Brett Stewart always gets slept on. 4 Grand Finals 2 Premierships 1 WCC 8 Origins 1 Test 163 tries 233 games Injuries held him back big time, as was playing in the same era as Slater and Mini.
Don’t change the 4 man bench. Would spell the end to the new position of 14. You’d have a more dedicated backs and or forwards as opposed to hybrid players
I disagree on the Ponga shout, not because he's undeserving but because Teddy deserves a proper farewell. If Teddy was out of form I would agree but Teddy has easily been the best fullback across the season and has earned his chance to have a proper farewell. Once that is done I agree Ponga is the go.
Segment request: great chat around Nichi and what he needs to do to roubd out his game/hit his peak. Would be great to use this lens on all maquee players. I.e has mubster hit his ceiling? What else can nathan do? DCE has a year left, ehat does he need to work on to be his best befire he retires. Thoughts @BlokeInaBar ?
My hot take is that Billy would have picked Ponga at FB this year if fit. I’ve been saying since last season Ponga should be QLD and Australian #1. For what Walsh has in speed, Ponga has him for footwork and strength. Seriously underrated how often he just makes line breaks from kick returns.
Talking fullback options for the Sharks in 2025. There's a kid they got from the Panthers who made his debut this year for the Sharks named Liam Ison. Watch this space.
Lads question?? What do you think on the bunker, going back to only reviewing trys when the on field ref requests it or the captain challenges the try. Also not allowing them to review gameplay and calling their own penalties it should be left to the onfield ref?? To much slowmo review.
Hey lads, question of the week for ya. With interest of the footy dying down around the mid season, what are your thoughts on a 2 week break where the nrl host a “magic round” type tournament but for nrl 9’s, with the winning teams getting a few extra $$$ to their salary cap or some other incentives. Do you think big teams like the panthers and storm take advantage of this and stack their teams to win, or take the 2 week break to freshen up their players for the premiership and blood some youngsters? Do you feel like the bottom teams have more of a chance at “winning” and getting a bit of a leg up come the next season?
Facts lol, there’s not really a particular way to beat the storm. You kinda just have to hope they make mistakes and don’t complete sets, and you complete more sets and have more possession than they do lol. They easily have the most complete archetype of footy this year offensively and defensively. Right edge is the only really weakness kinda thing roosters could maybe pick out
Ponga Saga: Players with ongoing injury risks should have optional exemption from rep footy i.e ponga with concussion. Also, teams in the bottom 8 should have optional excemption. Playing rep is an honour, but club responsibilities come first, they pay the bills.
Beak’s Bag question; I feel like the AFL almost always out-do us with GF day entertainment. Who/what would you bring in for entertainment to stick it to the AFL if you were in charge of things?
Afl games - mostly played in the daytime in the afternoon. They do this all year. It becomes a spectator sport. Something that’s on that day. People become invested in it all year so come finals time it’s a forgone conclusion people will go. NRL let the tv deals set when games are played for the advertising dollars. Fair enough. But it’s why people prefer to stay home and watch because that’s where the NRL puts their emphasis
Maybe more blame needs to just fall onto Siebold with the whole Manly backline changes and the fact that it's just poor coaching that needs to be rectified for next year 🤷♂️ Ultimately its his decision too with team lists. I've never rated Siebold as a good coach though personally
Same argument could be said for people trying to get to scg but they still showed up. Love both sports myself but nrl folk do whatever they can to belittle afl despite afl being a more popular product
Hot take here: You are all crazy for taking penrith to win and to cover the 11.5 line! You're pretty much counting them out and saying they'll get pumped 13 plus. I think it'll be a lot close than that to be honest. Penrith 1 - 12 if they win, but sharks have a chance for sure. I wouldn't count them out at all, same goes for Roosters It's finals footy boys, anything can happen. Cheers, Ben.
