Another entertaining round of NRL football is in the books in what is shaping as one of the most unpredictable footy seasons in years.
After keeping a close eye on all the upsets, action and drama from round 25, The Weekend Hangover is back to wrap it all up.
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Mary McGregor storms into radio box to have his say
Bizarre scenes at McDonald Jones Stadium on Saturday when St George Illawarra coach Paul McGregor left the coaching box to march into an adjacent radio box to make a point straight after full-time.
Jimmy Smith and McGregor’s one-time teammate Shaun Timmins were discussing the Dragons’ gritty win over Newcastle on NRL Nation Radio when the door suddenly swung open.
“He charged into our commentary box – we were still on air – and he was pointing to some of the stats,” Smith said.
“Some of the stats were just incredible. They (Saints) only had 35 per cent of the ball in the first half…it ended up at 44 per cent to 56 to the Knights at the end.
“And they made 400 tackles and the Knights made 285…that says a lot.
“The effort is what he (McGregor) would have been most pleased with and understandably so.”
We’re not sure what prompted Mary’s visit, but perhaps he wasn’t happy with the radio boys’ dissection of his team’s performance.
Mitchell Moses trolled over wooden spoon ‘win’
Parramatta’s Mitchell Moses is being haunted by comments he made prior to leaving Wests Tigers to link with the Eels.
Days before he made the jump last season, the halfback told the media: “You obviously want to be in a team that is winning games and pushing for the title.
"First thing is I want to be playing good footy in a good footy side.
"Being (at the Tigers) the last three or four years, (we were) bottom every year. It takes its toll on you.
"Money is the last thing on my mind. First thing is I want to be playing good footy in a good footy side."
Moses did get to play finals football last year, but he couldn’t have been further away just 12 months later.
The wooden spoon is obviously not what he had in mind when he said he wanted to ‘win things’ after leaving the Tigers.
Congrats to James Tedesco and Mitchell Moses who stayed true to their word and went and won things at new clubs this year.
— mitchell (@tyhrblue) September 1, 2018
@TheParraEels once again! Thank you so much for taking Mitchell Moses off the @WestsTigers but also giving him his trophy he left us for
— Bruno Contente (@BrunzC) September 2, 2018
Manly clock record worst finish in history
So just how bad has Manly’s season been?
Well, they may have narrowly avoided the wooden spoon but the 15th-place finish is their worst result in 65 years.
The Sea Eagles finished second-last in their debut year – 1947 – and again in 1948 and 1953.
Their worst finish since 1953 was a 14th in 2003.
We’d like to say things can only go one way for Manly, but could 2019 be even worse?
How Canterbury ‘beat’ Cronulla …on Twitter, at least
Apparently there was only team playing if you were following Canterbury’s Twitter feed during Sunday's clash with Cronulla.
The Sharks’ first try was duly noted but then silence as they took scored two further four -pointers to take a 16-2 advantage.
The Twitter feed then miraculously came back to life as Canterbury scored back-to-back tries to narrow the lead to just four points.
The Canterbury account made no mention of Cronulla’s two second half tries, but was on hand to tell us Brett Morris scored for the Dogs.
Maybe if you fail to mention opposition tries, they don’t really happen?
Is this another Brisbane hair-pulling incident?
Could someone please fill us in on an alleged hair-pulling incident in the Brisbane-Manly game?
The Weekend Hangover was listening to a post-match interview with Taupau on ABC Radio when the Sea Eagles prop was asked if Matt Lodge had tugged on his locks.
“It wasn’t that bad, it wasn’t that bad…not as bad as (Josh McGuire on Adam Elliott) a couple of games ago,” Taupau insisted.
“I don’t want to go back to the hairdresser’s…it’s all good fun.”
There has been no mention of the alleged incident anywhere else so please let us know if you come across it.
What had us throwing the remote at the TV: We are used to match officials getting one ruling wrong, or maybe two, leading to a try. But three? That was the case with Cronulla’s second try against Canterbury on Sunday. It started with Sosaia Feki pushing Will Hopoate off the ball. Feki then picked up the ball and put a foot on the touchline. A few players later Andrew Fifita scored after decoy runner Luke Lewis appeared to take out a defender. Apart from all that, it was a good try!
Can’t wait for: Mad Monday. After a few quiet years, surely the madness will return. Keep a particularly keen eye on the nation’s capital. There are some loose creatures down there at the Raiders.
Bold prediction: It will be goodbye to the Panthers and Dragons, while Souths and Roosters will win through to week three.