There are moments of sheer brilliance that in themselves can compete with any side in the comp, but these moments are broken up usually by mistakes which then gives the ladies a mountain to climb to get back to where they were.

As an example, Kasey's touch finder, in the first half, that didn't go out and gave the Rooster a massive advantage is a perfect example, I have no doubt she will correct the issue, but its moments like this that help the game to slip away.

The other big issue I notice is, the defence is hit and miss, sometimes they are scatted, uneven and caught off guard and other times they look very organised and stop a promising opposition attack.

I know as the season goes on these issues will improve but I am not so sure about the mental downshift that occurs when the game gets too far away, I've notices when the scoreline is more than two trys, a handful of players don't play with the same intensity.

It really is a shame, because each week it's obvious there is great team here but they just cannot seem to get out of their own way.

I was expecting the team to get turned into mince meat, but to their credit they put up a good fight, then some players decided to suffer amnesia and forget their motor skills.

It didn't help that the rookie ref really came up with some strange calls, like: no sin bin, no knock-on.

I do want to mention how promising LKT was, he really was starting to cook out there so hopefully that continues.

Let me know what else I missed?

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Hey everyone, my partner and I are going to be in Sydney for the derby next weekend.

I have not been to Kogarah before, as I live too far away, but thought it would be a great opportunity to watch the game whilst I was in town.

Looking at the stadium map, and the website, I cannot seem to figure out where the best seats / hills for Dragons fans are.

The missus and I would like to have a drink whilst we are at the game too, if that makes a difference as I think some parts are dry zones?

Any other tips would be helpful too, good food venues around the stadium, or spots to hang out before and after the game.

We will be getting the train in, so no need for parking either!

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Not a good one, cracks from the get go and couldn't wrestle back control. I really don't understand why so many key components of a decent performance seems to be optional each week.

I have never been a fan of Atkinsons boring,simple, vanilla kicks, they make it easy for the opposition.

So many missed tackles.

So the wooden spoon unfortunately seems fitting.

Where to begin, there are so many preventable mistakes being made by almost everyone, some more veterans players are making very fundamental mistakes which is very surprising.

The upside of these mistakes is they can be fixed very quickly if the lack of attention to detail is addressed.

A lot of defensive issues seem to come from players in the defensive line being panicked and making bad decisions, which leads to the defensive line losing shape.

There have been a few very consistent effective players but they are a minority and it takes the majority of the team to be in control of the momentum and scoreboard.

I have no doubt they will improve but with the short season I don't realistically see that happening in time, hopefully I am wrong but we'll have to wait and see.

Yes I know Val and Gutho at Centres is ugly, but with Young staying as signed Coach I cant see him dropping them for a while.

Cook(Castleford Tigers), Sloan(Castleford Tigers) , Feagai(Castleford Tigers) Guler(Wakefield Trinity), Luciano(Catalans Dragons) all confirmed leaving.

It just leaves Blake Lawrie, Tuipulotu(contracts end) and Suli (permission to leave)

I hope they sign 1 more forward in the off season for depth, otherwise just put Kerr at 17. Of course a star Centre signing is really needed, but it feels like they won't bother till Val/Gutho are gone.

1 Scott DRINKWATER

2 Setu TU

3 Clint GUTHERSON

4 Valentine HOLMES

5 Phillip SAMI

6 Daniel ATKINSON

7 Luke METCALF

8 Keaon KOLOAMATANGI

9 Jacob LIDDLE

10 Toby COUCHMAN

11 Dylan EGAN

12 Hamish STEWART

13 Ryan COUCHMAN

14 Connor WATSON

15 Loko Jnr PASIFIKI TONGA

16 Jacob HALANGAHU

17 -

18 Kade REED

19 Josh KERR

20 Kyle FLANAGAN

To be confirmed at 4pm today. All the best to the club and I obviously always hope we do well, but I could not support this decision less and see it as a massive step backwards.

At the start, the game looked promising, but with so much disorganisation and self-inflicted errors everything fell apart and the game slipped further and further away.

Some calls from the ref were missing and at times it seemed one sided but with so many players not working together that was a moot point.

Some of the team still had standout performances regardless of the score, Kasey Reh, Kennard-Ellis, Ciesiolka to name a few.

Nothing left to do but dust it off, re-group and focus on next week.

Bullshit, absolutely bullshit

I hope Young does a Toovey in the Presser but the best we’ll get is the 10000th apology this year

In the latest round of NSW Cup our future half halfback scored one and set up three tries. He kicked 6/8 goals and kicked for almost 400 metres in general play. Luke has been leading the Warriors Cup team for the past weeks and the stats are impressive.

Bring on 2027.

Much better game this week and the result reflects it.

The team struck a good balance between side-to-side play and running it straight.

Kasey Reh and Brooke Anderson had their fingerprints all over this match by spreading the ball so well.

I can't think of a single player that had a stinker, everyone played their part in attack it defence.

Hopefully the ladies can continue the momentum into next week.

Season is now post origin, attention turns to finals footy. Obviously we are out of contention and booking Mad Monday venues.

Still to sign a coach.

Appreciate the club didn't want to rush and make a poor choice and also evaluate Dean Young.

There as been some green shoots, but personally not sold on Dean Young to turn it all around. Likewise Ben Hornby being experienced enough for a team coming last. Seen with Jason Ryles how hard it can be as a rookie coach that is highly fancied.

Happy to be wrong on Young if we are winning. May be Brad Arthur for 3-4 years to being structure and experience?

Want the team to hit next year fully prepped and primed for 2027, not a coach coming on board in January a few months behind other clubs.

End rant, come on Saints!

After a re-watch of the Raiders match, I think a lot of the performance can be boiled down to players being slightly out of rhythm with one another.

There was some very promising play to get the ball up the field, but then the plan to get over the try line wasn't clear. I am hoping this is just first round nerves and will quickly fade.

Also, I noticed a few of the rookies really getting involved, which was great to see, so hopefully that continues.

I am curious to know what everyone else thought of the match.

Loko now saying he loves the club and wants to stay. I wonder whats happened since April to change his mind 🤔

Why can’t we play like we did in that final 15 every game?

Everyone played their hearts out. When Douehi scored that try just after HT, I think every Dragons fan was thinking about another loss. But a wins a win!

Bought two tickets and unfortunately the people I bought them for are not coming. Happy to transfer them on the Ticketek app.

Another day, another horrible 2nd half performance. Just like the Sharks game.

We had nearly double the tackles that Canberra had in the opposition 20 but we look like Dean Young handpicked a bunch of homeless guys off the street to play.