Originally posted by Inflictor
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- NRL was in apology mode so the refs went easy on them (scrappiness is a product of having 7 less important players out and they weren't penalised for it as many handling errors were just ignored).
- Manly bunkered down and had a point to prove. Also they were fighting to stay in the top-8 (i.e. they were above us and NEEDED to win).
- Manly still had DCE, Foran, Paseka, Garrick, Trbo, Walker, Taupau...etc. They also blooded Fulton, which was significant for them (and added an element of surprise). The guys they were missing were soft bastards who are happy to get tattoos (aka 'practice witchcraft' according to the good book) but can't love thy neighbour. Some weird shyte gets preached at those community-based Pentecostal gatherings and (for example) real Christians like DCE, Foran and Trbo were all playing. It wasn't a religious thing... it was a thin veil for the fact that gays are widely discriminated against in most pacific islander communities. A bunch of sookie children (who woulda made no difference anyway) boycotted because they didn't wanna put their club/sponsors first.
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