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SuperCoach round one done with hits and misses, players to target for round 2. Savelio Tamale impresses.

The Daily Telegraph

So after two weekends of action in multiple states and countries - plus a cyclone - SuperCoach round one is finally done.

Below we reveal the hits, misses and players to target for round 2.

And it all starts with a big question mark over a Canberra cheapie.

THE BIG WATCH

* Savelio Tamale (73) - This week, TLT stands for TamaLe Tuesday. He was a controversial SuperCoach pick at the Raiders given rival Albert Hopoate is available for round 2 following the birth of his child.

But those who jumped on the former Dragon, and especially those who started, will be extremely happy given two linebreaks and an incredible 11 tackle busts.

Did he...

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Maguire faces big test against Raiders, Broncos pass footy test, doubts on training methods dispelled. Mental test next.

The Daily Telegraph

Micheal Maguire's biggest Broncos test so far will be this weekend in the nation's capital against Ricky Stuart's resurgent Raiders.

Brisbane passed the footy test in a big way at Allianz Stadium against the Sydney Roosters - Maguire's men were clearly well conditioned and well coached.

It should put any doubts about Maguire's so-called militant training methods to bed.

But will the Broncos pass the mental test, specifically the 'rockstar mentality' test, this week?

When this masthead asked NRL fans "what is Michael Maguire's biggest issue at the Broncos?", a staggering 72 per cent of the almost 16,000 respondents said...

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In a documentary on Craig Bellamy, his granddaughter accidentally breaks crockery in his office with mugs.

Wide World of Sports

There's a scene in a new documentary on Melbourne Storm coach Craig Bellamy where two mugs are clanged together in his office and crockery shatters across his desk.

But the smashing china isn't the result of another eyeball-popping Bellamy outburst; the kind of scene, usually reserved for the coaches' box, as synonymous with the veteran mentor as his affinity with the retired but forever legendary "big three".

It's the result of Bellamy's nine-year-old granddaughter Billie swinging her arms around with a mug in each hand and accidentally clunking them together.

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