The Sydney Roosters, playing without Latrell Mitchell and Angus Crichton, and not yet 2019 season match experienced, were outstanding.

A full strength Roosters team would have had one of the most brilliant club back lines ever seen in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

No English club could have beaten the Sydney Roosters. It is unlikely that any Australian or New Zealand club will stop the Roosters march towards a back to back Grand Final victory in 2019.

Next year I expect to see the Sydney Roosters play and defeat the Warrington Wolves.

Hello 'Trotters Independent Traders', I guess you still haven't worked out how to plug your tv in.
Wigan had a dreadful start, and yes Gildart's defence was poor along with the Wigan kicking, but for large parts Wigan took the game to the Roosters and would have been close to levelling the contest if SOL's kick was gathered. Obviously the Roosters weren't 100%, but Wigan had only played 2 matches prior, with a new coach and players to assimilate; that said the Roosters will be fantastic when they're up to speed.

Back to you 'Trotters Independent Traders'; I would wind your neck in and try to avoid any more embarrassing player/team put downs as your ignorant and arrogant opinions came back to bite you big time last year. And you still haven't learnt- you're still spouting utter tripe. Why don't you go and do one like LeBron James- you could join him in the lake district where he was watching last year's stains semi final. Or, you could just stay in your house and work out how to plug your tv in.

You have to understand that Saints posters are schooled on Redvee where balance means everything Saints is wonderful and, just to balance it out, everything else is e. It reminds me of that scene from American Werewolf in London were the 'strangers' venture into the local pub for local people. Eventually the in breeding gets to them all and they all succumb to the Saints way. Have a pop over and read the WCC thread. Even previously good posters like 'Ralph Fridge' have sprouted the extra finger and turned up nose. It's quite a sad place really.

To be fair, for once AS108 is bang on the money. Had the roosters been at full strength and played a few games I am certain we would have been looking at a record score.

Agree with your final sentence, the rest is just subjective.

Undoubtedly, the Roosters at full strength, with a few more games would have been an even tougher prospect. But, in the game we were all watching, aside from Wigan's disastrous 10 minute start, it was 2 tries each over the remaining 70 minutes. Opening 10 mins, perhaps a record score, but for the vast majority of the match ie. 7/8 ths of the game, no way at all. So AS108's attempt to put my opinion down has little credence, like much of the other tripe he posts on here.

If Latrell Mitchell had played left centre, with Brett Morris in Matthew Ikuvalu's wing position, then the Roosters score would have been higher.

If you're dad had used a condom.....

And had Wigan taken the 3 or 4 clear cut chances they had in the 2nd half we'd be looking at a Wigan win. As I remember, in the game that actually took place, they didn't, so we're not.

I believe that once the Roosters are at full strength (add Latrell Mitchell and Angus Crichton) and at peak fitness, they will turn out to be one of the greatest club sides ever assembled anywhere in the world.

I will be watching them play in the NRL this year.

Well done to Wigan to keep the margin to 12 points.

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.