NRL NRL 2025 - Round 16

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Friday 20th June
Wests Tigers vs Canberra (Campbelltown Sports Stadium - 20:00)

Saturday 21st June
New Zealand vs Penrith (Go Media Stadium - 17:30)
Dolphins vs Newcastle (HBF Park, Perth - 17:30)
South Sydney vs Melbourne (Accor Stadium - 19:35)

Sunday 22nd June
Brisbane vs Cronulla-Sutherland (Suncorp Stadium - 14:00)
Sydney Roosters vs North Queensland (Allianz Stadium - 16:05)
Parramatta vs Gold Coast (CommBank Stadium - 18:15)

Byes: Canterbury-Bankstown, Manly-Warringah, St.George-Illawarra

 

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[Jatz]

The Dolphins could put 60 on us.

 

[PhatBoy]

Ivan Cleary isn’t really one for a whinge and on the occasions he is it’s usually for a good reason.

This time is no exception.

What is the point of the nrl making the draw helpful for a side like the panthers who are going to lose players to origin and giving them a bye the week before, and then scheduling a match in NZ three days after all their origin players are geographically as far away as they can possibly be, in Perth, and giving them basically no real option but to probably leave them out of the next game? It defeats the purpose of having given them the bye in the first place. At the very least, give them a Sydney game so playing or resting them becomes a choice.

 

[Greenstar5]

Agreed. The NRL is poor at small things in the fixture that are simple to fix.

 

[Jatz]

Campbelltown Stadium in prime time is certainly a decision.

 

[Big Unit 30]

20 mins of putrid football by the tigers putting paid to any chance of a win.
Hard to keep the faith when so much is still so wrong

 

[eddiesmith]

Ivan Cleary isn’t really one for a whinge and on the occasions he is it’s usually for a good reason.

This time is no exception.

What is the point of the nrl making the draw helpful for a side like the panthers who are going to lose players to origin and giving them a bye the week before, and then scheduling a match in NZ three days after all their origin players are geographically as far away as they can possibly be, in Perth, and giving them basically no real option but to probably leave them out of the next game? It defeats the purpose of having given them the bye in the first place. At the very least, give them a Sydney game so playing or resting them becomes a choice.

Yeah, how utterly disgraceful the league didn’t look after the reigning premiers with an easy draw, completely unacceptable…

 

[Big Unit 30]

20 mins of putrid football by the tigers putting paid to any chance of a win.
Hard to keep the faith when so much is still so wrong

Then come out and show plenty in the second half and could have pinched it too.
Penalties and errors still continue to dog us

 

[PhatBoy]

Yeah, how utterly disgraceful the league didn’t look after the reigning premiers with an easy draw, completely unacceptable…

Piss off idiot.

That’s not what it’s about.

The whole idea is that you look at the draw from a logical perspective and the league itself makes it known that they try and accomodate sides that will and won’t be impacted the most by state of origin. As they should. Why in f**k would any league that is even attempting to be close to fair - especially one that is already unfair because it doesn’t have a full home and away season - NOT try to minimise the impact of representative football on the teams who lose players, through the ‘sin’ of being good enough to produce the most players for their showpiece event?

If your beloved England cricket team was contributing 6 players to an Earth team at some interplanetary tournament you would consider it somewhat unfair, yeah, if they had to play in a week where those 6 players were off on Mars?

That’s what good teams have to contend with if they’re drawn to play when their origin players are missing. The league tries to mitigate that to some degree.

So why then would they turn around a week later and go ‘by the way, we did that….. but now we are going to send you - with a days LESS break than we could have given you, mind - on the biggest possible road trip in rugby league, 3 days after the toughest game in the sport. In the wet.’

It defeats the purpose of having even bothered assisting them in the first place. And I’m not even a Penrith fan. I like and respect them but my team is actually the only one who DOESNT get a bye during the origin period with their 5 players out, so, yeah.

 

[damicky]

Piss off idiot.

That’s not what it’s about.

The whole idea is that you look at the draw from a logical perspective and the league itself makes it known that they try and accomodate sides that will and won’t be impacted the most by state of origin. As they should. Why in f**k would any league that is even attempting to be close to fair - especially one that is already unfair because it doesn’t have a full home and away season - NOT try to minimise the impact of representative football on the teams who lose players, through the ‘sin’ of being good enough to produce the most players for their showpiece event?

