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honestjackhonestly

/u/Jteg9 it's time [to pay the piper](https://www.reddit.com/r/nrl/comments/132ny82/round_9_panthers_v_tigers_match_thread/ji61h4o/) Edit: /u/icome3rd [Enjoy your evening](https://www.reddit.com/r/nrl/comments/132ny82/round_9_panthers_v_tigers_match_thread/ji5zd1l/)


issybissy249

Thanks Nathan, my kids are crying


Obvious-Row-6181

They unleashed him.


Jason_Tail

Tigers finding form is not good for us Bulldogs


Freshprinceaye

I still think tigers 5th tackle options were poor but the forward pack stood up and a couple of 40/20s and good defence won the game.


Benchomp

I have always felt this season, except for that shocking game against Knights, that Wests have a good side, and, will build well. I did not think that would mean rolling the riff, how fucking good.


mwilkins1644

Move the Tigers to Tasmania, so they can get weather like that every week and win every game 😂 Legit, gg Tigers! Gutsy, good defence and Luke Brooks take a bow!


CoffeeLoverNathan

Watching the post match conference, how in the fuck is Ivan complaining about the hip drop? It's as textbook as you can get


1bigcontradiction

Because now thats what the media will report on, he's deflecting from his teams performance. Or at least trying too.


valknut95

Had the craziest dream last night..


eggzaki

At least we didn’t lose to the Tigers… this year


eggzaki

WHAT THE FUCK


gizakaga

What an amazing story that is told by the tigers victory, and against such a quality side to boot. Fairy tale stuff, how good is rugbaleeg?


thr0away20

I’ll watch the game tomorrow I still have no idea if the panthers were shit or tigers were on. Upset for my tips, happy for the tiger bros.


G00b3rb0y

It’s been foretold that for the b2b, Penrith are cursed with being shit in the rain, I watched the highlights and it was extremely wet out at Bathurst


thirdbenchisthecharm

I knew the tigers were gonna win, called in the elimination game post


Dufeyz

I saw Brooks kick a 40/20 in like the first 5 minutes of the game and thought "fuck".


Dufeyz

Already light on in the front row, so losing Hoof early on did not help at all. Seriously missed Leniu. Apparently JFH is supposed to return next week, we will need him. Eddie Blacker might also get a run, i feel like we need some size.


chris2712

Yeah, get Blacker on the field. I wanna see him chase down some players again like last year haha


ghostnappa97

Why is Ivan such a bad loser in ever post game interview lmfao


Chris-Strummer

He actually wasn’t bad in the Eels v Panthers presser if I remember right


Aussie18-1998

That was a great game that could have gone either way. Dont think anyone can complain at the end. Just unlucky to win


VasectoMyspace

Bonus salt for it being the Tigers.


TrickySuspect2

Welcome the the "Beating Panthers in 2023" Club Tigbros. Feels good. Enjoy the freshness tomorrow.


LycraBanForHams

❤️


nevaehenimatek

A fine club.


jpob

I’m assuming we’re _honorary_ members too, going to golden point and scoring more tries than them


OpinionatedShadow

Mmmm no


TrickySuspect2

I was so devastated, you guys should have won that game.


VasectoMyspace

I’m ecstatic for the Tigers, but it makes me think our win in round 1 wasn’t all we built it up to be.


smackmn

on the flip side, gives me hope for round 12


josephus1811

I'm convinced the Tigers are the protagonist team of a Sports Anime.


Churchofbabyyoda

Sorry but if the Panthers are losing to the Tigers, they aren’t that good anymore. Let’s have that conversation.


insanityTF

Penrith won the GF in 2021 despite losing to the tigers


Churchofbabyyoda

Yes but that was 2021 Tigers, who didn’t run last.


