I still can't believe the money the Tigers have given Luai. He is not the guy to put your club on his back
Fuuuuck
No one is beating the fluffybunnies
And this team is chock full of little fluffybunnies full of mouth because they never fucking lose
I fucking hate Penrith
@mariner4life Not much else they could do in fairness to them. They simply can't attract players there and when you have to fill 95% of your salary cap, they don't have much else they can do.
The Dogs recruitment on the other hand....
@bayimports said in NRL 2024:
The chin in overdrive!
The dick riding from the commentators was nauseating
I watched the first half on 9 and I thought John's was bad
But jesus Ennis wanted to gob him off
Yeah they don’t hold back their love..
If anything given Walsh’s early exit, makes for a great rematch later
I wouldn't worry too much if I were Brisbane with all the reshuffling that went on. About of the tries went through Piakura defending out of position.
gee what a surprise, Walsh's face is fractured, he has to drive back to Brisbane, and he'll be out for a fair while.
May not charged for the collision.
Two Panthers opponents in two weeks get their faces caved in for a grant total of zero weeks suspension.
Yes, this was a head clash, and i'm pretty big on footy accidents happen. But May sort of launched himself forward in a motion that even if he didn't crush his head, would have resulted in nothing more than a shoulder-charge. I'm a little surprised it's been chucked straight out.
For me (trying to look at it through league and not my rugby eyes) it was a complete accident, however if you blow a penalty for it, then surely something greater occurs and should have been at least put on report and reviewed later.
I don't buy into Penrith being a protected species, but putting on my warriors jersey for a second, I think if it was a warrior we would be asking if 2-4 weeks was appropriate
wow, yeah find that hard to believe, will be interesting to see how the ref boss justifies this
The lack of footy nouse from the Warriors is astounding. Plenty of effort but very little brain.
Two big opportunities failed to be converted, shame they look so good in full flight. Conversely Raiders just grind shit out so well. If this comes down to a a small margin, im not sure we tough this out especially with no AFB.
DWZ was a journeyman fullback, seriously one of the most complete wingers in the game, good on him for that change, amazing
Big second half incoming
Don’t have a great feeling about this, we’ve wasted our chances, and we’re giving them plenty…
As I type, Canberra hit the front
sigh
Cotric drop may have saved the Warriors season, and yes I am that pessimistic that I think a loss here and they'd be goneburgers.
@bayimports said in NRL 2024:
DWZ was a journeyman fullback,
I always thought he was a wing who filled in at fullback? At any rate he had a couple of good tests at fullback.
The warriors defence is still very good. There attack, mistakes, and discipline have slipped back to 2021 and 2022 levels so far this season. The defence has won them this game.
Agree, good roster JD in the running though for first coach sacked if he doesn’t turn things around
Demetriou has lost the dressing room, that's clear to see. Not much out there to replace him though.
@bayimports said in NRL 2024:
@Nepia I’m looking for positives
and DWZ is one, love his effort, has had a couple of good games at fullback for sure, referring to overall career in NRL especially at the doggies
Almost gave the game away. I ran into him in Canberra a few years ago, his missus family lived there and it’s chalk and cheese how he now plays and also the confidence.
@mariner4life Well Demetriou has managed to do,and a lot of others have gone backwards under him too. They also lack an enforcer which leaves their middle somewhat weak, and their gameplan of loading up heavy on their left edge has been figured out by other sides.
Think it could be a long season for them, with internal problems and other sides overtaking them.
@African-Monkey said in NRL 2024:
@mariner4life Well Demetriou has managed to do,and a lot of others have gone backwards under him too. They also lack an enforcer which leaves their middle somewhat weak, and their gameplan of loading up heavy on their left edge has been figured out by other sides.
Think it could be a long season for them, with internal problems and other sides overtaking them.
Think he lost the room over the Burgess incident, they were top of the table last year before that happened (even until about R11), then it went backwards. Hasn't recovered and looked really bad last night.
If the Tigers taught us anything last night, it was that every team this year on its day is capable of winning. This comp is going to be more even in many cases this year than previously. Great effort and win. Sharks played like they thought they could just turn up, but take nothing away from that Tigers effort, it was superb. The challenge for Benji is to get them to maintain that which other teams are also struggling with.