Howdily doodily neighbourinohs!
So I missed another week of posting - LAST WEEK OF UNI DON'T EAT ME D:
Now that time is getting on a bit from Storm's big win, I'm guessing we're all now feeling some pretty bad NRL withdrawls.
This is one of the many reasons I think that State of Origin should be moved to the off-season.
Another reason is that it seriously disrupts the premiership, especially for certain teams. You only have to look at the Broncos or the Storm mid-season slump that felt like it lasted a lifetime. Sure, the best players should get picked for State of Origin, but when certain teams in particular are hit pretty hard and are scrambling to find a good enough team to put out on the weekend, you have to question the timing of the State of Origin contest.
More to the point, this also increases the likelihood of injuries to certain players (e.g. Billy Slater) who work hard in every game they play, suffer serious injury and are written off for weeks on end. Now, Storm is much more than the Big Three, but when they are getting more and more exhausted in the middle of the season I think the blokes in Sydney really have some thinking to do. At the beginning of Season 2012, Brisbane Broncos looked to be set for an excellent season, but following the State of Origin contests, they just scraped through into the finals.
But hey, that's just my opinion.
Stay classy,
Storm Girl xx
Wednesday, 24 October 2012
Sunday, 7 October 2012
My Mum's tipping method
Hey guys
So it's the off-season, the moment of emptiness when you turn to the back of the paper and it's all about the V8s or the Spring Carnival -sigh-
BUT with off-season comes off-season blog posts; things somewhat related to the NRL that crop up in my daily life.
This week - my mother's tipping method.
Now, sometimes I feel bad for my mum. She's constantly surrounded by die-hard Storm fans and yet she has no clue how Rugby works.
She has no idea who the good teams are (though she seems to have picked up that Billy Slater is king!)
How then, I hear you ask, does she manage to do her footy tipping each week? Simple. She goes on the mascots.
If West Tigers are going up against Rabbitohs, she'll pick tigers, because logically they should be able to beat a team of bunnies. If Panthers are playing Eels, she finds it difficult, as it depends whether the match was on land or in water.
It seemed to work well in the Grand Final (though she didn't have much choice in who she was going for). She thought Storm would win over Bulldogs, because not many dogs survive after they've been THUNDERSTRUCK.
Doesn't work so well in other codes though. If Melbourne Victory are playing Perth Glory, or Sydney Swans are playing Carlton Blues. That's when she does the blind pick.
It's times like these I'm glad I got my footy passion from the males in the family.
See ya next week, and follow me on Twitter! (@ItsStormGirl)
Storm Girl xx
So it's the off-season, the moment of emptiness when you turn to the back of the paper and it's all about the V8s or the Spring Carnival -sigh-
BUT with off-season comes off-season blog posts; things somewhat related to the NRL that crop up in my daily life.
This week - my mother's tipping method.
Now, sometimes I feel bad for my mum. She's constantly surrounded by die-hard Storm fans and yet she has no clue how Rugby works.
She has no idea who the good teams are (though she seems to have picked up that Billy Slater is king!)
How then, I hear you ask, does she manage to do her footy tipping each week? Simple. She goes on the mascots.
If West Tigers are going up against Rabbitohs, she'll pick tigers, because logically they should be able to beat a team of bunnies. If Panthers are playing Eels, she finds it difficult, as it depends whether the match was on land or in water.
It seemed to work well in the Grand Final (though she didn't have much choice in who she was going for). She thought Storm would win over Bulldogs, because not many dogs survive after they've been THUNDERSTRUCK.
Doesn't work so well in other codes though. If Melbourne Victory are playing Perth Glory, or Sydney Swans are playing Carlton Blues. That's when she does the blind pick.
It's times like these I'm glad I got my footy passion from the males in the family.
See ya next week, and follow me on Twitter! (@ItsStormGirl)
Storm Girl xx
Sunday, 30 September 2012
WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS!
Just a quick post to say...
WE DID IT!
Melbourne Storm - No Ordinary Team, No Ordinary Journey, No Ordinary Premiers!
Huge congratulations to all the players, Craig Bellamy and the assistant coaches for proving we truly are the best in the league.
It's a good day to be a Storm fan!
See you next week for some off season chit-chat.
Lots of love,
Storm Girl xx
Thursday, 27 September 2012
There ain't no party like a GRAND FINAL party!
Hey y'all.
That's right. We're in Southern America now.
ALL RIGHT YOU CAUGHT ME. I forgot to do a semi-finals post. No one's reading this anyway. I let myself off. We shall never speak of this again.
