NRL NRL ANZAC Round 8 2026 Discussion

[JaggedJ]

Be interesting to see how Manly go over the next few rounds. Panthers, Broncos, tigers

Fair call. Definitely a bigger test than playing the teams coming 8th, 12th, 15th, 17th.

 

[sup42]

I hope they get put back in their cage.

Don't want to see them anywhere near finals.

I was just thinking the same, I stopped cheering them on tonight lol.

 

[FormerlyJamesW]

Say what you want about Vlandyball, but this is a FAR more interesting ladder than most other years.

 

[JaggedJ]

Paulo is comfortably playing like their best half.

 

[sup42]

Thanks Eels for piling pressure on the Warriors with the you better win or you are useless commentators and tickling the banaskinners.....

 

[JaggedJ]

Good on Manly, but given their roster they probably should beat the Eels, Cowboys, Dragons and Dolphins more often than not.

Let's see what they do next week.

 

[sydneywarrior92]

Dogs are also bottom of the table this year. But yeah of course you have to treat them with respect, there is no easy game in the NRL (unless its against the dragons, of which we still have our 2 games against them to go!).

they're 10th, so more middle of the table.

 

[sydneywarrior92]

Good on Manly, but given their roster they probably should beat the Eels, Cowboys, Dragons and Dolphins more often than not.

Let's see what they do next week.

I actually think the phins can be a top 4 team and are a much better roster than Manly. The Phins of the last 2 weeks probably belt Manly if they played again. Manly just got them on their worst day.

 

[CWC]

Might be another dog fight vs eels I think they beat us twice recently, that fox 110m try lol

Longi stood cnk up too, I think TT would better suit defending against these flyers

We missed out on akp vs hammer a couple of times last night maybe we get akp vs fox (1 chasing across field?)

 

[sydneywarrior92]

Might be another dog fight vs eels I think they beat us twice recently, that fox 110m try lol

Longi stood cnk up too, I think TT would better suit defending against these flyers

We missed out on akp vs hammer a couple of times last night maybe we get akp vs fox (1 chasing across field?)

I think we win this by making into a dog fight. They will fall apart in the final third if we apply enough pressure. Manly have one of the weaker middles in the comp and they still proved too physical for their forwards yesterday. What we don't want to do is oblige them in a game of touch footy where their speed and offloads become an issue. That's why we've lost to them the last 2 times and kind of what we happened in the first half of our phins game. The moment we started playing our style through the middle, we overpowered the phins and got them in the end. Eels won't be able to handle our physicality for 80 minutes, so we just have to be patient.

 

[sydneywarrior92]

For all the talk of coaches under pressure, I wonder why the phins coach hasn't been mentioned yet. Phins have underperformed for the last 2 years under him with a roster that should compete for the 4 let alone the 8. They are probably fighting again just to make the 8 this year. Phins vs Melbourne next week is shaping up to be a crucial game for both teams. If it wasn't for the dragons, it might even have been a spoonbowl contender. Whoever loses that is probably odds on to miss the finals.