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Tackles & Tinnies Ep. 16 - R15: Karapani's Takeover, DCE Dropped, Galvin Shines & Origin Fallout
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🏉 Round 14 Recap | 🔮 Round 15 Preview | 🏆 Tinnie Awards | 💬 Origin Shake-Ups
The boys are BACK for a mega wrap of Round 14 chaos and a spicy Round 15 preview — and trust us, there’s plenty to unpack.
🔥 This Week’s Highlights:
- Karapani Cookin’ & Cobbo Crumbling: Is Selwyn done at the Broncos? We break down Josiah Karapani’s statement performance.
- Benji’s Blow-Up: The Tigers' coach explodes over ref calls. Was he right to go nuclear?
- Taylan May’s Redemption Arc: Wests Tigers backflip and take a punt. Is he the X-factor they need?
- Galvin’s Dream Debut: The Bulldogs’ rookie delivers the goods in front of 60k+ fans. Is he the Dogs’ future No. 6?
- DCE Axed for Origin Game 2: The end of an era? Slater swings the axe, and the lads have thoughts.
- Physio Corner: Ponga’s golden point heroics vs. potential Origin letdown, and key injury whispers from Round 14.
🏆 Tinnie Awards:
- Golden Tinnie – Jahrome Hughes (absolute weapon mode)
- Hit Stick – Big Nelson came in HOT
- Hidden Gem – Fletcher Hunt: no headlines, just clutch
- Not So SuperCoach – Bula, JC & Cobbo owners… yikes 😬
- Des Hasler Needs a Tinnie – Titans meltdown special 🍻
💬 Cap or Fact is BACK:
- Will the Knights ride momentum?
- Are the Dolphins legit away from home?
- Could this be the most mobile Blues pack in Origin history?
🗣️ Plus:
- Round 14 tipping recap (Ryan 7 - Gary 5)
- Round 15 bold calls (spoiler: no hammies torn… maybe)
- Fan reminders for TikTok, Insta, Spotify & beyond
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Transcript
00:00:02
tacklesandtinnies
Well, Tackles and Tinnies listeners, we don't get the crack because as Gary as always is, he's the main farmer at the Spud Farm or the Potato Farm. the Spud Chronicles, we could be calling it. Yeah, Gary's internet was lagging and we started five minutes in, but better off to recap now than lose everything later on.
00:00:19
tacklesandtinnies
But Gary, retake.
00:00:20
Gary Yeh
take two Take two.
00:00:21
tacklesandtinnies
How are you going, mate?
00:00:22
Gary Yeh
I should be the leader of the spud squad.
00:00:26
Gary Yeh
Jakey, join me. Jakey, join me.
00:00:30
tacklesandtinnies
you
00:00:31
Gary Yeh
Yes, doing really well. Doing really well. Just saying before before it cut out, went to AFL before. Did a bit of strapping for the boys, which is great. A bit of AFL coverage. And yeah, on the field, mate, at 8 o'clock, it was so cold.
00:00:46
Gary Yeh
And you're just walking through. I was walking to my Crocs, which probably wasn't the best attire. But yeah, dogs were a little bit cold.
00:00:54
tacklesandtinnies
Yeah, mate. It's piercingly cold at the moment. feels like we're bloody in like the high mountains of Mount Tambourine or something, but we're cruising on the Gulf Coast near the beach and it feels like it's bloody four degrees half the time.
00:01:04
Gary Yeh
You... You...
00:01:07
tacklesandtinnies
I'm in my puffer jacket and not a singlet, mate, so it must be cold.
00:01:08
Gary Yeh
yeah
00:01:12
tacklesandtinnies
Well, Gary, let's go straight into Physio Corner, mate. What's seen happening?
00:01:15
Gary Yeh
Yes, so quick update on the NRL injuries heading into round 15. So first up, we've got a tough break for the Roosters. Halfback Sammy Walker, he was set to make his and NRL return after a nine-month ACL rehab.
00:01:28
Gary Yeh
He suffered a thumb injury at training and will be sidelined again.
00:01:31
tacklesandtinnies
doesn't
00:01:32
Gary Yeh
So, right, that's a big blow after such a lengthy recovery for for him. Over at the Dolphins, it's a double whammy with both Syfidi and Gilbert. They're both out there.
00:01:44
Gary Yeh
for the rest of the season with shoulder injuries. So Gilbert, he's actually had a hidden labrum tear, which was revealed during surgery. And then with Max Plath, his knee, he's going to need specialist attention after going down against the Dragons.
00:02:00
Gary Yeh
But more injury woes for the Blues.
00:02:01
tacklesandtinnies
Okay.
00:02:02
Gary Yeh
5'8 Mitchell Moses is officially out of game two in Perth with a calf injury, which he picked up at training. and And Jerome Luai, he is going to fill in for Mitchell Moses.
00:02:15
Gary Yeh
Around the ground, so Cowboys star Jason Tomololo and Tualagi, they're both back this week. Tommy Turbo returns for Manly and Ray Stone, he's back for the Dolphins.
00:02:27
Gary Yeh
Roosters, they boost their pack with Nat Butcher and Nafahu White returning. And then to the Titans, Hooker Sam Berills, he's pushing for an early return, which is great news after fracturing his hand a couple of weeks ago.
00:02:43
Gary Yeh
And then to the Raiders, rookie Tom Tamale. He's out for 10 to 12 weeks. So he's actually dislocated his kneecap. And Cody Walker, his groin injury, he sees him out for at least two weeks.
00:02:55
Gary Yeh
Going to the Sharks, Kyle Iroh, he made history... Last week, with well, this season actually with nine straight tries, he's going to have a ah ah pec surgery.
00:03:08
Gary Yeh
And then Warriors have lost Mitch Barnett, which we covered last week with the season-ending ACL tear. And then head knocks to Tyson Frizzell and Lehigh Hoppawadi. That means they're both going to miss round 15 due to the concussion protocols.
00:03:23
Gary Yeh
But right, that's an injury wrap for this week. Stay tuned, everyone, and we'll update as the team's prep for another big round of footy.
00:03:32
tacklesandtinnies
Yeah, sweet. Well, Gary, I think, you mentioned, the very first one, and it was exciting to see Sammy Walker back. Well, not maybe not so much for my r NRL super coach team that was in shambles at the hooker position.
00:03:44
tacklesandtinnies
But yeah, Sammy Walker broke his thumb. So what I saw NRL physio post today was potentially only between four to eight weeks, depending on the healing process. What are your thoughts on the broken thumb?
00:03:54
Gary Yeh
Yeah, broken thumb. Like, pretty pretty straightforward in terms of injuries, hey. Like, I know it sucks for him because, you know, he's just come up ACL injury and he's probably rearing go. But those things happen, like, you know, even in the AFL a couple of weeks ago or even last game.
00:04:12
Gary Yeh
a lot of dislocations, a lot of, like, when you're tackling, you're kind of just jamming your finger into probably places where you're not meant to. But... Yeah, strike pretty straightforward in terms of a recovery timeline.
00:04:26
Gary Yeh
Generally, what the medical staff will do is just like either buddy tape it or like put it into a splint. And you just like kind of hold hold know the thumb in in position for for a couple of weeks and then it heals up quite well.
00:04:40
tacklesandtinnies
Yeah. And like in terms of return to play, no real dramas in your eyes.
00:04:47
Gary Yeh
No, no real dramas. give Give it time and then it will heal and it should hold up pretty good.
00:04:53
tacklesandtinnies
Yeah. Well, I think that's like, yeah, it's pretty concerning obviously for him. Just so raring to get back on the field. Obviously had the successful return last week at New South Wales Cup and then bang, another setback for him. So probably out to a,
00:05:06
tacklesandtinnies
let's say, round 20, really at the back end of the season.
00:05:10
Gary Yeh
Okay.
00:05:11
tacklesandtinnies
For a guy like Sammy Walker coming back, and let's say the Roosters are completely out of it, would you just not plan for the rest of the year, Gaz, or...?
00:05:18
Gary Yeh
Yeah, it's a tough one. Hey, that's, but I would probably, if I was the coach, I'd like ask him how he's feeling about it. Cause he would have been, would have missed, you know, most of last season and then all of this season, like he'd be rearing to get back into it. So, you know, that's probably a good conversation. i I would probably play him I was a coach. You know, he's he's sat on the sideline for a while. He's rearing to go I'm sure he's got, like, you know, much to prove.
00:05:50
Gary Yeh
Family behind him. All his supporters behind him. he'd be good to go.
00:05:56
tacklesandtinnies
Yeah, that's very cool. And again, I'll be the same too. It would be essentially 10, maybe 10 and a half months post ACL surgery. So yes, well and truly in that correct bracket, as you mentioned last week with Mitchie Barnett's nine-month return to play.
00:06:11
tacklesandtinnies
Yeah. So yeah, that's really good insight, Gary. I think we get straight into news around the ground, mate. So Carapane's double blow. So this is Cobo's spot in jeopardy. So this is the Broncos' winger.
00:06:24
tacklesandtinnies
So a key quote here, we're pushing standards here. Carapane's got his opportunity and Selly's got to look at a few things in his game. Michael Maguire's quoted. So what has happened? This was last week.
00:06:35
tacklesandtinnies
Desire Carapane delivered a breakout performance in the Broncos 44-14 demolition of the Gold Coast Titans, scoring two tries and running 176 metres and breaking three tackles.
00:06:46
tacklesandtinnies
He was picked over Selwyn Cobbo, who had already been dropped to reserve grade, in his performance who may keep clear um for Cobbo's fate. Fans and pundits alike the saying the same thing.
00:06:56
tacklesandtinnies
Carapane has arrived. So Cobo's reaction, he has been seen helping with warm-ups at Suncorp and reportedly took the motion well. But with Ketone Stagg being prioritised for re-signing and Grant Anderson arriving in 2026, Cobo's future at the Broncos so is looking very shaky.
00:07:14
tacklesandtinnies
Gary, thoughts on Carapane's start over Cobo last week?
00:07:18
Gary Yeh
Yeah, he's he's the he's the winger, right? hes or i and so Yeah, he had a great game.
00:07:25
tacklesandtinnies
Yep.
00:07:26
Gary Yeh
He scored twice, didn't he? Yeah, I think – and we spoke about that last week.
00:07:29
tacklesandtinnies
Yeah.
00:07:33
Gary Yeh
I think it's great. It's great that he's come up from the ranks and he has performed. Like, he's shown and demonstrated to everyone that he's a really great winger.
00:07:43
Gary Yeh
And from memory, he was looking great, especially all the boys in the black – They were running circles around the Titans.
00:07:53
Gary Yeh
So I think great. Yeah, great move. And I mean, does he deserve to keep his position? i think after that game last week, it's likely a yes.
00:08:05
Gary Yeh
It means that Cobbo probably has a lot or a point to prove. And, you know, hopefully Cobbo can get back on the horse and yeah, play well.
00:08:15
tacklesandtinnies
I'll tell you what, like I haven't really seen Carapane on the wing. He might have played maybe one, two games max on the wing last year. i think he's only played six first grade games, but most of it has been at center.
