Sydney Roosters

JWH charged with a crusher tackle.

100 points to challenge which would mean a week off if he failed
90 carry over points if he enters an early guilty plea

I think it's a bullshit charge but I thought the same about Joey Manu's 'crusher' when the club fought it and lost but I still reckon you challenge it. 90 carry over points is just asking for trouble when it gets down to the business end of the season.

Will be interesting to see what the club do, so often sides seem happy to take the carry over points but you're playing with fire IMO.

 

Ryan Hall makes his debut with Tupou ruled out due to injury.

Kinda excited to see how he goes but real tough ask for a player returning from an ACL to make your comeback game in the NRL.

Real risky game for us too. Seems to be a trend when sides play games against each other so close to other for the losing side to circle it on the calander and use it as a barometer for how much they can improve.

Was a pretty embarrassing defeat last time out for the Broncos, makes for a good clash.

 

We've dodged some bullets in recruitment over the last couple of years with Lachlan Coote, Mitchell Moses and now TPJ.

But geez Crichton has been a dud buy. Looks like Robbo has pretty much given up on him as a second rower, at least for this season and he'll be playing off the bench as a middle but just throws the balance of our pack completely out.

He's in a 4 way competition for 2 spots in the lock rotation with Radley, Butcher & Tupouniua and I think you could make a valuable argument for all 3 to be ahead of him in the pecking order.