After a very well played and at times controversial first round of the NRL Finals we are left with the Roosters and Rabbitohs having a well-deserved week off while Sharks, Knights, Eagles and Storm get to fight it out for qualifying spots in the preliminaries.
I’m writing this more to open up the debate about who you think will power through to take on Easts and Souths, and to also give my opinion on who will get up.
First up we have the Sea Eagles taking on the Sharks on Friday night with the winner facing up against Rabbitohs.
Both teams are looking great and the game could really go either way depending on who decides to turn up on the night.
With Carney looking more likely to not play this in itself could be a huge blow for the Sharks, but with the likes of Paul Gallen, Andrew Fifita and Michael Gordon they are still the team to beat.
Even more so now with that win over Cowboys, they will want to show that they are the better team and deserve to be here.
Meanwhile, we have a Manly side that played arguable the toughest game of the year, and while they did not win they still looked incredible on the field.
But even with the return of Brett Stewart, the rest of the team will still be hurting.
I believe that Manly definitely has more than a chance of beating the Sharks but it will be hard.
I feel that Sharks will pull through on the backs of their big forwards and pull another close win.
Next up on Saturday night we have Melbourne and Newcastle both contending to take on the Roosters.
While Storm always remains ‘the team to beat’, they have looked sluggish the last few weeks.
That game against the Rabbitohs last Friday to me looked less like the Rabbitohs playing amazing football and more like Storm failing to turn up.
And now they have to try and put together a win against a Knights team that is looking great and has all the momentum after dominating the Bulldogs all over the park.
I think it will be very hard to Melbourne to go home with a win, even if they are playing the game at home.
Anyway I know that a lot of you will disagree with me and my tips but I really believe this is the last games that Manly and Storm will play this year.
I’m looking forward to hearing the debate begin below.
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