In the Spotlight - Round 5

You know, there's two kinds of people in this world; those who nose-dive after being put in the dazzling haze of The Spotlight,and those who thrive.

Last week I put the great Jonathon #Thursty Thurston in the spotlight, under the pump, whatever you want to call it, he would have definitely read the article and felt the pressure (G'day JT).

So how did he respond? Not only did he kick a clutch sideline conversion in the dying moments of Monday night's clash with the Melbourne Storm, he kicked a double-clutch field goal to tie the scores and send it to golden point.

But that wasn't enough, Mr. Thurston also proceeded to boot the match-winning field goal.

More clutch than a day at the V8's. Well played young fella.*

* He's older than me, but that's irrelevant.

As for the other bloke, a certain Paul Litre or whatever his name is, he did his bit (and by that I mean 23 runs for a sly 194 metres), but his team managed to grasp defeat from the jaws of victory in true Cronulla style. Ah well, there's always next week Sharkies!

Speaking of next week, here's the Round 5 version of In The…wait for it…..Spotlight.

Adam Blair

Adam ‘what, you want me to take a hit-up?' Blair is in the hot seat this week. Fresh off the back of a gut-busting seven runs for 60 metres last round, the big unit gets a crack at the under-fire Titans. As we well know, you give the boys from the Gold Coast a sniff and they will take full advantage. They also have a habit of making comebacks in Rugby League games. Come on Blairy, get some of that white line fever into ya.

P.S. I was thinking of making some drug-related jibes this week, but thought it would be best to avoid them. *snort*

(Ed's note: Your "In the Spotlight" correspondent had sent through his weekly column before the Broncos confirmed big Blairy was out of Friday night's clash)

Ricky Stuart

Hi Sticky. Welcome old mate, better get comfortable.

Another week and another loss for the Green Machine. The Roosters never-ending array of international backs were galloping freely like gazelles hopped up on Mountain Dew last weekend and now it's time to face the wounded Eagles in Albury. One win and three losses doesn't make for pretty reading, while one-and-four would leave Raiders fans hurling their Public Service lanyards in disgust.

I'll leave the last word to my old buddy Glenn Frey: