2025 NRL Chat (non Wests Tigers discussion) - NRL

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Mike — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 03:52:10 +0000

The Australian Rugby League Commission has announced a 10-year ban for any NRL player who agrees to join a football competition it does not recognise.

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Barra — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 04:04:33 +0000

Stefano Utoikamanu says his move to the Storm has been the best call of his career, and he hopes to bring Fonua Pole with him:
“Fonua Pole is from , he has family here, and I’d love to see him come back.”

He also reflected on his Tigers exit:
“To see everyone trash me on the way out, the fans, and the media a bit, it was a shit way to go out.”
(via SMH)

go Bronx

Was he really criticized that much? Any more than any other up-and-coming player who turns his back on a struggling team that gave him his first-grade break to join a top-of-the-table side? These comments and his stuck-up comments aren’t doing him any favours. He basically waited for his team to make the GF, had two very good games in a season where he underperformed in Origin and was generally pretty average for the Storm to start shooting his mouth off. I was beginning to think we might have been better off if he stayed, but now, after these comments, and his typical performance in the GF I’m convinced he did us a favour by leaving.

He copped some pretty heavy criticism from fans when he had one foot out the door and pretty much clocked off. It was pea-hearted, and he deserved everything he copped. I was a fan before then, and he still has a lot to learn it seems!

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Lorenzo — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 00:49:17 +0000

Congrats to Madge, Haas, Reynolds and Hunt...all superstar players who seem like real good ppl. I'm not sure if the Broncos are establishing a dynasty with this team as I think they now have what they were chasing and might switch off a bit moving forward. Not sure if this group have the discipline and mindset to go for Mutiple titles.

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Lorenzo — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 00:46:28 +0000

He also reflected on his Tigers exit:
“To see everyone trash me on the way out, the fans, and the media a bit, it was a shit way to go out.”
(via SMH)

go Bronx

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Russtutty63 — Sun, 05 Oct 2025 20:41:12 +0000

Yes, I’ll hop onboard and congratulate Madge & the whole Broncos club itself. Being the first club to do the double, NRL & NRLW Premierships is a very special achievement but let’s be fair dinkum that club should be doing what they’ve done on a pretty regular basis, winning a premiership every 5-10 years should be a minimum. They are, in the context of footy in this country, a Superpower. When they missed finals & got a wooden spoon it was very, very special for fans of other clubs because it was so rare for them. I doubt very much I will ever see them run last again so I knew then it was a special time. The Broncos NRL have contested 4 Grand Finals since the Wests Tigers only GF 20 years ago and the Broncos should be doing that. Madge, in my eyes, would’ve failed had he not at very least, made a prelim’ with that roster. He went a little better & won a Premiership, well done.

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London-Tigers — Sun, 05 Oct 2025 14:18:50 +0000

Happy for the fella - excellent coach who joined us at the wrong time and was nearly ruined. Fantastic resurrection from Madge

https://x.com/BradWalterSport/status/1974786042533462331

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Tigerlily — Sun, 05 Oct 2025 11:40:22 +0000

Couldn’t be happier for Madge a well deserved win. And I can’t wait for the NRL media to eat some humble pie.

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Mike — Sun, 05 Oct 2025 11:27:57 +0000

Congratulations to Michael “Madge” Maguire on another GF victory

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TigerTownSFS — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 11:45:51 +0000

I don’t have any Ill feeling towards Madge. Reynolds seems like a good guy. Mam seems like a flog.

Stefano has acted like a turnip the last couple of years

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Jedi Tiger — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 11:00:41 +0000

I can't cheer for rhe architects of super league the vriabane broncos and the only team to be publicly listed

they failed against cowboys and penrith would love to see them fail again, haven't win a comp since 2006

hate melbourne too but not as much