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Well a Butler double is enough to see the Vikings get home 37-18 against the Rams.
The Rams have estimated that there were 1,500 at tonight’s game.
It’ll be a confidence building win for the Vikings who came back from getting smashed early and in the end it was the Rams who got rammed.
FINAL SCORE:
Rams 18
Vikings 37
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It was a first round to forget for both these sides but for different reasons.
The Rams got rammed by the NSW Country Eagles in poor conditions.
The Vikings, who were the early favourites to win the competition, gave up a lead late in the contest to go down to the Perth Spirit at home.
From early viewing it looked like the Rams were struggling without the influence of their Wallabies, with the side losing a lot of class thanks to the Rugby Championship. It’s yet to be seen whether they will gain any players back this week, with the next Wallabies next fixture on the 6th of September.
If they don’t gain those players, expect the Vikings to run riot. Despite their loss last week there is plenty of quality in the Vikings line-up.
Christian Lealiifano will want to have a better game with the boot, but if the Rams performance last week is anything to go by it won’t decide this game.
Vikings coach Dan McKellar has opted to shift his side from last week, with his starting front row now on the bench. It gives a chance to exciting prospects Les Makin (loosehead), Lala Lam (hooker) and Allan Alaalatoa (tighthead) to show their wares.
Nigel Ahwong is another player that should be looked at, he was massive in the local grand final, running in three tries.
Prediction
The Vikings will have too much scoring power in this one.
Vikings by 10.
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