Thank you Robbo, finally putting Radley back into lock. Was so dumb to move him to the edge since round 12 aswell, he was one of the best locks in the comp to begin the season. He’s found a very good balance of run first, and ball playing second. Never move him out of the lock position again please
I mean it’s his mates asking about the experience and how it all got started. Regardless of whether you’re interested in the product or not, it’s interesting to hear the experience of starting a coffee brand from scratch
@@theidlemindsAU yep. Love hearing about what the Beak is up to and he’s genuine when he’s talking about the experience, not just using corporate and advertising jargon. And as you say you can literally just skip it
Finally some sense about Nicho. Clip that up! He could save a dying baby during the game while scoring 48 tries and people would still go at him. Some great try saving tackles and kick chase.
@BitcoinBandit agree. Look at Mitch Moses, he has been in the NRL for 10 years. Took him 8 to get to a GF and 10 to be a Origin winner. Nicho has been playing 7 for 3 years. People hate because it's the trendy thing to do on the internet.
It’s sad Nicho gets the hate he does but one of the main reasons is because how the media/nrl have pumped him up the past few years to a ridiculous extent, Look at the running joke of him getting all the dally m points or when he has average or bad games and the headline is how good he played
if anyone was to contest Will Kennedy for the fullback spot, it would not be Atkinson and it absolutely would not be Iro. It would be Liam Ison. Killing it at fullback in reserve grade. Even the injured Kade Dykes is higher on the fullback pecking order than Atkinson
I like Toby Rudolph as a player but I don't think he did well in his last tbh, I remember him having a costly error and let a try in. Maybe he ran great meters idk but I wouldn't say he had a great game.
I always rate Jarryd Hayne above Tedesco. Tedesco has done everything don't get me wrong and deserves to be on the list for his consistency. But Jarryd had everything, speed, power/big frame, ball playing of an elite Halfback, freakish footwork and could score individual tries as good as anyone. Played in a talented but never world class Parramatta Eels team and was their shining light for a lot of seasons. His back end 2009 season is the best Football i've ever seen from any player. Since 2000s 1. Slater 2. Lockyer 3. Hayne 4. Tedesco 5. Stewart 6. Minichiello 7. Inglis 8. Trbojevic 9. Bowen 10. Barba
Beaks Bag question: What are your thoughts on reducing the number of players on the field to 12, not 13? When the rules were written with 13 players on the field, the game wasn’t professional. The players are fitter now and it can take pressure off the refs in controlling the ruck speed
Beaks bag question With the panthers and the storm qualifying for the big dance this week and the storm hopefully putting the book end on the panthers 3 year dominance, 2 different paths back with the storm having a rebuild and Penrith rolling like a freight trails, would love you guys to pick your starting 17 combining the departed players from both of the 2020 teams Storm Cam Smith Brandon smith Jesse Bromwich Kenny Bromwich Finucane Kaufusi Vunivalu Fox Olam Tino Nicho Panthers Kikau Api Burton Tamou Capewell Leniu Critta Mansour Hopefully haven’t missed anyone
Beaks bag question, should the judiciary need to go harder on "intentional" dangerous play cause nasty is facing 4 games for the hit on Collins, Flanagan got the same 4 game ban for biting but taane Milne only got 2 games for trying to break munsters legs diving head first at his feet?
It's funny with regards to Ponga saying he doesn't want to play pacific cup so he can focus in the knights 2025 season & now he's copping it from the media to say its a disgrace and it's contractual with possible suspension. Yet every other week the talk is about how long the season is including origin, rep footy at the end of the year. Player burnout / welfare and now we have a player bringing that to the fore front to I guess rest, reset and focus on his own game for his club who is paying him and the media have just changed their angle on things. The media and some fans have such a short memory of opinion and what's "right" for the game, their not commodities their human beings. Media are there for a story but it's a bad look when ex players are part of it throwing current players under the bus like that.
One for beaks bag. I’ve seen a few people throw up Mal as the broncos coach. The question I have is Mal actually a decent coach? or was he just Lucky to have one of the best origin teams ever? And then gets the Aussie coaching gig after that. Personally, I think he is way overrated and got extremely lucky with his personnel.
Beaks bag question: Given the chat is todays podcast about the Cowboys needing a game breaking forward, has Todd Payton’s decision to make jason taumalolo have more of an output in kick chase etc… backfired? He was the point of difference in their pack and now he is just like their other forwards
Question: do you guys think Ryan Papenhuyzen is underrated? I know he’s had a few injuries over the years that has seen him out for long periods of time but he seems to make a massive impact on the team when he’s back. Feel like he deserves a representative opportunity 👏🏼
If the Panthers win the GF this year, what players are you considering should be immortalised from this team? Just Cleary or a few of them that did 4 straight comps?
