Dumb pass
Feel sorry for the Broncos. But that last 15 minutes from Penrith was championship worthy. Unbelievable
@antipodean said in NRL 2023:
@antipodean said in NRL 2023:
@antipodean said in NRL 2023:
Penrith defending like Italy.
Or are Brisbane just that good? Mam a couple of yards faster than his defenders
Nah. Penrith look out on their feet. Can't keep a line and none of them can make a dominant tackle.
Brisbane just so much quicker
I'd say more energy running at a defensive line that's on their heels and can't stop an offload. Meanwhile Cleary looks like the flat track bully he and his chin are. At no point has he taken control of this game for his team. I hope the next SoO coach is paying attention.
Sorry mate but this comment aged Soo poorly
One left foot step and he's a genius.
How did Brisbane lose that!?
@antipodean said in NRL 2023:
@antipodean said in NRL 2023:
@antipodean said in NRL 2023:
Penrith defending like Italy.
Or are Brisbane just that good? Mam a couple of yards faster than his defenders
Nah. Penrith look out on their feet. Can't keep a line and none of them can make a dominant tackle.
Brisbane just so much quicker
I'd say more energy running at a defensive line that's on their heels and can't stop an offload. Meanwhile Cleary looks like the flat track bully he and his chin are. At no point has he taken control of this game for his team. I hope the next SoO coach is paying attention.
Sorry mate but this comment aged Soo poorly
Was a shit comment, not an easy guy to like but a great half back
@antipodean said in NRL 2023:
@antipodean said in NRL 2023:
@antipodean said in NRL 2023:
@antipodean said in NRL 2023:
Penrith defending like Italy.
Or are Brisbane just that good? Mam a couple of yards faster than his defenders
Nah. Penrith look out on their feet. Can't keep a line and none of them can make a dominant tackle.
Brisbane just so much quicker
I'd say more energy running at a defensive line that's on their heels and can't stop an offload. Meanwhile Cleary looks like the flat track bully he and his chin are. At no point has he taken control of this game for his team. I hope the next SoO coach is paying attention.
Sorry mate but this comment aged Soo poorly
One left foot step and he's a genius.
How did Brisbane lose that!?
That's a little lacking in generosity. But I agree, I can't believe the Broncos lost. And neither can they
Comes back to that play I think was about the 55th minute.
Broncos hot on attack, throwing it around, could have very easily scored to make it 30-8 and would have been game over, but Penrith came up with the ball made a bust upfield and got field position…. that was the beginning of the end for the Broncos.
@antipodean said in NRL 2023:
@antipodean said in NRL 2023:
@antipodean said in NRL 2023:
@antipodean said in NRL 2023:
Penrith defending like Italy.
Or are Brisbane just that good? Mam a couple of yards faster than his defenders
Nah. Penrith look out on their feet. Can't keep a line and none of them can make a dominant tackle.
Brisbane just so much quicker
I'd say more energy running at a defensive line that's on their heels and can't stop an offload. Meanwhile Cleary looks like the flat track bully he and his chin are. At no point has he taken control of this game for his team. I hope the next SoO coach is paying attention.
Sorry mate but this comment aged Soo poorly
One left foot step and he's a genius.
How did Brisbane lose that!?
Penrith lost their mojo until cleary demonstrated what it looked like. Not a genius but if rugby was going to throw money at a league player, I'd want him
@antipodean said in NRL 2023:
@antipodean said in NRL 2023:
@antipodean said in NRL 2023:
@antipodean said in NRL 2023:
Penrith defending like Italy.
Or are Brisbane just that good? Mam a couple of yards faster than his defenders
Nah. Penrith look out on their feet. Can't keep a line and none of them can make a dominant tackle.
Brisbane just so much quicker
I'd say more energy running at a defensive line that's on their heels and can't stop an offload. Meanwhile Cleary looks like the flat track bully he and his chin are. At no point has he taken control of this game for his team. I hope the next SoO coach is paying attention.
Sorry mate but this comment aged Soo poorly
One left foot step and he's a genius.
How did Brisbane lose that!?
Penrith lost their mojo until cleary demonstrated what it looked like. Not a genius but if rugby was going to throw money at a league player, I'd want him
He couldn't even make his school's first 15 when he was in AKL 
@antipodean said in NRL 2023:
@antipodean said in NRL 2023:
@antipodean said in NRL 2023:
@antipodean said in NRL 2023:
Penrith defending like Italy.