Now that lame excuse of an apology is out of the way, MELBOURNE STORM ARE IN THE GRAND FINAL! LET'S PARTY LIKE WE DECIDED TO HAVE BOTH KINDS OF TACOS FOR DINNER!
Yes, as you should have been able to tell, I'm very happy about that. The Prelims were pretty unmissable last weekend. Storm absolutely blew me away on Friday night when they went up against Manly Seagulls (evil laugh) in an absolutely packed AAMI Parks - good work Storm fans. Honestly, I was pretty anxious about that contest. The Storm/Manly rivalry can be pretty tense, and at kick-off I thought anything could happen - it turns out a 40-12 win was that thing. It was an amazing match and the whole team deserve a pat on the back, kisses and cuddles (in a completely non-stalkerish way).
Sooo to be honest after that match, I was barely paying attention when I watched the Bunnies and the Bulldogs have it out on Saturday night. It was another unsure contest for me, though if I had to place a bet it would have been on the Bulldogs. They too had a big win of 32-8 after the Bunnies made mistake after mistake.
So, Doggies vs. Storm. Who will take home the big one on Sunday night? I don't want to tempt fate, so I'll just say I'll be decking the house out in Purple Pride on Sunday. Win or lose, its been a hell of a season.
In case you live under a rock, the Grand Final kicks off on Sunday at 5.45pm, airing live on Channel 9 for NSW and QLD, and GEM in VIC and everywhere else. It airs on Fox Sports after the game if you happen to miss it!
Have a great weekend and I'll be back to talk about the final result next week! (Depending on whether I'm sulking or not >.<)
Smell you later!
Storm Girl xx
That's right. We're in Southern America now.
ALL RIGHT YOU CAUGHT ME. I forgot to do a semi-finals post. No one's reading this anyway. I let myself off. We shall never speak of this again.
Now that lame excuse of an apology is out of the way, MELBOURNE STORM ARE IN THE GRAND FINAL! LET'S PARTY LIKE WE DECIDED TO HAVE BOTH KINDS OF TACOS FOR DINNER!
Yes, as you should have been able to tell, I'm very happy about that. The Prelims were pretty unmissable last weekend. Storm absolutely blew me away on Friday night when they went up against Manly Seagulls (evil laugh) in an absolutely packed AAMI Parks - good work Storm fans. Honestly, I was pretty anxious about that contest. The Storm/Manly rivalry can be pretty tense, and at kick-off I thought anything could happen - it turns out a 40-12 win was that thing. It was an amazing match and the whole team deserve a pat on the back, kisses and cuddles (in a completely non-stalkerish way).
Sooo to be honest after that match, I was barely paying attention when I watched the Bunnies and the Bulldogs have it out on Saturday night. It was another unsure contest for me, though if I had to place a bet it would have been on the Bulldogs. They too had a big win of 32-8 after the Bunnies made mistake after mistake.
So, Doggies vs. Storm. Who will take home the big one on Sunday night? I don't want to tempt fate, so I'll just say I'll be decking the house out in Purple Pride on Sunday. Win or lose, its been a hell of a season.
In case you live under a rock, the Grand Final kicks off on Sunday at 5.45pm, airing live on Channel 9 for NSW and QLD, and GEM in VIC and everywhere else. It airs on Fox Sports after the game if you happen to miss it!
Have a great weekend and I'll be back to talk about the final result next week! (Depending on whether I'm sulking or not >.<)
Smell you later!
Storm Girl xx
Wednesday, 12 September 2012
Gotta love finals week!
G'day Rugby League fans and curious users of the internet!
Let's make this like an AA meeting. Hello, I'm 'Storm Girl' and I'm addicted to Rugby League.
This blog is basically a way to get out my thoughts and opinions on the game, on and off season. Though I can be a little biased sometimes, (all the time), I think you'll come to appreciate what I have to say. And let's face it, the NRL world could do with some girlification (I am not satisfied just by the fact that the refs wear pink. It only emphasises how red their faces can get when they make all the wrong calls.)
So, what better week to start my blogging frenzy than following Finals Week 1! Needless to say, I got all my tips right ;)
The weekend started off with an expected win by the Bulldogs against Manly, which needless to say I was very pleased with. Other than the fact that the Bulldogs played very well, I was more satisfied by watching the smirks wiped off the faces of the Stewart brothers, or as I prefer to call them, Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee. And I'm not particularly keen on Cherry-Evans either. Someone needs to tell him. He has a punchable enough face as it is, acting so cocky all the time is not helping his case. And let's face it, Cooper Cronk is the best halfback in this competition.
