NRL Round 8 – it was the best of times, it was the blurst of times, and now the Wooden Spooners continue to cast their eye over the biggest and best weekend of rugby league so far this season with the 2024 NRL Round 8 Results & Headlines.
Going beyond the scores, the Wooden Spooner’s 2024 NRL Round 8 Results & Headlines gives the extra insight in the NRL that only the Wooden Spooners Team can, and exclusive stories you won’t hear anywhere else. Whether that’s because some if not all of them aren’t based on facts is probably relevant but has never stopped the “Fox League Writers” and similar from doing the same.
2024 NRL ROUND 8 RESULTS
| Thu | Warriors | 24-27 | Gold Coast |
| Thu | St George Illawarra | 18-60 | Roosters |
| Thu | Melbourne | 54-20 | South Sydney |
| Fri | Manly Warringah | 32-18 | Parramatta |
| Sat | Wests Tigers | 10-34 | Brisbane |
| Sat | North Queensland | 20-26 | Penrith |
| Sun | Dolphins | 14-18 | Newcastle |
| Sun | Canberra | 0-40 | Cronulla |
2024 NRL ROUND 8 HEADLINES
PART TIME FOX BOXING EXPERT SHOWS HIS METHOD ACTING WAYS
The big NRL news of the weekend happened as it most often does off field. This time it wasn’t an NRL players but a journalist who likes to have a go at rugby league player’s integrity.
Footage shows an incredibly well executed fight routine with moves so daring even Jackie Chan would be looking for the Insurance details.
But it’s all part of Paul Kent’s professionalism. As a growing part of the growing Boxing content on Fox and Fox League, Kent was merely going down the road of establishing his own very temporary Fight Club to get a feel for the boxing game he loves so much.
STUPID QUESTION FOR BENJI MARSHALL UNDER CONSIDERATION FOR SOUTHS WITH COST OF LIVING PRESSURES
Benji Marshall bristled after Saturday’s loss to the Broncos after the Tigers had lost yet another game at Campbelltown (and their record there is terrible as per our Stats below) but another team were thinking differently about their hoodoo.
South Sydney have yet to beat Melbourne in Melbourne ever, and given their current form is much worse than their finals-making form of what feels like yesteryear our spies believe they have asked the NRL not to send them to Melbourne for a while.
With the Cost of Living pressures meaning rugby league clubs have less money to pay for legal bills for boys night’s out, saving money on a trip to Melbourne to lose every season makes sense.
READ MORE: NRL Round 8 Stats Summary
CROSS TOWN CONSPIRACY AS TRAINS CANCELLED
The Broncos-Dolphins rivalry has become a good one for the NRL, with the games between the teams great contest and plenty of niggling between the sets of fans already.
This continued this weekend as Dolphins fans discovered that the main train line into town from the north side was not operating.
Some pointed out that maintenance works have been planned for a long time, but Dolphins fans were disagreeing.
Some fans, who refused to be named for legal reasons, told the Wooden Spooners that the NRL Draw was release a long time before the maintenance plan was established, and that the manager in charge of that was a lifelong Broncos season ticket holder.
Despite having no proof of most of that statement, the group of members continued debating that with us in the Maxi Taxi that was taken instead from the Kippa Ring Shopping Centre to Suncorp Stadium.
They continually claimed the trains being down may have contributed to the average crowd of 18,000 for Sunday’s game, and the lack of atmosphere being unable to lift their side.
NRL’S HANDICAPPING OF PENRITH STARTING TO WORK
According to the Wooden Spooners sources, the NRL are very wary about NRL turning into Formula and having Penrith win everything like Max Verstappen.
So our spies tell us that the NRL have bargained with Penrith to ensure if they are ahead at half time that they allow a second half comeback. They have also agreed to cap any leads to 16 points or less until the final ten minutes.
Their reward is secret compensation with the Salary Cap to attempt to keep anymore of their players moving to the Bulldogs and Tigers.
Every week some players out-do themselves with skill, speed, spirit. Winning games, taking plaudits, earning respect.
And others are just gooses. Here is this week’s “winner”.
TAANE MILNE
Your team is last on the ladder and been beaten yet again in Melbourne. And with less than a drag of a cigar to go you dive at a player’s legs, potentially causing a nasty injury and doing something that will just about guarantee some kind of suspension. It was a balloon-headed play.
On second thoughts, it’s not a bad thing he’s unavailable for the next few weeks.
DIS-HONOURABLE MENTION – Mika Sivo
Q. Should the Tigers avoid Campbelltown as a home venue?
A. No.
Our NRL Social of the Week is usually from the excellent Simpsons Related NRL Memes Facebook Page which is a must for those who love NRL, Simpsons and a laugh.
There were so many Paul Kent ones this weekend you must check out their page. This was our favourite below.
We love Ray Stone. He’s tough. He works hard, and he deserves his own section of a weekly NRL thing. So where better than the Wooden Spooners weekly ab out the best and worst of the NRL. Note: he’s in the best section. Always.
Although, he’d probably hate the attention.
RAY STONE’S STATS
RAY STONE HATES….
- Losing to the Knights
- Not playing 80 minutes
- 60 Minutes the TV show.
RAY STONE……
won an arm wrestling tournament, with both arms tied behind his back.
Wayne Bennett is on the market to caoch a team i nthe NRL next season, so the Wooden Spooners team have developed a metric to work out which lead is the most likely to take him on next season.
There’s five key factors – current season losing %, recent losing %, the Wayne Factor, how much trouble the current coach is in, and the ladder position.
Here’s the current calculations.
Parramatta are closing in on South Sydney for the Wayne Bennett Cup.
PLUS…….
Wayne Bennett attempts a Michael Buble song at the Redclfife RSL
NRL JUDICIARY UPDATE
THE BUNKER’S GREATEST HITS – CURRENT ROUND
The Bunker always gets a bad wrap, so we thought we should celebrate their best work every week.
Regards. Fb.
