NRL REVIEW ROUND 16

The Knights and the Bunnies were the big winners this weekend with both posting 30 point winning margins.

The Bunnies got theirs on Friday night when they smashed the Raiders 32-2. They are now 4 points clear and I'm sure they will now get the Minor Premiership.

The Saturday games saw closer margins but still very comprehensive wins. The Tigers were brilliant in the mud at Leichhardt and brought down the Premiers Melbourne in a big way 22-4. Later the Panthers held out a struggling Dragons side 25-10.

But Sunday saw the Knights triumph over the Titans in style 46-16. The Titans had been highly fancied and the Knight have been entirely inconsistent all year yet have now nabbed 8th spot on the ladder on for and against.

In what was for me the Match of the round, the Warriors kept their winning streak alive and pulled back the lead from a wayward pass by the Broncos to run the length of the field to score the winning try. the final score was 18-16 and it was a great game to watch.

Later that night the Cowboys beat the Sharks by a surprising 20 point margin but the game was mostly close till it blew out the end to a final score of 24-4. Not ready to say the Cowboys are back though.

Then finally tonight in a much anticipated game the Roosters fought a very physical fight with Manly and won 18-12 and saw them move into outright second place on the ladder. The Eagles certainly do play a rough game this year and were very physical in defence but it was their hapless attack that kept them out of the first half. There were some hideous head clashes and I think 4 players were out of the game because of them in the end including Daniel Mortimer.

Eels and Bulldogs had a rest this week and it was nice to give the nerves a rest for a week too.

Although this is a Rugby League blog, you can't ignore the awesome display of the Wallabies too on Saturday night. An inspiring 16-15 win keeping the Lions try less. Bring on Sydney this weekend!

So now the Ladder looks like this.... notice only 5 points separates 4th from 14th!

28 RABBITS
24 ROOSTERS
23 STORM
19 SEA EAGLES
18 TITANS
18 SHARKS
18 BULLDOGS
16 KNiGHTS
16 Panthers
16 Warriors
16 Raiders
14 Broncos
14 Cowboys
14 Tigers
12 Dragons
10 Eels

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