@bayimports said in NRL 2025:
just weird and the whole thing seems dodgy
bro, have your read Francis' history? oof
@mariner4life said in NRL 2025:
@bayimports said in NRL 2025:
just weird and the whole thing seems dodgy
bro, have your read Francis' history? oof
well he wouldnt make the ABs great guy criteria, wasnt sure that was linked though, who knows maybe it is, maybe that's why he wants out
Oh dear, still he is innocent until proven guilty.
Interesting game tonight, Melbourne looked rampant giving the Eels and absolute bath in Rd 1.
And then Rd2 happened, and all the other hot winners from the first week got tipped over, and the Tigers proved smacking the Eels means fuck all.
And Penrith lost to the worst Roosters side in decades, so will be looking for an immediate bounce back. They've lost Dylan Edwards which is usually massive, but he's actually started the year pretty average anyway. Now his replacement Laurie is out as well. A chance Blaize Talagi makes his Panthers debut.
credit to Penrith, lose the chin early in the game and they fight back. great intensity for a wet weather match too, you would think Storm should come out on top, but both teams still right in this
funny game. At one point i thought Melbourne would score 50, but like a couple of teams last week, the "win big week 1, easy start the next game" trap opened up and Melbourne fell in it.
Penrith definitely adjusted defensively and started to shut down those Melbourne shapes. Throw in a greasy night and it got ugly. Melbourne did have their outsides impacted by injury which opened up the spots Penrith attacked.
One thing about Penrith is they are so well drilled. They are a "system" team (and i don't mean that as a negative) and when they run their plays, no matter who is involved, they are all at pace and in synch. Those two To'o tries last night were done to perfection, and look at the names handling the ball. They are not big name Penrith players. Great fucking squad, and Cleary is a way better coach now than he has ever shown before.
Yeah Penrith will be happy with that performance despite the loss. Cole funnily enough looks more comfortable as a 7 than 6, and they seem to suit a more running 6 like Talagi and Luai in years gone by. Jenkins was also impressive from the back apart from not contesting the high ball in the Coates try, and Alamoti had a huge night in the centres.
As mariner said, looked like 50 was on the cards, but credit to Penrith, they're elite for a reason.
So we finally do a half decent kick on the 5th and contest the high ball and we score.
Who would’ve thunk it
