Round 1 v Sharks

[Roosters rule]

Cole will be a vital cog in your system, if he stays fit. He has limited FG experience and you can tell he is adjusting to the pace of the game. Trying to survive, trying to belong in FG. His game would be very simplified at the moment as he adjusts and learns.
He will slowly build confidence and then try things in attack. He won't have the flair of Blaize or the craftiness of Toelau but he will still be viable 6 with attacking upside.
You are in the good position of players fighting for spots.

 

[Stinkfinger]

i have no issue with Kennedy's play but it doesn't sit well with me that its a knock on to Lindsay Smith when he maintains possession of the ball - he only loses the ball because Kennedy knocks it out.

IMO the ruling should be clarified:

if the defending player makes contact with the ball whilst the attacking player is in the act of scoring a try, causing the ball to be dislodged from the attacking player = play on, 6 again to the attacking team

if the defending player makes contact with the attacking players hand/arm (no contact is made with the ball), dislodging the ball from the attacking player = knock on against the attacking player.

im still dirty on the Peter Wallace knock on up in Brisbane 10+ years ago - that was the same situation

It depends on whether Kennedy was playing at the ball or making a tackle. It looks pretty clear he was playing at the ball.