So 2 Rounds to go in the NRL and I think there are at least 6 teams who can win the comp, possibly 7.
At this stage you can’t say that any of the top 3 sides can’t win & its pretty obvious but then you get to Melbourne, once Inglis is back they can win it. Manly, are a big chance as well. The Broncos can definitely win it just because they know how to and the win over the Dragons tell me they are back. The Eels are playing the best of anyone so they can win it. Whoever finishes 8th, Penrith or Newcastle well they might find the going a little too tough…but then I do you remember the Warriors beating the Storm last year.
The Eels win on Friday was sensational but the Tigers were good as well. People forget they scored 3 tries to 2 but trailed because of the 8 point try and the other conversion, but games against the Titans and the Bulldogs and the growing injury toll will make life very hard for the Tigers to make the 8.
I just pinch myself thinking about the finals series especially after the year of off field dramas we have had and I am amazed that the game is still going strong and the Football is so good. Imagine what sort of crowds we would be having if the off field dramas were not happening?
The games this week aren’t as enticing as last week but given the number of upsets that we have had in the last few weeks then maybe South’s, Roosters, Canberra and the Sharks are thinking about knocking off a few more scalps before they head off on their end of season trip.
I must chip in about Jarryd Hayne being talked about as the best footballer in any code in Australia. Dangerous, dangerous stuff from Gus Gould.
For starters it’s ridiculous to compare but if we were:
· Shane Smeltz has played 3 games for Gold Coast and scored 6 goals
· Gary Ablett averages 30 – 35 possessions a game for Geelong who have been sensational for the Cats all year
I will cop the Union comparison as they are fairly ordinary but comparing between AFL, Soccer and League is a bit hard, but at least it grabbed a headline and that’s what Gus does well. I wait in anticipation for the follow up Rugby Union ‘offer’ to appear in the papers in the next few days.
Whatever happens over the next few weeks one thing is for sure, when this year is over we will miss the footy.
Its about this time of year that I start to wonder what we are going to do on Friday Nights or ‘Super’ Saturday when we all have no Rugby League to watch.
The game this Friday between Parra and Penrith should have all of us Westies salivating at the contest. The Parra fans have come out of the woodwork over the last month or so and this will be a sellout.
If Hayne can manage another big performance then he will almost certainly win the Dally M award named next month…how things have turned around…remember he was the one who got shot at in Kings Cross earlier this year.
He now prays regularly at Church along with team mate and flatmate Ben Smith and both are playing better football at the moment so maybe we will see a rush of others who turn things around. The good thing Hayne said was he still enjoys a beer and hasn’t given up celebrating but he just doesn’t want to waste his talent.
Sounds like some good advice to me !!!
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