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Yeh, the Blue Mountains are to the west of Sydney (the Blue is the hue the gum trees appear to be due to natural tree oil (eucalyptus) being released into the air.

I managed to watch the game from start to finish - the Rabbitohs fumbled the ball a couple of times. At half time the Rabbitohs were shown in their dressing room exhausted and worn out (as though they'd just lost the match/series) while the Panthers sat in a semi circle and intensely listened to their coach calmly talking through game play. The fumbled two point field goal attempt was just more selfish desperation as the Rabbitohs coach (Wayne Bennett) as far back as his twenty year tenure at the Brisbane Broncos only ever taught his players to get the ball and run - don't share, don't pass, just RUN! and you could see that last night - the Rabbitohs would get the ball and just not pass when the opportunity presented itself while the Panthers were happy to pass the ball away as quickly as possible.

As I observed in a previous post, last week's games were starkly different, the Panthers kept their opponent from scoring, while the Rabbitohs would just make try after try against a team who let them.

The Panthers didn't let them Grin

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Congratulations to The Penrith Panthers in the NRL final and congratulations to us
too @Timelord2067 our long term bets materialised.

Very close match from the get-go and it came down to very fine margins of missing
a kick at goal.

As one of the commentators on the radio station I was listening to said "they will be
rocking and rolling in the Blue mountains tonight"

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Union

Fabulous win by South Africa and in the last play of the match. NZ handed the win
to them by going offside on front of their goal.
Well done to @Kakmakr for the prediction.

Great game, pretty close all the way with some pure class from both teams, and to top
it off SA retake their #1 world ranking.

Australia predictably beat The Pumas and NZ take the championship.

United Championship

I redid my multi-bet on Leinster, Munster and Australia, Just waiting for
Leinster to win today.

So far the 3 other sides have won their matches, Connacht beat the Bulls from SA 33-6.
Ulster beat Zebre 36-3. Munster came from behind to beat The Stormers from SA 34-18.

League

I'll be following the NRL final online. Come on The Penrith Panthers !

Small stat kindof worth quoting from NRL.com FWIW

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he Panthers have 13 players with grand final experience, compared with four for the Rabbitohs.

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Rugby Union:

The Springboks pull off the win of the season against New Zealand 31 - 29 last night at Lang Park while earlier in the afternoon Australia comfortably won against Argentina 32 - 17.

Rugby League:

Today is the Grand Final of the 2021 NRL Season of Rugby League. South East Queensland has again woken to another cloudless early spring day. With less than nine hours until kick off at Lang Park, all eyes are pointed towards George Street for the announcement of the Covid figures for Queensland and whether or not tonight's match will go ahead, or be postponed.

Another Panther's player has been cleared to play tonight (but won't be on goal kicking duties) if you look at the last game played by each team, the Panthers kept their opponent in check while the Rabbitoh's found opportunities and built up a comfortable lead. I'm expecting the game to be hard fought.

Screen shots via https://super.rugby/therugbychampionship/ and https://www.nrl.com/

aoluain

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World rankings #'s 1 and 2 face off against each other. TBH I cant see South Africa
doing it and I'm not putting any Satoshi's on it.

TBH I'm dissapointed with SA performance especially after winning the Lions Tour
series this year and coming into the tournament in 1st place. Should be a cracker of
a match.

NZ have run away with it
SA have been lack lustte
AUS have shown improvement from the 3-0 beating they took in the Bledisloe Cup
ARG have been dissapointing failing to score a single point

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Tonight's game at Lang Park should be an absolute block buster - the Springboks don't want to loose to the All Blacks 0 - 3 who likewise want to take the sweep of their games 3 - 0.

I woke up an hour ago to discover South East Queensland (where tonight's Union Game and tomorrow night's League Grandfinal games are being held) is a cloudless warm day after last night's wild storms that tore through for an hour around six-thirty.

Check out the clear skies on these webcams: https://www.webkams.com/australia/queensland/brisbane/17926 (might help anyone who takes the weather into consideration for their game wagering)

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My prediction for the South Africa vs All Blacks Rugby for tomorrow ...is leaning towards the South African Bok team, winning the game or it will be a draw... The Springbok's have something to prove.... because they do not want a 3 - 0 loss over the All Blacks. Roll Eyes

On the other hand.... the All Blacks can have a grand slam if they win this last match.. so they are not simply going to roll over and give the game to the Springboks. (In any way..... brag right will dictate the outcome for this one.... but a wounded Springbok team... is a dangerous team) Wink

aoluain

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Sounds like a bit of political turmoil within the NRL big wigs. I'm sure both trams wouldnt
mind playing in Sydney but do they mind playing in Queesnland?

