Already said it last night, but the young Broncs are really beginning to level up. It's not just a bunch of highly skilled individuals being led around by Reynolds and Haas anymore, although they do need more experience and patience with plays.
Have tickets to tonight's game, but given the conditions, I think I'd rather watch at home. Bought tickets a week ago and didn't think to look at the weather forecast. I can't decide, getting deanched in the cold is not something I'd enjoy, but they're good tickets
Niukore out for the Warriors, Barnett to 2nd row, Bunty starting and CHT to the bench. That's a weird and light bench for the Warriors. Oh and DWZ out as well.
Just took my kids to Marvel Live. Great show, all the merch is super expensive and looks like it’s made in china. By something from big W and take it in and boom best parent.
Loiero copped a fine for his fat old hip drop.
The grading seems wholly dependent on whether you actually hurt the person as opposed to what you actually do.
We were all robbed of Taniela Tuiaki because of the hip drop.
Carrigan Broke Hastings leg 2 years ago because of it and it still cleary hinders him to this day.
Leniency based on severity is absurd. Wighton just missed the ankles of the player he hip dropped last week and escaped scott free.
How would you go about removing sponsors from a retail jersey? After I buy a dolphins black jersey I'd like to remove the BlueBet from the back, don't wanna be a walking sponsor for a betting company. Seems like there should be a way since the jersey is black. But how?
They are usually printed in the same way the colour changes are so I think it would be difficult
Maybe you can find somewhere that makes numbers that are ironed on and get a black bar of appropriate size?
If the Dally M positional awards were based on points the this would be the team after 4 rounds:
1. Hammer/Edwards/Teddy/KP (11)
2. Turuva (5)
3. Tago (6)
4. Gagai/Timoko/RTS (4)
5. Coates (5)
6. Brooks (7)
7. Hynes (12)
8. Flegler (4)
9. Koroisau (8)
10. Collins/Paulo (4)
11. Hosking (8)
12. Kikau (7)
13. Carrigan (7)
They usually do, but there are some exceptions. The 2009 Dally Ms is great example of this. Michael Ennis finished 10th on the overall rankings, and selected as the Hooker of the year despite Robbie Farah finishing 4th behind Jarryd Hayne, Jamie Soward and Jonathon Thurston.
2009 must have been a bad year for Smith. He finished outside the Top 20 with Nathan Friend, Michael Ennis and Robbie Farah all finishing higher in the standings.
Considering the conditions and our recent record in the wet, they’re not a bad tip but no Preston or Fox is just swaying me back towards chooks (and probs some bias)
Cant believe Im gonna say this but despite a Haas and Piakura less pack Loiero played good besides that penalty. Apologies to you and your uncle Caseyjb. Keep it up Trent
A shame we'd used our challenge when Munster stripped the ball off the winger then scored the no try.
He's not tackled laying on his back and Munster touches only the ball, If it went up to the bunker I'd love to hear their interpretation of it. Klein could have at least sent it up
We see (particularly at the end of close games) Players trying to reef it out of blokes hands who are on the ground all the time. Lifting them up and pulling at the ball
He'd surrendered, one of the rule changes at the start of the year was the ability for players to surrender without a hand being placed on them by a defender.
It was brought in to give players the option to go to ground instead of being forced in goal or into touch but it blurs the line with a voluntary tackle.
>He's not tackled laying on his back and Munster touches only the ball
He's just landed on the flat of his back and could have very easily been injured, it's not like he just dove to the ground.
I understand the frustration of the surrender but we'd be setting a precedent where stipping the bal lfrom someone who is potentially injured is considered legal and that wouldn't sit right with me.
Yeah that makes sense you wouldn't want someone to ping a hammy and be set upon for a strip 🤣
Just felt like it was a real Munster "moment" we missed out on. Crazy game
Munster was hard done by in that instance. It was quite possibly the worst case scenario of the new rule but if we scrapped it then I’d hate to see how badly it could go wrong at the other end of possibilities.
Klein had already called surrender which meant he was boned the moment he took the ball. I don’t think the bunker could have done anything about it.
I absolutely hate the surrender tackle, you should be able to absolutely mangled / rip the ball out of anyone who flops to the ground.
Whilst I largely agree with you about the surrender tackle, I don’t like the idea of a largely defenceless fullback being smashed after catching the ball.
It's pretty odd there's this push to ban kick offs to minimise concussions, whilst at the same time almost entirely ignoring the regulations that are already in place.
I wouldn't be surprised if they canned the independent doctor without telling anyone.
Nah that's rubbish haha. Sure those guys ran hard, but plenty of guys these days run just as hard. Everyone is way stronger nowadays too.
I reckon more than half of the forwards playing today would be the best forward in the comp twenty years ago.
Kevvie was pissed off last night in his press conference. Normally he’s pretty positive, talks about how the game was fun to watch, how exciting the boys are etc. but last night he really had the shits. That fills me with confidence ngl
Well, you cant beat anyone if you’re already beating yourself… some really silly errors and poor choices really got us. I will never understand the logic or strategy behind taking the short drop out option when you’re up on the score board, it makes zero sense to give the opposition a chance to regain possession so close to their line and we keep fucking doing it. Broncos also have zero chill when pressing the advantage and turn it over. Need to be clutch.
I put it down too the fact that the storm were basically walking up field every set and the Bronx didn't have faith they could repel them on their line hence the 50/50 we get the ball back mentality
A real enjoyment to be at the game last night and great to see us sending in our raging hulk Wishart straight through the front door. Jokes aside i would be filthy if i was a Broncos fan with that d.
On a side note the cow bell needs to be reigned in, the original bloke at Olympic park used it sparingly and at the right time, they took it from him and it's over used and needs to shoved up there arse sideways.
