Sun 1st Oct: NRL Grand Final: Penrith Panthers v Brisbane Broncos KO 9.30am BST (Sky) Merged Threads

[newbe]

Love the way the NRL put on a show,with the presentation with the kids getting a ball from the players and the players getting there medal from the boys n girls.

[Gerrumonside ref]

That was fantastic 

[NRLandSL]

Though Brisbane lost still some great efforts, Farnworth was probably the best player on the field in the first half, some incredibly defence and ended up making 180 Metres only second to Dylan Edwards. Also Ezra Mam with a phenomenal performance, he single handedly scored 2 wonder tries and had a incredible running game. Haas and Walsh also had great performances as well. Brisbane so unlucky, one of the best performances  in a grand final without winning I’ve ever seen. 

Edited October 1, 2023 by NRLandSL

[StandOffHalf]

I like the junior players being given the honour of handing out the rings.

Each player being introduced and called up is good at recognising and highlighting individuals - and indeed building recognition among viewers.

SL could look at doing something similar.

Edited October 1, 2023 by StandOffHalf

[The Rocket]

9 minutes ago, StandOffHalf said:

Haha, To'o's sunglasses going up to get his ring!!

A fun guy.

 

I think he deliberately wore them just so he could give them to that kid that presented him the Premiership ring...and to get up every non-Panthers fan that hate that stuff about the Panthers. lol.

[NRLandSL]

30 minutes ago, Harry Stottle said:

Clearly misses 3 tackles which result in 3 Mam tries, but then he comes good and wins the game,  what a player.

Yeah and then Mam had a terrible read which cost the Leota try. Both of them were incredible in attack but made some terrible decisions in defence. Kept the game entertaining though.

[NRLandSL]

Imagine Saints win the SL now what a rematch that would be.

[StandOffHalf]

1 minute ago, The Rocket said:

I think he deliberately wore them just so he could give them to that kid that presented him the Premiership ring...and to get up every non-Panthers fan that hate that stuff about the Panthers. lol.

I honestly just think he's a fun-loving, chill fella splashing his individuality out of happiness.

[graveyard johnny]

rugby league the winner today - this will go down as a classic - broncos been reckless costs them the game

[Farmduck]

 

[graveyard johnny]

was either Johns or  Fittler who remarked near the end of the first half  of this mornings GF  " the referees stayed out of this " - "we havent seen the referee" then again full of praise for the referee for letting the game flow freely in the 2nd half - this was a major factor and contributor to what turned out to be a non stop - exiting - pulsating classic encounter - personally I didn't even know who the ref was till well in to the action - compare this with yesterdays "stop start" whistleathon  in the saints game where another stoppage and penalty was even blown with 4 secs to go! no comparison in the levels of entertainment between the 2 - if it comes down to spending money on an NRL  subscription or paying to watch stop start penaltyfests just like RU - then you can keep the latter- well done Adam Gee

[Farmduck]

There were only 5 penalties and 1 set restart.

[The Rocket]

3 minutes ago, graveyard johnny said:

was either Johns or  Fittler who remarked near the end of the first half  of this mornings GF  " the referees stayed out of this " - "we havent seen the referee" then again full of praise for the referee for letting the game flow freely in the 2nd half - this was a major factor and contributor to what turned out to be a non stop - exiting - pulsating classic encounter - personally I didn't even know who the ref was till well in to the action - compare this with yesterdays "stop start" whistleathon  in the saints game where another stoppage and penalty was even blown with 4 secs to go! no comparison in the levels of entertainment between the 2 - if it comes down to spending money on an NRL  subscription or paying to watch stop start penaltyfests just like RU - then you can keep the latter- well done Adam Gee

Yeah, only one nit-picky knock-on call I thought, where Walsh in the first half fumbled but the ball still appeared to go backwards to Arthurs, but apart from that pretty good.

[graveyard johnny]

8 minutes ago, Farmduck said:

There were only 5 penalties and 1 set restart.

it makes watching SL a chore in comparison - wish it didnt - any ideas why the huge difference? we are supposed to be playing the same sport and rules ?

Edited October 1, 2023 by graveyard johnny

[Dunbar]

I am very happy with the refereeing in today's game.

