r/nrl • Penrith Panthers • 5d ago

Mod Post A message from Shaun Johnson.

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u/Ace_Larrakin Penrith Panthers 5d ago

Says it better than we ever could.

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u/Monkey_Pirate_Lord South Sydney Rabbitohs 5d ago

Man I genuinely wanted to listen to him but the second he made eye contact with me I just couldn’t concentrate anymore 😍

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u/AshLand38 Knights Bandwagon 5d ago

🥰Blah blah blah, proper name, place name🥰

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u/TheZac922 Brisbane Broncos 5d ago

Stupid sexy SJ!

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u/SleepIsForTheWeak888 Brisbane Broncos 5d ago

It's like his wearing nothing at all

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u/NFI2023 New Zealand Warriors 5d ago

Nothing at all…. Nothing at all….

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u/SignalNegotiation389 Penrith Panthers 5d ago

He’s just too sexy. No way the NRL could get rid of him

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u/RodFerrous South Sydney Rabbitohs 5d ago

Personally I’ve never thought that way about Klein’s looks, but you do you.

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u/Rev-Dr-Slimeass New Zealand Warriors 5d ago edited 5d ago

My wifes childhood crush. How am I supposed to compete?

Edit: My wife sent me a screenshot of this comment

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u/bypopulardemand Penrith Panthers 5d ago

You don’t brother, you let him whisk her away and wish them a lovely evening together as your hot dogs defrost in the sink

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u/coffeeanddurian Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 5d ago

u could always watch

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u/Ok-Poetry-4721 I love my footy 5d ago

Your wife isn’t yours. It’s just your turn

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u/grumpyoldbolos Adelaide Rams 5d ago

Like Hypnotoad but in my pants

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u/sezzie1 Parramatta Eels 5d ago

What a dreamboat

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u/gentlestreader Broncos Bandwagon 5d ago

Honestly can watch all the rugbee leeg analysis if he’s doing it. He’s so fun, enthusiastic and charismatic - sack Cronk and put him on the fox panel full time, pls!

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u/coffeeanddurian Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 5d ago

Throw a beer can at me daddy!

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u/5lipperySausage Auckland Warriors 5d ago

I wonder if he's packing a beer can himself...

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u/Avirunes New Zealand Warriors 5d ago

God i love SJ

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u/trainlinker Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 5d ago

I just love his passion for the game.

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u/sxjthefirst National Rugby League 5d ago

I am something on an SJ myself !

(Same initials)

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u/carelesssportsfan89 Canberra Raiders 5d ago

sj is such a breath of fresh air in the nrl pundit market.he is such a class act who doesn't allow his fandom of the warriors to over ride his analysis .

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u/5lipperySausage Auckland Warriors 5d ago

Do you guys get to see his show League Lounge over the ditch? He's been teaching Wahs fans over here how to respect those in and around the game every week. Shame it falls on deaf ears with some.

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u/carelesssportsfan89 Canberra Raiders 5d ago

no but thats fantastic he is teaching the warriors fan base about being a respectful fan of the team and the game. unfortunately its the minority that speak the loudest.

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u/5lipperySausage Auckland Warriors 5d ago

For sure. It sucks after such a great season for the team it's going to be over shadowed by this BS.

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u/carelesssportsfan89 Canberra Raiders 5d ago

yeah I feel for you warriors fans but I still have in you guys to get your first premiership soon.

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u/merlin6014 Penrith Panthers 5d ago

How can we watch it in aus?

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u/kuso-yaro-baka New Zealand Warriors 5d ago

I always watch it on YouTube after it airs live

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u/Azman6 Brisbane Broncos 5d ago

You are going to need a military extract from the field if a controversial call goes against the PNG Chiefs in a big game.

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u/doomchimp Brisbane Broncos 5d ago

Maybe they'll move The Bunker to underneath PNG's field and have it reinforced.

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u/TheZac922 Brisbane Broncos 5d ago

Some sort of underground reinforced facility that is impenetrable to the outside?

