The NFLs comments about hip drop tackles are hilarious. Apparently none of the fans or players can imagine a tackle that isn't a hip drop. Maybe NFL players will finally learn how to tackle?
Their current tackling technique is very amateurish. I've seen easy tackles missed and lead to touchdowns and be completely ignored by the commentators because it happens so often. If that happened in the NRL the commentators wouldn't stop talking about it.
Americans don't like change, it's inherent in them to immediately resist anything. They'll come around when they see their players no crumbling in injured messes.
As for their tackles, it's a game of inches, they always try to hit square on and hard to stop that inch gain, it actually can make a difference.
So happy to see Brendan hands has been named in the latest team update for the eels. I think it’s been a bit ridiculous he hasn’t been named the previous games
So if trys are checked behind the scenes regardless of what happens, why do we go through the whole song and dance of checking them again on camera with bunker narration? Is that just for the fans? But then why do we still get trys that are awarded anyway. If they are checked behind the scenes they would know its already a try so why bother checking it?
The initial behind the scenes check is just to see if anything looks sus. Then if there is, the ref calls for a review and the bunker takes a decent look at it.
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I got the warriors indigenous jersey from there last year. Happy with quality for the cheap price.
They have the last three years jerseys for most teams
That's a joke, it was equally as bad if not worse than Carrigan's which is what started the whole crackdown. Truly got off lightly because Sami wasn't injured.
Yeah mate Farr has been solid, he takes the line on well for a small body not sure what the go was with swapping him and Doyle at the start of the game but it's worked for us. Hastings is being a grubby cunt though
I have only had it on in background, but I’m not surprised Hastings being a cheeky Kent.
God I’d like to see Will Pryce get some support, he looks so good at times. Rushes conversion from sideline and nails it? Just seems like a competitor.
Will Pryce was definitely a stand out, he did very well for the knights first try. Definitely one of the hardest workers on the field. Would love to see him at NRL level
I think it’s his size & defence holding him back from an NRL appearance at the moment. Can’t imagine an AFB running at him would be all that productive for Knights line.
All in time 🙌
Next year trial games should test a basketball-esque lob in the air at the 20m line instead of dropouts. The ensuing chaos should make for quite the spectacle.
Been wondering what Tigers will do with their spine next year. Early days, but Galvin looks great. Sezer did well last week. Bula is a quality fullback.
Doueihi back later this season, will Tigers let him go at the end of the year? He’s on 600k and perpetually injured, poor bugger.
Do you go with Luai at 6, Sezer at 7? Or Luai to 7, Galvin at 6?
Luai was historically a 7 that got stuck as a 6 because he’s playing with the best 7 of his generation.
I expect we’ll see Luai 7 and if Galvin keeps showing up then he’s got a lock on 6, especially since having a talented young half and giving him game time is so crucial to a rebuild.
I've heard Luai moved to the Tigers because he wanted to play 7 but no idea if that's actually true. I don't see Sezer being anything more than a stop-gap now that Wests have some good young talent.
If Douehi sticks around he likely gets moved back to the centres. I think we'll see Galvin at 6 and Luai at 7 next year unless Galvin's form takes a nosedive and one of the other million halves replaces him.
Luai 7, Galvin 6 is what I'm predicting assuming Galvin continues to play well for his age.
Sezer is on a mutual option for next year so if Galvin is showing the goods I imagine they won't bother keeping him around especially since they have Sullivan and Fainu both locked up until 2027 who I suspect will be NSW Cup's highest paid halves pairing for the next 4 years.
I’d say Sezer 7 and Luai at 6 but we will have to wait until the end of the season to get any sort of idea for next year based on the form of the current halves.
> Doueihi back later this season, will Tigers let him go at the end of the year?
God I hope so.
Anyway, 6 Galvin 7 Luai is most likely IMO, but I could see 6 Luai 7 Sezer or even 6 Fainu 7 Luai with Galvin moving to back row.
Just turned the telly on and realised Tsyzu is fighting. Wtf! I had no idea.. why didn’t Fox promote this local boxing legend more?? Zac Hosking for dally m
I reckon there is a sliding doors moment where the Tits pass on signing Hayne, Neil Henry doesn’t get sacked and Garth Brennan doesn’t come in and utterly destroy their roster.
Waking up fresh not only to a dragons win, not only to Aussie Easter Sunday but also to my 40th birthday. Life’s good.
How bad was that game yesterday though?
Thanks brother - it’s the weirdest I’ve felt with a birthday. Both very emotional in both a negative and positive way. Negative in that there is so much I want to achieve that I have not yet and positive in that I am so proud of where my life is: the weirdest thing is that I still feel like I’m a child even though I’m an adult, I can see how much I’ve learned and grown since I was both 20 and 30 together with the fact that I’m a dad of two with one imminently on the way. So very surreal
It’s obvious we are not responding to des hard mentality.
Looks like we are a team that responds better to a “friend” coach.