00:08:25
tacklesandtinnies
And I was bit concerned about him being on the wing. He's a pretty big body, but didn't realize he was so mobile and athletic.
00:08:29
Gary Yeh
Thank
00:08:31
tacklesandtinnies
I kind of love it. I love him on the wing. He's very, very, very good. Very good meter eater. Not saying Cobo doesn't have a big work rate at all. Don't get me wrong, but I loved Carapane's...
00:08:43
tacklesandtinnies
work off the back fence and the backfield, helping those forwards out. And again, as you just mentioned, Gary, it's putting pressure on Cobo. And at the end of the day, it's only going to be healthy for positions and spots for the team, especially with Grant Anderson coming next year.
00:08:58
tacklesandtinnies
Does Cobo stay? don't know. that's ah ah That's another question in a and it's satiety. But I think Carapane, until proven otherwise, he holds his spot. And if that means Cobo is out for the next month, so be it. Because I think obviously Jesse Arthurs has been a gun.
00:09:14
tacklesandtinnies
Shibasaki has been absolute revelation at the other center. So I think that side is locked down. Ketone Staggs, he speaks for himself. So Cobo really only has that one position on that left wing.
00:09:25
tacklesandtinnies
So yeah, it'll be very, very, very interesting. Yeah, time will tell as we say here. Another news report, this is on the 9th of June. So, Tylan May's NRL turn. So, Tigers backflip opens the door.
00:09:40
tacklesandtinnies
Here's a quick quote here. He's incredible player. Some of that speed you can't teach. That's from Api Coruscant on May's return. So, what's the story? After initially pulling out of the race, the West Tigers have changed of heart and signed Tylan May on a train and trial deal.
00:09:56
tacklesandtinnies
May underwent a medical on Monday and would join the squad immediately, linking up with his brother Terrell May, one of the Tigers' standout forwards in 2025. The deal puts him in the NRL's base salary, but he's eligible to play straight away once registered.
00:10:10
tacklesandtinnies
So why this matters, May was previously in talks with South Sydney and there were even overseas interests from Warrington. His return comes after a rocky period off the field, including some time stood down under the and NRL's no-fault policy.
00:10:23
tacklesandtinnies
his NRL career over 30 games, he scored 17 tries and has played five tests for Samoa. hey Gary, just to remind you, he's a former Panthers player, absolute gun. remember last year in the World Club Challenge, it was just give Thailand the early ball and then let him let him cook.
00:10:41
tacklesandtinnies
I think it's a great buy for the Tigers really. And I think he's been as, so why Terrell is there as well. I think it's going to keep him a little bit more level-headed as they just mentioned that a piece there from news.com.
00:10:53
tacklesandtinnies
He's had a bit of off-field issues and that no-fault stand-down policy the NRL has had. I think he's going to be absolutely gangbusters for them. What are thoughts?
00:11:02
Gary Yeh
Yeah, definitely. Right. And as you mentioned before, that that train and trial kind of scenario, that's a great thing for them. Terrell May as well being on the same team, keeping him level-headed. As long as he can put in – I hope he puts in the effort.
00:11:18
Gary Yeh
and then show up at games because then yeah that way you know he's able to put in the big big meters and then work hard yeah don't mind that that's great i'm really looking forward to seeing how he goes tail and me
00:11:32
tacklesandtinnies
Yeah, it's certainly and sort of like the the Brisbane situation at the moment, there's just going to be spots, not necessarily up for grabs, but everyone's going to be having to pull their weight now. It's not pretty much a guarantee to walk in.
00:11:44
tacklesandtinnies
Adam Dewey's currently left center, which is Thailand's preferred spot
00:11:47
Gary Yeh
Mm-hmm.
00:11:49
tacklesandtinnies
Wouldn't mind seeing Dewey shift into lock position. He's such a big body. And I think he'd be Isaiah Yeo, Timu version that sort of role. So I'd kind of like to see that. And obviously, that just creates Tyler and spot up for grabs. And he's just so athletic, guys. Like if you haven't really seen him play, look at some Tyler May highlights. And my Lord, he is a freak.
00:12:11
tacklesandtinnies
yeah, do yourself a favor, do that. But again, i think if Terrell wasn't there, I don't like it, but since his brother is there, you always want to see that. It's like Tommy Turbo and Jake Chbojevich and Ben Turbo all on the same team.
00:12:23
tacklesandtinnies
Having your brother there, that's that's unreal. So next new story. Typical Tigers always making the news here, but Benji Marshall explodes over ref calls in the Tigers' narrow loss.
00:12:35
tacklesandtinnies
This was that on 8th of June from Fox Sports. The key quote here, actually feel sorry for our players because they didn't get to decide tonight. So what happened? The West Tigers went down eighteen to fourteen to the Penrith Panthers, but coach Benji Marshall wasn't blaming his players.
00:12:51
tacklesandtinnies
Instead, he tore into two referees' decisions involving Jerome Luai. The first one was a late tackle penalty on Luai when his scores were locked at 10-10, which gave the Penrith Panthers a 12-10 lead.
00:13:02
tacklesandtinnies
And the second one he was blown up about was an escort penalty against Luai that led directly to a Panthers try. Benji Marshall's take on this whole situation, he quoted saying, I thought it was one of our best performances of the year and I honestly thought we were with the better side tonight.
00:13:16
tacklesandtinnies
But two calls changed the game. Just let them decide. Let them play. Gary, we hate ripping on refs because without refs, we don't have a game. But what's your thoughts on this current situation?
00:13:28
Gary Yeh
Yeah, I watched this game because it was the one to watch. This was the Sunday afternoon game. Hey. Yeah, that penalty. I'm trying to remember. I remember it was contentious.
00:13:42
Gary Yeh
I remember being like, oof, like should that have been a penalty? Because at 10 apiece, it's a big call. I'll have to rewatch it again. But yeah, yeah.
00:13:56
Gary Yeh
Then West Tigers, they went down because of that, which is huge. Yeah, I'm not sure, right? What's what's what's your take on it?
00:14:05
tacklesandtinnies
Well, again, we hate blaming refs, mate, and that's half the issue. But I know we don't play rugby league, Gary, but we play a poor man's version at a social competition. We've been in many scenarios where we thought we've had the the poor rub of the green and it's cost us some games.
00:14:22
tacklesandtinnies
More recently, that grand final last season when they did that stupid a little grubber kick try and they're Can't kick it out at someone's hands, which they did illegally, and they called the try and we lost the grand final with like 10 seconds to go.
00:14:34
Gary Yeh
Yeah. Yeah.
00:14:35
tacklesandtinnies
understand. I'm not an NRL player, but anyone listening to this who plays sports knows the feeling of being hard done by.
00:14:41
Gary Yeh
you know
00:14:43
tacklesandtinnies
And the Tigers are just there trying to get some momentum and something like this just absolutely halts them. So I do empathize with the Tigers boys and Benji.
00:14:53
tacklesandtinnies
But at the end of the day, the scoreboard, you can't dictate that. so If the Panthers were the better team with the more points on the board, end of the day, they were the better team for the day, regardless of two foul calls.
00:15:08
tacklesandtinnies
If you were the best team on the day, you'd be putting more points on the board. It's as simple as that, and it's a harsh reality.
00:15:13
Gary Yeh
hundred of a
00:15:14
tacklesandtinnies
But again, the Panthers are desperate. The Tigers are desperate. As we've talked about for weeks now, guys, the ladder is so close. Everyone needs to be winning at this stage. And again, we're peppering the Panthers more recent times.
00:15:28
tacklesandtinnies
but Again, without refs, we can't play. So we'd be nice to them, ah ah even if we don't like them sometimes. So again, some Origin chat, Gary.
00:15:37
tacklesandtinnies
And this is a very contentious call here. But DCA dropped the Moron shakeup for Origin 2.
00:15:41
Gary Yeh
Thank
00:15:43
tacklesandtinnies
This is from news.com. Key quote here, it's a huge call, but it's time for Queensland to move on. Andrew Johns quoted that. So what's happening? happening Daily Cherry Evans, the long-time Queensland halfback and captain, is reportedly being dropped for Game 2, which has obviously been confirmed.
00:15:58
tacklesandtinnies
The call comes after Game 1's loss in Game 1, after glowing pressure Coach Billy Slater to refresh and rejuvenate the squad. Johns has publicly backed the move, saying DC should step aside and allow young playmakers to take the reins.
00:16:12
tacklesandtinnies
So obviously, Gary, we're talking about Tommy Dearden jumping straight into halfback. There's obviously some other players for Queensland that are moving around, which we'll talk about shortly.
00:16:23
tacklesandtinnies
But what are your thoughts on Tommy Dearden? I guess you could say outplacing Daily Cherry Evans.
00:16:28
Gary Yeh
I like it. I first heard the news, I was a little bit like, oh, like Cherry Evans, you know, he's a great player and all. You know, I felt bad for Cherry Evans, but and for the game and for Queensland, I think it's a great move.
00:16:42
Gary Yeh
I feel like... Tommy did and he's got that like pizzazz. Like he's he's got a good kicking game and he's a good runner too.
00:16:53
Gary Yeh
Fast, agile and can get those big like moments going. So I think it's a great great thing for for Queensland.
00:17:04
Gary Yeh
I'm sure we'll talk it about it like about it later on, but on paper, New South Wales do look really good.
00:17:08
tacklesandtinnies
Yeah.
00:17:10
Gary Yeh
you know, with the the forward pack and the changes that they've made. a Queenslander, I am a little bit concerned heading into game two. And I think a lot of lot of Queenslanders are, but I have faith.
00:17:23
Gary Yeh
I have faith in the police, have faith.
00:17:25
tacklesandtinnies
yeah So you mentioned kicking game. I think Tommy Dearden has a good mid to short range kicking game. The only thing I'm concerned about is our long kicking game. So Cherry Evans, I remember like, I think it was like maybe two years ago when won the last, it was like game three we won.
00:17:43
tacklesandtinnies
Cherry Evans probably for the last 20 minutes it was like tackle three and he would like kick it on the 30 meter line and kick it all the way to their 10 meter line.
00:17:49
Gary Yeh
Yeah.
00:17:51
tacklesandtinnies
On third tackle. We did that for like 15 minutes straight just to like literally yeah um choke them out of field position. I don't see any of our boys being able to do that on a consistent basis.
00:18:02
tacklesandtinnies
Obviously, Cherry Evans, we've had or everyone has had a go at him regarding his lackluster performance in game one. And obviously, he's been a little bit out of form for club football as well. But if your forwards aren't going forward, as we mentioned last week, you're going to have a really hard time getting that good kicking game going and having that time.
00:18:22
tacklesandtinnies
But yeah, I think Tommy did. And with that, as you mentioned, Gary, he's got a great running game. I think that extra athleticism around the ruck along with Cam Munster, yes, they're somewhat duplicative in the way they play and almost Ponga, all three of them really when you think about it are quite duplicative.
00:18:37
tacklesandtinnies
trip pick itative is that a word?
00:18:39
Gary Yeh
that
00:18:39
tacklesandtinnies
um They're all very similar in the way they play, but who knows? It could be like a ah Storm 2.0 kind of vibe with Pappenhausen, Hughes, and Munster. Ponga, Dearden, and Munster, who knows? It could be quite similar in the way they play, just run first mentality, don't hate it.