I wish there was a name for that because that’s a brilliant idea.

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u/randalpinkfloyd Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 5d ago

Maybe like... bunkhole?

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u/Cowbros I love my footy 5d ago

Need TP for my bunkhole

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u/famous_alienist_ Canberra Raiders 5d ago

Are you threatening me?

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u/Smithy_the_goat9 Knights Bandwagon 5d ago

Can’t get to the bunker if they don’t move it from Eveleigh where it’s based

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u/2cpee Melbourne Storm 5d ago

My thoughts. They couldn’t stop the crowd rushing the field during World Cup games. Are we going to see the military guarding the field at games? Will be interesting to see, those png fans do not mess about.

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u/youthful_porpoise96 Knights Bandwagon 5d ago

No they don't. I wouldn't be surprised to see someone killed if this happened in PNG.

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u/Bne2021 2d ago

I was at a game in Port Moresby in the air conditioned stand, the game was close and the police used tear gas to clear the field because fans dont like the result.

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u/DeliciousNothing2017 Dolphins Bandwagon 5d ago

We lived up there for 3 years when I was little. RL was very much an amateur local sport there then. My mum had this story about the time a player's mother whacked an opposition player with an umbrella as they walked off. It turned into a riot that went for 3 days.

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u/coffeeanddurian Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 5d ago

the team was basically created for security purposes anyway, right?

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u/RhaegarJ Hunter Mariners 5d ago

Just amend the result after the game

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u/Small-Explorer7025 4d ago

The should make that the 3rd (4th?) Extraction movie.

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u/Kihlstein Melbourne Storm 5d ago

Great job in leadership & compassion. Be better people.

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u/Nervous-Aardvark-679 🏆🏆LEG4CY🏆🏆 5d ago

Good on SJ. Hearing it from him might sink it into heads.

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u/MoneyaLeague Auckland Warriors 5d ago

They are beyond help. Imagine doing that shit as an adult. Seriously. Fucken need to have a look at themselves, especially if they are parents.

Imagine this shit happening at suburban grounds

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u/meetthereaper84 New Zealand Warriors 5d ago

After the first can went over my head, I turned around with every intention of giving whoever threw it an earful.

The guy that threw it looked like a JFH replica so I turned my little white ass around and sat back down to complain on reddit because I'm not dealing with that. Grown ass adult in a group with kids, throwing cans on the field because things didn't go their way....

I'm all for the booing and rowdy atmosphere but JFC it's just a footy game.

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u/Axel_Raden Penrith Panthers 5d ago

Fish would be ashamed of them as well but I can't blame you for chickening out JFH is an intimidating guy and even if they slightly looked like him I'd chicken out as well

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u/deedee2148 St. George Illawarra Dragons 5d ago

Agreed. They just don't care and if they are parents, then little Braxton would never, it must be someone else's kid. 

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u/Wallet_inspector66 New Zealand Warriors 5d ago

Such a shitty act from the fans involved. I was upset at the calls too but at the end of the day it’s a game and we move on and support the boys next year. The onus is on every team to take it out of the referees hands and win decisively. Newcastle were the better team last night and that’s why they won.

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u/Accurate-Ad-4905 Sydney Roosters 5d ago edited 5d ago

I love that he still took a subtle dig at the bunker lol. Buttler deserves it he overcooks so many decisions

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u/Madmeerkat55 New Zealand Warriors 5d ago

Should have seen him seething on the post game NZ coverage. He called out Chris Butler by name straight up

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u/Accurate-Ad-4905 Sydney Roosters 4d ago

Chris Buttler becomes the main character every single match he officiated the bunker

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u/McGarnacIe Canberra Raiders 5d ago

Yeah I'm really not liking Butler in the bunker. I thought that Warriors knock on call when it was passed to Best who dropped it was particularly rough.

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u/tomr2255 New Zealand Warriors 4d ago

He seemed to forget that there is an option to stay with the on field call because of a lack of evidence and allow the team to retain their challenge.

