May 2024

Why can’t Manly maintain a lead?

There’s plenty of interesting match ups leading into Magic Round after the conclusion of NRL Round 10. The Sharks still have a firm grasp on first place and will be facing the hottest team in the competition Saturday evening. Canberra and Canterbury kick things off in the battle of two of the big overachievers. The Warriors woes continue against Penrith on Sunday afternoon, looking broken and tired and desperately needing a week off. The Cowboys will face the only team in the competition that’s worse than them defensively. But this week I’m most interested in the Manly and Brisbane game...

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What’s up with the Wahs? April NRL efficiency update

Another month has passed in NRL season 2024 and we’re going to have another league wide efficiency update after some team specific deep dives on the Eels and Bulldogs. This marks one third of the way through the season already and the trends we’re seeing are more substantiated. And one such trend is the Warriors being winless in their last four games and having just three competition points to show from their last five outings. Their inability to score points should have coach Andrew Webster worried. This was meant to be the “easy” stretch of their season, with games against...

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