The NRL can be a tough watch throughout the State of Origin period, but tries on debut make up for it every time.

NRL Round 11 Review: Breaking Down The Dragons Scrum Try, Kennedy, Burton & Nawaqanitawase The NRL Round 11 Review recaps the biggest moments and highlights of the round, and starts to look ahead to the next one.

Despite the old heads and those in charge of the game not always seeing the value in scrums as an opportunity for excitement, attack coaches are making it more obvious every week.

I, for one, am loving it.

Episode 30: Mitchell Moses Interview Sixes & Sevens · Episode

This is great.

Add it to the rotation for this week if you want to finish it knowing more about footy.

NRL Round 10 Review: Breaking Down The Bulldogs Comeback, Penrith's Pet Play & Mid-Field Dropouts The NRL Round 10 Review recaps the biggest moments and highlights of the round, and starts to look ahead to the next one.

My review for Round 10:

NRL Analysis: Knights Attack Preview, Lewis Dodd & Magic Round Watchlist The Newcastle Knights are playing with the worst attack in the NRL, but there is hope for points on Saturday.

NRL Analysis: Magic Round Preview

- How the Knights can improve in attack
- Moses is back
- A Lewis Dodd sighting?
- Penrith's errors

There was once a time when we had former players with some footy IQ in the Bunker to help in those situations.

Sometimes, it is as simple as counting missed tackles to break down a try…

The third try, however, doesn’t even feature one, but it does contain a couple of different defensive errors that won’t show up on the stats sheet or SuperCoach scores.

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That’s a Titans v Raiders first half if I’ve ever seen one.

NRL Round 5 Review: Brisbane's Set Piece Brilliance, Tino's Width, Surrender Tackles & Garlick's Try The NRL Round 5 Review recaps the biggest moments and highlights of the round, and starts to look ahead to the next one.

This try has everything for the footy nerd: Detail, follows a script from a set start and is executed to perfection.

Big day of footy ahead but there are always a few things in keeping a closer eye on.

Penrith's losing streak has them in uncharted waters The Panthers have won so much and so often that their shock loss to North Queensland on Friday pitches the defending premiers further into the unknown.

After everything that's happened over the past four seasons the idea of a Penrith form slump seemed as likely as pigs flying or hell freezing over.

How the Roosters treat their goal-line defence is something to keep an eye on in the coming weeks, but Nawaqanitawase's desperation to get home gave Brimson a clear passage to the line.

NRL Round 4 Review: Eels in Attack, Roosters Defence & The Chaos of a Haas Carry The NRL Round 4 Review recaps the biggest moments and highlights of the round, and starts to look ahead to the next one.

No April Fools jokes here…

Just quick play-the-balls, goal line defense and a counter attack opportunity.

Unlike the first two weeks, there were some positives for Parramatta in that one.

They're getting as much as they can out of Zac Lomax by having him attack in the centres and defend on the wing.

It's something to work with moving forward, at least.

A bit of Panthers playbook to this Bulldogs attack today.

Putting a lot of work into the Eels middle, keeping patient in good ball and making the most of their chances when they come on the edge.

Very promising.

This is the Wests Tigers

"Their first try out of the break feels like one that might sum up the Wests Tigers by the end of the year."

NRL Round 2 Review: The new-look Tigers spine, Raiders short sides & Trindall taking over The NRL Round 2 Review recaps the biggest moments and highlights of the round, and starts to look ahead to the next one.

We've been waiting a long time to see the new-look Wests Tigers spine in action.

I took a few notes on the good, bad and head-scratching moments.

NRL Analysis: Breaking down fullback positioning in defence With one having his effort questioned in Round 1, I'm looking into a few different ways fullbacks might defend the line in Round 2.

Paul Crawley targeted Will Kennedy after Round 1 which had me thinking more about fullback positioning and the pros and cons of the various approaches.

Premium 🔒

Apologies to the subs. I needed the extra day after illness to get this out, but I enjoyed putting it together.

Cory Paix Island is filling up & I had to cover that Storm try...

Close to a perfect 40 minutes from the Storm there.

Circled the Parra left edge early and played on the back of dominance through that channel.

Capped it off with a beauty for the scrum nerds.

The number of defenders being left on the ground is a huge concern for Parramatta.

Checking In From Las Vegas, Owen Pattie's Detail & Another Panthers Trickshot A Las Vegas vibe check, Owen Patties detail on debut & the Panthers getting straight into their work.

And on the footy that has already been played, I've got a few thoughts on that, too.

NRL 2025 Season Preview: Analysis & Player Notes Here, I’ve got a few key focuses for the early rounds of the season and some quick player notes for the 27 rounds moving forward.

Footy is back, and I've got a few thoughts on the season ahead:

- Dragons Attack
- Zac Lomax’s Move
- Harry Grant’s Career-Best Season
- The Non-Ballplaying Forward
- Quick Player Notes

NRL Trials: 3 Takeaways From Week 2 Premierships aren't won in the preseason, but they can be lost. I'm keeping an eye out for things to come in the 2025 NRL season.

I've got a few takeaways from the weekend, but there's one I'll monitor all season:

Play-the-ball before points.

Who, where and what does it do to the line?

Really impressed with the quality of the Bar TV Sports stream at the moment.

Hopefully it holds as more games run on the site at the same time...

Competition Trend: Scums become a major focus in attack. We’ll start to hear about ‘set piece’ a bit more in rugby league with scrums being an edge-of-your-seat play on good ball.

NSWRL and BarTV partner to showcase more than 900 games The New South Wales Rugby League is pleased to announce it has entered into a strategic alliance with BarTV Sports

Huge news for the footy nerds out there.

“It will provide NSWRL TV subscribers the opportunity to watch all matches from NSWRL Junior Representatives Competitions and NSWRL Major Competitions in 2025.”

I think the Sharks have got a good one on Hohepa Puru.

Would be a nice fit to allow Hynes to play a little bit wider at times.

+ Utoikamanu, Skelton, Sloan, Dodd & Tamale

NRL Analysis: "Of all the plays we’ve done, nothing will match Oyster" The Penrith Panthers are four-time defending premiers, but we're going back to the 2021 Preliminary Final to break down one of their best-ever plays.

The Penrith Panthers are four-time defending premiers, but we're going back to the 2021 Preliminary Final to break down one of their best-ever plays.

Anybody reading this over the break is in for a treat.

Great insight into Ivan Cleary’s process as a coach and the foundations of the Penrith Panthers three-peat.

Highly recommend.

Not sure what it will mean for the NRL broadcast, but based on my experience with DAZN yesterday, it’s a bit of a worry.