North Queensland co-captain Matt Scott wants a cannonball tackle by Cronulla's James Maloney on James Tamou looked at by the match review committee. "I'd like to see them have a look at it," he said. "It's pretty hard to see it when you're out there ... it's not the sort of thing you like to see, lower limb injuries like that. It's pretty dangerous." Rugby league is now taking concussion seriously but that doesn't mean it can't have the occasional chuckle at a victim's expense. Asked about an injury to North Queensland winger Antonio Winterstein on Saturday night, coach Paul Green said: "He just got concussion. Actually he had a head clash with Gavin Cooper. He's lucky he's not dead with the size of Coops' melon."

2. Tigers discussed Taylor's future

Wests Tigers players discussed the change of captaincy and speculation about the future of coach Jason Taylor at a pre-season meeting, fullback James Tedesco has revealed. "When all the Robbie Farah stuff was happening, we did all come together as a team, as a squad, and discuss it, to get it out in the open" the Italian international told Triple M on Sunday. "At the start, some people knew stuff. There was a lot in the media, all sorts of speculation. We got it out in the open, resolved it and got on with it." Sometimes "coach under pressure" seems like a media invention but Tedesco admitted: "There is a lot of pressure on us to perform and a lot of pressure on JT and that sort of stuff."

3. Two mascots for Thurston