Round 1 Discussion

Big Pete

Big Pete

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Parramatta Eels vs Brisbane Broncos
Pirtek Stadium, Thursday 3 March 2016
Kick Off 7:05pm (Queensland Time)

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1. Michael Gordon 2. Semi Radradra 3. Michael Jennings 4. Brad Takairangi 5. Clinton Gutherson 6. Corey Norman 7. Kieran Foran (c) 8. Junior Paulo 9. Nathan Peats 10. Tim Mannah 11. Manu Ma'u 12. Beau Scott 13. Tepai Moeroa
Interchange: 14. David Gower 15. Peni Terepo 16. Daniel Alvaro 17. Kenny Edwards 18. Kaysa Pritchard
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1. Darius Boyd 2. Corey Oates 3. Jordan Kahu 4. James Roberts 5. Greg Eden 6. Anthony Milford 7. Ben Hunt 8. Josh McGuire 9. Andrew McCullough 10. Adam Blair 11. Alex Glenn 12. Matt Gillett 13. Corey Parker (c)
Interchange: 14. Jarrod Wallace 15. Sam Thaiday 16. Joe Ofahengaue 17. Kodi Nikorima

Manly Sea Eagles vs Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Brookvale Oval, Friday 4 March 2016
Kick Off 7:05pm (Queensland Time)

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1. Brett Stewart 2. Jorge Taufua 3. Jamie Lyon 4. Steve Matai 5. Tom Trbojevic 6. Dylan Walker 7. Daly Cherry-Evans 8. Jake Trbojevic 9. Apisai Koroisau 10. Nate Myles 11. Lewis Brown 12. Nathan Green 13. Martin Taupau
Interchange: 14. Matt Parcell 15. Blake Leary 16. Dary Lussick 17. Feleti Mateo 18. Siosaia Vave
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1. William Hopoate 2. Curtis Rona 3. Josh Morris 4. Chase Stanley 5. Sam Perrett 6. Josh Reynolds 7. Moses Mbye 8. Aiden Tolman 9. Michael Lichaa 10. James Graham (c) 11. Josh Jackson 12. Tony Williams 13. Greg Eastwood
Interchange: 14. Sam Kasiano 15. Danny Fualalo 16. Tim Browne 17. Adam Elliott 18. Shaun Lane

Canberra Raiders vs Penrith Panthers
GIO Stadium, Saturday 5 March 2016
Kick Off 2:00pm (Queensland Time)

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1. Jack Wighton 2. Edrick Lee 3. Jarrod Croker (c) 4. Joseph Leilua 5. Jordan Rapana 6. Sam Williams 7. Aidan Sezer 8. Shannon Boyd 9. Josh Hodgson 10. Frank-Paul Nuuausala 11. Josh Papalii 12. Elliot Whitehead 13. Shaun Fensom
Interchange: 14. Blake Austin 15. Iosia Soliola 16. Paul Vaughan 17. Jeff Lima 18. Kurt Baptiste
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1. Will Smith 2. Josh Mansour 3. Waqa Blake 4. Peta Hiku 5. Dallin Watene-Zelezniak 6. Jamie Soward 7. Peter Wallace 8. Sam McKendry 9. James Segeyaro 10. Reagan Campbell-Gillard 11. Bryce Cartwright 12. Isaah Yeo 13. Trent Merrin
Interchange: 14. Tyrone Peachey 15. Jeremy Latimore 16. Suaia Matagi 17. Elijah Taylor

Wests Tigers vs Warriors
Campbelltown Stadium, Saturday 5 March 2016
Kick Off 4:30pm (Queensland Time)

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1. James Tedesco 2. David Nofoaluma 3. Tim Simona 4. Kevin Naiqama 5. Jordan Rankin 6. Mitchell Moses 7. Jack Littlejohn 8. Aaron Woods (c) 9. Manaia Cherrington 10. Tim Grant 11. Chris Lawrence 12. Curtis Sironen 13. Suaso Sue
Interchange: 14. Kyle Lovett 15. Josh Aloiai 16. Ava Seumanufagai 17. Jack Buchanan 18. Michael Chee-Kam
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1. Roger Tuivasa-Sheck 2. Tuimoala Lolohea 3. Blake Ayshford 4. Solomone Kata 5. Manu Vatuvei 6. Shaun Johnson 7. Jeff Robson 8. Jacob Lillyman 9. Issac Luke 10. Ben Matulino 11. Ben Henry 12. Ryan Hoffman 13. Simon Mannering
Interchange: 14. Nathaniel Roache 15. Sam Lisone 16. James Gavet 17. Bodene Thompson 18. Jonathan Wright 19. Albert Vete

