Since starting his season in round six, Manly gun Tom Trbojevic has certainly made up for lost time.
The Sea Eagles and Blues superstar has sparked a stunning turnaround for his club side and played a leading role in NSW s 2-1 Origin triumph.
Making his Origin heroics even more remarkable is the fact he played out of position in the centres because the Blues boast another of the game s elite talents, James Tedesco, at fullback.
Such has been Turbo s dominance in 2021 that many now consider him to be the game s best player, but he has plenty of worthy rivals for that tag.
Airdate: State of Origin III
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The South Sydney Rabbitohs have notched their fourth-straight win following a dominant 38-22 performance over the Wests Tigers at Leichhardt Oval.
The Rabbitohs today blitzed the Tigers at home with a big opening 40 minutes, which saw the men from Redfern cross over for five unanswered tries to lead by 26 points at the main break.
While the Tigers late in the match cut the deficit to 16 points, it was virtually all one-sided as the Rabbitohs barely broke a sweat to comfortably cruise to victory and jump into the third spot on the NRL ladder.
South Sydney owned possession today with 55 per cent, in what rugby league immortal Andrew Johns described as training gallop during Nine s coverage of the match.