The NRL trials over the weekend threw up plenty of interesting storylines to keep an eye on, with the halves options for many clubs providing plenty of discussion points.

The Eels had both Chris Sandow and Luke Kelly put in fine performances against the Tigers and with Corey Norman also in the mix it will be interesting to see how it pans out. Keep in mind that there's also Jarryd Hayne keeping the fullback jersey warm so expect Norman to be competing for a halves spot.

The Storm after also after a 6 following Gareth Widdop's departure. From all acounts Ben Hampton was very good for the Storm while Joel Romelo also impressed following his move from the Bulldogs. With Cody Walker also in the mix, Storm fans watch out.

The Broncos will be the team to watch with interest following another knee injury to Jordan Kahu. Kahu is a youngster with big raps capable of playing in the outside backs and the halves. His injury means that Ben Hunt is a near certainty to start with Ben Barba emerging as a possible 6. This would allow Josh Hoffman to stay at fullback with the alternative being playing Barba at fullback and giving youngsters Kodi Nikorima or Zach Strasser a run.

It was a very young Warriors team who lost to the Gold Coast Titans on Sunday ... while we were all enjoying the cricket. Playing against a near full strength Titans team, the Warriors showed their lack of experience but put in a reasonable performance considering the circumstances. Tuimoala Lolohea showed that he's an exciting prospect scoring a first half double, pouncing on mistakes from the Titans. Sione Lousi led the team out and was strong throughout the encounter, showing that he'll hopefully make a big impact in 2014. You can't read much in to performances like this, but it shows the depth that the Warriors have at their disposal considering their young guns competed strongly against some established NRL pros.

Warriors fans will be keen to see Sione Lousi in 2014

I'm very confused about this whole 'scandal' surrounding the Kiwis World Cup campaign, especially now that Sonny Bill Williams and Kieran Foran have been linked to it. These are two of our best and most important players so for me it's a slightly different situation. In a way you can forgive these two for their alleged actions as they are both vital to their NRL club's success and played deep in to the finals. They would have been doing anything they could to get through the World Cup but I'm not sure they had to go to the extend to which they did. I don't believe it's much of an issue though as they didn't do anything illegal really did they? Let's be honest, their punishment was pretty severe the way they went down to the Kangaroos so whatever.

If anyone is going to join SBW as a great dual code sportsman it will be Sam Burgess. Burgess is the big, mobile and aggressive player that would do well in union so fair play to him for apparently exploring that option. It's weird thought with how much effort Russell Crowe put in to ensure that the Burgess clan made Redfern their home and now Sam is going to up and leave? Seems all a bit fishy to me so I'm not convinced. There have been whispers that some folk in the Bunnies camp aren't too happy with Burgess and his need for the spotlight so stay tuned nonetheless.