General NRL All Stars

[SBW1]

Really looking forward to seeing this game, will be awesome.

 

[Billyspleen75]

I was expecting bully to get named.
I reckon he would of put on a performance considering the ocaausion and all that.

I wonder if he will still lead the haka

 

[Teets]

Love this game.

That shot of JFH chasing the kick off last year with an "I'm gonna break whoever takes this hit up in half" look was terrifying.

The fact Panthers have two of those guys in the middle explains a lot about their excellence.

 

[Wellington Taniwha]

Lol I remember Christian Cullen getting selected for the Maori squad to get a game under his belt for match fitness. He Even jokingly claimed he might have about 1/64th Maori blood from somewhere

Christian Cullen is Samoan!
View: https://www.tiktok.com/@mister_lavalava/video/7292226737407053057

 

[sup42]

Christian Cullen is Samoan!
View: https://www.tiktok.com/@mister_lavalava/video/7292226737407053057

Close enough!

 

[sup42]

It's funny when you think about Polynesian eligibility.

Short answer is all Polynesians technically qualify by descent to play for any Island including these Islands.

NZ Maori used to honor this tradition and invite Samoans etc to play for them.

The NRL came along with the Grand parent rule.

Hmm

The NRL are one of the greatest European colonial rule makers in Polynesia with their plucked from thin air rules.

Gets on my tits they own this game and therefore have bought off these two cultural teams which the NRL market like a fun carnival despite the players themselves signing on for culture, for ancestors and for blood and kin.

To the players, this is bigger than Origin, to the NRL this has been put in a little preseason insignificant pocket to keep the coloreds in their place.

Tokenism.

Preston Campbell drove the movement to elevate this contest, his motivation was raising consciousness to the plight of Indigenous people.

The NRL made much Wankery about this, they went heavy on the message that they support Preston Campbell, NRL great and all, and his message.

The NRL even have a page called the value of the Presto Award and why it matters.

Yet by scheduling it in this preseason widow the NRL made sure black Fellahs business does not clash with White mans Origin and test business.

Pretty shit really how they demoted this game that matters to whole races below whitemans mate vs white mate nonsense.

That might sound harsh....but consider how these kients also demoted tests which means nations, below their mates vs Aussie mates Australian White propaganda.


The NRL could elevate the ALL STARS game tomorrow, and they definitely could elevate the NZ AUS tests tomorrow given NZ are so strong.

But they racially model their strategy to keep those threats to their internal State vs State nonsense which isn't even a good watch anymore as the highest form of the game.

 

[wizard of Tauranga]

60% of NRL players are indigenous Australian/ Torres/ Maori or Pacific.

This must be one of the most non-racist sporting code in the world! Racists would be daft to follow it!

The All stars is a great celebration for the sport!

 

[Billyspleen75]

Jojo Fifita and Keenan Palasia are in for DWZ and the young Gagai

 

[Matiunz]

No one watching?

 

[Matiunz]

The build up is going to be longer than the match at this rate…

 

[Warriors4lyfe]

Game on!!!!

 

[Matiunz]

Weather looking a bit rough? Hopefully negates a few of their backs

 

[Warriors4lyfe]

Gagai pumped up for the occasion

 

[Matiunz]

Seemed out of nothing from Tapine just turned on the power

 

[Tookey 2.0]

Wow great start Maori. Gagai absolutely flattened Latrel, and then that bust up the middle form Tapine

 

[Warriors4lyfe]

Seemed out of nothing from Tapine just turned on the power

They do say games are won with the forwards and we differently have the better forward pack.

 

[Tookey 2.0]

That's it, get all of those cobwebs out in this game Walker so you're good for us in the next few weeks haha

 

[Tookey 2.0]

Pretty good game so far. A couple of poor errors have cost the Maori tries, but overall it's been a pretty decent game

 

[WahsUltras]

Is that blake green in the Māori huddle?

 

[Tragic]

We look good but errors giving them the edge