I think the criticism with Nicho is similar to the criticism Cleary gets for not ‘dominating’ origin. Especially with Moses coming in and doing it, there’s so much pressure on Cleary now. Even if he plays well and nsw lose he will get criticism. It’s abit like hynes as trindall definitely took a bigger role and they subsequently won so the narrative is ‘why can’t hynes dominate a finals game’ Nrl social media didn’t help post game by uploading a photo of just nicho with the caption ‘game changer’ it just invited negativity towards nicho
#beaks mailbag - do you think Penrith want Melbourne to be the team they meet in the GF to get their revenge being they are the only team to beat them in the GF in this era
Even if u think Edwards and Ponga are better how does that make it overpaid and bad for the broncos?Stupid comment and Walsh is better then tedesco but his team hasn't had the results from the team to get the wraps
@farazalam5772 Teddy can tackle. Walsh makes lots of mistakes and misses lots of tackles. To me, a 1 million plus a season is for the best fullbacks like Teddy, Edwards and KP Walsh has the potential to be one of the best fullbacks but is not as good as the others because of his mistakes & missed tackles. The Broncos are paying for potential, if he fixes up his mistakes and miss tackles they got a bargin if not they paid to much
I still think the Cowboys are missing the grit and no nonsense of Tom Gilbert. Him and Coen Hess were massive on the effort areas for the cowboys and I think Hess could’ve been that extra punch the middle for the cows.
Tigers aren't winning the spoon next year. We will push for finals 💪 i will keep supporting the club with my blind faith 😁 guys like Luai along with other big changes that have been set in motion lately across the club, will change this around soon
Question, Not sure if this has been asked before. What do you think of this. What if the Nrl brought in what rugby union are trialling with their red card system. Being able to replace the sent off player after 20 min or so, to allow teams to stay somewhat competitive considering the inconsistent refereeing we have seen across this season in regards to penaltys
Jake was knocked out once before by Konrad Hurrell. As for the Roosters winning the contact regardless of what the defence does, that was true for the most part except when they ran at Olakau’atu. He sat everyone down, it’s just a shame his teammates didn’t follow suit.
Tigers have had a lot of young talent playing above their age group this year. With players like Galvin, Latu, TDS, Mason, Kit, and Luke Laulilii, along with Miller, Large, and Makasini all stepping up across multiple grades, it highlights the depth and potential of the club's junior system. If the SG Ball and Flegg sides were at full strength with players sticking closer to age-appropriate competition the years results would have been completely different. Developing these young players through tougher competition now might really pay off in the coming years. How do you think this will shape their performance in the next season or two? Especially with how they have recruited really focused on good value 2 year deals. It seems clear they finally have a 5 year plan.
I know it’s far too early to be mentioning origin again (particularly with my broken Queensland heart) but do you guys reckon Josh Curran could be a blues player next year? All heart and can cover all positions in the forward pack with a great ticker. Surely if there’s injuries he’s a good shout?
I’m a big NRL fan, but the excuse that NRL is a better TV product compared to the AFL is becoming a lazy excuse. It’s something the NRL needs to fix. I love going to both AFL and NRL games, but the AFL do it better on all fronts, the comparison is embarrassing when it comes to attendance. I’ve got mates who are mad supporters and they don’t even go to 1 game a year… it’s insane
It’s about the depth of the game mate. Soccer is similar as well. Much better to watch live. As seeing what’s off the ball is important. In league it doesn’t really matter what’s happening off the ball. It would only be natural that because AFL is a better game live more resources are put into the live experience. Not to mention the numbers back it up. NRL out rates the AFL by a fair margin. Because the market has spoken people want to watch it at home. Theirs clearly a huge audience that could fill out every stadium every round. But they don’t they choose to stay home. I don’t think it’s because the game announcer or half time shows are boring. You can dress a live experience up as much as you want but it’s the actual game most people come to see.
