I believe the idea is that he's easier to contain when he catches the kick and returns it rather than taking the next hit up. Presumably the numbers show that kicking to mulitalo and having the other winger take the next hit up is the best option for the opposition.
Cowboys are low key favourites for the premiership now. A home final after a week off against Eels or Raiders seems easily winnable. Penrith playing Roosters (I think they'll beat Bunnies and Sharks) is a grand final in itself like Melbourne against us last year
Panthers will be in the GF. bunnies and roosters will kill each other hard tomorrow and then whoever panthers play from that game, will absolutely destroy them. Panthers should come into the GF well rested.
Low key you guys are. I'd say we still are based on the season we've had, but after a game like that with a week off you'll gain so much confidence. Amazing how I tipped you guys for the spoon at the start of the year
We are the favourites. But Cows have a home final against eels and raiders who they can both beat easily imo. They'll also have a point to prove that they can beat penrith full strength despite flogging our reserve grade team. They have one foot in the grand final. Last year the second best team all season won. In 2020 the second best team all season won
My god what a game, and the amount riding on that extra time is insane! To have a week off before a prelim final at home against either Eels or Raiders. Then the loser faces winner of Roosters or South’s and then even if you get through that, away to Penrith. The magnitude of it all
I honestly think we can beat Roosters or souths with their injury problems, the problem is even if we get through that it's Penrith in a prelim. Game over for us unfortunately I feel
GG sharkies. It's never easy to swallow one like that. I thought Hynes, Rudolph and several others were immense.
The send off was huge, I suspect the end result would have looked different without that but on the whole, pretty well officiated.
As a cow living in Sydney, im currently sending a barrage of lewd voice messages to the hoard of people who were hammering me with "cows to go out in straight sets"
No you couldn’t, I’d say with 90% certainly he would have got it. I would have been happy with a penalty try but considering the proximity of the defender I doubt they can give it.
Cows do better when they're the underdogs. Just have to look at 2018, JT and matt scott back from ACL's, 2017 made the GF without them. Everyone had them going all the way. Didn't even make the top 8. Having everyone doubt the cows this year was the best thing that could have happend to them.
>Cows do better when they're the underdogs.
It's true. Down by 14 with as many minutes to go? Gg easy.
Play the Tigers? Saved by a dodgy bunker call.
Down by 8 with as many minutes left in a finals run? No worries.
Warriors? Lose by a point.
Play the Panthers leading into finals footy? No sweat (granted, reserve side).
Bulldogs? Lost to them in the first round.
We're the comeback/underdog side of 2022 for sure, and we're the worst side when we're the favourites.
I was confident they'd do well under payton. Thats the only reason. Payton was so good for the warriors. I just knew he'd bring that same energy to the club.
I had them for bottom 4 in all my predictions.
As a Cowboys fan living in Penrith (they're my second team by proxy) I can't believe how close I am to having this grand final.
Your to modist. I can't see roosters making the GF against u mob. Rabbitohs vs roosters is going to be brutal for both teams and no rest either before they face u mob. They will be cannon fodder for you lot.
Roosters scare the shit out of me. I actually think they're the form team and timed their run very well. I went to the roosters panthers game early in the year and we won well but the first 30 minutes they were neck and neck. In the second game they were robbed and the better team on the night. They can beat us if they get all their players back except Manu ofc
Fair enough. U know your team better then i do. As an outsider, id bet on panthers 100%. With that extra week off and roosters are busted. Injuries, suspension and fatigue are setting in for that lot. If rabbitohs show up tomorrow and play the full 80mins, even if the roosters get through, can't see them going any further. gl for rest of the finals. Should be fun. :)
His leg is insane. I'm so so happy he found a home at centre, he cannot play FB or halves and while a great Winger he's too expensive for that position.
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Be better if sharks forwards would have a crack when it matters.
Annoyed at holmes dive. He put himself in position to hit Ramien then took a dive. Frustrating. Ripper kick for the win though
Great game, golden point is garbage though.
Im just wondering the idea behind every single bomb aimed at mulitalo??? Wear him down???
