NRL Finals 2025

[JJ]

It really is such a distasteful GF, but I’m going with Madge, old school hard nut. Bellamy and Melbourne are just always cheats to me…

 

[Blair]

'Melbourne Storm prop Stefano Utoikamanu says the Brisbane Broncos have "a lot of people I don't like" ahead of Sunday's NRL grand final.' (ABC).

Lol, he couldn't have said it better. I like Madge but I just can't get past his players!

Btw, Madge was overlooked for the Warriors head coach position, wasn't he? Don't get me wrong, I'm sweet with Webster, but if we were in a familiar quagmire now it'd be depressing if we could've had Madge.

 

[JJ]

'Melbourne Storm prop Stefano Utoikamanu says the Brisbane Broncos have "a lot of people I don't like" ahead of Sunday's NRL grand final.' (ABC).

Lol, he couldn't have said it better. I like Madge but I just can't get past his players!

Btw, Madge was overlooked for the Warriors head coach position, wasn't he? Don't get me wrong, I'm sweet with Webster, but if we were in a familiar quagmire now it'd be depressing if we could've had Madge.

Yep, agree with that.. but of course I don’t like Bellamy, nor do I like many of his players… most unlikeable GF I can recall. Jesus even when Manly played Melbourne I could really want Manly to win ( similar with the Chooks) Can they both lose?

 

[vvvrulz]

I was quite enjoying being a neutral spectator, it was a classic unstoppable force vs immovable object contest.

... until those pink bastards got rattled and starting blatantly cheating in the ruck.
Screw them, and up the Broncos for next week as well.

 

[Beavers Headgear]

lol Buzz and Tallis can’t get past their bias, begrudgingly giving credit, but backing it up with “I stand by everything, they had to get a crisis manager in to fix it” and “well, he does have a good roster”

 

[Blair]

Haas and his fashion choice:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...ts-crime-linked-activewear-line-r4w/105828100

 

[Big Marn]

The solace I can take out of the broncos being there, is how from January onwards Buzz has into MaGuire saying he has been too hard on the players and will burn them out and old school doesn’t work blah blah blah, with Garden Trellis taking any chance he can get to take potshots at MaGuire and Reynolds, and we now watch Brisbane make 2 big comebacks at the end of the year to make it, with Reynolds kicking the goal

2023 Win over the Kangaroos -tick
2024 Origin series win -tick
2025 NRL GF winner - ?

 

[Beavers Headgear]

DCE spotted having lunch with Fitzgibbon

 

[JJ]

DCE spotted having lunch with Fitzgibbon

is the suggestion he's still looking for a club next year?

 

[Philip_Smith007]

Tickets all gone currently.
Have a Broncos mate who jumped on 10mins before tickets up for sale and 20000 people in front. Tickets all gone by 10.14.
Thought a non Sydney team final might have been slower.

 

[Beavers Headgear]

is the suggestion he's still looking for a club next year?

Not sure what to make of it tbh, is a bit bizarre really unless they are looking at Hynes to 1

Hannay moving on may have a coaching spot available ?

 

[Thatwasnthighref]

Btw, Madge was overlooked for the Warriors head coach position, wasn't he? Don't get me wrong, I'm sweet with Webster, but if we were in a familiar quagmire now it'd be depressing if we could've had Madge.

Oh shit was he? I didn’t know that. I remember he and Brown were axed at about the same time, and Webster’s announcement came pretty soon after that. But I didn’t know Madge was in the mix.

 

[Blair]

Tickets all gone currently.
Have a Broncos mate who jumped on 10mins before tickets up for sale and 20000 people in front. Tickets all gone by 10.14.
Thought a non Sydney team final might have been slower.

Our boys in the inter-state final is great for the club. I wouldn't change a thing but it's NRL GF day and many of our fans won't be there because of that.

 

[JJ]

Not sure what to make of it tbh, is a bit bizarre really unless they are looking at Hynes to 1

Hannay moving on may have a coaching spot available ?

You think he’s cut out for coaching? From a distance seems a quirky character

Cronulla are very competitive, hard to see DCE being the missing piece, especially given his form

 

[Beavers Headgear]

You think he’s cut out for coaching? From a distance seems a quirky character

Cronulla are very competitive, hard to see DCE being the missing piece, especially given his form

Have always heard he is a future head coach in the making, but who knows

 

[Beavers Headgear]

Anasta on NRL360 says he was told from someone close to R360 they have Lomax and he won’t be playing NRL next year. Interesting

 

[Thatwasnthighref]

Anasta on NRL360 says he was told from someone close to R360 they have Lomax and he won’t be playing NRL next year. Interesting

Wow... if true that'll be interesting all right.

There were reports recently about clubs wanting the NRL to impose life bans on players and agents that broke existing contracts to take up R360 offers. Things could get messy.

 

[Beavers Headgear]

Papenhuysen and RTS already signed apparently, RTS confirmed as 2027 though

 

[Philip_Smith007]

Dally M awards.
Poor bastard Metcalfe leading the board when he got injured!
Halasima robbed for rookie of the year (Robert Toia).

 

[Philip_Smith007]

Metcalfe top half back on points at round 23
But Nathan Cleary halfback of year.