Dynamic Parramatta winger Semi Radradra has come along way since his debut for the club. Credit:NRL Photos/Gregg Porteous "It was very tough, I grew up a rugby union [player]," Radradra said. "When I first came here, I came on a Monday, train on Monday, played on Friday. Only three [training days]. They hadn't shown me anything about the rules, they just said 'you play on Friday'. "I found it very hard, you know? The only thing I had in my mind was 'catch the ball and run'. That's it." Radradra, who could be playing his last game in the NRL against the Cowboys on Saturday night, has not only been able to grasp the rules, but has been described by his coach as a smart footballer. "From where he started to now ... he's a very smart footballer," Arthur said. "He knows a lot about the game. He knows what his job is. He knows the defensive reads. He knows that if he doesn't do something right, he knows how to fix it and what he's done wrong. He's very coachable.

"He's worked very hard and done a lot of work with [assistant] Steve Murphy. Murph has been really good for him. Him and Semi got on really well. Semi is a very smart footballer. He knows his football." Radradra, who was kept relatively quiet by the Melbourne Storm in the opening week of the finals, openly admits to some of the mistakes he has made adjusting to the sport. One of those being playing on after catching a ball in the in-goal, oblivious to the 20-metre tap rule. "I didn't know any rules," he said. "I catch one ball in the in-goal and you have to tap the ball on the 20-metre line. But I just ran straight. Then they blow the whistle and I threw it back. I had no idea. When I play the ball, twice I played it like union. "When the game was going on I tried to figure it out. I didn't know you kick on the last tackle. You have to fall back. It took me three weeks to learn the game. Until now, I'm still learning some things I didn't even know. I'm a quick learner. It only took me three weeks to learn the game. But I'm still learning now."

Hit on DWZ just not right Penrith players were seeing red after watching the replay of their teammate, Dallin Watene-Zelezniak, being clocked across the jaw by Matthew Wright in Saturday's victory against the Panthers. After being grounded in a tackle from Watene-Zelezniak, Wright got to his feet after the play the ball and launched a punch at the Panthers winger. Watene-Zelezniak didn't see it coming and had a swollen cheek as a reminder of the hit. The incident went uncited by the match review committee. Flashpoint: Dallin Watene-Zelezniak cops one from Manly's Matt Wright. Credit:Not Available King of the sly tactic Cameron King, take a bow. The cheeky little Parramatta hooker went to extraordinary lengths to try to unsettle the Storm during last week's semi-final at AAMI Park. He was caught bending down undoing the shoelace of the Storm's Slade Griffin while packed in for a scrum.

Cheeky: Eels hooker Cameron King unties Slade Griffin's bootlace during a scrum. Credit:Not Available Cheap and cheerful potshots The referees weren't the only ones on the receiving end of the wrath of a furious Manly this weekend. After Manly chair Scott Penn complained about Penrith having their own cheerleaders at a Sea Eagles home final, the club then proceeded to make a bizarre complaint to the Panthers having taking offence to a tweet Penrith had sent out in response to commentator Andrew Voss. "Embarrassed by level of whinging in the sport I love. Manly boss even questioned why @PenrithPanthers were allowed to have cheergirls at game," Voss tweeted. To which the Panthers official account said: "Those Seabirds were just salty they got schooled by our Pantherettes". It infuriated the Sea Eagles, who compiled an official complaint demanding an apology and for the post to be removed. The Panthers later deleted the tweet, but not after being accused of being derogatory by their rivals. Melbourne fullback Billy Slater had quite a bit to say during the Parramatta-Storm semi-final last weekend. It is understood Slater was quite chirpy and tried to get under the skin of the young Eels with some good old-fashion sledging. Mitchell Moses was the target of one of his comments, which included a reference to his time at the Tigers. While Moses didn't go into detail he admitted there was plenty of feeling between the two sides. "They were obviously trying to rough us up but we didn't take a backward step," Moses said. "We'd never do that. They can try do that all they want but we'll stick solid and look to next week."​