North Queensland Cowboys vs Cronulla Sharks
1300SMILES Stadium, Saturday 5 March 2016
Kick Off 6:30pm (Queensland Time)

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1. Lachlan Coote 2. Kyle Feldt 3. Justin O'Neil 4. Kane Linnett 5. Antonio Winterstein 6. Michael Morgan 7. Johnathan Thurston 8. Mat Scott 9. Jake Granville 10. James Tamou 11. Gavin Cooper 12. Ethan Lowe 13. Jason Taumalolo
Interchange: 14. Rory Kostjasyn 15. John Asiata 16. Ben Hannant 17. Scott Bolton
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1. Ben Barba 2. Sosaia Feki 3. Jack Bird 4. Ricky Leutele 5. Valentine Holmes 6. James Maloney 7. Chad Townsend 8. Andrew Fifita 9. Michael Ennis 10. Sam Tagataese 11. Luke Lewis 12. Wade Graham 13. Paul Gallen (c)
Interchange: 14. Chris Heighington 15. Matt Prior 16. David Fifita 17. Jayson Bukuya 18. Gerard Beale 19. Joseph Paulo

Sydney Roosters vs South Sydney Rabbitohs
Allianz Stadium, Sunday 6 March 2016
Kick Off 3:00pm

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1. Blake Ferguson 2. Daniel Tupou 3. Dale Copley 4. Shaun Kenny-Dowall 5. Latrell Mitchell 6. Jayden Nikorima 7. Jackson Hastings 8. Kane Evans 9. Jake Friend (c) 10. Dylan Napa 11. Aidan Guerra 12. Mitchell Aubusson 13. Isaac Liu
Interchange: 14. Sio Siua Taukeiaho 15. Sam Moa 16. Ian Henderson 17. Vincent Leuluai 18. Mitchell Frei
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1. Greg Inglis (c) 2. Alex Johnston 3. Bryson Goodwin 4. Hymel Hunt 5. Aaron Gray 6. Cody Walker 7. Adam Reynolds 8. Sam Burgess 9. Cam McInnes 10. David Tyrell 11. Paul Carter 12. John Sutton 13. Kyle Turner
Interchange: 14. Damien Cook 15. Jason Clark 16. Chris Grevsmuhl 17. Zane Musgrove 18. Kirisome Auva'a 19. Nathan Brown

Gold Coast Titans vs Newcastle Knights
Cbus Super Stadium, Sunday 6 March 2016
Kick Off 5:30pm

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1. William Zillman 2. Anthony Don 3. Josh Hoffman 4. Nathan Davis 5. David Mead 6. Tyrone Roberts 7. Ashley Taylor 8. David Shillington 9. Nathan Friend 10. Agnatius Paasi 11. Zeb Taia 12. Chris McQueen 13. Greg Bird
Interchange: 14. Eddy Pettybourne 15. Ryan James 16. Leivaha Pulu 17. Daniel Mortimer 18. Lachlan Burr 19. Leva Li
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1. Jaelen Feeney 2. Chanel Mata'utia 3. Pat Mata'utia 4. Dane Gagai 5. Akuila Uate 6. Jarrod Mullen 7. Trent Hodkinson 8. Kade Snowden 9. Tyler Randell 10. Sam Mataora 11. Jacob Saifiti 12. Robbie Rochow 13. Jeremy Smith
Interchange: 14. Korbin Sims 15. Pauli Pauli 16. Daniel Saifiti 17. David Bhana

Melbourne Storm vs St George Illawarra Dragons
AAMI Park, Monday 7 March 2016
Kick Off 6:00pm

