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Match Discussion: Round 6 vs Newcastle @ Campbelltown Sports Stadium, Leumeah / Dharawal

Who will win? Round 6: Wests Tigers v Newcastle

  • Wests Tigers 13+

    Votes: 1 14.3%
  • Wests Tigers 1-12

    Votes: 3 42.9%
  • Draw after Golden Point

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Newcastle Knights 1-12

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Newcastle Knights 13+

    Votes: 3 42.9%

  • Total voters
    7
  • Poll closed .
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Great defence today.
1 dumb pass and 2 consolation tries at the end of the game, but they will learn from those.

Importantly, the monkey is well and truly off their back.

What’s next?
2 in a row at Leumeah?
4 in a row, with the Broncs down on troops?
 

Tiger Ted

Bench
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Equal top of the ladder.
Three in a row.
All while missing 3 of our best.
Early days, but it's certainly encouraging.
I believe Taylan is the only one we are genuinely missing.Will be Interesting to see whether return of Luai kills the momentum.Id much prefer to continue with AD & Jock as our halves but Luai’s salary & strong bond with Benji guarantees he has a mortgage on the no. 6 jersey.
 

Tiger Ted

Bench
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Playing with so much confidence. Amazing what a few wins can do.

Our upcoming run of Broncos, Raiders, Sharks, Storm would have looked daunting at the beginning of the year but we are playing much better footy than any of them. Cautiously optimistic.
No doubt we are currently more than capable of beating all of them.However a few of them will be desperate esp the storm & a resentful Maguire coached broncos.Im hoping we win at least 3.
 

Nutz

First Grade
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I believe Taylan is the only one we are genuinely missing.Will be Interesting to see whether return of Luai kills the momentum.Id much prefer to continue with AD & Jock as our halves but Luai’s salary & strong bond with Benji guarantees he has a mortgage on the no. 6 jersey.
May comes in for Makasini for me. Masi's stats and general involvement was off for me. I think Jock deserves a 14 spot when Luai returns. I think it's his spot to lose even though I feel Latu hasn't hit his straps yet.
See how everyone pulls up during training I guess.
 
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Ding dong the witch is dead. 3 in a row baby! It has been 2,919 days since we could last say that.

Couldn't be happier to be a Tiger today. Aside from the Skelton blunder and the poor last 10 mins we dominated every facet of the game. The second half in particular we showed them how they should have played in the first half.

Just absolutely stoked and looking forward to the Broncos next week.
 

Tigerm

Coach
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Ding dong the witch is dead. 3 in a row baby! It has been 2,919 days since we could last say that.

Couldn't be happier to be a Tiger today. Aside from the Skelton blunder and the poor last 10 mins we dominated every facet of the game. The second half in particular we showed them how they should have played in the first half.

Just absolutely stoked and looking forward to the Broncos next week.
In commentary, they said Masi had called for it.
 

Tiger Ted

Bench
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May comes in for Makasini for me. Masi's stats and general involvement was off for me. I think Jock deserves a 14 spot when Luai returns. I think it's his spot to lose even though I feel Latu hasn't hit his straps yet.
See how everyone pulls up during training I guess.
Benji certainly has some tough decisions to make if everyone is available.If Tavana is fit he has to return in place of Skelton.How u fit Luai AD & Madden in team is an interesting one.If May isn’t available it won’t surprise me if AD is in the centres
 

Tigerm

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FOX SPORTS LAB STATS

- Tigers end 186 game streak not winning three matches in a row. First treble since early in 2018. Ends the third longest streak all time without a three match winning streak (South Sydney - 216 1994-2005 and Penrith 198 games 1975-1984). This was Wests 18th attempt at a three game winning streak since 2018

- Only the third time since 2000 the Tigers have been first or second on the ladder beyond round 5 of a season. First time since 2014.

- Tigers snap a five game losing streak at Campbelltown - just their third win in 18 games there since 2021.

- Second time the Tigers have scored 40+ points this season - the first season they have done so multiple times since 2019.


- Since last season, 12 of the Knights 20 losses have been by margins of 20 points or more.

Tigers led 42-10 after 76 minutes.

- Tigers has 60 percent possession, made 10 linebreaks to four and had 53 tackles to 10 in the opposition 20.

- Royce Hunt was placed on report for high contact on Tyson Frizell after Dom Young scored the Knights only try of the first half. He has not been charged since 2021.

- Alex Seyfarth was placed on report for a dangerous tackle on Fletcher Hunt before the Mooney try. He has four unrelated charges in the past year.

- Sunia Turuva scored his third career hat-trick. He has one in each of the past three seasons.


- Jahream Bula scored his fourth career double - first since 2024. Fourth game in a row he has run for more than 150 metres.

- Fox Lab POTM - Adam Doueihi maintained his running dominance, with another 170+ metre performance. He assisted three tries and had a hand in another.

 

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