This week's Warriors media session saw Shaun Johnson join the press throng and attempt to interview teammate Sam Tomkins. Asked by a reporter if he felt like he was getting more ball in recent weeks, the England fullback didn't miss his chance to have a dig at the Warriors playmaker. "Yeah. Shaun Johnson's finally started passing to me," was his reply. Later, when Johnson chimed in to ask him how the team was preparing for Sunday's match against the Knights, Tomkins said: "All the lads have been in training but there was one bloke who missed the start of the session. One of the halfbacks is a bit of a princess.But everyone else has been traininghard."
Hayne v Hodges
The State of Origin opener featured a running battle between Blues fullback Jarryd Hayne and Maroons centre Justin Hodges. The pair clashed on a couple of occasions in the first half, while Hayne took the chance to give Hodges another mouthful as the two sides headed to the sheds at halftime. It's fair to say the Eels star came out on top after producing a man-of-the-match performance for New South Wales.
Coach killer
Benji Marshall will have gone through three different coaches in a rugby/NRL season before the end of May - John Kirwan at the Blues, Steve Price at the Dragons, and his replacement, as of this week, Paul McGregor. Throughout his first life in the NRL, Marshall was schooled by the respected Tim Sheens for 10 years, while Price oversaw his NRL return for 519 weeks less than that.
