In the Spotlight - Round 21

Na-na-na-na-SPOTLIIIIGHT!

G'day cobbers and cobettes,* welcome to Round 21 of the world's most prestigious article, known universally as In The Spotlight.

*Not a real word

Last week the finals race just got a taste more interesting, or for some clubs, depressing. Penrith have been busted all year and it looks like their brave bid for finals footy in 2015 has come to an end via a pack of blokes in lime green. The Dragons managed to break a club record by losing its seventh consecutive game (my oh my, what an achievement!) and the Cowboys played for 40 minutes and still beat the poor old Eels by 42 points.

My old pal Mitchell Pearce. The bloke with the funky tattoo. Son of Wayne. Maroons legend.

Pearcey went okay I must say - as he tends to do when his shirt's not sky blue. A pair of line break assists, set up a try and was solid as his Chookies munched on some Tiger steak last Friday evening.

Things weren't quite as rosy for Joseph Paulo, who was unceremoniously thrust (and not a fun type of thrusting either) into the halves in Townsville against the might of Thurston and co. Joey ran half a dozen times, didn't get far. Kicked a couple of times, didn't kick far. The scary thing is, the Townsville terrors only turned up for the second half and still roared home.

Let's see who's up this week.

Jamie Soward

Young James hasn't had much to smile about in the second half of the season. His team-mates are breaking down more often than a 72' Falcon and his back is sore from carrying his team's attack. This week the Bunnies come to town and they are starting to look just a little bit ominous again. Can Penrith play spoiler to the defending premiers? Much will depend on the dual-pistol-wielding number six.

Jesse Bromwich

By all reports, Jesse wanted a feed before last week's win over the Saints in Un-Zed, bru. He didn't get a sanga, so he had a sneaky munch on an ink spring roll instead. This week I'm sure he'll be well-fed before kick-off, so Jimmy Tedesco can relax. On his day the best prop in the game, this week he gets a shot at the Tigers and I'm expecting a ruthless performance.

That's enough of my biting satire for this week. Ciao ciao.