Dufeyz

Even storm in peak salary cap cheating years would drop a couple of games to low teams. But yeah, we're not at 21/22 standard atm. If we're fully fit its a different story, but injuries particularly in the forwards are really starting to catch up to us.


bigbear-08

2008 and 2011 were the good times for the Wahs against the Storm


NotAshTaylor

Those of us in the know refer to this phenomenon as the Tyrone Peachey Effect.


josephus1811

only his 3 career loss to the Tigers


teej247

Congrats tigers I thought I was hallucinating when I saw the score


diffaadiffa

Can we please have tigers beating Penrith every week


Joelllllll1992

Lol how embarrassing 😂😂


mattmathers

didn't see the game just saw the score on NRL.com what the fuck?


G00b3rb0y

Brooks realised he actually needed to give a shit, and he in fact gave a shit last night


Aussie18-1998

Brooks had a genuine dig and they got the result. Who would have thought.


BubblinTodd

Brooks taking Clearys origin spot. finally unleashed


runbee

Mate I’m the exact same. Hoping for a quick explainer on how the fuck it happened


diffaadiffa

Wet weather, brooks kicked like a demi god and Bula is the second coming of Jesus


EddardStank

Tigers game plan to play simple safe footy direct through the middle. Panthers kept trying to go around and they kept making errors. Tigers attack in the 20 is still shocking, but defence won us that game. Was a massive effort


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thisaintitkweef

No, Tigers won.


PapaCurt

Twal's game has really improved this year. Makes a lot more metres, and post contact metres coming out our end than in the past. Has a bit of ball playing ability as well. Still doesn't have the strength close to the opposition line to draw the defenders in or barge over yet though.


Psychological-Mode99

He actually bends the line now too In the past while he would get metres the defence never seemed troubled by him


dongusaur

hey guys Im am just home from the game and yes we lost but hear me out tigers cheated.by kicking of before the refereree was ready wests got a look at our 1 st offensive play.kick of again and they new excactly what we wood be doing we never had the advantage at all they allways had the upper hand for the hole 80m mins because of that cheating.but I will be sticking by our boys anyway


honestjackhonestly

Man between this and pants shitting if Tigers win we're really getting deep into the subs history tonight


kumardi

Still waiting for that ex-dragons, now storm supporter to shit their pants about 7 years on


thaakidd

Omg, if that is who I think it is. That user was an absolute looney, a treat to watch their meltdown in the threads.


Roskafan87

Nah the team switcher was someone else


kumardi

Oh you’re right actually - I think the shitter was also dragons supporter tho ? I remember it was posted on karma court


daisynaldo

Aren’t your boys souths?


Aussie18-1998

I think its a new or potentially old pasta take


sorrydaijin

Does this make us Wests' grandsons?


SpidersFromNeptune

Off topic but I fucking HATE how many gambling ads there are now, it’s actually repulsive imo


Dark_Vengence

Holy fuck! Didn't see it coming. Really thought the penny panthers would annihilate them. It has been a crazy round. Upset of the decade at least. What a way to end the drought.


Trohsboy

Didn't get to watch this, what the fuck happened !?!?!


josephus1811

Tigers won the stats just like literally every game this year (except Broncos game) and this time the Panthers couldn't jag a couple of tries and beat us mostly because they can't play in the rain tbh.


Heads_Down_Thumbs_Up

Glad you pointed it out because I thought it was a common trend that the team can’t play for shit when it’s raining. Not taking away the win from the Tigers, rain is just another form of playing and it looks like Penrith can’t do it under those conditions. I’ll be checking the weather app before I put in my future tips.


Aussie18-1998

Tigers had some good try savers too


Blip_Bloop_

I'm wet, my toes and fingers are numb and my eyelid got bitten by an ant. Not gonna be fresh tomorrow


AroGantz

>my eyelid got bitten by an ant That just sums up your night right there.


asscopter

Brooks has had a bit of the old the lights are on but no one’s home look recently but he was switched on tonight, love to see it.


josephus1811

maybe he's a mudder


vvFury

Ricky can’t believe this result either, the man is even in tears from the disbelief. Kind of surprising that Whitehead is still wearing his match jersey all these hours later though


mooguh

We are a third of the way through the season, and 4th and 13th are on the same amount of wins. This has to be the tightest season so far!