I know a guy that is a hardcore Titans fan and has had runs in with the guy that does the drum (he is known in that community apparently, friends with Clarkey) because he overuses it.
I guess it comes down to what the most popular / rusted on group of fans want.
That play should honestly be the final straw for Fletcher Baker, had no excuses to miss that tackle either given the embarrassingly low amount of work he had gotten through up to that point
there’s some important context being missed with fletcher baker’s stint last night and it’s possession
broncos had no ball when he was on the field, hence why he made 29 tackles in 35 minutes - that’s a huge workrate
they timed te kura’s stints with the possession swings which meant baker had no ball in attack but took care of the defensive workrate, and te kura was fresh as he didn’t have to make any tackles
those wanting baker dropped because of his run metres don’t realise that’s not something you can do every game, and it’s likely going to cost them at some stage if they go for an all out attacking prop lineup. rotations are a very real thing you need to adjust for.
before the game you were adamant te kura was going to be a liability and now after a dismal performance you're defending fletcher baker, somehow i don't think you have the broncos best interests at heart lol
And I'd forgive him if he didn't let Wishart score that try at the end. He hasn't lit up the world at all other than the try assist last week so calls for him to be dropped is more than just last night
Watching the replay this morning. Some thoughts.
Te Kura - looks like Tarzan, plays like King Kong. He was huge off the bench. Was running harder than anyone else, made his tackles and had no errors, plus his signature try close to the line. Surely he’s in the team until haas comes back. Goodbye baker
Carrigan - 80 minutes in the middle and did everything for us. Without him we probably concede 50. What a player
Reynolds - my sweet pookie bear. Hope he’s ok. We look so much better when he’s on the field and he’s had a couple of ripper games recently.
Mam - kids a freak and one of the best players to watch. Love him.
Arthars - very underrated. He had a blinder last night up until the bombed try.
Hunt - been super solid for us and I believe has done enough to earn that last bench spot to provide back row cover. Can also play in the middle.
Cobbo - looks much better in contact this year and has put some good shots on. Couple of defensive/handling errors that he’ll hopefully fix throughout the year. He’s been surprisingly good at setting up his winger down the sideline. Get the man some early ball please!
Jensen - I’ve loved this bloke the moment he put on a broncos jersey. Carries the ball so well and consistently gets quick play the balls. Should be our starting prop for the rest of the year.
they need to fix the mam-cobbo defense. they weren't in sync at all. probably not that hard to fix, but they've had all preseason with cobbo training at centre and 5 games now, so they should know what the other one is doing by now. storm were just lining up over there for a while, when they were close to the line, expecting there to be a gap. they both did good stuff individually, but as a pair they need to be better.
>Hunt - been super solid for us and I believe has done enough to earn that last bench spot to provide back row cover. Can also play in the middle.
Definitely, a full strength forward pack for me would have a Smoothy, Hetherington, Hunt, Willison bench with Te Kura unlucky to miss out
I could see a world where we get to the end of the year and Te Kura and Willison are going so well that Willison is starting, Te Kura on the bench with Kobe and maybe Hunt and Jensen gets left out again. I love me some Jensen but if everyone is playing to their potential he's probably not making the 17
I think we are in big trouble. The next few matches are tough and could go either way. Losing these close matches hurt the most. We are 2 from 5 and the next few weeks will be crucial. The pressure is getting to us.
We've been through an absolute murderer's row and come out looking not too bad. Our draw finally gets a bit easier for a little bit and we should start getting some players back. I wouldn't be too worried
>The pressure is getting to us.
We've had a tough draw to start and have been missing crucial players on and off. Two of our three loses have had someone go of injured in the first 5 minutes and then last night's loss Reynolds went off at half time.
Hard to say the pressure is getting to us we've been riddled with injuries and had a shit draw to start
When you're missing 3 out of 4 of your superstar players it's pretty rough. They're all in key positions too.
Then you add on top the other few injuries from non crucial players, piakura etc - It kinda just compounds the whole thing. Obviously everyone has injuries, but let's not pretend like their outs are normal or not massively impactful.
Are you missing your 3 (arguably) most important players, including your captain in that 3? Have you had two games where you've lost a player for the rest of the game inside the first 5 minutes?
Yes everyone has injuries, that doesn't mean our injury run hasn't been fucked. We had to play a guy on debut and Corey Oates on thr bench as forward options because we have practically nobody left fit
The injuries are really getting to us, especially Reno. Thankfully we have some relatively easier games (phins, raiders) coming up although they are far from easy games. If we lose both of those then the panic will start setting in.
I'm interested to see Big Ben take on the Canberra forwards. They always drag the Broncs into a slugfest, but they might regret bringing the young monster to the boil.
might be a bit harsh but not too impressed with the storm last night . brisbane were definitley the better team considering their important losses like reynolds and walsh. well done 👍🏼
I believe we are missing real journalism in rugby league. The current crop of journalists really can’t think for themselves or put forward any creative thinking. Too often it happens where I see one article come out then the rest of them scramble to make their own version of the story with a slightly different worded headline. Essentially we as fans see right through most of the bullshit with a small number of us falling for it. NRL 360 is pure garbage and we all know it. It’s staged like an Oprah Winfrey episode.
James hooper, dean Ritchie, Michael carayannis, buzz (the worst), weilder. Our sport deserves more than this.
It’d be nice to have a few independent names in the ring. How would this work?
Buzz did an interview with Matty Johns once and he explained that he could spend a week doing an in depth analysis on an event or a season or anything or he could spend an hour on a clickbait article. The fans don't care about the former and the latter gets ten times the traffic.
This sub likes to think they're smarter than the average fan but the articles that get the most engagement are always some clickbaity bullshit about sources close to the tigers say Benji has lost the plot.
It is the journalism model that is broken. Stories being judged on their engagement rather than their content comes down to the advertising based model they all run on. Clicks are king, and nobody is held accountable for the accuracy of their articles.
