Is it on anywhere other than Fox?
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Is it on anywhere other than Fox?
Brisbane City side (SR-capped players in bold):
1. JP Smith
2. Brandon Paenga-Amosa
3. Ruan Smith
4. Pat Morrey
5. Nathan Den Hoedt
6. Adam Korczyk (c)
7. Fraser McReight
8. Dillon Wihongi
9. Moses Sorovi
10. Quade Cooper
11. Jayden Ngamanu
12. Con Foley
13. Karmichael Hunt
14. Emori Waqavulagi
15. Jaye Thompson
16. Moli Sooaemalelagi
17. Misioka Timoteo
18. Feao Fotuaika
19. Tuaina Tualima
20. Matt Gicquel
21. Phoenix Hunt
22. James Dalgleish
23. Matt Gordon
A pretty formidable side, with 8 SR players starting, plus a couple more with 7s experience and plenty of age-representation (including a U20s captain) on the bench. I think Brisbane will be a strong side in the NRC this year.
Just bear in mind, because I have to qualify most of my remarks, I am not talking about WSR in the coming seasons; I am talking about WSR this season, which while fun, was not a competition. While the NRC will be inferior to WSR from next year onwards; this is the resurrected Force's first real competition involvement, and a way to stick it right up the establishment that screwed us.
I cannot bloody wait.
Perhaps someone can confirm this for me but is the Brisbane No.15 the Jaye Thompson that played for Wanneroo but went to Q'Land on a school scholarship?
If so another one lost after Campbell Parata who was with the Roo Dogs
I don't know if Twiggy has arranged Twitter streams for the Force NRC matches.
I'd agree to some extent and do wish they had some vision for engaging the casual viewer with the NRC, but that is probably down the list and might happen naturally if they were to ever treat it like a real competition. But until then, they do at least have a reasonable standard broadcast easily accessible on the Web. They could be cleverer, but they've probably used slightly more of their arse than the usual half in this case.
JB's has Foxtel, maybe ring them and arsk if they are showing it?
they should be, at least on one screen.
The Rabble Rising got destroyed by the Drua 40-17.
Some great tries therein...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGbFNjC9rTI