Crazy to think that if the Raiders win the Grand Final they'll be the sixth different winner in six seasons and the eighth in ten. Three other teams have made the GF but not won it in those ten years.

We on the other hand have only had four different Grand Final winners since 1998 and only three since 2006. You have to go back thirty years since a team other than Wigan, St Helens, Leeds or Bradford were Champions.

Melbourne fb 222 metres in 70 mins
Roosters fb 198 metres
Wouldn’t mind if defences was awful
But it was brutal, some effort those stats

I've always marvelled at the competitive balance of the NRL. It shows just how effective their salary cap is compared to ours.

It makes it a real test of how the whole club performs. I dislike a lot of their tactics but the Storm's ability to consistently unearth new talent and take players who were anonymous with other clubs and vastly improve them are a wonder to behold.

tedesco is a freak - nearly always returns those sort of numbers. by a long way the best attacking fullback in the world

maybe so, but on the form of, say, the last 10 games he has been a stand out forward in the nrl

He must be doing something right then since he's one of the 5 nominated for Dally M 2nd rower of the year. Other nominations are Bateman, Kenny Bromwich, Ryan Matterson & Sam Burgess.

yeah that's how i see mau this season, he got better as it went on. list is good though i would have cordner in there instead of burgess who has missed quite a few games with injury and suspension

Almost as if AP knew

I think Sam has probably played more games than Cordner this year who's also been injured a fair bit this season.

Well it seems someone other than Pearson does Freddie,nominated in top 5 for Dally m second row.That'll do for me.

Dally M nominations above are based on the 2019 season. My ranking is based on his performances across all seasons played compared to other second rowers, so having watched him play in every match since he started in 2014 I stand by my opinion.