NRL Match Thread - Finals - Week 2 - 2021

[Farmduck]

68min: Saab goes 70m to score.

Garrick goal

Manly 42 - 6

 

DCE gets a rest.

[Spotty Herbert]

Sad for Josh Morris as he shouldn't have to finish this way, but its been a game too far for the Roosters. To be fair, if Patrick Herbert hadn't had a brain freeze last week they wouldn't have been humiliated today.

[Farmduck]

4 minutes ago, Spotty Herbert said:

Sad for Josh Morris as he shouldn't have to finish this way, but its been a game too far for the Roosters. To be fair, if Patrick Herbert hadn't had a brain freeze last week they wouldn't have been humiliated today.

I was hoping for a J-Moz try. He still finishes as #10 all-time.

[Farmduck]

FT:   Manly  42   Roosters  6

[Spotty Herbert]

5 minutes ago, Farmduck said:

FT:   Manly  42   Roosters  6

It could have been more ........

[Graham]

Family duties meant I’ll have to catch up with this layer. Were Roosters that bad?

[DavidM]

Turbo is the best player on the planet , unbelievable this season and he started after everyone else . Can he win the premiership for Manly ? Melbourne held him but he may get another chance 

[Farmduck]

If Manly go through to the GF, Tom Turbo might end up in another rare category - only 2 players have scored more than 30 tries in a season. He's on 27 now from 17 games.

Still no match for Dave Brown, Easts centre from the 1930s who scored 38 tries in 1935 - and he only played 16 games.

In 1954, Newtown winger Ray Preston scored 34 tries. I don't know how many games he played but he only missed out on a try in 4 games out of the 21 Newtown played. Maybe he was injured.

[Farmduck]

[Farmduck]

[Farmduck]

I tipped Panthers but I wouldn't be surprised if the Earls won. The Fox League poll shows 67% expecting a Parra win. I live halfway between Parra and Penrith so I can probably claim some vicarious glory no matter what the result.

[Graham]

All the tipsters in our forum competition have gone with a Panthers win.

[Farmduck]

I think the absence of To'o will hurt them'o.

[Farmduck]

11min: Waqa Blake try, Moses goal

Parra 6 - 0

[Farmduck]

16min: Cleary grubber, Cape Kurtwell try.

[Farmduck]

Cleary conversion.

 

6 - 6

[Farmduck]

20min: Panthers obstruction? Or Luai try?

Obstruction but penalty for Parra offside at scrum.

[Farmduck]

Then Crichton grounds it but had his foot on the line..

[Farmduck]

22min: Waqa Blake in the corner but the pass be forrard, yaargh!

[Farmduck]

Now Blake goes HIA.

[Farmduck]

Cleary kicks a penalty right on the siren.

 

HT:   Panthers  8  Parra  6

[Futtocks]

That was an excellent half!

[Farmduck]

It's your classic "game of one half" at this point.

[unapologetic pedant]

Parra`s successful challenge against Ashley`s phantom knock-on call early in the game perfectly illustrates how the rule is currently refereed. Any doubt, any hint of a fumble = Knock-on. 

Every ref in Oz would have called that as a knock-on, and in all non-NRL games it would go unchallenged.

[unapologetic pedant]

On balance, Panthers want to play more football. Don`t think it will be good for next week if the Eels win this.