All NRL Games [Round 24, 2025]

[Cliffy's Jockstrap]

I reckon that was the dodgiest try I've seen in a while. Commentators writing fiction trying to explain why it might be OK.

 

[The '47ers]

I reckon that was the dodgiest try I've seen in a while. Commentators writing fiction trying to explain why it might be OK.

Ch9 CJ? Voss and Gronk weren't confident about it on Fox.

 

[HoldenV8]

Cooper Cronk needs to watch an Aussie rules game or two.

That kick Cleary did that got batted over the dead ball line is one Aussie rules players have been doing since before I was born, and I'm 50.

 

[Cliffy's Jockstrap]

Ch9 CJ? Voss and Gronk weren't confident about it on Fox.

Foxy. I'm paying for Kayo figure I want some kind of value for it! Even tho I am stuck with that dribbler Voss

 

[The '47ers]

Foxy. I'm paying for Kayo figure I want some kind of value for it! Even tho I am stuck with that dribbler Voss

Yeah I saw a piece on Rabs missing the game, I miss him!

 

[Eagledare2dream]

He drop that ball, F***** I hate them all.

 

[Jerry1]

I feel dirty going for the storm but my hate for the chins has surpassed my loathing for the drizzle.

 

[The '47ers]

Foxy. I'm paying for Kayo figure I want some kind of value for it! Even tho I am stuck with that dribbler Voss

Off topic, but was just reading Andrew Moore has had a heart attack

 

[HoldenV8]

I reckon that was the dodgiest try I've seen in a while. Commentators writing fiction trying to explain why it might be OK.

The Coates try??

Personally I thought he lost it in mid-air, then regathered before crashing into Dylan Edwards. And after the re-gather, he didn't lose the ball. Fair try for mine.

****ing saab should be good in the air like coates. But to soft.

The kicks for Coates always land in the in-goal.

DCE's kicks finish about 5 metres out.

That's a huge difference in kick quality, even if Saab had good hands.

 

[Cliffy's Jockstrap]

Off topic, but was just reading Andrew Moore has had a heart attack

Yes, sad news. There is a thread for it.

 

[HK_Eagle]

The kicks for Coates always land in the in-goal.

DCE's kicks finish about 5 metres out.

That's a huge difference in kick quality, even if Saab had good hands.

For all the talk about “using our weapons”, it’s criminal how we fail to use Saab (and Turbo for that matter) in the air.

 

[Brookie1973]

The Coates try??

Personally I thought he lost it in mid-air, then regathered before crashing into Dylan Edwards. And after the re-gather, he didn't lose the ball. Fair try for mine.




The kicks for Coates always land in the in-goal.

DCE's kicks finish about 5 metres out.

That's a huge difference in kick quality, even if Saab had good hands.

Not sure it’s so much a quality issue as it is a planned tactic. We aim to just hand it back as close to the try line as possible without the risk of a 7 tackle set. Which seems odd given Saabs height should be a definite attacking threat, which is what storm are doing with Coates. A positive, attacking attitude vs negative, defensive attitude.

 

[nightster]

Yeah I saw a piece on Rabs missing the game, I miss him!

Not really … I miss Roy & H G’s calls

 

[nightster]

What a dumb arse pass

 

[HoldenV8]

Damn Coates has slowed down.

Great effort from Casey McLean there, but IMO wouldn't have caught either Koula or Saab in full flight.

 

[HoldenV8]

Not sure it’s so much a quality issue as it is a planned tactic. We aim to just hand it back as close to the try line as possible without the risk of a 7 tackle set. Which seems odd given Saabs height should be a definite attacking threat, which is what storm are doing with Coates. A positive, attacking attitude vs negative, defensive attitude.

And here was me thinking that the objective of the exercise was to actually score.....

 

[Under the Sticks]

For all the talk about “using our weapons”, it’s criminal how we fail to use Saab (and Turbo for that matter) in the air.

We do he has feet for hands.

 

[HK_Eagle]

What a dumb arse pass

Haven’t been impressed with Talagi at all tonight. Showing his inexperience.

 

[HoldenV8]

We do he has feet for hands.

A LOT of the problem though is the quality of the kicks.

You make a lot more work for yourself landing the ball 5 metres out like DCE regularly does when kicking for Saab.

And as for what @HK_Eagle said about using our weapons.....I can't actually remember the last time we put up an attacking kick for Turbo to chase close to the opposition line.

 

[HK_Eagle]

We do he has feet for hands.

He has shown bad hands at times, but he has also scored a number of tries off bombs in the past. We just seem unable to consistently execute bombs in the right areas for those tries. As has been mentioned, always seem to be about 5m short, and basically ineffectual in that zone.