Is there a massive leak at Canberra

Is Canberra leaking? Kenty and Woz dive into a massive weekend of NRL finals as mind games and coaching masterclasses dominate the build up. The team addresses the sensational claims of a "rat in the ranks" at the Raiders and breaks down the high-stakes coaching duels that will define the opening round of the post-season.

Mind games and the Canberra "leak"

The spotlight fell on the drama unfolding in the nation's capital, where allegations surfaced regarding a leak of sensitive injury information concerning Josh Papalii. Kenty viewed the situation as classic psychological warfare from Brisbane. "I think it's all designed to try and get inside Ricky's head, inside the Raiders head and make them start to look over their shoulders and just distract them a little bit from what they got to do this weekend."

Kenty suggested that Raiders coach Ricky Stuart would likely be unfazed by the external noise. "There's nobody with more wreck cunning in this world than Ricky Stuart. He would be smoking a cigar reading all this. It wouldn't worry him at all." He dismissed the idea of internal panic at the club, adding, "There's no way there will be a witch hunt or anything like that down at Canberra. I think they will just dismiss it as mind games from the Broncos."

The Bellamy versus Bennett debate

As the Storm prepare to face the Bulldogs, Kenty offered a glowing assessment of Craig Bellamy’s place in rugby league history. When Woz questioned if he stands above other legends, Kenty was firm. "Bellamy I think is the best ever. And that takes you to all the greats as well. Better than Bennett. Better than Bennett. To do what he's done."

As the Storm prepare to face the bulldogs

The praise focused on Bellamy's unique ability to maintain excellence across different eras of the game. "Bellamy's ability to get his players to play as well as they do so consistently for 22 years. And just to do it for as long as he has done it and it's not like he's just had this one great group of players, he's actually gone through generations of players."

Bad blood and transparency

The history between Ricky Stuart and Michael Maguire adds another layer to the weekend's intrigue. Kenty detailed the friction that arose when Maguire moved from an advisory role at the Raiders to the New South Wales job. "The Raiders believed he wasn't being completely upfront to them about what was going on which irked him a little bit. The Raiders just felt like he wasn't being completely transparent."

The fallout from that transition still lingers in the background of this Sunday's clash. "When he eventually did leave to take on the New South Wales job, it just was just a little bit of a bad taste in people's mouths about it."

Tactical "chess games" in the middle

Looking at the on-field battle between Melbourne and Canterbury, Kenty predicted a clash of styles where the Storm will look to exploit their size. "Melbourne are going to play straight through the middle. The old fashioned kick the door in. Just they will just try and play through the middle. Use their big guys to wear out the Bulldogs who are got, we all know they got a small lighter pack."

Ultimately, the show concluded that the finals would be decided by the mental battle between the coaches. "I like the strategy that's coming into this game and how they're going to think about it, how they're going to try and outthink the opposition. It's the chess game."

Watch the full episode on Fanatics TV.