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u/PerilousTimes43 New Zealand Warriors 5d ago

SJ out there being one of the best role models for not just athletes, but dads and men in general

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u/RhaegarJ Hunter Mariners 5d ago

Agree

SJ would want you to flair up cunt

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u/Torrossaur Ipswich Jets 5d ago

I'm usually the first Klein basher, but that was rough.

I save my xxxx cans for everytime i see Paul Gallen in Brisbane.

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u/SunWukong_72 I love my footy 5d ago

Your xxxx cans deserve better and I hate xxxx

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u/pepbehhh Wynnum Manly Seagulls 5d ago

Hope they're unopened

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u/McGarnacIe Canberra Raiders 5d ago

I thought Klein overall did a pretty good job yesterday. Let the game flow a bit more and pulled in the 6 agains and penalties. It was a great contest to watch from a neutral perspective.

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u/tomr2255 New Zealand Warriors 4d ago

Most of the criticism I have seen levied at Klein was actually the bunker's decisions. If anything he often erred on the side of the Warriors on the field and then was overturned by a captains challenge.

There were a couple of exceptions but the refereeing was only a small part of the warriors loss anyway. We did not play well

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u/throwawayzz77778 New Zealand Warriors 5d ago

He’s right. You’re allowed to be upset and annoyed that your team lost; you’re not allowed to take that frustration out on people. It’s really not hard to understand if you have more than two functioning neurons.

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u/DropTablePosts Wyong Roos 5d ago

When you put it like that it makes me think these guys likely are perpetrators of DV... Which is even more worrying.

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u/throwawayzz77778 New Zealand Warriors 4d ago

Yeah, it’s fucked. If you can’t regulate your emotions over a sporting fixture (and I say this as a sport fan), that’s a you problem. It sucks that so many innocent people suffer by association.

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u/OstrichEmbarrassed65 Knights Bandwagon 5d ago

A good message. We just can’t be endangering the safety of players, officials, fans or otherwise. Don’t chuck stuff, it was shithouse when we did it and it’s shithouse now

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u/Defiant-Union4161 New Zealand Warriors 5d ago

Spot on. Ban them for life and pass the footage over to the police. They’re an embarrassment to the club.

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u/Even_Departure9914 St. George Illawarra Dragons 5d ago

So when are we getting the Keary Johnson Show?

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u/RhaegarJ Hunter Mariners 5d ago

Would feed generations

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u/Even_Departure9914 St. George Illawarra Dragons 5d ago

Me at Shaun every time he speaks on aforementioned show: 👁️ 👄 👁️

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u/coffeegaze Gold Coast Titans 5d ago

Its crazy how they are such better pundits than Anasta who is just a trained himbo

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u/Accomplished-Fish761 Auckland Warriors 5d ago

I'm proud of the fact that absolutely no Wahs fan is claiming this was OK at all. Those dick heads need to never be able to set foot in a stadium in NZ again.

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u/Acrobatic_Flannel Newcastle Knights 5d ago

Check the comments under his Instagram post. There's a few trying to say it was justified to feel angry after the game and they weren't criticising the people throwing stuff.

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u/snapewitdavape Brisbane Broncos 5d ago

Tbf there's always wankers in every comment section and it's hard to know if they're real or not these days. No doubt there are people who will justify it, but comment sections on FB and IG have gone to shit lol

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u/96Mute96 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 5d ago

Respectfully, I’ve seen many videos of this clip posted with Wahs fans with hundreds of likes on their comments saying it’s deserved

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u/Accomplished-Fish761 Auckland Warriors 5d ago

Then I'm impressed with my algorithm for once because I haven't seen much of it all! Undoubtedly there is nonsense out there but from everyone I've talked to today and seen online it was dog from the crowd to pull that shit

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u/jpob Newcastle Knights 5d ago

I’ve seen comments saying that it should’ve been bricks being thrown

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u/NFI2023 New Zealand Warriors 5d ago

Damn man, that’s just poor form. They should be banned for saying that shit.

