r/nrl • u/AutoModerator • Sep 12 '26
Match Thread Qualifying Final 1 | Warriors vs Dolphins | Match Thread
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u/Pretend_Board_2385 Wests Tigers Sep 12 '26
Pompey is such a plonker, I know he gets a lot of shit in this sub but when was the last time he did anything good.
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u/Cheers-Keith New Zealand Warriors Sep 12 '26
Pompey and Leiataua, name a worse defensive duo
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u/dontwanttowasteit I bake mad decisions when drunk Sep 12 '26
Don’t usually see much heat on Ali, the people still love him. Not sure for how much longer?
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u/Zrat11 New Zealand Warriors Sep 12 '26
It still feels like he can improve, Pompey has proved time and time again he cannot
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u/call_of_the_while New Zealand Warriors Sep 12 '26
Gg dolphins, you guys took your chances and made the most of them, looked mentally strong. It felt like we were Ivan Drago and you guys were Rocky, just wouldn’t go away. Hopefully Flegs pulls up ok.
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u/wkos New Zealand Warriors Sep 12 '26
Our wings and centres looked very average
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u/adamisonfire88 Auckland Warriors Sep 12 '26
Hopefully get Dallin and Leka back next week, lofi has been great this year but was badly outplayed by Bostock tonight. And Pompey…
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u/Potatopal90 New Zealand Warriors Sep 12 '26
Gonna be a quiet flight home on the Wahs express flight tomorrow!
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u/itstoohumidhere New Zealand Warriors Sep 12 '26
Huh?
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u/Trogg_Farmer Ireland Sep 12 '26
I think he's on about kiwis living in Aus who went back for the game
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u/Potatopal90 New Zealand Warriors Sep 12 '26
No, The Wahs express flight was chch to Auckland - exclusive flight for fans including tickets to the game.
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u/TheFlyingKiwi97 Sep 12 '26
Hope the dolphins make the final and get 50 put on them by the Panthers
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u/ItsStaaaaaaaaang South Sydney Rabbitohs Sep 12 '26
Luke looks like a work experience kid bless him.
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u/Own-Refrigerator7555 Sep 12 '26
Warriors never looked like they were attacking after their first try. After 60 minutes they stopped trying to tackle either. Not a chance against newcastle as much as I'd like for them to win.
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u/redditisfornumptys New Zealand Warriors Sep 12 '26
Best comment so far in the scroll. We gave up. It was a shitshow. Not finals performance. Webby better light them up hard after this.
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u/itstoohumidhere New Zealand Warriors Sep 12 '26
And it was an individual effort try too. Rest of the attack didn’t turn up. CNK wasted on the wing fr. Pompey, Capewell, AKP had some real silly decision making tonight. Need to be held to account
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u/kainsta929 Newcastle Knights Sep 12 '26
They'll be regretting those penalty kicks now rather than trying to get tries
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u/selfdefencerush Knights Bandwagon Sep 12 '26
I hate that they think they're being fucking smart.
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u/Ninetayls Auckland Warriors Sep 12 '26
I think they just wanted any point they could get when your on a third choice halves pairing and you have Adam Pompey in the team. Up the middle and taking sitter penalties is actually a smart gameplan (imo) with the team we have available.
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u/kainsta929 Newcastle Knights Sep 12 '26
Good strategy at the start doing it but after getting up 4/6 points just go for tries
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u/wkos New Zealand Warriors Sep 12 '26
We didn't change up our kicking game at all. Just kick to isaako on his 10/20m line. I dunno. We didn't really do anything
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u/__acre New Zealand Warriors Sep 12 '26
Halves combo won't work in finals. TMM was an absolute passenger.
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u/ItsStaaaaaaaaang South Sydney Rabbitohs Sep 12 '26
Yeah, you's have a bit to work on attack wise. Stayed in it though so hopefully they can tweak their game plan and do Newy next week.
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u/MeSeeks76 North Sydney Bears Sep 12 '26
Cooper Cronk: it was about the 60 minute mark they started rat shitting ratcheting up their defence
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u/justpicksomething84 New Zealand Warriors Sep 12 '26
I hate final footies
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u/ItsStaaaaaaaaang South Sydney Rabbitohs Sep 12 '26
It's rough bro. But you have another shot. I reckon you've still got at least two more games.