Or are Brisbane just that good? Mam a couple of yards faster than his defenders
Nah. Penrith look out on their feet. Can't keep a line and none of them can make a dominant tackle.
Brisbane just so much quicker
I'd say more energy running at a defensive line that's on their heels and can't stop an offload. Meanwhile Cleary looks like the flat track bully he and his chin are. At no point has he taken control of this game for his team. I hope the next SoO coach is paying attention.
Sorry mate but this comment aged Soo poorly
One left foot step and he's a genius.
How did Brisbane lose that!?
Lol I didn’t think you were from Hawkes!
@antipodean said in NRL 2023:
@antipodean said in NRL 2023:
@antipodean said in NRL 2023:
@antipodean said in NRL 2023:
Penrith defending like Italy.
Or are Brisbane just that good? Mam a couple of yards faster than his defenders
Nah. Penrith look out on their feet. Can't keep a line and none of them can make a dominant tackle.
Brisbane just so much quicker
I'd say more energy running at a defensive line that's on their heels and can't stop an offload. Meanwhile Cleary looks like the flat track bully he and his chin are. At no point has he taken control of this game for his team. I hope the next SoO coach is paying attention.
Sorry mate but this comment aged Soo poorly
One left foot step and he's a genius.
How did Brisbane lose that!?
Penrith lost their mojo until cleary demonstrated what it looked like. Not a genius but if rugby was going to throw money at a league player, I'd want him
Set up one, scored one, caught restart out of bounds and a 40:20. Did a bit of everything, a leader's knock
@antipodean said in NRL 2023:
@antipodean said in NRL 2023:
@antipodean said in NRL 2023:
@antipodean said in NRL 2023:
Penrith defending like Italy.
Or are Brisbane just that good? Mam a couple of yards faster than his defenders
Nah. Penrith look out on their feet. Can't keep a line and none of them can make a dominant tackle.
Brisbane just so much quicker
I'd say more energy running at a defensive line that's on their heels and can't stop an offload. Meanwhile Cleary looks like the flat track bully he and his chin are. At no point has he taken control of this game for his team. I hope the next SoO coach is paying attention.
Sorry mate but this comment aged Soo poorly
One left foot step and he's a genius.
How did Brisbane lose that!?
Penrith lost their mojo until cleary demonstrated what it looked like. Not a genius but if rugby was going to throw money at a league player, I'd want him
He couldn't even make his school's first 15 when he was in AKL
Late bloomers get overlooked both sides of the ditch because our development systems don't allow for it
Second half of the game lived up to the overhyping from the commentators at the end of the first.
First game on 9 I've watched all year. Commentary was fucking awful, I think I prefer Nisbo.
Crazy comeback from Penrith. Walsh's laziness came through a bit in the last 20 min.
Penrith looked down and out but they got themselves back into the game. That 40/20 was a class play.
@antipodean said in NRL 2023:
@antipodean said in NRL 2023:
@antipodean said in NRL 2023:
@antipodean said in NRL 2023:
Penrith defending like Italy.
Or are Brisbane just that good? Mam a couple of yards faster than his defenders
Nah. Penrith look out on their feet. Can't keep a line and none of them can make a dominant tackle.
Brisbane just so much quicker
I'd say more energy running at a defensive line that's on their heels and can't stop an offload. Meanwhile Cleary looks like the flat track bully he and his chin are. At no point has he taken control of this game for his team. I hope the next SoO coach is paying attention.
Sorry mate but this comment aged Soo poorly
One left foot step and he's a genius.
How did Brisbane lose that!?
Penrith lost their mojo until cleary demonstrated what it looked like. Not a genius but if rugby was going to throw money at a league player, I'd want him
He couldn't even make his school's first 15 when he was in AKL
Late bloomers get overlooked both sides of the ditch because our development systems don't allow for it
If only the Wahs had given Ivan the long deal he asked for... Sliding door moment
As soon as Brisbane started walking to the kickoff at 24-14, I knew they were in trouble.
Still, they played their part and both teams need to be congratulated on that game. Brisbane's time will come.
Great to see a game which isn't ruined as a spectacle by YC or RCs....
That's because league refs get their whistles taken off them for big matches. 
The first 6 or so rounds were a clusterfuck of YC equivalents.
Cleary obviously got the Clive Churchill, but Leota would have ran him close.
Great to see a game which isn't ruined as a spectacle by YC or RCs....
That's because league refs get their whistles taken off them for big matches.
