2015 Auckland Nines Thread

[Ari Gold]

The NRL own the Knights. They might have forced them to name a strong squad?

 

[Big Pete]

Will Zillman
James Roberts
Anthony Don
David Mead
Josh Hoffman
Brad Tighe
Kalifa Faifai Loa
Aidan Sezer
Daniel Mortimer
Christian Hazard
Kierran Moseley
Ryan James
Mark Ioane
Luke Douglas
Lachlan Burr
Davin Crampton
Dave Taylor
Matt Robinson

A solid line-up for the Titans. Lots of speed out-wide, some skillful big boppers in the middle and their dummy half Moseley seems made for a competition like this. Halves leave a little to be desired and I feel they'll struggle in a pool against the hosts but could be smokies if they click into place.

 

[tripleBroncos]

1. Sam Williams
2. Mitch Cornish
3. Jarrod Croker (c)
4. Lachlan Croker
5. Sisa Waqa
6. Joel Edwards
7. Josh McCrone
8. Rhys Kennedy
9. Glen Buttriss
10. Brenko Lee
11. Bill Tupou
12. Jack Ahearn
13. Luke Bateman
14. Haydon Hodge
15. Mark Nicholls
16. Kyle O’Donnell
17. Tevita Pangai Jnr
18. Ken Nagas*
*Subject to NRL Approval

Not a bad side from the Raiders but if they can't string passes and score points, I can see them struggling in defence. They don't exactly have one of the best forward packs in the NRL and it appears they've named a lot of second string players.

For their sake, I hope their halves and backs can stand up but I suspect they'll be fodder in the long run.

I'm looking forward to seeing how Tevita Pangai Jnr handles this competition. He has a great offload and pending on form, could be their next Papalii. He certainly has the physical attributes.

Im looking forward to seeing Kenny Nagas play, its been too long since he retired. Lets hope he kills it out there on the field.

 

[Big Pete]

Euan Aitken
Mike Cooper
Shannon Crook
Josh Dugan
Tyson Frizell
Craig Garvey
Nathan Green
Yaw Kiti Glymin
Beau Henry
Dan Hunt
Benji Marshall (c)
Peter Mata’utia
Will Matthews
Eto Nabuli
Jason Nightingale
Adam Quinlan
Joel Thompson
Shannon Wakeman

 

[Big Pete]

Andrew McCullough (captain)
Ajuma Adams
Elijah Alick
Joe Boyce
Greg Eden
James Gavet
Alex Glenn
Todd Lowrie
Lachlan Maranta
Anthony Milford
Francis Molo
Darren Nicholls
Jayden Nikorima
Kodi Nikorima
Joe Ofahengaue
Tom Opacic
Matt Parcell
Aaron Whitchurch

 

[Big Pete]

Tim Browne
Damien Cook
Levi Dodd
Adam Elliott
Herman Ese’ese
Antonio Kaufusi
Shaun Lane
Michael Lichaa
Moses Mbye
Josh Morris
Sam Perrett
Lloyd Perrett
Tyrone Phillips
Frank Pritchard
Curtis Rona
Corey Thompson
Aiden Tolman
Tony Williams

 

[Big Pete]

1.Daly Cherry-Evans (c)
2.Manaia Rudolph
3.Jayden Hodges
4.Brayden Wiliame
5.Tony Satini
6.Kieran Foran
7.Clinton Gutherson
8.Tom Trbojevic
9. Peta Hiku
10. Tom Symonds
11. Cheyse Blair
12. James Hasson
13. Feleti Mateo
14. Jesse Sene-Lefao
15. Josh Starling
16. Michael Chee Kam
17. Blake Leary
18. Dunamis Lui

 

[Big Pete]

1. Young Tonumaipea
2. Kenny Bromwich
3. Will Chambers (Captain)
4. Kurt Mann
5. Richie Kennar
6. Dayne Weston
7. Cameron Munster
8. Hymel Hunt
9. Tim Glasby
10. Marika Koroibete
11. Travis Robinson
12. Christian Welch
13. Ben Hampton
14. Billy Brittain
15. Francis Tualau
16. Nelson Asofa-Solomona
17. Suliasi Vunivalu
18. Shaun Nona

 

[Big Pete]

Luke Lewis (captain)
Valentine Holmes
Sosaia Feki
Gerard Beale
Ricky Leutele
Jack Bird
Nu Brown
Kyle Stanley
Sam Tagataese
Pat Politoni
Tinirau Arona
Luke Lewis
Matt Prior
Chris Heighington
Blake Ayshford
Nathan Gardner
Todd Murphy
Sami Sauiluma
Junior Roqica

 

[Big Pete]

1. Joel Reddy
2. Byrson Goodwin
3. Dylan Walker
4. Matt King
5. Chris McQueen
6. Issac Luke
7. Adam Reynolds
8. George Burgess
9. Angus Crichton
10. Ben Lowe
11. Jason Clark
12. Tom Hughes
13. Dave Tyrrell
14. Aaron Gray
15. Kyle Turner
16. Cameron McInnes
17. Chris Grevsmuhl
18. Setefano Taukafa

 

[Big Pete]

Sitaleki Akauola
Nathan Brown
Jack Buchanan
Manaia Cherrington
Josh Drinkwater
Asipeli Fine
Salesi Funaki
Delouise Hoeter
Chris Lawrence
Lamar Liolevave
Kyle Lovett
Joel Luani
Kevin Naiqama
Pat Richards
Brenden Santi
Ava Seumanufagai
Tim Simona
Sauaso Sue

 

[Big Pete]

Brendan Attwood
Reagan Campbell-Gillard
Christian Crichton
Adrian Davis
Joshua Kay
George Jennings
Isaac John
Kevin Kingston
Apisai Koroisau
Sika Manu
Kieran Moss
Ben Murdoch-Masila
Andy Saunders
Chris Smith
Nathan Smith
Will Smith
Tupou Sopoaga
Isaah Yeo

 

[Big Pete]

1) Mitchell Aubusson
2) Brendan Elliot
3) Kane Evans
4) Jackson Hastings
5) Samisoni Langi
6) Nene Macdonald
7) James Maloney
8) Willie Manu
9) Sam Moa
10) Taane Milne
11) Dylan Napa
12) Mitchell Pearce
13) Lagi Setu
14) Nathan Stapleton
15) Siosiua Taukeiaho
16) Roger Tuivasa-Sheck
17) Jared Waerea-Hargreaves
18) Mitchell Williams

 

[Kimlo]

1. Young Tonumaipea
2. Kenny Bromwich
3. Will Chambers (Captain)
4. Kurt Mann
5. Richie Kennar
6. Dayne Weston
7. Cameron Munster
8. Hymel Hunt
9. Tim Glasby
10. Marika Koroibete
11. Travis Robinson
12. Christian Welch
13. Ben Hampton
14. Billy Brittain
15. Francis Tualau
16. Nelson Asofa-Solomona
17. Suliasi Vunivalu
18. Shaun Nona

Craig Bellamy is such a wanker. Such a terrible sport. How typical for him to name a garbage team again.

 

[Big Pete]

Yeah, there's a few teams that are making a mockery of the Auckland 9s.

Out of all of them I'd say Penrith's is the biggest joke of all.

I don't mind really. It'd be crap if every team did it but the odd exception is OK. Especially if they have the talent of Melbourne.

 

[Kimlo]

It's just annoying because I want to beat Melbourne at full strength, haha.

 

[broncos4life]

Isn't there supposed to be a certain amount of players from their top 10 contracted or something like that?

 

[Unbreakable]

Chooks will be tough to beat.