00:18:58
tacklesandtinnies
But I think we need to talk about some of the other changes. So one small change, um obviously will quite impact quite the game a lot, which I didn't notice at first glance for the Queensland team. was Val Holmes shifting from the wing to center and Hammer going from center to wing.
00:19:13
tacklesandtinnies
So obviously in past series, Hammer's been absolutely unreal at center, so good defensively, but was quite quiet in game one. I think you agree with that.
00:19:22
Gary Yeh
yeah
00:19:24
tacklesandtinnies
What are your thoughts on him going to the wing and Val going back to his natural position at center? Yeah.
00:19:30
Gary Yeh
Don't hate it. Don't hate it. it might It might be a pretty good move. I think if the backs can get and some movement forward, especially if they make a line break.
00:19:45
Gary Yeh
Traditionally, or like in previous years, hammers always break. either made the line break or being there in support next to whoever made the line break. And when they get that happening, they pretty much score every time.
00:20:00
Gary Yeh
Like line break, they run through easy two-on-one type of thing, especially with you know Hammer and Val. They've got so much pace that they could make something happen.
00:20:11
tacklesandtinnies
Yeah. And I'm just trying to like think about game one. I love the idea of Val Holmes' footwork at the line and doing a two-on-one jink, as you literally just mentioned.
00:20:26
tacklesandtinnies
And if you get a two-on-one with Hammer, gone. See later. I don't care who you are. like He's just absolutely unbelievable in space. But the way I'm thinking about it now really is that Hammer – doing the extra work out of the backfield. He does such a good job job for the Dolphins in those kick returns.
00:20:41
tacklesandtinnies
And obviously he's so used to catching the high ball where Val Holmes has sort of not been doing that at center. He doesn't have to do that um at club land. So I think the defensively, I think it'll be a lot better for Queensland as well um on the high balls.
00:20:57
tacklesandtinnies
So... Kind of like that vibe. But one move I'm not too much of a fan of, and it's nothing against Kirk Capewell, but I thought Beau Furmore was very hard done by. it ah thought his club form has been pretty good, maybe 7 out of 10 the past couple of weeks.
00:21:14
tacklesandtinnies
But he played, what, 15, 16 minutes in game one? Like, it's pretty pretty rough. to get dropped, and you're still putting a second sorry you're still putting ah lock slash prop at second row on Reuben Cotter.
00:21:26
tacklesandtinnies
Great player, don't get me wrong, but he's not a second rower. And then you drop Nanai, who was arguably our best player in game one, to the bench for Kirk Capewell. So what are your thoughts on the second row position at the moment, Gary?
00:21:37
Gary Yeh
It is so odd. i remember someone, I think I may have read it in the chat, in the boys' chat, Super Ghost Run, and it was just like, what the heck? Cavewell? Like, yeah.
00:21:47
tacklesandtinnies
Yeah.
00:21:49
Gary Yeh
I don't know. Maybe Cavewell and Slater in bed together. Who knows? But, yeah, it seems so odd.
00:21:55
tacklesandtinnies
The glory holidays.
00:21:59
Gary Yeh
I mean, Cavewell, yeah, he's a great player. Warriors are doing great this season. But to have him as, like, yeah, over our boy Bowie, like, yeah, and don't know.
00:22:11
Gary Yeh
If I was a coach, I wouldn't make that decision. But I'm not the coach, so, whew. yeah
00:22:19
tacklesandtinnies
But it's like you're talking about defense, like defense wins championships, defense wins games. Lomax on NRL 360 the other day when I was listening on the podcast version of it, he's like, all we've been doing is like working on our defensive schemes and defensive pressure.
00:22:34
tacklesandtinnies
Guess what, Billy Slater? I don't know if you bloody read the statistics, but Kirk Capewell has missed the most tackles this year in rugby league.
00:22:40
Gary Yeh
Yeah.
00:22:40
tacklesandtinnies
so if you're talking about defense, I don't know.
00:22:43
Gary Yeh
yeah
00:22:44
tacklesandtinnies
Yeah. So where he would be on the right edge, I think. So Liam Martin, I think it'd be marking.
00:22:55
tacklesandtinnies
So that'll be interesting. But yeah, we'll see how they all match up. There's one other change for Queensland, which was the Trent Liero starting. And then our boy, Paddy Carrigan coming off the bench.
00:23:07
tacklesandtinnies
Wild. Absolutely wild. Okay. I said this last podcast, Trent Liero has to start if he's going to get picked. Okay. Billy Slater, you're obviously listening to Tackles and Tinnies because you did that.
00:23:19
tacklesandtinnies
However, love Mo Fodder Waker, but you're not starting Mo Fodder Waker over bloody Patrick Carrigan. Gary, thoughts?
00:23:26
Gary Yeh
Yeah, wow, okay. okay. um I haven't looked at the team list in a while, but so you're saying Patty Carrigan's on the bench and Fodawake is starting.
00:23:36
tacklesandtinnies
Yep. Paddy Carrigan, Jersey 17, Fodder Waker 8.
00:23:39
Gary Yeh
Gee. I mean, I'm biased. You're asking Titans, man, right? Like, I love because Foto Waco's our boy. But in comparison, I mean, Foto Waco, he's at club land. He's been all right. Like, he's been one of the best for the Titans. So, i mean, don't hate it.
00:23:59
Gary Yeh
But over Patrick Carrigan, I wonder how they're going to utilize the... the team and the meet and the time. Because it's like, well, when do you bring Patrick Carrigan on? Because he's used to be playing, he's used to be, or used to play big minutes, you know, like he's usually a 70, 80 minute man.
00:24:18
tacklesandtinnies
you
00:24:18
Gary Yeh
So yeah, I reckon Fodawaka would be interesting to see maybe playing a solid, you know, 30, 40 minutes and then bringing in Paddy and then just kind of altering
00:24:32
tacklesandtinnies
reckon Potter Waker plays 30 minutes non-stop?
00:24:34
Gary Yeh
Yeah, I hope so.
00:24:37
tacklesandtinnies
Wow. I disagree completely there.
00:24:39
Gary Yeh
yeah What do you reckon?
00:24:42
tacklesandtinnies
I reckon he'll be max 20.
00:24:43
Gary Yeh
Yeah.
00:24:44
tacklesandtinnies
He'll be the first one coming off.
00:24:45
Gary Yeh
Yeah. So, yeah. So like real impact.
00:24:49
tacklesandtinnies
Yeah, just go ham for 20 minutes and then maybe Patrick Carrigan's a bit more lateral quickness and ball playing maybe splits it up a little bit. Maybe Trent Lierry might be the first coming off. He just takes a sting out of the game and Paddy Carrigan goes straight on.
00:25:04
tacklesandtinnies
But, mate, he's a bloody Australian front-roller, let alone Queensland. Him and Payne Haas are like first and second, arguably, front-rollers in the game. And you're putting...
00:25:16
tacklesandtinnies
I love, as we said, Mo Fortawaker, our Titans, our hero from the Titans, our front roller. But, man, Patrick Carrigan, bro. Come on.
00:25:26
Gary Yeh
I'm sure there's ah ah there's a plan for the the the rotation there. And, yeah, think we just have to back the boys and see what happens. Yeah.
00:25:37
tacklesandtinnies
trust the process. In Billy, we trust for game two.
00:25:39
Gary Yeh
Yeah.
00:25:41
tacklesandtinnies
And if it goes to shit, you're done. So, nah, we'll see what happens. That's Queensland, Gary. But what about New South Wales? So, the next news story here, we got, and this literally happened today, which was actually wild, but we got the Mitchell Moses injury. So, Mitchell Moses has been ruled out of game two with a calf injury a calf strain, which actually had a bit of a niggle going into game one.
00:26:06
tacklesandtinnies
So, as of like probably five hours ago, six hours ago, Jerome Luai been called in to replace him with Matty Burden retaining the 18th man. In regards to the injury itself, as you tried mentioning in Physio Corner, not sure about the severity at this stage, a blue spokesperson said.
00:26:22
tacklesandtinnies
We'll have scans. Replacement has been discussed, which obviously Jerome Luai. we'll work with the NRL on procedures from there. Gary, New South Wales had a really good lead up. They only had one change, which was forced due to Mitchie Barnett with the ACL injury.
00:26:37
tacklesandtinnies
Stefano, who was, i think, 19th man, instantly in. Okay, smooth transition. And then, boom, nuke, absolute bombshell. Mitchell Moses out. Luai in.
00:26:47
tacklesandtinnies
Thoughts?
00:26:48
Gary Yeh
Yeah.
00:26:51
Gary Yeh
Huge. I mean, huge news in the fact that Mitchell Moses is such a great player. and So a big loss for New South Wales. Luai, he's been playing pretty good in the last couple of weeks for the Tigers. So coming back for New South Wales...
00:27:10
Gary Yeh
I think if they spend time together, they're not going to do be too bad because him and Cleary, they've they've they've got a good combination going. So they can kind of rekindle that pretty quickly.
00:27:23
Gary Yeh
As a Queenslander, I hope they don't. But yeah, Luai, he's also another player that's like got the dog in him.
00:27:35
Gary Yeh
He'll play and do really well.
00:27:37
tacklesandtinnies
yeah 100%
00:27:38
Gary Yeh
And think you've mentioned in previous podcasts, like all the boys, they get around him. um um And he yeah brings a bit of energy to to the team. So yeah, only a great thing for New South Wales.
00:27:53
Gary Yeh
So yeah
00:27:56
tacklesandtinnies
Yeah, I 100% agree, mate. Arguably, Moses didn't have the best game won. And again, he's used to being the first fiddle. And it's kind of hard, obviously, being that primary playmaker, and then you've second receiver.
00:28:07
Gary Yeh
Mm-hmm.
00:28:09
tacklesandtinnies
But Llewellyn Cleary, proven past five years, four championships in five years, five grand finals in a row. They're a proven commodity. And Gary, if you reflect from last year when the series was tied, and...
00:28:25
tacklesandtinnies
The game was pretty much at its becky point here. It was like 55 minutes into the game. And then all of a sudden, Luai skips on the outside, gets that breakaway through past Gagai, passes to Bradman Best.
00:28:37
tacklesandtinnies
Bradman biscuits Best gets past Gagai again, and they score in the corner. And that was because of Jerome Luai.
00:28:41
Gary Yeh
Yeah. Yeah.
00:28:42
tacklesandtinnies
So he's proven in the big stages, not only at Clubland winning championships, but for New South Wales.
00:28:47
Gary Yeh
yeah
00:28:49
tacklesandtinnies
If anything, Gary, I'm more scared than I was before.
00:28:50
Gary Yeh
Yeah.
00:28:51
tacklesandtinnies
Yeah.
00:28:53
Gary Yeh
I thought I'd forgotten that moment, but i've just had flashbacks of Luay doing that. Yeah, he's just he's a next level player. And ah ah like on his day or on his night, yeah, he could make magic happen. So was just unfortunate for Queensland.
00:29:13
Gary Yeh
But yeah.