Union

I have a multi bet on for Leinster and Munster to win their games in round 2 of the
United Championship, coupled with Australia to beat Argentina in the Rugby Championship
and to top it off I threw in Waikato to beat Northland in New Zealands National
Provincial Championship (something I know nothing about) and I have lost
with them getting beaten. The other 4 games have yet to be played.

Moral of the Story, stick to what you know.

Seperately I have Connacht the beat the Bulls tonight at home and Ulster to beat Zebre.

Timelord2067

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There's been some speculation that the NRL has been approached by the NSW state government to postpone this weekend's grand-final to a later date so that the teams can return to Sydney to the "spiritual" home of NRL for the Grand Final given Queensland *might* go into a snap lock down due to three locally acquired covid cases.

The irony in that is New South Wales have between eight hundred and twelve hundred covid cases each and every day and Sydney is under a night time curfew, so it's a bit rich of some to speculate the NRL might have to pull the plug on a Brisbane Grand Final (something some in the NRL swore would be "over their dead bodies")

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Panthers

Ah F it anyway, a key player and "dealt a major blow". I would like to think that
the team doesnt revolve around 1 or 2 key players other than the captain and
that WE have a quality replacement.

I wonder how much the odds will shift after this announcement, if at all?

Currently its Panthers 1.64 - 2.24 Rabbitohs

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Injury sees Penrith Panthers' Tevita Pangai Junior out of NRL grand final against South Sydney Rabbitohs

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-28/nrl-penrith-panthers-tevita-pangai-junior-out-of-nrl-grand-final/100498040

Posted Tue 28 Sep 2021 at 4:53pm, updated Tue 28 Sep 2021 at 7:10pm

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Penrith has been dealt a major injury blow ahead of Sunday's grand final, with star mid-season recruit Tevita Pangai Junior ruled out because of a knee injury.

Panthers squad:

Dylan Edwards, Stephen Crichton, Paul Momirovski, Matt Burton, Brian To'o, Jarome Luai, Nathan Cleary, Moses Leota, Apisai Koroisau, James Fisher-Harris, Viliame Kikau, Kurt Capewell, Isaah Yeo

Interchange: Tyrone May, Scott Sorensen, Spencer Leniu, Liam Marti

Reserves: Brent Naden, Mitch Kenny, J'maine Hopgood, Charlie Staines

Rabbitohs squad:

Blake Taaffe, Alex Johnston, Dane Gagai, Campbell Graham, Jaxson Paulo, Cody Walker, Adam Reynolds, Mark Nicholls, Damien Cook, Tevita Tatola, Keaon Koloamatangi, Jaydn Su'A, Cameron Murray

Interchange: Benji Marshall, Jacob Host, Thomas Burgess, Jai Arrow

Reserves: Taane Milne, Patrick Mago, Braidon Burns, Jed Cartwright

NRL grand final to go ahead in Brisbane 'at this stage' despite Queensland COVID-19 scare

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-28/qld-coronavirus-covid-nrl-grand-final-lang-park-decision/100493558

By Nibir Khan Posted Tue 28 Sep 2021 at 12:12pm, updated Tue 28 Sep 2021 at 2:26pm

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The NRL grand final is going ahead in Brisbane, despite Queensland's latest COVID-19 scare, with a final decision about the event expected to be announced on the day.

Townsville is in place if needed as a back-up venue, but the NRL's head of football Graham Annesley said today there were no active plans to move the match north.

REPORT: Wallabies Test 'in doubt' after Argentina players caught crossing state border

https://www.theroar.com.au/2021/09/30/report-wallabies-test-in-doubt-after-argentina-players-caught-crossing-state-border/

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Australia’s rugby union Test on Saturday is in doubt after eight members of the visiting Argentina took a day trip from Queensland to Byron Bay, NSW, according to a report in the Courier-Mail.

The paper says the players include captain Julian Montoya and they are “understood to have crossed the border with two staff members – including the team manager – on Wednesday”.

The paper says the party were trying to return to their Gold Coast training base on Wednesday night when they were stopped by police and refused entry to Queensland.

“The players and staff spent last night in a hotel in Kingscliff as the dispute escalated into an international incident,” it was reported.

“Queensland Health reinstated the so-called border bubble for Tweed Heads and Byron Bay from 1am on Wednesday.

“But this means residents of the shires and Queenslanders travelling to these areas can only cross the border for work, education, compassionate care and essential shopping.”

Australia was due to name its lteam later Thursday for the match scheduled for Saturday afternoon on the Gold Coast.

aoluain

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The championship is over really, NZ win and back in #1 spot again, its really about 2nd
spot now for the last round.

