No one can really call it. Bookies have given us a 2pt start but I just think they may be a bit stronger than that. Itll be a cracking game though and my alarm is set

Jamal Idris vs Chris Lawrence is worth ringing in sick for

Dont get dragged into the hype





Idris can still go either way yet IMO.

I watched the Dogs in a trial game and they were very good. They easily beat a Canberra side almost identical to the one that put 40 past Cronulla yesterday. Their halves are good, they have a dynamic fullback and a pretty handy three quarter line. The Tigers are a good side too and probably have a better pack but so did the Raiders, on paper.

the only thing is the tigers have played as a team for longer



dogs have lots of new combinations which need time to gell



but 2 good halves, idris back at centre and barba at full back is an exciting team



i really like benny barba, hes a try scoring freak.

Ok seriously! I'm so pumped I can't sleep!! I bet there's a lot of excited people (hopefully 14,500

) at work/school right now

14,532....is what you need.....but 22,032 is what you'll get.....or 14,533...I'm not fussed

...and we'll have no "b0ll0x..that crowd was inflated" rubbish either



mind you...only 11,837 rolled up last year for wests visit....but they do get around 18k for their openers at home and averaged 20k last year......nail biting stuff eh

...AU$50 is NZ$60.20 to me and only £31.39 to you.....I've got more riding on this

crowd expected of 25k

I hope you are right.......it would be special if the nrl could get 200k......would it be the biggest round attendance ever based on a 25k average?

I'm sure with the current climate 30 quids more expensive

Here we are





And I have to say, it looks like there's about 18k - 20k there. Could be close

looks like 25k..........