NRL 2025
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funny game. At one point i thought Melbourne would score 50, but like a couple of teams last week, the "win big week 1, easy start the next game" trap opened up and Melbourne fell in it.
Penrith definitely adjusted defensively and started to shut down those Melbourne shapes. Throw in a greasy night and it got ugly. Melbourne did have their outsides impacted by injury which opened up the spots Penrith attacked.
One thing about Penrith is they are so well drilled. They are a "system" team (and i don't mean that as a negative) and when they run their plays, no matter who is involved, they are all at pace and in synch. Those two To'o tries last night were done to perfection, and look at the names handling the ball. They are not big name Penrith players. Great fucking squad, and Cleary is a way better coach now than he has ever shown before.
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Yeah Penrith will be happy with that performance despite the loss. Cole funnily enough looks more comfortable as a 7 than 6, and they seem to suit a more running 6 like Talagi and Luai in years gone by. Jenkins was also impressive from the back apart from not contesting the high ball in the Coates try, and Alamoti had a huge night in the centres.
As mariner said, looked like 50 was on the cards, but credit to Penrith, they're elite for a reason.
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CNK must go
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So should CHT
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So we finally do a half decent kick on the 5th and contest the high ball and we score.
Who would’ve thunk it
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Tedesco can't jump. Wahs might want to try that again.
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That’s a poor miss on the extras.
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Gee he hits the line hard.
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Good to see the points come after a period of dominating field position.
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14-6 to the good guys.
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@bayimports said in NRL 2025:
So should CHT
You should put him down more often.
You have to laugh, as soon as you bag both, they both stand up
Big win in a grind, a lot of positives with our first win over those fluffybunnies since 2018
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@bayimports said in NRL 2025:
@bayimports said in NRL 2025:
So should CHT
You should put him down more often.
Big win in a grind, a lot of positives with our first win over those fluffybunnies since 2018
Hard to believe we haven’t beaten the Sydney Sombrero’s in that long!!!
Its not like they’ve been at Panthers or Storm level!
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@bayimports said in NRL 2025:
@bayimports said in NRL 2025:
So should CHT
You should put him down more often.
Big win in a grind, a lot of positives with our first win over those fluffybunnies since 2018
Hard to believe we haven’t beaten the Sydney Sombrero’s in that long!!!
Not hard for to believe me because I keep going to see them at the SFS.
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Another win built on guts and the crowd and an opposition handing us opportunity.
If the Roosters were a competent team we would have got flogged.
CHT having an inspired 5 seconds does not erase the other 79.55 of utter shit.
CNK ran for 300m. With out threatening a decent linebreak or try scoring opportunity. Ambling after a chad fucking Townsend 40/20 was unforgivable.
Metcalf has a shit kicking game.
Our attack really does stink.However
Leiataua is my new favourite warrior, and there is something there to work with.
Our middles are good.
Our best half comes off the bench as a forward.
Dick fingers Ford is having a good season.We're 2-1!
I think the season will play out that we'll beat the average teams at home, lose nearly everything in Australia, and lose to any good team who actually shows up to Mt Smart, and finish like 12th.
