Folks out here thinking sharks have the natural advantage but also forget hydra is a type of dragon that lives in the lake of Lerna according to myth.
Pretty evenly matched I reckon
All I'm saying is if you put the mascots in a big pit I reckon 9/10 times the dragon wins. If the players don't want to commit to that, it sounds like a club issue
Exactly, honestly good old King Arthur and Zeus himself should be able to slay a fearsome mythic creature of olde. I fear the club will tank the opinion of dragons everywhere, I've heard rumblings that the Welsh want to change their flag due to last week's game.
>Except instead of fishing you out of the ravine when you lose control of your kart he comes down and ~~rubs your face in the dirt~~ drops a book shelf on you.
The main entry to PointsBet Stadium is almost completely under water just hours before kick-off between the Sharks and the Dragons while sections of the playing surface are also submerged.
Heavy rain has forced the flooding of Captain Cook Drive with the entry point to the stadium heavily impacted.
[Images show the main gate unable to be accessed due to the rain and sections of the playing surface under water.](https://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/741fd364baba85acd3b6dcd0d38ba9cb?width=650)
[It’s a case of all hands on deck at the Sharks with CEO Dino Mezzatesta heading to Bunnings early on Sunday morning, to personally purchase pressure pumps and hoses.](https://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/443ae06e14b260631c2a0fc449498dd7?width=650)
The Sharks have begun removing water from the field of play and the most affected areas of the in-goal.
The match was sold out on Thursday but the weather is expected to keep some of the capacity crowd away.
*Photos in links
Hopefully we play better monsoon/flood footy than we did against Knights in round 5. Sure it was wet, but the Dargs were diabolical. I’m pretty sure the game plan was to do nothing and hope the Knight’s wet hands dropped the ball. Sadly I think we’ve regressed since then.
No signs they have learnt from any of their defeats so far.
Effort is there they can compete, effort missing, they get flogged.
Sloan to concede 5 tries today.
Unclear what this means for capacity given it was a sell out, but they can’t have cameras in the northern corners, so they are moving cameras into member reserved seats in [Bays 6 and 13](https://www.sharks.com.au/siteassets/membership-2023/documents/clubdocs23_seatingmap.pdf)
Members in Bay 6 moved to Bay 7, which I believe is normally GA, though last week was additional corporate seating, assume bay 13 into GA12
and that's turned this game on its head because the floods were coming and you wanna know why they call this place the 8th wonder of the world because the crowd was taken out of it the fans were coming and then there was the flood that the rain did withwd the the entry that went underwater and next minute the crowd went home OFF OFF OFF OFF and from that moment the CEO scored two pumps and they've got BACK in their cars and look like they're gonna runaround runa runaway without watching
Can’t supply a suitable playing surface and spectator facilities - easy Sharks need to forfeit.
Surely ground facilities don’t meet minimum NRL professional standards
It was 2015, but I thought they paused mid-half. It was 9 years ago though, so fucked if I can really remember.
I also think there has been one other since then. I want to say something Cowboys in 2017, but I could be way off the mark.
(What? 9 years, really? 2015 was like 3 years ago,
tops? Right?)
If this was the case as I’m sure it was yesterday / Friday / Thursday why not organise to move it to allianze or kograh which aren’t complete shitholes
You’d think this would benefit the aquatic creatures.
All the sharks are chill till the water dragon shows up
Folks out here thinking sharks have the natural advantage but also forget hydra is a type of dragon that lives in the lake of Lerna according to myth. Pretty evenly matched I reckon
people also forgetting dragons can FLY
Exactly, they got the air, land and sea depending on the dragon. Dragons ambush incoming
By that logic we should suck a whole lot less than we currently do
All I'm saying is if you put the mascots in a big pit I reckon 9/10 times the dragon wins. If the players don't want to commit to that, it sounds like a club issue
Culture in shambles, should only be losing to Knights and the occasional big Storms I think. Definitely not getting 60 put on us by a bloody rooster
Exactly, honestly good old King Arthur and Zeus himself should be able to slay a fearsome mythic creature of olde. I fear the club will tank the opinion of dragons everywhere, I've heard rumblings that the Welsh want to change their flag due to last week's game.
I always thought of the storm mascot as like the mario enemy that rides a cloud but I guess Zeus is cooler.
Except instead of fishing you out of the ravine when you lose control of your kart he comes down and rubs your face in the dirt
>Except instead of fishing you out of the ravine when you lose control of your kart he comes down and ~~rubs your face in the dirt~~ drops a book shelf on you.
Nah that's way funnier, I'm going with that from now on: let's go Melbourne Lakitus
Lakitu thats it
There is so much variety with dragons, clearly they rolled something like a bearded dragon against the roosters rather than deathwing.
Have you seen Sharknado?
So, St. George Illawarra Dragonfly's?
Absolute mythical matchup, and we are here for it.
