Is tonights game the worst advert for RL? The ineptness of both teams without any idea in attack is depressing. And the standard of refereeing,even,by Thalers standards is abysmal. If the officials can see a marginal forward pass,how come they miss the most obvious one,which resulted in a dubious try being awarded. I truly despair.

Shocker tonight.

Skill level was awful from both sides.

I was actually enjoying rhe first half, when it was relatively end to end.

Did you see that long pass out from McGuire to hall to score? Effortless, especially in comparison to what Patton was doing last week

Watched The Open until 815, and then switched over.

Dire.

NRL style tosh, without their skill level. When was the last time there was a "wow factor" game. Friday nights USED to be essential viewing. Now I'm tuning in, out of a sense of loyalty to the sport. Desperate times.

Can we even critic other matches performances when we have been crap ourselves often enough.

I wasn't criticising. Other teams. I was criticising RL in general. That is why I didn't renew my membership this season as I got bored by the spectacle.

I used to prescribe to the view that there were no bad games of rugby league (or at least very rare) but that's long gone now. Hard to find a thrilling game these days (including us)

Rugby league is a great contradiction these days. Six tackles were introduce in the dim & distant past to encourage fast open play but over recent years many teams have resorted to 5 drives & a kick which has become our equivalent of RU bods banging it into touch. All this smother tackling isn't helping and the game has lost a lot of it's spectacle. Thank God for teams that can bring their backs into play & give us something to cheer.

Canberra v Wests is an absolute belter of a game!

Yep, very enjoyable watch. And now we have the Cowboys vs Rabbitohs to look forward to. Which will no doubt be a great game.

Each post of this page (36) has it spot on.

Since the Invincibles of the 80's , our game has copied every facet of the Australian version, from sand castles and tees for dead ball kicking, to the "style" of NRL matches Where is the flare? Each side seems scared to take risks.
You rarely hear Saints being called "The Entertainers" anymore
Smith's flamboyant rugby of 2011 seems a million years ago.
Castleford are about as classy as an Austin Maestro, these days
Hull are just Hull.
Leeds. Whilst never rip-roaring to watch, they COULD turn the style on, every now and again.
I've not watched Wigan in ages. Whatever happened to those sweeping moves from left to right, that they scored umpteen tries from? They've become obsessed with that phrase, the Monkey Wane came out with, every week...."I was impressed with our D".

The game has become NRLlite. Stats driven, videos watched again and again, don't take risks. Then we're exposed to the coaches post game press conferences/interviews, where you play [ispot the cliché[/i.

RIP entertaining Rugby League