THE RED ROOSTER

Winners - Melbourne Storm, New Zealand Warriors, Paramatta Eels, Penrith Panthers, Manly Sea Eagles, Brisbane Broncos, Canterbury Bulldogs and Cronulla Sharks. Points - 342 Home Wins - 5 Poll - Gold Coast Titans v Manly Sea Eagles

Another round in which tipsters are confounded by teams blowing hot and cold from week to week and the Bunker intervening to alter the momentum in games. Almost every contest in this round could be called either way. Sydney Roosters v Melbourne Storm Big time match up between two sides almost at full strength. Another contenders or prtetenders game for both clubs Golden point anyone? St George-Illawarra v New Zealand Warriors Normally I would be loathe to go against the Dragons at the 'gong but for the Warriors the journey there is less fraught than it would be for an Australian side in that all games in Australia involve crossing "the ditch". If the Warriors get on a roll they are hard to stop. Kiws win at WIN? Paramatta Eels v Dolphins If you take out the Canberra game then Paramatta have been resilient if not inspiring winning games that by statistics they should have lost. They are up against the Dolphins who even in defeat last week demonstrated that they can point on points quickly. Fins make a spash ? Penrith Panthers v West Tigers Not the forgone conclusion you might think. Wests have Lachlan Galvin and John Bateman back and last season when the game was also up country. Wests won in rainy conditions. This West Tigers team is an improvement on last season. - Panthers chances go West ? Gold Coast Titans v Manly Sea Eagles Sorry Titans fans but this game to me is about which Manly side turns up, with the Sea Eagles being a side that plays hot and cold week to week. - Sea Eagles win in "Des Haesler Bowl" ? Brisbane Broncos v Canberra Raiders The Bronx at home is a difficult prospect for Ricky's Raiders who struggled to put away the Gold Coast. Of course the way this season has gone you would think a Raiders win nailed on but I am not of that view - Bronx repel Raiders Canterbury Bulldogs v Newcastle Knights The Dogs are one of the most improved sides this season narrowly losing out to the Storm in Melbourne wheras the Knights lost narrowly too but to a depleted Roosters side at Home. If the focus was not on the Souffs saga perhaps some might be questioning if the Knights now have buyers regret over extending Adam O'Brien's contract ? - Dogs bite Back ? Cronulla Sharks v North Queensland Cowboys Another contenders or pretenders game at Shark Park between two sides that IMO lack Killer instinct and have both stood still over the off season. The swing factor here is the Cows away from home at Woolooware which should make the difference - Sharkanado ?

More proof this round that it is indeed sporting nirvana down under with the NRL truly a week to week League. Who could have predicted the Injury hit Roosters and Eels coming back to win against the Knights and Cows or that the Storm and Raiders would have been taken the full 80 minutes by the Bulldogs and Gold Coast. What will next week have in store?

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The NRL remains the league of the unpredictable. Whatever way you cut it that' s a poor outcome for the Knights and gives Trent Robinson a bit of relief from his critics..for this week....

Winners - Newcastle Knights, Melbourne Storm, Brisbane Broncos, NZ Warriors, North Queensland Cowboys, Cronulla Sharks, St George-Illawarra Dragons, Canberra Raiders. Points - 348 Away Wins - 3 Poll -Melbourne Storm v Canterbury Bulldogs

I would certainly hope not Paul As your in the know, will they be playing Sunday 14th July Looking forward to returning to The Stoop as at least there will be one decent rugby league team playing there .....

Sussex have a new Rugby League style shirt for the Vitality Blast and Royal London one-day Cup https://sussexclubshop.co.uk/collections/replica-shirts Loving the use of the Kookaburra ball in the championship, since sides can no longer rely on trendy medium paced trundlers to bowl sides out they are having to use their spinners more. i saw Matt Parkinson bowl 31 Overs for Kent on Sunday the day before, it was Kasey aldridge who was the only Somerset bowler with any additional zip that ruffled Kent's batting. This is what English Cricket need,s either Bowlers with express pace or the ability to master reverse swing and spinners who can give it a rip. That's the way to win home and abroad.

