2023 Pacific Championship

[cc eagle]

Thought dce defended really well and was probably not helped by staggs being absolutely ****. He wasn’t anywhere near as bad as Munster.

All but 2 of their starting 13 ran for well over 100mts, we had 5, allround poor display

 

[40 nil]

Great win for the Kiwis ✅

Mal out coached by Madge. Augurs well for the Blues next season. Hopefully, he'll pick the team on form.

 

[The '47ers]

Great win for the Kiwis ✅

Mal out coached by Madge. Augurs well for the Blues next season. Hopefully, he'll pick the team on form.

Pick, and stick!

 

[Will on the hill]

Geez a neutral non footy person would suggest it's a set up. No Aussie forward hitting 100m, one offload so far from the team, no dummy half runs so far. Either a gee up or Meninga has completely farked up his "game plan"

With a pack of Haas, Tino, Pat and Collins, you would've got some crazy odds on none of them getting 100m. Gotta give credit to JFH, Leota, Tapine and NAS, to dominate that pack is one hell of an effort.

 

[madmax]

Last time DCE will play for Kangaroos , dreadful effort. Cleary will own the #7 barring injury.

What did you expect him to do with his forwards outgunned???

 

[winnyason]

Outplayed that simply good kiwi team. Anyhow onto rest and pre season training, let's hope both our boys in Tonga come back fine.

 

[mickqld]

What did you expect him to do with his forwards outgunned???

Some tactical kicking to try snd change the momentum of the game like Hughes did might’ve helped.

 

[HoldenV8]

Some tactical kicking to try snd change the momentum of the game like Hughes did might’ve helped.

Hughes spent the entire game on the front foot behind a dominant Kiwi pack. DCE played behind a pack that was as bad as it gets today. Even Cleary would have looked like a chump in the Aussie No.7 behind that effort.

We know you don't like DCE too much. You blame him for a lot. But at least be realistic about it.

 

[Ron E. Gibbs]

I know Harry Grant is a good player, but every now and then he has an absolute shocker. Australia were woeful, but Grant killed every single chance they had to get into that game today.

And remember when Foz was going to play hooker here at Manly, and Des mumbled about it a couple of times but never tried it? Worked pretty well for the Kiwis.

 

[mickqld]

Hughes spent the entire game on the front foot behind a dominant Kiwi pack. DCE played behind a pack that was as bad as it gets today. Even Cleary would have looked like a chump in the Aussie No.7 behind that effort.

We know you don't like DCE too much. You blame him for a lot. But at least be realistic about it.

Cleary almost single handedly won a GF in 15 minutes from down 16 points.

 

[MissKate]

I wondered how long it would be until DCE was blamed for the loss. Poor guy always copping a hiding

 

[Rafferty]

Haas hasn‘t had much to celebrate this year, SOO, the GF now this, is he covered in bad Juju or what?
The other two premier props in the game highlight why Penrith have a triple and explains exactly why we are struggling to be competitive.

 

[XV-1]

When will they learn drop Jake and the team loses

 

[Frogz]

Poor old Mal Meninga...whats Rugby league ever done for him.

 

[BOZO]

When will they learn drop Jale and the team loses

I dont think Jake would have made a difference
We are talking about a 30 points to nil record win
Today we were beaten for pace and spark all round the park
Today the Kiwis wanted to the win more and stunned us with their dynamic desire

 

[Cliffy's Jockstrap]

LOL @ Australia. I am just glad DCE played about as tough as possible, and Jake was not tarnished by that loss. Forwards got Owned. Think we might have been short of a tough defender to try and hold the middle together in hard times.

 

[Shoe1]

Carrigan and cotter were dreadful. Grant was dreadful. Munster dreadful.

Dce did ok. Staggs was dreadful.

Australia really missed latrell, tom, Walsh, Nathan.

The maligned Jake would’ve tightened the defence. Perfect game for Jake. No Aussie forward did any tough stuff.

 

[castle eagle]

Hughes spent the entire game on the front foot behind a dominant Kiwi pack. DCE played behind a pack that was as bad as it gets today. Even Cleary would have looked like a chump in the Aussie No.7 behind that effort.

We know you don't like DCE too much. You blame him for a lot. But at least be realistic about it.

in all fairness, d.c.e. should be used to doing that with the pack he has had at times for manly

 

[ALinda]

Jake was conspicuous by his absence imo. There wouldn't have been 30 missed tackles in the 1st half if he played.

I really believe the Kangaroos were way too cocky after being all over the Kiwi's last week. They played like they thought they could just turn up and weren't expecting the Kiwi pack to come out and be so dominant. Perhaps mentally ill-prepared...

As for DCE I don't blame him for that loss. He tried, but there's only so much he could do behind such a soft pack.

 

[deanm]

I wondered how long it would be until DCE was blamed for the loss. Poor guy always copping a hiding

Yeah he only made 28 tackles