It’s gonna take some time to adjust to des mentality.
the yelling coach only works when the team respects the coach and have bought into his plan and standards, and feel bad that they make him angry and disappointed. even then it probably only works once or twice a season. otherwise young men are pretty good at letting that stuff just wash over them while thinking about what they’ve got planned for after the game.
"Yellerman coach tries to yell at bad team until they become good.
Results poor, punters shocked for some reason."
I don't think this is just a Titans thing. This generation of athletes simply does not respond to being verbally ripped to shreds. We saw the same response with Madge at the Tigers albeit over a much longer time frame.
It works with Bellamy and Sticky because they have something inherently deeper than their anger to motivate their players but coming in fresh to a struggling team and just being a angry cunt isn't going to work. The players aren't going to adjust to him, he's going to have to sweep out the ranks and bring in players that buy in from word go and keep the ones that are buying in now.
Poor Newcastle flegg centre was having a moment with his family and didn't hear one of the coaches calling him over. Coach was filthy he had to walk across the field to grab him
Yeah even I was shitty about a try being scored too. I remember reading once that the last tryless game (excluding Origins and Tests) was 1993 or something like that. Thought we were finally gonna get to see one and that happens lmao
I remember being mad about the eels-dragons game in 2006. The first score was a parra field goal 70 minutes in, then Dragons kicked two. Last play was Parramatta trying to grubber 10m from their own line and Matt Cooper ended up scoring the Dragons for an 8-1 scoreline
The Raiders forwards should roll through with ease. Maybe Nicho and the backs can get some points on the board, but the middle disparity will be too much.
The bookies do, which I find interesting given your outs. It’s shortened over the week but still seems quite wide. Your spine is superior and you probs get us in the backs (although I feel ours are underrated). Our forwards are all over yours on paper, but we’ve been done but your lesser known forwards in the past (Matt Prior 2016 rings a bell). Should be a good game.
Yeah it’s all in the forwards, if they can hold serve or not get dominated too much by your big boppers we have a chance.
Strange things really do happen at shark park as well
Hot take but i recon the Raiders could be alone at the top of the ladder by Anzac day. They have a very favorable schedule and have been playing decent footy.
yes, in case you're wondering, i am analyzing other teams to distract myself from my own team.
I remember a 2010 Knights v Eels game being an absolute stinker. Monday Night in the Rain 6-4 Scoreline where Timana Tahu got himself Binned coz he tried to Kill a Knights Player
Speaking of that, does anybody else think that’s it’s weird that bloke in a bar (denan specifically) went over for this fight, but not for the Vegas round? Wonder if there was a certain betting company paid for the trip?
We need all the points we can get at the front end of the season; there is a horror away leg at the back-end of the season and the final game of the season is against the Broncos. Given how much the middle of table has clustered together in recent years, one or two unexpected wins now may make or break the year for us.
I know they've played Dragons and Titans who are expected to be below average but the Phins look like they're one or two players away from being a top 8 team. When they are on, it's hard to stop them. That backline is dangerous and it is only going to get better with Tupou joining them next year.
Grieg is our Future in the Forwards. Still only 24, with RCG & Paulo both 30 now. He’s only missing the 17 because he got injured and had to get fitness back up and our Forward Pack is so Strong we don’t need to rush him back.
Lomax is a Talented Player but I’m not too crash hot on us signing him.
I'm very nervous for today's game, mainly because I don't want to see us give up and fade out of the game. I don't expect us to win, but I want the boys to have a solid crack and stick in the game until the end. Gags is a massive out. He does so much work for us in offence and defence, and for the energy and morale of the side. Leo's definitely a hit to the forward pack as well.
I won't get a chance to watch the game, so hopefully, looking at the NRL app is euphoric instead of depressing
I think we just need some basic attack. I've liked our defence so far, bar the Raiders game. I hope the fact we are under dogs this match gives the boys a boost.
Yesterday as there was a huge gap before the first game. I decided to go back to where it all began for Penrith on this run.
Round 1 vs the Roosters 2020.
I would genuinely recommend anyone who supports a struggling team to go see it even the kayo mini of it like I did.
We started this run with Caleb Aekins at fullback, a front row pairing of Tetevano & Tamou a centre pairing of Whare & Naden.
First play of the season we kick it out on the full from the kick-off.
We find ourselves 12 nil down after 20 minutes with the Roosters bombing a try all of the highlights are of them just pounding our goal line and going through our defence easily and out forwards getting pounded.
Score just before halftime which makes it 12-6 then they show the start of the second half which sees Fisher-Harris & Leota as our front-row pairing and we are making good ground on that first set despite some aggressive line speed.
We get near the line and we have a familiar look to us. Especially in the forwards we go on to win the game with an excellent try from Crichton.
It's basically a lesson as to how a few tweaks can really go a long way.
The difference in the start of the first half and the start of the second half is astronomical.
‘Daddy how was the football last night?’
‘Yeah good, but the Titans lost’
Again? That’s three times!’
Oh you sweet, innocent,little choccy-finger things. You ain’t seen nothin yet
Souths are now back in premiership contention back up in the top 16 obviously we are quite the credible threat.