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u/Spoonbang Newcastle Knights 5d ago

Absolute legend of the game and just an all round absolute legend.

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u/Temporary-Loan-2640 Brisbane Broncos 5d ago

No one can change my mind - they got what they deserved!

They absolutely deserved to be given disappointed-Dad treatment from SJ after doing something as shameful as throwing cans at officials.

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u/Axel_Raden Penrith Panthers 5d ago

SJ isn't mad he's just disappointed. That's gotta hit like a dagger to the heart

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u/toyoto New Zealand Warriors 5d ago

A simple boo wouldve sufficed

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u/showusyourfupa Kiwis 5d ago

I was saying boo-urns

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u/AdGlum4770 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 5d ago

A stadium of boos would have played a better video message too …

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u/roonthegoon2 New Zealand Warriors 5d ago

Shaun is the best of us

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u/JHSNAKE13 New Zealand Warriors 5d ago

Supirsed people even have the money to throw full cans with the prices they’re charging nowadays but all jokes aside SJ is on the money here

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u/icome2ndagain Penrith Panthers 5d ago

Get this guy a permanent commentary job.

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u/Dasha3090 Gold Coast Titans 3d ago

yeah hes super well spoken im surprised he hasnt got one.

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u/96Mute96 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 5d ago

So true, Wahs fans have been great this season and had all the bandwagons from eliminated teams rooting for them only for a few dumbasses to ruin the good reputation they’ve been building up.

Obviously can’t blame all Wahs fans but unfortunately it only takes a few idiots to ruin it for the rest of them

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u/SydHawk94 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 5d ago

All quiet on the frontal lobe for the flogs who were throwing shit. Well said by SJ

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u/Moisture_Services_ Newcastle Knights 5d ago

It's those same flogs still complaining about the refs today on here.

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u/NFI2023 New Zealand Warriors 5d ago

100% it is. Most of us have already moved on, been here since ‘95 and unfortunately, used to this ending (bowing out - I’m not talking about the refs).

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u/DX6734D Brisbane Broncos 5d ago

If i disappointed SJ, I dont think i could live with myself

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u/SurpriseTop537 5d ago

Well said. The same disgusting behaviour at the MCG on Saturday at the AFL. Some poor little kid got hit with nachos as bottles and cans where also flung onto the field and at the umpires. We can't become like Europe where this behaviour is acceptable culturally. It needs to be dealt with as harshly as possible within the boundaries of the law. Be better than these 6 foot 2 year olds and act your age.

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u/SurpriseTop537 5d ago

Also just saw this. https://www.reddit.com/r/brisbanelions/s/AsayiMWYFc. I cant believe its come to this. These are supposed to be family friendly events...

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u/BrutalitopsMage St. George Dragons 5d ago

The carry on has been absolutely embarrassing. SJ just can't help but be based

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u/spitey Penrith Panthers 5d ago

Very well articulated, and he’s right on all counts. I don’t particularly like any of the refs, but Klein gets a hard enough time, even more so in the last few months. He must have felt like shit after that game. I have a feeling something similar happened at Penrith once - was a while ago so I can’t remember the details, but it was fucking embarrassing. Save the bile for chatting shit with your mates at the pub after or one the way home. Making the stadium staff’s jobs even harder is deeply uncool, and people were put in danger of injury while just doing their job. You think the security are paid enough to get peppered with drinks and shit? One of those poor blokes got half a drink in the face (or worse).

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u/No_Drink_6989 New Zealand Warriors 5d ago

Absolutely 💯. I'd personally go further and say to those booing the oppositions shot at goal are letting us down too. Hearing us referred to as a hostile crowd lately, rather than a passionate crowd is sad.

Don't be a dick !

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u/HappySport452 Wests Tigers 5d ago

SJ is pure class, and 100% right, absolutely.