South Africa have closest to beating New Zealand in this competition yesterday by narrowly
losing by 17 - 19 so they have a chance to beat them next week but I wouldnt be putting Satoshi's
on it TBH.

Argentina will be really trying to win their last match purely to get points on the board but Australia
will not want to let 2nd spot slip away to SA.

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Quote from: Kakmakr on September 26, 2021, 11:39:33 AM

Who are you going to put your money on?

Both the All Blacks and the Springboks put in a solid game - more so when they go head to head with each-other. I'm putting money on The All Blacks to win. Hopefully it isn't a ruse on the part of the Springboks to hold back a little until the end.

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Is there really anything for South Africa to play for in the next Rugby Championship match next Saturday? They can only end up with the second place behind the All Blacks ... because the All Blacks are too far ahead.... and then the Australians has to lose against Argentina without any Bonus points. Roll Eyes

So my money is going to be on the All Blacks to win the last match in the tournament and for South Africa to stay in the 3rd position. It is sad to see a World Cup team, being beaten and losing their #1 position on the World rankings. Sad

Who are you going to put your money on?

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Union

I havent been paying any attention to the French Top14, Toulon are a good team
as are Perpignon. Hmm I must check out the match ups for next weekend there.

In the United Championship Lenister, Munster and Ulster won their matches. Leinster
was kind of expected, In a match which I thought was going to be close is was a
total mismatch, final score 31 - 3. I suspect that a lot of key players for the SA
sides are engaged in the Rugby Championship down under.

And speaking of the RC I am surprised with South Africa and Australia really that
there is such a difference between them and NZ. And for Argentina to fail to score
any points is remarkable.

League

I think I'll do the same with The Panthers, a second bet on them beating The Rabbitohs...

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Toulon lost to Perpignan while Burleigh won over South's Logan in their game.

I've just put 0.1 mbtc on the Panthers ( $ 1.63 ) to win next weekend over the Rabbitohs ($ 2.22 - I'm very surprised they got to the grand-final).

New Zealand continues to be in the lead on 24 points after five rounds. Argentina are yet to score a point and you'd have to think any more games putting money against them would be a fairly good bet.

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I didnt make a bet on the NRL yesterday. Well done to The Panthers, a close game between
two of the best sides this year. ATM The Panthers are favourite to win the final at 1.62 - 2.26 for The Rabbitohs.

I have The Panthers backed to win for the last 3 months, finally its upon us, cant wait

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Quote from: aoluain on September 25, 2021, 01:01:30 AM

Also @Timelord2067 don't forget Australia are playing Argentina in the Rugby Championship tonight.

Toulon lost, Racing Metro 92 won, Wellington lost against Hawke's Bay, Canterbury won (I'd be surprised if they didn't) against Southland, Manawatu won against Northland, Tasman lost against Waikato,

I had a nice little win on the Panthers who are into their second Grand Final in a row and looking to score a rare back-to-back win next weekend.

I can't put any money on the Panther's or the Rabbitohs unless it's a points spread, so I'm just going with my previous "to win the series" for the Panthers. ( #MissBlueBonnet says she fancies the Rabbitohs to win).

I just managed to put a bet on the Intrust Super Cup (League) for this afternoon - I'm calling Burleigh over the South's Logan.

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And I Timelord have never watched so much League (highlights) since coming to this thread
and while I missed the first few rounds have been betting on all rounds.

I have both the Panthers and Storm to win the final so hopefully either can beat the Rabbitohs.

Are you up after your betting on RL do you think?

union

Two of the Irish sides were in action last night in the United Championship, Connacht and Ulster,
Connacht were beaten by Cardiff playing at home. Ulster though had a good night beating
the Glasgow warriors. I broke my own rule and had a bet on Ulster as they were and are
tipped for good things this season.

Leinster and Munster the other 2 sides will be playing today. Leinster who have owned this
tournament winning 8 times in the competitions different formats. They have an unknown
competitor to overcome tonight, The Bulls from South Africa are in town.

The 4 SA sides are the same sides who competed in the Super Rugby Competition with
teams from Australia, New Zealand, Argentina and Japan I think.

Ill be betting on Leinster.

.:EDIT:.

Also @Timelord2067 dont forget Australia are playing Argentina in the Rugby Championship tonight.

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My bets are only 0.05 mbtc but I have been placing bets on each and every game for most of the season.

Next season, I thought I might keep a tally of how many I get right/wrong over the course of the season. Plus, I'll have to give Union a bit more attention in the thread than I have this year.

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