Way too early Power rankings:
1. Newington - only undefeated team after 2 rounds (shows how tight the comp will be), looked well drilled at the ruck as well as a strong set piece, along with a few players to come back from injury, will look to storm this competition 10 years on from their last.
2. Joeys - still second, was a very tough game against Newington only going down by 1 point. Also with a few players coming back soon should be a very strong team looking to push Newington.
3. Riverview - With the tight loss to Newington last week as well as beating Kings comfortably and troubling the Kings scrum. They are a dark horse to push in the second half of the season.
4. Kings - Although they suffered a tough loss to View, they have the players and skill to challenge any team on there day seen in both pre-season games against Newington.
5. Scots - Don't have much to say on Scots, they have some very skilled players like the Large brothers and big Heinz Lemoto, they did struggle to beat Shore. Again not much to say.
6. Shore - from Premiers last year to bottom of my rankings this year. Without Rex for half the season and Jai for who knows how long as well as all the year 12 talent from last year, I cant see them doing much until Rex and Jai are back.
So much can change in such a long season, when I come back to this at the end of the year, it will probably be laughable.
-Scrums
I do unfortunately disagree with the Shore report, as I have watched both games.
Shore looked strong considering, playing a close but losing game against Joeys.
They also looked very strong against Scot’s, demonstrating the power of their forwards, especially in dominant line outs and malls, in defence they would have spent 15+ minutes holding Scot’s out from literally on top of the try line. IMHO, separate from controversy and this isn’t a go at any rulings, Shore played the better game of football, believe it or not, without Rex or Jai.
Thus, I simply cannot support the idea that Shore is donezo without Rex and Jai. With Jai most likely back this week, he will only add to Shore as a threat. Aside: A concern is Charlie ‘Galtitude’ Galligan probably missing this round.
Also, as the ‘Premiers last year to bottom of my rankings’, perhaps we should wind back the clock and see how Shore started last season…
Twister.
