Pre-Game Bulldogs V Manly [Round 21, 2025]

[Brookie1973]

In Cockney rhyming slang,Iron is short for Iron Hoof. You all can work the rest out!

Is an Iron Hoof close to an Iron Knee ie Irony?

 

[Waz13]

Very winnable game but still a bit of the toss of the coin when momentum shifts are taken into account and how that may play out
Going to need a fairly high completion rate again and maybe a bit of attention at trying to address that points were hard to get in the 2 nd half against the Storm .
But if the defence can largely hang in there again and the hopeful boost that Haumole can provide , ideally their confidence level up also , should provide them.every chance .
95 decider against the Dogs , Manly just went off the boil a bit in the final series after an outstanding season in the normal fixture games and Dogs i think , just barely made the finals cut but really came good after that
Definite forward pass just before half time from 2 nd rower Price to Dymock and that 7 tackle set try to kick them ahead in a fairly tight contest up until that stage
Then i think their full back Silva scored late .
Manly may have been able to pull it off if they were a bit more on their game , with out some uncharacteristic mistakes and those 2 tries that the Bulldogs did not deserve .
Think that it was Mick Ryan the Dogs centre that day , Andrew Ryan was a 2 nd rower for them a bit latter

Third time lucky lads, centre was Matt Ryan. Was it Canterbury that beat us or the Sydney Bulldogs?

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

Third time lucky lads, centre was Matt Ryan. Was it Canterbury that beat us or the Sydney Bulldogs?

Ah yes Matthew ( not Andrew )

There were two Ryan boys , both excellent footballers at school , played for the Moree Boars juniors , Matthew got picked up by the Bulldogs , I forget the name of the other one.

There was a huge footy get together in Moree in 2023, the 50th anniversary of the Moree High team winning the University Shield in 1973 ( also my last year at school ) , the Ryan boys were there , their parents still live in Moree.

 

[Once Was Brissie Kid]

Third time lucky lads, centre was Matt Ryan. Was it Canterbury that beat us or the Sydney Bulldogs?

Sydney Bulldogs. But they had Canterbury-Bankstown on their jersey badge. It was Canterbury-Bankstown trading as the Sydney Bulldogs.

The word 'Canterbury' doesn't appear at all in this newspaper's coverage of the grand final

The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995) - 25 Sep 1995 - p28

Fitting finale as Lamb bows out a grand-final winner Bulldog power conquers Manly; WINFIELD CUP; Ribot, Raiders might sue again over Cup selections; Fairytale nearly fizzles; The squad; Advertising; Advertising; Neil threatens court challenge;

trove.nla.gov.au

 

[TJ55]

Pumped for this one, im going with about 8 Manly mates🤣🤣

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

Pumped for this one, im going with about 8 Manly mates🤣🤣

You’re almost one of us

 

[nightster]

Jake Simpkin was fined 1000 dollarydoos for a Careless High Tackle on Grant Anderson.

nrl.com

which was a head clash ... ffs

 

[ManlyArmy]

For those heading out, more info here: All aboard for Bulldogs by boat

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

The Ryan brothers , Mark & Matthew , as I say former Moree Boars players , one ( Matt) went on to play with Canterbury.