Analysis:
The NRL were really cooking when they came up with this week’s draw boy lemme tell ya. Friday’s magic round headliner is a red-hot rematch between Wayne’s darlings and Wayne’s former darlings, who bitchslapped each other back in round 1 for 12 tries in total, and the Dolphins will never get a better chance to get even. Souths are still hanging on with their lineup being a bit banged up, but they are probably only one mid-game injury away from being completely fucked like they were last year. Nevertheless, future NSW immortal Latrell Mitchell (if he suits up) will not shy away from putting the fear of god into Queenslanders this close to Origin season, and if you read any of the sports rags, you’ll know young Jack Bostock has. Been. Talking. SHIT. about putting Trellraiser in his place this week. So if you can get any odds on Latrell to scream KALI MA 3+ times while showing Bostock his own still-beating heart, then I reckon that’s worth a cheeky couple of bucks. In young Jack’s defence, NSW doesn’t have a right centre since Critta was buried in the Pet Semetary and came back… different, and he’s from Shellharbour so you know where that chat is coming from – I say good luck to the cunt, certainly knows his way around a tryline.
Around the back, both fullbacks scored last time they faced each other, and given each team’s continued dogshit defence against them since, I see no reason for history to repeat itself there.
Otherwise, this should be an absolute Paul McCartney concert of a game; you’ll be expecting the big hits given the pedigree on display, but it’ll probably mostly just be Wings. Although I can’t help but notice Kulikefu Finefeuiaki is currently the only right side edge runner to get over on the Bunnies all season. Smells like a potential repeat pest against the Rabbitohs in the making to me…
