Next Monday we honour the King's 200th NRL game on the King's Birthday Monday game.
And what could be better than to come up against our traditional rivals, the Dogs?
Another win. Two straight.
We have not won two straight in about a year, since R12-17 last year. And we haven't seen Junior run at the line like he did for his 46th-minute try against the Sharks for years.
We won last year's Monday King's Birthday clash at Accor 34-12 but we lost the Monday Queen's Birthday clash the year before 34-4. Will we see another 34 scored?
We have only won two of the last seven at Accor.
Now with Moses the Messiah and The King back, is the tide turning for the Eels after an almightly slump from hell? Will Barrett have a career renaissance? We can only hope, with tempered expectations.
Comments
Hopefully it's the same side, hopgood matto in. Greig Makatoa out.
Hopefully Hynes is fit and Madge doesn't get any ideas about calling up Moses last minute, but the good thing is even if he is then Moses will have a few extra days to recover for this.
I'd runout the same team bar Hopgood for Makatoa and Arthur/Lussick for Talagi.
I even won't mind Talagi staying and Sivo exiting, but tbh Sivo actually ran a couple of times taking the ball, and with Dylan back on form and Russell looking sharp Sivo will get a few chances to score, which he will.
So yeah same team. And let's put the Bulldogs back where they belong.
All Barrett needs to do is keep them fit and blood in the youngsters.