The first 6 or so rounds were a clusterfuck of YC equivalents.
Cleary obviously got the Clive Churchill, but Leota would have ran him close.
Mam was nailed on until they let it slip
@antipodean said in NRL 2023:
@antipodean said in NRL 2023:
@antipodean said in NRL 2023:
@antipodean said in NRL 2023:
Penrith defending like Italy.
Or are Brisbane just that good? Mam a couple of yards faster than his defenders
Nah. Penrith look out on their feet. Can't keep a line and none of them can make a dominant tackle.
Brisbane just so much quicker
I'd say more energy running at a defensive line that's on their heels and can't stop an offload. Meanwhile Cleary looks like the flat track bully he and his chin are. At no point has he taken control of this game for his team. I hope the next SoO coach is paying attention.
Sorry mate but this comment aged Soo poorly
One left foot step and he's a genius.
How did Brisbane lose that!?
Penrith lost their mojo until cleary demonstrated what it looked like. Not a genius but if rugby was going to throw money at a league player, I'd want him
Set up one, scored one, caught restart out of bounds and a 40:20. Did a bit of everything, a leader's knock
We'll all be wetting ourselves with joy if our 10 stands up like that over the next few weeks.
Wow! That was entertainment. Crichton and Cleary were amazing. Felt sorry for Ezra Mam.
World Cup Rugby can't match that for drama and skill execution. The ref was the conductor out there today!
You will rarely see a game won by 1 person
But Nathan cleary won this GF by himself. Incredible performance
@mariner4life said in NRL 2023:
You will rarely see a game won by 1 person
But Nathan cleary won this GF by himself. Incredible performance
And I'm happy to say: that was compelling viewing. Better than pretty much any rugby I've seen recently in terms of the entire game, and the drama. Ebbed and flowed. Superb contest.
When we were 24-8 down and looked lethargic I was very close to turning it off and going to bed. But I was like nah I’ll stay and watch to the end don’t be a sore loser geez glad I stayed up.
Good decision mate. I am always puzzled by people leaving a game early, it is never over until it's over! But jeez that felt pretty damn near over
@canefan You know what it’s like also being a Canes fan and us being down but we stay watched hoping we’d comeback.
Even odder is when people are at the ground and leave when their team is probably going to win. Where do they need to rush too? I would have thought it was part of the experience to bask in the victory. Penrith were so gone though, but there was a lot of time left. It reminds me of a comeback by the Miami Heat ago. Half the crowd left only to find out the team stormed back and won. And they couldn't get back in because once you leave that's it
Apparently Tedesco has been named captain of the Kangaroos. WTF. He's a shadow of his former self.
The 2nd GF of an epic weekend was every bit as good as the first.
The first half sort of looked like Penrith were just going to do Penrith things and squeeze Brisbane to death. But, for all their effort, the only try was a freak error, and then Flegler sending the Broncos in to half time only down 2 felt really significant.
The 2nd half Brisbane blew them away and at the hour mark that game should be put to bed. The Brisbane middles had taken over, and their speed was tearing Penrith up. That should have been it, Penrith looked beaten.
But Nathan fucking Cleary. Sets up Leota. Kicks a 3rd tackle 40/20. kicks the wide conversion. Scores the game winner. And on the flip side Adam Reynolds was falling apart. Brisbane commit grave error after grave error, and eventually got buried.
Penrith win 3 straight, and cement themselves as the best NRL team i have ever seen, even above the great Melbourne side, and the Broncos of the early 90s
@mariner4life said in NRL 2023:
The 2nd GF of an epic weekend was every bit as good as the first.
The first half sort of looked like Penrith were just going to do Penrith things and squeeze Brisbane to death. But, for all their effort, the only try was a freak error, and then Flegler sending the Broncos in to half time only down 2 felt really significant.
The 2nd half Brisbane blew them away and at the hour mark that game should be put to bed. The Brisbane middles had taken over, and their speed was tearing Penrith up. That should have been it, Penrith looked beaten.
But Nathan fucking Cleary. Sets up Leota. Kicks a 3rd tackle 40/20. kicks the wide conversion. Scores the game winner. And on the flip side Adam Reynolds was falling apart. Brisbane commit grave error after grave error, and eventually got buried.
Penrith win 3 straight, and cement themselves as the best NRL team i have ever seen, even above the great Melbourne side, and the Broncos of the early 90s
Better than the great Storm sides? That's a big call