00:29:13
tacklesandtinnies
Yeah. And what are your thoughts on Stefano Ukumanu replacing Mitch Barnett? There's obviously Keon Kulamatangi. He's been absolutely popping off since going to the front row for the Rabbitohs.
00:29:26
tacklesandtinnies
Ola Kowatu has been in fantastic form as well. What are your thoughts on Stefano just going straight in from there in game one as 19th man instead of arguably two guys in better form in Ola Kowatu and Keon?
00:29:39
Gary Yeh
Yeah. What's Alakawatu? Are they starting? Are they also?
00:29:46
tacklesandtinnies
Sorry, what do you mean?
00:29:48
Gary Yeh
So where's he playing?
00:29:51
Gary Yeh
Yeah.
00:29:52
tacklesandtinnies
Stefano. he He's a front-rower coming off the bench. So Max King, who was there game one, he's gone from the bench to the start, and Stefano's doing that up first prop off the bench type of vibe.
00:30:02
Gary Yeh
Yeah. I don't think I can to really comment on his on his game. I haven't really been following him very closely. Yeah. Nice.
00:30:12
tacklesandtinnies
Yeah, so absolute gun from Melbourne Storm, mate. So he came from the, he was at the Tigers and then pretty much got that, he wanted to leave, he didn't want to be there.
00:30:19
Gary Yeh
yeah
00:30:20
tacklesandtinnies
Then he's gone to the Melbourne Storm, absolutely killing it for Melbourne. I think he's got one of the best tackle efficiencies in the game. But, man, Keon Kulmatangi, he's been absolutely popping off. like Morgan loves him as a Rabideau supporter, but I hated him on an edge, and now he's gone back into the middle.
00:30:37
tacklesandtinnies
And for Supercoach, bro, the past three games, he's getting like 105 points per game Supercoach as a front rower.
00:30:40
Gary Yeh
we Yeah, yeah, yeah. Been killing
00:30:45
tacklesandtinnies
So if that's not saying anything, like that's what it is. But, again, I think it's just if Stefano wasn't there, as 19th man, like in the extended squad for game one, I don't think he would have been there for game two, personally.
00:30:59
Gary Yeh
Yeah, okay. Yeah, yeah. You don't reckon he's going to do too well Origin level?
00:31:03
tacklesandtinnies
I think there's like...
00:31:06
Gary Yeh
You don't think he'll do too well Origin level?
00:31:06
tacklesandtinnies
Sorry?
00:31:09
tacklesandtinnies
Oh, no, don't get it wrong. He's obviously there for a reason.
00:31:11
Gary Yeh
Yeah.
00:31:13
tacklesandtinnies
just think in terms of like impact and like best player potentially being there and the versatility that Keon provides, think,
00:31:14
Gary Yeh
yeah
00:31:21
tacklesandtinnies
He's more in form, but in regards to smooth transition, already being around the boys, already starting to build those connections, will obviously play his role playing 40 minutes in the middle as ah ah add an out-and-out front rower.
00:31:36
tacklesandtinnies
Craig Bellamy is obviously one of the assistant coaches for New South Wales, so he knows Stefano very, very well. I think a lot of boxes are just tick, tick, tick, too easy easy transition to come into camp, where Keon hasn't been there from game one.
00:31:49
tacklesandtinnies
Yes, potentially higher upside, but more boxes to tick with more unknowns.
00:31:54
Gary Yeh
yeah yeah yeah gotcha there yeah
00:31:54
tacklesandtinnies
Does that make sense?
00:31:58
tacklesandtinnies
Yeah. So last one, Gary. So that's Queensland, New South Wales. That's origin wrap-up done. So holy moly, what is that? Six days' time, game two.
00:32:07
Gary Yeh
oh
00:32:07
tacklesandtinnies
Let's go. But it wouldn't be tackles and tinnies without us talking about Lockie Galvin.
00:32:11
Gary Yeh
but
00:32:12
tacklesandtinnies
So Lockie Galvin's dream debut for the Bulldogs. This was on the 9th of June. So here's a key quote here. Galvin scores in dream debut for wins as a dog surge away from the Simbin drama from Fox Sports commentary.
00:32:25
tacklesandtinnies
So what happened? Lockie Galvin, 19-year-old prodigy, made his NRL debut off the bench for the Canterbury Bulldogs in their King's Birthday Clash against the Parramatta Eels on that Monday night game.
00:32:37
tacklesandtinnies
Galvin had only just with the Bulldogs after a tug of war with the Eels. the very team he faced in his debut, he didn't just show up, he scored a try. Hope swing the momentum after a sin-bidden setback off kick-out and played in the poise of a seasoned pro.
00:32:51
tacklesandtinnies
So why does this matter? The Bulldogs are building something serious under Cameron Serraldo and Galvin's arrival adds even more spark to a young, hungry squad. The match drew over 65,000 fans at a core stadium, nearly breaking the NRL's regular season crowd again um the second time this year.
00:33:07
tacklesandtinnies
Now, Gary, few things to dissect here.
00:33:11
tacklesandtinnies
Lockie Galvin, where do you see him playing by round 20? Bench, six, seven.
00:33:17
Gary Yeh
Oh, this is tough one. Hey, by round 20, I reckon the Bulldogs are like, if it ain't broke type of scenario, like the Bulldogs are doing so well at the moment.
00:33:31
Gary Yeh
know with Toby Sexton, and but you know, he's leaving. They'll probably want to slot him in. a little bit later in I reckon a little bit later in the season.
00:33:41
tacklesandtinnies
Thank you.
00:33:42
Gary Yeh
And so most likely playing bench for the rest of the season.
00:33:48
Gary Yeh
Yeah. Like the Bulldogs are doing great already. So yeah, if it ain't broke type of scenario, what are your thoughts?
00:33:57
tacklesandtinnies
Well, I think I'm disagreeing here, mate. I think they've gone nuclear. Why would they sign Galvin if they, it ain't broke, don't fix it type of mentality? Like you don't sign him halfway through the season if that's your mentality.
00:34:09
Gary Yeh
Mm-hmm.
00:34:10
tacklesandtinnies
And by the sounds of it, probably Toby Sexton and potentially Reid Marnie are both getting squeezed out of the club. I think they're just going all in. Obviously, Galvin has it got a lot of talent in a perfect world.
00:34:26
tacklesandtinnies
maybe Burden Galvin could play 13 potentially. then you obviously you get to keep sex in there. Can Galvin be a seven?
00:34:37
tacklesandtinnies
don't know. Unproven has played a lot of five, eight, obviously, but you've got to be a really good game organizer or at least have a lot of first grade experience. Like Jerome Hughes, for example, was a fullback and then transitioned into the halves.
00:34:49
Gary Yeh
Amen.
00:34:50
tacklesandtinnies
obviously he got reps in. Yeah. Burden, we've seen him play halfback before. Don't like it. and He's not a halfback. He's a 5'8 or center, obviously one center of the year, but potentially could play lock, big enough body. Yeah, don't know.
00:35:08
tacklesandtinnies
Sexton's pretty hard done by, but when he went on the field, Galvin, Sexton actually moved to hooker, which means Reid Marnie could be in trouble in terms of his job security.
00:35:19
tacklesandtinnies
A lot of moving pieces and again, kind of contradicts what your take was because guys aren't sure where they're going to be playing. Sexton didn't know he was actually going to be playing hooker.
00:35:29
tacklesandtinnies
He actually quoted that the other day. So what do you think about that?
00:35:33
Gary Yeh
Yeah, wow, that's huge, huh? Yeah, then there's players that are playing in positions that they're not specialty positions.
00:35:43
Gary Yeh
So yeah, well, that changes things.
00:35:44
tacklesandtinnies
Yeah.
00:35:45
Gary Yeh
A bit of a shakeup for the Bulldogs then. So probably a lot of different positions and then people going into other positions. Yeah, it'll be interesting to see how that pans out.
00:35:58
Gary Yeh
I mean, obviously, know, these players, they're very, they're elite at that elite level. So they, know, they've got their hands, they've probably got the basic skills and stuff like that. But when it comes to those moments that matter, like, especially into the finals, you want like ah ah solid team.
00:36:17
Gary Yeh
you know, your specialist or you're the best team, the best player for the position so that everyone can gel well. Yeah. Interesting.
00:36:27
tacklesandtinnies
you pretty much have eight matches till semis.
00:36:30
Gary Yeh
Yeah.
00:36:31
tacklesandtinnies
So not long. you got two months to figure out who's playing where, for how long, who's coming with the bench, who's starting. A lot of moving pieces now, let alone having like Kurt Mann and a couple other boys who can be shifted at lock slash hooker.
00:36:48
Gary Yeh
Yeah.
00:36:50
tacklesandtinnies
It'll be interesting the next couple of weeks, especially when the buy rounds are done. But the Bulldogs have got the buy next week and it's probably coming at the best possible time.
00:36:56
Gary Yeh
Yeah. What are your predictions on?
00:36:58
tacklesandtinnies
So we'll see what happens there. But Gary, that's news around the ground. I think we just roll straight into round 14 match reviews. So but this was the first game and ironically, we were filming this time last week when the game went into Golden Point, but this is the Knights versus the Seagulls.
00:37:13
tacklesandtinnies
the Knights beat the Seagulls 26-22 in Golden Point at McDonald Jones Stadium. This was, again, last Thursday night. So the comeback kings. Down sixteen zero at halftime, the Newcastle Knights pulled off the biggest comeback since 2007 to stun the Manly Seagulls 26-22 in Golden Point.
00:37:31
tacklesandtinnies
It was gutsy, emotional win and saw they reclaim the Malcolm Riley Challenge Trophy, a nod to the legendary Englishman who played for both clubs. So key moments, the 83rd minute, the match winner. So Caelan Ponga launched a bomb.
00:37:46
tacklesandtinnies
Fletcher Hunt soared above the rest of the pack and batted it back. And Ponga raced away to score the golden point try. In the 75th minute, sharp strike. So Dane Gagai sets up James Schiller down the wing who found Fletcher Sharp to support for his 10th throw of the season.
00:38:01
tacklesandtinnies
And in the 80th minute, there was a missed chance. Luke Brooks had a crack from 40-meter field goal, but missed sending the game into extra time. So i some stat leaders here. From the Knights, Dane Gagai absolutely killed it. he had 19 runs for 192 meters with 10 tackle bus.
00:38:16
tacklesandtinnies
Greg Imadu, his first game back from an injury, he got 268 meters. Absolute gun. He's a season keeper for Supercoach. You haven't got him in there. And the Seagulls, he Homoli Olukowatu, he had 201 meters with nine tackle breaks.
00:38:30
tacklesandtinnies
And Tolukola, he actually went on for Leah Hopawadi, who had that concussion. He went back to fullback and he had 24 runs for 292 meters. Holy moly, what a gun.
00:38:42
tacklesandtinnies
Gary, thoughts on this game?
00:38:43
Gary Yeh
Yeah, think we were filming the podcast last week when this was playing. So we so we all saw that last Kalamponga try, which was amazing.
00:38:47
tacklesandtinnies
Yeah.
00:38:52
Gary Yeh
This standout, yeah. What you were saying, Kola, holy dooly at fullback, 292 meters. That's like Keanu Kinney almost-esque. But I was one of those unfortunate people that had Hopawati.
