I believe that we have just given Souths an excuse to sack their useless excuse of a coach. Why he would drop Moale, who made 200+ metres in reserve grade, in favour of a 2nd hooker against our size is beyond me. Dumber than SK in terms of team selections and footy IQ.
In terms of our performance, I err on the side of caution in terms of how much we read into this win. Roosters pumped Souths by more than we did and everyone thought they were premiership contenders only to be fully exposed by Penrith the week after. A lot of this is just how bad Souths are as a team. Their roster is highly overrated: their team may have been a top 4 side in the past but the rest of the comp has caught up with them. The NRL media need to recognise that and readjust their expectations re Souths. They will be lucky to make finals this year. Easily our worst opponents of the year.
We will know more about where we stand next week when we play another top 4 contender in Manly. Pump them and I think the rest of the comp will rightly conclude that we are one of the genuine contenders for this title alongside Penrith and Brisbane.