If your beloved England cricket team was contributing 6 players to an Earth team at some interplanetary tournament you would consider it somewhat unfair, yeah, if they had to play in a week where those 6 players were off on Mars?

That’s what good teams have to contend with if they’re drawn to play when their origin players are missing. The league tries to mitigate that to some degree.

So why then would they turn around a week later and go ‘by the way, we did that….. but now we are going to send you - with a days LESS break than we could have given you, mind - on the biggest possible road trip in rugby league, 3 days after the toughest game in the sport. In the wet.’

It defeats the purpose of having even bothered assisting them in the first place. And I’m not even a Penrith fan. I like and respect them but my team is actually the only one who DOESNT get a bye during the origin period with their 5 players out, so, yeah.

Did the NRL know that it was going to rain in Perth on Wednesday night when they released the draw?

 

[PhatBoy]

Did the NRL know that it was going to rain in Perth on Wednesday night when they released the draw?

Do they not think about those sorts of things.

‘Hmm. We have to send Penrith and some other teams we know will probably have a strong origin presence to to NZ at some point. Any ideas when we should do it.’
‘I know, we will do it after an origin game.’
‘I dunno, that’s a long way to travel. Ok then well just make sure it’s after game one or three.’
‘Nah bugger it we will send them after Perth.’
‘Are you serious? That’s the longest trip possible. And its origin. It’s the most physical game possible. And what if it rains? What then? They’ll be even more buggered. Ok, well if you HAVE to do it, give them the biggest break possible.’
‘Ah, ok. We will send them on the Saturday.’

Nah, it’s real good planning. Well done.

 

[eddiesmith]

Piss off idiot.

That’s not what it’s about.

The whole idea is that you look at the draw from a logical perspective and the league itself makes it known that they try and accomodate sides that will and won’t be impacted the most by state of origin. As they should. Why in f**k would any league that is even attempting to be close to fair - especially one that is already unfair because it doesn’t have a full home and away season - NOT try to minimise the impact of representative football on the teams who lose players, through the ‘sin’ of being good enough to produce the most players for their showpiece event?

If your beloved England cricket team was contributing 6 players to an Earth team at some interplanetary tournament you would consider it somewhat unfair, yeah, if they had to play in a week where those 6 players were off on Mars?

That’s what good teams have to contend with if they’re drawn to play when their origin players are missing. The league tries to mitigate that to some degree.

So why then would they turn around a week later and go ‘by the way, we did that….. but now we are going to send you - with a days LESS break than we could have given you, mind - on the biggest possible road trip in rugby league, 3 days after the toughest game in the sport. In the wet.’

It defeats the purpose of having even bothered assisting them in the first place. And I’m not even a Penrith fan. I like and respect them but my team is actually the only one who DOESNT get a bye during the origin period with their 5 players out, so, yeah.

In terms of the shittest draw this season, it probably doesn’t even make the top 10. Plus no one feels sorry for the club who’s been unbeatable for years, who cares?

No competition is fair, it’s impossible and commercial interests will always rule. It’s why Geelong make a preliminary final and next year get the softest draw in the league.

Could be worse, they could be sent to Brisbane and Melbourne in back to back weeks…Luckily though the QRL gave the Donkeys a nice long break after Origin for their 1 non prime time game of the season.

 

[PhatBoy]

In terms of the shittest draw this season, it probably doesn’t even make the top 10. Plus no one feels sorry for the club who’s been unbeatable for years, who cares?

No competition is fair, it’s impossible and commercial interests will always rule. It’s why Geelong make a preliminary final and next year get the softest draw in the league.

Could be worse, they could be sent to Brisbane and Melbourne in back to back weeks…Luckily though the QRL gave the Donkeys a nice long break after Origin for their 1 non prime time game of the season.

Of course no draw is fair, I literally said that two posts ago. My statement was that there is literally no need to do this.


Send all teams on exactly the same trips you’re sending them on. Just do it on different weeks or at the very, very least, have the remote modicum of common sense at give them an extra day.

The Cats had the 8th easiest draw, by the way.

 

[eddiesmith]

Of course no draw is fair, I literally said that two posts ago. My statement was that there is literally no need to do this.


