NRL R17 PREVIEW: JOEY SPEAKS! Willie Mason Reacts to Joey's Podcast Praise of Trent Barrett

People forget how good Barrett was in Origin.

Fellas, really want your opinion on this. Just listen to the BTFU poddy with Reni and Braith. They spoke about reni getting sacked by NSWRL for having an opinion on his pod. What’s your reaction to that? I feel everyone is entitled to voice their opinion

Didn’t Cleary play all games in 2018 and win that series?

Hey guys I know its controversial but I watched Reni and Braiths Podcast for the first time last night and I am not even Australian but I was livid to Hear how Reni was Done by the NSWRL. Hes been an ambassador for the NSWL doing community work for the community around mental health, the youth and at risk people. Just because he critiqued the Coaching of NSW he was Fired from the position. He has nothing to do with Selection, coaching of the team so why is he not allowed to critique how the team went and selection, coaching decisions? I was neutral but I really Hope Queensland gives the blues a hiding. Decisions like that make them look petulant, petty and childish, and weak!! Good on Braith for Speaking his mind and backing his mate because that was not on, disgraceful by NSWRL!!! Reni is 7ft tall in my book and a real good bloke it seems...

Mal meninga had poor record as a nrl coach but look how he went with qld, barret could an amazing choice for nsw. I back it.

18:09 L1 from day 1 if we do the divisions you play your division home and away so 8 games and then you have 1 game against everyone else so 15 games and the makes 23 games total. Big difference with NFL play 17 games but have 32 teams so we could still play each team 1 time and our division 2 times. Maybe find a balance I don’t think the fans here will cop having a better record and missing final but it does build the rivalries

Yeah that's right fella's .. just have a look at the Goat comparison video on Jordan and Le Bron.
It's on Ytube bout 40 min goes into all the Stats.. Game & Career records , it breaks down Analytics, Legacies.. it's pretty wild the detail.
And Jordan take him to the cleaners on just about everything 👍🏾

might be time to separate yeo and cleary, make Nathan captain to complete his alpha ascent

i had titans in my top four they have a team there they just needed abit of luck and confidence and a 7 and i thought maybe ilias was the guy but this harrison looks the goods. but if they gett here tail up they got as much strike and creativity as the top sides its just weather they can be consistent yet . next year i reckon they will be primed

Wonder what would be worse for Clearys legacy - going up there and losing a game or he gets injured this week and moses/strange go up and win without him 🤣

wahs 13+

nz north vs south island can rival origin if they embrace violence and have mad punch ons and make it spiteful and hateful thats what happened with origin., thats whats whipped the fanbases up over the decades. and that combined witht he best footy u see all year made it what it is

If they choose Barrett, it’ll be another Queensland clean sweep😅

This won’t get me to the golf day and I don’t watch American sports but fuck I hate the idea of divisions.

Use are funny ow BigWilly u are the funniest Kia Ora brother like watching Willy an Justin manly all day fans from Aotearoa let’s go

Fark I remember I was 11 years old, John eels took that kick for the bledisloe cup. I'm 36 now 😂 that one stung

Madge wont let him go .!

BLUES GAME 3
Edwards
Koula Critta Bostock N’wase
Luai Moses
Haas Koroisau Olakauatu
Radley Martin Murray (c)
Strange Talakai Leniu Young Burton Donoghue Turbo

15:04 honestly always thought when it came to wether NZ got another side it was reliant on The Warriors Winning a Premiership as a indicator the country was taking it seriously in my own head though. But when it comes down to it looking at it and how it’s been, it’s always been the combination of more than just our own by ins but other players/coaches from offshore but deep in the trenches of this great game that will ultimately get us across the line. A new team as I see it now is on the NRL as a whole and hopefully in good competition with Union, not otherwise. Thanks for the Content what a Week always on always Levels.

I'm surprised Mas forgot about Brad Thorn (crusaders champion)
I'm a L1 from day 1 and even before any levels. Was waiting weeks and weeks waiting from Hoz and Mas to return to the footy talk space between the YKTR and Levels transition as I build my own gardening business.
I am SO impressed with how you lads have created your own massive thing that is blossoming into the pinnacle of footy shit talk, with the perfect balance of player bias and genuine nuance perspectives of footy.
Much appreciated, from a young fella from hamilton, building my own gardening business and clientele over the past 4 years.
Cheers fellas, yous have gotten me through easily 100+ hours of jobs through building my business as I am often working alone and my rich clients are too busy to chat or not even in the country.
Shot bros for the solid pod!
UP THE WARRIORS 😝

