CROSS FORUM NRL 2023 Round 21 Discussion

[Big Pete]

St George Illawarra Dragons vs. Wests Tigers
WIN Stadium, Thursday 20 July 2023
Kick Off: 7:50pm

ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS

1. Tyrell Sloan 2. Mathew Feagai 3. Moses Suli 4. Zac Lomax 5. Mikaele Ravalawa 6. Talatau Amone 7. Ben Hunt 8. Francis Molo 9. Jacob Liddle 10. Blake Lawrie 11. Billy Burns 12. Dan Russell 13. Jack de Belin

14. Moses Mbye 15. Michael Molo 16. Toby Couchman 17. Jack Bird

18. Zane Musgrove 19. Sione Finau 20. Ryan Couchman 21. Max Feagai 22. Jaiyden Hunt

WESTS TIGERS

1. Jahream Bula 2. David Nofoaluma 3. Starford To'a 4. Tommy Talau 5. Junior Tupou 6. Daine Laurie 7. Brandon Wakeham 8. Stefano Utoikamanu 9. Apisai Koroisau 10. David Klemmer 11. Isaiah Papali'i 12. John Bateman 13. Shawn Blore

14. Tallyn Da Silva 15. Fonua Pole 16. Alex Seyfarth 17. Alex Twal

18. Aitasi James 19. Jake Simpkin 20. Will Smith 21. Asu Kepaoa 22. Justin Matamua

Warriors vs. Canberra Raiders
Go Media Stadium, Friday 21 July 2023
Kick Off: 6:00pm

NZ WARRIORS

1. Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad 2. Dallin Watene-Zelezniak 3. Rocco Berry 4. Adam Pompey 5. Marcelo Montoya 6. Luke Metcalf 7. Shaun Johnson 8. Addin Fonua-Blake 9. Wayde Egan 15. Mitchell Barnett 11. Jackson Ford 12. Marata Niukore 13. Tohu Harris

10. Bunty Afoa 14. Dylan Walker 18. Bayley Sironen 20. Josh Curran

16. Tom Ale 17. Freddy Lussick 21. Ronald Volkman 22. Taine Tuaupiki 23. Viliami Vailea

CANBERRA RAIDERS

1. Sebastian Kris 2. Albert Hopoate 3. Jarrod Croker 4. Matthew Timoko 5. Jordan Rapana 6. Jack Wighton 7. Jamal Fogarty 8. Josh Papali'i 9. Zac Woolford 10. Joseph Tapine 11. Hudson Young 12. Elliott Whitehead 13. Corey Horsburgh

14. Tom Starling 15. Emre Guler 16. Pasami Saulo 17. Ata Mariota

18. Matt Frawley 19. Nick Cotric 20. Trey Mooney 21. Hohepa Puru 22. Ethan Strange

South Sydney Rabbitohs vs. Brisbane Broncos
Sunshine Coast Stadium, Friday 21 July 2023
Kick Off: 8:00pm

SOUTH SYDNEY RABBITOHS

1. Latrell Mitchell 2. Alex Johnston 3. Isaiah Tass 4. Campbell Graham 5. Taane Milne 6. Cody Walker 7. Lachlan Ilias 8. Tevita Tatola 9. Damien Cook 10. Hame Sele 11. Keaon Koloamatangi 12. Jai Arrow 13. Cameron Murray

14. Blake Taaffe 15. Siliva Havili 16. Thomas Burgess 17. Jacob Host

18. Jed Cartwright 19. Tallis Duncan 20. Peter Mamouzelos 21. Davvy Moale 22. Dean Hawkins

BRISBANE BRONCOS

1. Reece Walsh 2. Jesse Arthars 3. Kotoni Staggs 4. Herbie Farnworth 5. Selwyn Cobbo 6. Ezra Mam 7. Adam Reynolds 8. Keenan Palasia 9. Billy Walters 10. Payne Haas 11. Kurt Capewell 12. Brendan Piakura 13. Patrick Carrigan

14. Tyson Smoothy 15. Corey Jensen 16. Kobe Hetherington 17. Martin Taupau

18. Deine Mariner 19. Jock Madden 20. Xavier Willison 21. Tristan Sailor 22. Delouise Hoeter

Gold Coast Titans vs. Sydney Roosters
Cbus Super Stadium, Saturday 22 July 2023
Kick Off: 3:00pm

GOLD COAST TITANS

1. AJ Brimson 2. Alofiana Khan-Pereira 3. Brian Kelly 4. Jojo Fifita 5. Phillip Sami 6. Kieran Foran 7. Tanah Boyd 8. Moeaki Fotuaika 9. Sam Verrills 10. Isaac Liu 11. David Fifita 12. Klese Haas 13. Erin Clark

