The Crystal Ball - Round 10

The crystal ball is back out of the garage cupboard and has been dusted off for another look into what will happen this week in the NRL!

*Mitchell Pearce and James Maloney to dominate the much hyped battle between the halves on tonight. Once again the big teddy bear forward pack of the Bulldogs doesn't stand up for Hodkinson and Reynolds when they need it most.

* An earthquake erupts in Western Sydney on Saturday night when Semi Radradra makes a rampaging line break and Manu Vatuvei tries to run him down.

* Meanwhile in the stands Kaysa Pritchard approaches Kenny Edwards and says "Urine a lot of trouble mate", to which the second rower responds "Piss off Kaysa".

* Michael Gordon spits the dummy at half time and won't return to the field for the Sharks, after learning the side are only keeping him for his goal kicking. He rings Eels coach Brad Arthur to say he will be at Pirtek Stadium at the start of the week, but Arthur says they only want him for his goal kicking as well because Chris Sandow is over due for a long stint in NSW Cup, for no apparent reason.

* Laurie Daley calls Mitchell Pearce to have a private video session with him after naming him as NSW halfback. Daley YouTube's ‘Pearces' Origin highlights' and realises the most popular video is a six minute compilation of his embarrassing errors. In that moment he realises why his predecessors weren't able to win a series for eight years.

* Willie Mason is happy that he has been named on the bench; he can finally do a Korbin Sims on himself to see what all the fuss is about. After five minutes of investigation he looks up to realise he has been on the big screen the whole time.

*Two bolters a piece for the Origin sides to be named on the weekend: For the Blues Tyson Frizell and Blake Austin both squeeze onto the bench while Dane Gagai and Dylan Napa are both named to debut for the Maroons.

That's it from me punters. As always I hope your team wins but your back pocket wins more!