Couldn*t agree with you more,but hard they even want to expand it more!!
Yet more humiliation.....

I thought it was a nasty one. Whether deliberate or not it was potentially a dangerous tackle and could easily have been avoided.

pfff roosters were naff couldn't even get into the forties



Joking aside there's no point playing these games while the Aussie clubs are taking them at least semi seriously, we should just revert back to the old days of them not giving a toss and our lot winning.

It's just largely about strength in depth, isn't it? The likes of the Roosters can lose Pearce and Maloney, and bring in brilliant youngsters like Mitchell and Nikorima. If English sides are at full strength (unlikely), they have a chance, If not beatings like tonight can be expected.

whoever wanted to stump up the cash to pay for it?
or maybe a random draw?

On a more serious note, the difference in class is astounding, saints were poor yes,but they didn't give in and certainly out the effort in, but the roosters looked to have 2 or 3 more gears to use, it was almost like watching professionals v amateurs at times.

And Saints did, so what's the problem?

As for the random draw, sheesh... I look forward to Wakefield vs South Sydney next year.

Heavens forbid, the thought of my Whipping boy rabble taking on the likes of the Roosters doesn’t bear thinking about.

I don’t think we can judge the series until Sunday night, St’s were pretty poor, but they’re still one of the best teams in S.L.

On a lighter note, did anyone catch Keiron’s post-match assessment?

Yep. I'm hoping it was a cack-handed attempt at keeping his players from getting too down about it. For he really believes what he said then Saints really do have problems. If it was an attempt at managing emotions he needs to get a lot better at it.

I think Super League stands to gain a great deal from it.

We haven't had the opportunity to see our non-champions play against the NRL and its highlighting how far behind our game is compared to theirs. It's showing that we need to up the ante, up the salary cap, find greater investment, put more focus on training and developing the Youth, find out how to train half backs in this country and implement a strategy to catch the NRL up.

We need to wake up and strive to improve from the top down in Super League, not from the middle up. And unless we keep playing these NRL sides we will just keep forgetting how far behind our league is.

It needs to keep happening annually and I hope it does even if it's just as a reminder of how hard we need to keep working to improve.

That was not a potentially dangerous tackle! He tackled the back of the knees where the joint bends, the same as opening a door isn't bad for a door's hinges!