NRL NRL 2021 Season - Round 15

[Santana]

Thought the Storm were playing tomorrow. 40-0 at HT

 

[Mighty Storm]

Thought the Storm were playing tomorrow. 40-0 at HT

I think the tigers thought that as well and didn't turn up.

 

[Santana]

Storm's record highest score is 70 right? In big danger tonight

 

[Mighty Storm]

Ive never seen a worse effort than this,Witches hats defend better than these guys

 

[Great8]

Storm have put them to the sword but this is just insipid

 

[DEVO]

Tigers making a comeback.

 

[Hojuman]

Disappointing from the Storm. More minutes than points now.

 

[DEVO]

Twice in this game the Storm crossed for 5 tries in a 15 minute period, now they haven't scored a point for more than 15 minutes.

 

[DEVO]

The fightbacks on here, it's a shame the Tigers will run out of time though.

 

[moto748]

The Tigers don't believe that time is linear, though. Their perception is that they are stuck in an endless time-loop: Storm score. And then they score again. And then again...

 

[DEVO]

Isiaih Papali'i is the greatest bargain buy in history. How we got him for Under 200k is beyond me.

 

[DEVO]

Parramatta are making hard work of it at the moment.

 

[Great8]

Parramatta are making hard work of it at the moment.

30-0 second half not too shabby but poor start indeed

 

[DEVO]

Dominant second half by Parramatta, but very disappointing first half. Still won by 26.

 

[balmainforever]

Paseka is a beast.

 

[balmainforever]

Turbo is on

 

[raptalia]

Once you could count on the NRL having a number of close games every round but nowadays the NRL is a lop sided competition. The top six sides are that far above the rest of the competition it is daylight then the rest of 'em. The number of blow outs this year has to be a real concern.

The lop sided nature of the NRL competition was really evident this round. Not only did the Storm blow West Tigers away and the Bunnies demolish the Broncos but Manly annihilated the Titans in a half of football. How does a side run in 9 tries to nil in a half in what is supposed to be an elite competition?

Only 3 games this round were decided by less than 26 points and that has to be a concern for the NRL.

 

[balmainforever]

This has already been stated.
The top 2 teams are way ahead of the next 4 and then the next 10 are making up the numbers.
Feels like the EPL where after a month, you knew only 2 sides could win it.

 

[Aucklander]

Add a team in NZ in 2023, add in Perth in 2024. Roosters to Adelaide in 2022. Lets go fully National and get serious about growing the game.

 

[moto748]

Set against that though, remember that at the start of the season the Titans were being praised for the great acquisitions they'd made, which were going to turn them into real contenders. But yeah, they look as far behind the top sides as the rest of them. Despite playing some great footy at times.

 

[Angus Young]

Hopefully in goes as it should and its Panthers v Storm GF. Will be insane battle.

Rabbits half a chance and Manly are coming.

 

[Andronicus]

Add a team in NZ in 2023, add in Perth in 2024. Roosters to Adelaide in 2022. Lets go fully National and get serious about growing the game.

Roosters to Adelaide?

Also, 2 NZ teams doesn't contribute to the game building nationally.

 

[acm21]

Roosters to Adelaide?

Also, 2 NZ teams doesn't contribute to the game building nationally.

Let's be real. Can the nrl support more teams? The talent isn't there for 16 let alone 17, 18 or 19.

 

[Andronicus]

Let's be real. Can the nrl support more teams? The talent isn't there for 16 let alone 17, 18 or 19.

A tighter salary cap (or at least monitoring them closer) might give a more balanced spread of talent, but I agree, we don't have the players from the expansion areas to justify them. As a league supporter living in WA, I can say we just don't have the players to justify a team without stealing them from other states. The Reds era is long gone and the game didn't develop a profile post them becoming the storm.

 

[Aucklander]

Roosters to Adelaide?

Also, 2 NZ teams doesn't contribute to the game building nationally.

They'd be the least missed and have drawn ok there. NZ has the next biggest nursery to get more players from for expansion to work.