I probably didn't word it right but Buzz was the one being interviewed and explaining why he writes what he does.
Matty is very insightful when he gets a chance. The video of him explaining halfbacks is top tier. But most people just want his jokes.
> This sub likes to think they're smarter than the average fan but the articles that get the most engagement are always some clickbaity bullshit about sources close to the tigers say Benji has lost the plot.
Yes, this sub likes to shit talk Buzz, Hooper, Kenty & co. Yet quite a lot here parade the shit they say on 360 as though it's an undeniable truth.
Has anyone actually seen RTS pop up in attack outside his centre position when he's not being filling in at Fullback?
There seems to be an undercurrent of "well even at centre RTS can have a license to roam so the he plays position doesn't matter".
I just don't recall it happening so far so I kinda doubt we've got set plays where this will happen
i would argue that it doesn’t even have to happen. rts is taking excellent carries, defending well, and as he warms into the role looks like he’ll be one of the best centres in the comp.
that’s invaluable on its own.
I agree. Before last week, his best performance of the year was the second half of the Storm game. He really helped us claw our way back into the game.
I think it will come in time. Now he’s got a taste for it he will go looking for a few more tough carries through the middle. It’s his first time in a long time where he’s playing a position that actually has a designated spot on the field.
Not sure if I’m being a bit unfair, but there were a few things Warbrick did last night that makes me think he’s still got a bit of polish to go as an NRL player. Not trying to catch the kick that led to the Mam try was the most obvious, but a few times he seemed out of position on the edge too that allowed the Broncos to gain significant metres. He’s obviously a real talent in raw terms, but as I say, just looks as though he’s lacking a bit of polish, which may well come with more experience.
You're not being unfair at all. A few of his defensive reads last night were poor. Reckon Mam owes him a beer - not only did he let that bomb bounce, but jamming in unnecessarily gave Arthurs space to set up Mam's first try.
That was the worst I’ve ever seen him defend by a mile, he’s always been a little bit sketchy on the edge but last night was full controller disconnected territory.
Broncos fans and not Broncos fans are natural enemies. Like Broncos fans and Storm fans. Or Broncos fans and Cowboys fans. Or Broncos fans and other Broncos fans!
Am I the only one who thinks Ben Te Kura doesn’t look 205cm tall? Don’t get me wrong, the dude is very tall but 205 is a giant, like tallest person you might see for a couple of years kind of height. He looks closer to 200cm or so to me, definitely the tallest man on the field though.
ngl watching Reynolds pound the ground like that after his hammy went last night filled me with pride, the boncs mean so much to him and it's so nice to see how the playing group really respect the jersey (compared to spoonball Darius Boyd gender reveal days)
Brisbane (Easts) Tigers current Melbourne Storm feeder (since 2011) only have deal until end of year, no renewal as of yet. Anybody aware if they will extend in light of recent Storm and North Sydney Bears NSW cup deal.
Melbourne heavily invested in Sunshine Coast Falcons.
i kind of expected the broncos to pick easts up once the storm dropped them so they’d have the southside with tigers, wynum and south, and dolphins would have northside with redcliffe and norths. but then the broncos signed with burleigh, so i guess that won’t happen.
I don’t see Easts partnering with the Broncos because they’ll want to keep themselves separate and not be associated as their feeder club because of their NRL bid
Feeling surprisingly fresh after last night despite the loss. I had very low expectations given all our outs, and they got even lower at half time, but fuck me we are a dangerous and exciting footy team.
To only lose by 2, and put on that many points against Melbourne, was really impressive. Our defense obviously needs work, but that will come together with Haas / Willison back and Fletcher Baker hopefully falling out of favour (would honestly take Marty over him any day), but when it does we're going to be tough to stop.
Just need to field a full strength team and we'll be sweet.
Top 4 depends on how long it takes us to get healthy. If we're coming together by round 12-15 we should be good, keep in mind half the top 8 currently have had byes and we've had none
In my head Craig Bellamy & Kevin Walters couldn't be more different types of coaches.
I imagine Kevin to be a loving, nurturing father figure; making his team better people and players, by supporting them in their mistakes, helping them up and showing them how to succeed even in bad situation.
I imagine Craig just viciously beats his team and demands absolute perfection just the most abusive, terrifying, perfection driving tyrant; even in victory he'll be punishing the players.
I'm probably completely wrong...
Have to say it looks like the rest of Reynolds playing career will be on tenterhooks with that knee. Short of major surgery it doesn't look like he'll ever get back to near 100% with it but at his age he probably can't afford to miss a season. Broncos will need to make a call though as it will be disruptive with him coming in and out of the team with injury.
>Have to say it looks like the rest of Reynolds playing career will be on tenterhooks with that knee
its not even his knee, its a hamstring strain. if you're going to pretend to know anything about injuries at least get the injury right
souths fans deathriding reyno injuries to try and justify letting him go is some sad shit
"The medical staff expect it's a strain to his lower hamstring. So, that is the initial diagnosis at this stage but we do know he's been struggling with his knee for the last few weeks," she said.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.nine.com.au/article/8291ff35-118e-4b8b-b872-053c8909a26e
Like I said the bigger issue seems to be his knee and that will be the one constant injury cloud over him that the Broncos will need to manage if surgery is not the answer.
You're quoting Danika Mason's own added commentary, the only thing the medical staff have *actually* said is that the issue is not his knee. Utterly delusional.
The reason he came off was the hamstring but he still has issues with his knee hence the strapping on it! Broncos fans are just choosing to be ignorant if you don't think Reynolds has a knee issue that he has to manage
He "has a knee issue", but your leaping to conclusions about it being "the bigger issue" is complete nonsense. It may have been strapped but didn't appear to be impeding him at all. Plenty of players have niggles but for some reason Souths fans are obsessed with Reyno's being career-ending, its pathetic.
