Raiders by 13+ (I tip the Raiders, and if they win, they'll win by a decent margin. If Penrith were to win this game, it would be by 2, 4 or 6 points - a bit grittier. Hopefully morale isn't as down as last game made it look.)
Ciraldo and Newton should both go back to Benny and the Vets ASAP.
Mose, as much as I like him off the bench, needs another off season to boost his fitness. He was playing, what, 20 minutes up until last week when he was forced to play starting prop? That makes him our only specialist prop this week too. We're just too physically small to remain competitive in the forwards. We're lucky that we do have Plum and Docker in defence to slow them up, and Mansour to gain the meters now that Grant is out.
It really all comes down to our halves this week. John needs to run, Walsh needs to be up to his best, and the backs need to get their hands on the ball (and do something with it). Brown will probably operate in attack like he has been as a centre. Wouldn't be surprised to see Simpkins play and have Brown shift into centre for Roberts.
I'm actually tipping Moylan to have an unusually quiet game - all eyes will be on him now and the pressure will be on to perform. But, I could be wrong. The kid offered to play for free! He's already showing the kind of attitude and commitment that future captains are made of - definitely a player to be proud of and hopefully one that can shrug the pressure off. We'll see.