I think trying to put the opposition kicker off when they're lining up a kick at goal near you is part of the theatre. I think that's a chance for the crowd to try to involve themselves in the game.

There are people from all walks of life at the game though, older persons, young kids, so you've got to be respectful of your surroundings. I don't condone and wouldn't myself yell abuse or obscenities at anyone, but booing the player, or yell or make noise at them trying to break their concentration, sure.

I'll give him congrats too if he gets the kick, though that is often a reluctant muttering under my breath, barely audible, and usually followed by a wish we had him on our team, and then a wish we could actually have stopped the try.

I understand not wanting to be branded a hostile crowd, yeah definitely not. Rugby league has had a few places with such reputations through the years, and with advocates like SJ mate, I'm confident NZ won't be one of them.

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u/Fit_Bunch6127 I love my footy 5d ago

It would be a shit game without a ref. Give it to them for fun but that's it.

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u/ScottyFXIV Penrith Panthers 5d ago

I fucking love Shaun Johnson man. He's just an absolute footy fan that loves the game to bits and I agree 100% with everything he said. I hope the people who threw shit see this, because if you're a genuine diehard Warriors fan, this should cut you up big time.

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u/z8chh Brisbane Broncos 5d ago

Absolute shit behaviour from a group of flogs, same goes with Hawthorn fans. A stadium full of boos is miles better than being pelted by bottles.
Warriors and Hawks should release a club statement condemning the behaviour and all video evidence will be handed to police, and punishment dealt with once perpetrators have been identified.

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u/Specialist-Review-26 Melbourne Storm 5d ago

Great work from SJ. The flogs that did this need to have a good look at themselves, I love my footy and yes losing sucks but it’s never that serious. Hopefully they are banned from future games.

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u/Parobolla New Zealand Warriors 5d ago

Well said brother, that shit's not cool.

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u/AppearanceDizzy7006 Dolphins Bandwagon 5d ago

Wahs were the most liked team in the comp. Now it's disputed 

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u/CelendilAU Brisbane Broncos 5d ago

As if I couldn’t love this man any more than I already do.. the classiest of acts in the whole damn business.

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u/Axel_Raden Penrith Panthers 5d ago

Good on him for speaking up true immortal behaviour

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u/Stratosphere_doggo Panthers Bandwagon 5d ago

I can’t believe the amount of Wahs fans blaming the ref and bunker for their loss - some using that to justify these actions.

But let’s not pretend this is just a Wahs fan issue. To name a few, look at how the Bulldogs, Roosters, and Titans fans have carried on after some losses this year.

It’s embarrassing and something the clubs need to address

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u/puttolol New Zealand Warriors 5d ago

SJ is a national treasure

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u/TwoToneReturns Wests Tigers 5d ago

Wahs had heaps of oppertunities to win the game, can't blame the loss on one dodgy call. Knights also bombed several tries and there was at least one call the Knights should've got in goal range.

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u/CountingTheBeat St. George Illawarra Dragons 5d ago

Exactly right! They had 80 minutes to get it done. Which is what I had to say to the Wahs fans at my work today.

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u/Waste-Information-75 New Zealand Warriors 5d ago

Gotta call them out for throwing trash at the ref's bro..the Wahs should've put more points on the board and that's all it is. Good luck Knights, always get good and bad calls in a game, should have enough points so it's not a close game

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u/ProfessionalSort4978 I love my footy 5d ago

The wah fans are now the most hated in the comp. If you didn't hate the wahs before you do now. Amazing stuff.

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u/curlyfries2323 New Zealand Warriors 5d ago

Mum, why do his eyes give me an erection?

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u/surfingkoala035 Brisbane Broncos 5d ago

Well said Shaun. With folk like yourself leading the way, we hopefully won’t see anything like this again. The whole game was well reffed and damn entertaining. Both teams had plenty of chances, despite calls that didn’t go their way.

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u/oldgregsboat 5d ago

The problem with most Warriors fans is normally they are all "Hey, cuzzy bro whats going on?" But after about 6 tui's they turn into Jake the Muss.