Newcastle Knights v Sydney Roosters For the sake of their own credibility, the Knights have to win this one at home against a depleted Roosters side who are staring at a 2-4 start to the season. Is Uncle Nick watching ? - Roosters put to the Sword? Melbourne Storm v Canterbury Bulldogs I have been a Dogs booster on what I have seen thus far this season, but after last weeks unseen and unforseen second half collapse against a 12 then 11 man Roosters you fear for them going into Melbourne against the Storm who are running back into form - Dogs Kennelled ? Brisbane Broncos v Dolphins No Adma Reynolds but Reece Walsh back for a Broncos side that has depth against a Dolphins side tha,t much as I like thir style, are picking up injuries. The point of interest for me is with both teams playing out of Suncorp and reports that the Fins had tapped into a non-Broncos League audience in Brisbane. Who will the crowd be barracking for ? Fins - Flipped? New Zealand Warriors v Manly Sea Eagles Coin-flip game between the Wahs and the silvertails, The Wahs are at home and at near full strength. The silvertails minus Reuben Garrick whos accuracy with the boot may be the swing factor if Manly who have been hot and cold this year turn up at Mount Smart. Wahs winners ? Paramatta Eels v North Queensland Cowboys Round 6 and this is a crucial game for both sides, Parramatta have to prove they are still contenders without Mitch Moses after two losses on the bounce and the Cows need to show they can win away from tropical Townsville. No Maika Sivo, who was surprisingly unpopular amongst the Eels fans where I was sitting last Monday, as Brad Arthur shuffles the pack. Eels slip out of Cowboys Lasso? South Sydney v Cronulla Sharks Demoralisted and depleted the Wabbits stagger out orf the Burrow, with another head-scratching coaching decision to omit Damien Cook made by Jason Demitriou. Last week I think Craig Fitzgibbon acknowledged in last weks press conference that the Sharks got out of jail against the Raiders but Briton Nikora is back this week and possibly one other, and being forward lite is not that big an issue against the Bunnies these days. Fear not Wabbit fans, Mal Meninga will be coaching the Bunnies before your ears twitch https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/teams/rabbitohs/mal-meninga-set-to-be-appointed-south-sydney-intermin-coach-to-replace-jason-demetriou/news-story/43f9f4eef73edae59e11b25d999c6dd0 Sharkies to administer the Coup de Grace ? West Tigers v St George Illawarra Cellar dwellars for the last few seasons, how will West Tigers cope with being the bookies favourite without John Bateman and Lachlan Galvin . Will the Dragons respond to Shane Flanagan putting the team on notice. Certainly the Dragons are a better side than they are given credit for and since Zac Lomax was released from the final two years oif his contract some must be pondering that the Dragons and their own estimation of their contractural worth is not shared around the league. Potential upset here. Dragons slay Tigers? Canberra Raiders v Gold Coast Titans I would love to be at the press conference if Ricky's Rebounding Raiders manage to choke and lose to this Titans mob for whom Des Haesler is the latest wearer of the Gold Coast Crown of Thorns. Gold Coast now the favouties to be "Woodies" residence one he moves out of Concord at the seasons end. Broadbeach is nice in the summer... Rampant Raiders?

Trent Robinson offers the Rooster mea culpa https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/nrl-2024-sydney-roosters-coach-trent-robinson-speaks-on-michael-jennings-court-case-exwife-300-games/news-story/588a4d97a54633f2345b6212c2d1f130

https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/go-put-a-shirt-on-awkward-onair-moment-as-nrlw-gun-snubs-knights-star-live/news-story/b2fe3a18db792f7468bb6ef92f731010?recommendedCount=0

Do not get my hopes up please...

Intersting article, since the league refuses to acknowledge his 300th game it smacks a bit of the NRL and Roosters being a bit two-faced here as this issue will reoccur during the Women in League round. https://www.theroar.com.au/2024/04/08/whether-nrl-celebrates-jennings-milestone-or-not-is-irrelevant-the-real-issue-is-should-he-have-been-allowed-back/

KR scoring off repeat sets almost at will The only question here is what is the record Super League score for KR ? 40 points in 38 mins for KR embarrassingly bad from the Broncos.

Story of the London season, 14 players out. Get an unexpected lead. Oli Leyland then misses the conversion from bang in front. KR kick off to Oli who then makes a hash of the kick off and then from his resulting short kick off KR score. Shades of the Wigan game where early in the second half, London draw to within 8 . Wigan kick off and Meadows promptly knocks on Wigan then score and end up clobbering the Broncos..