00:39:05
Gary Yeh
And so I took the three points and took the L. And I actually traded in Kola this week.
00:39:15
tacklesandtinnies
interesting nice
00:39:15
Gary Yeh
Yeah. i'm I'm hoping, and this was before I checked the team list, but I'm hoping he's playing.
00:39:22
tacklesandtinnies
Tommy Turbo fullback mate call back to center reverse trade reverse trade
00:39:23
Gary Yeh
Back to center. Oh, dang.
00:39:27
Gary Yeh
Yeah. But yeah, no, it was a good game. And the Knights, like pulling off a bit of an upset, which is great. Great for the Knights.
00:39:39
tacklesandtinnies
Yeah. And it's good to see Ponga get some a win. Maybe that'll translate to the the Queensland game, mate, hopefully. Next game, guys, we got the Storm 38 versus the Cowboys 14 at Amy Park. This was on the Friday night.
00:39:56
tacklesandtinnies
So Hughes hits Dallium form. Jerome Hughes was the star of the night, scoring two tries, setting up two more and kicking 386 metres. Craig Bellamy was full praise, quoting, I think that was probably the best game of the year, to be quite honest.
00:40:09
tacklesandtinnies
He's been real brave for us. He just looked like he was back to his old self tonight. Bellamy also revealed Hughes has been battling through injuries. They've worn him down a little bit mentally, not being able to do the things he used to be doing or capable of doing.
00:40:22
tacklesandtinnies
There's also a Munster milestone. So Cameron Munster and Jerome Hughes played their 100th game together in the halves and it definitely showed. Munster ran for 181 meters and was a constant threat on the ball.
00:40:33
tacklesandtinnies
Big Nelson Sofisola Lona brought the heat. So Nass set the tone early with a fiery 44-minute stint. He claimed, sorry, he clashed with Viliami Valia with a chicken wing tackle, and he launched the ball at Valim's head and demanding the referee's action.
00:40:50
tacklesandtinnies
Valia was placed on report for that. But again, that nasty chicken wing, we never want to see that. But Gary, from a super coach point of view, i have a lot of Storm players and my God, when Jerome Hughes was popping off, I was Yahooing from the sideline.
00:41:03
Gary Yeh
Yeah, you'd have been cheering because you were saying that you got in –
00:41:03
tacklesandtinnies
What are your thoughts?
00:41:07
Gary Yeh
jerome that week what great timing yeah the storm were very dominant that game think we both tipped them and yeah cameron munster jerome hughes they have found their form found their feet great kicking game from jerome um um as well as the tries and the run meters yeah been great they're the they're
00:41:10
tacklesandtinnies
Yeah.
00:41:34
Gary Yeh
peak. They're their best, the storm. Hopefully they can go all the way.
00:41:39
tacklesandtinnies
And it was quite evident, obviously, the past couple of weeks with Jerome Hughes' injury. had that almost like a sublax to his shoulder, I recall, many, many weeks ago.
00:41:50
tacklesandtinnies
and then, yeah he just looked down on confidence, but my God, he looked good the other night and He was a former Gold Coast Titans player, and we yeah never like to bring that up, but God, he would be good for the Titans right about now.
00:42:03
tacklesandtinnies
Great to see Big Nass having a dig too. Certainly missed him last year, the Melbourne Storm in that grand final, he's obviously in a bit of redemption tour for sure.
00:42:13
tacklesandtinnies
Cam Munster didn't like really pop off in terms of supercoach points, but absolutely passed the eye test. Running game was on point. And then obviously you've got Pappenhausen sweeping out the back.
00:42:25
tacklesandtinnies
Absolute gun, as always. Gary, you can take the next game, mate. Dolphins versus Dragons.
00:42:29
Gary Yeh
Yeah, the Dolphins, they defeated the Dragons 56-6. So to summarize the Dolphins, they delivered their biggest win in club history, smashing St. George, Illawarra 56-6.
00:42:43
Gary Yeh
So 10 tries, right, and with between four players. So Herbie Farnworth scored Asako, Lemulamu, Hammer, and...
00:42:54
Gary Yeh
They all bagged doubles, which was impressive. Yeah.
00:42:57
tacklesandtinnies
That's crazy.
00:42:58
Gary Yeh
Some key moments. Katoa. think we spoke on chat, but Katoa, he was masterful. He was pulling strings, had a kick as well and multiple try assists.
00:43:09
Gary Yeh
So, yeah, amazing. Wish he played for the Queensland. The Dolphins, they hit the 50-point mark in the 59th minute with Isako finishing with 24 points.
00:43:20
Gary Yeh
And from memory, Isako killed it in Supercoach. Dragons, they lost Christian Tupolotu early, so forcing a backline reshuffle, which they never really recovered from.
00:43:32
Gary Yeh
But, yeah, what do you reckon, Raya? The Dolphins now, after last week, you reckon top eight?
00:43:41
tacklesandtinnies
Well, man, I reckon fins up, baby.
00:43:42
Gary Yeh
Yeah.
00:43:44
tacklesandtinnies
Fins up, fins up. They were good, man. They were really, really good. They were quite dominating. But it's always going to be hard. Like if a winger goes down in a team, it's so hard to cover that. Like you got the center shifting out to the wing normally, and then Cookie ended up shifting to the centers.
00:44:01
tacklesandtinnies
But tell you what, the Dolphins just absolutely peppered them.
00:44:05
Gary Yeh
Yeah. Oh.
00:44:05
tacklesandtinnies
Yeah. couple of pretty soft tries, not going to lie, but the Dragons are looking pretty good tonight, looking at the score, 22 to 18 at the moment. obviously lot better than last week.
00:44:16
tacklesandtinnies
But, man, we talk about physio corner or better known as hamstring corner, but Tua Pilato getting injured, coming back after like seven weeks on the sideline and then doing his other hamstring, which is like a two-week strain. Yeah, that's disappointing, obviously, to hear. But, mate, Finn's up.
00:44:32
tacklesandtinnies
That's all can say. Fins up. Isaiah Katoa, as you just said, Gaz. I wish he was a Queenslander. I wish he was a Queenslander. He's that good, eh? He's so, so good.
00:44:41
Gary Yeh
Yeah, so silly.
00:44:42
tacklesandtinnies
And Hammer getting a bit of form, which is great. Asako, he looked really, really good. He like 130 points on Supercoach. He's been traded in for me this week. As Adam likes to say in the fantasy files, Herbie Farmworth, the king of drunk.
00:44:58
tacklesandtinnies
He got a late trial, like on the 79th minute, gets another 17 points to Supercoach. Yeah, the boys were good. Can they back it up this week? Time will tell.
00:45:07
Gary Yeh
it's not.
00:45:08
tacklesandtinnies
Next game, we got the Warriors versus Sharky. So Warriors won 40-10 at Point Bet Stadium on the Saturday night. So the Warriors ran right. So the New Zealand Warriors delivered a ruthless 40-10 demolition of the Cronulla Sharks, notched in their fifth straight win in Australia.
00:45:24
tacklesandtinnies
and moving level with the Bulldogs at the top of the ladder. James Fischer-Harris was immense, scoring early in the second half and leading from the front in the absence of co-captain Mitchie Barnett.
00:45:35
tacklesandtinnies
Demetrik Valmunga and Leckie Halamasima added to the onslaught with Chanel Harris-DeVita bagging a late double. So from the coaches, Warriors coach Andrew Webster praised Fisher-Harris' leadership.
00:45:47
tacklesandtinnies
He quoted saying, Since Fisher's walked in the doors, his actions is what says to the group. They listen. They place him in charge. Coach from the Cronulla Sharks, Craig Fitzgibbon, admitted his side was outmuscled.
00:46:01
tacklesandtinnies
And he quoted saying, They got us from the jump and we were outmatched physically. Iroh's record and injury. As we mentioned, Gary in physio corner, KL Iroh had made history, become the first player in the NRL era to score in his first nine games of the season, but has not ended it early with a pec tear.
00:46:18
tacklesandtinnies
Now, Gary, up the waz or up the sharks thoughts?
00:46:25
Gary Yeh
I tipped the Sharks last week, but the Waz was so good. Like, yeah, I'm on the Waz train now.
00:46:33
tacklesandtinnies
Yeah.
00:46:33
Gary Yeh
because I just love saying up the wires, but yeah, they're playing so good. So good. They've found some form and they've, unlike previous seasons, they've continued this form and heading into the finals.
00:46:46
Gary Yeh
I hope that they keep going because it's so interesting to see them play, you know, into the semis, at least in the prelims and, you know, battle it out with the top in the top four.
00:46:49
tacklesandtinnies
yeah.
00:46:59
Gary Yeh
at least against you know the likes of the Storm and the the Raiders up there. like At their best, I reckon they they can be competitive and win.
00:47:07
tacklesandtinnies
yeah
00:47:12
tacklesandtinnies
Mate, I think the biggest thing is like, as the yeah quote said from Fox Sports, from Fisher Harris, that leadership, Dimitri Vaimunga, holy moly, he is looking so good. Like, he's an absolute gun.
00:47:24
tacklesandtinnies
Can't see, like in three years' time, mate, he's going to be a prodigy, like better than a prodigy. And then we've already talked in lengths about Leckie Hall and Masima. He's had his opportunity to start now.
00:47:35
tacklesandtinnies
Those two boys, as well as a guy called Jacob Laban, that's three young fellas signing long-term for the Warriors, Perfect replacements for Mitchie Barnett coming through. Those boys are going lot more run now.
00:47:48
tacklesandtinnies
Yeah, Warriors looking great, mate. And Lukey Metcalf and Harris Tevita in the halves, really good runners of the ball, super young, athletic players.
00:47:58
tacklesandtinnies
We talked in length about CNK or Chans last week about his meter age at the back at fullback. Two of us to Shek doing those tries on the wing. Yeah. What can we say about the Warriors, mate? They're looking so, so good.
00:48:10
tacklesandtinnies
But the Sharks, the definition of mediocre. They're currently up 22-18 against the Dragons. it'll be interesting about your tips later on, Gary.
00:48:19
Gary Yeh
Yeah. Mm-hmm.
00:48:19
tacklesandtinnies
But I don't know about the Sharks, man. They do this every single year. they They're normally a decent team for the regular season. But as soon as they get to the final, they seem to ah shit the bed. That's a nice way of saying it.
00:48:34
tacklesandtinnies
But yeah, I know, mate. I just don't think they can beat good teams, personally. What are your thoughts on that?
00:48:41
Gary Yeh
Yeah, good to team overall. all But they like you said, when it reaches finals time, when it's under pressure, when there is that pressure cooker scenario, they don't seem to do that great.
00:48:57
Gary Yeh
So, yeah, and especially this season, I think they've hit a bit of a form slump. So... Yeah, to see them in the top eight, doable but quite difficult.
00:49:07
Gary Yeh
like They're going to have to really start you know pulling the finger out.
00:49:12
tacklesandtinnies
Yeah. All right, Gary, next game, mate.
00:49:14
Gary Yeh
All right. ah ah The next game. Oh, the Broncos and the Titans, right?