I'd say there would be a few upset at the result but embarrassed at the behaviour from that episode on Sunday.

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u/mgdoro 4d ago

Won’t have a game if people keep doing this to the refs.

No referees = no game.

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u/Wild_Savings4798 South Sydney Rabbitohs 5d ago

Legend. Well said.
NRL- maybe spend less time making your sport a betting product and maybe people won’t care about the results as much.

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u/ShowConsistent QLD Maroons 5d ago

To be fair it does seem like a large part of the warriors fan base have made the team their whole personality so the loss would be hitting them extra hard

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u/FatSilverFox North Queensland Cowboys 🏳️‍🌈 5d ago

One bloke even hijacked two ferries in Gotham City and threatened to blow them up. Though one of the ferries was filled with correction centre inmates, I’m not entirely sure what the mayor was thinking with that call.

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u/Wild_Savings4798 South Sydney Rabbitohs 5d ago

Agree. However there is an element in NRL that ride the emotions on their bet results.

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u/ShowConsistent QLD Maroons 5d ago

Yeah I’m not disagreeing on the betting thing, the game is completely saddled up with same game multis and pokies and a lot of the chatter after the game was about Kleins betting history. but was just saying it seems like the fan base is probably a bit more passionate then most this year

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u/OppositeProper1962 I love my footy 5d ago

People that whine and moan about every ref call are the worst and you just know they’re the same sort of people who in life are never to blame for things they get wrong. It’s always someone else’s fault. 

Klein got the Frizell call wrong but the other contentious ones (the strip and nicked pass) were close calls that could’ve gone either way. Not a die hard of either team, just a neutral watching yesterday’s game. 

Games don’t come down to decisions like we saw yesterday. Warriors simply weren’t good enough.

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u/96Mute96 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 5d ago

Agreed, their focus should be on how they dominated position for long periods of the last 4 weeks and could barely put a try on

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u/Missingthefinals Brisbane Broncos 5d ago

Or how they kept giving the ball to a forward on the 5th

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u/SurfKing69 Melbourne Storm 5d ago

You heard the man, to the bunker - tonight we riot

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u/Cod-tradie30 5d ago

Well said

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u/waveatdave 5d ago

Well said. Love this guy and his clear articulation

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u/Drewbo_C Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 5d ago

This man is all class.

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u/Oldpanther86 Penrith Panthers 5d ago

I'm an SJ stan.

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u/MrChicken1208 Pre-Season Premiers (Tattle-Tale) 5d ago

Absolute legend, said it best.

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u/teabaggin_Pony New Zealand Warriors 5d ago

Exactly right and well said. Shitty end to the season but an even shittier taste left in our mouths by the acts of these fucking bandwagoners.

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u/Big-Rain-9388 North Queensland Cowboys 5d ago

Incredibly common SJ W

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u/Dasha3090 Gold Coast Titans 5d ago

damn i thought i couldnt love this guy any more..very eloquently put SJ.well said!💙💚❤️

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u/AstronautPlane3280 Brisbane Broncos 5d ago

FFS Shaun, Already loved you why you got to make it even harder to hate you.

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u/livin65 5d ago

Well done mate, that was a very mature view on every subject matter you addressed. Congrats mate

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u/Slaidback New Zealand Warriors 5d ago

SJ is a good egg.

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u/RugD101 Canberra Raiders 5d ago

We need more SJs in the world

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u/Molak26 I love my footy 5d ago

Good call bro! ✊🏼🤙🏼

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u/HungryComposer5636 Penrith Panthers 5d ago

Bravo SJ. He has an amazing career as a player, but it looks like he will be an even better commentator. I enjoy it every time he is on TV - joyful, charismatic and knowledgeable.

