Official Match Day Thread: Roosters v Warriors

[Andrew Walker]

Waste of money. Let’s in tries is useless.

Has always been a suspect defender

[Rooster_6]

Our 2nd rowers giving away half the penalties and offering nothing in attack.

Still our weak point and something it feels like we will need to address at some point this year if we want to compete. Similar pattern to last year.

It's hard to remember just how good Crichton was in 2024.

[Andrew Walker]

11-2 penalty/set restart count. Disallowed try was bullshit Marky was going for the ball. This ref needs reserve grade

The call was right The new rule is stupid

[Teddy]

Holding back Hugo for DCE this could turn out to be the dumbest thing this has club has done in along time at the very least Hugo would have defended much better.

[SamKerrSimp]

Our 2nd rowers giving away half the penalties and offering nothing in attack.

Still our weak point and something it feels like we will need to address at some point this year if we want to compete. Similar pattern to last year.

It's hard to remember just how good Crichton was in 2024.

The entire time he's been here he had one purple patch where he was playing for a contract (and that contract was ideally with Union) and he immediately packed it in the same season once he got his extension he was woeful in the finals especially against Penrith.

Crichton will go down as the biggest dud signing in the history of the club when you factor in how much money we have paid him and how long he has had a mortgage on a starting position

[nayfo]

Hard to see us coming back from this. Warriors aren’t playing that good but our discipline and ball control is atrocious.

[Jacks Fur Coat]

I dont't think this ref or vidiot likes us much. Some poor discipline but the disparity in 6 agains and pens is over the top. As a consequence we haven't got a rhythm and are playing too frantic. Love Benny and Mark but doesnt have to be the pretty play always.

Positives are Benny very good in the guts and Billy looks strong and good energy. Teddy might have lost half a yard.

[RoosterFanNZ]

while we are getting bum ****ed by the refs, warriors still missing more tackle, have slower play the ball and smaller sets that us on average etc.

if ref stops acting like the main character and the bunker decides he doesn't need to cheat we have a chance in the second half

[David Sutherland]

I suppose one benefit is that the Roosters are getting in plenty of early season tackling practice if the stats are correct - Tackles - Warriors 111 vs Roosters 209

[Rooster_6]

Hard to see us coming back from this. Warriors aren’t playing that good but our discipline and ball control is atrocious.

We have more tackle breaks and as many line breaks so if we get posession we may but the ref doesn't seem keen on giving us anything so best case is we get 50/50.

Ref and our stupidity has starved us of any ball.

[SupermanSupportsEasts4Eva]

Only completed 8 sets. That's not even under 10s standards

[RoosterFanNZ]

dont even think we've done much wrong.

That new rule about jumping and having two arms up is one of the dumbest things I think ive heard

[roosterchook]

Same roosters as last year bumbling fumbling except more aged players. We are way overrated by press and fans.

[bondi.boy]

Billy Smith did illegal strip, penalised...gave them field position from which they scored.

What's with all the stoopid flick passes?

Marky not on his wing as usual, our right side defence just like in the trials, hopeless.

Johston will have a picnic next week in the Souths game scoring tries down our right wing.
Ditto Latrell thru our right side.

Gus gave away dumb penalty.. levering himself up via an opposition player's face!
Totally ridiculous.
More field position and tackles to the opposition.

Our team is too small.
"It is, you know" - Kev Kelly.

[SamKerrSimp]

Holding back Hugo for DCE this could turn out to be the dumbest thing this has club has done in along time at the very least Hugo would have defended much better.

Robinson and Politis have shown all the talk about "youngsters first" and "developing from within" is all a load of BS