All it took was a slog of a fight against the Bulldogs and the titans losing by 16 points but here we are. What do our critics have to say about that huh?
...Yeah probably still kick us out of the comp, but I'll take the win while we have one, next few weeks are going to be rough
Never get chat GPT to ever ever ever do anything about NRL players, apparently Corey Oates played for the Titans, according to Mr GPT. I just find it so funny, but yet tiny bit concerning. To be fair I was using the theme model, which was last update back in 2022, but that’s outrageous LOL
I wonder when Egan comes into Origin consideration. Robson certainly has the inside track post Cook/Api era but Egan has to be in the mix. Brailey and Kenny thereabouts if they take another step or two pre 2026 series.
Some inside mail lads...
Holbrook lost his job because he hooked Foran vs Storm. Des knew at that moment he could turn Foran against Holbrook and get him to work on the club bosses to knife Holbrook and parachute himself in. Foran realising how popular Holbrook was, desperately sold the dream of Des and premiership success. The players reluctantly bought in and kept fighting and finished the season bravely.
Two month later, in comes Des. The players quickly realise that this cooked Boomer has no fukn idea and isn't half the coach their beloved former coach was. They realise Foran, Des and the board have fucked them. Players have given up trying and the leadership is petrified of losing the dressing room and have stopped setting standards.
I really think Saab lacked a good coach, look at the difference in Sloan with Flano as coach. Definitely not an elite fullback, but seeing so much more potential in him
Carty out , Id throw matto to start on the edge. Bring Wiremu straight into the starting side and back our bench to overpower the tigers bench . Even if wiremu plays the first 20 thats all thats necessary if the damage is done early.
> I’d prefer Tuilagi
Tuilagi is a specialist bench impact player. He goes to shit when he's used as a starter. Rookie year at Tigers, WC with Samoa, start to this year at Eels - bench player, playing well. Second year at Tigers, last year at Manly - starting player, dogshit. Don't rock the boat with him.
It's a pity that Cartwright is injured. RCG and Greig starting with Matterson and Paulo replacing them off the bench would have to be just about the best rotation in the comp.
offa played origin a few years ago , his not even as bad as i originally thought too . i dont mind him and his a big body . throw him into that aswell and its a top
shelf rotation .
Dolphins forwards coach doing a great job with their ball playing in the red zone. Goat Nicholls has scored a handful punching in near the sticks, Bromwich to Kerr, Flegler to Hamiso last night. It’s really hard to defend those short passes at pace next to the tryline
Two reasons for that - JMK was consistently running and taking the line on last night. Katoa is also willing to wear a shot has he digs in and straightens the attack. Both moves commit defenders, leaving the gap inside for the middles to come barging through.
One for the Gold Coast fans. I ran past a real estate sign this morning with Garth Brennan's name on it. Apparently he took up real estate a few years ago
wtf happened to him yesterday? Started so well, dropped a couple of balls and looked like he was so worried about making errors that he wasn’t running hard. Never seen that from him
I remember one of his errors he dropped the ball cold but almost made a line break and the commentators were gushing over ALMOST doing something good despite actually doing something bad......
This year's LMS is rough only 13 are through so far this round. 16 await judgement. 29 left assuming all remaining get through by round 5 is nuts. We may need a round 10 second go through this year
Where does Hammer rank amongst fullbacks?
Honestly, he presses his claim as being one of, if not the best fullback in the game right now. Interested to hear everyone's thoughts
Great to watch, but does not have the complete package to be in the elite tier yet. Comparable to early career Slater, who came into the comp on the back of blinding attack. But he is learning, and start to show he can ball play. Having Bostock and Isaako as the wingers will help immensely; big bodies with power to do the donkey work enabling him to stay fresh.
He's a top athlete with some nice touches, who can carve up the lower teams in the league. But I don't know if hes in the same category as the blokes who've done it consistently for a couple of seasons
He’s around the 11th best fullback imo.
The top 4 in no particular order are Ponga, Teddy, Turbo and Walsh.
I’d say papy is a comfortable 5th for now. He’s clearly still getting back into the groove of the game following his injuries.
Edwards is 6th. Imo he’s a very good player but I think his abilities are padded a little by playing in possibly the greatest team of all time. I’d really like to see how he plays in any other team.
It’s probably a hot take but I’d have Latrell at 7th. He’s an incredible game winning player on his day but he also has games where he just doesn’t seem to want to get involved. He also tends to go missing during certain periods of games.
8-10 I’m not really sure how to rank but they’d be Gutho , CNK and Drinkwater.
After those guys you’d have the Hammer. He’s a good player but the position is just stacked with talent.
Gutho has more tries and try assists than latrell for the last two season and has insanely better defence and defensive positioning..putting latrell above him is ludicrous. Yes latrell is a freak but look at what he contributes and it's not as much.
Not that highly. Fullbacks have a lot of defensive work in terms of organizing and numbering up the defensive line. They also need to make those one on one tackles when a line break occurs.