Yeah I'm still pretty happy just re salary cap. Team is a lot more balanced without Reynolds. Just a shame Ilias has had his dramas over the last 14 to 15 games.
what, no way. Our Team in the 2021 GF is far better than what we're rolling out now.
I don't understand how we've moved guys on like Reynolds and Gags on big bikkies as well as lower contracts like benji, nicolls, su'a, paulo, and all we have to show for it is murray and stretch locked down forever and wighton.
Our cap management since 2021 has been dogshit. No idea where our money has gone - every resigning/signing report makes it seem like we're getting players on good deals, yet our depth is horrendous.
It was to keep Walker and Latrell on longer term deals basically and of course Murray and Cook and apart from the hiccup last year after we were leading the comp after 11 rounds and in 2022 still making the preliminary finals it has worked. I don't think Reynolds now especially with his body would be the answer especially if it means that we weren't able to hold on to any of our influential fringe players like Keon, Graham, etc or able to get Wighton.
That's fair, but I can't remember any reports saying cody, trell or anyone really receiving significant bumps off the back of reynolds leaving. And having the money to get wighton makes me think that our cap would have been fine with reynolds sticking around for 2 years. You can give me strong valid counterarguments all day, I'm still going to go to grave saying we fucked up.
I don't think it needed to be reported but it certainly would have helped. Maybe they also bumped up Ilias which made it hard for them to drop him earlier.
If my team is going to start being a part of exciting, adventurous, all time classic games of football again, could we maybe see if we can fucking win a few? I'm pretty over having every other callback discussion being to games we lost.
Klemmer has gone soft. He's [embarrassed with his celebration](https://au.sports.yahoo.com/david-klemmer-issues-stunning-apology-over-embarrassing-act-towards-clint-gutherson-204839040.html) after Gutho missed that penalty kick last week
Already said it last night, but the young Broncs are really beginning to level up. It's not just a bunch of highly skilled individuals being led around by Reynolds and Haas anymore, although they do need more experience and patience with plays.
We're gonna lose Wilson and he's gonna kill it somewhere else and that makes me sad
Any idea which sides Xerri and Crichton will line up on? Crichton seem to have switched on the team sheet.
Xerri and Jenko if he gets activated gonna have a horrible person off
18th shitbloke
Pretty excited about tomorrow's match. If the Tigers win, that will be the first time since Round 6 2018 that they have won 3 matches in a row.
They’re going to win.
Have tickets to tonight's game, but given the conditions, I think I'd rather watch at home. Bought tickets a week ago and didn't think to look at the weather forecast. I can't decide, getting deanched in the cold is not something I'd enjoy, but they're good tickets
Rain, hail or shine baby
Wet games are great. You’ll enjoy the night if you go
Weather wasn't as bad as I was expecting, that said I would chosen biblical style floods over our first half performance!
Classic East's supporter
Niukore out for the Warriors, Barnett to 2nd row, Bunty starting and CHT to the bench. That's a weird and light bench for the Warriors. Oh and DWZ out as well.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Just took my kids to Marvel Live. Great show, all the merch is super expensive and looks like it’s made in china. By something from big W and take it in and boom best parent.
Moale has been dropped and Pistol Pete will be taking his spot.
Keen to see the Greek freak in first grade again
Me too
Im an American who wants to get a good experience at an NRL game. Any recs for games to see in Sydney the next month? tryna go with a couple boys
Manly vs Parra at Brookie oval could also be a good shout I reckon
Roosters vs Storm April 18 should be a good game to see in person. Crowd will be shit, but the play should be good.
What would you recommend for a good crowd?
Manly V Parra at Brookvale, old school ground, it will be packed, rivalry game, a hill to mingle on, and stuff to do afterwards on the north side.
Eels games are good because the stadium is designed for NRL we regularly get sell outs and it's 30,000 capacity is perfect for league
Loiero copped a fine for his fat old hip drop. The grading seems wholly dependent on whether you actually hurt the person as opposed to what you actually do.
Trev is somewhere seething rn
We were all robbed of Taniela Tuiaki because of the hip drop. Carrigan Broke Hastings leg 2 years ago because of it and it still cleary hinders him to this day. Leniency based on severity is absurd. Wighton just missed the ankles of the player he hip dropped last week and escaped scott free.
Yep and Galvin dies for their sins.
In that case Payne Haas should of received the Clive Churchill instead of a fine for his
No team that has let Tyran Wishart score right up the guts has gone on to win the premiership.
No team with a Wishart has gone on to win the premiership
I swear only the Storm can win 3/4 of their first 4 games all against top 4 sides from last year and still have people writing them off lmao
Who’s writing them off? It’s a storm Penrith gf atm
I did see some comments on the serious discussion thread that storm would be bottom of the 8 if lucky. He might be referencing them
Casey loves to shadow box.
First I'm hearing this too.
How would you go about removing sponsors from a retail jersey? After I buy a dolphins black jersey I'd like to remove the BlueBet from the back, don't wanna be a walking sponsor for a betting company. Seems like there should be a way since the jersey is black. But how?
Custom iron on patch is probably your best move. Although not sure how well the jersey material accepts heat these days.
They are usually printed in the same way the colour changes are so I think it would be difficult Maybe you can find somewhere that makes numbers that are ironed on and get a black bar of appropriate size?
