Here we go!!! Here we f**king go!! It feels so surreal to say this but after a long, hard Pre-Season, Round 1 is finally upon us. The dawn of a new Season is finally upon us. Been waiting for this since that Grand Final last year. With a new Season comes new hope, every club has high hopes, dreams and it is a level playing field at this time of the year. We all know it's a new era for us this year but I still think we have a great opportunity to do something special. it's now about going out there and taking that opportunity. Who will come out the other side and lift that trophy on the first weekend of October? No one knows. One thing we do know is that it's gonna be one hell of a ride and that ride begins this week so strap yourselves in!
To say I've been looking forward to this week for so, so long is a bit of an understatement actually and I'm really excited to be opening our Season in a big Friday night blockbuster against the Broncos up there at a packed out Suncorp Stadium. It really will be an epic way to kick off 2022! There will be feeling in this one too, not only because we're now playing for keeps, but because the Broncos have become a big rival of ours and there is certainly now a fair bit of hatred between the two clubs which I'm sure has only been made stronger by the Adam Reynolds situation. I'm not sure what to expect from the Broncos because a lot would have changed for them and we don't even know who's gonna be playing but I am expecting a tough game. They'll come out firing wanting to show everyone that Season 2022 will be different.
We should have more than enough fire to match that intensity too though! After losing a grand Final the year before, it's that hurt and that pain that drives you the next year. I'm sure the boys will be feeling it and they'll have a real fire in their belly's this year. That fire has been burning away all Pre-Season and it's now time to go out there and do it! I'm hoping the boys have worked hard over the past week or so to iron out some chinks and we should be ready and raring to go. Hopefully Murray returns for his first game as captain too. I'm so ready!! Our boys should be as well.
The NRL is back and a new era is about to get underway!! Let's get ready for kick off!! Just four sleeps to go!!
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