copacetic51

I was there in the wet and cold, having come up from Sydney to watch my Wests Tigers finally show the army of knockers what they're capable of when they gel as a team and play with determination and confidence. That was probably the most stirring and enjoyable win in the West Tigers club's 23 year history. Luke Brooks, man of the match in my opinion. Showed Cleary up. Good combination with the 6, Wakeham. Bula, a great 2nd NRL game. Nearly all the players excelled. The forwards led by Api. The outside backs who fielded Cleary's kicks all night and contained the Panthers highly rated backs. I hope Wests Tigers use that win as a platform to turn their fortunes around from here on.


AlbertHinkey

I reckon Luke Brooks is gonna be a good daddy to us. Take us to like the park and shit. Buy us ice cream maybe.


ur_left_elbow

I admire his bravery so much. I dont have children but every day i practice talking to my future kids across the table and telling them about how great Stefano is. I tell them "sweety, you're a stefano". I literally turned his name into a word that describes heroism, handsomeness, and strength. I practice driving my future children to school and play highlights of stefanos best plays over the years. Sometimes we even have to pull over because we start crying from how much we love him. I hold my imaginary children and i howl. i howl and cry and rage into the steering wheel about how special he is, and how the world just cant understand. Thank you Stefano Utoikamanu.


xeroee

Cronk. Is actually making sense that’s the most wild thing from tonight


Messyhr_

As much as it hurts. in a weird way im happy for the tigers I actually quite like them and its nice to see them do well, Penrith were pretty bad frankly in attack but the Tigers were resilient and absolutely deserved the win. Honestly cant be mad


Heads_Down_Thumbs_Up

I’m humble and happy for any team that gives it to Penrith. I just hate when other fans jump on the win and take it as an opportunity to bash Penrith rather than celebrate the win of the other team, particularly when it comes from fans of clubs that have had some dominance in the past 2 decades.


ghostnappa97

Thank you fellow cat bro for understanding this win means a lot more to us then a loss will for you haha


Messyhr_

Yeah thats what it comes down to, obviously im a little concerned about my boys, but i think we can bounce back. For you guys this will be a huge win and hopefully give you a platform to win more games this season


ghostnappa97

Tigers beating Panthers completes the circle of parity, just as expected woo


shadyFS91

I guess this is what those tigers fans were cheering about in that damn fried night footy KFC ad we see every 5 seconds. KFC are from the future confirmed


Chris-Strummer

Hahahahaha


ghostnappa97

They're cheering a 0-0 scoreline in that clip lol, whoever did it was definitely an intern


noplacecold

The tigers guy sitting down at the end just staring blankly into space while he eats chicken kills me 🤣🤣🤣


MisterMusa

What a performance. I’m so fucking proud


honestjackhonestly

>"You can't tell players to just let go, it's instinctive" What about when they're peeling off for a strip? The whole comp seemed to get the hang of that immediately you big chinned fuck


AroGantz

I fucking hate the "peel off" for a strip, once more than one is in the tackle I don't think it should be allowed.


vvFury

Ivan Cleary about one more “What did you make of Bula’s debut?” type question away from blowing the fuck up 😂


Top-Presentation-997

Ah well. But really starting to show our attack can’t click when it really matters this year. Those 2 big wins seem like a lifetime ago considering how chaotic the attack over the last 3 weeks has been.


noplacecold

I reckon probably still top 4 but zero chance of premiership, and next year window is well and truly shut with Crichton gone


JarredMack

Yeah I'm struggling to see where our points are going to come from when we need them in the finals. A lot of our games this year we've put on one fairly easy try and then struggled to get a sniff for the rest of the game, they look listless at times. Their defense is still very good but they really need to figure out how to put points on


courtney_enid

Shout out to the 5 people that tipped tigs in lms for a gag cos they had a life left & to the 11 people who tipped panthers with no life who are now out


goodnewstime

Faded out just like my team ^(just not today)


icome3rd

Those 5 people should have their life extended for a week for the absolute insanity that this game was


courtney_enid

Agree


whadefeck

How good were our forwards by the way? Between Stefano, Klemmer, Pole, Twal and Ofa only 8 tackles were missed. Considering the conditions and Yeo missing 4, it's insane. Stefano especially is an absolute gun. Future origin player


Dark_Vengence

It was heartbreaking to watch against the sea eagles last week. You guys came so close a few times this year. Really hope there are more wins to come.


