Ponga 'madness' a 'black mark' on Knights

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Surely the Knights brains spot that moved Kalyn Ponga from fullback to five-eighth needs to person a bully hard look astatine itself.

Ponga is simply a superb subordinate but his vocation has been plagued by caput knocks.

In this caller epoch of interest implicit concussion and subordinate welfare, shifting a slightly-built subordinate with a past of caput knocks from fullback to the beforehand enactment of defence is madness.

Ponga lasted conscionable 1 tackle successful the Knights' brave triumph implicit the Tigers yesterday and is present astatine the signifier wherever his contiguous aboriginal is successful doubt.

The incidental was the 1 achromatic people connected 1 of the Knights' bravest-ever days.

They besides mislaid hooker Jayden Brailey aboriginal connected to a caput sound and back-rower Tyson Frizell successful the 2nd fractional to a limb injury, had Jacob Saifiti sent disconnected and Dominic Young misdeed binned yet were ever successful bid successful the cauldron astatine Leichhardt.

Wests Tigers' cognition problems continue

Tigers players request to person a deliberation astir their cognition excessively - and not conscionable connected the field.

For the 2nd consecutive week, the Tigers were abysmal earlier their ain fans astatine Leichhardt.

But it was their actions aft the crippled that near a sour sensation successful my mouth.

Knights fractional Jackson Hastings went up to apologise to erstwhile team-mate Tommy Talau for a precocious changeable aboriginal successful the crippled - and got shoved successful the chest.

Then arsenic helium walked distant shaking his head, Tigers prop David Klemmer gave Hastings a verbal spray.

The Tigers request to beryllium much, overmuch amended - connected the tract and successful their sportsmanship.

Dogs young weapon announces his arrival

Jacob Kiraz looked a good imaginable successful his rookie play successful 2022 - present helium has taken his crippled to a full caller level.

Kiraz had arguably the champion crippled of his abbreviated apical people vocation successful the Bulldogs' daze 26-12 triumph implicit Melbourne, scoring 2 slashing tries and moving for a crippled precocious 213 metres.

NRL Highlights: Storm v Bulldogs - Round 2

A long-striding winger who is speedy and hard to bring down, the section inferior gave the Storm nary extremity of occupation and is poised to people galore much tries successful coming months.

He's go an breathtaking portion of the Bulldog gyration that kicked disconnected against the Storm aft stalling successful circular one.

'Hammer' continues Dolphins' NRL ambush

Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow is accelerated becoming 1 of the NRL's property players.

The cheeky fullback bagged 2 tries successful Saturday night's brave triumph implicit Canberra.

Throw successful 164 tally metres, plentifulness of sledging of large Raiders forwards and immoderate large takes nether unit and it's casual to spot wherefore the Redcliffe faithful person embraced the speedy fullback aft conscionable 2 games.

The Dolphins are the champion communicative to deed the crippled successful years, becoming lone the 3rd enlargement nine since 1908 to triumph their opening 2 games.

The laconic Wayne Bennett masterminded yet different ambush aft past week's stunning upset implicit the Roosters and the Dolphins thoroughly deserved their 20-14 win.

Roosters unearth unsung hero

The Roosters are renowned arsenic a nine that loves to bargain large names but a 'no frills' subordinate is giving them large worth successful the aboriginal rounds.

Former Souths winger Jaxson Paulo scored the Roosters' opening 2 tries successful the hard-fought 20-12 decision of the Warriors connected Saturday day - and ran for 160 metres for bully measure.

NRL Highlights: Roosters v Warriors - Round 2

Paulo had plentifulness of enactment to bash to transverse the stripe doubly and is proving himself to beryllium a bully finisher connected the flank.

After their daze nonaccomplishment to the Dolphins successful circular one, the Roosters were acold from convincing against the Warriors and lone a fewer touches of people from Joseph Suaalii, Sam Walker and James Tedesco saved them from a 2nd consecutive loss.

Walsh's people evident successful Broncos debut

The Broncos knew they had a precise peculiar subordinate erstwhile they brought Reece Walsh backmost to the fold - but I don't deliberation adjacent Kevvie Walters expected specified a dynamic debut from the pint-sized fullback.

Walsh rockets distant connected Broncos debut

Walsh was superb successful the Broncos' 28-16 triumph implicit the Cowboys, scoring a effort and having a manus successful respective others.

The feline is simply a genuine match-winner and has the quality to crook a talented Broncos squad into a apical 4 contender.

The Sharks' classical 'X-factor'

Sharks fullback William Kennedy is acceptable to go 1 of the NRL's biggest enigmas.

A fantastic attacking subordinate with heaps of flair, Kennedy besides has immoderate mistakes successful his game.

The speedy fullback scored 3 slashing tries and was the quality betwixt the 2 teams successful the Sharks' breathtaking 30-26 triumph implicit the Eels.

NRL Highlights: Eels v Sharks - Round 2

But the lightly-framed fullback besides missed 4 tackles and made 2 errors - some astatine captious stages of the game. Kennedy is classical 'x-factor' - helium tin triumph games and besides suffer games but there's nary uncertainty astir 1 happening - he's the benignant of feline who gets bums connected seats successful the NRL.

Eels' 'buy of the year' contender

We've lone had 2 rounds, but J'Maine Hopgood is putting successful a beardown lawsuit to beryllium named the NRL's bargain of year.

Unable to unafraid a regular apical people spot astatine Penrith, Hopgood headed to Parramatta, who had mislaid fractional their battalion implicit the disconnected season.

The youngster acceptable up 2 tries successful the opening 10 minutes and a 3rd precocious successful the crippled arsenic the Eels went down to Cronulla.

Hopgood appears to person it each - helium tin interruption the line, gaffe a walk and has a good crook of speed.

He does person a mates of errors successful his crippled - but galore of the precise bully playmakers bash arsenic they effort things different players would not situation attempt.

Panthers' Kikau replacement impresses

Luke Garner has wasted nary clip successful establishing himself successful the Panthers battalion with a starring relation successful the club's archetypal triumph of the twelvemonth against Souths connected Thursday night.

There were fewer headlines erstwhile Garner switched from the past placed Tigers to archetypal placed Panthers implicit the summertime - but Penrith officials were softly assured they were connected a winner.

NRL Highlights: Panthers v Rabbitohs - Round 2

And it proved spot connected successful the triumph implicit the Bunnies, with Garner collecting much phantasy points than immoderate subordinate connected the field.

The gangly borderline back-rower had a effort disallowed, produced a enactment interruption and a line-break assist, came up with 2 offloads and made 30 tackles.

He whitethorn not beryllium a Billy Kikau, but helium has a large motor, playing 66 minutes, and should lone get amended arsenic the play unfolds.

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Ponga 'madness' a 'black mark' on Knights