00:49:21
Gary Yeh
Well, we all know that the Broncos have defeated the Titans 44-14. But couple of milestones, right, because it was Reynolds' 300th because we were watching on telly the 30-meter line that had extra zero, which I thought was pretty cool.
00:49:34
tacklesandtinnies
Yep.
00:49:39
Gary Yeh
But yeah, the Broncos also had their new jerseys, which they auctioned off for a really great cause. I think it was for the Black Dog Institute, so for mental health.
00:49:49
Gary Yeh
But yeah, Broncos, they celebrated adult Adam Reynolds' 300th NRL game in style. And then I mentioned before, all blacks inspired jerseys. How cool are they, right?
00:50:01
tacklesandtinnies
That was sick, man. That was sexy as I tried getting one earlier and I couldn't get one that sold out.
00:50:04
Gary Yeh
Yeah. But yes, key performance, Ketone Staggs, he was unstoppable. Barnstorming runs, brutal in defense, and a leaping try off a pinpoint Reynolds bomb.
00:50:15
Gary Yeh
Reishi Walsh, lovely Reishi Walsh. We love him on the podcast. He returned with flair, throwing long spiral passes, scoring a late double, and setting up Shibasaki with a cutout ball.
00:50:21
tacklesandtinnies
No.
00:50:27
Gary Yeh
I think... He was pretty great, Recy Walsh. And we talked about Carapane before, but he filled in for Cobo and he bagged a double and looks right at home.
00:50:30
tacklesandtinnies
Yeah, sure.
00:50:38
Gary Yeh
So Carapane, doing great. But Coach's take, while we couldn't really find any direct quotes, the Broncos' spine, I thought, like with Reynolds, Walsh, Mem, and Walters, look quite sharp, right?
00:50:41
tacklesandtinnies
Yep.
00:50:53
Gary Yeh
And I didn't think. So that spine for...
00:50:55
tacklesandtinnies
Yep.
00:50:56
Gary Yeh
The Broncos is looking very, very good. Ben Takura. So he suffered a nasty ankle injury and he had to be helped off the field.
00:51:07
Gary Yeh
No word as of yet, but hopefully scans back and and we'll see what the extent of the damage is then. But, yeah, overall, what do you reckon, Ryan?
00:51:19
Gary Yeh
Best performance of the season, Broncos versus Titans, the Queensland Derby?
00:51:25
tacklesandtinnies
Mate, where to start, where to start? Well, I... Knew the Broncos would win going off the fact that they've lost like six in a row.
00:51:36
tacklesandtinnies
it was Reynolds' 300th game. were wearing the black mental health jersey. Cobo's being dropped. Like there's been all these things leading for the Broncos.
00:51:46
tacklesandtinnies
Playing at Suncorp, they were just ready to bloody let a rocket out and holy moly in the first two minutes. They looked so athletic and fast and overpowering. it was game over. As soon as I scored that first try, I'm like, yep, Titans are done.
00:52:00
tacklesandtinnies
That was it. ah Wouldn't even hate him. It was just reality.
00:52:02
Gary Yeh
yeah yeah yeah
00:52:05
tacklesandtinnies
But Reece Walsh, I saw a stat on the Supercoach Whisperer. He got like 20 points in the first 10 minutes. No, sorry. He got 20 points in the first two minutes.
00:52:15
tacklesandtinnies
And then from minutes two to 75, he got like 14. And then the last five minutes, he got like 60 points or something crazy. but Typical Rich Swartz performance, like rocks and diamonds.
00:52:26
tacklesandtinnies
A bit of an injury scare when he he hit knees with another player. And I thought he redid his MCL, I think it was what was, or PCL, whatever he did.
00:52:32
Gary Yeh
Yeah. yeah
00:52:35
tacklesandtinnies
that was scary. But then he shook that off and scored another try.
00:52:37
Gary Yeh
Yeah.
00:52:37
tacklesandtinnies
So that was up.
00:52:37
Gary Yeh
Yeah. That was great to see too. Yeah. Cause I remember he was pushing the trainer off.
00:52:42
tacklesandtinnies
Yeah, so that was good.
00:52:43
Gary Yeh
He's like, nah, don't, not don't take me off. I'm fine.
00:52:46
tacklesandtinnies
Yeah.
00:52:46
Gary Yeh
I'm fine. And then you had to do that a couple of minutes later. It's great to see.
00:52:50
tacklesandtinnies
Yeah. Because I thought he got twisted in a tackle, but obviously it was just that contact together.
00:52:54
Gary Yeh
Yeah.
00:52:56
tacklesandtinnies
But, mate, the Titans. And, again, I'm probably going to spoil the Tinny Awards here, but we've renamed the arm the bloke who needs a Tinny to Dez Haslam needing a Tinny.
00:53:04
Gary Yeh
Yeah.
00:53:05
tacklesandtinnies
That's been official now.
00:53:06
Gary Yeh
Yeah.
00:53:06
tacklesandtinnies
So... Where do you go? As a Titans fan, mate, we are just absolutely scraping the bottom of the barrel.
00:53:12
Gary Yeh
Yeah.
00:53:13
tacklesandtinnies
There are some boys who are trying so, so hard. You can tell, like Jaden Campbell's trying really hard. Brimo's trying hard. couple of Fords are trying hard. But at the end day, you're only as good as your cattle.
00:53:25
tacklesandtinnies
And we don't look athletic. We don't look fast and powerful.
00:53:29
Gary Yeh
No.
00:53:30
tacklesandtinnies
We just look... We look mid and that's what we are. We're just a mid team. We've got some really good players and then we've got some absolute garbage, unfortunately, or there's garbage for our current dynamic of our team.
00:53:43
Gary Yeh
Yeah.
00:53:44
tacklesandtinnies
So I think we need a complete overhaul and I'm willing to go through that if we can actually get some better balance in our team.
00:53:49
Gary Yeh
yeah
00:53:53
Gary Yeh
Yeah.
00:53:55
tacklesandtinnies
Thoughts?
00:53:55
Gary Yeh
Well, yeah, I was going to ask you, like leading into the end of this season, there's going to be pressure from the community, like the yeah the Titans community, the Gold Coast.
00:54:07
Gary Yeh
It's because something needs to give or something needs to change. And I can't really put my finger on it. whether it be, you know, a complete overhaul or, you know, bringing different players, different team culture, but yeah, something's got to change. And otherwise I could just see the Titans doing the exact same thing next year. or i they don't get me wrong.
00:54:30
Gary Yeh
I'm still going be cheering.
00:54:31
tacklesandtinnies
Yeah.
00:54:31
Gary Yeh
going to be down at the fields and, you know, waving the flags and the Venga bus dance, when they score a bit, Yeah, something needs to change. Can't really put my finger on it, but I know a lot of people are um know hoping for something, miracle to happen per se.
00:54:48
Gary Yeh
But look, optimistic because Keanu Kinney <unk>kininney returns in a couple of weeks.
00:54:55
tacklesandtinnies
I was going to get to.
00:54:55
Gary Yeh
Not that you know he's our saving grace, but he is a ah ah great player. Me to read it as a fullback and... A bit like Recy Walsh, very electric. So, yeah, we'll see what happens with Kenny's return. Excited for it.
00:55:12
tacklesandtinnies
You sort of took the the words out of my mouth there, guys. Keeney's meter eating will just provide so much more athleticism for the team. And then when you have Keeney and you have Brimo and you have JC, that was the desired spine originally from the start of the year.
00:55:29
tacklesandtinnies
And then you potentially get Carter Gordon in You hopefully get Dave Fafida back. You're looking like a more athletic football team. And I think that's what we need, need athleticism.
00:55:40
tacklesandtinnies
you can probably chuck Kieran for and off the bench as a utility. And then it again, provides better roster balance that 17. Because currently what's happening, you're throwing wet passer against the wall and nothing's sticking.
00:55:54
tacklesandtinnies
So until we get some cattle back or we cull some players who are just eating up too much salary cap and not doing anything, nothing's going to change. So, Yep, times woeful.
00:56:05
tacklesandtinnies
Time will tell.
00:56:08
tacklesandtinnies
Next game, Raiders versus the Rabbitohs. So Raiders 36th to the Rabbitohs 12th. So Papa's party turns into a Raiders romp. So Josh Papa... Sorry, Josh Papa... No, not Paali.
00:56:21
tacklesandtinnies
Papa Li'i. Sorry. Josh Papa Li'i celebrate his record-breaking 319th appearance for the Raiders by scoring two late tries. and the 66th and 67th of his career, and even kicked a conversion to seal the win.
00:56:37
tacklesandtinnies
The Raiders came from 12-0 down to score 36 unanswered points, lifting them them to the top of the table, well, only temporarily. Some key performances here. So Ethan Strange was electric, and he's been on fire for the past couple of weeks. He scored 18 points and producing two solo tries, one just before halftime and another to level the score at 50 minutes.
00:56:56
tacklesandtinnies
Corey Horsman and Hudson Young were dominant in the middle, although Young was put in a report for a high shot on Jane Sutherland, a concern for New South Wales and Origin 2. Coach's corner, again, similar to what happened with the Broncos. Couldn't get some direct quotes here, but, mate, looking at Ricky Stewart on the sideline, there was footage of when Josh Papali'i converted that goal.
00:57:16
tacklesandtinnies
Gary, Ricky Stewart, like crying, was like ripping at my heartstrings. I was like, my God, that is what you want to see in coaching.
00:57:23
Gary Yeh
yeah
00:57:24
tacklesandtinnies
Gary thought some big popularly is game and the Raiders culture and all that.
00:57:29
Gary Yeh
Yeah. I think just that that game really summarised the culture and the environment that the Canberra Raiders foster.
00:57:39
Gary Yeh
It seems like everyone's... you know, got each other's backs and it really shows when they play because, yeah, Papa Li'i, he it was great, like best on ground. And the boys got around it. You could feel like the energy when you're watching, defending, everyone's just pulling their weight and they're gelling really well, the Raiders. And it really shows because – They're top of the ladder.
00:58:09
Gary Yeh
And yeah, they've really turned it around. It's, it's bloody awesome to, to witness.
00:58:17
tacklesandtinnies
Yeah. and Man, and we talk about the Tide and it's been the other end of the spectrum. The Raiders roster balance is so good. They've got really athletic edges.
00:58:27
tacklesandtinnies
Their wingers are super fast. You've got a really creative fullback. You've very structured halfback. You've got Ethan Strange, who's really got a really good running game, super athletic and young and strong.
00:58:40
tacklesandtinnies
Obviously, their front row is big for themselves. The balance throughout the team is so, so good, and that's why they're coming second at the moment. So unreal from the Raiders. And compliments to Ricky Stewart and the coaching staff down there, the culture that they're building and have had for many years now. And again, that's probably a big thing from Josh Papali'i.
00:59:01
tacklesandtinnies
It's great to see. And again, him crying on the sideline amazing. He knows when the big games are coming. And I think Adam mentioned on the fantasy files a couple of weeks ago, but when Jared Croker was going for his record, he could have done it the next week after playing, but Ricky Stewart rested him one week so he could be at home in front of the Raiders crowd.