I agree with all points bloke made in the reply here but also cost is huge. The cheapest tickets for the afl on the weekend was I think 20-30 dollars when the cheapest for the nrl was around 60 bucks and for a product that gives you the best seat in the house at home, it doesn’t make for a convincing purchase
So on the Garrick conundrum, here’s the low down. We swapped Koula because it made no sense for our attacking game plan to have 2 speedsters on one edge (Koula and Saab) and 0 on the other edge. Last season we were really one dimensional in our spreads because Parker and Garrick aren’t going to go the length by any means. Saab had a significantly better attacking season this year as a result and in general we had more line-breaks HOWEVER, for me the amount of tries we conceded from breaking up the right edge defence far outweighs the advantages it has. I completely understand why we did it, Garrick is really good in attack at centre but I have so much confidence in whatever side we pick being able to score point, I really would just be picking the team that can keep the most out I think the bigger question heading into the off season is what do you do with 6 first team outside backs? We played Koula off the bench back end of last season but that won’t be the plan next year with Tevanga as our 14, so what do you do? Wouldn’t be surprised if we let one of them go in the off season, and given Garrick only resigned to play centre and that’s quite clearly not the answer…
@dustinmartin6524 if they don't want two speedster one edge then play Saab (2) and Talau (3) on one edge and Koula (4) and Garrick (5) on the other. Talau is a better centre than Garrick and Garrick is a better winger than Talau. DCE is the defensive liability
@@jaromeasdale7157 You can’t drop Lehi, he’s seemingly the fullback once Tom retires so I doubt we’ll make him play NSW cup. Also worth considering we have Vaega, Paulo and Faulolo in the squad so we have depth in that position anyway. I think offloading an outside back works best for everyone, need another proper forward rather desperately
Brett Stewart always gets slept on.
4 Grand Finals
2 Premierships
1 WCC
8 Origins
1 Test
163 tries
233 games
Injuries held him back big time, as was playing in the same era as Slater and Mini.
Not to mention he was dragged through that scandal which if i remember correctly, was cleared of any wrongdoing.
@@greddy2JZ you're not wrong mate. Guilty until innocent in some cases within the NRL unfortunately...
Don’t change the 4 man bench. Would spell the end to the new position of 14. You’d have a more dedicated backs and or forwards as opposed to hybrid players
I disagree on the Ponga shout, not because he's undeserving but because Teddy deserves a proper farewell. If Teddy was out of form I would agree but Teddy has easily been the best fullback across the season and has earned his chance to have a proper farewell. Once that is done I agree Ponga is the go.
Segment request: great chat around Nichi and what he needs to do to roubd out his game/hit his peak. Would be great to use this lens on all maquee players. I.e has mubster hit his ceiling? What else can nathan do? DCE has a year left, ehat does he need to work on to be his best befire he retires. Thoughts @BlokeInaBar ?
My hot take is that Billy would have picked Ponga at FB this year if fit. I’ve been saying since last season Ponga should be QLD and Australian #1. For what Walsh has in speed, Ponga has him for footwork and strength. Seriously underrated how often he just makes line breaks from kick returns.
Question, should the nrl cap ticket sales to games at $20.00 to get more people at the games ?? The afl tickets are almost half the nrl’s
Ela > Hammy. Long term switcharoo? 🙏
Talking fullback options for the Sharks in 2025. There's a kid they got from the Panthers who made his debut this year for the Sharks named Liam Ison. Watch this space.
Storms v Roosters is the Sombrero Bowl.
Panthers v Sharks is the We are so poor we have to play away Bowl.
Which NRL team has the best social media content ?
Has to be the wahs - about the only thing we can win 😢
Broncos have a great social media team also
Lads question?? What do you think on the bunker, going back to only reviewing trys when the on field ref requests it or the captain challenges the try. Also not allowing them to review gameplay and calling their own penalties it should be left to the onfield ref?? To much slowmo review.
Gotta thank the man Sandor Earl for introducing those finishes! A finals game in Penrith.
Hey lads, question of the week for ya.
