Joined: Aug 07 2007 Posts: 792 Location: Wood Green
What a lot of people in the UK seem to have ignored is that Nathan Brown had become a very good NRL coach a few months before he left Australia.
Nathan was a player who retired early and who remade his career as a very young NRL coach. He had started off badly with St George (remember the face slapping incidents, with among others, Trent Barrett?), and they were languishing near the bottom in early 2008, and so the club management decided not to renew his contract. But then, almost as soon as he found that he was on the way out, lo and behold he got the team to improve itself massively, to the point that he were decent playoff contenders by the end of last season.
Nathan Brown could probably get rehired in the NRL if he so desired. But for now he is proving to most Super League fans that he is a top class coach, and he is taking Huddersfield to great new heights.
I only hope that now Huddersfield Giants will start to average over 10,000 to their home games, because they sure deserve it.
Joined: Mar 05 2007 Posts: 13190 Location: Hedon (sometimes), sometimes Premier Inn's
They won't be far off, certainly top 3 if they maintain their form and stay injury free.
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Joined: Aug 07 2007 Posts: 792 Location: Wood Green
With Les Catalans starting to regain their form of last year, we can expect them to make their way up the ladder, especially during the summer when the other teams collapse in the heat of southern France.
Expect the top four to be St Helens, Leeds, Huddersfield and Les Catalans.
The next four is not so clear, though Harlequins should be there, and Wakefield will likely wilt as other teams improve.
Alice's Phallus wrote:With Les Catalans starting to regain their form of last year, we can expect them to make their way up the ladder, especially during the summer when the other teams collapse in the heat of southern France.
Ahh, so it won't be the rugby but the weather which pushes Les Catalans up the table then?
Joined: Mar 29 2006 Posts: 10446 Location: On the naughty step
Alice's Phallus wrote:With Les Catalans starting to regain their form of last year, we can expect them to make their way up the ladder, especially during the summer when the other teams collapse in the heat of southern France.
This is the same team that lost their last 8 games last year - when it was hottest...
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Joined: Dec 22 2001 Posts: 9721 Location: Cougarville
Eurob0y wrote:It would be an absolute travesty if they did. A team that has built its performances on underhand tactics and foul play should not be winning a grand final at the expense of skillful teams like Leeds and St Helens
Turtle, chicken wing,rolling, grabbing, offside, lying on, forward passing teams.
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