NRL NRL 2025 - Finals Week 1

[eddiesmith]

Dogs and Panthers getting double chance next weekend?

 

[SpeckieMcVeigh]

Rough day to be a Bombers and Raiders fan.

 

[Big Unit 30]

Just seeing the double sin binning and the sin bin of Hudson Young is the worst decision you’ll ever see.

seems to think every time he bins someone, he has to even it up. You could almost justify the 3rd man in, but Young? For what?

Agree. Absolutely nonsensical

 

[Big Unit 30]

Karma is a bitch, even if it waited 36 years.

Haha seems I’m not the only bitter and twisted Balmain boy on this thread

 

[Big Unit 30]

Rough day to be a Bombers and Raiders fan.

Didn’t the bombers season end about 2 months ago ?

 

[SpeckieMcVeigh]

Didn’t the bombers season end about 2 months ago ?

Yes but I'm referring to all the Merrett news.

 

[SpeckieMcVeigh]

Just seeing the double sin binning and the sin bin of Hudson Young is the worst decision you’ll ever see.

seems to think every time he bins someone, he has to even it up. You could almost justify the 3rd man in, but Young? For what?

I'm still fuming about that. And we (the Raiders) had the penalty go against us too. One of the worst decisions I've ever seen at any level of sport.

 

[Greenstar5]

Ah the joys of being a Raiders Fan. Though we had won it at least 3 times haha.

What a game! Well done Bronx.

Proud of boys effort. They looked gased. But when we scored a try to go 28 - 12 up with around 20 left. Missed a kick able conversion, then dropped the ball from the kick off. Didn't touch the ball again for the remainder of the game. Needed to finish it.

 

[Jatz]

Was a fun game to catch up on.

Raiders should be spewing. There was absolutely no reason to get anywhere near Walsh on the last second FG. 45m out on an angle, if he makes it you tip your hat to him. Just run straight past him...

Walsh has been cleared (of course), Carrigan gets 1 game.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Was a fun game to catch up on.

Raiders should be spewing. There was absolutely no reason to get anywhere near Walsh on the last second FG. 45m out on an angle, if he makes it you tip your hat to him. Just run straight past him...

Walsh has been cleared (of course), Carrigan gets 1 game.

Same charge as Morgan Smithies got against the West Tigers for headbutting so it's consistent at least haha

Carrigan is fairly unlucky, I'd have rather swapped the outcomes personally.

You are up by 16, it's so typical of sides that play dumb, it wasn't just the field goal, it shouldn't have even got there, instead we had Fogarty kicking it dead about 3 times gifting 7 tackle sets, then get cauught on the last forcing a rookie 5/8 to kick. Everything they could do wrong they did.

 

[Aucklander]

Grade 1 striking. The NRL doing NRL things.

 

[Jatz]

What do you think you do if you're Carrigan/Broncos?

Challenge it and fail and you miss the Grand Final.

Don't challenge it and you may not make it anyway...

 

[LukeParkerno1]

What do you think you do if you're Carrigan/Broncos?

Challenge it and fail and you miss the Grand Final.

Don't challenge it and you may not make it anyway...

Depends how likely it is that’s the honest thing I’d challenge as that is a complete you know what charge but plenty of rubbish ones have been upheld.

I’d take the chance at home against Pen/Dogs anyway.

 

[phantom13]

I sort of think both suspension outcomes are right.

Walsh didn’t actually make contact (or if he did it was a marginal).

Carrigan maybe a touch unlucky but contact to the head and forceful has been a suspension for a while now.

I can’t see how Carrigan gets off if he challenges, I suppose they can argue the raiders guy led with the chin and contributed to the contact but I doubt that gets him off.

 

[PhatBoy]

surely the Brisbane guy touched that knock on first? Canberra guy effectively slapped his hand into the ball.
Unless that counts as a knock on, I can’t work it out.

Also, didn’t it clearly go backwards if a horizontal line was drawn from where he “touched” it?

It would still negate the try.

It would have given Canberra the ball back even if that were the case (I thought Stuart touched the ball first anyway) but it would be considered a double knock on and play would start with a Canberra scrum feed

 

[PhatBoy]

Just seeing the double sin binning and the sin bin of Hudson Young is the worst decision you’ll ever see.

seems to think every time he bins someone, he has to even it up. You could almost justify the 3rd man in, but Young? For what?

The ‘square up’ rule Klein - and other referees - like so much is ridiculous. Saw it in action when he binned two dolphins players to match the two roosters who were binned for starting the melee last time we played them who didn’t deserve to go.

Having said all that, I am sick to death of the growing proliferation of dickhead style plays where someone drops the ball or gives away a penalty and a conglomeration of opponents run to get on his face and mouth off about it. A quick word or two I don’t mind but getting right in someone’s grill is asking for trouble

 

[LukeParkerno1]

It would still negate the try.

