I honestly think buzz rothfield has a head injury aye. Was just listening to a podcast with him it (desperate times for the footy) and he deadset went on about how the tigers will go so good with him raving on about how hard their training and about 10 mins later he goes broncos will struggle bcos maguire trains them too hard. Haha comical level of journalism in this country
I re-watched the 1st half of the game thinking "maybe koellner wasn't that good, just a big body"... and no, he was good. But what was impressed me on the re-watch wasn't the runs or defence, it was that he was an option/decoy/run on EVERY single run past our 40 metre line. It was an incredible show of fitness from such a big body after his 1st nrl preseason. Genuine option if he plays like that again in the next trial, even moreso bcos I read he is actually a 2nd rower too. But let's be...
I was at the game and Madge was pumped up coming out after half time. You could tell he was taking it very seriously. I think the biggest takeaway was the defence. Burleigh didn't look like breaking us. It is one game but it did look like a different club, more serious and a focus on defence. The boys were hitting and running hard.