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Williams was very good , two tries and a hand in two or three more . Great relationship he has with Wighton . Whitehead made a couple of uncharacteristic errors but he’s always in the action and got his try . Bateman was quiet by his standards but efficient . What a difference having crowds makes as well to games . I still don’t know why we can do all kinds of things inside but we can’t have a percentage of socially distant crowds at sports outside here . Seems quite irrational and it’ll keep some sports afloat

People who post randomly online after not bothering for a long time just for a bit of attention. Losers.

Indeed. Gareth Ellis was the Wests player of the year in his first two seasons in the NRL (2009 & 2010) while James Graham played 26 games in his first season with the Bulldogs in the year they made a run to the Grand Final. Neither struggled to adjust to the NRL.

It was a very strange remark. Flanagan is another who needed no adjustment

He had a stellar game, perhaps MOM in my opinion. Whitehead didn't have his best game but came up with an important try. Bateman doesn't seem to have hit his straps this year, compared with last. Not having the same impact, but still very solid. I think the long lay-off with injury and lack of pre-season are the cause and hopefully he'll be back to his best next year. Shame no Sutton in the finals, as he was looking really good and strong. Canberra lacked the go-forward without him today, and could be a concern against better teams