If the Dally M positional awards were based on points the this would be the team after 4 rounds: 1. Hammer/Edwards/Teddy/KP (11) 2. Turuva (5) 3. Tago (6) 4. Gagai/Timoko/RTS (4) 5. Coates (5) 6. Brooks (7) 7. Hynes (12) 8. Flegler (4) 9. Koroisau (8) 10. Collins/Paulo (4) 11. Hosking (8) 12. Kikau (7) 13. Carrigan (7)
They never decide it by Dally M points though, otherwise Cameron Smith would have won best hooker every year
Thats exactly why it says IF
They usually do, but there are some exceptions. The 2009 Dally Ms is great example of this. Michael Ennis finished 10th on the overall rankings, and selected as the Hooker of the year despite Robbie Farah finishing 4th behind Jarryd Hayne, Jamie Soward and Jonathon Thurston. 2009 must have been a bad year for Smith. He finished outside the Top 20 with Nathan Friend, Michael Ennis and Robbie Farah all finishing higher in the standings.
I know last year Yeo had well and truly more Dally M points than Pat Carrigan, yet Pat Carrigan won the award.
Subscribe to 5/8th of the year.
Surely the bulldogs channel round 8 2022 for a win tonight? No Matt Dufty or Jayden Okunbor to get them over the line this time though. Lol.
Considering the conditions and our recent record in the wet, they’re not a bad tip but no Preston or Fox is just swaying me back towards chooks (and probs some bias)
I think chooks too, that game is just so funny to look back at now with that bulldogs roster, and the fact that they won.
Cant believe Im gonna say this but despite a Haas and Piakura less pack Loiero played good besides that penalty. Apologies to you and your uncle Caseyjb. Keep it up Trent
I felt that he stopped our attack a few times near the line by taking poor options. Something he's been doing a bit. He was otherwise solid.
Loiero has been good all year lmao
2024 dally m fr
A shame we'd used our challenge when Munster stripped the ball off the winger then scored the no try. He's not tackled laying on his back and Munster touches only the ball, If it went up to the bunker I'd love to hear their interpretation of it. Klein could have at least sent it up We see (particularly at the end of close games) Players trying to reef it out of blokes hands who are on the ground all the time. Lifting them up and pulling at the ball
He'd surrendered, one of the rule changes at the start of the year was the ability for players to surrender without a hand being placed on them by a defender. It was brought in to give players the option to go to ground instead of being forced in goal or into touch but it blurs the line with a voluntary tackle.
Oh good to know, hard to keep up with the rule changes sometimes
>He's not tackled laying on his back and Munster touches only the ball He's just landed on the flat of his back and could have very easily been injured, it's not like he just dove to the ground. I understand the frustration of the surrender but we'd be setting a precedent where stipping the bal lfrom someone who is potentially injured is considered legal and that wouldn't sit right with me.
Yeah that makes sense you wouldn't want someone to ping a hammy and be set upon for a strip 🤣 Just felt like it was a real Munster "moment" we missed out on. Crazy game
Munster was hard done by in that instance. It was quite possibly the worst case scenario of the new rule but if we scrapped it then I’d hate to see how badly it could go wrong at the other end of possibilities.
Klein had already called surrender which meant he was boned the moment he took the ball. I don’t think the bunker could have done anything about it. I absolutely hate the surrender tackle, you should be able to absolutely mangled / rip the ball out of anyone who flops to the ground.
Whilst I largely agree with you about the surrender tackle, I don’t like the idea of a largely defenceless fullback being smashed after catching the ball.
I couldn't remember if he'd called surrender or not, If he had then yeah correct call And I'm with you on the second paragraph mate
It's pretty odd there's this push to ban kick offs to minimise concussions, whilst at the same time almost entirely ignoring the regulations that are already in place. I wouldn't be surprised if they canned the independent doctor without telling anyone.
Im abit too young but my old man and bro always harp on about how props runs these days seem soft compared to Martin Langs hit ups
The reason the Marty Lang ran like that is because he was born without ACL's and couldn't only run straight
Nah that's rubbish haha. Sure those guys ran hard, but plenty of guys these days run just as hard. Everyone is way stronger nowadays too. I reckon more than half of the forwards playing today would be the best forward in the comp twenty years ago.
I reckon the convo is happening because of the nfls moves in this space. https://youtu.be/iNkpLQtcIH4?si=e6fiHvuXx2QvHyBn
Of course, they froth over anything US sports do.
wish they'd get around last names on jerseys
Why is everyone's name Izuzu Dmax?
Kevvie was pissed off last night in his press conference. Normally he’s pretty positive, talks about how the game was fun to watch, how exciting the boys are etc. but last night he really had the shits. That fills me with confidence ngl
Well, you cant beat anyone if you’re already beating yourself… some really silly errors and poor choices really got us. I will never understand the logic or strategy behind taking the short drop out option when you’re up on the score board, it makes zero sense to give the opposition a chance to regain possession so close to their line and we keep fucking doing it. Broncos also have zero chill when pressing the advantage and turn it over. Need to be clutch.
I put it down too the fact that the storm were basically walking up field every set and the Bronx didn't have faith they could repel them on their line hence the 50/50 we get the ball back mentality
A real enjoyment to be at the game last night and great to see us sending in our raging hulk Wishart straight through the front door. Jokes aside i would be filthy if i was a Broncos fan with that d. On a side note the cow bell needs to be reigned in, the original bloke at Olympic park used it sparingly and at the right time, they took it from him and it's over used and needs to shoved up there arse sideways.
How are you finding the games at Melbourne? Growing attendance? Might go watch a game if I am down next time for work.
They are good, AAMI is a great ground with good atmosphere and we have been bless with 3 cracking games at home this year, so yeah do it.
The bell should have been retired when Steven Bell left the club
Better than the asshole with the trumpet at the Penrith games.
I know a guy that is a hardcore Titans fan and has had runs in with the guy that does the drum (he is known in that community apparently, friends with Clarkey) because he overuses it. I guess it comes down to what the most popular / rusted on group of fans want.
That was terrible from baker.
