NRL 2022
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You won't see many passes better than this.
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@stargazer said in Highlanders v Moana Pasifika:
Could have posted this in the NRL thread, too.
It's a pity, but not sure NZR had any choice when rescheduling games, considering this was one of their postponed games (round 5) and their next rescheduled game is on Tuesday.
The NRL does this all the time, unless the match Crus v Canes I'm always going to watch the rugby live and the Warriors on replay.
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@stargazer yeah for a converted rugby centre looks good for a league prop, Im still looking for him to use some late footwork on someone, not surprisingly he can pass better than most of his team mates lol, but I think he will go well from what we are seeing so far.
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It seems it's legal to hit our boys high.
Exciting finish to the game though.
Great to see us fight out a win after the Cowboys got away with a lot.
Some of our variation in attack was very good. SJ seems to be playing with confidence and without the huge pressure he had last time he wore a Warriors jersey.
Also good to get the win after those commentators were fluffing the Cowboys!
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@act-crusader hard to believe we were actually in that contest for so long let alone win. The cowboys were by far the most dominant and should have won by a good margin as they continuously rolled us through the middle. The amount of repeat sets we cough up at the fourth or fifth tackle unfortunately probably leads the comp. However our scramble and goal line defence was some of the best i have seen from us.
Im normally bagging CHT for wayward kicks or awful attacking plays, but his touches tonight were great, massive 40/20 included and his defence saved us on a few occasions.
Th cows goal line defence was probably the worst we have come up against and let us in nearly every raid we had and given we only had a couple, magnified how bad they were in that area.
Good to win games you shouldn't, that's a good habit. Happy for the team, they will take a lot from that. Given their next two games are on the road against the Storm and the Roosters they will need all the luck they can get just to hang in there.
anyway good win
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That storm side is so good
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i think the comp is starting to take shape
Penrith have barely skipped a beat and are absolutely flying
Cronulla are far better than anyone expected
Melbourne are Melbourne
Parra have shrugged off any thoughts of internal dispute and seem to be tracking well.
The Roosters look clunky in attack, but have some many quality players they will win far more than they lose.And right now they are the top of the pile. Manly seem to be coming right now as well.
After that are question marks. The Warriors are getting wins i wouldn't expect and they are, at least for now, a top 8 hope. The Cowboys are the same, but i reckon their roster still sucks, and they need to send Granville to the Q-Cup
Souths are missing Reynolds in a big way, and Gagai, but will make the 8.
I think there is 1 spot available in the 8 at the end of the year, and probably 4-5 teams who have a shot.Someone needs to burn the Tigers to the ground. the whole club seems rotten. The recruitment, the culture, it's all broken.
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@mariner4life All sounds about right, I will still wait for Parra for their usual fall away near the end, but agree with what you have.
I dont know how Payten lets Granville play more than Cotter, Cotter is a machine. I dont think the squad looks that bad though, just dont think Payten has his rotations right at all, although good to see lolo finally getting better minutes.
Maumalo as co captain summed up the Tigers for me, largely went missing in effort, made many mistakes and only attcking stat comes from an intercept. One of many who just mentally look like they have checked out. Madge might be trying hard but he is having zero impact at the moment, hard to believe this is the same team that pushed Melbourne in the first half of the first game of the season. For me he needs to fall on his sword, but I feel for him as his players are not putting in and some bright young stars are going elsewhere next season, so agree entirely recruitment, culture is broken. Sad for them though
Panthers lower grades absolutely full of talent, just look at their backs, apart from Staines who has speed only. Taylan May comes from no where and is an absolute mini beast like Too, would be welcome in every team in the comp.
