PRE-GAME [Round 20, 2026] - Broncos vs Panthers

[Waynesaurus]

Would be nice if the officials had Piaks on the tip sheet as a guy that keeps copping high shots and HIA's... and I don't know ****ing punish the ****ing offenders that hit him high illegally... ground breaking stuff I know.

Loeiro came flying out of the line in the GF and landed a shoulder straight to the face... only a sin bin and Grade 2 even though he was off his feet and came in recklessly with zero mitigating factors.

Earlier in the GF Hughes hits him with a high shot and Piaks is taken off for a HIA.

Last week Ramien hits him high and he's off for a HIA... zero punishment for Ramien but we lose our starting backrower for 3 quarters of the game.

Officiating of this sport "entertainment" is ****ing cooked... they will deserve the CTE lawsuit when it comes in

That was definitely the Sharks game plan, they were going high every chance they could to get him off the field.

 

[Super Freak]

 

[Cult]

Eh.. sack him. I’m done with Paix

 

[MrTickyMcG]

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Is this as full strength as full strength gets? Paix out for Walters and I think that's as good as we can look this year.

 

[Sproj]

4. Shibasaki
7. Reynolds
9. Paix
14. Bunt
16. Piki

Out:
Mozer
Duffy
Anderson

Maguire is going to die on this group of over the hill and never made it up there hacks.

 

[6moresongs]

4. Shibasaki
7. Reynolds
9. Paix
14. Bunt
16. Piki

Out:
Mozer
Duffy
Anderson

Maguire is going to die on this group of over the hill and never made it up there hacks.

Add Mam to the list.. I mean what has he done to warrant a recall. His absense no longer means hes leading the missed tackle count. I'm not sure what else has changed.

 

[Mightybroncs2k17]

As close to full strength as we've been for a while.

 

[6moresongs]

As close to full strength as we've been for a while.

Yes - round 13 when we lost to the worst team in the comp springs to mind!

 

[Volvo Driver]

Basically the GF squad minus Smoothy?

But ffs, Paix? I don't get it, I just really don't anymore. He does NOT get the team on the front foot.

It's a given that the Panthers will just roll up the field every set but we could at least counter and do the same when we have the ball. Now we'll just have Paix feeding the ball to Reynolds, who'll crab across the field, and the ball carrier will get picked off.

There's no imagination with our dummy half and in this current rule set that is criminal.