South Sydney Rabbitohs horror start is not all bad [Video]

But it’s not as if the Roosters don’t have vulnerabilities.

I thought the Sea Eagles did a really good job of identifying the three small men in their defensive line last week – Sam Walker, Luke Keary and Sandon Smith, when he was on the park.

I haven’t seen a lot of Smith in the halves as he takes over from Keary (concussion), but he’s got a huge challenge on Friday night.

I always knew this was a spiteful rivalry, but I didn’t understand how deep it ran until moving to the eastern suburbs and living among it. You can virtually draw a line at Coogee for the cut-off between the two territories.

The fans don’t like each other, the players don’t like each other, the coaches don’t like each other, the administrators don’t like each other, the ballkids don’t like each other, the wives and girlfriends don’t like each …