Kiraz injured 4-6 weeks, Max King joining Critter in the NSW side. DSF out with concussion. We can move Smith to the centres or play TIA, Wilson on the wing. Curran can play. If Mann gets selected for QLD we need 2 more forwards, probably Underhill and Turpin. Times like this Turpin is handy.

My rating of halfback kicking games Sexton- 7/10 Hayward- 7/10 Tia- 7 /10 O'Neill- 8/10. Woods 10 /10 Kicking in the NRL is more difficult perhaps Sexton is an adjusted 8.5. Burton is great for the long kicks. Sexton seems like a bit more confidence and practice might get him over the line...

Great team spirit in this video.

Both sides played well we needed to overcome a lot to win. Suspensions, injuries, early HIA, very dubious call leading to the second Roosters try after saving a try with great scramble. A lot to work on in the first half performance, Cirro knows what to fix, Our end of set kicks at their...

Great game from our forwards under the circumstances. Hopoi has improved a lot. Young Smithy just getting used to the pace of NRL, will be better for the run.

Probably our best performance of the season,.

We are not good in the wet, being smaller is a disadvantage. Our kicking game needs to be a lot better. Woods has a great short kicking game, a game like this shows how important that is, Short turnaround didn't help. Not having the white flag yet, but we need to score the first second half...

Not looking good... but still not over.

Underhill not playing, some rumours of rib cartridge issues. I can understand why we might be trying to get Latu here early. I still expect Underhill, Rinakama, O'Neill and Tia to debut this season. Also more from Sua and Smith. SOO selections should mean Smith keeps his place, Sua...

Chooks worry me, particularly Teddy. I am not expecting any easy game. Happy with any kind of win. Some showers around, Chooks are a young side and are just as likely to make handling errors.

No idea where Galvin is going or if we are interested. His defence would need to improve a lot to play lock. He isn't a half and Burto is the established 5/8 in our side. IMO Tia is similar to Galvin both can be brilliant and both can make dumb mistakes. While Strange at the Raiders is...

IMO if we don't resign Sexton we are happy with Hayward, O'Neill, Tia and Woods. For the right price we will resign Sexton 60/40 IMO with 60% chance that he stays for 1 more year to try to win a comp. Good chance that a club like Perth will bid big for Sexton. O'Neill's or Tia can do a...

IMO the Galvin stuff is probably BS, we may want him to play lock, but that wouldn't be what Gus is working on at present. I do think that Gus might be trying to arrange a player swap to get Latu from the Dragons here early. My hunch is Gus and Cirro think that we have a possible premiership...

My funky theory for this week is Underhill might play with Kurt Mann getting a rest, Morrin starting at lock. Mann was great earlier in the season, but the last 3 games he has played limited minutes and had little influence on the result. With Smith/Underhill in for Salmon/Mann we don't miss...

Hayes starting second row, Smith on the bench. Smith will come on for DSF with Hayes moving to the middle. Underhill in the squad him replacing Smith wouldn't be a surprise. Smith is more of a specialist right edge second rower / centre and a good mobile defender. Underhill has more size and...

O'Neill's HIA seems bad enough to miss at least 1 week. Hutch, Taaffe and Turpin played reserve grade. We had a centre as 18th man, Tia probably started in the centres. The same set up could accommodate Woods, Smith starting in the centres and moving to second row or lock. Woods playing...

We beat Parra in both lower grades. Flegg won, With Woods scoring 2 trys and probably being the class player on the field. Reserve grade O'Neill ruled out HIA after 1 minute. Hutch and Tia stared in the halves. Tia probably best for us. Logan Spinks from Tamworth scored a try in Tamworth and...

For the slow starts, i think replacing DSF, Montoya and Salmon with better options can improve our completions. The players we missed the most were Hughes, Preston and Curran. I'll be happy if Hughes can get back to his 2024 form by the end of the season, Compared to 2024, the strong start...

We definitely have the right coach and the right captain. The second 40 was the best half of attacking football sometime. I don’t remember any mistakes after the Burton drop early in the half. The King try was a highlight with Sexton stepping up with 2 good plays in a row. Hayward added...

Kurt Mann is only getting limited minutes, might not be 100%.