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What a shellacking tonight as the Melbourne Storm defeated Cronulla 28-0.
What a shellacking tonight as the Melbourne Storm defeated Cronulla 28-0.
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Best game I have seen Cooper Cronk play.Comment
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Awesome win. Cooper was immense.Comment
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Bellamy is using the us against the rest theory to get the Storm through to another premiership and it looks like its working.
The rest have given him plenty of ammo to use it too.
Going to miss Falou and Geyer next year.Bring back the biffComment
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Storm slapped with 50,000 fineby NRL following comments about Cam Smith by Bellamy/Waldron.
Storm slapped with record $50,000 fine
AAP
The NRL on Saturday imposed a record $50,000 fine on the Melbourne Storm for comments made by coach Craig Bellamy and chief executive Brian Waldron following their team's 28-0 preliminary final win over Cronulla on Friday night.
NRL chief executive David Gallop described the remarks by Bellamy and Waldron as "an unprecedented premeditated attack on the NRL and its judiciary system."
"The accusations that they made were irrational, baseless and at times bordered on hysterical.
"Those accusations attack the integrity of the NRL and its judiciary system and for that reason on Monday they will receive a breach notice for the sum of $50,000."
The fine is a NRL record amount handed out to a club for commenting on the game.
Bellamy unleashed a scathing attack on the code's administration over their handling of Melbourne skipper Cameron Smith's grapple tackle suspension.
"I don't think Cameron Smith got a fair go," Bellamy said in his post match press conference.
"Cameron Smith, ten minutes after the game last week, was hung out to dry.
"The press conference ... got hijacked by some of you guys in the media that had him hung out to dry straight away and then it continued for four or five days."
"There's some sections of the media that seem to have an agenda against Melbourne and certainly the grapple tackle.
"It's my player that misses out on a grand final opportunity and I think he's been hard done by here."
While Bellamy later backed down from some of his controversial comments, he remained adamant Smith had not received a fair go.
"The other thing that was very smelly about the whole lot was when I saw in the paper on Wednesday morning and there's a betting market - $1.18 he's going to be found guilty, $4.25 he'll be found innocent.
"That's a fair spread in a two horse race.
"Bookmakers and betting agencies, they don't guess, they've got good information - take that as you may.
"As soon as I saw that on Wednesday morning ... he was thousands."
Waldron was critical of the system which allowed Sharks coach Ricky Stuart to make comments about Smith's tackle on Brisbane forward Sam Thaiday, as he was adamant those words influenced the judiciary.
"Opposition coaches, opposition officials, other officials in positions of responsibility of the game should not be commenting before the judiciary," Waldron said.
"It doesn't happen in other sports ... it questions the integrity of our game at the core and we need some leadership to fix it.
"To allow Ricky Stuart to make those comments is an absolute disgrace and a blight on the game and we need to address that."
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Sat, 27 Sep 2008 12:33:00Comment
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What a joke , I hope the Storm smash whoever they play in the final and as our Ted would say.."stick it right up em"
The Sydney crowd have been trying to bury the Storm for years, biggest joke was when they said a side shouldnt be in Melbourne but we were dragging 3-5 times more spectators to games than any other team!Bring back the biffComment
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Av. Spectator Figures per Club:
Brisbane - 33,426
Gold Coast - 21,618
Newcastle - 18,750
Cowboys - 18,102
Tigers - 15,238
Souths - 14,644
Bulldogs - 14,196
Roosters - 13,970
Manly - 13,694
Parra - 13,528
Sharks - 12,965
Dragons - 12,596
Storm - 12,474
Canberra - 11,913
Warriors - 11,444
Panthers - 10,847Comment
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Manly won 32-6 V Warriors. Manly v Melbourne Grand Final. Neutrals in NSW will hate; two most hated sides. Again.Comment
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Should be a great Grand Final. Gulls paying $1.75, Melb $2.10. Will Orford's ankle last? Are Melbourne distracted?
Tip: Manly 16 Melbourne 10. Good luck Storm Boys.Comment
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These last two weeks have put rugby league in this city back by 5 years.
Who'd bother with such a bunch of corrupt, Sydney-centric wankers. If you don't want us in your comp just say so.Comment
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I had a heck of a lot of respect for David Gallop until this week.
To actually come out during Grand Final week and tell the media that he's given the judiciary permission to sue Craig Bellamy, what an absolute joke. This is the man entrusted with the responsibility of running and expanding rugby league in this country. Until they bite the bullet as the VFL did all those years ago and appoint an independent commission to run their game then they will will never truly prosper in the Australian market. The NRL and its clubs are kept alive by News Corp and pokie revenue.Comment
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