2024 GRAND FINAL

[wombatgc]

Think the Churchill Medal will be a tight one, I thought Isaah Yeo had a good game while Liam Martin had some big moment.

Yeo for me though.

I had anyone of Yeo, Cleary, and Martin. Absolute legends.

 

[wombatgc]

Awful decision disallowing that storm try I feel, it doesn't matter that penrith scored another try to get to 14, as the entire remaining game changes after that moment.

Except he didn’t get it down.

 

[Dion Johnson]

Some simpletons still blame the salary cap when the salary cap had nothing to do with it then and now.
When you "get it" you create an environment that puts pressure on the cap because others wish to purchase what you have.

Melb could of easily cried and sobbed "why me" but because they "get it" in terms of player development, the technical aspects of the game and physical attributes of players they have been giving the "big up you" to every other club and became even stronger as a result of the "cap scandal"

A fair assessment though the third party agreements at the Storm are lucrative for players and where they previously did breach the salary cap maybe they have grown wiser in how to massage this, they do have a very good spine and some other players on decent remuneration.

The Storm have had some high turnover of assistant coaches under Bellamy though the work done by their boots on the ground coaching staff has been in place for an extensive period of time for instance, John Donehue (Melbourne's wrestling coach) has been with them since 2004, just a year after Bellamy's appointment.

They have done well to keep this stable environment for their coaches and trainers where the players don’t have to deal with change.

 

[Jay Eagle]

Except he didn’t get it down...

No chance that the tip of the ball doesn't touch the ground

Blatant bunker mistake and channel 9 started backtracking not to embarrass the NRL..

What a load of BS
. Blind Freddy could see it was a try.. and the NRL will come out tomorrow with some angle that shows it didn't touch the ground.. but that's easy to do..there would be hundreds of shots that could be paused to show the ball before it hits the ground.. they won't show that shot that Channel 9 showed that was clear as day.. Try! And a complete game changer regardless of the eventual winner..and momentum is everything in League.

I wasn't supporting anyone im a Manly fan and couldn't give two s#@ts about any other club.

But that call was a joke...

In short this was the NRLs worst nightmare and it happened in a GF.. so they will do everything possible to cover it up or sweep it under the carpet.. nothing to see here.. play on..

 

[wombatgc]

I thought the riff middle was just too good...

The drizzle middles and halves were shut down and they needed to go wide to get any impact - ie. Coates was very good, Katoa was immense and Warbrick tried hard...

Grant was made to defend his a*se off (with Riff forwards actually running directly AT him rather than trying to get around him) and all impotus was generally taken out of the drizzle attack...

Mind you, not Munster's best game...

Riff won it because of a couple of special efforts but they put themselves in that position by shutting the drizzle offence down...

The other thing that the Riff did VERY well was that Hughes only got maybe 2 attacking kicks in the whole game that were NOT made under pressure...

That’s how we saw it too. The Panthers followed the excellent game plan to a tee.
We thought it was an excellent game. History in the making.

 

[robbiea]

Love a Storm loss , more so a GF Loss 😂😂😂😂

 

[wombatgc]

No chance that the tip of the ball doesn't touch the ground

Blatant bunker mistake and channel 9 started backtracking not to embarrass the NRL..

What a load of BS
. Blind Freddy could see it was a try.. and the NRL will come out tomorrow with some angle that shows it didn't touch the ground.. but that's easy to do..there would be hundreds of shots that could be paused to show the ball before it hits the ground.. they won't show that shot that Channel 9 showed that was clear as day.. Try! And a complete game changer regardless of the eventual winner..and momentum is everything in League.

I wasn't supporting anyone im a Manly fan and couldn't give two s#@ts about any other club.

But that call was a joke...

In short this was the NRLs worst nightmare and it happened in a GF.. so they will do everything possible to cover it up or sweep it under the carpet.. nothing to see here.. play on..

The arm stays under the ball at all times. We will have to agree to disagree on that one.☝️

 

[globaleagle]

Well I watched the highlights after checking the score and the two important things for me are:

1 - the storm lost, and
2 - Hockey has started! noot noot

 

[Ralphie]

No chance that the tip of the ball doesn't touch the ground

Blatant bunker mistake and channel 9 started backtracking not to embarrass the NRL..

