Now let's see how we walk the talk...

[Tiger_heart]

Source: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...s-sharks-tigers-panthers-sea-eagles/106636142

"It's just unacceptable, really," said Wests Tigers coach Benji Marshall, who said his team was "unrecognisable" to him.

"We've worked so hard on certain standards on the way we want to play our footy, and I thought we got taught a lesson tonight by a classier side on how to run hard and how to tackle hard and how to win the field position and apply pressure.

"We got dominated, completely dominated."

Wests led 10-6 after quarter of an hour at Shark Park and trailed just 16-10 at the break, but managed a pitiful three tackles in the Sharks half in the second 40 in what was a woeful display of ineptitude that harks back to the dire days of the past for the joint venture.

Have a nice week!

 

[Tom Shines]

Next Man Up!


Right?

 

[426Tlgerland]

Source: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...s-sharks-tigers-panthers-sea-eagles/106636142

"It's just unacceptable, really," said Wests Tigers coach Benji Marshall, who said his team was "unrecognisable" to him.

"We've worked so hard on certain standards on the way we want to play our footy, and I thought we got taught a lesson tonight by a classier side on how to run hard and how to tackle hard and how to win the field position and apply pressure.

"We got dominated, completely dominated."

Wests led 10-6 after quarter of an hour at Shark Park and trailed just 16-10 at the break, but managed a pitiful three tackles in the Sharks half in the second 40 in what was a woeful display of ineptitude that harks back to the dire days of the past for the joint venture.

Have a nice week!

This is pretty much spot on
Absolutely not the same team
Pushed back in tackles , dominated in tackles , run over in defence , looked like they all fell asleep at half time , and out attack was worst I’ve seen ever in second half , normally we are strong , API , KPP defence was missed and AD attack was missed , Bulla I don’t think would have made much difference if he was in that team

 

[Year_of_the_Tiger]

We didn’t come out as the same team from the kick off yesterday. They looked listless from the get go . We scored two good tries but we were off our game from the start. I had zero confidence going into HT. We’ve had the right attitude until that game. Having Api out didn’t help for sure.

 

[weststigers]

37% possession. They had 50 sets and completed 40. We had 36 and completed 22. I don't know how they count sets, but it seems like our dropped bombs etc. On first tackle counts as a set, because we didn't touch the ball in the second half.

455 tackles...29 missed compared with their 279 tackles and 25 missed.

Really this blew out because we had nothing left in the tank and errors just compounded that.

Credit to the Sharks whose kick chase was on point all game. Although Tavana had a bit of a shocker, even the best wingers would have struggled under that much pressure. We've been doing that all season too and it works.

Not sure what to make of the game other than our handling was awful and too much cheap ball handed over in our half.