I reckon our attack has been spectacular, but we've struggled in defence against the Sharks & Souffs.
The Drizz are below us on the ladder so can be beaten. However, I reckon they'll go into this game with most people backing them to win (and the commentators have probably already decided to award Shyzen-heuzen the 3 Dally M points for his haircut alone).
There's good news all around and I take heart from that:
- Collins is back (so we'll have Collins, Radley, SST, JWH, Crichton, Liu, Sitili and Butch rotating... really healthy forwards if they show up with the right defensive attitude early on!!!)
- Keighran is back... so we have a hooker (probably a better one than Benno, regardless of how that goes). We also have another decent conversion kicker.
- Walker's gaining confidence... as are Morris, Tupou and Teddy... who I reckon can show Shyzen-Heuzen what it takes to play for NSW & internationals (hint: more than media hype & a shyzen hairdo).
Overall I think we have the best backline and pack in the game if both show up. The Drizz have more experienced rakes and halves. However, I reckon if our forwards can stick it to them early on, the Silver Fox will slip past 'The Fox' at least twice and Easts will wake up as winners on Saturday morning... possibly punting the Drizz out of the 8 (where they belong).
The Drizz are below us on the ladder so can be beaten. However, I reckon they'll go into this game with most people backing them to win (and the commentators have probably already decided to award Shyzen-heuzen the 3 Dally M points for his haircut alone).
There's good news all around and I take heart from that:
- Collins is back (so we'll have Collins, Radley, SST, JWH, Crichton, Liu, Sitili and Butch rotating... really healthy forwards if they show up with the right defensive attitude early on!!!)
- Keighran is back... so we have a hooker (probably a better one than Benno, regardless of how that goes). We also have another decent conversion kicker.
- Walker's gaining confidence... as are Morris, Tupou and Teddy... who I reckon can show Shyzen-Heuzen what it takes to play for NSW & internationals (hint: more than media hype & a shyzen hairdo).
Overall I think we have the best backline and pack in the game if both show up. The Drizz have more experienced rakes and halves. However, I reckon if our forwards can stick it to them early on, the Silver Fox will slip past 'The Fox' at least twice and Easts will wake up as winners on Saturday morning... possibly punting the Drizz out of the 8 (where they belong).
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