If you don’t giggle, you’ll cry.
The Wests Tigers’ depressing season took one other punch to the center on Sunday evening with their powerful loss to Manly.
The membership’s disastrous begin to the yr, winless from seven matches, is now on the level of being a joke — as proven by the sincere response from the dwell studio viewers watching on throughout Fox League’s Sunday Night with Matty Johns present.
With standard NRL personalities Johns, Nathan Hindmarsh and Bryan Fletcher chatting with Manly’s Jake Trbojevic after the Sea Eagles’ 22-16 win in Campbelltown, one response from Trbojevic stated all of it in regards to the Tigers’ plight.
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The Manly ahead was all class in providing his help to the Tigers when requested if he had any “sadness or empathy” for his Round 8 opponents.
Unfortunately, NRL followers have been so accustomed to the membership being the butt of jokes this yr that the dwell studio viewers may solely assist however giggle when the query was requested.
“I’ve been going for them for the last few weeks,” he stated.
“In 2021 we started 0-4 and honestly I nearly thought about retiring. I hope they can get a win soon. I hope they get a win soon because after performances like today, they deserve it.”
He additionally gave credit score to the Tigers for displaying some combating spirit.
“It wasn’t our best performance, but you have to give credit to the Tigers,” he stated.
“They dominated field position today. They really wanted it. They came out to play.”
Johns, Hindmarsh and Fletcher additionally praised some elements of the Tigers’ efficiency.
Hindmarsh stated the Tigers are starting to work out the easiest way to unlock the spark of star hooker Api Koroisau.
Fletcher additionally famous the Tigers’ defence was spectacular at instances.
Johns stated the Tigers had been truly “pretty good”.
It is hard instances on the Tigers when the membership is praised for chalking up one other defeat.
Tigers five-eighth Brandon Wakeham confirmed explicit combat for his membership each on and off the sphere.
He was reportedly concerned in a heated argument with Manly ahead Joash Aloiai greater than an hour after the Sea Eagles’ win.
Aloiai reportedly approached Wakeham after the Tigers participant had completed an interview within the gamers tunnel at Campbelltown Sports Stadium.
The Daily Telegraph revealed the pair exchanged heated phrases on the sphere throughout the match — and the state of affairs continued off the sphere.
According to Nine papers, the dialog off the sphere threatened to boil over with Aloiai at one level telling his rival to “come around the corner” if he needed to “talk s**t”.
Aloiai needed to be restrained by his teammates and brought again to the shed earlier than Wakeham entered the Sea Eagles sheds to confront the Manly again rower.
Aloiai reportedly took exception to Wakeham’s conduct on the sphere, the place he appeared to taunt Manly debutant Sameula Fainu after Tigers centre Starford To’a crossed for a sixty fourth minute strive.
That incident sparked an on-field melee the place Fainu’s jersey was eliminated.
Source: www.foxsports.com.au