With interest of the footy dying down around the mid season, what are your thoughts on a 2 week break where the nrl host a “magic round” type tournament but for nrl 9’s, with the winning teams getting a few extra $$$ to their salary cap or some other incentives. Do you think big teams like the panthers and storm take advantage of this and stack their teams to win, or take the 2 week break to freshen up their players for the premiership and blood some youngsters? Do you feel like the bottom teams have more of a chance at “winning” and getting a bit of a leg up come the next season?
Lol offloads being Storm kryptonite 😂😂😂. Roosters threw 15 against us back in July and we still dominated them 24-8
Facts lol, there’s not really a particular way to beat the storm. You kinda just have to hope they make mistakes and don’t complete sets, and you complete more sets and have more possession than they do lol. They easily have the most complete archetype of footy this year offensively and defensively. Right edge is the only really weakness kinda thing roosters could maybe pick out
@GOATTT2613 I agree. If there's a hint of a major weakness its their right edge but Meaney & Warbrick have improved out of sight recently
@@BluntedRazor98 facts, as a roosters fan, I hope the right side have a shocker 😂 I hope we get the upset. Not sure it’ll happen though 😂
Teddy has to be the most under appreciated fullback in the game man
Ponga Saga: Players with ongoing injury risks should have optional exemption from rep footy i.e ponga with concussion. Also, teams in the bottom 8 should have optional excemption.
Playing rep is an honour, but club responsibilities come first, they pay the bills.
Can we get the new matty on every episode?
Beak’s Bag question; I feel like the AFL almost always out-do us with GF day entertainment. Who/what would you bring in for entertainment to stick it to the AFL if you were in charge of things?
No mention of Nanai getting hooked?
Ethan Ewing the pro Aussie surfer looks like Timmy 😂
Can menulog bring back $7 off for all cuisines beak
Legit 😂
Afl games - mostly played in the daytime in the afternoon. They do this all year. It becomes a spectator sport. Something that’s on that day.
People become invested in it all year so come finals time it’s a forgone conclusion people will go.
NRL let the tv deals set when games are played for the advertising dollars. Fair enough. But it’s why people prefer to stay home and watch because that’s where the NRL puts their emphasis
Maybe more blame needs to just fall onto Siebold with the whole Manly backline changes and the fact that it's just poor coaching that needs to be rectified for next year 🤷♂️ Ultimately its his decision too with team lists. I've never rated Siebold as a good coach though personally
lol Townsville to Sydney is like 3 hour flight 😂😂
Same argument could be said for people trying to get to scg but they still showed up. Love both sports myself but nrl folk do whatever they can to belittle afl despite afl being a more popular product
Regarding Garrick, I've seen a few posts by people online who are adamant he was concussed.
He copped a knock tackling Tupou in the first half.
Beaks bag?????
Instead of diluting the nrl talent more why not join west tigers with bears so they have 3 set of juniors and move them to Perth?????
How about Hynes to fullback and Trindal and Atkinson into the halves. Sorry Kennedy
Hot take here: You are all crazy for taking penrith to win and to cover the 11.5 line! You're pretty much counting them out and saying they'll get pumped 13 plus. I think it'll be a lot close than that to be honest. Penrith 1 - 12 if they win, but sharks have a chance for sure. I wouldn't count them out at all, same goes for Roosters It's finals footy boys, anything can happen. Cheers, Ben.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂SUCKED IN GO BROKE
Guru again reading the comments section.. not good content talking about joe blow comments..
Thank you Robbo, finally putting Radley back into lock. Was so dumb to move him to the edge since round 12 aswell, he was one of the best locks in the comp to begin the season. He’s found a very good balance of run first, and ball playing second. Never move him out of the lock position again please
A 4 minute ad to kick off the show is wild
I mean it’s his mates asking about the experience and how it all got started. Regardless of whether you’re interested in the product or not, it’s interesting to hear the experience of starting a coffee brand from scratch
@@jaybryce7391100% agree. Plus the content is free and you can skip forward (they even give you timestamps to boot). Tough whinge in my opinion.