But there is no doubt that the referees in Australia apply a different standard in State of Origin and the Grand Final than they do for the rest of year when it comes to head contact and late contact and so on.

[Harry Stottle]

54 minutes ago, Dunbar said:

I am very happy with the refereeing in today's game.

But there is no doubt that the referees in Australia apply a different standard in State of Origin and the Grand Final than they do for the rest of year when it comes to head contact and late contact and so on.

Yes they do and should extend it to all games, we are in the entertainment industry and officiating such as that which makes the game more appealing to watch can only be good, albeit I can never see it catching on over here our refs are just simply to pedantic.

[graveyard johnny]

3 minutes ago, Harry Stottle said:

Yes they do and should extend it to all games, we are in the entertainment industry and officiating such as that which makes the game more appealing to watch can only be good, albeit I can never see it catching on over here our refs are just simply to pedantic.

nail on the head HS- something has to be done or the turnstiles will stop clicking and the viewing figures will plummet - we have the product - that was evident today - why ruin it?

[GUBRATS]

2 hours ago, CrushersForever said:

Yeah, that was the set when they gave momentum back to Penrith. The ball went to ground a couple of times, Farnsworth threw a loose pass, Crichton picked it up, and Penrith never looked back.

They'd found space and time and exploited it , there was no need to push to create it , they were playing like they were the team 16 down , all it needed was tie the Panthers down in the corner or force a drop out , win a penalty 

[GUBRATS]

1 hour ago, Farmduck said:

There were only 5 penalties and 1 set restart.

Given 

[GUBRATS]

37 minutes ago, Harry Stottle said:

Yes they do and should extend it to all games, we are in the entertainment industry and officiating such as that which makes the game more appealing to watch can only be good, albeit I can never see it catching on over here our refs are just simply to pedantic.

Harry , the PTBs today we're very ' clean ' , but over here our players and obviously coaches try to slow everything down , some more than others

[bromleybulldog]

Incredible comeback by the Panthers. Thought Mam had won it for the Broncos but Cleary single handedly changed the whole game in the last 15 minutes. Disappointed for the Broncos but what a game. Truly the best sport in the world but we in the NH have a long, long way to go to catch up. Good refereeing too, let the game flow and the players take centre stage. If it's Panthers v Saints again I don't really see anything except a big Panthers win. The whole NRL game seems to be on a different level to what we have over here unfortunately.

Edited October 1, 2023 by bromleybulldog

[Dunbar]

1 hour ago, Harry Stottle said:

Yes they do and should extend it to all games, we are in the entertainment industry and officiating such as that which makes the game more appealing to watch can only be good, albeit I can never see it catching on over here our refs are just simply to pedantic.

I think if the referee's are lenient all year the coaches and players will take advantage of it and we would see a lot of spoiling play.  We know teams push the laws to the breaking point already.

Being more lenient in one or two games a year is OK but the whole year would produce something else for us to complain about no doubt.

[Harry Stottle]

40 minutes ago, GUBRATS said:

Harry , the PTBs today we're very ' clean ' , but over here our players and obviously coaches try to slow everything down , some more than others

So correct Gubby, great isn't it to watch a couple of player's who have had nothing to do with the tackle come in and lie on top of two teammates already involved in the tackle, if numpties like us can see it why do the refs allow it, unless they wish the game to be slowed down so they can catch their breath.

[Tex Evans Thigh]

1 hour ago, Dunbar said:

I think if the referee's are lenient all year the coaches and players will take advantage of it and we would see a lot of spoiling play.  We know teams push the laws to the breaking point already.

Being more lenient in one or two games a year is OK but the whole year would produce something else for us to complain about no doubt.

Exactly this. There is too much opportunity to bend the rules in our sport, if refs reffed like that all the time everyone would be moaning about the excessive wrestling and slowness of games. Lay down the law in regular games so we can get games like that in showpieces.

[Dunbar]

5 hours ago, Pulga said:

Also Haas could legitimately be the best forward the game has ever seen. He's up there with the best players in the game at the moment.

He certainly can.

Forget the fact that he averaged more running metres and made more tackle breaks and offloads than every other prop in the NRL this year... you expect that from him.

But he missed 5 tackles all year. 5!

Oh, and made just 3 errors.

The guy is just a machine.

Edited October 1, 2023 by Dunbar