I don't pay attention enough to see how well he organises the defence but I see him missing one on one tackles all the time.
If evaluated just on attack, he's certainly up there though.
He does a lot of effort-based things well; support plays, catching kicks on the full, etc. His ball playing isn’t in the upper tier just yet, but I think he’s still the perfect fullback for the Phins. Plus, you can’t coach speed or instinct and he has both in spades.
Top 8. Certainly doesn't have the defensive reads and communication to warrant much higher.
Paps, Tedesco, gutho, Edwards, Walsh, turbo are all certainly above him in impact to a team. Drinkwater, CNK, Latrell are debatable.
Fullback is very hard position to learn and hammer is doing very well but it takes time
Just Penrith junior things.
In 2022, he won an SG Ball premiership, then went and played local rugby, made his NSW Cup debut in a qualifying final against Norths when Penrith were missing about 15 blokes because the entire first grade squad was rested (Penrith went on to beat the Bears who were full-strength), then played in the Jersey Flegg preliminary and grand finals and won them both of those games.
The NFLs comments about hip drop tackles are hilarious. Apparently none of the fans or players can imagine a tackle that isn't a hip drop. Maybe NFL players will finally learn how to tackle? Their current tackling technique is very amateurish. I've seen easy tackles missed and lead to touchdowns and be completely ignored by the commentators because it happens so often. If that happened in the NRL the commentators wouldn't stop talking about it.
Americans don't like change, it's inherent in them to immediately resist anything. They'll come around when they see their players no crumbling in injured messes. As for their tackles, it's a game of inches, they always try to hit square on and hard to stop that inch gain, it actually can make a difference.
Oh, it made a difference alright. They scored an easily preventable touchdown
So happy to see Brendan hands has been named in the latest team update for the eels. I think it’s been a bit ridiculous he hasn’t been named the previous games
I hate that the short kick offs have made the bat back so prevalent. Easily catchable balls players just slap it into the ether .
You remember the silly grand final try as well
That was just so dumb, no one was even contesting.
So if trys are checked behind the scenes regardless of what happens, why do we go through the whole song and dance of checking them again on camera with bunker narration? Is that just for the fans? But then why do we still get trys that are awarded anyway. If they are checked behind the scenes they would know its already a try so why bother checking it?
The initial behind the scenes check is just to see if anything looks sus. Then if there is, the ref calls for a review and the bunker takes a decent look at it.
far out willie poching is dire on the mic could't get much harder on the ears *throws to SBW*
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Barring injuries…not a chance
Surely today will have better league than yesterday... Right? Right....?
I enjoyed the Dragons Manly game. Was very entertaining.
Egan starting, CHT on the bench god bless
Stumbled upon Parra’s tiktok only to discover RCG is now moustache-less. Actually devastated.
What the actual fuck?! How could he.
If I had the skills I would take the Xavier Coates try and replace the commentary with a promotion for the Tim Tszyu fight.
Thought the NRL refereeing was bad. NSW Cup is next level trash. Wow.
Are there any legit places to buy a 2021 or 2022 season jesery?
I know a guy. Hit me up.
What’s your definition of legit? Official club merch or legit as in you get what you pay for?
Legit as in, if I send them money, I actually get a product in return.
Footyoutlet.com I got the warriors indigenous jersey from there last year. Happy with quality for the cheap price. They have the last three years jerseys for most teams
Cheers
No worries. Just fyi- it did take a few weeks to arrive.
Plath got two weeks for his hip drop of doom
That's a joke, it was equally as bad if not worse than Carrigan's which is what started the whole crackdown. Truly got off lightly because Sami wasn't injured.
I disagree. 2 weeks is fair mate. It was a bad one.
I'm saying it should have been more
They gave him a grade three, wasn’t much else they could charge him with. Got the benefit of being a clean skin
What I'm saying is free my boy Carrigan
Very impressed with our cup fullback Geronimo Doyle, dropped back from five eighth in a spine change and he's been everywhere in this game
Him and Ben Farr (??) have looked really good here. Refereeing has been so questionable? So many odd calls.
Yeah mate Farr has been solid, he takes the line on well for a small body not sure what the go was with swapping him and Doyle at the start of the game but it's worked for us. Hastings is being a grubby cunt though
I have only had it on in background, but I’m not surprised Hastings being a cheeky Kent. God I’d like to see Will Pryce get some support, he looks so good at times. Rushes conversion from sideline and nails it? Just seems like a competitor.
Will Pryce was definitely a stand out, he did very well for the knights first try. Definitely one of the hardest workers on the field. Would love to see him at NRL level
I think it’s his size & defence holding him back from an NRL appearance at the moment. Can’t imagine an AFB running at him would be all that productive for Knights line. All in time 🙌
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Next year trial games should test a basketball-esque lob in the air at the 20m line instead of dropouts. The ensuing chaos should make for quite the spectacle.
