The Phantom has gone back to coaching text books this week as recently his own tactical and coaching assessments have been a tad off cue.

If you’re going to play a game of League badly, do it REALLY badly. Get beaten by 92-points like Toulouse did in round 4 of the English Challenge Cup.

South Sydney are expected to send out their 5th halves combination onto the Sydney Cricket Ground for their round 6 clash with the Wests Tigers.

A new crowd record is set to be broken in round 4 of the Jim Beam Cup when the West Australian Reds play at home for the very first time on Saturday night.

With the Reds playing at home for the first time, one man keen to see the latest Jim Beam Cup franchise score win number two is Reds coach Chris Dever.

A gallant Sea Eagles outfit outlasted and outpointed the topsy turvy Eels 20-16 at a waterlogged Parramatta Stadium on Friday night.

The official Heritage round of the NRL got under way with a classic showdown between traditional rivals Manly and Parramatta out west.

The Phantom has a real feast of tactical dissection for all you league gurus as we head into round 6 of the greatest game of all besides cricket.