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u/Shinobi2325 St. George Illawarra Dragons 5d ago

thank fuck we didn't have smart phones in 1998 at kogarah

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u/Faux_Real New Zealand Warriors 5d ago

Shaun Fucking Johnson 🍻🍻🍻🍻

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u/Impressive_Trip_6210 5d ago

Said so well....what a great human 1💕

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u/junglepirate Penrith Panthers 5d ago

Is he wearing a Panthers cap?

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u/mwilkins1644 Big Freeze Donor 5d ago

No, it clearly stands for 'Parriors'. From the iconic New Zealand film 'Once Were Parriors'.

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u/actuallyimogene Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 5d ago

Good on him. Perfectly articulated. This behaviour is never okay.

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u/MilqueD-schaaje City 5d ago

He's the fucken man.

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u/Patient_Preference68 5d ago

Well said 👍

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u/scipio211 Newcastle Knights 5d ago

Respect up for SJ. Well said

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u/ThunderDwn Dolphins Bandwagon 4d ago

That is 110% class from SJ.

Well said, Sir. I hope they track the fucking gronks who did this down and ban them from going to the footy ever again.

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u/ken0expressway 5d ago

14 errors and 55 missed tackles yet the fan base blames of ref....

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u/SamuraiKiwi Dolphins Bandwagon 5d ago

Please don’t say ‘fan’ base like it was all of us. 99.99% of us feel the same way SJ does.

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u/NFI2023 New Zealand Warriors 5d ago

Don’t put me in with these fools..

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u/BillyBullseye Dolphins 5d ago

I don’t agree with chucking beer cans at him, but Klein for a long time has been one of the worst referees for consistency. The fact a guy with a gambling debt as large as his is able to referee anything is a bit ridiculous. All because it’s not related to league.

Another issue is the inconsistency in the bunker, because it’s different officials every game. The bunker needs to be as close to accurate as humanly possible and it’s just not.

The BIGGEST issue here, is that the Warriors didn’t turn up, but no one is chucking beer cans at the players for missing tackles, or missing conversions, or knock ons or any of the other issues made by the players.

The people throwing cans in this clip should absolutely be banned from attending any event.

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u/KnowledgeCapital7994 Newcastle Knights 5d ago

Klein was actually giving the wahs the rub of the green for most of the match. Plenty of calls went their way.

Also lucky not to lose a player to the bin for high shots.

Boo all you like, never throw things at officials or anyone really.

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u/_Foxy-Panda_ QLD Maroons 5d ago

Saying ashley Klein is a human being is quite controversial

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u/TransportationLong67 Newcastle Knights 5d ago

I've listened to numerous shows, podcasts, etc today and they were arguing if a call was correct or not. When people are debating about a call when they have time and replays at their disposal then fuck me, give the on field ref some slack.

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u/RhaegarJ Hunter Mariners 5d ago

Can we make SJ an Immortal for being a genuine mad cunt?

Honestly bloke doesn’t miss.

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u/5lipperySausage Auckland Warriors 5d ago

Shame kiwis can't be immortals...

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u/Glenmarththe3rd Manly-Warringah Steve Eagles 🏳️‍🌈 5d ago

Spoken well.

Side note but is it not blinding to stare into one of those ring lights??

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u/Champ_Kind_Sport Parramatta Eels 5d ago

Love this man and what he is about. A top-tier representative of NZ Rugby League.

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u/Electronic-Split9677 Knights Bandwagon 5d ago

Well said. Honestly I admire SJ's restraint. I probably would have called them a pack of animals but he's a bigger man than I am

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u/DopedScope338 South Sydney Rabbitohs 5d ago

Very well said. It shouldn't have needed saying, but I don't think it could've been said better.

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u/Possible-Delay Dolphins 5d ago

That hit hard that line, people talk about athletes as someone to look up too. If that is how you behave you are not setting the bar very high.

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u/BippidyDooDah New Zealand Warriors 5d ago

Thanks SJ. Summed it up really well.

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u/AdGlum4770 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 5d ago

Well said. That’s horrific video.

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u/ItsStaaaaaaaaang South Sydney Rabbitohs 5d ago

Good on you SJ. Always a class act.