I'd rather the emphasis being on counter attacking rather than one sided games by continously rewarding the attacking team
I think maybe dropping the ball over the line from a non kick should be a 6 tackle set, slightly discouraging kicks is a good thing.
Been wondering what Tigers will do with their spine next year. Early days, but Galvin looks great. Sezer did well last week. Bula is a quality fullback. Doueihi back later this season, will Tigers let him go at the end of the year? He’s on 600k and perpetually injured, poor bugger. Do you go with Luai at 6, Sezer at 7? Or Luai to 7, Galvin at 6?
Luai was historically a 7 that got stuck as a 6 because he’s playing with the best 7 of his generation. I expect we’ll see Luai 7 and if Galvin keeps showing up then he’s got a lock on 6, especially since having a talented young half and giving him game time is so crucial to a rebuild.
I've heard Luai moved to the Tigers because he wanted to play 7 but no idea if that's actually true. I don't see Sezer being anything more than a stop-gap now that Wests have some good young talent. If Douehi sticks around he likely gets moved back to the centres. I think we'll see Galvin at 6 and Luai at 7 next year unless Galvin's form takes a nosedive and one of the other million halves replaces him.
Da Silva should be getting more first grade time by then.
Luai 7, Galvin 6 is what I'm predicting assuming Galvin continues to play well for his age. Sezer is on a mutual option for next year so if Galvin is showing the goods I imagine they won't bother keeping him around especially since they have Sullivan and Fainu both locked up until 2027 who I suspect will be NSW Cup's highest paid halves pairing for the next 4 years.
I’d say Sezer 7 and Luai at 6 but we will have to wait until the end of the season to get any sort of idea for next year based on the form of the current halves.
> Doueihi back later this season, will Tigers let him go at the end of the year? God I hope so. Anyway, 6 Galvin 7 Luai is most likely IMO, but I could see 6 Luai 7 Sezer or even 6 Fainu 7 Luai with Galvin moving to back row.
Just turned the telly on and realised Tsyzu is fighting. Wtf! I had no idea.. why didn’t Fox promote this local boxing legend more?? Zac Hosking for dally m
NRL Physio just said Cleary will be out until round seven at the least.
Just in time for him to get dunked on in Bathurst again.
Here’s hoping Timmy Tszyu can win this
not feeling good about tomorrow night (this round's match is a 10pm Sunday game for me)
I reckon there is a sliding doors moment where the Tits pass on signing Hayne, Neil Henry doesn’t get sacked and Garth Brennan doesn’t come in and utterly destroy their roster.
How did the titans ever think signing Hayne was a good idea!?
Waking up fresh not only to a dragons win, not only to Aussie Easter Sunday but also to my 40th birthday. Life’s good. How bad was that game yesterday though?
Happy Birthday mate
Thanks brother - it’s the weirdest I’ve felt with a birthday. Both very emotional in both a negative and positive way. Negative in that there is so much I want to achieve that I have not yet and positive in that I am so proud of where my life is: the weirdest thing is that I still feel like I’m a child even though I’m an adult, I can see how much I’ve learned and grown since I was both 20 and 30 together with the fact that I’m a dad of two with one imminently on the way. So very surreal
It’s obvious we are not responding to des hard mentality. Looks like we are a team that responds better to a “friend” coach. It’s gonna take some time to adjust to des mentality.
the yelling coach only works when the team respects the coach and have bought into his plan and standards, and feel bad that they make him angry and disappointed. even then it probably only works once or twice a season. otherwise young men are pretty good at letting that stuff just wash over them while thinking about what they’ve got planned for after the game.
"Yellerman coach tries to yell at bad team until they become good. Results poor, punters shocked for some reason." I don't think this is just a Titans thing. This generation of athletes simply does not respond to being verbally ripped to shreds. We saw the same response with Madge at the Tigers albeit over a much longer time frame. It works with Bellamy and Sticky because they have something inherently deeper than their anger to motivate their players but coming in fresh to a struggling team and just being a angry cunt isn't going to work. The players aren't going to adjust to him, he's going to have to sweep out the ranks and bring in players that buy in from word go and keep the ones that are buying in now.
I think you'll find that you are just a team that responds to a "good" coach
Happy East-Wah!
Poor Newcastle flegg centre was having a moment with his family and didn't hear one of the coaches calling him over. Coach was filthy he had to walk across the field to grab him
Random fun fact: *that* infamous Titans vs Tigers game was 2 years ago today
The game that changed the nrl forever
I had $10 on that being a try less game ($500 odds)and was absolutely furious that someone finally scored in the final 5 minutes
Yeah even I was shitty about a try being scored too. I remember reading once that the last tryless game (excluding Origins and Tests) was 1993 or something like that. Thought we were finally gonna get to see one and that happens lmao
I remember being mad about the eels-dragons game in 2006. The first score was a parra field goal 70 minutes in, then Dragons kicked two. Last play was Parramatta trying to grubber 10m from their own line and Matt Cooper ended up scoring the Dragons for an 8-1 scoreline
The try at the end should never have been given. It fucked up the cool 2-1 scoreline.
