i thought Melbourne looked out of ideas for most of the 2nd half. Yes they were losing the territory battle, but they didn't fire too many shots at a team that was coming hard for them. It looks like it all comes down to Munster and Papenhauzen doing something awesome.
Souths will go a long way this year, i forgot they picked up Arrow, he's a gun. What the hell has happened to Cook's pass? is was ordinary last year as well.
@mariner4life Yeah his all round game is still a work in progress. Shut down Cam Murray and don't allow him to play the ball quickly and Cook runs out of ideas a bit as he doesn't have any real kicking game and his passing has always been a bit iffy out of dummy half.
Great entertaining first game. I don't think you can analyze too much out of this as it is a long season. Some players looked short of a gallop, while others definitely hit the ground running. Bunnies defense definitely improved when Arrow came on, time will tell how they try and manage his body, for me unlike the comms, he was their best player last night. Latrell and Walker look set to create a few problems too if they can stay fit.
Still, great game to kick off the season.
The garbage Kayo app on my Samsung wont get out of 480p for me (and you can't manually change it).
I can't even complain to them because it's my mate's account.
Warriors seal the deal with a good win against the Titans. Only saw the second 40 but the forwards seemed to set a great platform and CTH and Kodi profited. If they can play like that more times than not we will be in most games
RTS was doing the kicks to touch in the 2nd half. He's getting some in-game practice for his switch to rugby.:thumbs_up:
Big result for the warriors. Big for the titans as well, just not in a positive way.
Real haves and haves not weekend. You can put lines through St George, the Tigers, and Manly after only 1 week. The bulldogs as well probably. And quite possibly the cowboys.
Fans of Melbourne, the bunnies, the roosters, the panthers and Canberra can start booking finals tickets. 3 spots in the 8 look available.
Probably not how the warriors wanted to win, sure they will be happy with the points but it proved costly.
New signing Aitken out for 3-4 months (after making 16 tackles no misses). BSiro and Egan will miss a week each for failing their HIA. Just to make the hooking dilemma more complicated, they just released Lawton to move to a new club.
Great defensive effort for sure, but 5th tackle options from CHT were terrible. When he runs he looks ok, but his kicking game was woeful and still may face the judiciary for a leg trip. Kodi needs to demand the ball more if CHT is going to serve up that sh*t. Still against a Gold Coast team on the rise it was a good result.
Like @mariner4life says, looks like the top teams already split with the bottom with just a couple of spots up for grabs.
The end of season standings:
Panthers win grand final
NRL has lost the plot trying to show they care about women. Toby Rudolf issued a formal warning for showing a sense of humour in post-match interview. His comments about what he planned after winning:
"Probably about 1000 beers. Go to Northies [pub], try and pull something. Anything will do," Rudolf said. "No, honestly, it's all about recovery these days. I'll be going straight home, straight to the ice bath and staying very, very quiet."
The world is fucked if a young single bloke can’t say he wants to go to the pub and get lucky.
Jeeez, what’s next.
Toby just needs to proclaim "who said anything about women?"
The "NRL rampant with systemic homophobia" headlines should then ensue. Checkmate 