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u/fetus_ezeli New Zealand Warriors Sep 12 '26
getting ready to head to the cows sharks thread and tell them off for being fans of their teams cant wait
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u/itstoohumidhere New Zealand Warriors Sep 12 '26
I really hope Adam gets a media contract he speaks well
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u/BeautifulSea89 Manly-Warmail Sea Eagles Sep 12 '26
Taking the 2 is cowardly confirmed. Up the Phins.
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u/wkos New Zealand Warriors Sep 12 '26
We're like the old storm. Good completions, play the percentages but get undone by offloads and chaos.
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u/alien_shane Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Sep 12 '26
Quite a few reports outa that one
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u/Dowju Dolphins Sep 12 '26
It's finals, they'll either not be graded at all or result in fines with an early guilty plea.
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u/YouWithABeard New Zealand Warriors Sep 12 '26
GGs phins. Better tonight. Let’s hope we meet again in a couple of weeks
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u/Devonatior09 New Zealand Warriors Sep 12 '26
Hip drops, forward passes, high tackles people will praise this dirty team
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u/CoffeeLoverNathan Dolphins Sep 12 '26
Do you wanna watch the first half again and see the shit you got away with? Pipe down cunt
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u/RichardAndrewJackson Parramatta Eels Sep 12 '26
Youse out in straight sets
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u/itstoohumidhere New Zealand Warriors Sep 12 '26
How’s your coke-head marquee player going 5 days after your season finished… I actually can’t remember last time eels were even in a final
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u/Phat_Pipe3989 New Zealand Warriors Sep 12 '26
GG Dolphins, well deserved. Feel like a turning point was Vaimauga with the kick return 😛 got a little too excited with the mid-match pukana. Need to close out games before the silly stuff
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u/RichardAndrewJackson Parramatta Eels Sep 12 '26
Youse out in straight sets
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u/wkos New Zealand Warriors Sep 12 '26
Giving your mum some straight sets later tonight
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u/Trogg_Farmer Ireland Sep 12 '26
No matter what I age I get to I'll always chuckle at your mum jokes
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u/Meika34 Sep 12 '26
The NZ Clippers aka Warriors choke again. And they want Eden Park 🤣🤣🤣
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u/Potatopal90 New Zealand Warriors Sep 12 '26
No, they don’t want eden park lol. No fans, player or management want edwn park. NRL pockets want eden park.
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u/bus_rider Brisbane Broncos Sep 12 '26
If Leka is out next week and Pompey is in, wahs season is over.
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u/Devonatior09 New Zealand Warriors Sep 12 '26
They will talk about penalties to the Warriors but when calls mattered they went to the dolphins
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u/Potatopal90 New Zealand Warriors Sep 12 '26
Aye? We had the rub of the green and took the two points every time instead of the possible 6. Bad choices.
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u/Devonatior09 New Zealand Warriors Sep 12 '26
Rub of the green is not the phrase when the penalties are deserved and correct
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u/Potatopal90 New Zealand Warriors Sep 12 '26
Think of the poor bandwagoners who learned the chant for nothing 😭
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u/LukeSkyninja New Zealand Warriors Sep 12 '26
We are not ready for a prelim clearly. Time to knuckle down and do it the hard way. Can't believe how badly we forgot how to play
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u/RichardAndrewJackson Parramatta Eels Sep 12 '26
Youse out in straight sets
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u/Potatopal90 New Zealand Warriors Sep 12 '26
He’s some new comments lol it’s so embarrassing to see this. Go praise your coke heads
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u/RichardAndrewJackson Parramatta Eels 27d ago
out in straight sets
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u/Potatopal90 New Zealand Warriors 27d ago
lol the fact you came straight here to write this while your teams not even playing in the finals is wild mate 😂😂
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u/AP10 New Zealand Warriors Sep 12 '26
The edge is too weak and crumbles under pressure. Halves were clueless tonight as well.
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u/Aussiefgt Penrith Panthers Sep 12 '26
I feel a bit more confident in our chances after watching this one
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u/selfdefencerush Knights Bandwagon Sep 12 '26
Phins are the only team that can break the curse
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u/eggzaki Brisbane Broncos Sep 12 '26
The footy gods put them in the comp to break the curse. If they pull it off, kick Souths out of the comp.
