I am an unashamed Nicho Hynes fanboy but what a difference a great halfback makes to a side.

Less said about the Tigers the better. John Bateman and Api Koirosau were much better in Rd 4 and they have shown signs of improvement, but still plenty of work to do to.

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With the game-script in their favour, the Knights lost 3 of their top handful of players before halftime topped off by playing against 12 men for the….

The Raiders going to polarise spectators all year. Smash mouth, old school footy side that aren’t going…

Might seem harsh to have a team that didn’t roll out in 17th position…

Silverware battles and tradition highlight Super Saturday for the 2nd week of the trials with the Charity Shield and World Club Challenge on the line in what looks to be two one sided match-ups with top end NRL sides playing 2 sides who played out a very lifeless week 1 trial.

13 days until kick off for round 1 and as always we have run our eyes over the Friday slate and picked out a bit of value. With this being a lot of experienced bodies 1st hit out and with it being unknown how many minutes teams will roll out their superstars for, the plays will be based around matchups, try scorers and 1st half markets.

Week 1 of the new Pre-Season tournament is in the books and although the points system in typical PVL fashion is more convoluted than a game of 3D chess it was great to have a fiesta of footy back on our TV screens to whet the lips for the upcoming season.

An early peak into the NRL premiership odds for 2023 are framed to see a repeat of the last two seasons in the growing dynasty of the west of Sydney, short favourites to be the first team in the NRL era to win 3 on the trot at $3.80.