First thing Stevo has said right in many a year after last nights game is the playoffs should be if you lose get out.

Next year should be much better thankfully. Shame its taken so long for them to get rid of this playoff format.

As was the Shaun Kenny-Dowell obstruction incident leading up to SBW's knock on.

I don't usually cry foul at officialdom but 3 years in a row the Cowboys have been shafted in Sydney, at the same stadium, and in favour of Sydney clubs? The only surprise is that it wasn't as blatant as last season's 7th tackle try.

Then there's the huge opportunistic benefits associated with a Souths/Roosters Semi Final match-up (drool, drool) as TV ratings and enhanced advertising revenues on Channel Nine go into overdrive next week.

Merely coincidental, I'm sure.

F*cking way she goes man, way she goes.

Just finished watching. Don't really see the huge injustice. RE SBW, when the tacklers are peeling away and the ball comes free it's always 50/50.

RE: the thurston try at the end, I thought the number 8 did get a touch and as his hands were facing the roosters line, it was a knock on, but a very marginal one.

Melbourne were screwed over worse in the 2006 grand final against brisbane.

Felt so bad for thurston in the interview. He was dying to launch into a foul mouthed tirade.

Cowboys lost because they let 30 points in in 30mins! Oh and Thurston was dumb and didnt take a FG with 7 mins to go!!