Freelance

After the recent demise of St George Illawarra as competition favourites in the NRL I've been asking myself who the [b]*real*[/b] contender is for this years premiership. It's that time in the year as the regular season begins "the run home" when teams are gearing up for finals football and form-lines become all that more important. For me there is a standout, and that is the Manly Sea Eagles. This team is well coached, disciplined and is very well rounded with solid performers in all positions. The intensity which they maintained last week against a struggling, yet determined and improvings Rooster outfit showed off thier professionalism and strong desire to be serious title contenders this year. They also have a coach and senior players who have won the premiership before. Compared...