It would have given Canberra the ball back even if that were the case (I thought Stuart touched the ball first anyway) but it would be considered a double knock on and play would start with a Canberra scrum feed

Whilst true it really shouldn’t have come to it. You are up by 16 in a final. You play smart you win instead you have Fogarty kicking it dead twice, getting caught on the last and unfortunately for poor Jed Stuart he had a Cariage like game

 

[LukeParkerno1]

I sort of think both suspension outcomes are right.

Walsh didn’t actually make contact (or if he did it was a marginal).

Carrigan maybe a touch unlucky but contact to the head and forceful has been a suspension for a while now.

I can’t see how Carrigan gets off if he challenges, I suppose they can argue the raiders guy led with the chin and contributed to the contact but I doubt that gets him off.

Tend to agree unfortunately whilst Carrigan is soft as butter he’s weirdly fortunate it’s a high tackle charge and not a dangerous contact one one is double the other in suspension.

This isn’t saying I agree with the suspension though but least he’ll be fresh for a GF

 

[phantom13]

Tend to agree unfortunately whilst Carrigan is soft as butter he’s weirdly fortunate it’s a high tackle charge and not a dangerous contact one one is double the other in suspension.

This isn’t saying I agree with the suspension though but least he’ll be fresh for a GF

Carrigan is soft or the suspension is soft?

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Carrigan is soft or the suspension is soft?

The suspension that shouldn’t be a week if anything it should be the other way round. They need to review this charging system badly. You have trips and headbutts get fines but put a hit on and get it slightly wrong and it’s a week plus and shoulder charges being two plus.

How is the rugby league action a ban and the non footy actions fines

 

[PhatBoy]

Whilst true it really shouldn’t have come to it. You are up by 16 in a final. You play smart you win instead you have Fogarty kicking it dead twice, getting caught on the last and unfortunately for poor Jed Stuart he had a Cariage like game

I’m not arguing otherwise. I think it was a knock on off Stuart I’m just saying that even if it touched the Brisbane player first it’s still not a try

 

[phantom13]

The suspension that shouldn’t be a week if anything it should be the other way round. They need to review this charging system badly. You have trips and headbutts get fines but put a hit on and get it slightly wrong and it’s a week plus and shoulder charges being two plus.

How is the rugby league action a ban and the non footy actions fines

Ahhh, look i suppose i might be bias here (noting i try not to be) but i think Walsh got a fine because he either didnt make contact or barely made contact. You can argue the footballing action stuff and i probably agree but ultimately the current system is almost entirely outcome based so Walsh got lucky he missed.

Carrigan is a tiny bit unlucky (i noted that IMO the Raiders player contributes to the contact by leading with the head) but also that sort of action has been a suspension all year.

To me, based on precedent and the way the rules are applied the suspension and fine are correct (albeit personally it probably should be the other way around)

 

[LukeParkerno1]

I’m not arguing otherwise. I think it was a knock on off Stuart I’m just saying that even if it touched the Brisbane player first it’s still not a try

I hate that rule then again these chasers have it so easy with what defenders can do so it's a bit of karma that was called that way. I'm still waiting for the NRL to tell us what can a defender do to defend a kick chaser, you touch the bloke it's nearly a penalty try.

Every team will do what Brisbane did against the storm two weeks ago if they don't make it a contest again, I don't blame Brisbane in fact it was an amazing tactic, just deliberately take Coates out

 

[phantom13]

The ‘square up’ rule Klein - and other referees - like so much is ridiculous. Saw it in action when he binned two dolphins players to match the two roosters who were binned for starting the melee last time we played them who didn’t deserve to go.

Having said all that, I am sick to death of the growing proliferation of dickhead style plays where someone drops the ball or gives away a penalty and a conglomeration of opponents run to get on his face and mouth off about it. A quick word or two I don’t mind but getting right in someone’s grill is asking for trouble

Young shouldnt have been binned. I agree with your sentiment though.

Walsh was a bin, no question.

I think Carrigan was a bit stiff to be binned, in a weird way Young was the Walsh bin square up then Carrigan was sort of the "right" outcome to make the numbers what they should have been.

It all added to the drama of the game though.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Ahhh, look i suppose i might be bias here (noting i try not to be) but i think Walsh got a fine because he either didnt make contact or barely made contact. You can argue the footballing action stuff and i probably agree but ultimately the current system is almost entirely outcome based so Walsh got lucky he missed.

Carrigan is a tiny bit unlucky (i noted that IMO the Raiders player contributes to the contact by leading with the head) but also that sort of action has been a suspension all year.

To me, based on precedent and the way the rules are applied the suspension and fine are correct (albeit personally it probably should be the other way around)

Look on precedent I agree they got it right, I hope they look at this post season though. Non footy actions should be more than regular footy actions for me, and can we get back to tripping being a send off offence not some report and a fine.

I was going for Brisbane, heaven knows what a horrid look it would have been to have two finals in 20k stadiums at least one is in a big stadium.