Fellas - contrarian opinion here, the divisions or conference system is a gimmick, chasing to be like America. It’s rubbish. The best potential thing about 20 teams, IS finally having an even draw. 1 home 1 away for everyone. No more uneven “soft”, “hard” draws to fall back on. Every game counts, because you can’t blow an easy game without making a hard one back. When you have divisions with weak teams and weak conferences some teams get to rest players, schedule “losses”, it’s bullshit. As a 20 year NBA fan, I can’t tell you how many times the league has tweaked formats, and the serious talk of eliminating conferences for the playoffs to not have washouts and just have the best 16 teams. On the contrary- what is the absolute best way to have every regular season game be a must watch and must win, - the EPL team 1 home 1 away system! It’s the proof.
The conferences / divisions won’t eliminate travel but it will make some division golden and others shafted anyway. The NRL stuck the Perth spanner in the works in, (which I don’t think will work, side note) and they can just have Perth go on road trips few home , few away or something to compensate, but we’re so close to having a perfect format, please don’t blow it over a gimmick to be like US sports.
Lukey as a fellow Parra fan, we got to stick to together - get the lads to read this one next week, it’s an emergency!

If dolphins and knights both win this weekend , origin will costs us one of the best games over recent seasons. Hammer Herbie Bostock Katoa vs ponga best sharpe brown , throw into that the edges and packs . Could see a team score 40 and still lose

North vs south beef is worse than qld vs nsw. The north dont like the south as people not just sport. As a maori we were told were not welcome down there and alot of maori down there have had there culture taken out of them. Coming from the north. We never pop over to see cousin bla bla like in aus. We dont hav fam down there.we dont go down there ever.i have more love for aus than the south island forreal

Guys when are you going to have a crack at the rest of the spine and not just Cleary.

1 for 1. The only position we are stronger in the spine is 7. Moses at 6 is not better than Munster. Robson is not better than Harry Grant. Teddy is not better than Ponga.

Maybe if we could sort that out there wouldnt be so much pressure on cleary to do absolutely everything.

Boys, excellent work as always.
I agree with OG that the bonus the NRL has offered the Bears isn't very much, but in principle, I'm completely against it. 
I hate the idea of Perth being able to gazump my club on a player we'd like to retain simply because they've been handed an unfair negotiating advantage. I hate this particularly when it comes to local juniors whom clubs have spent years developing.

Gus is right—it's a competition. It is not every other club's fault that the NRL is trying to start a franchise in a location without an existing base to build from, and where players don't really want to live or constantly travel to and from. Add to that the fact that we're currently in an environment where there simply aren't enough high-quality players to go around as it is.

My question for you guys is around the setup of the Bears. 
How is it going to work with their Cup team being based in North Sydney? 
Do you think Mal and the coaching staff will be flying back and forth between Perth and Sydney for Cup games and training sessions. How will they realistically stay across their depth and the development of those fringe players if they don't have eyes on them? 
If you are a player on the cusp of the NRL looking at different clubs. Bears seem a tough sell to me, you could end up stuck in North Sydney. Whereas If you're playing for clubs like the Dogs or Eels, you'll be training with the big dawgs like Critta, the Foxx, Kikau or Junior etc.
And what if you're in the Bears NRL squad, but not in the regular 1-20 on game day does that mean you're flying to Sydney every week to play Cup? 
It's hard to understand how this will work.

Chalk the conferences chat lads it would be so yuck. Hundred percent the best way to do it is a few more teams. Everybody play each other once, one year away one year Home less games per year better on the bodies, have a break mid-season for origin and Rep Footy. Sorted.

The south island team should be Te Waipounamu Taniwha

South Crusaders 🤷🏽‍♂️

Re the Hockey comparison. State of Origin is EXACTLY like Montreal Canadiens vs Toronto Maple Leafs. It’s red vs blue. It’s French speakers vs English speakers. My Mrs is from Montreal and we used to live there. It couldn’t any more the same, but this is during regular season games. For reference, souths vs easts pales in comparison to the rivalry. There is a genuine hatred. Btw. Sick vlog on nz. Gotta get over there.

Went to Christchurch in 2017 march and travelled around the bottom island in a hire van. Was one of the best holidays ever. Just behind Canada

When you arrive in Hawaii you get a lei around your neck. In Queensland you get a chip on your shoulder.

Southern Stags has a ring to it

Crusaders played the first game at super round and have played there I’d say a handful of times to finish their season, sold it out for every game too which was awesome to see, have seen a few posts around potentially getting a Richie statue there out the front, would be fitting but may also be weird considering he wouldn’t have played a game at the new stadium, some have said it’d be better placed at Eden Park in Auckland granted he lifted the World Cup trophy there, I believe cantabrians would be up in arms if this was the case. The Iceman Michael Jones currently has a statue at Eden park scoring the first try in World Cup history. Surely a statue of both Richie and DC out the front of the new stadium is the answer! À la Thurston outside QCB Stadium, he never played a game there but elevated the game in the region and the sport that’s being played at the new ground.

loved the content when you boys came to Christchurch, maybe next time hopefully catch you boys, but surely run club next time haha. love the poddy boys