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I remember Quentin Pongia from his time at Wigan, and the internationals. He was nails. I had no idea he'd died so young.

Yes. I don't think they'd been that impressive thus far this season. But they have two of the best players in the world in their team, and they kicked on this week. (not saying it's just down to them, obviously)

Oh wow. How good are Cam Munster and Pap? And Hughes, for that matter. So the Storm have found their feet.

I don't think Klein is anywhere near as bad as he's made out to be here, but yeah, Belinda is fine, what I've seen of her. Canberra/Sharks is a tough call.

I had the Sharks game pencilled in for my late-night Sunday show, expecting, like most I suppose, a tight game between two good attacking sides. But it didn't turn out like that at all, did it? I like the Sharkies a lot, but I suspect even their fans would concede that their early league...

That's good to hear, and only echoes the appreciations felt here in Wigan for the Clearys' classy response after the WCC. As for the Parra game, let's give some credit to the Dolphins! :thumbsu:

What's the big deal about Darwin: humidity?

Trips should be an automatic yellow, every time.

Well, there's legs tackles and legs tackles. Nothing wrong with JWH's, late on. One in the first half I thought rightly penalised. Once again it looked like two largely misfiring sides.

So now it's down to the semi-finals: Hull KR v Wigan Huddersfield v Warrington Venues TBC. But the RFL usually give Wigan Leeds. In the rain. Today Wigan strolled past Castleford at a canter, and Warrington surprisingly thumped St Helens on their own turf. But probably the biggest surprise of...

Without The Hammer and Herbie, the Dolphins looked very under-powered. Despite having a much better 7 on the pitch than Brisbane.

Was he the guy who didn't want to be on the wing scoring tries, but preferred second-row? :huh: But yeah, Mariner looks a good prospect.

I don't disagree. As you say Hastings is ordinary (despite being bigged up); we don't miss him.

Is anyone making any great claims for Newcastle? They're not all that, and as you say, nullify Ponga, and....

Dunno about that; they're hardly putting teams to the sword so far: mid-table for tries scored, mid-table for line-breaks.

Knights v Roosters - Knights Storm v Bulldogs - Storm Broncos v Dolphins - Brisbane Warriors v Sea Eagles - Warriors Eels v Cowboys - Cowboys Rabbits v Sharks - Sharks Tigers v Dragons - Tigers Raiders v Titans - Raiders Thanks for the formatting, LF! :)

Kinda seems this season so far that just about every team has looked pretty ordinary at times; no real stand-outs.

Well, that's what he should do. We'll see if he has the patience. Because I don't think his side are going to be pulling up trees any time soon! :D

As someone who doesn't really have skin in the game, I will say that the poster who mentioned earlier about comparing Mitchell's attitude to Tedesco, Turbo, and others, was spot-on. there's clearly not a good culture at Souths. That said, I don't like Burgess at all. Not a nice guy at all, and I...

The Warriors play a simple but effective game-plan; good kicking game and chase, solid forward effort. And they have enough finesse to put on scores when they get to the red zone. Souths, on the other hand, look like they met in the car-park. The contrast between the coaches looks unavoidable.

Or even 13 on 11? They certainly gave it their best shot! :D

So tonight in SL it was French against Matt Moylan in the battles of the 6s, as Wigan went down the road to Leigh. And there's not much doubt who came out the winner! Moylan: 2 goal-kicks out of 3 (missing a pretty easy one), and a yellow card for direct contact to Jai Field's head, from which...

Cracking contest. From where I'm sitting, you're all loons with your nonsense about Klein. Refs aren't 'bent', as well you all know, or you wouldn't bother watching. Don't talk tripe. You can criticise individual decisions, but to suggest some great conspiracy...:rolleyes:

In more surprising (and delightful) news, Bevan French has signed a new four year deal! Which means we have both him and Jai Field, and, indeed, the rest of our spine, tied down long-term. The best player in SL (Man of Steel last year), with the stats to match it. 76 tries in 87 games. We badly...

Yeah, you can't say the Tigers didn't deserve it, after that heroic defensive effort. And young Galvin is some talent.

And I've never thought the Raiders or the Knights were all that, but of course I continue to watch KPP and Smithies with interest. Both had decent games, I think.

Great effort from the Sharkies after a less than impressive start to the season. Just do that for 80 minutes! As for the Warriors; it's simple, but it works. Complete your sets, kick well, an occasional piece of magic from RTS or SJ, and you'll be in business.

I've always thought much the same about Brooks; he's a decent player, but no Moses. And he had a tough job at a struggling Tigers. I'd be happy to see him go well at Manly.

And with JWH, he doesn’t ’take The fullback out.’ He’s not even looking at him. Whatever your interpretation of it, he doesn’t take anyone out. I'd have to watch it back, but I thought JWH glanced round and saw exactly where Edwards was. Whether Edwards would ever have got across, of course, is...

Any team can have an off day! :D But yeah, I do think the Panthers are a better team than the Roosters, but the Roosters showed up well in their last game after an underwhelming start. Looking forward to a good contest, over a leisurely breakfast for me!