Ava going well for Canterbury this morning! Wish he was still here

Ava in the Leeds pack is the type of player we are missing.
How come the Aussie commentators pronounce Mahoney as Marnie?
It does my head in

Walker at only 18 I think is looking good for the Roosters today.
Amazing how the Aussies find these talented half backs and full backs.

I can see Walker playing Origin this season if he carries on like this. Not bad for a Leeds lad.

Penrith still looking the best side in the comp to me, think the contenders have been narrowed down to them, Souths, Storm and Eels. I can't see the Roosters maintaining a challenge now they've lost so many players. Last week's game where they lost Morris and Collins on top of all the others was it for them.

Very sad scenes with Morris. He was in bits. Could be career over

Cant see him coming back from that tbh

A couple of rather fortunate Eels players there.
Both should receive a number of games out but still on the field for the second half.

And I thought the refs in England were bad.
Very inept performance so far from the ref at the Cowboys Bronchos game.
Head high shots going unpunished and professional fouls not even getting binned.
Certainly favouring the Bronchos.

They certainly got away with a few decisions but what an enjoyable and entertaining game. Taumalolo looks back to his best. Thought in the first half Broncos looked half decent. Overplayed in the second half and let the Cowboys back in it. Broncos inexperience really shows at times they lack a few old heads.

Yes totally agree mate.
Not seen many boring games over there and a pleasure to watch the talent of the youngsters coming through.

Interesting weekend with the refs clamping down on any contact with the head accidental or otherwise. Quite a few cards dealt out. Fans going into meltdown over it.

Think this sort of purge on head tackles is overdue TBH. Looking at how claims for brain damage has played out in the NFL it was only a matter of time before the game needed to address it more firmly. I don't have a problem with it. It reminds me of the purge on the deliberate high shot that came in during the late 80s. That really cleaned up the game a lot. This is the next instalment.

Wonder if we will see a similar thing over here? It can't be far off I'm sure.

Yeah players getting sin binned left right and centre! A little OTT for me. I’ve seen some players getting ten mins just for the slightest glance to the jaw.