Something just feels right about walking into work on Monday morning and spending the first hour discussing the weekend of rugby league action.
Although you often lead with the bad it always rounds back to the exciting moments.
Ours is a game that never fails to deliver. Whether it be for positive reasons, or negative ones, Rugby League is always in the headlines. Round One 2023 certainly lived up to the billing.
Earlier we discussed five things that should worry fans from Round One. Now it is time to look on the positive side.
Round 1 was chock full of highlights both on and off the field.
We saw one of the all time great upsets, a plethora of brilliant tries and a series of huge (and legal) hits that I'm sure are still hurting those on the receiving end.
As with the negatives, the below points may not apply to the wider League audience and more to the group of fans affected.
Here are five things that Rugby League fans should be very excited about from Round 1.
2. 2. Close games
Here's a stat that may be lost in the shuffle in a few weeks - only one game in Round 1 was won by 13+. Given the fixtures, this came as a shock.
The 2022 season was somewhat plagued by rounds of blowouts. I know it's only Round One but with only one game being over with ten minutes to go, the signs are good.
The Dolphins beat the Roosters, the Raiders pushed the Cowboys all the way, Brisbane upset the Panthers by a point. All three results were unlikely heading into the round.
The Tigers did lose by 12 but were always only one try away from forcing a grandstand finish. The Sharks blew an opportunity to produce the same.
Round Two pay produce a series of blowout results but as we sit right now, only the Bulldogs failed to force their fixture into a contest.
