I still think it's going to be hard to knock off these 2 teams come September. Both teams have solid defense, big name players in key positions and they were both in the big dance last year. Broncos for mine to go one better than last year, Katrina.
Well dogs were certainly affected by the origin period... j morris got injured, klemmer and jackson had to back it up. Same story for the broncos but sam thaiday got suspended. His fault.
I expect the sharks to minor premiers but wouldn't be surprised to see them not playing grand final day.
The eels are the dark horse, for a team that has had the off field dramas they have this season and to have been playing most games with anything up to 8 players who were in the run on team at the start of the season missing shows the grit and determination of the squad.
If they loose 12 points next week they will at worst be 4 wins out of the 8, a massive task to make the 8 but if they do they will be one of the form teams going into the semis and probably playing the minor premiers first week.
I expect the sharks to minor premiers but wouldn't be surprised to see them not playing grand final day.
The eels are the dark horse, for a team that has had the off field dramas they have this season and to have been playing most games with anything up to 8 players who were in the run on team at the start of the season missing shows the grit and determination of the squad.
If they loose 12 points next week they will at worst be 4 wins out of the 8, a massive task to make the 8 but if they do they will be one of the form teams going into the semis and probably playing the minor premiers first week.
I don't need to say anything about that, it was always going to be tough losing big names in big positions, injuries, ect , but I will say I love seeing the Broncos lose cos of there arrogance always blaming someone or something, Ben hunt isn't half the player he was last year and yes he dropped the premiership and hasn't got over that