The rumour is Benson Boone is the grand final entertainment this Sunday

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Cʜɪᴇғy Mclovin September 30, 2026 at 7:34am

I say bring back the kid LAROI
- LB > Cʜɪᴇғy Mclovin September 30, 2026 at 8:42am
  
  Don't mind that, though only did the GF recently. The rumour around is Olivia Dean now since she is in Sydney next week. I doubt you could get her here earlier so fast and she would cost a bomb.
Cʜɪᴇғy Mclovin September 30, 2026 at 9:52am

Weidler just said its going to be a lap of honour for Jai Arrow.
- Wizard “Alcatraz “Sleeve > Cʜɪᴇғy Mclovin September 30, 2026 at 2:02pm
  
  Hmmm , ok im going to say it .
  
  its now overkill on the Arrow thing . Youd think hes the only person on Earth to get this shit disease .
  
  There's are families out there who have not been getting paid the best part of a million bucks a year , have not had the fourtune of huge public fundraisers , and the families have to keep working regular jobs every day to simply support the huge medical bills .
  
  Arrow would own his home , would be insured to the eyeballs and if im correct Souths said theyve paid him as per his contract ?
  
  On top of that , his employers whove claimed to be his mates , are a Billionaire and a world famous mega rich movie star .
  
  So yeah , how about they give it a rest .
  
  ok , ive said my bit . Call me a khunt , i just think if i was a battling family dealing with MND or the likes id feel a little insulted by a wealthy dude with super wealthy mates being treated as he's the biggest battler in the country .
  
  Rusty and packer would spent most peoples weeks wage on a shirt , let them look after the bloke . Then the NRL can do some awareness and fundraising for the battlers . The other week they came around the crowd feom betting agents saying a percentage of our bets would go to Arrow. fmd
  - CarloEEL2 > Wizard “Alcatraz “Sleeve September 30, 2026 at 2:05pm
    
    Agree wiz
    
    ffs it's been done to death
    
    let the dude be with his family and rest up
    
    it's overkill
  - The Captain > Wizard “Alcatraz “Sleeve September 30, 2026 at 2:12pm
    
    Call me cynical but I think these "embrace the player" moments done to folks with diseases that may be (in the future) found to be related to traumatic head injuries / concussions are done purely as a tactic to make sure that they don't try to sue the pants off the NRL or their club.
    
    Not saying it's 100% non genuine, but I definitely think there are a few lawyers that said "Treat them well!" to make sure this all ends without any finger pointing at the NRL and their duty of care.
- SuperEel 22 > Cʜɪᴇғy Mclovin September 30, 2026 at 2:55pm
  
  This is just a case of V'landys hiding behind Arrow. He knows anyone that would publicly call him out would be howled down. But V'landys screwed up by not booking a pre-match act and then watched the AFL smash it out of the park. Souths and the NRL did a great job with Arrow's 99th and 100th match celebrations.
  
  No need to wheel him out to cover the boss' poor planning.
  
  Arrow would be getting a lap of honour anyway as a retiring player.
SuperEel 22 September 30, 2026 at 9:57am

He's only opened for Taylor Swift. But yeh let's all judge an artist based on who knows him on a Parramatta Eels supporter website with a very narrow demographic.
- Cʜɪᴇғy Mclovin > SuperEel 22 September 30, 2026 at 10:21am
  
  Read above. Its going to be a lap of honour for Jai arrow
- The Captain > SuperEel 22 September 30, 2026 at 2:15pm
  
  Boone is an insanely talented and credible muso. Sure, we're all now listening to songs from "the oldies" section of Sanity and HMV, but if Brian May is down with how awesome Benson Boone is, then consider me also a fan.
  
  Benson Boone with Special Guest Brian May - Bohemian Rhapsody (Live...
  
  Not surprised it isn't happening though, the dude is on a world tour and whilst he's over this side of the world I'm not sure popping over for a random one-off gig is really high on his agenda.
  
  Let's be honest, PVL had his eyes elsewhere which is why this didn't get organised.

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"This is just a case of V'landys hiding behind Arrow. He knows anyone that would publicly call him out would be howled down. But V'landys screwed up by not booking a pre-match act and then watched the AFL smash it out of the park. Souths and the NRL…"

"Boone is an insanely talented and credible muso. Sure, we're all now listening to songs from "the oldies" section of Sanity and HMV, but if Brian May is down with how awesome Benson Boone is, then consider me also a fan.
Benson Boone with Special…"

"Call me cynical but I think these "embrace the player" moments done to folks with diseases that may be (in the future) found to be related to traumatic head injuries / concussions are done purely as a tactic to make sure that they don't try to sue…"

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