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Newcastle Herald

Don't count renewed Newcastle Knights out of the top eight just yet

Jack Wighton tackles the Knights' Kalyn Ponga. Picture by Sitthixay Ditthavong

IT'S been pretty obvious that after the Knights' two defeats by the Roosters and Panthers coach Adam O'Brien realised he had to do something with their attack. I thought it was pretty obvious against the Bulldogs, with the side scoring 66 points.

Suddenly there was none of this running one-out for five tackles and then kicking it downfield and hoping the opposition would drop it. The Knights are now scoring points in games and making the opposition chase them. Also, their defence has improved. It's now more like the Penrith defence strategy, which strangles the team. Let's hope that the Knights can carry this on, as they have a reasonable draw. If they keep playing the football they have shown over the last four matches there is no reason they can't make the eight.

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