14. Jayden Campbell 15. Chris Randall 16. Joe Stimson 17. Jacob Alick

18. Iszac Fa'asumaleaui 19. Aaron Schoupp 20. Ken Maumalo 21. Kruise Leeming 22. Thomas Mikaele

SYDNEY ROOSTERS

1. James Tedesco 2. Daniel Tupou 3. Billy Smith 4. Joseph Manu 5. Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii 6. Luke Keary 7. Sandon Smith 8. Jared Waerea-Hargreaves 9. Jake Turpin 10. Lindsay Collins 11. Victor Radley 12. Nat Butcher 13. Nathan Brown

14. Brandon Smith 15. Egan Butcher 16. Siua Wong 17. Terrell May

18. Corey Allan 19. Dylan Napa 20. Drew Hutchison 21. Fetalaiga Pauga 22. Fletcher Baker

Newcastle Knights vs. Melbourne Storm
McDonald Jones Stadium, Saturday 22 July 2023
Kick Off: 5:30pm

NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS

1. Kalyn Ponga 2. Dominic Young 3. Dane Gagai 4. Bradman Best 5. Greg Marzhew 6. Tyson Gamble 7. Jackson Hastings 8. Daniel Saifiti 9. Phoenix Crossland 10. Leo Thompson 11. Tyson Frizell 12. Lachlan Fitzgibbon 13. Adam Elliott

14. Kurt Mann 15. Jacob Saifiti 16. Jack Hetherington 17. Mathew Croker

18. Dylan Lucas 19. Enari Tuala 20. Brodie Jones 21. Hymel Hunt 22. Adam Clune

MELBOURNE STORM

1. Nick Meaney 2. William Warbrick 3. Reimis Smith 4. Justin Olam 5. Xavier Coates 6. Cameron Munster 7. Jahrome Hughes 8. Tui Kamikamica 9. Harry Grant 10. Christian Welch 11. Trent Loiero 12. Nelson Asofa-Solomona 13. Josh King

14. Tyran Wishart 15. Tom Eisenhuth 16. Tariq Sims 17. Alec MacDonald

18. Bronson Garlick 19. Chris Lewis 20. Jayden Nikorima 21. Marion Seve 22. George Jennings

North Queensland Cowboys vs. Parramatta Eels
Queensland Country Bank Stadium, Saturday 22 July 2023
Kick Off: 7:35pm

NORTH QLD COWBOYS

1. Scott Drinkwater 2. Semi Valemei 3. Valentine Holmes 4. Peta Hiku 5. Murray Taulagi 6. Tom Dearden 7. Chad Townsend 8. Jordan McLean 9. Reece Robson 10. Coen Hess 11. Luciano Leilua 12. Jeremiah Nanai 13. Reuben Cotter

14. Jake Granville 15. Griffin Neame 16. Jason Taumalolo 17. Kulikefu Finefeuiaki

18. Zac Laybutt 19. Jamayne Taunoa-Brown 20. Sam McIntyre 21. Ben Hampton 22. Mitchell Dunn

PARRAMATTA EELS

1. Clinton Gutherson 2. Maika Sivo 3. Viliami Penisini 4. Bailey Simonsson 5. Sean Russell 6. Daejarn Asi 7. Mitchell Moses 8. Ofahiki Ogden 9. Brendan Hands 10. Junior Paulo 11. Shaun Lane 12. Bryce Cartwright 13. J'maine Hopgood

14. Luca Moretti 15. Joe Ofahengaue 16. Andrew Davey 17. Ryan Matterson

18. Haze Dunster 19. Makahesi Makatoa 20. Waqa Blake 21. Ky Rodwell 22. Jack Murchie

Penrith Panthers vs. Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
BlueBet Stadium, Sunday 23 July 2023
Kick Off: 2:00pm

PENRITH PANTHERS

1. Dylan Edwards 2. Sunia Turuva 3. Izack Tago 4. Stephen Crichton 5. Brian To'o 6. Jarome Luai 7. Nathan Cleary 8. Moses Leota 9. Mitch Kenny 10. James Fisher-Harris 11. Scott Sorensen 12. Liam Martin 13. Isaah Yeo

14. Soni Luke 15. Lindsay Smith 16. Spencer Leniu 17. Luke Garner

18. Jack Cogger 19. Matt Eisenhuth 20. Jaeman Salmon 21. Thomas Jenkins 22. Tyrone Peachey

CANTEBURY BANKSTOWN BULLDOGS

1. Jake Averillo 2. Blake Wilson 3. Jacob Kiraz 4. Paul Alamoti 5. Jeral Skelton 6. Matt Burton 7. Kyle Flanagan 8. Max King 9. Reed Mahoney 10. Raymond Faitala-Mariner 11. Jackson Topine 12. Jacob Preston 13. Corey Waddell

