Was thinking about all the different nrl grand finals I’ve been to ,
Storm v st George
Storm v broncos
Storm v manly ( twice )
Storm v parra
Storm v bulldogs
Warriors v manly
And the parramatta fans clearly made the most noise , they were so loud
They have a very big passionate blue collar supporter base very similar to a Collingwood or a Richmond in the afl .
Anyone going today should be in for a treat .
Could be way wrong, but can't help but feel the inclusion of Nathan Brown could harden Parra in the middle. They still need their halves to stand up obviously otherwise they will be easily beaten but at least selection wise I think this is good
@mariner4life enjoy it bro. The stadium and crowd look amazing on TV
Atmosphere looks awesome.
Penrith are men versus boys here. Parra's defensive alignment is shit, but no worse than any other NRL side really.
@bayimports said in NRL 2022:
Feels like the AFL final right now
18-0 may as well be 30-0 with the way the Panthers are defending and the lack of inroads from the Eels attack.
Eels lucky to only be behind by that much. They look tired and static in defence, far too predictable in attack. Penrith are the opposite.
Take a monumental half time speech to turn this around.
@ACT-Crusader said in NRL 2022:
@bayimports said in NRL 2022:
Feels like the AFL final right now
18-0 may as well be 30-0 with the way the Panthers are defending and the lack of inroads from the Eels attack.
Yeah 21 tackles in opposition 20 to 0. That’s dominant.
Eels looked to finally make some inroads in last 2-3 mins but will need to score next to do anything. But it has been that one sided that it looks very unlikely
@No-Quarter said in NRL 2022:
Shoulder to the head with force. Red card all day long in union.
Just another collision in loigue
I'm a Panthers man from way back, used to wear my Panthers shirt to primary school all the time. But I'm willing the Eels to do something to make a game of this.
The Panthers have been brilliantly relentless, but the Eels also look like they'll make every basic mistake in the book too...
@African-Monkey said in NRL 2022:
@MajorRage Yes it certainly is.
I think most people thought the Eels would provide a bit more than what they’ve shown, but in terms of what the Panthers can do in attack, definitely so.
Sensational tackle by Dylan Edwards on Simonsson. Says a lot when a team is that clinical in all aspects.
@Mackerzzzz brave as
@ACT-Crusader Fair, but imo, I thought Penrith were always gonna win with ease. Parra have done well to get this far.
@Mackerzzzz said in NRL 2022:
"Edwards must be related to Forrest gump"
🧐
Did Forrest win the Clive Churchill medal too amongst his great achievements? 
Post match they're reading out the junior clubs from which the players came.
A lot of these guys are Western Sydney local. A couple of country boys and a couple from across town. I think the Panthers won the U18 and U20 comp this year as well?
Has "dynasty" written all over it...
Post match they're reading out the junior clubs from which the players came.
A lot of these guys are Western Sydney local. A couple of country boys and a couple from across town. I think the Panthers won the U18 and U20 comp this year as well?
Has "dynasty" written all over it...
There's an awful lot of talent out there, which makes the fate of the Emus even more disappointing.
Well that was dominant
First 10 minutes the atmosphere was the best I have ever experienced. Fuuuucking loud. That didn't last long though
Writing was on the wall thr first few sets. Parramatta trying to get in to the grind against Penrith? What sort of idiotic plan was that? Penrith were allowed to play their game and took over.
Huge metres out of the back 3 (parras lazy in comparison) cleary kicks where he wants. Rinse repeat until someone misses a tackle
Penrith were basically perfect. No errors. Few missed tackles. Huge metres, quick play thr balls. As dominant as possible.
On thr flip side Parra were shit. Ineffective one-out running. Fuck all else. Pulled out of shape on D far too easily. Cowboys should have been there...
Great occasion. My youngest lived his best life. But I better game would have been nice.
@bayimports said in NRL 2022:
@ACT-Crusader said in NRL 2022:
@bayimports said in NRL 2022:
Feels like the AFL final right now
18-0 may as well be 30-0 with the way the Panthers are defending and the lack of inroads from the Eels attack.
Yeah 21 tackles in opposition 20 to 0. That’s dominant.
Eels looked to finally make some inroads in last 2-3 mins but will need to score next to do anything. But it has been that one sided that it looks very unlikely
We were right on the Parramatta attacking 20 in the 1st half. The only play we saw was the kick off
So Penrith won everything
Gus just formalised their best advantage. They have sole dominion over the best rugby league nursery in the world. They develop the wealth of talent, their team is stacked with local juniors because they ALL grow up wanting to be Panthers. There is nothing else out there, rugby league is king
Throw in Sydney's fucked up property prices actively pushing league demographic families in to their area and the rest of the league should be worried.
Their top side won't be as good next year without kikau and apisau, but I don't bet against them unearthing good replacements.
And because they are local boys, and lots are family oriented poly boys, it's very hard to buy them away.
