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The Tip Sheet is ready to close the books on the 2025 NRL & NRLW seasons after the Brisbane Broncos secured the premiership in both competitions. Sixties and Forty20 farewell another crazy year of domestic footy but there is still a veritable smorgasbord of representative footy ahead with an Ashes Tour and a monster Pacific Championships to come.
Which Eels are set to feature in international footy? The boys run through the Blue & Gold honour roll including a twist for the Kangaroos as one Eel bows out for another. The club announced a massive signing for the NRLW as multi-premiership winner and incumbent Jillaroo Keilee Joseph joins the Eels on a 2-year deal. How much closer does Joseph push Parramatta towards the Roosters and Broncos?
Speaking of the Broncos, they prevailed in both the NRL and NRLW grand finals and the show rates how both games stacked up. Did the Roosters and Broncos live up to the obvious grand final match-up from day one of the 2025 NRLW premiership? Was Melbourne and Brisbane a worthy capstone clash to an electric final series in the NRL?
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Our big discussion. Who did it better?
In grand finals – Cleary 23 or Walsh 25?
In late season run – Hayne 09 or Walsh 25?
Thanks for the show gents.
There would be a statue of Hayne at Comm bank if we went all the way in 09. And to lose to a cheating team.
With respect to the 09 team, on paper it looked more like a wooden spoon team yet on the back of one man came within a whisker of achieving the impossible. Walsh had the help of an Origin studded team.
Walsh would be winning the spoon if he was our fullback in 09. Walsh will go down in history while Hayne will be remembered for all the wrong reasons. Hayne is the best footballer I’ve ever seen and by a long margin. Hayne should’ve went down in history as an immortal but due to his poor management and his own poor choices he’ll be only remembered by the Parra fans that loved him and many still do. I’m one of those fans.
Walsh’s game against the Raiders was more freakish than what Clearly did in the GF. As for grand finals, I still think what Clearly did wins. The Panthers were gone for all money, to be having an average game to flipping the script in 20 mins was mind blowing to watch, as much as I wanted Penrith to lose.
And we can’t forget from where Hayne got us to a grand final, I remember Burt being interviewed after our loss to the Tigers, he conceded live on TV that our finals chances were gone. That was almost mid season.
We virtually played sudden death football from mid season. Hayne was instrumental in winning all those games, Hayne was the talk of the town, the media were dropping loads everywhere including our greatest hater and the undisputed king of the tossers, Ray Hadley.
It’s easy to forget but Walsh never created the media and fan frenzy that Hayne did.
Ditto. There’s some similarities with Hayne and Hadley. In his earlier years I didn’t mind Hadley’s style and opinions, but as time went on…he should have stuck to what he was good at.
More noise out today about lomax going but apparently eels are now red hot favourites for pezets signature. If it’s true I hope the club can go get Tommy talau from manly, unsigned next year I believe but he’s a quality nrl level centre/winger that can apply pressure to the backline and has the ability to take a centre or wing spot.
Welcome pezet
Don’t do it to yourself Chiefly, remember Galvin to the Eels all but done.
I won’t be doing backflips until the club confirms. Actually I won’t be, I can’t do backflips but I’d be very, very happy.