14. Harrison Edwards 15. Kurtis Morrin 16. Tevita Pangai Junior 17. Jayden Okunbor

19. Samuel Hughes 20. Hayze Perham 21. Chris Patolo 22. Josh Addo-Carr 23. Viliame Kikau

Cronulla Sharks vs. Manly Sea Eagles
PointsBet Stadium, Sunday 23 July 2023
Kick Off: 4:05pm

CRONULLA SHARKS

1. William Kennedy 2. Sione Katoa 3. Jesse Ramien 4. Connor Tracey 5. Ronaldo Mulitalo 6. Braydon Trindall 7. Nicho Hynes 8. Oregon Kaufusi 9. Blayke Brailey 10. Toby Rudolf 11. Briton Nikora 12. Jesse Colquhoun 13. Dale Finucane

14. Cameron McInnes 15. Siosifa Talakai 16. Jack Williams 17. Thomas Hazelton

18. Kayal Iro 19. Mawene Hiroti 20. Royce Hunt 21. Daniel Atkinson 22. Tuku Hau Tapuha

MANLY SEA EAGLES

1. Reuben Garrick 2. Jason Saab 3. Brad Parker 4. Tolutau Koula 5. Christian Tuipulotu 6. Josh Schuster 7. Daly Cherry-Evans 8. Taniela Paseka 9. Lachlan Croker 10. Josh Aloiai 11. Haumole Olakau'atu 12. Kelma Tuilagi 13. Jake Trbojevic

14. Dean Matterson 15. Aaron Woods 16. Sean Keppie 17. Matthew Lodge

18. Ethan Bullemor 19. Jakob Arthur 20. Toafofoa Sipley 21. Ray Tuaimalo-Vaega 22. Gordon Chan Kum Tong

 

[ZTop]

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[Big Pete]

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I decided to give myself a head-start this week.

Love this time of the season. All the rep stuff is out of the way, all the top teams are jockeying for position while all the bottom teams have an opportunity to make a head-start on '24.

This is season-defining and for a lot of teams you can throw the form guide out of the window and pick it up from here.

We're well and truly at the stage where the word technically is brought out. Technically we have 15 teams who are a chance of playing finals with some teams playing for their season on the weekend. That gives games like Titans/Roosters, Knights/Storm, Sharks/Sea Eagles that extra bit of interest as some teams are fighting for their season and it could lead to a few upsets.

As the period wears on, you'll see a few teams pull up stumps or just throw games to rest their players up. You can pick those games a mile away and it makes it easier to focus more on the lower grades and see who is putting themselves in the frame for a train and trial.

 

[Silvertails.net]

Let's go Matilda's.

 

[Mustafur]

I can see why Nine put the worst game imaginable out today.

 

[Silvertails.net]

Sorry I’m watching the hot girls playing foolsball instead !!

 

[Sproj]

Sorry I’m watching the hot girls playing foolsball instead !!

What's your forum's take on the press release the other day about player agents and losing the Fainus?

 

[ZTop]

Sorry I’m watching the hot girls playing foolsball instead !!

Hate to break it to you, they are all gay

 

[Silvertails.net]

Hate to break it to you, they are all gay

Oh **** !!!

 

[Silvertails.net]

Hate to break it to you, they are all gay

Surely not ALL of them

 

[Silvertails.net]

What's your forum's take on the press release the other day about player agents and losing the Fainus?

In a nutshell , we think the press release is fucking stupid!!

And it’s split about 50/50 on the Fainu’s , with one side spewing that we’ve lost some potential guns , and the other side saying “ fair dinkum $500k a year for 4 years and ones played 1 NRL game and the other 0”.

 

[Silvertails.net]

Surely not ALL of them

Thank goodness

I was just watching the Norway girls singing their anthem and thought , Mmmmmm

 

[Foordy]

 

[Silvertails.net]

Hate to break it to you, they are all gay

Actually a lot are bi-sexual.

 

[Silvertails.net]

Actually a lot are bi-sexual.

A lot.

 

[Silvertails.net]

Cracker of a goal

 

[Silvertails.net]

Cracker of a goal

Pretty sure that's a bloke

 

[BroncsFan]

I can see why Nine put the worst game imaginable out today.

When you're scheduling at the start of the year who could've foreseen that this game would be a spoon bowl and not a clash of heavyweight contenders that would've been expected!!