00:59:24
tacklesandtinnies
Simple things like that as a coach, like that's unreal.
00:59:26
Gary Yeh
It's great.
00:59:28
tacklesandtinnies
Love to see that.
00:59:28
Gary Yeh
let's great
00:59:30
tacklesandtinnies
So next game, Penrith Panthers versus the Tigers. won't go too much on this one, Gary, because we sort of talked about it already. But the Penrith Panthers held off the West Tigers' triumphant comeback, so 18-14 in must-win match for those Penrith Panthers.
00:59:46
tacklesandtinnies
The Tigers led 14-12 just over 10 minutes ago before a late try from Taruva. His second for the afternoon sealed the win for the Panthers. Some key moments here. So Drome Luai was at the center of the action again, setting try and drawing two controversial penalties that led to points, as we discussed earlier in the news around the grounds.
01:00:06
tacklesandtinnies
Drome Buller was electric at the back for the Tigers, breaking tackles and setting up for their first try on a line-breaking offload. And Heath Mason, who filled in at 5'8 for Lockie Galvin since his departure, with Lattu Fahndt off the bench, he looked really, really good at 5'8, and it'll be interesting to see if he can hold that position.
01:00:23
tacklesandtinnies
Again, the coach's corner, and it might be a bit of a repeat from quote, but we'll read it anyway. thought it was one of the best performances of the year, and I honestly thought we were the better side tonight. But two calls changed the game. Just let them decide and let them play. Again, we mentioned that earlier in the news around the ground.
01:00:37
tacklesandtinnies
And Gary, I don't talk about this one too much, but final perspective on this match.
01:00:41
Gary Yeh
Yeah, Panthers just a little bit too good. hey Very tight game. was that Cleary and Luay matchup. But yeah, I think we cover covered it before, just that that call.
01:00:54
Gary Yeh
You can't blame the refs, but yeah, just that final call, the the difference between the two.
01:01:02
tacklesandtinnies
Yep, for sure. Again, disappointing that the refs potentially changed the outcome of a game like that. But again, the better team always wins. Gary, you got the last game, mate?
01:01:13
Gary Yeh
Yeah, the Bulldogs, they versed the Eels. And it was a thirty thirty to twelve Bulldogs. was a Monday game, which is interesting.
01:01:24
tacklesandtinnies
Yep.
01:01:24
Gary Yeh
But yeah, Galvin, he's his ah grand stage, he scored a try in the 73rd minute to cap off a composed performance in just his second... ah ah NRL appearance for the Bulldogs.
01:01:38
Gary Yeh
Coach Cameron Seraldo praised the young playmaker post-match and he was quoted saying, every session he's got better, he's earned his spot and he delivered.
01:01:48
Gary Yeh
But Burton's brilliance. He opened the scoring in the seventh minute and he was instrumental throughout, combining well with Galvin and Stephen Crichton. umm Speaking a critter, he added four conversions and a penalty goal, finishing with 10 points overall.
01:02:05
Gary Yeh
Kick out, a bit of a mixed bag for him, but he scored a powerful try in the 60th minute, but also spent 10 minutes in the bin for a professional foul in the first half. But Eel's effort, they just fall short. They were level at 12 all at halftime, and thanks to tries from Mitchell Moses and Dylan Walker, but they just couldn't match the Bulldogs' second-half intensity.
01:02:27
Gary Yeh
But, Rye, what do you reckon? How far can this spine of the Bulldogs go in 2025? Talked about a little bit of that, like, Lockie Galvin kind of fiasco.
01:02:37
tacklesandtinnies
Yeah.
01:02:40
Gary Yeh
Yeah, what do you reckon?
01:02:42
tacklesandtinnies
Yeah. Again, the doggies, they're number one for reason, mate. They're built really good defensive systems. And again, that's proving again with that score line.
01:02:55
tacklesandtinnies
they're not letting anyone in. They're just so, so good. And whoever is out that week, someone comes up and just absolutely does a job. but And again, great culture and Lockie Galvin, half the reason why I leave the Tigers was a culture.
01:03:07
tacklesandtinnies
He's going to one of the best cultures in the league. So if that's what he wanted, he's certainly getting that. Yeah, again, we sort of touched on that earlier in the news around the ground is about where Galvin is going to be playing. So, again, guys, you can go back to that part of the section.
01:03:21
tacklesandtinnies
I probably see him playing at halfback or lock or utility next five weeks. But, again, Sexton, Marnie, they're always going to be losing their spot or getting pushed back to the bench.
01:03:33
tacklesandtinnies
But for Parramatta, mate, who knows? Again, Mitchell Moses has obviously obviously been dealing with this injury with his calf and now he's out for origin. could have been one of the issues why they didn't win this game.
01:03:46
tacklesandtinnies
They've been hit and miss. Obviously, look like a different team with Mitchell Moses back in the squad and Josh Adokar and the likes of that, but they're not a top eight team. Let's be real. And again, they're best in the the Bulldogs. They're the best team in the comp.
01:03:58
tacklesandtinnies
So not much to say there, mate. But really good to see at the core stadium. And we mentioned news around the ground. They got like up to 65,000 tickets sold, but they're actually selling those tickets for like $10 a pop, Gaz.
01:04:11
tacklesandtinnies
And they've done that earlier on the season, And that's why they're getting those huge crowd numbers. More teams should be doing it, especially these Sydney teams and these huge stadiums that are like 80,000 plus or 50,000 plus stadiums.
01:04:23
tacklesandtinnies
They're like a quarter to a third full. Put $10 tickets out, mate, and the people will come.
01:04:28
Gary Yeh
Yeah, it's excellent. It's great value too, you know?
01:04:29
tacklesandtinnies
Simple as that.
01:04:31
Gary Yeh
Like if you were in Sydney and you're an NRL supporter, you'd go and support your team.
01:04:33
tacklesandtinnies
Yep.
01:04:36
Gary Yeh
It's great.
01:04:38
tacklesandtinnies
yeah But even you're not going for the team, like especially in Sydney, there's so many different teams around the local areas there. You could take your family, like and that's affordable for a family. like Again, the NRL's got it backwards sometimes, but it's good to see games like this where they are giving back to the fans.
01:04:56
tacklesandtinnies
Now, that's the the round 14 wrap-up. But, Gary, we're going straight into our tips, mate, and see what happens here.
01:05:00
Gary Yeh
get into Okay.
01:05:03
tacklesandtinnies
But Knights versus Manly, and that was, again, that was the same time last week. But Manly, we both tipped, and we got that wrong. Knights them in golden point. Storm versus Cowboys, we both tipped the Storm. They won.
01:05:15
tacklesandtinnies
Fins versus Dragons, we both tipped the Fins. They won. Sharkies versus the Wars. So I tipped the Wars, and you tipped the Sharks. I got one on you there.
01:05:22
Gary Yeh
No, no, no, no.
01:05:24
tacklesandtinnies
I went back from my original strategy of the reverse tipping of the Broncos Titans. So i should have tipped the Broncos. But me and you, Gary, we're loyal Titans supporters. We tipped the Titans. They lost.
01:05:35
tacklesandtinnies
Raiders versus Rabbitohs. We both tipped the Raiders. Tigers, Panthers. Both at the Panthers. And Dogs, Eelors. Both tipped the Dogs. Bold predictions. IR said Cleary was going to score 100 plus on Supercoach. He did not do that.
01:05:47
tacklesandtinnies
I instantly got this one when we were recording last week. So one game to go into golden points. I got one bonus point there. And the other one I said was Money Man, Torpilotto, to do his cash money try celebration, but obviously you had that hamstring injury, so didn't get that one.
01:06:00
Gary Yeh
Oh, no.
01:06:02
tacklesandtinnies
Gary, you said Big Tino to get 100 points in Supercoach. You did not get that. You said the wing is a storm place to score and storm to win 12 plus. You didn't get that one. And the Rabbitohs, with AJ scoring two tries, you didn't get that one.
01:06:15
tacklesandtinnies
So... Gary, for round 14, you got five points. I got seven points, which means overall for the season, I'm on 57. I'm sorry, you're on 57 and I'm on 62.
01:06:26
tacklesandtinnies
sixty two That gap is widening ever so slightly, Gary.
01:06:28
Gary Yeh
oh no
01:06:30
tacklesandtinnies
Thoughts.
01:06:31
Gary Yeh
You can have 57, right? I'll take 62.
01:06:35
tacklesandtinnies
Ha ha ha. Ha ha.
01:06:36
Gary Yeh
No, I'm subconsciously, I better start training. I've been late lately. I better get back.
01:06:43
tacklesandtinnies
so
01:06:43
Gary Yeh
I better get on my bike. No. That'll be...
01:06:48
tacklesandtinnies
I'll be supporting mate. I'll be feeding nuggets to get your protein on the on the ride, mate.
01:06:51
Gary Yeh
yeah I will, i i mean, if I have to run, i reckon it'd be fun. We'll do it for fun. We'll do it for the listeners too. The listeners that are out there, you can watch Gaz and Payne.
01:07:01
tacklesandtinnies
Got that dog. Got that dog in him. All right, guys. We've got capital fact here for round 15. So this is our chat GPT prediction, guys.
01:07:14
tacklesandtinnies
um We'll go 1-4-1 here, Gaz. So this will be interesting because the game just happened. So let's see if ChatGPT got it. The Thursday night game, so Sharks versus Dragons. Sharks bounced back after last week's embarrassment with a gritty win at home.
01:07:28
tacklesandtinnies
They predicted Sharks to win by 8 points. So they won by 12 points, but pretty good. So that actually was fact. So well done.
01:07:38
tacklesandtinnies
Gary, you can read the next one.
01:07:38
Gary Yeh
Yes, the Titans and Sea Eagles. That's tomorrow night. So the prediction from Chachi Patee was Sea Eagles by 10.
01:07:52
Gary Yeh
Wait, was is is this already done, Ryan? Yeah.
01:07:56
tacklesandtinnies
No, so it's saying pros and cons. So the Seagulls' spine clicks just in time to edge the high-scoring affair, but potentially the the fact would be the Titans have conceded 30-plus points.
01:08:06
Gary Yeh
yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So the prediction from ChatGPT is equals by 10. So what do we reckon? Are we seeing cap or fact for this?
01:08:18
tacklesandtinnies
I'm saying the Seagulls will win, so I'm going to say fact.
01:08:21
Gary Yeh
Ooh. See, I tipped the Titans again this week. I'm going to say that is a cap. Yeah.
01:08:32
tacklesandtinnies
and jerryry yeah
01:08:32
Gary Yeh
and
01:08:33
tacklesandtinnies
Next game, we've got the Knights versus the Roosters on the Saturday night. So the cap section is the Knights ride their golden point momentum during the home upset. And the facts are that Caelan Ponga has six try assists in the last three games against the Roosters.
01:08:46
tacklesandtinnies
So Chachipiti has predicted the Knights by four points and Caelan Ponga is the man to watch, which is impossible because he is at Origin. Chachipiti, you're a bot. So for that reason, I'm going to say
01:08:59
Gary Yeh
Yeah, I'm with you there, right, Cap?
01:09:00
tacklesandtinnies
cat
01:09:01
Gary Yeh
Yeah. yeah
01:09:03
tacklesandtinnies
Good job, ChattyPT.
