POST GAME 2023 NRL Grand Final - Penrith vs Brisbane
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Waynesaurus
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Hopefully Kevvie learns that to win premierships you need to respect the ball and get the fundamentals right.
Alec
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We won't know how this affects the team until next year, but unless Mam and Walsh suddenly have a huge decline in their running games like Milford had midway through 2016, I think they'll manage it better. Reynolds won't be affected as much as Hunt was. The spine will be the key and hopefully Mam and Walsh get better with experience.
I think there's less chance of a mental collapse, however I'm not sure that the Broncos will be as good after losing some very key players.
Battler
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Yes he was great. He really stood up to close out the season. You blokes have a great pack next year, possibly the best in the comp
Wild Horse
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Yes, Thank you bro
JayPee
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Piakura has really improved. I think he is ready. This is coming from a guy that thought he was an absolute spud about a year ago. Looked like shit in qcup every time I watched him. Looks like a real first grader now.
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That was painful, but watching the game in person it felt like we had lost the plot after we got to 24, we couldn't hold the ball or get a call.
Infact the ref didn't get involved at all really untill we started to pull away(even though soo many calls were missed in the first half).
It's a shame I was getting overconfident earlier that we had already won after Ezra had absolutely sliced them apart earlier.
Infact the ref didn't get involved at all really untill we started to pull away(even though soo many calls were missed in the first half).
It's a shame I was getting overconfident earlier that we had already won after Ezra had absolutely sliced them apart earlier.
_wwong
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In big games, Complete your sets. That’s first and foremost. We didn’t do it in the first half but we should have learned the lesson once we were 24-8 up. At that points it fundamentals that win the game but we went for some crazy passes.
Wolfie
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I still think its a lot to ask 21 year old back rower to perform consistently and be the main man. I personally think he will start next year, but i dont expect him to do what say Fifita did for us.
Absolutely heartbroken!!! I was watching it with 15 mins left in the sea of Penrith fans thinking thank f**k we’re going to win this and rub it in their faces!!! They had it and they lost it. Penrith came and played with 15 mins left and they won. There was some crazy errors that the boys did, it was shocking. I’m still in shock and may cry when I get home lol
Mick_Hancock
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If you told anyone on here that we’re playing finals, smashing Storm and making the GF… We all would’ve taken it!
To play the way we did and come so close?! Very frustrating and an empty feeling….
To play the way we did and come so close?! Very frustrating and an empty feeling….
Morepudding
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Rabbitohs made the right call. Reynolds has helped us but I wouldn’t extend him.
Big Pete
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That's the unfortunate part of sport really, you can play well all season but if you don't get the result by the full-time siren it just leaves you feeling empty.
I thought it was a really brave performance from the Broncos. They were as nervous as anything, the Panthers were all over them and the game looked all but over when Reynolds injured his groin. I think Reynolds was really brave to play on and had that been a regular game he would have come off for sure.
I'd say Penrith were the better team for 40 odd minutes and Brisbane only had that run for 20 minutes. It was enough to pile on 24 points but they were a buffer so when that run eventually ran out, it was advantage Penrith.
Suddenly that 40 minute onslaught caught up to them and with nothing to lose they took their advantage. It's a shame but that's the price you pay when you play the Broncos style of football.
It's been a pleasure to watch this season this year, they gave one of the greatest teams of all-time an almighty scare and played some breath-taking Rugby League.
I thought it was a really brave performance from the Broncos. They were as nervous as anything, the Panthers were all over them and the game looked all but over when Reynolds injured his groin. I think Reynolds was really brave to play on and had that been a regular game he would have come off for sure.
I'd say Penrith were the better team for 40 odd minutes and Brisbane only had that run for 20 minutes. It was enough to pile on 24 points but they were a buffer so when that run eventually ran out, it was advantage Penrith.
Suddenly that 40 minute onslaught caught up to them and with nothing to lose they took their advantage. It's a shame but that's the price you pay when you play the Broncos style of football.
It's been a pleasure to watch this season this year, they gave one of the greatest teams of all-time an almighty scare and played some breath-taking Rugby League.
