Post Match Knights v Warriors - [Round 20, 2025]

[MXRecord]

Just watched the press conference. Webster is spot on with the "double movement" call.
The NRL highlights have edited that call out of the game lmao.

 

[Theking267]

The Warriors are so lucky the ball bounced into Leka’s hands any one else their not scoring. Leka now has the most wins as a teenager with 13 and the most tries with 8

 

[Falcon]

Imagine merch sales this week if you could print Halasima on the back of a jersey!

 

[kos]

To be fair to Dallin who had a shocker, they had a halftime talk and we pretty much shut them down in the second half? Much better jamming Knights did try repeatedly on that edge. Think coach or Webby said to be aggressive in the 2nd half, he was in no man’s land in the first half. Maybe cape had a sore knee and sore throat. Was TMM playing left centre at the end? Hope they sort it out because next man up is Kosi who’s gonna do the same thing

Pomps was shifted beside Dallin with 15 to go.
Thats how long it takes AW to correct an issue.

 

[Warriorsfan92]

The thing I actually liked the most (aside from the freakish play of Leka), was they kept going back to Boyd for the field goals, despite missing 2. He wanted the third one & he wanted the goal kick to win it. He is our 7, we have to back him.

He actually played really well with his long kicking game, and short into the in goal for repeat sets. Hes also only 2 games into his warriors career, he needs time. All the fundamentals are there for him, and he’s a far better goal kicker than Metcalf, just unlucky with the field goal attempts. Webby & the squad will get around him. He hasn’t had to deal with that level of pressure in probably 2 years, and he will be in 7 in the finals.

 

[miket12]

Hating that shhhhh celebration

Is it an Atlas inspired celebration?

 

[Warriorsfan92]

I hate ref bagging but Atkins was in full management mode.

- We were hammering them on their line that first 10-15mins but they were sleeping in the ruck it was hard to get a quick PTB to work attack off. Gagai then walks 2m off the mark through the markers and we get penalised for markers not being square. That was a complete momentum shift from that call. The fact they didn't have someone on the bin and only maybe one six again call during that period was silly.

- Bunker slowing down Egan's try frame by frame and saying there's no momentum, honestly farcical when you show it at full speed.

- Marzhew's arm didn't hit the ground no. But he is stopped not moving and Taine is on him, that is held every day of the week.

This. My partner doesn’t watch much league & she could see it too. We absolutely dominated them the first 20, and set up camp in their 20m. When the ref called a best knock on (which it wasn’t), I just knew he’d swing momentum to make up for it. From that point on til the end of the half, the knights got every single call go their way & they dominated.

What really pisses me off is when refs have too much influence on a game. I actually think that was a shocker from him, controlling who has momentum & when, & giving calls to the opposition to make up for previous blunders. That’s poor reffing imo & podcasters like bloke in a bar & levels are all over it too. They need to sort that shit out.

 

[miket12]

Not you. I love you

@Pop Dukez.... be afraid.... be very afraid!!!!

 

[Garry Saloon]

Cheer up man.

We played heaps better in the second half, we shut down their amazing left edge strike, we made good meters, controlled the game.

We deserved to win you eggs. That is what good teams do, correct a bad start and go on and win anyway they can....which is often a freak play or player breaking the minnows heart.

Worth remembering that both Egan's no try, and Marzheu's (spelling?) pass, if they had been called the other way would have been quite uncontroversial. That's an 8-12 point swing.

 

[Bay39er]

Kudos to the Captain for calling for the last review as contact on the kicker when there was obviously none as he couldn't ask for the not square to be reviewed but by making the challenge forced them to review it

 

[Wah's Up]

Just about everything has been said, but a couple of points that haven't.
We are really missing Barney, he has a very subtle way of talking to the Ref's.
We missed Charnze at the back and the meters he makes out our red zone, not dissing TT but he is more suited to wing or further in.
Very few teams get through a season injury free, so our "B' team did extremely well to keep us in the game and never gave up.

 

[The Salary sombrero 2]

The thing I actually liked the most (aside from the freakish play of Leka), was they kept going back to Boyd for the field goals, despite missing 2. He wanted the third one & he wanted the goal kick to win it. He is our 7, we have to back him.

He actually played really well with his long kicking game, and short into the in goal for repeat sets. Hes also only 2 games into his warriors career, he needs time. All the fundamentals are there for him, and he’s a far better goal kicker than Metcalf, just unlucky with the field goal attempts. Webby & the squad will get around him. He hasn’t had to deal with that level of pressure in probably 2 years, and he will be in 7 in the finals.

100% - it was just one of those nights and his goal kicking kept us in the game up until that last 10 minutes.
It was great to see the first drop goal attempt come early in the set rather than last tackle. To me that is a good indication that our game awareness is getting there.
Boyd will be motivated for next week.

 

[Noitall]

Nothing more to say about Halasima than has already been said but Vaimauga trampling over Leo Thompson from the restart was impressive too. This young group look really close and enjoy playing together

 

[defensivebomb]

Vaimauga trampling over Leo Thompson from the restart was impressive too. This young group look really close and enjoy playing together

100%

He was backing up Leka for that final try too. Very hungry player

 

[Noitall]

View: https://www.instagram.com/p/DMUn4U7OCiy/

Egan getting a bit handsy after Vaimauga’s try

 

[Fowardpass]

Can still bag the refs?

Yeah Boyd had the old choker syndrome in the last 10 minutes

Missed two field goals - one directly in front with zero challengers on the 3rd tackle

Kicked the ball dead at kick off

Missed a penalty directly in front which should have won us the game

Got his 3rd FG attempt charged down ……


CHT must be so happy he wasn’t on kicking duties tonight!!!

Metcalf had the clutch gene
SJ the clutch gene

It seems Boyd might have what CHT suffers from

Yeah pressure got to him def
Doesn’t have that attack like LM
But he’s the best we got
And deserves more games
Dallin well!
I blame defence coaches for not getting in his ear
Just happens too many times
There’s no a lot u can do if someone creates an extra man
But not Dallin too many times

 

[Peachey2023]

Pompey most underrated player in our team solid as without him this year we would be cooked as berry and Ali are both injury prone. See Ali played fullback in nsw cup don’t understand that as he certainly won’t be fb in nrl team.

 

[Tookey 2.0]

I also thought we played our challenges really well. Ford had a ball stripped from him earlier, and I think maybe Demi or Leka also had one called against them fairly early that on the replay didn't look to be an error.
A lot of teams would have gone for the challenge early (Like both Knights and Titans) and it's such a luck of the draw that I don't think we would have been successful. We waited and used it at the best opportunity, which had an impact on the result

 

[Rick O’Shay]

After having watched The Try about 100 times there's one little noticeable.
Once he's got the ball and takes off he doesn't take his eyes off the try line even though there is support with him.
Stepping Gagai was classic

 

[Victor_Radley's_Scrotum]

Leka got me in trouble with the wife for yelling so loud I woke our daughter up... no regrets and I'd fucking do it again!!