NRL 2025
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Tough start, then quite a few away games going into bye rounds, then a comparatively easier draw to finish.. If the Warriors can get a some momentum and luck early they might have a shot at the eight. Might, but unlikely..
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I was considering Magic Round next year anyway, but Warriors v Cowboys as the Saturday twilight game makes it even more appealing.
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Tigers fans... well you get 2 years for sure lol
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@bayimports Can't say I'm surprised.
And as much as it irks me to say it, that's smart if he still wants the option to continue winning and the redemption story for the club isn't on track.
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Chammas on a roll today, now time to get the Cowboys upset.. although rumour is it could be a swap deal with the cheese
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And PNG in... in 2028
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Who are the Papua New Guinea players who could be targeted by NRL’s newest club?
Papua New Guinea will have a team in the NRL with expansion finally confirmed. So, which PNG players will the new franchise be likely to target?
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@bayimports said in NRL 2025:
And PNG in... in 2028
it'll be like going to Fiji to play the Drua. Very tough to win up there I suspect.
Good move by the NRL - this has the potential to grow the game
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If the Warriors have difficulty holding on to marquee players, PNG are going to have a revolving door and be paying massive overs. Being a young bloke stuck in a gated compound most of your time isn't going to be appealing long term.
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@antipodean said in NRL 2025:
If the Warriors have difficulty holding on to marquee players, PNG are going to have a revolving door and be paying massive overs. Being a young bloke stuck in a gated compound most of your time isn't going to be appealing long term.
yep, could be a few players who will maybe leave their families at home and live away from home for a season or two I guess, but going to be real tough finding long term players, might make NZ look good!
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@antipodean said in NRL 2025:
If the Warriors have difficulty holding on to marquee players, PNG are going to have a revolving door and be paying massive overs. Being a young bloke stuck in a gated compound most of your time isn't going to be appealing long term.
Probably make more sense to base them somewhere in Australia
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@bayimports said in NRL 2025:
And PNG in... in 2028
it'll be like going to Fiji to play the Drua. Very tough to win up there I suspect.
Good move by the NRL - this has the potential to grow the game
Agreed......and most of the players will be local based. It'll go great, like the Drua have in Super Rugby with all their local based players.
I suspect Wayne Bennett will take the team too as he has expressed a desire to coach the 18th team and his contract with Souths ends in 2027.
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There is a lot of money going to PNG. I did wonder why. Then I saw this
Australia has negotiated an agreement under which PNG will not sign new security agreements with China. This ensures that Australia won’t be blindsided, as it was by the Solomon Islands-China security agreement in 2022.
Game-planning national security and the PNG NRL team | The Strategist
Papua New Guinea’s entrance into the National Rugby League (NRL) is officially confirmed. Already, sports writers are excitedly pulling out their whiteboards to draw up potential rosters for the team’s inaugural season in 2028. But ...
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@antipodean said in NRL 2025:
Being a young bloke stuck in a gated compound most of your time isn't going to be appealing long term.
It is very tempting to say something about the ability of NRL players to make headlines getting caught doing dodgy things and being stationed up there in that situation would seem to be an ideal opportunity to partake in them - but I won't!!!!!!
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Ezra Mam gets 9 week NRL ban for driving unlicensed, on cacaine, crashing and giving a 4 year old girl a broken hip as a result.
Rugba League…….
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@Yeahtheboys said in NRL 2025:
Ezra Mam gets 9 week NRL ban for driving unlicensed, on cacaine, crashing and giving a 4 year old girl a broken hip as a result.
Rugba League…….
Actually 9 weeks is pretty good for the NRL, the most disappointing thing was the outcome from the justice system not the NRL
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And the first downer of many to come this year Warriors fans, Tohu Harris forced in to immediate retirement.
Not exactly a surprise given his body is held together by tape and hope.
Terrific player, and sadly there drops another pillar that the 2023 run to the prelim was built on. 217 games each for Melbourne and the Warriors, 1 premiership, 16 tests for NZ including a 4-Nations win, and an NRL 2nd rower of the year
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@mariner4life said in NRL 2025:
And the first downer of many to come this year Warriors fans, Tohu Harris forced in to immediate retirement.
Not exactly a surprise given his body is held together by tape and hope.
Terrific player, and sadly there drops another pillar that the 2023 run to the prelim was built on. 217 games each for Melbourne and the Warriors, 1 premiership, 16 tests for NZ including a 4-Nations win, and an NRL 2nd rower of the year
From a playing perspective that's not a bad thing, as you note he's broken ... and has been for a while. I wonder if he'll stay on at the club in some capacity? Will see if my cousins have any inside info.
Bloody good career for a rugby midfield back who switched after missing out on a Hawkes Bay academy spot.
Hmm, I wonder what the Warriors plan is to replace him, I guess in the immediate term he'll be covered in the squad as they must have planned for him to be broken this year. Should free up a decent amount of cap space.
PNG team to join NRL in $600m agreement as V’landys confirms huge player incentive