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u/Pretend_Board_2385 Wests Tigers Sep 12 '26
I think the Knights will pump the warriors next week. They are more dynamic and look way more likely
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u/Own-Refrigerator7555 Sep 12 '26
Wahs were lucky to beat them last time. Not a chance in finals footy.
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u/Delgarah NRLW Sharks Sep 12 '26
Wahs were running on empty for the final 25, first time I've seen them looking so fatigued
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u/spookysadghoul South Sydney Rabbitohs Sep 12 '26
Well I'm hoping wahs beat knights next week
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u/Inside-Skin-208 Newcastle Knights Sep 12 '26
I'm hoping they don't and souths get kicked out of the comp again
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u/gumbo114 Newcastle Knights Sep 12 '26
Oi.
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u/spookysadghoul South Sydney Rabbitohs Sep 12 '26
Knights fans big mad that the team they beat doesn’t want them to win 😅
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u/Slaidback New Zealand Warriors Sep 12 '26
Well this has been a giant fucking let down. We did not deserve to win this. We played like shit.
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u/seriouslychinpressed Penrith Panthers Sep 12 '26
That warriors player aint grinning and laughing now
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u/YouWithABeard New Zealand Warriors Sep 12 '26
Leiataua and Pompey have been defensive liabilities all season and we’ve done nothing about it. Paying the piper now
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u/Street-Pop945 New Zealand Warriors Sep 12 '26
Its not like Pompey is there on merit. It's only from the injuries
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u/Ok-Strategy-1708 Melbourne Storm Sep 12 '26
Wahs are such a fucking joke for taking 5 penaltys hahahahaha
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u/A1ianT0rtur3 "Fuck I hurt my dick" - Weak Gutted Dog Sep 12 '26
Now what the fuck do I do for the next 90 minutes
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u/b-g-h Sydney Roosters Sep 12 '26
Herbie loves having a whinge every time he gets tackled. Doing nothing for the whingeing pom stereotype.
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u/WhirlingClouds Brisbane Broncos Sep 12 '26
When are DWZ and Metcalf due back?
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u/MLP_Fairness New Zealand Warriors Sep 12 '26
Potentially next week at the earliest, but DWZ has a nasty habit of not being on the wing when he needs to be
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u/16hungm NSW Blues Sep 12 '26
Lmao Fox league were spitting facts when they said the Wahs halves arent good enough for a premiership charge
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u/Desert-Noir Canberra Raiders Sep 12 '26
Sad part of this finals series is Roosters or Riff going to likely be in the GF.
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u/CoffeeLoverNathan Dolphins Sep 12 '26
Crazy how much more enjoyable the game is when the whistle is not being deepthroated every tenth of a second
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u/awesomevstanaka Northern Pride Sep 12 '26
Wow a team has a better record when theyre best players arent injured, crazy if true
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u/Auran82 North Queensland Cowboys Sep 12 '26
Obviously losing is bad for the Warriors, but they really needed the extra week to work out any little injuries.
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u/elescop Sydney Roosters Sep 12 '26
When the Dolphins get a roll on they're almost unstoppable they can definitely go all the way.
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u/joshewok Ungulate Cuck Sep 12 '26
NRL tried so hard for a wahs win. Phins wahs gf still on the cards.
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u/Lunethspark Brisbane Broncos Sep 12 '26
You're smoking crack. The ref clearly did everything to keep Dolphins in.
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u/princeofbel-air Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Sep 12 '26
This game has gone for so long but hasn't dragged at all
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u/HelplessPenguinGod New Zealand Warriors Sep 12 '26
Can't believe they weren't going to play Tuaupiki.
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u/Pretend_Board_2385 Wests Tigers Sep 12 '26
Wahs forwards kept them in the game but the backs are no way close to the quality of the dolphins
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u/Large-Accident1245 I Hate My Footy^6 Sep 12 '26
Wahs fans come back guys please?
I promise you, if it’s your year, you’ll do it the hard way like we did
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u/MilfLord028 New Zealand Warriors Sep 12 '26
Yeah yeah, tough talk from a cunt that needs to flair up
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u/Random0cassions Tonga Sep 12 '26
Its scary when the winger is the chaser and the centre is the one who does the contests
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u/ravingwanderer Sydney Roosters Sep 12 '26
Dolphins to take it out