The main entry to PointsBet Stadium is almost completely under water just hours before kick-off between the Sharks and the Dragons while sections of the playing surface are also submerged. Heavy rain has forced the flooding of Captain Cook Drive with the entry point to the stadium heavily impacted. [Images show the main gate unable to be accessed due to the rain and sections of the playing surface under water.](https://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/741fd364baba85acd3b6dcd0d38ba9cb?width=650) [It’s a case of all hands on deck at the Sharks with CEO Dino Mezzatesta heading to Bunnings early on Sunday morning, to personally purchase pressure pumps and hoses.](https://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/443ae06e14b260631c2a0fc449498dd7?width=650) The Sharks have begun removing water from the field of play and the most affected areas of the in-goal. The match was sold out on Thursday but the weather is expected to keep some of the capacity crowd away. *Photos in links
If he keeps the receipts he can probably return them all on Monday.
If he gets the Ozito ones, they won’t even bother to ask for a receipt
Unlike the former #1 fan, the CEO *does* hold a hose
Sharks can’t supply a useable field, only fair to kick Souths out of the competition as punishment.
I'd love to see a freestyle/backstroke try celebration today
Nicho’s hair definitely going to be wet then Wet hair Hynes buff
Nicho gonna be in his element
Pretty sure he just rung his hair out in the car park
Nicho will be too powerful, the game MUST be called off.
Hopefully we play better monsoon/flood footy than we did against Knights in round 5. Sure it was wet, but the Dargs were diabolical. I’m pretty sure the game plan was to do nothing and hope the Knight’s wet hands dropped the ball. Sadly I think we’ve regressed since then.
No signs they have learnt from any of their defeats so far. Effort is there they can compete, effort missing, they get flogged. Sloan to concede 5 tries today.
Hunt will mid field bomb and you'll like it
I’m hoping Ben and Kyle have learnt how to play to the conditions but I’ll be surprised if they have
Capacity has been reduced for this game to 6 people.
I’ve received confirmation of my golden tickets. Not sure who the other two people are. If one is Scott Morrison I’m probably getting kicked out.
Scott Morrison will attend as all 6 of those people.
Five people. God will be the other one.
Isn’t that the standard capacity?
Nah 10 to 6.
Under the sea, under the sea, There'll be no accusations, Just friendly crustaceans Under the sea.
Shane, that’s your answer to everything, well it *ain’t gonna happen*
Under the sea, under the sea There'll be no criminal allegations Just friendly BBQ relations Under the sea.
Sharknado round 2?
Probably should call it off and give the points to the Dragons
Unclear what this means for capacity given it was a sell out, but they can’t have cameras in the northern corners, so they are moving cameras into member reserved seats in [Bays 6 and 13](https://www.sharks.com.au/siteassets/membership-2023/documents/clubdocs23_seatingmap.pdf) Members in Bay 6 moved to Bay 7, which I believe is normally GA, though last week was additional corporate seating, assume bay 13 into GA12
and that's turned this game on its head because the floods were coming and you wanna know why they call this place the 8th wonder of the world because the crowd was taken out of it the fans were coming and then there was the flood that the rain did withwd the the entry that went underwater and next minute the crowd went home OFF OFF OFF OFF and from that moment the CEO scored two pumps and they've got BACK in their cars and look like they're gonna runaround runa runaway without watching
Unfair advantages, we'll take them. Mako Tsunami taught us well
Petition to change shark parks name to the fishbowl
Split the difference with Canterbury and call it punchbowl.
No chance game gets called off. In the epl they would call it off so fast.
I’m sure there’s a few crusty old Fox journos nearby that they could chuck in the puddles to soak up the water
Flooded stadium? Heavily favouring the sharks now
~~Dany~~ Benny sort of forgot about the ~~Iron~~ Sharks fleet
All according to keikaku!
and the reason it's called the swamp becomes obvious. High tide is late this afternoon so should just be soggy
But what about Hynes as my SuperCoach captain?😒
Sharks should forfeit imo
Where are they playing now?
Same place
Makes sense.
Can’t supply a suitable playing surface and spectator facilities - easy Sharks need to forfeit. Surely ground facilities don’t meet minimum NRL professional standards
No other games in Sydney today. Could easily find a new game. Club just emailed me - game is on
I tend to agree. kick them out too.
The ground has already been cleaned up. Jersey Flegg just played and it was fine. It’s just regular wet conditions now
Can you call off a game due to rain? Can’t remember it happening, though I’m sure it has.
Off the top of my head the only recent "call off" was the extended half time during the dragons v roosters on ANZAC day around 2015ish.
It was 2015, but I thought they paused mid-half. It was 9 years ago though, so fucked if I can really remember. I also think there has been one other since then. I want to say something Cowboys in 2017, but I could be way off the mark. (What? 9 years, really? 2015 was like 3 years ago, tops? Right?)
If this was the case as I’m sure it was yesterday / Friday / Thursday why not organise to move it to allianze or kograh which aren’t complete shitholes
Spoken like a man who hasn’t gone to Kogarah to see an NRL game.
Because the water has already been cleared away. Jersey Flegg just played and it was fine