Herbert for To'a
LIVE GAME Round 8 v Raiders
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Viva_Zapata
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I said to my Raiders supporter brother I put it down to not used to winning, didn't know how to handle it.
watersider
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The evolution of sam fainu has been incredible. Both him and kpp hit with such intent as well. Really dominant defenders. We haven't had this since Gareth.
Is turuva the best hit up winger in the comp? He looked electric.
I've never felt so comfortable watching a tigers team defend, they rarely threatened. Weakes is damn fast.
Watching from behind the posts I thought Bula looked fantastic in his sweeping runs. I saw some on here knocking his game, I just don't understand that at all, he's becoming a dominant fullback imo. No longer getting folded in tackles.
Terrific kicking game by doueihi, good variety and placement.
Seyfarth tackled well filling in for KPP.
The Hill was a heaving mass of noise, drinking, stink, joy and mayhem by the end of the game. I never really like being in it, but it's a pretty rare and special sight to see in the Australian contemporary sporting landscape. Special.
Is turuva the best hit up winger in the comp? He looked electric.
I've never felt so comfortable watching a tigers team defend, they rarely threatened. Weakes is damn fast.
Watching from behind the posts I thought Bula looked fantastic in his sweeping runs. I saw some on here knocking his game, I just don't understand that at all, he's becoming a dominant fullback imo. No longer getting folded in tackles.
Terrific kicking game by doueihi, good variety and placement.
Seyfarth tackled well filling in for KPP.
The Hill was a heaving mass of noise, drinking, stink, joy and mayhem by the end of the game. I never really like being in it, but it's a pretty rare and special sight to see in the Australian contemporary sporting landscape. Special.
Jedi_Tiger
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I just dont know how luai can handle the defence at 9
in saying that i agree I dont think hope offers anything in attack
Tiger-ferret
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I’m still confused about the selections. I did see Herbert limping at the end
Agreed and Marshall said the same at the presser. He’s lifted off his feet by the momentum of the tackle. It’s not a hip drop in the sense of a player willingly leaving the ground. I thought Laurie running in a million miles an hour with no arms was more of a sin bin to be honest. Almost Kleined again although to be fair he didn’t seem keen to do anything about the Api tackle.
diedpretty
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What i really like about that win was the fact that Canberra played quite well - they were tough, hit hard in defence and were fast and powerful in attack - they would have beaten a lot of sides tonight - and yet they were on the end of a hiding and could only score points when we were down to 12 men. We at last have a football team to follow.
That would be the smart move. Possibly his absence this week is to give him more minutes. I’d imagine Marshall was more thinking about a potential origin selection. Hope does a reasonable job when he gets on.
Great to see we CAN get it going without Jock...but great to have him just in case
90% tackle effective tackle i just love that
Down by 1 to the premiers last week then dominate the minor premiers tonite...just stoked
90% tackle effective tackle i just love that
Down by 1 to the premiers last week then dominate the minor premiers tonite...just stoked
Yeah it was the same as Nikorima’s sin binning last week. Penalised for what was once considered a good copy book tackle. Bloody ridiculous rule that will cost teams games.
He wasn’t too bad at his press conference. Just talked about errors from his side and giving a good attacking team too many chances.
Seven games in and we’ve won five and were in the other two until full time. It’s been an amazing start. Still think there’s room for improvement too in the backs.
GNR4LIFE
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They didn’t score against 13 men.
diedpretty
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It would be almost as good as having Fainu ad KPP on the edges.
Yeah couldn’t be happier. A bit worried in the first half, going in behind again despite our efforts and opportunities, but the second half was magic! Two weeks in a row now no tries scored against us in the second half.
And Sam Fainu is just a phenomenal player! I don’t think I’ve seen a better back rower for a long time and there’s been some good ones over the years, but he has it all.
He said he thought Klein went ok tonite lol
Just got back home from the 8th. Solid performance. Very professional by us sin bin aside it was dominant. Biggest improvement was Douihei floating left and Luai right. Great coaching been a while since I said that. 👏 have to watch the replay to se what happened but happy with that effort.
upthetigers
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I'll be spewing if Api is suspended for the Storm game. Storm and Dogs are two teams I REALLY wanna win against.
liltiger
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You probarbly are. If he could play the next game that would be awsome
liltiger
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Funny that hey, as soon as the penalty gets blown the player doesnt act like hes been shot anymore, Not just last night but its happening every game, we do it plenty aswell, its a poor sight.