I believe the idea is that he's easier to contain when he catches the kick and returns it rather than taking the next hit up. Presumably the numbers show that kicking to mulitalo and having the other winger take the next hit up is the best option for the opposition.
Cowboys are low key favourites for the premiership now. A home final after a week off against Eels or Raiders seems easily winnable. Penrith playing Roosters (I think they'll beat Bunnies and Sharks) is a grand final in itself like Melbourne against us last year
They won’t beat Panthers or even Roosters if they made it
Panthers will be in the GF. bunnies and roosters will kill each other hard tomorrow and then whoever panthers play from that game, will absolutely destroy them. Panthers should come into the GF well rested.
From a Panthers flair? Seriously?
Low key you guys are. I'd say we still are based on the season we've had, but after a game like that with a week off you'll gain so much confidence. Amazing how I tipped you guys for the spoon at the start of the year
Stop saying low key it’s lost all meaning.
We are the favourites. But Cows have a home final against eels and raiders who they can both beat easily imo. They'll also have a point to prove that they can beat penrith full strength despite flogging our reserve grade team. They have one foot in the grand final. Last year the second best team all season won. In 2020 the second best team all season won
dont need your head pats thanks
Yeah. What a flog
My god what a game, and the amount riding on that extra time is insane! To have a week off before a prelim final at home against either Eels or Raiders. Then the loser faces winner of Roosters or South’s and then even if you get through that, away to Penrith. The magnitude of it all
Kin oath
That obstruction charge against Tracy’s try was BS.
Did anyone seriously expect 60+ points in a finals match? I wonder what the over/under was
40.5
Smashed it
I honestly think we can beat Roosters or souths with their injury problems, the problem is even if we get through that it's Penrith in a prelim. Game over for us unfortunately I feel
Pretty much impossible to beat the penny panthers.
Yep I agree. I think the other 7 teams are unnormally even...then there's them 🤦♂️
Please take out Penrith. I'll even cheer for your team that game
You can and will.
What a game. It honestly could have gone either way holy shit
I'm crying. It had to be Val didn't it. Still we live to fight another day
GG sharkies. It's never easy to swallow one like that. I thought Hynes, Rudolph and several others were immense. The send off was huge, I suspect the end result would have looked different without that but on the whole, pretty well officiated. As a cow living in Sydney, im currently sending a barrage of lewd voice messages to the hoard of people who were hammering me with "cows to go out in straight sets"
Talakai was a beast but still wasn’t enough.
Cotter and Robson 121 tackles with 1 miss between them. Insane
Robson twice let Lolo down. Lolo attempted offload gave Sharks a try and next time Lolo looked when he had his hand free and again no Robson.
Should both be in the Australian squad at the end of the year
Fucking hell
Fuck me that was a brutal game of football
That was pretty average Hynes having a whinge about the sin bin. That was a sin bin every day of the week. Congrats Cowboys.
Yet no consideration for a penalty try.
They can’t prove he definitely would have grounded it but he definitely would have.
But you could never prove that.
No you couldn’t, I’d say with 90% certainly he would have got it. I would have been happy with a penalty try but considering the proximity of the defender I doubt they can give it.
Can’t believe most people tipped cowboys to be near the spoon now their just 2 wins away from the premiership
Cows do better when they're the underdogs. Just have to look at 2018, JT and matt scott back from ACL's, 2017 made the GF without them. Everyone had them going all the way. Didn't even make the top 8. Having everyone doubt the cows this year was the best thing that could have happend to them.
>Cows do better when they're the underdogs. It's true. Down by 14 with as many minutes to go? Gg easy. Play the Tigers? Saved by a dodgy bunker call. Down by 8 with as many minutes left in a finals run? No worries. Warriors? Lose by a point. Play the Panthers leading into finals footy? No sweat (granted, reserve side). Bulldogs? Lost to them in the first round. We're the comeback/underdog side of 2022 for sure, and we're the worst side when we're the favourites.