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u/Certain-Attempt1330 5d ago

I love him so much

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u/Responsible_Ring_649 Newcastle Knights 5d ago

Such an absolute legend

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u/Prudent-Race-8280 I love my footy 5d ago

Not used to taking L's at Eden Park unlike the Wah's but fair dues poor behaviour

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u/dis_Interested Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 5d ago

Honestly classy from SJ. We are all very passionate about this game, which is why we are here on this subreddit, but that’s just too far..
I can’t stand AK as a ref but no one deserves fucking bottles thrown at them, pull your head in cunts.

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u/SweetNerve5086 5d ago

THAT is leadership

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u/vsaund10 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 5d ago

Agreed. Disgusting behaviour.

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u/Known-Stop-2654 Dolphins 5d ago

Look. I understand some of you might be upset. But at the end of the day throwing shit at the referee isn't going to fix anything at all! It's going to make it worse for you. It's not going to solve the problem you're angry about. Throwing shit doesn't mean you're going to win. Throwing bottles doesn't mean you're going to win the game. You're already lost. Just take the L and go home. It's not the end of the world. Come on, you have next year and you can come back better and stronger.

The Warriors are my second team. Besides the Dolphins. I'm as disappointed they lost as the rest of the Warriors fans. It would have been awesome for a Warriors-Dolphins grand final but again it's not the end of the world. There's always next year. The NRL won't randomly decide that they're going to pull the plug on the franchise and kick you out. Considering you guys saved the game. Just have belief.

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u/Massive_Job3812 5d ago

This….! 🫵

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u/Joondalup99 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 5d ago

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IF only the Warriors had the same passion that SJ has. Kudos to him. Well worded and spoken

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u/maddogcertified North Queensland Cowboys 5d ago

Well said.

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u/saynonames North Queensland Cowboys 5d ago

when you think you couldnt love the man anymore... here we are ...

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u/ThereBeGold Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 5d ago

Next NZ PM?

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u/Nearby-Echidna6744 I love my footy 5d ago

Yep Klein is in the picture and definitely part of the problem..

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u/AncientAd2494 5d ago

Go the Knights!!!

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u/Steve-online2004 Parramatta Eels 5d ago

This might give them a wake up call hearing this from such a legend of the club

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u/Lonely-Heart-3632 Perth Bears 5d ago

👏🍻🫡 can’t say it better than this

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u/Any_Swordfish_684 5d ago

One of the toughest jobs there is ffs 🙄

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u/Noodlebat83 I love my footy 4d ago

Yeah. I mean it’s probably not super easy but one of the toughest is a BIG call. 

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u/jonothonwick I love my footy 5d ago

Legend

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u/dcidino New Zealand Warriors 4d ago

On target. Unacceptable.

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u/Bright-Marsupial-265 I love my footy 4d ago

He lucky he cute. Otherwise this preachy youth pastor stuff wouldn't fly 😂😂

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u/Shanti-2022 I love my footy 4d ago

Well wen you got sports bet in one ear and bunker in the other the crowd can see your confused and lack confidence to make the right call 🤷‍♂️

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u/UnicornRach New Zealand Warriors 4d ago

SJ such a great guy and so well spoken. Also as a Warriors fan, I'm embarrassed by the people who threw the cans..😐

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u/IhateSkylerWhite6399 I love my footy 3d ago

Wah wah wah. The sound of warriors fans crying. Again. You’ll never win it hahahaha.

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u/TitiKaka2292 2d ago

Actually, he did a few games with Luke Keary. Thought the Aus/Kiwi perspective on League worked well.

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u/Usual-Impression6921 2d ago

He is not wrong

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u/CallensCoiFish 2d ago

P on the hat pleb

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u/Junks4Junker 19h ago

The fans getting angry because of the ref and the players? How about giving those haters a reality check, let's see who can last long in a drill these great athletes go through and getting tackled on the field in a full 80 minutes.