@@theidlemindsAU yep. Love hearing about what the Beak is up to and he’s genuine when he’s talking about the experience, not just using corporate and advertising jargon. And as you say you can literally just skip it
Where’s the timestamps? And lose the chick
Bloke 360 bashing the tigers!! Pathetic
4th
Finally some sense about Nicho. Clip that up! He could save a dying baby during the game while scoring 48 tries and people would still go at him. Some great try saving tackles and kick chase.
He literally talked someone out of suicide this year and it was headlines for a day or two then back to hate 🤦🏾♂️
He's not that great but yeh very truegood defensively
@BitcoinBandit agree. Look at Mitch Moses, he has been in the NRL for 10 years. Took him 8 to get to a GF and 10 to be a Origin winner. Nicho has been playing 7 for 3 years. People hate because it's the trendy thing to do on the internet.
Mate he's always defending Nicho, ots exhausting. Even when he's raving on about Tryndall, he keeps referring back to Nicho every 3 seconds.
It’s sad Nicho gets the hate he does but one of the main reasons is because how the media/nrl have pumped him up the past few years to a ridiculous extent, Look at the running joke of him getting all the dally m points or when he has average or bad games and the headline is how good he played
Waterboy might get stuck on the pine for a while if ella kills it here
if anyone was to contest Will Kennedy for the fullback spot, it would not be Atkinson and it absolutely would not be Iro. It would be Liam Ison. Killing it at fullback in reserve grade. Even the injured Kade Dykes is higher on the fullback pecking order than Atkinson
I like Toby Rudolph as a player but I don't think he did well in his last tbh, I remember him having a costly error and let a try in. Maybe he ran great meters idk but I wouldn't say he had a great game.
Who's got the best beak in NRL in the modern era?
Fergo
Fergo
Thoughts or opinions on changing the dally M to a end of year vote by selected members of media/clubs/coaches? Something similar to the NBA?
If you can’t find a bloke don’t bother Ella can get the boot
Milking is becoming riddiclous
Edwards if healthy, if not Teddy on form then Ponga. Walsh is 5+ years away from an Aus Jersey.
How is he 5 plus years away
Tedesco will retire soon
Walsh is close but Edwards over him atm
@farazalam5772 Edwards and Ponga over Walsh in my opinion, they are only 29 and 26.
@@farazalam5772 5+ years is right for Walsh. Good enough time for him to fix his errors, defence and out of position
I always rate Jarryd Hayne above Tedesco. Tedesco has done everything don't get me wrong and deserves to be on the list for his consistency. But Jarryd had everything, speed, power/big frame, ball playing of an elite Halfback, freakish footwork and could score individual tries as good as anyone. Played in a talented but never world class Parramatta Eels team and was their shining light for a lot of seasons. His back end 2009 season is the best Football i've ever seen from any player.
Since 2000s
1. Slater
2. Lockyer
3. Hayne
4. Tedesco
5. Stewart
6. Minichiello
7. Inglis
8. Trbojevic
9. Bowen
10. Barba
1. Slater
2. Teddy
3. Lockyer
4. Mini
5. Stewart
6. Hayne
7. G.I
8. Barba
9. Bowen
10. Edwards
Beaks Bag question: What are your thoughts on reducing the number of players on the field to 12, not 13? When the rules were written with 13 players on the field, the game wasn’t professional. The players are fitter now and it can take pressure off the refs in controlling the ruck speed
Beaks bag question
With the panthers and the storm qualifying for the big dance this week and the storm hopefully putting the book end on the panthers 3 year dominance, 2 different paths back with the storm having a rebuild and Penrith rolling like a freight trails, would love you guys to pick your starting 17 combining the departed players from both of the 2020 teams
Storm
Cam Smith
Brandon smith
Jesse Bromwich
Kenny Bromwich
Finucane
Kaufusi
Vunivalu
Fox
Olam
Tino
Nicho
Panthers
Kikau
Api
Burton
Tamou
Capewell
Leniu
Critta
Mansour
Hopefully haven’t missed anyone
Beaks bag question, should the judiciary need to go harder on "intentional" dangerous play cause nasty is facing 4 games for the hit on Collins, Flanagan got the same 4 game ban for biting but taane Milne only got 2 games for trying to break munsters legs diving head first at his feet?