Send all teams on exactly the same trips you’re sending them on. Just do it on different weeks or at the very, very least, have the remote modicum of common sense at give them an extra day.

The Cats had the 8th easiest draw, by the way.

It’s more important the 3 QLD teams got the longer break after Origin for the QRL. You can’t play everyone on Sunday.

8th easiest when Sydney and GWS were 2/3 ‘tough’ double ups. Ended up with 1 double up v a top 8 side.

 

[PhatBoy]

It’s more important the 3 QLD teams got the longer break after Origin for the QRL. You can’t play everyone on Sunday.

8th easiest when Sydney and GWS were 2/3 ‘tough’ double ups. Ended up with 1 double up v a top 8 side.

Why is that more important? Penrith have routinely contributed more players. In what world would the Titans have more

Oh right. Yes because it was very predictable that Sydney, an interstate double up against last year’s minor premier, was going to end up being against a side that’s shit it’s pants.

We can’t all camp at the MCG year after year and get fellated by the league mate.

 

[eddiesmith]

Why is that more important? Penrith have routinely contributed more players. In what world would the Titans have more

Oh right. Yes because it was very predictable that Sydney, an interstate double up against last year’s minor premier, was going to end up being against a side that’s shit it’s pants.

We can’t all camp at the MCG year after year and get fellated by the league mate.

But the NRL should be able to forecast the weather 8 months in advance…

 

[PhatBoy]

But the NRL should be able to forecast the weather 8 months in advance…

That’s why you allow for all possibilities.
‘Is there a chance that the team most likely to have a stack of origin players will have a small break going from Perth to another f**king country?
‘Yes’
‘Is that game going to be one of the most taxing of the year’
‘Yes.’
‘And if it rains will that accentuate it even more?’
‘Yes.’
‘Ok maybe look at an extra day off.’

and yes who would have thought that last years premiers would have 5 origin players in the team and last years team that finished 14th would have 2. It beggars belief. Hard to predict, I know. It’s like how anyone can predict that picking an offspinner that would take more wickets bowling an actual tenpin bowling ball out his anus would be a better chance of taking Australian wickets this summer than Shoaib Bashir but for some reason England selectors are still going to pick him. It raises questions, right? This is no different.

I swear you were held underwater at birth for a good 45 minutes.

 

[phantom13]

I’m no Penrith defender but frankly playing any side IN NZ the week of an origin game in Perth feels unnecessary.

Even any warriors players trying to back up would have benefitted from just going straight from Perth to NSW or QLD rather than back to NZ. Rain or no rain.

 

[moto748]

Fair to say, I think the Warriors' only representative at Origin had a very good game.

 

[eddiesmith]

That’s why you allow for all possibilities.
‘Is there a chance that the team most likely to have a stack of origin players will have a small break going from Perth to another f**king country?
‘Yes’
‘Is that game going to be one of the most taxing of the year’
‘Yes.’
‘And if it rains will that accentuate it even more?’
‘Yes.’
‘Ok maybe look at an extra day off.’

and yes who would have thought that last years premiers would have 5 origin players in the team and last years team that finished 14th would have 2. It beggars belief. Hard to predict, I know. It’s like how anyone can predict that picking an offspinner that would take more wickets bowling an actual tenpin bowling ball out his anus would be a better chance of taking Australian wickets this summer than Shoaib Bashir but for some reason England selectors are still going to pick him. It raises questions, right? This is no different.

I swear you were held underwater at birth for a good 45 minutes.

Man I’m glad Penrith getting 1 thing go against them makes you so angry.

But clearly the QLD point I made went right over your little head.

 

[Andronicus]

Bigger issue is the bye for both broncos and storm the round of the first 2 origins.

 

[PhatBoy]

Man I’m glad Penrith getting 1 thing go against them makes you so angry.

But clearly the QLD point I made went right over your little head.

Seriously?

It doesn’t. It’s just yet another in a litany of silly decisions that can be avoided and further highlights how little common sense goes into what they do.
Same as having the roosters playing both Brisbane and Penrith twice by round ten - what sort of draw does that.

Teams having two byes before Canberra have had any.

People can disagree with something and then explain their rationale for disagreeing with it, without it making them apoplectic - it’s your rank inability to see why it would be easily avoidable that is more exasperating than anything else.

 

[Aucklander]

Typical Warriors. Probably thought the game was over before it started.