Would genuinely break in half if he tackled me. Hits like a truck.
NRL NRL 2021 Grand Final - Penrith vs South Sydney
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The skinny ten meant they didn't have to use up nearly as much energy which they may have used in the close games they've played.
Personally thought the ref was poor.
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The key strategic reason Souths lost that game was a lack of pressure on Cleary when kicking. All those kicks resulted in pinpoint placements that often ended with errors. Why they had such a poor possession ratio, so many repeat sets they had to absorb.
It's impossible to post during the game. I'll come back later.
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JT reminds me of Matt Okine
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Panthers defense superb all finals.
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Have to say Wayne Bennett fluffed it, how do you not assign a player nor two to hound Cleary every play? The most influential player with his kicks and play set ups, they needed to hound him.
When North Melbourne won the 1999 grand final, Cam Mooney, who had no impact of any sort on proceedings, was told to 'make sure he learnt something from today' by Denis Pagan. Latrell Mitchell will surely receive a similar message once the dust has settled. His brilliance with the ball might have proven crucial.
Were Penrith using blockers again?.........
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Quite baffling considering Bennett and Cleary drama for the first final. I’ll have to watch this game again, but don’t recall there being very blatant blocks tonight, at least not worse than previous weeks
I was too engrossed to notice but apparently Gus brought his Penrith eye patch to tonight's grand final: https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nr...s/news-story/d69e6646e23a73e3665d43732d566c44
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Cody Walker losing a gf.
One of the great sights in League.
One of the great sights in League.
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Not really, was watching that all game, given the feud a few weeks ago. There was a guy usually hanging around near the play the ball on the fifth, but they still couldve tried to rush him more.Were Penrith using blockers again?.........
Kept a bit of an eye on it myself and both sides were similar and ran pretty standard interference.
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And retire that dickhead Gus whilst you are at it.
I'd be happy if it was just Gus.
Was just joking around. Wasn't paying that much attention to it but Penrith definitely got more pressure on the kicker tonight. Disappointing from Souths with what should have been fresher legs.
I don't think Souths will be back here in a years time. This was their moment and they couldn't quite get it done. Wouldn't back against Penrith going back to back now that the monkey is off their back.
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Thought he was surprisingly not biased to the Panthers tonight.
There's going to be a wild night of drugs, booze and women in Brisvegas tonight
Are the Storm still up there?
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Congrats to the Panthers. Always had a soft spot for Ivan Cleary and Nathan was a Warriors ball boy, so that'll have to do.
Bad luck to Souths. Gave it everything, but not a lot of luck either. One bad pass was the difference.
Bad luck to Souths. Gave it everything, but not a lot of luck either. One bad pass was the difference.
Reynolds is a big loss, worth a lot of points and controls the game with his kicking.
Agree Panthers will be top 2 again, and Storm are always elite.