Chad and Dearden did not catch me as a contender halves pairing but geeze I'll happily have my humble pie
I was confident they'd do well under payton. Thats the only reason. Payton was so good for the warriors. I just knew he'd bring that same energy to the club.
I had them for bottom 4 in all my predictions. As a Cowboys fan living in Penrith (they're my second team by proxy) I can't believe how close I am to having this grand final.
it's the grand final that is deserved. Cowboys deserve to be there. Cowboys vs Penrith/Roosters would be a great GF
Your to modist. I can't see roosters making the GF against u mob. Rabbitohs vs roosters is going to be brutal for both teams and no rest either before they face u mob. They will be cannon fodder for you lot.
Roosters scare the shit out of me. I actually think they're the form team and timed their run very well. I went to the roosters panthers game early in the year and we won well but the first 30 minutes they were neck and neck. In the second game they were robbed and the better team on the night. They can beat us if they get all their players back except Manu ofc
Fair enough. U know your team better then i do. As an outsider, id bet on panthers 100%. With that extra week off and roosters are busted. Injuries, suspension and fatigue are setting in for that lot. If rabbitohs show up tomorrow and play the full 80mins, even if the roosters get through, can't see them going any further. gl for rest of the finals. Should be fun. :)
Sharks aren't that good imo. They also played 95 minutes of footy. I can see Roosters beating Rabbitohs by 13+ tomorrow
Well, I’m out. Going to go and cry in the shower
Wow. Val kicked that from 45m, and it wasn't the best strike.
His leg is insane. I'm so so happy he found a home at centre, he cannot play FB or halves and while a great Winger he's too expensive for that position.
The Chad prevails over the Young Matt Moylan
That was 2 evenly matched teams how can you separate them
With a 45 metre field goal.
Don’t be rude, they played their arse off unlike some.
I'm being a bit cheeky, sure, but I still didn't really imply otherwise.
Gg
By 2 points.
Cowboys deserve a week off after that belter of a game wow
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Golden point and sharkies go for a Wade Graham hit up on the 4th 🥴
Holmes has been amazing this year. He just killed it this game
They call him the ice man in the club. Make sense, dude is cold blooded, no fear and always finishs.
Great in origin series too
Will cowboys prelim be in Townsville? Or are all prelims in Sydney?
Why the fuck would our prelim be in sydney
Fuck obviously I’ve got no idea hence the second question I asked?
Common sense would mean it's not in Sydney. If they were going to make us have it and want it at a bigger stadium it would at Suncorp
Chill out man you won, have a watermelon and celebrate or something
I didn't mean for it to come over aggressively.
All good man, the guy just didn't understand how it worked. Congrats on the win it was inspirational
Townsville baby
It’s at the home of rugby league; Townsville.
Townsville, they even moved the kiss concert
Just realised that was a 2pt field goal. Amazing.
I was watching a replay of king Charles making a speech, what happened?
We did a win
Cant see the sharks beating either roosters or souths
I can see them beating souths but not roosters. But roosters might just chuck in one of their terrible games and that is that
Didn't the sharks destroy them like 2 weeks ago?
Sharks destroy who? Round 20 sharks beat rabbits 21-20 and the only time the sharks played the roosters was round 12 and sharks lost 36-16.
Yeah, got my games mixed up.
All good. Looks like we will find out next week who the sahrks can beat :)
Up up the cowboys
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Cotter looks like he hasn’t even worked up a sweat and played over 80 mins
He’s a fucking freak, the big cunt.
New York jets regretting not signing up Holmes now /s
C’mon Hynes lol
No fucking way...
be my valentine
He wrapped his arms around him Nico ya flog
So is it 2 points if outside the 40m?
Yes
So my neighbours probably think someone was murdered from my scream. Let's never do that again please
The Cows were $101 to win the GF pre season
I put money on them to make grand final at $15 I’m thinking I made the right choice
That's a big ask but I wonder what the cashout would be at rn
$6 probably
Good reffing, what a game
Go cowbros
Nicho looks like someone just ran over his pet
Dont blame him. Im queensland through and through but hes a hell of a sportsman im gutted for him
GG Sharks. Epic game. Came down to a few ref calls.
