My team have been smashed by injuries, but are still somehow on the edge of the 8. The most impressive thing for me has been the development of so many key future stars for us. Ukuma Ta'ai, Ben Matulino, Russell Packer, Isaac John... I'd even say a guy who was to be for us probably no more than a fringe player in Jeremy Latimore, he's a no frills footballer with no errors in his game at all, just a nice solid player... the continued growth of Lewis Brown, hell, even young Bill Tupou had a shocker against the Tigers but I think he's the type of bloke who'll learn from it. In my mind, irrespective of whether we make the 8, it's been a good season for our long term prospects.
Last year we hardly spread the ball, this year our centres are getting good ball and it's good to see.
Mostly, I'm grateful we haven't had any player tragedies this year, like poor Sonny Fai last year. That was a tragedy that still cuts deep. Ode to how much he would have taken out of a year where he basically would have had to have taken on a senior role...
Outside of the Warriors, I am enjoying watching Akuila Uate go around. Freakish talent. I'm glad to see Penrith rise again. I'm really enjoying the development of Josh Dugan and Matt Gillett. I'm enjoying the karma of Scott Dureau taking an almighty dive last week which was only rivalled by how big a dive his performance took in the game.
And hell, how good was it to have a CLOSE mid-year test match!
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