NRL Round Discussion NRL Round 25, 2025 Discussion

[FormerlyJamesW]

Hard to win if you can’t hold on to the ball….

 

[Beastmode]

Parra leaving everything out there tonight

Hopefully theres nothing left in the tank next week

 

[snake77]

its insane how other NRL clubs can get Union players and get them to play at a high level...and all we got was a washed up John Kirwan and Mark Carter.

We also got a drunk Marc Ellis.

 

[Noitall]

Parra leaving everything out there tonight

Hopefully theres nothing left in the tank next week

Still good preparation going into finals playing against a couple of the top halfbacks going around

 

[FormerlyJamesW]

lol. Chooks in full melt down now.

 

[Beastmode]

Hahaha

Well done Parra

Great game

 

[tajhay]

Well i mean one side has the choice between the wallabies and the other has the ABs. Kids in NZ dream of becoming a AB, kids in aus see rugby union as a backup, backup plan. A world of diffrence here.

Fair. But there have also been some great players (who have played for ABs) who have gone to have great league careers too.
Frano Botica
John TImu
Vainga Tuigamala
Craig Innes
Matthew Ridge

all of them played their bulk of the careers at other league clubs. We got Ridge and Botica near the end of their careers. And these are All Blacks that made the switch....theres lots of other players below those levels who could be tempted or from 7s or even Fiji 7s teams etc. Other teams can do it, why cant we?

 

[Noitall]

Fair. But there have also been some great players (who have played for ABs) who have gone to have great league careers too.
Frano Botica
John TImu
Vainga Tuigamala
Craig Innes
Matthew Ridge

all of them played their bulk of the careers at other league clubs. We got Ridge and Botica near the end of their careers. And these are All Blacks that made the switch....theres lots of other players below those levels who could be tempted or from 7s or even Fiji 7s teams etc. Other teams can do it, why cant we?

They are often joined at the hip for Kiwi kids who just breathe oval ball sports and many top All Blacks nearly went over. Bulldogs went after a few in Jonah Lomu and Zinzan Brook

 

[Noitall]

Lindsay Collins doesn’t wait for halloween to wear his Frankenstein costume