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Another round of shield cricket kicked off yesterday with three first class teams again unable to bat through a single day. I don't think our bowling stocks are good enough to explain this happening so regularly. Wickets need to be good enough to reward patient batting which in turn toughens up...

He was a knights fan as a kid and really wanted to play here. He won't be the issue, it will be his manager. He can't just do a straight forward negotiation for his client.

I think here is the best place to put this, but it is basically a Holbrook AND Ponga point. Last year early on it really felt like the game plan in attack was give it to KP in that hybrid position and cross your fingers. The cowboys game there were so many good signs. KP was most definitely...

Dylan Lucas is with Issac Moses, isn't he? Anything could happen there.

Some interesting selections for former knights players for round 1. Ben Talty has really become a regular now for the premiers. Chris Vea'ila is in ths 19 at the sharks. Simi Sasagi starting at centre for the raiders, Brailey makes his club debut off the bench alongside Zac Hosking. Paul Bryan a...

2 - KP 1 - Crossland 1 - Gags 1 - Saf 1 - Croker

Brian Smith always pointed to boxing and said the contender had to knock out the champ to win the belt when explaining that unconscious ref bias. Raiders would be an interesting case study from the start to the end of last season.

Yeah, i was happy with the shapes. Kalyn obviously came closer to the ruck for his kicking game but I'm ok with that. Particularly being a left footer. Happy that Brown ran the ball alot. A good first hit out.

He was very good, especially defensively.

I know a couple have commented on our first two tries coming from kicks, but surely that was better then not contesting like last year?

He slotted in so well. Glad we have the kid.

PLEASE PEOPLE, it was a typo and I quoted it here as a joke. I can categorically say that Adam O'Brien DID NOT pick our team for this week.

I'm trusting the new coach to get Ponga's balance right. I'm not sure the old coach's comms to Ponga last year were clear enough. 🤞🤞

I hope he us under utilised if anything today. I don't mind him loitering around the ruck and having a run directly off a quick ptb, otherwise he needs to trust his halves to find him out wider. He won't always get the ball when he thinks he should because we have a lot of running threats, but...

Yeah, that's it exactly. I thought it was a funny slip after all the debate over the summer though.

Brent Read is quoted (I'm guessing misquoted) as saying O'Brien made the right call. He should be concentrating on getting Galvin and Burton right at the moment.

I erred for the same reason mate, wanted to get a feel for Vegas before today

Defensive steel. Limited mistakes. Patience on the forum for a team in progress.

Ok, so according to the fox site, the halves pairing IS actually a legacy call which Holbrook had nothing to do with: For what it’s worth, The Daily Telegraph’s Brent Read said O’Brien made the “right call”, arguing Sharpe is too good a player to leave on the wing or out of the team and that...

Gamble and Schiller cut from the squad. Hopwood and Manu still a chance.