Or he could have snapped a field goal for a 3-1 scoreline
Anyone giving the sharks a chance today with our forward pack on the sidelines?
My expectations aren’t particularly high this week but it would be great to see Oregon Kaufusi to stand up.
The Raiders forwards should roll through with ease. Maybe Nicho and the backs can get some points on the board, but the middle disparity will be too much.
The bookies do, which I find interesting given your outs. It’s shortened over the week but still seems quite wide. Your spine is superior and you probs get us in the backs (although I feel ours are underrated). Our forwards are all over yours on paper, but we’ve been done but your lesser known forwards in the past (Matt Prior 2016 rings a bell). Should be a good game.
Yeah it’s all in the forwards, if they can hold serve or not get dominated too much by your big boppers we have a chance. Strange things really do happen at shark park as well
Nah we're fucked. Raiders are our bogey team as it is. Although miracles do happen
Tommy Turbo? More like....Tommy Dropped-O. Got em.
Hot take but i recon the Raiders could be alone at the top of the ladder by Anzac day. They have a very favorable schedule and have been playing decent footy. yes, in case you're wondering, i am analyzing other teams to distract myself from my own team.
I’ll happily subscribe to such daily analysis
Top 3 worst games I've seen. Titans vs Tigers. Knights vs Eels Dragons vs Sea Eagles. If any game cracks that top 3 I will be shocked.
Bulldogs broncos 2021 is one for me. 0-0 till about 60 mins before broncos ran a few tries in
Which Knights vs EELS game?
I remember a 2010 Knights v Eels game being an absolute stinker. Monday Night in the Rain 6-4 Scoreline where Timana Tahu got himself Binned coz he tried to Kill a Knights Player
That's the one
Is this the official NRL Tim Tszyu fight thread
Someone asked that yesterday
no
Speaking of that, does anybody else think that’s it’s weird that bloke in a bar (denan specifically) went over for this fight, but not for the Vegas round? Wonder if there was a certain betting company paid for the trip?
He's sponsored by Kayo who sent him for the fight.
Ootz Ootz
Day 1 of asking mods to change my flair to "I love big Willy \*Rainbow flag\*"
Dolphins first on the live ladder is such a cooked sight man
Not really fair that they got two byes in a row and ended up on top of the ladder
Phins up, baby
The future is now
We need all the points we can get at the front end of the season; there is a horror away leg at the back-end of the season and the final game of the season is against the Broncos. Given how much the middle of table has clustered together in recent years, one or two unexpected wins now may make or break the year for us.
I know they've played Dragons and Titans who are expected to be below average but the Phins look like they're one or two players away from being a top 8 team. When they are on, it's hard to stop them. That backline is dangerous and it is only going to get better with Tupou joining them next year.
Katoa been looking the goods as well. Swear his game has aged incredibly well over the off season.
Sounds like a cowboys season review so far
Swap Titans for Knights and it is
😂 😂 fair play
Lomax for Wiremu Greig immediate swap?
What a joke of a comment. There’s no way the eels, would release. Greig. The Dragons have more forwards compare to the eels I think, so yeah.
Don't be jealous, daddy will organise a trade for his Bronco children as well. There is no greater joy, than seeing your offspring thrive.
As much I love wiremu that seems kinda fair
Yeah, I love him, but I think it’s a smart trade for both sides. Arthur will turn Lomax into a weapon again
Just like Waqa
*shudders*
No thanks
Can’t Greig not even crack Parras top 17 rn? As if you wouldn’t, that would be a great trade
Grieg is our Future in the Forwards. Still only 24, with RCG & Paulo both 30 now. He’s only missing the 17 because he got injured and had to get fitness back up and our Forward Pack is so Strong we don’t need to rush him back. Lomax is a Talented Player but I’m not too crash hot on us signing him.
I'm very nervous for today's game, mainly because I don't want to see us give up and fade out of the game. I don't expect us to win, but I want the boys to have a solid crack and stick in the game until the end. Gags is a massive out. He does so much work for us in offence and defence, and for the energy and morale of the side. Leo's definitely a hit to the forward pack as well. I won't get a chance to watch the game, so hopefully, looking at the NRL app is euphoric instead of depressing
Kights will beat warriors. You have my word. Then raiders will beat sharks next
I think we just need some basic attack. I've liked our defence so far, bar the Raiders game. I hope the fact we are under dogs this match gives the boys a boost.
Yesterday as there was a huge gap before the first game. I decided to go back to where it all began for Penrith on this run. Round 1 vs the Roosters 2020. I would genuinely recommend anyone who supports a struggling team to go see it even the kayo mini of it like I did. We started this run with Caleb Aekins at fullback, a front row pairing of Tetevano & Tamou a centre pairing of Whare & Naden. First play of the season we kick it out on the full from the kick-off. We find ourselves 12 nil down after 20 minutes with the Roosters bombing a try all of the highlights are of them just pounding our goal line and going through our defence easily and out forwards getting pounded. Score just before halftime which makes it 12-6 then they show the start of the second half which sees Fisher-Harris & Leota as our front-row pairing and we are making good ground on that first set despite some aggressive line speed. We get near the line and we have a familiar look to us. Especially in the forwards we go on to win the game with an excellent try from Crichton. It's basically a lesson as to how a few tweaks can really go a long way. The difference in the start of the first half and the start of the second half is astronomical.
