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God no. Even Bunty is 2x a good as Tapout
Season aside, just absolutely gutted for Mitch.
Career best form, starting origin prop.
Hope he recovers well and comes back strong in 2026, doesn't deserve to go out like this.
Career best form, starting origin prop.
Hope he recovers well and comes back strong in 2026, doesn't deserve to go out like this.
Huge blow but I feel this team is going to rally even harder! Barnett will still have a huge influence around the club.
I think Jackson Ford is ready.
I think Jackson Ford is ready.
Ford plugging another mid game injury and churning out 60mins.
This is why he was first picked on my bench pre season. No fuss, powers through his work, the motor to go the distance if necessary.
The type of player other players love to play with.
This is why he was first picked on my bench pre season. No fuss, powers through his work, the motor to go the distance if necessary.
The type of player other players love to play with.
Having rewatched the game, I think this was one of our better performances all year despite the recurring heart attack. I think we started off a bit flat, but that was to be expected given the brutality of the Raiders game last week. Canberra also started flat last night against the Chooks. That game really took it out of both teams. But when we warmed into the game, we did demonstrate that we are superior to Souths. Latrell was the only reason this looked close. Having said that, 7 tries to 5 should have made for a more convincing scoreline if Luke had kicked a few more of his goals.
On the negative side, yes, we leaked 30 pts. But we've shown all year that we can defend well, so the real takeaway was that we actually have points in us. 7 tries and 36pts. With better kicking, we'd have put 40+ on Souths, a team that coming into this game was in the top 5 defensively. Erin's fast ptbs and powerful runs from our back five really set the scene for Wade to come back to his 2023 form. LM feeding Marata damaging lines on the edge on the front foot. Demi and Leka's footwork and late offload troubling the defensive line. Was also great to finally see some fine attacking shape starting to emerge with 2 wingers who can finish. RTS coming back to the form we were expecting last year: 3 tries in 2 games now and 170ish meters in this game.
On the improve note, we need to manage our interchanges better. We do struggle when Erin comes off around the middle of the second half, which is when teams tend to make a late run against us. Also, it looked like we were pushing Marata to prop when Leka came on. Marata played almost the full 80 yesterday which I don't really like because he really doesn't have Ford's motor. He is damaging in limited, controlled spells like Royce Hunt at Wests or Talakai at the Sharks. That's how I prefer we use him. Probably was a result from Barney's injury though.
On the negative side, yes, we leaked 30 pts. But we've shown all year that we can defend well, so the real takeaway was that we actually have points in us. 7 tries and 36pts. With better kicking, we'd have put 40+ on Souths, a team that coming into this game was in the top 5 defensively. Erin's fast ptbs and powerful runs from our back five really set the scene for Wade to come back to his 2023 form. LM feeding Marata damaging lines on the edge on the front foot. Demi and Leka's footwork and late offload troubling the defensive line. Was also great to finally see some fine attacking shape starting to emerge with 2 wingers who can finish. RTS coming back to the form we were expecting last year: 3 tries in 2 games now and 170ish meters in this game.
On the improve note, we need to manage our interchanges better. We do struggle when Erin comes off around the middle of the second half, which is when teams tend to make a late run against us. Also, it looked like we were pushing Marata to prop when Leka came on. Marata played almost the full 80 yesterday which I don't really like because he really doesn't have Ford's motor. He is damaging in limited, controlled spells like Royce Hunt at Wests or Talakai at the Sharks. That's how I prefer we use him. Probably was a result from Barney's injury though.
How awesome that we have not needed to create this thread earlier!!!
32 points should be enough to qualify.
We are currently on 20 and have two byes to come meaning we need to win 4/12 remaining games.
The last two years 38 points has enough to be top 4 (regardless of points diff) so that would mean we need to win 7/12.
As the table currently stands number of teams we play in each position
Teams 1 -6 - two
Teams 7-12th - four
Teams 13th - 17th -six
Still a long way to go and any nrl team can tip you up - but we are well positioned.
32 points should be enough to qualify.
We are currently on 20 and have two byes to come meaning we need to win 4/12 remaining games.
The last two years 38 points has enough to be top 4 (regardless of points diff) so that would mean we need to win 7/12.
As the table currently stands number of teams we play in each position
Teams 1 -6 - two
Teams 7-12th - four
Teams 13th - 17th -six
Still a long way to go and any nrl team can tip you up - but we are well positioned.
Blocker ruined the game for me, the bunnies were the best team according to him.
Fu@k I hate him as a commentator,
His player calls were rubbish and his other call's ie. Knock ones or forward passes he got wrong .
Fu@k I hate him as a commentator,
His player calls were rubbish and his other call's ie. Knock ones or forward passes he got wrong .
Crazy how spoiled people get. 3rd half way through the season is INSANE. PD is basically a season long equivalent to 1 draw game. We've made it insanely hard on ourselves for whatever reason, but every win we've been the better side. Even last week we were possibly the better side.
This is an incredible season. We lost Tohu/SJ last season then Walker mid season (plus monty who would be useful).
Any fan should be incredibly psyched with this season. We are so far ahead of schedule its mind boggling. Webby is getting incredible work out of a very middling team on paper.
If we can get even half as good as the dogs at recruitment we're on our way to a prem no doubt.
I guess alot of us long serving fans are just happy & content that we are winning more games than we're losing.
Even if we capitulate from here it's been a success this year when You compare it to some dreadful years this year compares to my personal favourite season 2002 so far.
Vaimauga had some great footwork at the line tonight. AFBesque.
He is gonna be a great player.
Laban. Leka and him, the forward future is bright
He is gonna be a great player.
Laban. Leka and him, the forward future is bright
We shouldn’t even be in the conversation for the GF, judging from preseason roster.. We are overachieving by being top 4.
Broooo
That's what I keep saying.
Like...we're fucking top 2....let's enjoy this for a minute?
People banging on about pd right now
I disagree.
PD is irrelevant if you keep winning.
PD is a tie breaker. Tie breakers don't matter if you finish top 4.
Nothing other than winning matters. How you win is irrelevant. Just win.
What a unit.
Let's get rid of him.
Generally 75% is the accepted level to be considered a 'good' goal kicker.
Elite is approx 80%
El Masri: 81.97%
Thurston: 79.50%
Halligan: 79.31%%
Metcalf is a poor goal kicker, no two ways about it. It's not hurting us quite yet but it will kill us in the finals
Just left the stadium. What a game man wowww!! Up the wahsssss 