It's funny with regards to Ponga saying he doesn't want to play pacific cup so he can focus in the knights 2025 season & now he's copping it from the media to say its a disgrace and it's contractual with possible suspension.
Yet every other week the talk is about how long the season is including origin, rep footy at the end of the year. Player burnout / welfare and now we have a player bringing that to the fore front to I guess rest, reset and focus on his own game for his club who is paying him and the media have just changed their angle on things.
The media and some fans have such a short memory of opinion and what's "right" for the game, their not commodities their human beings.
Media are there for a story but it's a bad look when ex players are part of it throwing current players under the bus like that.
One for beaks bag.
I’ve seen a few people throw up Mal as the broncos coach.
The question I have is Mal actually a decent coach? or was he just Lucky to have one of the best origin teams ever?
And then gets the Aussie coaching gig after that.
Personally, I think he is way overrated and got extremely lucky with his personnel.
Beaks Bag: what do we do with the kick off? Any solutions to the hia’s we are seeing from the kick off collision?
Beaks bag question: Given the chat is todays podcast about the Cowboys needing a game breaking forward, has Todd Payton’s decision to make jason taumalolo have more of an output in kick chase etc… backfired? He was the point of difference in their pack and now he is just like their other forwards
Question: do you guys think Ryan Papenhuyzen is underrated? I know he’s had a few injuries over the years that has seen him out for long periods of time but he seems to make a massive impact on the team when he’s back. Feel like he deserves a representative opportunity 👏🏼
If the Panthers win the GF this year, what players are you considering should be immortalised from this team? Just Cleary or a few of them that did 4 straight comps?
I think the criticism with Nicho is similar to the criticism Cleary gets for not ‘dominating’ origin.
Especially with Moses coming in and doing it, there’s so much pressure on Cleary now. Even if he plays well and nsw lose he will get criticism. It’s abit like hynes as trindall definitely took a bigger role and they subsequently won so the narrative is ‘why can’t hynes dominate a finals game’
Nrl social media didn’t help post game by uploading a photo of just nicho with the caption ‘game changer’ it just invited negativity towards nicho
#beaks mailbag - do you think Penrith want Melbourne to be the team they meet in the GF to get their revenge being they are the only team to beat them in the GF in this era
To me Broncos over paid for Walsh
Edwards, Teddy & Ponga all better fullbacks
Even if u think Edwards and Ponga are better how does that make it overpaid and bad for the broncos?Stupid comment and Walsh is better then tedesco but his team hasn't had the results from the team to get the wraps
@farazalam5772 Teddy can tackle.
Walsh makes lots of mistakes and misses lots of tackles.
To me, a 1 million plus a season is for the best fullbacks like Teddy, Edwards and KP
Walsh has the potential to be one of the best fullbacks but is not as good as the others because of his mistakes & missed tackles.
The Broncos are paying for potential, if he fixes up his mistakes and miss tackles they got a bargin if not they paid to much
@@richardwhite2730 fair
I still think the Cowboys are missing the grit and no nonsense of Tom Gilbert. Him and Coen Hess were massive on the effort areas for the cowboys and I think Hess could’ve been that extra punch the middle for the cows.
Tigers aren't winning the spoon next year. We will push for finals 💪 i will keep supporting the club with my blind faith 😁 guys like Luai along with other big changes that have been set in motion lately across the club, will change this around soon
Question,
Not sure if this has been asked before.
What do you think of this. What if the Nrl brought in what rugby union are trialling with their red card system. Being able to replace the sent off player after 20 min or so, to allow teams to stay somewhat competitive considering the inconsistent refereeing we have seen across this season in regards to penaltys
Jake was knocked out once before by Konrad Hurrell.
As for the Roosters winning the contact regardless of what the defence does, that was true for the most part except when they ran at Olakau’atu. He sat everyone down, it’s just a shame his teammates didn’t follow suit.
Tigers have had a lot of young talent playing above their age group this year. With players like Galvin, Latu, TDS, Mason, Kit, and Luke Laulilii, along with Miller, Large, and Makasini all stepping up across multiple grades, it highlights the depth and potential of the club's junior system. If the SG Ball and Flegg sides were at full strength with players sticking closer to age-appropriate competition the years results would have been completely different. Developing these young players through tougher competition now might really pay off in the coming years. How do you think this will shape their performance in the next season or two? Especially with how they have recruited really focused on good value 2 year deals. It seems clear they finally have a 5 year plan.
