A very big, good morning to all my fellow South Sydney members and fans. Rise and shine everyone!! Get up, get moving, get you colours on and get hyped because it's game day babyyyyy!!! We're on today and will grace the Accor Stadium turf this afternoon in what is a massive, massive clash against the NZ Warriors. I'm really feeling it today and feeling everything. Nerves, excitement, I'm incredibly hyped. Dunno if you guys feel it as much as me but whenever we play the Warriors, it's always personal. I'm a Kiwi, but I'm as South Sydney as they come so going up against the team from my country is always interesting. Most of my mates are Warriors fans so there's a lot riding on this one. Absolutely pumped!!
It's a massive game for our team today as we chase a second win in a row for the first time this Season at home. It'd be huge if we could somehow do it, start stringing some wins together and really start to build our Season. That's what today is all about, the opportunity to start to build and show that last week wasn't just a flash in the pan, show that it was a move in the right direction. We need to build on all the good things we did last week and fix up the things we weren't so good at. It's going to be wet today, so the biggest thing will be ball control. We did really well in that area last week, and it made a big difference. That was in a dry game, so the focus on completions has to be even heavier in a wet/damp game.
It's not going to be easy against a Warriors side that I believe, are a genuine Premiership contender this year. They're a quality side full of skill, speed and power, and they seem to have finally developed that steel that all the good teams have. It's a scary prospect. We have to play out of our skins today if we want the result. It'll have to be a performance for the ages, they're that good of a side now. They'll see this as a massive opportunity, getting us while we're a bit down. On the up I hope, but certainly still a bit down.
However, you know what, both teams went into the Round 18 game last year with similar form lines and look what happened. We can do it. I really believe we can lift and do it. Warriors fans are nervous. My best mate, who's a Wahs fanatic, said last night that he's really nervous for today because we seem to be a bit of a bogey side for them, and he knows what our team is capable of. I hope we show what we are capable of this afternoon.
Jeez I feel hyped, but also really nervous. We're up against it, and it doesn't look likely, but there's just that little bit of me that has a massive amount of belief for today. I hope the boys have that same belief.
We are South Sydney!! We can do this!!
Let's goooooooooo!!!
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