NRL Rd 17 2025 - General Non-Warriors Thread

[Blair]

he would be better off going to the Storm, not just down the road. He comes across as a lazy f**ker. Bellamy would whip him into shape.

The experienced, hard-task master, Madge might be disappointed he couldn't.

 

[Beavers Headgear]

This is close to the worst half of NRL I have ever seen

 

[Blair]

This is close to the worst half of NRL I have ever seen.

I was thinking of the big crowd, they keep turning out to capacity or near to. At least Manly are 6-0 up. But that only happened on the stroke of halftime.

Api has a point to prove. He had his position in the side questioned this week. Well, his longer-term position. If he had support he'd have a blinder tonight.

 

[Philip_Smith007]

Makes me feel better about our loss. If penrith had been flogged, thst would be a bad indication.

Missing 5 origin players vs us, who seemed to be hardened by the experience.

 

[Philip_Smith007]

This is close to the worst half of NRL I have ever seen

Was Tommy's last pass forward out of hands?

 

[Beavers Headgear]

Was Tommy's last pass forward out of hands?

I don’t think so, but even on limited touches he is still showing his class, instrumental in the first 2 tries

Does DCE look cooked to everyone else ? He is so far down on his normal play

 

[Beavers Headgear]

It’s embarrassing how much Voss let’s his Manly dislike run into his commentary

 

[Philip_Smith007]

I like Tommy popping up on the other side to create an extra man.
RTS should be fully capable of this.

 

[Blair]

28-10, Manly. Final. The Tigers are getting on perilously close to the spoon.

There was something weird at the end. Wests had to finish the game with only 12 men, or risk a fine or sanction. What happened? There was no one in the bin.

 

[Big Marn]

Injured player and no more interchanges left?

 

[Blair]

Injured player and no more interchanges left?

That sounds logical. It's amateur-hour stuff though, isn't it? What if the game was close?

 

[Beavers Headgear]

Bit of a rarity here with 2 sets of 3 brothers playing, all of them come through Manly and 1 more is in jail

 

[Philip_Smith007]

28-10, Manly. Final. The Tigers are getting on perilously close to the spoon.

There was something weird at the end. Wests had to finish the game with only 12 men, or risk a fine or sanction. What happened? There was no one in the bin.

Injured player and no more interchanges left?

Heard them say something about Api failing HIA, no interchanges left, couldnt bring another player om but had to take one off. It was explained badly by sideline Matt Russell. Do HIA count as an interchange?

 

[Big Marn]

I aways thought they were a free interchange if they passed the hia or not. So hopefully someone else knows.

 

[Blair]

Newcastle cannot afford to lose Ponga but they have. He might be back towards the 'back-end of the season' but it might be the difference between the spoon and finals. He's their 'Shaun Johnson'.

 

[Beavers Headgear]

Has gone undetected in most quarters, but have noticed the sin bin for high contact seems to be a thing of the past now. The hitting from Jack Williams was a textbook 10 the last couple of years

The Warriors game, the tackle on Metcalf, legal tackle, but placed on report for whiplash. Are we now going to start penalising people for hitting too hard ?

 

[Beavers Headgear]

When I saw the menu for tonight Dragons v Eels didn’t excite, but has been an entertaining contest

 

[Blair]

When I saw the menu for tonight Dragons v Eels didn’t excite, but has been an entertaining contest.

34-20, Dragons. They're just really hard to beat in Wollongong. It's a trip I've always wanted to take as a fan. It's such a nice break from Sydney, like the Central Coast.

 

[Beavers Headgear]

Dolphins so good to watch. Hard to believe they’re reportedly sending Nikorima on his way next year to bring in George Williams

 

[Beavers Headgear]

34-20, Dragons. They're just really hard to beat in Wollongong. It's a trip I've always wanted to take as a fan. It's such a nice break from Sydney, like the Central Coast.

I went and sat on the hill there one day many years ago, was a nice train trip