That match was followed by an even better one when South Sydney Rabbitohs came to pay the Melbourne Storm a visit on Saturday night. Although we had a good couple of wins towards the end of the season, I think Storm fans were all pleasantly surprised with the boys' performance. Both sides were fired up, but it so happened that the excitement lead to opportunity for Melbourne Storm to get some well-deserved points on the board, and unfortunately mistake after mistake from the Bunnies. It looked to be a scoreless game for them until the 70th minute, when they finally managed to get a try.
League fans didn't have long to wait for the next match to come along, as up next was the first elimination final of 2012. We said goodbye to the Brisbane Broncos when they were defeated by the Cowboys on Saturday night. The Broncos are a good side, but State of Origin hit the players hard with injuries and exhaustion, and they haven't been the same since. The Cowboys played well, and will go against Manly on Friday night.
The second elimination final featured the Raiders and the Sharks, and despite how much Gallen complained to the referee (with the same attitude as a spoilt 14 year old girl), the Sharks just couldn't catch a break against the home side. Canberra had an outstanding match, and will go against South Sydney on Saturday.
In case you missed the scores (WHERE WERE YOU?!?!), here they are:
16 BULLDOGS - MANLY 10
24 STORM - SOUTH SYDNEY 6
33 COWBOYS - BRONCOS 16
34 RAIDERS - SHARKS 16
And again the line-up for this weekends Elimination Finals:
MANLY vs. COWBOYS - Saturday, 7.45pm Kick-off
SOUTH SYDNEY vs. RAIDERS - Sunday, 7.45pm Kick-off
The winners of these matches will go on to the Preliminary Finals alongside Melbourne Storm and Canterbury Bulldogs.
Stay fabulous,
Storm Girl
Let's make this like an AA meeting. Hello, I'm 'Storm Girl' and I'm addicted to Rugby League.
This blog is basically a way to get out my thoughts and opinions on the game, on and off season. Though I can be a little biased sometimes, (all the time), I think you'll come to appreciate what I have to say. And let's face it, the NRL world could do with some girlification (I am not satisfied just by the fact that the refs wear pink. It only emphasises how red their faces can get when they make all the wrong calls.)
So, what better week to start my blogging frenzy than following Finals Week 1! Needless to say, I got all my tips right ;)
The weekend started off with an expected win by the Bulldogs against Manly, which needless to say I was very pleased with. Other than the fact that the Bulldogs played very well, I was more satisfied by watching the smirks wiped off the faces of the Stewart brothers, or as I prefer to call them, Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee. And I'm not particularly keen on Cherry-Evans either. Someone needs to tell him. He has a punchable enough face as it is, acting so cocky all the time is not helping his case. And let's face it, Cooper Cronk is the best halfback in this competition.
That match was followed by an even better one when South Sydney Rabbitohs came to pay the Melbourne Storm a visit on Saturday night. Although we had a good couple of wins towards the end of the season, I think Storm fans were all pleasantly surprised with the boys' performance. Both sides were fired up, but it so happened that the excitement lead to opportunity for Melbourne Storm to get some well-deserved points on the board, and unfortunately mistake after mistake from the Bunnies. It looked to be a scoreless game for them until the 70th minute, when they finally managed to get a try.
League fans didn't have long to wait for the next match to come along, as up next was the first elimination final of 2012. We said goodbye to the Brisbane Broncos when they were defeated by the Cowboys on Saturday night. The Broncos are a good side, but State of Origin hit the players hard with injuries and exhaustion, and they haven't been the same since. The Cowboys played well, and will go against Manly on Friday night.
The second elimination final featured the Raiders and the Sharks, and despite how much Gallen complained to the referee (with the same attitude as a spoilt 14 year old girl), the Sharks just couldn't catch a break against the home side. Canberra had an outstanding match, and will go against South Sydney on Saturday.
In case you missed the scores (WHERE WERE YOU?!?!), here they are:
16 BULLDOGS - MANLY 10
24 STORM - SOUTH SYDNEY 6
33 COWBOYS - BRONCOS 16
34 RAIDERS - SHARKS 16
And again the line-up for this weekends Elimination Finals:
MANLY vs. COWBOYS - Saturday, 7.45pm Kick-off
SOUTH SYDNEY vs. RAIDERS - Sunday, 7.45pm Kick-off
The winners of these matches will go on to the Preliminary Finals alongside Melbourne Storm and Canterbury Bulldogs.
Stay fabulous,
Storm Girl
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