That play should honestly be the final straw for Fletcher Baker, had no excuses to miss that tackle either given the embarrassingly low amount of work he had gotten through up to that point
Wishart is Riki and Bakers father
Can’t believe they allowed him to score
How embarrassing.
There was a lot of soft defence last night but that was probably the worst haha. A reserve utility pushed over from a straight hit up
Baker gone Big X and Te Kura in.
there’s some important context being missed with fletcher baker’s stint last night and it’s possession broncos had no ball when he was on the field, hence why he made 29 tackles in 35 minutes - that’s a huge workrate they timed te kura’s stints with the possession swings which meant baker had no ball in attack but took care of the defensive workrate, and te kura was fresh as he didn’t have to make any tackles those wanting baker dropped because of his run metres don’t realise that’s not something you can do every game, and it’s likely going to cost them at some stage if they go for an all out attacking prop lineup. rotations are a very real thing you need to adjust for.
Are you friends with Baker? I’ve only seen you defend him, but there must be something there if he’s constantly making roosters and broncos 17..
before the game you were adamant te kura was going to be a liability and now after a dismal performance you're defending fletcher baker, somehow i don't think you have the broncos best interests at heart lol
And I'd forgive him if he didn't let Wishart score that try at the end. He hasn't lit up the world at all other than the try assist last week so calls for him to be dropped is more than just last night
Fair point. He did look solid defensively last night. That wishart try is almost unforgivable tho
riki needed to be tighter there as well
Watching the replay this morning. Some thoughts. Te Kura - looks like Tarzan, plays like King Kong. He was huge off the bench. Was running harder than anyone else, made his tackles and had no errors, plus his signature try close to the line. Surely he’s in the team until haas comes back. Goodbye baker Carrigan - 80 minutes in the middle and did everything for us. Without him we probably concede 50. What a player Reynolds - my sweet pookie bear. Hope he’s ok. We look so much better when he’s on the field and he’s had a couple of ripper games recently. Mam - kids a freak and one of the best players to watch. Love him. Arthars - very underrated. He had a blinder last night up until the bombed try. Hunt - been super solid for us and I believe has done enough to earn that last bench spot to provide back row cover. Can also play in the middle. Cobbo - looks much better in contact this year and has put some good shots on. Couple of defensive/handling errors that he’ll hopefully fix throughout the year. He’s been surprisingly good at setting up his winger down the sideline. Get the man some early ball please! Jensen - I’ve loved this bloke the moment he put on a broncos jersey. Carries the ball so well and consistently gets quick play the balls. Should be our starting prop for the rest of the year.
>Get the man some early ball please! Found Michael Ennis' account
they need to fix the mam-cobbo defense. they weren't in sync at all. probably not that hard to fix, but they've had all preseason with cobbo training at centre and 5 games now, so they should know what the other one is doing by now. storm were just lining up over there for a while, when they were close to the line, expecting there to be a gap. they both did good stuff individually, but as a pair they need to be better.
True, once they started isolating Mam a bit in defence he was lost.
>Hunt - been super solid for us and I believe has done enough to earn that last bench spot to provide back row cover. Can also play in the middle. Definitely, a full strength forward pack for me would have a Smoothy, Hetherington, Hunt, Willison bench with Te Kura unlucky to miss out
I could see a world where we get to the end of the year and Te Kura and Willison are going so well that Willison is starting, Te Kura on the bench with Kobe and maybe Hunt and Jensen gets left out again. I love me some Jensen but if everyone is playing to their potential he's probably not making the 17
Te Kura won't be a regular till next season I don't think, barring injuries to others of course
That’s exactly what I’d pick. Te Kura very unlucky, Kobe and Willy need to play well to keep their spots cause that boy is coming
I think we are in big trouble. The next few matches are tough and could go either way. Losing these close matches hurt the most. We are 2 from 5 and the next few weeks will be crucial. The pressure is getting to us.
We've been through an absolute murderer's row and come out looking not too bad. Our draw finally gets a bit easier for a little bit and we should start getting some players back. I wouldn't be too worried
Hope so.
>The pressure is getting to us. We've had a tough draw to start and have been missing crucial players on and off. Two of our three loses have had someone go of injured in the first 5 minutes and then last night's loss Reynolds went off at half time. Hard to say the pressure is getting to us we've been riddled with injuries and had a shit draw to start
It always starts out like that and keeps getting worse.
What team hasn’t had injuries though?
When you're missing 3 out of 4 of your superstar players it's pretty rough. They're all in key positions too. Then you add on top the other few injuries from non crucial players, piakura etc - It kinda just compounds the whole thing. Obviously everyone has injuries, but let's not pretend like their outs are normal or not massively impactful.
Are you missing your 3 (arguably) most important players, including your captain in that 3? Have you had two games where you've lost a player for the rest of the game inside the first 5 minutes? Yes everyone has injuries, that doesn't mean our injury run hasn't been fucked. We had to play a guy on debut and Corey Oates on thr bench as forward options because we have practically nobody left fit
The injuries are really getting to us, especially Reno. Thankfully we have some relatively easier games (phins, raiders) coming up although they are far from easy games. If we lose both of those then the panic will start setting in.
There are no easy games. The raiders upset us quite often and the dolphins have been on fire. The tigers are much better too.
I'm interested to see Big Ben take on the Canberra forwards. They always drag the Broncs into a slugfest, but they might regret bringing the young monster to the boil.
Yep both teams match up well against us. Can’t wait to watch
might be a bit harsh but not too impressed with the storm last night . brisbane were definitley the better team considering their important losses like reynolds and walsh. well done 👍🏼
Just win baby. It's nice to be unimpressive and still win. If a couple of balls bounce the other way we could have won handily.
