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Last Week’s Score: 2

Westside Hot Bread

148 Wood Street, Warwick 0421 697 977

Last Week’s Score: 8

Just when it looked like the competition had settled down and a perfect round could be on the horizon, the rugby league Gods find a way to mess things up for everyone. While a majority found the Panthers to take down the Broncos without Adam Reynolds, the Friday night double header proved a skid mark for a lot of tipsters.

It started with the Dragons producing a miracle comeback with the very last play of the game to deny the Roosters in thrilling fashion.

St George Illawarra came into the game with a new coach after Anthony Griffin was dismissed, and turned it on for their fans in a bright showing.

As for the Roosters, they slipped to their third loss in a row, dropping them to 11th on the ladder, when many pundits thought they would be a genuine premiership contender.

The Wests Tigers really upset the apple cart after being defeated 20 to nil by the Rabbitohs last week to come out and defeat the Cowboys by a whopping 66 to 18.

It concluded with the Parramatta Eels blitzing a very underwhelming South Sydney Rabbitohs side by a 20-point margin.

If those form lines weren’t confusing enough, the week prior the Eels were defeated by Canberra, who themselves suffered a big loss to Manly at the weekend.

It’s made it very hard to get a sense of consistency from sides, particularly coming into one of the more busier periods of the year.

Now to throw another spanner in the works, teams this weekend playing in the shortened round will be without their State of Origin stars as we gear up for the big game on Wednesday.

The teams were announced earlier in the week and there was opinions as always on who was unlucky to miss out, and if the coaches picked the right teams.

Billy Slater has gone with a lot of in-form players in his Maroons side, with the likes of Dane Gagai and Kalyn Ponga noticeable omissions.

Henry Plumbing & Gas

43 Fitzroy Street, Warwick 0419 376 412

Last Week’s Score: 2

Brad ‘Freddy’ Fittler took everybody by surprise when picking Tevita Pangai Jr in his forward pack, and leaving out form Rabbitohs centre Campbell Graham, despite his outstanding start to the season.

Either way it promises to be an intriguing start to the series on Wednesday, with Adelaide Oval set to play host to the fixture.

You get the feeling there is a lot more pressure on New South Wales to come away with the win, as they don’t want to come into game two down 1-0 and entering the fortress that is Suncorp Stadium.

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133 Palmerin Street, Warwick 4661 1911

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R & F Steel Buildings

McEvoy Street, Warwick 4661 9835

Last Week’s Score: 8