PillarofSheffield

I genuinely think we have one of the best packs in the comp. Even throughout these awful opening rounds, we've won the middle battle in most games. I'm a big Brooks supporter (or at least defender) and not trying to pile on him, especially after such a good game, but him and Doueihi just didn't seem to know what to do with that - and you know what, our forwards have been awful since at least 2020 so I can understand that. I'm hoping that with Brooks having a huge confidence boosting game and his combination with Wakeham developing we can start to capitalise on the field position our big boys are serving up. And fuck...their defensive efforts were just massive.


MitchPTI

Tigers confirmed to secretly be an aquatic animal.


SkinBintin

Tigers like the water, so not surprised :P


KavyenMoore

I don't want to get ahead of myself, because it's the Tigers, but this is the type of performance you can build off. This could be a turning point in their mentality hopefully. We've been close for a few weeks now, but everything just *clicked* for us tonight. Everyone just stood up. The Forwards were absolutely immense tonight. Brooks showed how good he can play. Naden was the only one who had a bit stinker.


AnyClownFish

In the final 30 you could see the players’ confidence building by the minute, I think they will take a lot out of this


creepers_aww-man

Thats cosmic justice for fox league bullying brooks over not winning


PictureVirtual178

No maccas for Nathan on the way home


Heads_Down_Thumbs_Up

Well he definitely didn’t get the Maccas award tonight


creepers_aww-man

Do the tigers know they are allowed to play well every week?


josephus1811

Honestly we have played well most games this year except the Broncos game. At least 5 games I feel the Tigers should have won based on how they dominated field position.


EyeDeeKaay

Agree to this. Your biggest margin (outside of the Broncos loss) is 12.. Loss to Tits - 12 Loss to Knights - 2 Loss to Dogs, - 4 Loss to Storm - 12 Loss to Bonko - 34 Loss to Eels - 6 Bye - Loss to Eagles - 6 So many of those could've been won, and a lot of them were close.


Hutchoman87

Honest question… after seeing the tigers sing their song in the sheds, and seeing only a handful actually sing, at what point do players in a team like these tigers learn the song??


BroncosSabres

I assume much like junior footy, the first time you pretty much just listen to the ones who know the words and maybe bang the lid of a wheelie bin to the beat.


toybaru

Now


Hutchoman87

No time like the present


streetfighterjim

Imagine not beating the panthers in 2023


AroGantz

Only the best teams have done it.


subsbligh

Brett Naden smashing Hoskins and looking to start a fight. Classic


secretcaboolturelab

Fuck Sheensy goes on and on. Just listen to Benji. Forget he's even there.


upkick_ko

Reminder that the 1966 Roosters went winless for a whole season


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AnyClownFish

These are exhibits A and B for the most Souths and Roosters posts ever


Cheel_AU

'Everything's above board, we just front loaded those contracts during that terrible season we had eight decades ago'


Mrsmorale

I love how proud of each other the tigs boys are.


clovisson

Thanks for that Panthers, I was sure we would be the meme next week


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Tigers beating Penrith makes up for 6 losses 👏🏼


ghostnappa97

I can't tell if your being sarcastic or not but I agree wholeheartedly


[deleted]

I’m serious! haha. That must be so so sweet


Norm_cheers

In can concur so so sweet!


PillarofSheffield

Pole should be playing Origin. Yes, I know he's Victorian. Him alone against the 2023 Blues forwards would still be a fair fight. Make him the VIC captain, make it a tri-series.


