sharkies it will probably be another Broncos win

Stuart's record is dreadful sincwe the Premiership he won with the Roosters (which as you say was hugely helped by Gould), and I doubt fans of any NRL side would look forward to him becoming their new coach.

As for Souths, they look a couple of quality players off being genuine title contenders. They now have a pack, but Sandow/Sutton aren't the greatest halfbacks and Warren Ryan (always worth a read) reckoned the Souths outside backs were very poor as a unit defensively.

BTW BM your judgement on players sucks. Before his injury Moltzen gave some of the most cowardly performances I've ever seen from a full back. And looked very average at halfback as well.

Any coaches been linked with the Saints job in the Australia press mate ?