It was the best of times, it was the blurst of times, and now the Wooden Spooners have returned to cast their eye over the latest weekend of rugby league that was with the NRL NRL Round 9 Results & Headlines.
Going beyond the scores, the NRL Round 9 Results & Headlines gives the extra insight in the NRL that only the Wooden Spooners can.
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BOOING OF ADAM REYNOLDS PROVES SOME FANS ARE JUST JERKS
No one really wanted Adam Reynolds to leave the Rabbitohs it seems, not the player or the club and most of the fans it seemed in the lead up to the big Souths v Broncos clash on Thursday night.
Of course that didn’t stop the Souths legend being booed at various times during the game he went on to dominate and push his new side to victory.
It seems – as so eloquently put on The Simpson – “some people are just jerks”.
GUS GOULD DENIES COACHING BULLDOGS AFTER LOSS IN CANBERRA
Phil Gould aka Gus Gould’s coaching record in 2022 remains at 100% after denying have any involvement with the Bulldogs training in the week leading up to their loss in Canberra.
Whilst the previous week was all about the TV personality taking over a day of training in the lead up to their win against the Roosters, noises about a return to the clipboard this week have gone quiet leaving Trent Barrett to blame for the loss.
STRANGE BUT TRUE VOLUME 1 – RICKY STUART UPSET THAT PRESS CIRITICSED A SIDE THAT LOST FIVE GAMES IN A ROW AND KEEPS BLOWING LEADS
Ricky Stuart – one of rugby league’s angriest men – had a go at the press after criticism of his side in a recent bad run.
He was surprised that a side that was second last and had lost five games in a row and had started to be known as The Faders after consistently blowing half time leads would be criticised.
It is unknown that a rumoured chat earlier in the week with Prime Minister hopeful Scott Morrison was the inspiration behind being unable to believe that criticism could be handed out for poor results.
STRANGE BUT TRUE VOLUME 2 – PANTHERS FANS UPSET AT PARRAMATTA TRAINER COSTING THEIR SIDE A POTENTIAL TWO POINTS BUT FINE WITH A TRY FROM A BLATANT KNOCK ON WORTH FOUR POINTS
One thing that looked small but turned out to be bigger than first thought was the vision of a Parramatta trainer running in front of the goal as Nathan Cleary attempted a conversion.
Whilst hard to prove it was the main reason for the goal being missed, the two points missed for that conversion attempt is 50% of the four points they got from the Kikau knock on try.
REFEREE FROM PENRITH v PARRAMATTA GAME CONSIDERED A CAPTAINS CHALLENGE ON HIMSELF AFTER MISSING VILIAME KIKAU KNOCK ON
The big talking point from the Parramatta win over Penrith, apart from how good the game was to watch, was the completely obvious knock on missed by the refereeing team.
Knowing that Graeme Annersley would probably now have to discuss his error in his Monday de-brief the referee had contemplated sending himself upstairs for a captain’s challenge in an attempt to overturn the incorrect ruling and avoid being the scapegoat next week.
In unrelated news the sideline official admitting being distracted by Kikau’s excellent plush berber carpet on top of his head.
BEN TRBOJEVIC’S PERFORMANCE V WESTS TIGERS SEES HIM LOSE THE NICKNAME “TREVOR”
Supercoach filler and Manly centre Ben Trbojevic had a break out performance against the Wests Tigers on Saturday scoring a few tries and kicking arse in general.
He was the centre of attention after the match with an unknown team mate confiding to the Wooden Spooners team that the team had decided to drop the nickname of Trevor that had been applied to him around the club.
After questioning Trevor, we were advised it was insinuated that Ben was the Trevor Chappell of the Trbojevic family. Which we’re not sure who it is more offensive toward.
NRL CONSIDERING ENDING MELBOURNE STORM GAMES AT HALF TIME TO DECREASE THE CHANCE OF BLOWOUTS
Melbourne Storm have kicked it up a gear in recent rounds, helped by a kind draw of teams who have given up in the second half.
The Storm have scored 108 points in their last three second halves leading the NRL to worry about the perception that blow outs are back in the NRL.
So the Wooden Spooners have it on good authority that the NRL is seriously considering limiting Melbourne matches to just the first half.
When we quizzed them about the loss of TV time to broadcasters the NRL were quick to respond. “Well because it’s Melbourne there’s stuff all chance that they’ll be on Channel Nein when playing the bottom eight sides, and since it’s Fox League they can just fill with 40 minutes of Fletch and Hindy that seems to be the backbone of their in-season coverage.”
SCOMO ALLOWS SECOND SMUG GRIN TOWARDS NEW ZEALAND IN A WEEK AFTER SHARKS BIG WIN
Prime Minister hopeful and Sharks super fan Scott Morrison aka Scomo was wrapped with the Sharks win with 12 men against the Warriors on Sunday.
In an exclusive for the Wooden Spooners, the journalist sitting behind him in the bus can confirm he sent a selfie to the NZ Prime Minister with a trademark smug grin with the comment “How Good Are The Sharks. Lol.”
This was after giving it to New Zealand about their higher inflation rate during the last week of campaigning.
PETER V’LANDYS WONDERING WHAT HE CAN DO TO COMPLETELY RUIN THIS SEASON’S MAGIC ROUND
After introducing the high tackle clampdown just in time for the NRL’s biggest in season round, the Man of Feathers aka Peter V’landys is spending the week writing down ideas for what he can do for this year’s Magic Round.
A cleaner at the NRL head office has secretly handed the Wooden Spooners a napkin found in the boardroom that looked suspiciously like the boss’ handwriting.
The scrawl included….
- Clampdown on playing the ball properly
- Clampdown on spitting on the ground
- Clampdown on not giving the ball back nicely to the opposition (we agree with this one as it gives us the sh!ts)
- Clampdown on time taken for conversions.
- End Melbourne games at half time. Talk to Hindy and Fletch.
SOCIALS OF THE WEEK
Our NRL Social of the Week is from a Simpsons Related NRL Memes Facebook Page like it always is these days which is a must for those who love NRL, Simpsons and a laugh.
THE SHANE FLANAGAN NEW COACHING GIG-O-METER
With Shane Flanagan returning to the commentary box for Fox League in 2022, we can continue to expect subtle digs at teams who are struggling and that he can see a possible way in for. Or anyone who may be competition or ahead of his son Kyle Flanagan.
So each week as part of the Wooden Spooner’s NRL Headlines, we’ll bring you the New Coaching Gig-O-Meter. This features which teams are hot for a new coach, or a team that was and is going cool.
With the Tigers not winning, and other clubs not going well, it seems like a buffet of choice for Fox League to push an agenda for.