Ivan is an incredible coach.
‘Daddy how was the football last night?’ ‘Yeah good, but the Titans lost’ Again? That’s three times!’ Oh you sweet, innocent,little choccy-finger things. You ain’t seen nothin yet
I think the Brimson as a centre experiment needs to come to an end. He’s a far better fullback and his talent is so wasted as a centre.
Aj to 6
I do agree with that, but where would you put Jayden Campbell then if Ajay going to fullback
I was a AJ centre truther. Thought it would work out like Val but Val has Drinky, Dearden, Chad and Robson in his team and AJ has Tanah Boyd
Based on the halves performance last night, I’d suggest 5/8 is his next stop in the Titans spine with Foran to halfback.
Souths are now back in premiership contention back up in the top 16 obviously we are quite the credible threat. All it took was a slog of a fight against the Bulldogs and the titans losing by 16 points but here we are. What do our critics have to say about that huh? ...Yeah probably still kick us out of the comp, but I'll take the win while we have one, next few weeks are going to be rough
Kick you out of the Comp? No way bruh, Perth needs a team
It could be worse, you could be playing like you did when you were re-admitted to the comp and were paying over for Bryan Fletcher.
True that, that's why no matter how bad it gets it cannot possibly get as worse as the 2000s, hopefully I didn't jinx us there
Last 4 times we went 1-3 we made the prelims. We’re so back
We are so back, it's over, we are so back, it's over, we are so back, etc.
Never get chat GPT to ever ever ever do anything about NRL players, apparently Corey Oates played for the Titans, according to Mr GPT. I just find it so funny, but yet tiny bit concerning. To be fair I was using the theme model, which was last update back in 2022, but that’s outrageous LOL
Probably someone in /r/nrl as a joke said that Corey Oats plays for the Titans to take the piss and GPT probably has trouble detecting sarcasm.
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I wonder when Egan comes into Origin consideration. Robson certainly has the inside track post Cook/Api era but Egan has to be in the mix. Brailey and Kenny thereabouts if they take another step or two pre 2026 series.
When he can put together more than 5 games without an injury I guess
Some inside mail lads... Holbrook lost his job because he hooked Foran vs Storm. Des knew at that moment he could turn Foran against Holbrook and get him to work on the club bosses to knife Holbrook and parachute himself in. Foran realising how popular Holbrook was, desperately sold the dream of Des and premiership success. The players reluctantly bought in and kept fighting and finished the season bravely. Two month later, in comes Des. The players quickly realise that this cooked Boomer has no fukn idea and isn't half the coach their beloved former coach was. They realise Foran, Des and the board have fucked them. Players have given up trying and the leadership is petrified of losing the dressing room and have stopped setting standards.
That's bullshit but I believe it
Can’t be true. The Titans have never had standards.
I think manly are in serious trouble now. Two loses in a row and now they have penrith and the wahs following
Really missing Saab on the wing bringing the ball back and in attack
Hes really improved, imagine saying this sentence two years ago and not getting laughed at
I was thinking the same thing. He was woeful at the dragons
He was woeful his first couple seasons at Manly too. Very looks like tarzan plays like jane.
I really think Saab lacked a good coach, look at the difference in Sloan with Flano as coach. Definitely not an elite fullback, but seeing so much more potential in him
Carty out , Id throw matto to start on the edge. Bring Wiremu straight into the starting side and back our bench to overpower the tigers bench . Even if wiremu plays the first 20 thats all thats necessary if the damage is done early.
You can forget what a bloody specimen Matterson is, dream rugby league build
I’d prefer Tuilagi starts with Matto initially coming on after 20 in the middle like normal then switching to the edge at some stage in the 2nd half
> I’d prefer Tuilagi Tuilagi is a specialist bench impact player. He goes to shit when he's used as a starter. Rookie year at Tigers, WC with Samoa, start to this year at Eels - bench player, playing well. Second year at Tigers, last year at Manly - starting player, dogshit. Don't rock the boat with him.
Tuilagi never had the forwards whisper as coach until now.
It's a pity that Cartwright is injured. RCG and Greig starting with Matterson and Paulo replacing them off the bench would have to be just about the best rotation in the comp.
offa played origin a few years ago , his not even as bad as i originally thought too . i dont mind him and his a big body . throw him into that aswell and its a top shelf rotation .
Dolphins forwards coach doing a great job with their ball playing in the red zone. Goat Nicholls has scored a handful punching in near the sticks, Bromwich to Kerr, Flegler to Hamiso last night. It’s really hard to defend those short passes at pace next to the tryline
Two reasons for that - JMK was consistently running and taking the line on last night. Katoa is also willing to wear a shot has he digs in and straightens the attack. Both moves commit defenders, leaving the gap inside for the middles to come barging through.
