It’s been an eventful weekend in rugby league, so I won’t waste any time in getting into the issue that everyone is talking about. Why is the new lighting at Accor Stadium so dark? Wait, that’s not the issue everyone is talking about? *checks notes* Ah I see, my apologies, let’s get to the *real* issue that everyone is talking about. Just why are the Newcastle Knights so terrible, especially in the second half? Two weeks ago when I ran the Eye Test over the Titans and found they aren’t really good at anything statistically, I off-handedly mentioned that that...
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What the Bulldogs are doing better under Potter
When Canterbury previously played South Sydney this season in Round 6, the Dogs succumbed 36-16 to last years grand finalists. That score was closer than the game actually was, with the Rabbitohs giving the Dogs two tries in the last ten minutes of a game they had secured shortly after half time. On Sunday they lost again, with Souths scoring 36 points again. However, this time the Dogs scored 28 of their own, and were leading until as late as the 70th minute. These two games serve as fitting examples of the differences between Canterbury’s performances under the two coaches...
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Is there anything the Gold Coast Titans do well?
Another round, another disastrous performance from the Gold Coast Titans. The fact Justin Holbrook has held on to his spot this long is solely due to his team playing in the relative obscurity of the Gold Coast with limited expectations. Had he been coaching a Sydney team, he’d be subject to more scrutiny than Michael Maguire was considering the astonishing way they’ve been losing, and the effort or lack thereof involved. There weren’t many people predicting big things from the Titans this season, given how green their spine players were and a lack of depth. After limping into the finals...
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