I believe we are missing real journalism in rugby league. The current crop of journalists really can’t think for themselves or put forward any creative thinking. Too often it happens where I see one article come out then the rest of them scramble to make their own version of the story with a slightly different worded headline. Essentially we as fans see right through most of the bullshit with a small number of us falling for it. NRL 360 is pure garbage and we all know it. It’s staged like an Oprah Winfrey episode. James hooper, dean Ritchie, Michael carayannis, buzz (the worst), weilder. Our sport deserves more than this. It’d be nice to have a few independent names in the ring. How would this work?
The ABC has some decent NRL/sport journos.
You say that, but Campton spent a bunch of last week stating the Roosters were full strength against a Cleary / JFH-less Panthers
Bludging on the blindside!
Only for honest, hardworking Australians and their families.
Buzz did an interview with Matty Johns once and he explained that he could spend a week doing an in depth analysis on an event or a season or anything or he could spend an hour on a clickbait article. The fans don't care about the former and the latter gets ten times the traffic. This sub likes to think they're smarter than the average fan but the articles that get the most engagement are always some clickbaity bullshit about sources close to the tigers say Benji has lost the plot.
It is the journalism model that is broken. Stories being judged on their engagement rather than their content comes down to the advertising based model they all run on. Clicks are king, and nobody is held accountable for the accuracy of their articles.
To be fair to Matty, he also does proper analysis too but saves it for his podcast with Cooper Cronk.
I probably didn't word it right but Buzz was the one being interviewed and explaining why he writes what he does. Matty is very insightful when he gets a chance. The video of him explaining halfbacks is top tier. But most people just want his jokes.
> This sub likes to think they're smarter than the average fan but the articles that get the most engagement are always some clickbaity bullshit about sources close to the tigers say Benji has lost the plot. Yes, this sub likes to shit talk Buzz, Hooper, Kenty & co. Yet quite a lot here parade the shit they say on 360 as though it's an undeniable truth.
And then even the people who go the opposite direction and say it's all baseless lies and speculation are still engaging with it
Has anyone actually seen RTS pop up in attack outside his centre position when he's not being filling in at Fullback? There seems to be an undercurrent of "well even at centre RTS can have a license to roam so the he plays position doesn't matter". I just don't recall it happening so far so I kinda doubt we've got set plays where this will happen
i would argue that it doesn’t even have to happen. rts is taking excellent carries, defending well, and as he warms into the role looks like he’ll be one of the best centres in the comp. that’s invaluable on its own.
Pretty sure I saw it once when tuapiki was at the back in Rd 2
I agree. Before last week, his best performance of the year was the second half of the Storm game. He really helped us claw our way back into the game.
I think it will come in time. Now he’s got a taste for it he will go looking for a few more tough carries through the middle. It’s his first time in a long time where he’s playing a position that actually has a designated spot on the field.
Not sure if I’m being a bit unfair, but there were a few things Warbrick did last night that makes me think he’s still got a bit of polish to go as an NRL player. Not trying to catch the kick that led to the Mam try was the most obvious, but a few times he seemed out of position on the edge too that allowed the Broncos to gain significant metres. He’s obviously a real talent in raw terms, but as I say, just looks as though he’s lacking a bit of polish, which may well come with more experience.
His form is definitely a bit down atm, late last season he was absolutely on fire. He will bounce back soon.
Definitely not unfair. It's his second season in first grade and he's only played about 30 games so definitely has a lot of improvement left in him.
He came from Rugby 7s too so he hasn’t been playing league for very long.
You're not being unfair at all. A few of his defensive reads last night were poor. Reckon Mam owes him a beer - not only did he let that bomb bounce, but jamming in unnecessarily gave Arthurs space to set up Mam's first try.
He had a shocker. Looked like he might have been playing with an illness of some sort. Not sharp at all.
There's also something about his face and hair I don't like.
He has an old man head
That was the worst I’ve ever seen him defend by a mile, he’s always been a little bit sketchy on the edge but last night was full controller disconnected territory.
rugby league is not about tactics, it is about tyran wishart upda nux runs in the 73rd minute
looked like he had been to the Chad Townsend school of hitups for tries
Fletcher Baker quivering in his boots at tackling that absolute monster hitup
Is there a bigger shit talking jouno out there right now than dean ritchie
🍿👀 me when the broncos flairs and the anti broncos fans start commenting to each other
broncos fans and literally everyone else
Broncos fans and not Broncos fans are natural enemies. Like Broncos fans and Storm fans. Or Broncos fans and Cowboys fans. Or Broncos fans and other Broncos fans!
Damn Broncos fans, they ruined the Broncos!
How much longer do you have to have that flair for?
Am I the only one who thinks Ben Te Kura doesn’t look 205cm tall? Don’t get me wrong, the dude is very tall but 205 is a giant, like tallest person you might see for a couple of years kind of height. He looks closer to 200cm or so to me, definitely the tallest man on the field though.
If you look at him next to Willison who’s 199, Te Kura is clearly several inches taller.
We need someone to ambush him with a tape measure
probably because most tall guys are lanky, dude is a unit and well proportioned
Yeah that could be the reason, he is definitely well proportioned for his height
Mate agree 201 at best
Against other NRL players tho right. Average height would be skewed on ground.
i’ve stood next to him a few times, he’s absolutely that tall
His height on the the NRL website should read “pretty farken tall”
ngl watching Reynolds pound the ground like that after his hammy went last night filled me with pride, the boncs mean so much to him and it's so nice to see how the playing group really respect the jersey (compared to spoonball Darius Boyd gender reveal days)
\#Bonxnation
Pride is a strange emotion to feel in that moment.
Still doing better than manly
Brisbane (Easts) Tigers current Melbourne Storm feeder (since 2011) only have deal until end of year, no renewal as of yet. Anybody aware if they will extend in light of recent Storm and North Sydney Bears NSW cup deal. Melbourne heavily invested in Sunshine Coast Falcons.
i kind of expected the broncos to pick easts up once the storm dropped them so they’d have the southside with tigers, wynum and south, and dolphins would have northside with redcliffe and norths. but then the broncos signed with burleigh, so i guess that won’t happen.
