NRL Round 7 - Roosters Vs Knights - 2:00pm Sunday, 19th April - Allianz Stadium

[Wagyu Patty]

Did well to overturn the Roosters early ascendency but a 12 point lead is nothing in the modern game.

Gotta come out in the 2nd ready for them to have the run of play and likely the rub of the green.

 

[jamesgould]

Great first half. Defence really hung in there. And we look like we have plenty of points in us. There was an ankle tackle at one stage, if it wasn't made I think we were away, and if that pass late in the half had hit Young on the chest we'd have been very close to going in again. Roosters have their work cut out in the second half.

 

[Battler]

Maybe the entire team should grow mullets.

There was a really cringey comment by one of the fox dweebs in the pregame (re Fletcher and Francis' mullets) that Newcastle are 'wearing their identity on their heads', or some such. Yep, you got us. Fkucwits.

 

[Grandpa Joe]

How many has he tried milking today lol

Yeah and when he can’t string a coherent sentence together by the time his 50 well.

 

[Battler]

Adding Robson to my forward pass watch list.

Idk if it’s the camera angle or what.

DCE threw a few more after the first mention. Klein is a muppet.

 

[R_A]

There was a really cringey comment by one of the fox dweebs in the pregame that (re Fletcher and Francis' mullets) that Newcastle are 'wearing their identity on their heads', or some such. Yep, you got us. Fkucwits.

So glad I don’t have to listen to Foxsports commentary today

 

[HarVeeGee13]

I just don’t see how Sandon gets dropped out of the halves. His ball playing at the line has been our biggest source of points this season.

 

[KPGreatness]

We have to be ready in the second half, the Roosters will get a downpour of six against and penalties, roosters ref mode will be activated.

Get ready, hold out and counter punch

 

[CornChippy]

We have to be ready in the second half, the Roosters will get a downpour of six against and penalties, roosters ref mode will be activated.

Get ready, hold out and counter punch

I was about to type this. They belted the sharks in the second half last week.

 

[Kurriboy]

Love the way the Roosters came out strong and we wrestled the momentum back. That's attitude.

Fletcher hunt, get him a Shampoo TPA to lock him in.

We really have no right being this far in front at half time given the two team sheets and players we are missing, again, that's just attitude and coaching.

 

[MattyM]

Can’t get complacent now. Have to keep the momentum and get on with the job.

They’ll come out hungry for points and Ashley Klein will have a sook cause his boys are behind and gift them cheap penalties and six agains.

 

[slotmachine]

I just don’t see how Sandon gets dropped out of the halves. His ball playing at the line has been our biggest source of points this season.

He's outplayed walker and dce today

 

[Joel.M]

Holbrook will definitely have Sharpe and Brown in the halves when fully fit, but honestly I’ve seen enough to say we are better off with Smith there

 

[alexwilliams]

23 missed tackles in the first half and we're up by 12 ... What the hell haha

 

[CornChippy]

Love the way the Roosters came out strong and we wrestled the momentum back. That's attitude.

Fletcher hunt, get him a Shampoo TPA to lock him in.

We really have no right being this far in front at half time given the two team sheets and players we are missing, again, that's just attitude and coaching.

Its crazy how quickly Holbrook has turned this team around and instilled belief in the whole squad.

 

[Macca89]

I just don’t see how Sandon gets dropped out of the halves. His ball playing at the line has been our biggest source of points this season.

If everyone is fit it’s a good problem to have.

 

[mullenmagic]

Result aside - would take a pretty devastatingly bad second half to overwrite what they did in that first half. Had no right to be in the game and were playing as such, getting completely rolled. Remarkable turnaround, buoyed by the attack but a few goal line defensive sets late should give them some confidence, too.

Turns out we maybe shouldn't have been booking Manuleleua's plane tickets to England after 10 minutes out of position getting thrown into a forward pack that was already getting rolled. That run to put Hunt away doesn't even scratch the surface of what he can do in attack.

Roosters will regroup and come out like they did to start the game. Need to weather that storm. As weird as it is to say after scoring 24 points I think our attack can look a lot better, too.

 

[Battler]

23 missed tackles in the first half and we're up by 12 ... What the hell haha

Yeah our scramble has been really good.

 

[Macca89]

Let’s hope they can keep the energy and effort up in the second half. Cant fault anyone’s effort so far. Been good to watch

 

[Newygirl]

There was a really cringey comment by one of the fox dweebs in the pregame (re Fletcher and Francis' mullets) that Newcastle are 'wearing their identity on their heads', or some such. Yep, you got us. Fkucwits.

Yeah cause there’s absolutely no other team that has players with mullets