Easts and Penrith both on a form slide here to my eyes - Manly and the Bunnies are ahead of these two teams by a margin I reckon. They both have to play the Bunnies in the next few weeks - will be a good read of where they’re really at…
Panthers are missing Cleary, To’o, James Fisher
Harris, Tevita Pangi Junior and Tyrone May.
That’s 5 top line players to come back. Also Yeo and Korosiau have just returned from injury so rusty. They’re still my team to take it all when they’re back to full strength for the finals.
This is the Roos rebuild year, so it’s either Storm or Penrith in my books. South’s a distant 3rd…