Here we go once again. The best most glorious day of the week. Game day!! It's finally here. Not just any old game day either as we take on the Dragons this arfternoon up there in Rockhampton. St George Illawarra are one of our biggest rivals, one of our traditional rivals so games against them are always a bit special, are always firey and always mean that little bit more. I personally always love playing them and jeez we've had some bumper clashes throughout history. Hard to believe this is the first time we've played them in a Regular Season match this year.
Beware of the wounded Dragon today!! They are struggling, there's no doubt about that. BBQ-gate has really hurt them along with other things and their form has suffered as a result. However, the fact remains they are still currently a top eight team so this is a top eight clash. That always demands respect. They will be absolutely desperate to reverse their form and hold onto that top eight spot as well so I expect a fired up performance from them today and they may be depleated, but they'll play better than last week. I'm sure of that.
For us, we're a bit depleated too as we're missing a fair few of our top 17. However, that is not an excuse. We have to win this game if we want to open up an even bigger gap on the ladder to Parra in fourth so today is crucial. Missing a few players is all the more reason to not take the Dragons lightly and I want to see us go out there with the right attitude. Respect them, respect the ball and defend better. Everything else will flow off the back of that. The occasion is made even bigger this afternoon by the fact that it's Davvy Moale's debut. Hopefully we can get the result for him.
Gonna be great to play this one in Rocky, awesome for League fans up there and hopefully we get plenty of Souths supporters there! Fire up! Let's go!!