The Panel
Standout Performer
Chief Biggums - Greg Inglis. He's a beast, hopefully his form continues all the way into the grand final.
Chief Biggums - Greg Inglis. He's a beast, hopefully his form continues all the way into the grand final.
Dummy half is a weird position.
We've been here a few times before, late season games ... not must win games but definitely highly beneficial if you win type of games and the result is a showing that resembles tranquilized snails.
Jonathan Thurston - He's simply the best.
Matchup - Sam Burgess vs Sam Thaiday. Two of the best in the business who give it their all in all aspects of the game.
Mystery Doc - His talent has always been obvious, but I always wondered if we'd see Jarryd Hayne reach his 09 peak again. He's currently soaring.
Josh Reynolds ain't a thug, he's just a grub
Travis Waddell stripping off the scrubs,
The NRL in 2014 is weird, freaky, just all round crazy.
It's been said since week one and it's only gone to another level each week.
Kieran Foran - I think it would be hard to argue that Foran is the best #6 in the NRL
Matchup - Anthony Watmough vs Sam Burgess.
A chopped and changed NSW Cup Warriors side had a tough day at the office after going down 4 - 42 to the Mounties in Sydney.
Chief Biggums - Cooper Cronk. Runs the show like a boss. Called the shots all night in the convincing victory over the Tigers. True professional, set up four tries and controlled the game but let his other half get in on the action too.
A champion of our game will end his career,
Anthony Minichello, as a bloke there is none better
When Greg Inglis burst on to the scene with the Melbourne Storm, you couldn't do much else than sit in awe.
The NRL has graced us with an awesome competition, where every week no one knows who is going to churn out a top shelf performance and a competition where we won't know the top 8 until the fat lady sings.
Some of it was sublime, some of it was tough, some of it was a bit of razzle dazzle but it was all lovely.
Michael Jennings - Blessed with lightning quick speed and footwork, Jennings is the type of centre you want to build your side around.
Matchup - Tom Symonds vs Alex Glenn. Two hole runners who don't make too many mistakes and do a good job whether it's running a decoy, shoveling the ball wider or hitting a gap
Mystery Doctor - Jonathan Thurston gave us touches of class and silky smooth crispness that will ensure that the Cowboys are always a chance.
Round 20
Dramas a plenty
Poor Mick Potter, salt rubbed in to the wound by Gareth Widdop's wizardry
JT and DCE, who compares? Not many
If any, Cowboys back to back in Sydney?
Who would have thought?
Who's more distraught than Ricky Stuart?
Try stand in front of Konrad Hurrell, yeah yeah go on do it
Manly standing atop of the table all alone
Behind closed doors, who knows how they stand, together or divided, they're in the zone
Hunting for the throne, unlike the Titans who need to get Anthony Griffin on the phone
Melbourne's forwards set the tone for the Big 3 to make it look easy peasey
Props to the props, Fifita to Tagataese
Drizzy