The Raiders went from minor premiers to a muddled attack in 12 months – so what actually broke? In this episode, we pull their structures apart: how losing their metronome in the halves has exposed the spine, why the shapes aren’t giving young playmakers clear decisions, and what Blake would be saying to simplify their roles.
We then spin to the Dolphins’ opposite story – a spine that’s grown together, Nikorima’s evolution, and a recruitment team that has created genuine battles for spots – before finishing with NSW U19s expectations and how you even try to defend Kalyn Ponga at Origin level.
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