Thanks, Exiled Wiganer. I agree with it being a tough place to go and I hope you're right about being at it from the first minute!

I'm not sure if this will be the match thread for tonight but, how does everyone see it going or what are you hoping to see differently from the Cas match last week?

Good question! Funny you should mention this. It came up in conversation last night with my dad. I feel like it's a tactic, mostly because there's not that much deviation from what he's doing. If he were that bad, I think you'd see more errand kicks. I think after the Penrith match he said something...

No apology necessary but, thanks!

Thanks to all who have taken the time to comment and contribute to this thread!

Two rounds in and all the talk is about how the game is being refereed and not what great games we have just seen. I despair. This happens every season. The despair, the ignominy, woe, woe! However, the refereeing gradually gets more reasonable and consistent - the refs are applying these criteria ...

The mouth guard data can do no more than give us a baseline as to what forces are exerted under current rules. They can’t tell us anything about the past, nor how impactful or significant these forces may be in relation to future health. It’s good to have data, but it needs handling very carefully....

Thanks, WarriorWinger. I thought someone referenced it but I couldn't be sure if it was something I read about Union, from watching the first round of Super League or the NRL pre-season!

I found this article from a week or so ago that suggests the smart mouth guards will be used in league so perhaps we'll get more of a real-time idea of how the technology develops rather than seeing what happens in other sports. Is it okay to share a link without copy and pasting the entire article ...

Do we have the smart mouth guards, or is that just RU. I think even they are only deploying them to international games this year. Ideally the mouth guards would be streaming live info to medics who can use them to spot impacts and have objective criteria to withdraw or monitor regardless of whethe...