Hmm. Newcastle will get done pretty comfortably by Melbourne next week, but a good effort to make the 8. If Souths had played football earlier it would've made it a very interesting game, but their defence was pretty bad in the first half. Newcastle had one try off the back of a knock on and two when they shouldnt have had the ball, however, they certainly got the rub of the green.
I realise it's impossible to say anything constructive amongst 17 pages of Lol@50uff$ or whatever it is, but given the circumstances they didnt do too badly this year. Missing Burgess, Stuart, Asotasi and Geddes nearly the whole season, missing Taylor and Inglis for large streches of it as well, and nearly made the finals. Any club with that amount of talent on the sideline. To just miss the 8 with your b pack the whole year is a reasonable season, but it could've been so much better for them.