What a load of BS
. Blind Freddy could see it was a try.. and the NRL will come out tomorrow with some angle that shows it didn't touch the ground.. but that's easy to do..there would be hundreds of shots that could be paused to show the ball before it hits the ground.. they won't show that shot that Channel 9 showed that was clear as day.. Try! And a complete game changer regardless of the eventual winner..and momentum is everything in League.

I wasn't supporting anyone im a Manly fan and couldn't give two s#@ts about any other club.

But that call was a joke...

In short this was the NRLs worst nightmare and it happened in a GF.. so they will do everything possible to cover it up or sweep it under the carpet.. nothing to see here.. play on..

I am overjoyed that this has happened to the filthy cheating purple scum. I just cannot get the smile off my face. This can only be bettered by us winning the comp.

 

[2830 Eagle]

I liked the Penrith tactic of letting the Storm catch bombs and Liam Martin smashing the catcher

 

[eagle66]

There was a hand under the ball however the the pointy end of the ball is touching the ground. Must be a try.

 

[Captain Moondog]

Graham Annesley says they got it right, that's good enough for me 🙄

 

[davohan123]

Had great seats yesterday
The game was on another level.

It showed me scarily how far off the pace We are as a club.

We are at least 5-10 years away We need a real good hard look at ourselves

We would of got beat by 30 + yesterday.

Harry Grant play the balls was next level.
fitness and defence from both sides next level

Storm will win it next year no one will get close to them baring injuries.

We have as manly a lot of work to do to come close to these top sides.

Great day
Great atmosphere
That's 15 GFs live for me.

 

[Rorz]

Graham Annesley says they got it right, that's good enough for me 🙄

You mean Annusley!

 

[eaglebuzz]

It is worth pointing out that Penrith have lost a heap of players in the past few years such as Burton, Koroisau, Kikau, Crichton, Leniu due to the same reasons... and they are still racking up premierships.

Yes but imagine if the NRL had told them they couldn't re-sign Yeo and then the players turned against the owners.

 

[eaglebuzz]

There was a hand under the ball however the the pointy end of the ball is touching the ground. Must be a try.
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It went up as no try and there's not definitive evidence that the ball is touching the ground in that image. It's so dark under the ball, there could be a centimetre or two of space there

 

[Captain Moondog]

You mean Annusley!

Pretty sure they both mean arsehole.

 

[frank stokes]

No chance that the tip of the ball doesn't touch the ground

Blatant bunker mistake and channel 9 started backtracking not to embarrass the NRL..

What a load of BS
. Blind Freddy could see it was a try.. and the NRL will come out tomorrow with some angle that shows it didn't touch the ground.. but that's easy to do..there would be hundreds of shots that could be paused to show the ball before it hits the ground.. they won't show that shot that Channel 9 showed that was clear as day.. Try! And a complete game changer regardless of the eventual winner..and momentum is everything in League.

I wasn't supporting anyone im a Manly fan and couldn't give two s#@ts about any other club.

But that call was a joke...

In short this was the NRLs worst nightmare and it happened in a GF.. so they will do everything possible to cover it up or sweep it under the carpet.. nothing to see here.. play on..

Apparently journos have been shown an angle by the NRL that CLEARLY shows ball held up...
I never did see an angle that showed it on the ground and the original camera angle indicated that the riff held him up... somehow...

 

[SeaEagleRock8]

Apparently journos have been shown an angle by the NRL that CLEARLY shows ball held up...
I never did see an angle that showed it on the ground and the original camera angle indicated that the riff held him up... somehow...

https://foxsportspmd-a.akamaihd.net/free/nogeoblock/2024/10/06/DVU_061024_NRL_NEW_ANGLES_202410062301/DVU_061024_NRL_NEW_ANGLES_202410062301_2628.mp4

 

[frank stokes]

https://foxsportspmd-a.akamaihd.net/free/nogeoblock/2024/10/06/DVU_061024_NRL_NEW_ANGLES_202410062301/DVU_061024_NRL_NEW_ANGLES_202410062301_2628.mp4

Well that is pretty definitive because it shows the back of the ball staying up and it was that part of the ball that people were claiming touched the grass...

I thought the original angle indicated that they got under him and he did not get it down...