This really is a fantastic draw - hopefully the team don’t see it and get complacent. We should be right up challenging for the minor Premiership if we’re at all serious!
Even our byes and games around origin are very favourable.
1st Bye Round 5 - could have been a little later, but a good time to reflect on how season has started
Origin 1
Eels weekend before with both teams missing origin players - should be fairly even
Broncos away on the Saturday after - shame it’s not in Sydney, but they’ll definitely have more backing up or missing than us
Origin 2
2nd Bye before origin - now round 16, so a good gap since by
Dogs on the Friday - if we do have players in Origin, we can rest them and should still win
Origin 3
Tigers pre-origin - even if we are impacted by origin, should still have cattle to beat the Tiges
Bye 3 post-origin - now round 20… Would have been nicer a week or 2 later, but we’ve got a relatively easy run in, so no biggy.
Round out the season with Cows, Souths, Titans, Knights, Dragons, Warriors (home), Manly….
We should be very well placed after Origin, and then a nice run in home…. It’s there if we want it!