NRL Rd 5 2025 - General Non-Warriors Thread

[Big Marn]

casey maclean made one of the poorest decisions ive seen on a footy field for a while. Hope he gave himself 2 or 3 uppercuts after the game.

 

[nswarrior]

Panthers will struggle to finish top 2 from here. Cowboys were up for it and Panthers had a lot of mistakes in them again

 

[Big Marn]

That last sin bin goes a little bit far going back a whole set and didnt seem must more than a penalty.

yeh. not much in it. Classic over correction by the NRL. what else is new?

 

[Big Marn]

Panthers will struggle to finish top 2 from here. Cowboys were up for it and Panthers had a lot of mistakes in them again

you wouldnt see that many errors from a Panthers team in half a dozen games normally.

 

[Big Marn]

a couple of interesting things. that penalty the cowboys conceded at the scrum near the end of the game.
Did Panthers really get an advantage from that? It took away their short side play as Cowboys were able to spread across the field.

Also, that pass that Cleary threw when he was lying on the ground. Was he not tackled to get into that position? If Alamoti hadnt gone into touch, and the try won the game, i wonder if there would have been a stink about that.

 

[nswarrior]

a couple of interesting things. that penalty the cowboys conceded at the scrum near the end of the game.
Did Panthers really get an advantage from that? It took away their short side play as Cowboys were able to spread across the field.

Also, that pass that Cleary threw when he was lying on the ground. Was he not tackled to get into that position? If Alamoti hadnt gone into touch, and the try won the game, i wonder if there would have been a stink about that.

I think if it was anyone else the Ref would have said he passed it after being tackled

 

[Izz]

casey maclean made one of the poorest decisions ive seen on a footy field for a while. Hope he gave himself 2 or 3 uppercuts after the game.

Logan Swann-esque

 

[Blair]

Cowboys win, 4 in a row for Panthers, but not the kind they wanted.

The Panthers are ruining my tipping!

Moving on, the mrs just said "Oh my god, did you see his bum?!' I knew it was Tedesco.

14-8, Chooks. Second half.

Edit: good Mitchell-inspired comeback by Souths. 20-14, final.

 

[Philip_Smith007]

Latrell rocks and diamonds ending with diamonds.

 

[Philip_Smith007]

a couple of interesting things. that penalty the cowboys conceded at the scrum near the end of the game.
Did Panthers really get an advantage from that? It took away their short side play as Cowboys were able to spread across the field.

Also, that pass that Cleary threw when he was lying on the ground. Was he not tackled to get into that position? If Alamoti hadnt gone into touch, and the try won the game, i wonder if there would have been a stink about that.

Smart if Cows did that deliberately from the scrum.

No sure if Cleary's ball carrying arm touched the ground?

 

[Philip_Smith007]

The Panthers are ruining my tipping!

Moving on, the mrs just said "Oh my god, did you see his bum?!' I knew it was Tedesco.

14-8, Chooks. Second half.

My wife wondered if they get bum facials, just in case?

 

[Philip_Smith007]

Holding onto 2nd place on the ladder.

 

[nswarrior]

Great win by South with only 1 man bench for most of the 2nd half. I thought Laterell had a great match esp. his kicking apart from those 40/20 attempts

 

[Blair]

Cowboys win, 4 in a row for Panthers, but not the kind they wanted.

The trouble with being in tipping comps is you end up taking a 'loss' personally. Both NQ and Souths had me pissed-off tonight.

 

[Grizzman]

yeh. not much in it. Classic over correction by the NRL. what else is new?

Yep, I was thinking last night that this was a good week to have a bye. The Judiciary will be full this coming week but no Warriors players!

 

[Beavers Headgear]

SOS to Jarome Luai

 

[Izz]

A hot take with nothing really behind it: Isaiah Papali'i is a destabilizing influence. Very good player, but more about himself than the team.

Another take, less hot: The Panthers are missing JFH setting standards on and off the park.

And a related take: Even last season, the Panthers looked disinterested at times. With even more stars moving on this season, it was likely they'd have to return to the pack at some point.

Still, it's a long season, and I'm sure they'll bounce back.

 

[SpaceMonkey]

A hot take with nothing really behind it: Isaiah Papali'i is a destabilizing influence. Very good player, but more about himself than the team.

Another take, less hot: The Panthers are missing JFH setting standards on and off the park.

And a related take: Even last season, the Panthers looked disinterested at times. With even more stars moving on this season, it was likely they'd have to return to the pack at some point.

Still, it's a long season, and I'm sure they'll bounce back.

Ironically I think with JFH there Papali’i would probably be tearing it up like he was at Parra.

 

[Blair]

Still, it's a long season, and I'm sure they'll bounce back.

It might be where they need to be right now, in order to get the fire back in their bellies.

 

[Beavers Headgear]

A hot take with nothing really behind it: Isaiah Papali'i is a destabilizing influence. Very good player, but more about himself than the team.

Another take, less hot: The Panthers are missing JFH setting standards on and off the park.

And a related take: Even last season, the Panthers looked disinterested at times. With even more stars moving on this season, it was likely they'd have to return to the pack at some point.

Still, it's a long season, and I'm sure they'll bounce back.

Papali’i’s came along at the wrong time, he entered the NRL with a flog like Adam Blair as his mentor coming through. He had a strong year or 2 at Parra, but outside of that he has been a Blair/Tigers and Warriors type of first grader