Just have to hope that the roosters are abit rusty being 3-4 weeks out from the start of their season. Because on paper I'd have them -22 (-8 available).

Not sure how good the roosters turn out to be will affect the mighty Trin, but does it mean you'll spend very little time in Chorley or Carcassonne this season unless your planning to rack up plenty of air miles.

If we’d have had Manfredi and Burgess available, if we’d had Liam Farrell for a full game, if we were allowed to spend three times more then we currently are on salaries blah blah blah then we may have done better.

We can all play that game. It was a fair result and we move on. We had some things in our favour but the Roosters had plenty in theirs.

I have both a television subscription and a streaming service on my computer. That is how I manage to see NRL games.

Are you saying your a glory hunter Bazza and deserting your beloved (local team) the Sharkies ?

Don't believe everything you read from "Gutterfax"/"Call Me God."

I am not a glory hunter. I just saw what the full strength Sydney Roosters did to the Melbourne Storm on September 30, 2018. I was awe struck. Try and see the video, especially the first half. In both attack and defence the Sydney Roosters gave the William Slater, Cameron Smith, Cameron Munster, and Joshua Addo-Carr rostered Melbourne Storm a master class in rugby league.

Craig Bellamy is a great coach. But on that day Trent Robinson proved that he is an even better coach. And severely wounded Cooper Cronk showed the courage of a soldier in wartime.

Barring serious injuries to key players, the Sydney Roosters are in line to be the first club to win back to back Australian grand finals in the past quarter century. Only the South Sydney Rabbitohs, the Cronulla Sharks, and the Brisbane Broncos will be able to get even close to them.