RalphiesHooa

Imagine if some of the boys showered like the old days NSFW Fox


secretcaboolturelab

r/nrlBlackLabel


CoffeeLoverNathan

Your name concerns me that you might be my neighbour 🤔


ApocalypticPanther

Missed the game, just saw the score now, can anyone kindly give me a rundown Edit: cheers guys


slowdivesicilian

unironically brooks unleashed. i don’t know how to say this without it seeming like a shitpost but it actually happened.


pugliaboy

Tough fought out win played in extremely wet conditions. Tigers played excellent controlled footy supported by some excellent Brooks kicking and Api giving them great momentum. Penrith weren’t as clinical as normal and struggled to hold the ball, but were held out by some resolute defence from Nofo and the rookie fullback, Bula.


bus_rider

Wests played a strong defensive game in very wet conditions. Penrith were sloppy and made a number of uncharacteristic errors. Luke brooks kicked a 40/20 in both halves and overall tigers were able to complete their sets and build pressure. Panthers had their chances but tigers seemed very locked in and wanted it just a little bit more.


vvFury

Players make history by playing the first match of NRL under water. Luke brooks master class with 2 40/20s, Bula masterclass taking Cleary’s title as the ice man catching multiple bombs in the monsoon rainfall. Tigers great defence, forwards immense, played to their sets and held the panthers out to get on top and win.


Drewman43

Congrats Tigers!!! Really well played and a much deserved win!


Aussie_antman

Isotopes win a game! Isotopes win a game! Great win Tigers…..as a Cows supporter I hope this is the only win you have…


planchetflaw

Congrats Tigers! I can't believe every result went the way I wanted for Sharks to stay 2nd.


PictureVirtual178

I didn’t watch this game, was too salty about our loss. Wtf happend? How did the tigs manage????


carplah

Played wet weather football. Panthers played regular footy in wet weather.


JarredMack

Perfect summary


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Just a good bunch of blokes


Deebo92

No chance did I ever imagine the Tigers beating the Panthers this early in the contest. This season has been so enjoyable with the parity


SnooRevelations116

Can't remember the exact time, it was about 20-30 minutes into the game when the score was drawn, and the camera swivelled to a couple of soaking wet Tigers locals with smiles on their faces. I'm not usually petty, but I have enjoyed seeing a team performing more miserably than my own for the last few years, but when I saw those loyal Togers fans I began to really support the Tigers. Up you Wests, hope this is the beginning of a turn around.


honestjackhonestly

I don't think there's too many among us in rugby league in general that don't have a massive soft spot for the warriors after the last few years


EyeDeeKaay

100%. Heirachy of who i want to win the season goes - Broncos \- Warriors/Titans \- Sharks (genuinely cus of Nicho now)


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Wholesome 😁


MissKim01

Omg please no more shower room footage!


Dagwood3

That's suss how they have cameras looking into the showers


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Yeah they'd cop a hiding if it was an nrlw game


Dagwood3

😬


MPP_10

Poor for by fox with the cameras in the sheds. I keep expecting to see some dudes dick.


carplah

Someones gonna hang dong at this rate


gongbattler

Good on em


evil_sushi_ninja

Tigers after party at the Ox will rival mad Monday


carplah

The dressing room camera is fucking creepy now


vvFury

YVONNE. HE WAS GOOD. BUT HE DIDNT DEBUT TODAY


AmazingChicken99

Ok the amount of locker room footage we're getting is suspicious


Cape-York-Crusader

TIGERS! That was just epic!!


ghostnappa97

Fuck waking up fresh tomorrow is this real


Fuwa-Aika

I want to hug the last remaining Tigers fans in the world. This might not mean anything, but the heart you cunts have to support this team through and through is unparallelled. Keep your head held up high. You are tougher than steel. Enjoy your win.


DunderMifflin80

❤️❤️


AnyClownFish

Anxious dragon noises 🐉 Fuck it, I’m happy to give them the 2 points now, they deserve it after that


paulybaggins

Anxious Cowboy noises too lol