I know it’s far too early to be mentioning origin again (particularly with my broken Queensland heart) but do you guys reckon Josh Curran could be a blues player next year? All heart and can cover all positions in the forward pack with a great ticker. Surely if there’s injuries he’s a good shout?
I didn't know we we're married to the same woman...
Ethan Bullemor is contracted for next year guys
No mention of big huamole lads?
Where are the time stamps, Matthew!
When will Guru face the music for kicking the roosters while they are down! Almost as bad as fox sports reporters.
He's a roosters supporter through and through
I’m a big NRL fan, but the excuse that NRL is a better TV product compared to the AFL is becoming a lazy excuse. It’s something the NRL needs to fix. I love going to both AFL and NRL games, but the AFL do it better on all fronts, the comparison is embarrassing when it comes to attendance. I’ve got mates who are mad supporters and they don’t even go to 1 game a year… it’s insane
It’s about the depth of the game mate. Soccer is similar as well. Much better to watch live. As seeing what’s off the ball is important.
In league it doesn’t really matter what’s happening off the ball.
It would only be natural that because AFL is a better game live more resources are put into the live experience.
Not to mention the numbers back it up. NRL out rates the AFL by a fair margin. Because the market has spoken people want to watch it at home.
Theirs clearly a huge audience that could fill out every stadium every round. But they don’t they choose to stay home.
I don’t think it’s because the game announcer or half time shows are boring. You can dress a live experience up as much as you want but it’s the actual game most people come to see.
I agree with all points bloke made in the reply here but also cost is huge. The cheapest tickets for the afl on the weekend was I think 20-30 dollars when the cheapest for the nrl was around 60 bucks and for a product that gives you the best seat in the house at home, it doesn’t make for a convincing purchase
So on the Garrick conundrum, here’s the low down. We swapped Koula because it made no sense for our attacking game plan to have 2 speedsters on one edge (Koula and Saab) and 0 on the other edge. Last season we were really one dimensional in our spreads because Parker and Garrick aren’t going to go the length by any means. Saab had a significantly better attacking season this year as a result and in general we had more line-breaks
HOWEVER, for me the amount of tries we conceded from breaking up the right edge defence far outweighs the advantages it has. I completely understand why we did it, Garrick is really good in attack at centre but I have so much confidence in whatever side we pick being able to score point, I really would just be picking the team that can keep the most out
I think the bigger question heading into the off season is what do you do with 6 first team outside backs? We played Koula off the bench back end of last season but that won’t be the plan next year with Tevanga as our 14, so what do you do? Wouldn’t be surprised if we let one of them go in the off season, and given Garrick only resigned to play centre and that’s quite clearly not the answer…
@dustinmartin6524 if they don't want two speedster one edge then play Saab (2) and Talau (3) on one edge and Koula (4) and Garrick (5) on the other.
Talau is a better centre than Garrick and Garrick is a better winger than Talau.
DCE is the defensive liability
@@jaromeasdale7157 You can’t drop Lehi, he’s seemingly the fullback once Tom retires so I doubt we’ll make him play NSW cup. Also worth considering we have Vaega, Paulo and Faulolo in the squad so we have depth in that position anyway. I think offloading an outside back works best for everyone, need another proper forward rather desperately
Where are the time stamps, Matthew!
My apologies, Matty.
Ella, where are the time stamps!
They’re in the show notes. Sometimes TH-cam can be funny and not have them in the bar. But if you go into the show description you’ll find it there
Cheers big dogg!
Denan, stick to hosting and maybe a bit of humour here and there…. Leave the analysis to Timmy and Ru because you seriously have NFI
Unfortunately you guys have become absolute dribblers, the amount you spent talking Nicho up was terrible listening, had to turn off
See ya Mark. 👋
@@elijahwebb5449 just my opinion mate
nrl doesn't compete with AFL
In live attendance and membership it's no contest, AFL wins hands down, but in ratings/viewership, NRL wins.