01:09:03
Gary Yeh
yeah
01:09:07
tacklesandtinnies
yeah, I think Bruce is going to be too clinical, mate. They're obviously losing couple of their boys, but I think the biggest thing for the Knights here is that Fletcher Sharp, who is their 5'8 when Pong is there but goes to fullback, he's a game-time decision tomorrow. He's going to do their captain's run.
01:09:21
tacklesandtinnies
He's got some sort of imagery that hasn't been disclosed yet, be very interesting.
01:09:25
Gary Yeh
Cowboys versus Dolphins on Saturday and so the cap is the Dolphins forward pack they dominate late to steal it in Townsville fact the Cowboys have lost four of their last five at home so the prediction from Chatibit is Dolphins by six I'm going to say facts I agree with Chatibit here what about you
01:09:49
tacklesandtinnies
Yeah, I'm 100% on board with that one, mate. I think Finn's up, baby.
01:09:55
tacklesandtinnies
And I've got Herbie Farmworth and Osako in my team this week for Supercoach. So I definitely need the Dolphins to pop off.
01:10:00
Gary Yeh
Yeah. Turn him on.
01:10:04
tacklesandtinnies
And again, since this is the second major buy-around, reduced schedule. So the last game of the round is the Rabbitohs versus the Bulldogs at a core stadium. cap section is the Bulldogs continue their surge with another statement win. And the facts are the Rabbitohs are plus 7 points at the last 8 games.
01:10:21
tacklesandtinnies
The prediction Bulldogs by 14 points and players to watch is Lockie Galvin. I'm going to say fact. Bulldogs will certainly beat the Rabbitohs.
01:10:32
Gary Yeh
yeah i'm saying the same thing and that's because rabbit is there they're missing a couple of marquee players with big luttrell so yeah big loss
01:10:41
tacklesandtinnies
Yep. Yep.
01:10:45
tacklesandtinnies
Easy decision. So, Gary, I've got my tips here, but I'll fill yours in as we're going. Sharks, Dragons, who did would you have tipped?
01:10:51
Gary Yeh
Yeah.
01:10:52
tacklesandtinnies
Obviously, we know the result.
01:10:52
Gary Yeh
I went Sharks for that one.
01:10:55
tacklesandtinnies
Yep.
01:10:57
Gary Yeh
have the to-do.
01:10:57
tacklesandtinnies
Titans, Manly. Tipped
01:10:59
Gary Yeh
Always time. Do it.
01:11:01
tacklesandtinnies
straighter than me.
01:11:01
Gary Yeh
Do it.
01:11:03
tacklesandtinnies
Knights versus Roosters.
01:11:05
Gary Yeh
Roosters for that one. Too good for the notes.
01:11:09
tacklesandtinnies
And fit cowboys sign fins, saying fins?
01:11:10
Gary Yeh
Finzia. Yeah. Yeah.
01:11:13
tacklesandtinnies
And dogs versus rabbits, dogs?
01:11:14
Gary Yeh
yeah
01:11:17
tacklesandtinnies
right, guys, if you haven't got your bold predictions, just start thinking, but I'll read out mine quick.
01:11:19
Gary Yeh
yeah
01:11:21
tacklesandtinnies
So my three bold predictions are Tommy Turbo making return at fullback, so he's going to score 100-plus points on Supercoach against the Gold Coast Titans.
01:11:28
Gary Yeh
Ooh,
01:11:30
tacklesandtinnies
I got one player in the entire round to score a hat trick, and I got no player to hurt their hamstring this week.
01:11:35
Gary Yeh
o that's like that's a good one.
01:11:37
tacklesandtinnies
Bit an interesting one.
01:11:37
Gary Yeh
i like that. Thinking, thinking, thinking. I'm going to go... Ooh, like these real far left field but odd ones, but Titans, for Titans manly, just to spruce it up a bit when we're watching the game.
01:11:48
tacklesandtinnies
Yep.
01:11:52
Gary Yeh
I'm going to go...
01:11:53
tacklesandtinnies
Yep.
01:11:54
Gary Yeh
going to get any back in the Titans to score 100 plus.
01:12:02
Gary Yeh
Because I'm tipping the Titans to spice it up a bit.
01:12:02
tacklesandtinnies
Oh, okay.
01:12:07
Gary Yeh
Hopefully, Brian Kelly's listening and he's going to pull his finger out and do a couple of tries and run meters and just kill it.
01:12:15
tacklesandtinnies
Yep.
01:12:18
Gary Yeh
Please, Brian Kelly, please. Second one,
01:12:25
Gary Yeh
I'm going to go to the Cowboys-Dolphins game. I think that's going a really close one. I'm going to go exact scoreline for that one.
01:12:30
tacklesandtinnies
Yep.
01:12:35
Gary Yeh
Let's go Dolphins up by to win by exactly four.
01:12:35
tacklesandtinnies
Okay.
01:12:41
Gary Yeh
cross
01:12:42
tacklesandtinnies
Sweet.
01:12:43
Gary Yeh
And then lastly, let's go to the last game of the round, rabbits versus dogs. I'm going to say
01:12:53
Gary Yeh
doggies. I'm going to say forward, ah ah forward, any forward from the dogs to score a double.
01:13:03
Gary Yeh
Two tries.
01:13:06
tacklesandtinnies
Yeah, well, Jacob Preston's back this week, mate, and he's a pretty dynamic edge forward.
01:13:10
Gary Yeh
Nice.
01:13:11
tacklesandtinnies
So tell you what, that's probably not a good little smoky tip there. Well, that's our ah bold predictions and tips for round 15. And we're in our final segment, Gazzy. We're on the Tinney Awards for round 14. So the Hit Stick Award goes to Big Nass from the Melbourne Storm. So Big Nelson set the tone early, as we mentioned earlier, against the Cowboys.
01:13:31
tacklesandtinnies
We're a brutal opening stint and a fire response to a chicken wing tackle on Viamily Vilea. Again, we had mentioned earlier, he launched the ball and was ready to punch his face. So again, the Hit Stick Award definitely goes to Big Nelson.
01:13:45
tacklesandtinnies
The Hidden Gem Award. was no real standouts here, but I thought Fletcher Hunt from the Newcastle Knights, again, as we were filming last week, he was the one who did the tap back to Caelan Ponga for that match-winning try.
01:13:56
tacklesandtinnies
He's only probably less than a handful of first-grade games. So well done, Fletcher Hunt. Now, was a tough one to pick. So the Not So Supercoach Award. We've got Doreen Buller, who got 22 points.
01:14:08
tacklesandtinnies
He's priced at 625K. We've got Jaden Campbell, who got 27 points. He's priced at 701K. And then we could also go Selwyn Cobbo, who's like 500 plus K, and he got dropped completely.
01:14:21
tacklesandtinnies
any of those boys, they will probably get the r Not So Supercoach play the round. And the Supercoach play the round. Easy one here. Went to Tommy Jenkins from the Penrith Panthers. it got 151 points on Supercoach, and he's valued at 481K.
01:14:36
tacklesandtinnies
Casey McGluehans, as Chris likes to call him, was not so gluey this week because Thomas Jenkins got three tries and five line breaks and 12 tackle busts. Holy moly.
01:14:46
tacklesandtinnies
That's an impressive run. i mentioned As I mentioned earlier, the bloke needs a tinny award has now been officially renamed until proven otherwise, but it's Dez Hasler needs a tinny award.
01:14:57
Gary Yeh
Thank you.
01:14:58
tacklesandtinnies
So Dez Hasler, another tough loss against the Broncos. What else more to say? you guys know what the Titans are. They're an absolute barsick case at the moment. And the Golden Tinny Award goes to my boy Jerome Hughes from the Melbourne Storm.
01:15:12
tacklesandtinnies
No one came close to my eyes. He was everywhere. he was doing everything, and he made the Cowboys look second rate. And again, Craig Bellamy said he looked like his old self ah again. So well done, Jerome Hughes. You got the illustrious and MVP. You got the Golden Tinny for round 14. Well done, mate.
01:15:29
tacklesandtinnies
Gazzy, I think you might agree on with this one, but the match to watch for round 15, probably a bit of bias here, but the Cowboys versus the Dolphins. Thoughts on that?
01:15:36
Gary Yeh
Yeah, love it. i agree. yeah All Queensland game. Kind of like the Titans-Broncos, but Cowboys-Dolphins.
01:15:42
tacklesandtinnies
Yep.
01:15:45
Gary Yeh
But up the fins.
01:15:45
tacklesandtinnies
Yep.
01:15:46
Gary Yeh
Fins up.
01:15:46
tacklesandtinnies
Yep. W1 real game.
01:15:47
Gary Yeh
Yeah. Fins up.
01:15:48
tacklesandtinnies
Thins up.
01:15:51
tacklesandtinnies
So, Gazzy, we powered through, and that's our potty for tonight. We're finishing up around 10 o'clock on a Thursday on a school night. So I'm doing it for you guys, the listeners.
01:16:00
Gary Yeh
Yeah.
01:16:01
tacklesandtinnies
But as I do every single week, guys, I'm going to do my plug for the Fantasy Files. So for those who don't know, the Fantasy Files our Supercoach-based podcast. Normally, it's Chris, Jake, Adam, and sometimes Andrew.
01:16:12
tacklesandtinnies
We talk and talk all things Supercoach. if you're into your fantasy sports, that's definitely the one to go to. Those guys are really, really good. Adam's like ranked 17th in Australia. Chris is like 1,500.
01:16:23
tacklesandtinnies
I'm casually 2,800. So some good tips there. And Jake's just there for head head. He's there for the cash money. So, but yeah, so always a good laugh. But Gary, you're a legend, mate. We love you.
01:16:35
tacklesandtinnies
last words?
01:16:36
Gary Yeh
No, thanks for having us, Ray. It's great to be a part of the podcast. And yeah, hopefully everyone that's listening can shout out if anyone needs any advice on any niggling injuries, anything like that, any injuries that are interesting to them or anything they want to know more about, just um a comment.
01:16:57
Gary Yeh
I'll try and get back to them.
01:16:58
tacklesandtinnies
yeah
01:17:00
tacklesandtinnies
Yeah, great shout, great shout. And again, guys, you can comment on any of our social platforms, whether that's Instagram, TikTok, okay, there are short form videos of YouTube shorts as well. But again, obviously, you can listen to us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify.
01:17:13
tacklesandtinnies
But again, guys, I say it every week, but if I don't say it, doesn't happen. Again, you got to manifest this stuff. But If you guys don't like, you guys don't comment, you guys don't share, or you guys don't give the five-star ratings, we don't get put in the algorithm. There's so many other podcasters who fantastic job talking about NRL.
01:17:30
tacklesandtinnies
But Gary, myself, we're having a crack. We're trying to break the matrix here. So again, get around us. Show some love on social media. And that's Tackles and Tinnies, episode 16, round 15 wrap up.
01:17:44
tacklesandtinnies
Love you guys. See you next week. Up the Maroons.
01:17:46
Gary Yeh
have them around. Let's go.
01:17:49
tacklesandtinnies
Let's go.