NRL 2025
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tough year for Sydney rugby league
Wahs win the NSW-Cup
Broncos win the NRLW
Broncos win the NRL
Raiders win the minor premiership
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Kiwis have been named:
Pretty settled team really and one last hurrah for Foran likely at 7.
No Riki is a bit of a surprise (especially as the Kiwis insta has been featuring him the last couple of days) and Warbrick might have played his way out of the squad in the GF.
few spuds, few good players, a few past their prime. Pacific Championship should be pretty good to watch
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Kiwis have been named:
Pretty settled team really and one last hurrah for Foran likely at 7.
No Riki is a bit of a surprise (especially as the Kiwis insta has been featuring him the last couple of days) and Warbrick might have played his way out of the squad in the GF.
Not too many surprises, youre probably right about Warbrick too
PI teams looking even stronger this year, could be tough for all four teams
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Congrats to young Xavier Willison.
Not sure if he will make a game day 17, but a meteoric rise for the former union kid.
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@mariner4life said in NRL 2025:
if i had to stab at a ladder
Melbourne
Cronulla
Brisbane
Penrith
Bulldogs
Manly
Dolphins
Cowboys
Roosters
Newcastle
Raiders
Bunnies
Eels
Dragons
Tigers
Warriors
TitansFinished 2nd. But picking Melbourne at the top of the table is a gimme
Slightly overrated, finished 5th
Picked the Broncs for 3rd, they finished 4th
Penrith finished 7th but were better than that
Underrated the Dogs who finished 3rd
Overrated Manly by a bit, only managed 10th
Picked the Dolphins to finish 7th, they finished 9th, but without their horrific injury toll the would have played finals
First loool, picking the Cowboys to play finals.Picked the Roosters to come 9th, but they came 8th and played a final.
2nd lool. In my write up i picked the Knights to be in the spoon race and AOB to get sacked. Both of these thin gs happened, why the fuck did i put them here? probably overrated Ponga TBH
Massively missed the Raiders, but so did everyone, they were 2nd in the market for the Spoon before the season
Bunnies ended up 14th whacked by injury
Eels were better than i expected, Moses stays fit and they are already battling for the 8
Dragons finished 14th
Tigers did show a lot of improvement to get up to 13th
Warriors were way better than i expected based on Metcalf being better than anyone saw coming, Clark being a huge buy, and for half a season anyway, having an elite middle rotation. Couple of new names help too. My bad Wahs boys
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I see the Warriors have signed Khan-Pereira.
I know very little about him, looks good in his highlight reel though.What’s the go with him, likely starter or will he be stuck behind DWZ?
DWZ is cooked. Not sure Webby got the memo yet. And there are others that need to be set aside next season if we are to do better
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He has genuine speed. Not a noted meter eater or defender, but not as bad as DWZ. Will be interetsing to see how he is used, do you need a someone to put in big metres when CNK and RTS are doing that role.
In 2022 the pairing of AKP and Taine Tuapiki carved up for the Burleigh Bears, if that combo ever gets to run together again
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@bayimports said in NRL 2025:
He has genuine speed. Not a noted meter eater or defender, but not as bad as DWZ. Will be interetsing to see how he is used, do you need a someone to put in big metres when CNK and RTS are doing that role.
In 2022 the pairing of AKP and Taine Tuapiki carved up for the Burleigh Bears, if that combo ever gets to run together again
TT is undersized, but he played well for the top team last season. They have to find space for him, he has some X factor
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We're sort of a bit fucked because Webby is all in on Penrith-ball which needs huge metres out of your outsides to start a set. AKP has jet shoes but he isn't carrying hard out of his own end. Tuapiki isn't either.
So we pick absolute lumpy spuds to carry the ball. The trade off being we can't score any fucking points. And we are boring to watch.
Punt DWZ, RTS and CNK in to the sun, pick dudes with speed, young centres, and at least try to entertain us. Because we are not winning the comp either way.
We have good to great middles. We have guys who can attack an edge. Fucking use them. -
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AKP has shit defense too, so we need to get used to still cursing our outsides as we let in another winger untouched.
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@mariner4life said in NRL 2025:
young centres
Well we did that, just the one we chose is the most vanilla option out there whose best attribute is apparently chasing kicks, and his second best attribute is that one day I hope his Dad's physicality might come through from him.
Agree with the rest of your post, but there's no way Webby dumps CNK, he seems to be his number 1 pick on the sheet.
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Agree with the rest of your post, but there's no way Webby dumps CNK, he seems to be his number 1 pick on the sheet.
i completely agree. And he'll have a few games where his yards will look great in a win, and he'll make all those passionate faces and people will love him.
Overlooking the emptiness of those yardage stats. Non-existent ball playing, a net negative in our over all attack, slug speed, and constantly being caught out of position, or too slow to get to position.
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@mariner4life said in NRL 2025:
young centres
Well we did that, just the one we chose is the most vanilla option out there whose best attribute is apparently chasing kicks, and his second best attribute is that one day I hope his Dad's physicality might come through from him.
you forgot most injury prone as well
Souths picked up Moala Graham-Taufa so that doesnt help either..just hope ali leiataua can stay injury free and win the place just on merit
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@mariner4life said in NRL 2025:
Agree with the rest of your post, but there's no way Webby dumps CNK, he seems to be his number 1 pick on the sheet.
i completely agree. And he'll have a few games where his yards will look great in a win, and he'll make all those passionate faces and people will love him.
Overlooking the emptiness of those yardage stats. Non-existent ball playing, a net negative in our over all attack, slug speed, and constantly being caught out of position, or too slow to get to position.
Thought I'd stumbled back into an AB thread, and was going to say that it's a bit harsh to say Ardie has slug speed
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there are rumours Reuben Garrick could be gettable. Would take in a heartbeat.
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@mariner4life said in NRL 2025:
there are rumours Reuben Garrick could be gettable. Would take in a heartbeat.
Manly back of house are just awful, great for anyone talented we could all steal though