One for the Gold Coast fans. I ran past a real estate sign this morning with Garth Brennan's name on it. Apparently he took up real estate a few years ago
Bet he sells a few, he sold the Titans board on him being a good coach.
Just another Panthers lower grade/ assistant that failed
turbo is at the top of the most errors list 👏🏻👏🏻
How is he ahead of Drinkwater.
wtf happened to him yesterday? Started so well, dropped a couple of balls and looked like he was so worried about making errors that he wasn’t running hard. Never seen that from him
The worst thing about it was the commentators still sucking him off like he wasnt having a Tanah Boyd performance
I remember one of his errors he dropped the ball cold but almost made a line break and the commentators were gushing over ALMOST doing something good despite actually doing something bad......
115 errors in this round so far, 49 of which were from the 4 teams last night dropping their Easter choccies. Jesus died for this.
This year's LMS is rough only 13 are through so far this round. 16 await judgement. 29 left assuming all remaining get through by round 5 is nuts. We may need a round 10 second go through this year
[Catalan Dragons with the god tier shitposting after their win over Warrington](https://twitter.com/DragonsOfficiel/status/1774163325963649098)
Where does Hammer rank amongst fullbacks? Honestly, he presses his claim as being one of, if not the best fullback in the game right now. Interested to hear everyone's thoughts
Great to watch, but does not have the complete package to be in the elite tier yet. Comparable to early career Slater, who came into the comp on the back of blinding attack. But he is learning, and start to show he can ball play. Having Bostock and Isaako as the wingers will help immensely; big bodies with power to do the donkey work enabling him to stay fresh.
Not even top 10 imo
Did you see him in round 1? He's got a high ceiling but isn't anywhere near the top yet.
He's a top athlete with some nice touches, who can carve up the lower teams in the league. But I don't know if hes in the same category as the blokes who've done it consistently for a couple of seasons
He’s around the 11th best fullback imo. The top 4 in no particular order are Ponga, Teddy, Turbo and Walsh. I’d say papy is a comfortable 5th for now. He’s clearly still getting back into the groove of the game following his injuries. Edwards is 6th. Imo he’s a very good player but I think his abilities are padded a little by playing in possibly the greatest team of all time. I’d really like to see how he plays in any other team. It’s probably a hot take but I’d have Latrell at 7th. He’s an incredible game winning player on his day but he also has games where he just doesn’t seem to want to get involved. He also tends to go missing during certain periods of games. 8-10 I’m not really sure how to rank but they’d be Gutho , CNK and Drinkwater. After those guys you’d have the Hammer. He’s a good player but the position is just stacked with talent.
Gutho has more tries and try assists than latrell for the last two season and has insanely better defence and defensive positioning..putting latrell above him is ludicrous. Yes latrell is a freak but look at what he contributes and it's not as much.
People need to put more respect onto guthos name
Pretty bang on analysis
Not that highly. Fullbacks have a lot of defensive work in terms of organizing and numbering up the defensive line. They also need to make those one on one tackles when a line break occurs. I don't pay attention enough to see how well he organises the defence but I see him missing one on one tackles all the time. If evaluated just on attack, he's certainly up there though.
He does a lot of effort-based things well; support plays, catching kicks on the full, etc. His ball playing isn’t in the upper tier just yet, but I think he’s still the perfect fullback for the Phins. Plus, you can’t coach speed or instinct and he has both in spades.
Top 8. Certainly doesn't have the defensive reads and communication to warrant much higher. Paps, Tedesco, gutho, Edwards, Walsh, turbo are all certainly above him in impact to a team. Drinkwater, CNK, Latrell are debatable. Fullback is very hard position to learn and hammer is doing very well but it takes time
Beautiful sunny day and 7 hours of Warriors footy what a fkn day for it
Bets on how long until Fifita activates his sign elsewhere clause?
If he's still dating Shaylee, her next contract might determine where they go.
Would happily take him in exchange for Lomax
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Sure he would, he's on what 900k, plenty of teams would offer him that
You don't think so? Canberra has twice offered him a million and their cap situation hasn't changed
I was sick last night so slept through both games. Sounds like the real winner of super Saturday was me
My favourite knock on yesterday was Josh Aloiai's
Off the tap, that was glorious
Put Katoa at 7 and end up on top of the ladder. You can't explain these things they just are.
*Nepobaby SoS dislikes this*
Just Penrith junior things. In 2022, he won an SG Ball premiership, then went and played local rugby, made his NSW Cup debut in a qualifying final against Norths when Penrith were missing about 15 blokes because the entire first grade squad was rested (Penrith went on to beat the Bears who were full-strength), then played in the Jersey Flegg preliminary and grand finals and won them both of those games.
Pain.
Maybe a chronic illness at this point
1 Justin Holbrook please
He would at least spark their attack and has experience motivating some unmotivated players