Obviously not the result nor the game were hoping to see in Vegas.
We started crap, gathered it up, got back into the game, started the second half crap and couldn't come again.
Two key disappointments:
(1) We were playing the Knights, who won the spoon last year. That doesn't bode well.
(2) You'd think given an underwhelming season 2025, you'd be trying to make a strong first up impression in 2026. We didn't.
On reflection I was though transported back to season 2022. In 2022 we had the 2021 Wooden Spooners first up in Canterbury. And lost in one of the truly ugly NRL games.
I guess my point is that the first game of the year isn't what defines your season. I'm not suggesting a crap loss in Round 1 is a good thing, rather that the season is far from over.
We also Drinky do a rib early in Vegas. He came back on having been needled up, but I've no doubt that impacted our performance on the day.
I did see a lot of gnashing of teeth from Cowboys fans on socials, calling for Drinkwater to be sacked, moved to 7, Clifford to be sacked, Chester to be sacked, Dearden back to 6, etc etc. Take a deep breath people. The depth of our squad is fair at best (there are no blue chip first graders twiddling their thumbs), and we've just settled on these positions on the back of a long offseason and two rather handy preseason games. Let's not hit the panic button for a few rounds at least.
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