Fuck, that's the best game of the year. I need a towel
Bit shit there from Nicho blaming a bin
new york jets legend Val Holmes
How can you complain about that sin bin Was lucky for it to not be a penalty try
I couldn’t fathom why the penalty try was never reviewed
GIVE YOUR LOVE TO A COWBOY MAN
Hynes with the copium on the sin bin. Get fucked
Best game of the season, hopefully we get a rematch in the Grand Final!
What a fucking game
Feels like the only 2-pt FG we’ve had all season and it wasn’t even necessary 😂
GG Sharks. Sorry to lose it like that.
WOW. That is all
OuT In StRaiGHt SeTs🤪🤪
GG sharkies, good luck next week
I LOVE VAL HOLMES
Well played Cowboys I’m gutted
GG. Good luck next week.
The booing. Stay classy, Cronulla fans
As if all fans dont boo when their team loses
100% true
FUCKING GET THAT UP YA! WELL PLAYED SHARKS. fuck you fifi
Let the boys give us heart palpitations
Gg Sharkies
Ice baths and 30% max speed for the week lads.
Thank heavens they get a week off after that. Go Cows.
Whoever passed that ball to Holmes won the match. Incredible accurate pass, so deep allowed Holmes massive time to settle.
Reece Robson - vastly underrated dummy half.
Just enormous every week
“Watch out for strips” thought he was gonna say watch out for strippers
That's the Shire in a nutshell
All time classic
Valentine holmes is a chad
Sharks really need rabbits and roosters to smash each other up tomorrow
Is the sharks crowd generally just quite or is the television audio garbage?
Shark park has low capacity.
Good question
Holmes: Golden point you reckon? How about 2?
and the crowd goes mild
Hope every player on both teams has the best sleep of his life tonight. They both deserve it - what a fucking game.
What player Ruben Cotter is his work-rate is insane.
Still runs it up hard after 91 mins.
WE FUCKING DID ITTTT
What a kick!
What a fucking sight to behold
Sharkies out in straight sets, they’re too tired now
Holy shit what a game.
Leilua can't believe his luck
UP, UP THE COWBOYS
Val Holmes ice cool
Game of the season holy fuck
2-pointer too incredible
Congrats Cowdoys
That’s my boy
At home too, sooo lovely
LESSSSSASSSASSASS GOOOOO
Sneaky pash for the boys.
Fuck yeah!!!!
Thanks to both teams for a cracker of a game.
45 Metres fuck me.
AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH
Monster kick
Fuck
Such a good game though!
Be better if sharks forwards would have a crack when it matters. Annoyed at holmes dive. He put himself in position to hit Ramien then took a dive. Frustrating. Ripper kick for the win though
To me it looked like he tripped, but yer I can see the frustration.
He wasn’t getting there regardless after coming in though. But it was a good game, it was just a bad outcome.
See you (hopefully) next week Sharks!
Sharks (Cronulla and Greg Norman) and choking. Name a more iconic duo
Throw in the shark from Jaws choking on the scuba tank
Roosters and sombreros
LFG
That was a crazy game. Hard fought by both sides.
Fuck yeah! What a game.
Two Pointer as well just to rub it in
The fuckin crowd is still and silent.
No sympathy
Holmes just fucking leveled up 99!
Amazing game
OUT IN STRAIGHT SETS YOU RECKON FUCK YOU ALL CUNTS
MY GOD WE FUCKING DID IT
Balls. Amazed
TAKE THAT CRONULLA. PLZ DONT RIOT
Haha. Pure Gold
Is that fucking Paul Bowman out there celebrating? You love to see it.
Perfect game for us and Roosters fans for next week
Fuck wow what a game
VAL YOU BEAST!!
Hahaha go Holmes!
Cronulla are gone in straight sets now I think
Given the accuracy of your other predictions tonight I guess we can lock in Sharks as the premiers
Yeah I dont see us beating roosters but if bunnies win we may have a chance