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The Silktails gave the Panthers a big scare last week 12-22, the Panthers scoring a converted try in the 71st minute to ensure a win.

Good win, on face value you could look at the competition table and think the Steelers were are poor side languishing near the bottom on 1 point from 4 games but all 4 games have been against sides still undefeated including a 1 point loss to the Roosters and a draw against the strong Eels side...

Bit early to tell which of the 2 teams may be better, this weekend will give a clearer insight into that... You need to guage who the sides have played up to this point, in Ball 2 of 3 sides Wests have played are 3 from 3, the other is Newcastle and they are 2 from 3, their only loss being the...

In 9 they failed to score a try during a half, the 0 pts against the Storm and 2 pts against the Panthers account for 4 of those halves.

Red Anchor paying 14-1, from memory that would likely have been the Pago Pago stakes, probably the last time you got such juicey odds.

The Parramatta Eels one is totally lame, just looks so off.

There are 14 teams in 2026 up from the previous 12 with 3 clubs promoted from their second tier competition that will probably be looking to recruit a few players.

Technically it's not really a moon but known as a quasi-moon. The actual Moon is tidaly locked to Earth and orbits around the Earth, a quasi-moon is actually a small asteroid and orbits around the Sun as Earth does and currently on the same orbit to that of Earth, it's not the first quasi-moon...

A little trivia on this.. Convoy was voiced by Bill Fries and was co-written by Bill Fries and Chip Davis, the credited artist C. W. McCall was a fictional character thought up by the co-writers.

Eric Cain was one of my favourites, sadly passed away playing touch footy at just 30 in 1984.

Only coached them for one season but did an amazing job in 82, Fearnley was a very good coach.

All 4 metal prices are very strong at the moment. Gold $6,734.25 oz Silver $105.00 oz Platinum $3,294.23 oz Palladium $2,790.16 oz

Agree, prefer both Western Suburbs and Balmain remain as they are in Ball and HM, though wouldn't say no to both having the a Wests Tigers emblem on their sleeve like the NRL side with the magpie.

And not forgetting in 2026 Melbourne Storm will also field a cup side, they will be represented throughout all NSWRL grades except the NSW Womens competition.

14 teams, 26 rounds, yet they still slip 4 byes into each clubs season.