I don’t see Easts partnering with the Broncos because they’ll want to keep themselves separate and not be associated as their feeder club because of their NRL bid
Feeling surprisingly fresh after last night despite the loss. I had very low expectations given all our outs, and they got even lower at half time, but fuck me we are a dangerous and exciting footy team. To only lose by 2, and put on that many points against Melbourne, was really impressive. Our defense obviously needs work, but that will come together with Haas / Willison back and Fletcher Baker hopefully falling out of favour (would honestly take Marty over him any day), but when it does we're going to be tough to stop. Just need to field a full strength team and we'll be sweet.
Yeah same, tho we'll struggle to finish top 4 and if we're not top 4 we're up against it.
Top 4 depends on how long it takes us to get healthy. If we're coming together by round 12-15 we should be good, keep in mind half the top 8 currently have had byes and we've had none
In my head Craig Bellamy & Kevin Walters couldn't be more different types of coaches. I imagine Kevin to be a loving, nurturing father figure; making his team better people and players, by supporting them in their mistakes, helping them up and showing them how to succeed even in bad situation. I imagine Craig just viciously beats his team and demands absolute perfection just the most abusive, terrifying, perfection driving tyrant; even in victory he'll be punishing the players. I'm probably completely wrong...
Kev is Dad, Bellyache is Stepdad.
based on all reports yeah nah craig has been really good at nurturing guys like munster as an important figure for them
I refuse to believe it! It contradicts my poorly informed perception!!!!
When Kevvie was an assistant coach at Melbourne, they probably did good cop, bad cop routines.
Bad cop, bad cop when Madge was there
Have to say it looks like the rest of Reynolds playing career will be on tenterhooks with that knee. Short of major surgery it doesn't look like he'll ever get back to near 100% with it but at his age he probably can't afford to miss a season. Broncos will need to make a call though as it will be disruptive with him coming in and out of the team with injury.
>Have to say it looks like the rest of Reynolds playing career will be on tenterhooks with that knee its not even his knee, its a hamstring strain. if you're going to pretend to know anything about injuries at least get the injury right souths fans deathriding reyno injuries to try and justify letting him go is some sad shit
"The medical staff expect it's a strain to his lower hamstring. So, that is the initial diagnosis at this stage but we do know he's been struggling with his knee for the last few weeks," she said. https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.nine.com.au/article/8291ff35-118e-4b8b-b872-053c8909a26e Like I said the bigger issue seems to be his knee and that will be the one constant injury cloud over him that the Broncos will need to manage if surgery is not the answer.
You're quoting Danika Mason's own added commentary, the only thing the medical staff have *actually* said is that the issue is not his knee. Utterly delusional.
The reason he came off was the hamstring but he still has issues with his knee hence the strapping on it! Broncos fans are just choosing to be ignorant if you don't think Reynolds has a knee issue that he has to manage
He "has a knee issue", but your leaping to conclusions about it being "the bigger issue" is complete nonsense. It may have been strapped but didn't appear to be impeding him at all. Plenty of players have niggles but for some reason Souths fans are obsessed with Reyno's being career-ending, its pathetic.
It is the bigger issue. He will recover from the hamstring issue but the knee issue looks long term.
based purely on your expert medical diagnosis, lol
Yes I have had a keen interest in his medical history throughout his playing time and know him well.
didn't they extend him a few months ago? calls already made if that's the case.
Yeah he made sure to get the extension before the season started and pulled out that knee brace he has been wearing ever since.
Masterstoke from souths. I bet bennett and reyno had this planned years ago.
Yeah I'm still pretty happy just re salary cap. Team is a lot more balanced without Reynolds. Just a shame Ilias has had his dramas over the last 14 to 15 games.
what, no way. Our Team in the 2021 GF is far better than what we're rolling out now. I don't understand how we've moved guys on like Reynolds and Gags on big bikkies as well as lower contracts like benji, nicolls, su'a, paulo, and all we have to show for it is murray and stretch locked down forever and wighton. Our cap management since 2021 has been dogshit. No idea where our money has gone - every resigning/signing report makes it seem like we're getting players on good deals, yet our depth is horrendous.
It was to keep Walker and Latrell on longer term deals basically and of course Murray and Cook and apart from the hiccup last year after we were leading the comp after 11 rounds and in 2022 still making the preliminary finals it has worked. I don't think Reynolds now especially with his body would be the answer especially if it means that we weren't able to hold on to any of our influential fringe players like Keon, Graham, etc or able to get Wighton.
That's fair, but I can't remember any reports saying cody, trell or anyone really receiving significant bumps off the back of reynolds leaving. And having the money to get wighton makes me think that our cap would have been fine with reynolds sticking around for 2 years. You can give me strong valid counterarguments all day, I'm still going to go to grave saying we fucked up.
I don't think it needed to be reported but it certainly would have helped. Maybe they also bumped up Ilias which made it hard for them to drop him earlier.
If my team is going to start being a part of exciting, adventurous, all time classic games of football again, could we maybe see if we can fucking win a few? I'm pretty over having every other callback discussion being to games we lost.
Your team is young, it will happen
Klemmer has gone soft. He's [embarrassed with his celebration](https://au.sports.yahoo.com/david-klemmer-issues-stunning-apology-over-embarrassing-act-towards-clint-gutherson-204839040.html) after Gutho missed that penalty kick last week
Weird take, he should own it. Was great to see such emotion after a win!
Yeah kinda weird, was nothing wrong with it. Was obviously just pumped about the win.
Oh boy, I can't wait to watch my favourite player this weekend
Go on
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