Completely agree with this. The biggest negative from last night was the loss of Satae - any slim chance of a play off place goes with him. Any update?

Some awful defence particularly the Geiffin, Longstaff and Simms side. Should be Griffins last game at centre.

Mau, Evans, Sao, Wynne and hopefully Connor back next week for a must win game.

Although as others have mentioned, I'm not sure a play off game is a good idea.

Houghton also is very much going through the motions. Indefensible now sticking up for them, Hodgsons touched on his frustrations wit the lack of senior leadership so I thoroughly expect we l see the ones we've named go the same way as the previous players we've named and have been moved on. No hiding in professional sport, some of us just see who's slacking quicker than others, but more common sense

Hard as we've so many injured but you cannot account for lack of effort by some.

Kind of expect it off certain players now so my only gripe which I've not seen mentioned and I scratch my head at is this.

“We had some players that are new to their positions. Charlie Severs had to come on at centre. The young boys that had to come into our club from last week, we haven’t got a lot of work into them in turns of our system so it was very disjointed. It’s a tough one.”

Anybody spot the problem, that isn't players playing out of position?

Hodgson said he rolled his ankle in the same tackle that sent him for the HIA. Hopeful he'll be fine for Friday.

He took Griffin off because he was having a mare apparently and there wasn't another centre on the bench so.....

Gotta disagree there.
Mitchell, Trebojovic and Tedesco are all pure class and that's just fullbacks covered. Cleary is brilliant, but if he isn't feeling it , they can have DCE and Reynolds as replacement, Munster as you have said is pure class as is Matt Burton and Cody Walker, Jerome Luaiai (spelling), their hookers could be any of Grant, Cook or even Ben Young . wingers Ado Carr, Cobbo, Tupou (if he chooses them over Tonga, or any number of options, . Then there is the rest their pack, at least, 5 picks in every position better than the best we have. If they turn up wanting to win, we do well to keep them below 60 in my opinion.

We see our management talking players such as Ryan Hall, who didn't score during his time with the Roosters, Sam Tomlins and Johnny Lomax and, as good as they are/have been in SL, they'd struggle to get in any of the 2nd tier nations' squad. I hope I am wrong , but I don't even have us a 3rd favourite, given the names Tonga and even Samoa can call on, never mind NZ and the Aussies.

I'd go as far as to say this World cup could be the final nail in the coffin for Northern Hemisphere International RL.

After being cared for by the Wigan medical team, and his treatment included ear whispering, Big Chris was seen running home to Hull, with a cherry & white contract in his pocket,

I'd say there is more depth in the NRL than a few years ago, maybe not the stars like Slater etc, but the standard on the club sides is very high. They could easily put out 4 sides that would beat GB.

Tedesco is the best full back out of them 3 and is a great player but better than slater ? No chance

Cherry Evans couldn't even get in as water boy when Thurston and cronk played

Again hooker none are better than Cameron smith your clutching at straws big time with these suggestions

Tonga again are weaker than 2017 no jennings, fifita past it

Samoa will be good and should do better than 2017 as they was awful at last world cup

Fiji will be better than both Tonga and Samoa

They beat us 6-0 at last world cup

Sydney only beat saints by 10 points in 2020 world club challenge

The salary cap difference nrl clubs should win every world club challenge by 70/80 points

They don't take it seriously, usually played here and as a pre season game.

So why do they send full strength team, arrive nearly a week before and celebrate like they've won gold .....?

If they genuinely didn't care they would send a load of fringe/academy players across but no one ever has !

The pre season nonsense ours are only 2 weeks in hardly running at full tilt by then

We hear it every week the "weakest team in nrl would best Saints or Wigan by 50" but when their best only win by 10 all the excuses come out in their droves

They take it that seriously that Penrith couldn't be d to play Saints this season