NRL Round Discussion NRL Round 8, 2025 Discussion

[MrFrankWhite]

Amazing those high shots were bins and yet when the Broncos do it, crickets..

 

[MrFrankWhite]

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Agree with buzz here

That has to be the worst tackling technique of all time though. Wild how he gets him with 2nd knee as well

 

[FormerlyJamesW]

I thought the ref did ok? If anything the Dogs should have had another in the bin. I think it was Burton?

I had a post that I was going to reply with, but it ended up being a novel and I didn't want to subject you to that.

In a nutshell, the refs are too inconsistent and it leads to players, like the mutts, thinking that there's a limitations to how much they'll get penalised.

My suspicion is that the NRL tells these guys to limit the counts/even them up in the name of a better entertainment product.

Annoys the shit out of me.

 

[John Nick]

I'll try
Bulldogs
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Rabbitohs
Cowboys
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Raiders
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Better take a small all up on the tote

$10 to collect $909
Probably miss tonight's game but wtf

Got the last part right

 

[Noitall]

That has to be the worst tackling technique of all time though. Wild how he gets him with 2nd knee as well

Bulldogs were filthy, 6 on report and the sin bins. Plus the ones that should have been like here and on Walters. Ref took pity because they were getting smashed I reckon

 

[sydneywarrior92]

Bulldogs were filthy, 6 on report and the sin bins. Plus the ones that should have been like here and on Walters. Ref took pity because they were getting smashed I reckon

refs making up for 7 weeks of treating the dogs with kids gloves. By any objective standard, the dogs have been getting the rub of the green in all of the games so far this year.

 

[FormerlyJamesW]

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[Inruin]

Bulldogs were filthy, 6 on report and the sin bins. Plus the ones that should have been like here and on Walters. Ref took pity because they were getting smashed I reckon

They have been filthy all year. They seem to base their play on this, bullying, grubby and capitalize on opposition mistakes from losing their head. I thought the Broncos kept their cool and executed their play exceedingly well in the conditions. Exposed the Dogs a fair bit with great attack. It will be an interesting game against us because I think we can really frustrate them if we keep our cool - Leka and Demi spring to mind here.

 

[Wah's Up]

Bulldogs were filthy, 6 on report and the sin bins. Plus the ones that should have been like here and on Walters. Ref took pity because they were getting smashed I reckon

The Refs have given the Dogs an armchair ride this season. Some real dog acts that have gone unpunished until last night. From memory they had close to 60,000 at their last home game and the crowd influences the Refs.
That leading with the knee and follow up kick in the head should have been a sendoff.

 

[Inruin]

Judiciary charges will be an interesting read this round

 

[Tookey 2.0]

The Burton late shot and the Tupouniua knee lift were pretty bad and imo, if a Warrior had done either of those they would have had a 10 minute break minimum.

Remember last year where CHT was binned for dropping a ball on a players head, or Rogers weak AF sinbin from a high shot?

 

[kos]

The Burton late shot and the Tupouniua knee lift were pretty bad and imo, if a Warrior had done either of those they would have had a 10 minute break minimum.

Remember last year where CHT was binned for dropping a ball on a players head, or Rogers weak AF sinbin from a high shot?

What happened to Konrad all those years ago when he played with a lifting knee

 

[sydneywarrior92]

Judiciary charges will be an interesting read this round

seems like a good time to be playing the dogs.

 

[FormerlyJamesW]

 

[Inruin]

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One charge big charge you can kind of understand with a player getting it slightly wrong or losing their head but 3 players and 4 charges with weeks suspension tells you the team got it horribly wrong and were probably lucky there weren't others.