Match Discussion: Round 2 vs Parramatta @ CommBank Stadium, Parramatta / Burramattagal

[WA Tiger]

We should finish 6th after this round

 

[WA Tiger]

I guess there is a shit team in the comp after all

 

[Nutz]

I'm so happy. This puts an end to a terrible fortnight for me.
I award all tiger supporters 100 smiley faces to use at their leisure in their forum posts

 

[Nutz]

It's a pity about their consultation try. Never happy hey.

 

[Pezz70]

There’s stuff to work on but the effort in defence has been present in the last two games, doesn’t really matter who you’re playing these days keeping a side under 10 points is great, parra had 35+ tackles inside our 20, and we kept them to one late try.

 

[Tigerm]

I thought the first 25mins were bad for both sides, but then we found some groove and kicked on, certainly something they can work on.

I thought backs played well, Bula was a huge difference for us, from last week.

Luai and Galvin still a work in progress, but certainly a good team effort.

Special mention to To'a, thought he went well for his first game back in the top grad after a long lay off.

 

[Ron's_Mate]

 

[TheDefinitionOfMadness]

I'm buzzing after watching that with some rando who supports parra up the gold coast.

Wish I was there. Not getting ahead but that was bloody great

 

[DJDL]

Well that’s the most emphatic win you guys have had in a while.
Well done, and enjoy it Tigs fans.

 

[Tigerm]

Also thought Bird did some good things, all 6 news are going to be good for us.

Dare to dream of top 9.

 

[Tigerm]

That covering run from Hunt was special, for such a big guy.

His and Pole's runs off the back fence was great.

 

[Tiger05]

That was awesome. I'm trying to figure out my 3, 2, 1 and it's hard.

May is a premier prop. I don't think we've had a forward as good as him since Ellis. They play different roles and have different games but he is a quality player.

The rest of the forwards were all good as well.

Our back 3 were huge. Bula is a quality fullback. He isn't top tier yet but he is good. Turuva and Skelton are awesome players. To'a is our best centre by far. I hope he isn't injured. He has the zip to create something. Doueihi was great. Kicking goals, defending well and coming up with some quality runs.

Api wasn't great but TDS was on fire. Luai was really good and Galvin had a good game.

We have a good squad. A bunch of forwards who can do the job. Our spine is quality. Galvin is probably the weakest link and he can play. We also have Latu as a back-up.

The injuries may be a problem though. Bula and To'a make a massive difference to our attack and probably our defense just as much. We need them on the park. I suppose we have good back-ups as well but ideally we get our top players on the park.

I feel our squad is really good. I think it comes down to injuries and the coaching staff getting the job done. Today was a good start though.

 

[Ron's_Mate]

That covering run from Hunt was special, for such a big guy.

Yeah, big effort from him.

 

[Ron's_Mate]

Had a quick look at the game day thread in the Eels forum - page 1 was lame Tigers memes, last few pages was the same guys saying sack the players, sack the coach, burn down the clubhouse, LOL.

 

[Tigerm]

https://www.weststigers.com.au/news/2025/03/16/highlights-nrl-round-2-vs-eels/

There try was against 12 players. I didn't pick that up at the time.

 

[Tigerm]

Presser: NRL Round 2 vs Eels | Wests Tigers

Jarome Luai and Benji Marshall chat to the media after their Round 2 clash against the Eels

www.weststigers.com.au

 

[WA Tiger]

It was funny seeing the commentators at the end showing clips of about 10 moves from Galvin. They were all raving about him throughout the clips how amazing he was but all he did for most of them was run then get tackled.. haha

 

[WA Tiger]

All of a sudden after half time I saw Bird then Hunt appear on the field and I felt a lot more confident for some reason ?

 

[simmo1]

We weren't great, but we did what was needed to put Parra away. Good to get the first win away, as it feels like we have started with a month of losses for several seasons. We have a couple of winnable games coming up too.

Would have been nice if Turuva gave away a sinbinning that second last play to keep them to zero.

 

[simmo1]

All of a sudden after half time I saw Bird then Hunt appear on the field and I felt a lot more confident for some reason ?

The bench was very good. Even TDS was giving much cleaner service than Api who was very clunky in the first half.