Vs Manly rd2 2025

[Penrose Warrior]

Well done fellas

Bloody strange game of footy, not sure what I make of either side after that one. Warriors made the most of their huge possession and territory, and Manly weren’t good enough to stand up and defend them strongly, a few very soft tries

I completely agree with this. I feel f**king ecstatic about the result but I honestly sit back and go 'what did we do so well'?

I do feel like we defended incredibly well, a couple of blemishes from RTS on Saab's wing apart. That's got to be our blueprint, defend well and let the other team implode. I still didn't think like we fired an incredible amount of shots attacking-wise, but scored 36 points. Weird.

 

[Beavers Headgear]

Manly started hot, got cute, it didn't work, then got tired.

Mean more in a normal world, the Warriors won’t be getting that much possession and territory, so did we learn a lot about their attack, and on the other side it’s unusual to be defending your line so consistently, so did we learn that Manlys goal line D is weak, that we probably did

 

[nswarrior]

Wow - one of our best wins since 2023!!

Forwards were great. Can improve bench use and give more time to Demetrius and Helasima

 

[Beavers Headgear]

Think she thought he was Tom haha

I was already off put by using the “yellow card” rugby term. I can give her some leniency because she isn’t hard on the eye

 

[Izz]

I was already off put by using the “yellow card” rugby term. I can give her some leniency because she isn’t hard on the eye

Jake wasn't a fan haha

 

[Thatwasnthighref]

This feels like the Penrith win in magic round last year. Still can’t believe what just happened.

 

[nswarrior]

Pompey really struggled, when is Berry back?

Also not sure about CHT

The forwards though were outstanding. Manly were really struggling to get out their 20 towards the end of the 1st half

 

[Beavers Headgear]

I completely agree with this. I feel f**king ecstatic about the result but I honestly sit back and go 'what did we do so well'?

I do feel like we defended incredibly well, a couple of blemishes from RTS on Saab's wing apart. That's got to be our blueprint, defend well and let the other team implode. I still didn't think like we fired an incredible amount of shots attacking-wise, but scored 36 points. Weird.

Yep you defended well, perhaps both edges looking brittle early played into their hands with Manly not going up the middle at all after that. The use of Olakau’atu was abysmal

Warriors tries, lots of opportunistic stuff helped with fatigue, what I did like was seeing some offloading, and decent support player should be hanging to the right of JFH because the opportunities were there. They made a break off one early in the first half them Egan hit 2 1 out runners and didn’t make anything of it with a spread

 

[Philip_Smith007]

I completely agree with this. I feel f**king ecstatic about the result but I honestly sit back and go 'what did we do so well'?

I do feel like we defended incredibly well, a couple of blemishes from RTS on Saab's wing apart. That's got to be our blueprint, defend well and let the other team implode. I still didn't think like we fired an incredible amount of shots attacking-wise, but scored 36 points. Weird.

Felt most tries came from Manly mistakes.
Didnt feel like structured attack.
But glad they took the opportunities that got presented.

 

[SpaceMonkey]

We won that primarily because we aimed up and hunted as a pack. Which was much of what made the 2023 side so effective. R.I.P. in, put constant pressure on, get to your kicks and the points will come.

 

[shiznit]

I put this in the 3-2-1 thread but it was better in here… lol

That had to be one of the worst warriors wins I’ve ever seen.. lol

They need to fix the halves… they seriously have no structure it’s crazy they won so well.

nearly all their tries came from unstructured play/individual brilliance or poor reads on defence.

good on them for winning.. but unless they bring in someone who can run the ship they won’t be playing finals football.

the kicking game was f**ken atrocious.

 

[The Silverdale Phantom]

Yeah I thought I should pay a visit and offer some congratulations.

Manly are a good side who are very well coached.

Even if it wasn’t as pretty as it could have been, should lift the confidence.

 

[Fufu Andronez]

I put this in the 3-2-1 thread but it was better in here… lol

That had to be one of the worst warriors wins I’ve ever seen.. lol

They need to fix the halves… they seriously have no structure it’s crazy they won so well.

nearly all their tries came from unstructured play/individual brilliance or poor reads on defence.

good on them for winning.. but unless they bring in someone who can run the ship they won’t be playing finals football.

the kicking game was f**ken atrocious.

RE structure and kicking game, what are you comparing it to? Last week against the raiders? Or last year with SJ at 7. Both of those were dog shit and led to many losses.

Tonight wasn't a loss. Not even close. Not even a bad win, was a good win. Kick em when they lose, sure, but they showed they took the raiders loss personally and did something about it. That is an attitude and something to build on.

 

[The Silverdale Phantom]

RE structure and kicking game, what are you comparing it to? Last week against the raiders? Or last year with SJ at 7. Both of those were dog shit and led to many losses.

Tonight wasn't a loss. Not even close. Not even a bad win, was a good win. Kick em when they lose, sure, but they showed they took the raiders loss personally and did something about it. That is an attitude and something to build on.

True.

Manly are right up there, strike all over the park. You should take a lot of comfort out of it.