so the only thing that SL had over the NRL was speed of the game... now whats left for SL.

this mornings game of broncos v cowboys was far superior in every aspect (skill, pace, defence, excitement) then any SL game or trial I've seen this season.

dragons / storm was even better.

And theres me enjoying the season so far! I would much rather see competitive games, played by teams that even with injuries galore keep putting in gritty performances than seeing one team swipe everyone to one side week after week.

Sure the odd bit of utter class is enjoyable to see, but as easily dull if the same teams keep doing it.

Im enjoying the super league season and hope for a few more twists yet... although if Leeds dont win again I'll eat the chip on my widnesian shoulder

skill - do you know how many errors both side produced yesterday? 28 in total, 14 each

pace - yesterdays game was the quickest NRL i've ever seen

defence - i'm not buying that at all..both teams goaline defence was rather poor..especially golden child israel falou..it's no good being able to jump 10ft in the air if his idea of defence is to plant his feet and watch people run round him...in the game there was 50 missed tackles

excitement - true it was exciting,in fact it's the best NRL game i'm seen in years


all in all, we saw a 'proper' RL game, proper tackling,less wrestling,defenders where completing tackles and getting off their attacker just as quick as in SL as a result the PTB were faster,the game was faster....all that resulted in far more error than we normally see in the NRL.because they became tired...the error will no no doubt come down when they get upto full match fitness....if they continue the quick pace...


or will they revert to type and go back to the boring,stat based,percentage RL??