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1. Billy Slater 2. Marika Koroibete 3. Will Chambers 4. Richard Kennar 5. Young Tonumaipea 6. Blake Green 7. Cooper Cronk 8. Jesse Bromwich 9. Cameron Smith (c) 10. Jordan McLean 11. Kevin Proctor 12. Tohu Harris 13. Dale Finucane
Interchange: 14. Kenny Bromwich 15. Tim Glasby 16. Ben Hampton 17. Christian Welch 18. Felise Kaufusi 19. Nelson Asofa-Solomona
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1. Kurt Mann 2. Euan Aitken 3. Josh Dugan 4. Tim Lafai 5. Jason Nightingale 6. Gareth Widdop (c) 7. Benji Marshall 8. Leeson Ah Mau 9. Mitchell Rein 10. Russell Packer 11. Will Matthews 12. Joel Thompson 13. Mike Cooper
Interchange: 14. Ben Creagh (c) 15. Jack de Belin 16. Dunamis Lui 17. Siliva Havili 18. Peter Mata'utia 19. Tyrone McCarthy 20. Jake Marketo
 
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According to Hooper, the Roosters are going to name Latrell Mitchell in the Centres.. I wonder who's going to miss the 17 out of Copley & Burgess.
 
According to Hooper, the Roosters are going to name Latrell Mitchell in the Centres.. I wonder who's going to miss the 17 out of Copley & Burgess.
Risky playing him in the centres, think he'll be found wanting in defence. Surely on the right wing outside SKD would be the logical choice.

If he slots into centres, you'd think he's on the left with SKD retaining the right. In such a scenario, I'd assume Copley would miss out. They could move SKD to the wing though where he's probably just as effective.

From what I can gather, Burgess is down the pecking order a bit, given Mitchell and Copley won selection in WCC. One wonders if he's behind Elliott as well?
 
I think SKD to wing. IIRC, he was on the wing last year when Ferguson was playing.
 
Robinson has said Burgess needs to do put a few kegs on before he plays first grade and he has a few aspects of his game to work on. Mitchell into the centres and SKD on the wing. Copley will play left centre.
 
Teams will be named at 4pm.

As per usual, expect some leaks along the way.
 
The Knights round one side is:
Jaelen Fenney, Chanel Mata’utia, Pat Mata’utia, Dane Gagai, Akuila Uate, Jarrod Mullen, Trent Hodkinson, Kade Snowden, Tyler Randell, Sam Mataora, Jacob Saifiti, Robbie Rochow, Jeremy Smith.
Bench: Korbin Sims, Pauli Pauli, Daniel Saifiti, David Bhana.
 
Wonder why Korbin Sims is starting on the bench..
 
At least Brown isn't going to die wondering.

Let's be frank, the Knights squad is rubbish. They're the reigning wooden spooners and have added little to their roster since then. So by making a few tactical selections (eg. Feeney at fullback) and choosing the form forward pack of what's available I believe he's making the most of his opportunity. Combined with who he's facing and I believe he's made the best move for the most part. Perhaps I would have been inclined to shift a few players around and inject Danny Levi but I'm willing to give this 17 a chance.
 
I feel a bit sorry for the knights here. Some teams have better forwards running around in their reserve grade that would be better than their starters. They wasted all their money on Hodkinson who will be nothing without his forwards laying a platform.
 
At least Brown isn't going to die wondering.

Let's be frank, the Knights squad is rubbish. They're the reigning wooden spooners and have added little to their roster since then. So by making a few tactical selections (eg. Feeney at fullback) and choosing the form forward pack of what's available I believe he's making the most of his opportunity. Combined with who he's facing and I believe he's made the best move for the most part. Perhaps I would have been inclined to shift a few players around and inject Danny Levi but I'm willing to give this 17 a chance.

this is going to be one of the few winnable games this year for the knights
 
this is going to be one of the few winnable games this year for the knights

So you may as well go with your 'form' team, even if said team includes 5 rookies.
 
New Zealand Warriors -

1. Roger Tuivasa-Sheck
2. Tuimoala Lolohea
3. Blake Ayshford
4. Solomone Kata
5. Manu Vatuvei
6. Shaun Johnson
7. Jeff Robson
8. Jacob Lillyman
9. Issac Luke
10. Ben Matulino
11. Ben Henry
12. Ryan Hoffman ©
13. Simon Mannering

14. Nathaniel Roache
15. Sam Lisone
16. James Gavet
17. Bodene Thompson
18. Jonathan Wright
19. Albert Vete
 
Blake fucking Ayshford over Hurrell ?!

Obviously a defensive move, but seriously....
 
Ben Barba has won the Fullback job for the Sharks, I called it about a month back. Glad he gets the opportunity, he looked dangerous in the 9s.
 
What is it that everyone sees in Konrad Hurrell? All I see is a fat oompa loompa with a bad work ethic and very rocks and diamonds type of player. Talent only gets you so far in the nrl
 

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