Former Sydney Roosters and Penrith Panthers mentor and current Penrith General Manager Phil Gould believes his former club, not Penrith, have the x-factor that every other club in the competition is looking forward.

Writing for The Sydney Morning Herald, Gould says all clubs play the same, except for the Roosters.

“We occasionally witness the odd variation to this structure, but very few of the 16 NRL teams stray too far away from this simple blueprint. It must be the best way to play this modern game, because all teams choose to play this way” Gould writes.

“Obviously some teams do it better than others. Judging by what we have seen in the opening month of the 2015 season, though, I can declare that no one does it better than the Roosters, when they put their minds to their work.

“They have the slickness and precision few teams in this competition can consistently match. I watch many teams every weekend in this competition roll through the identical plays, but many fall well short in their game-day delivery.”