Round 13 Discussion

[Big Pete]

Brisbane Broncos vs Manly Sea Eagles
Suncorp Stadium, Friday June 5 2015
Kick Off 7:35pm

1. Darius Boyd 2. Jordan Kahu 3. Jack Reed 4. Justin Hodges 5. Daniel Vidot 6. Anthony Milford 7. Ben Hunt 8. Josh McGuire 9. Andrew McCullough 10. Adam Blair 11. Alex Glenn 12. Matt Gillett 13. Sam Thaiday
Interchange: 14. Jarrod Wallace 15. Francis Molo 16. Corey Oates 17. Matt Parcell

1. Brett Stewart 2. Jorge Taufua 3. Peta Hiku 4. Steve Matai 5. Tom Trbojevic 6. Jamie Lyon 7. Kieran Foran 8. Luke Burgess 9. Matt Ballin 10. Willie Mason 11. Blake Leary 12. Justin Horo 13. Dunamis Lui
Interchange: 14. Tom Symonds 15. Jake Trbojevic 16. Feleti Mateo 17. Ligi Sao 18. James Hasson

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Wests Tigers vs Gold Coast Titans
Leichardt Oval, Friday June 5 2015
Kick Off 7:35pm

1. James Tedesco 2. Kevin Naiqama 3. David Nofoaluma 4. Delouise Hoeter 5. Pat Richards 6. Mitchell Moses 7. Luke Brooks 8. Aaron Woods 9. Dene Halatau 10. Sauaso Sue 11. Curtis Sironen 12. Chris Lawrence 13. Martin Taupau
Interchange: 14. Ava Seumanufagai 15. Keith Galloway 16. Kyle Lovett 17. Jack Buchanan 18. Manaia Cherrington 19. Matthew Lodge

1. Josh Hoffman 2. Anthony Don 3. James Roberts 19. Brad Tighe 5. Kevin Gordon 6. Aidan Sezer 7. Kane Elgey 8. Luke Douglas 9. Daniel Mortimer 10. Nate Myles 11. Ryan James 12. Dave Taylor 13. Lachlan Burr
Interchange: 14. Mark Ioane 15. Eddy Pettybourne 16. Ben Ridge 17. Kierran Moseley 18. Agnatius Paasi

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Newcastle Knights vs Canberra Raiders
Hunter Stadium, Saturday June 6 2015
Kick Off 3:00pm

1. Dane Gagai 2. James McManus 3. Sione Mata'utia 4. Joseph Leilua 5. Akuila Uate 6. Carlos Tuimavave 7. Kurt Gidley 8. Kade Snowden 9. Adam Clydsdale 10. David Fa'alogo 11. Beau Scott 12. Tariq Sims 13. Jack Stockwell
Interchange: 14. Tyler Randell 15. Chris Houston 16. Korbin Sims 17. Sam Mataora

1. Jack Wighton 2. Edrick Lee 3. Jarrod Croker 4. Sisa Waqa 5. Jordan Rapana 6. Blake Austin 7. Sam Williams 8. Paul Vaughan 9. Josh Hodgson 10. David Shillington 11. Josh Papalii 12. Iosia Soliola 13. Shaun Fensom
Interchange: 14. Kurt Baptiste 15. Jarrad Kennedy 16. Frank Paul Nuuausala 17. Shannon Boyd

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South Sydney Rabbitohs vs Warriors
nib Stadium (Perth), Saturday June 6 2015
Kick Off 5:30pm

1. Greg Inglis 2. Alex Johnston 3. Dylan Walker 4. Bryson Goodwin 5. Aaron Gray 6. John Sutton 7. Luke Keary 8. Thomas Burgess 9. Issac Luke 10. David Tyrrell 11. Nathan Brown 12. Chris McQueen 13. Jason Clark
Interchange: 14. Cameron McInnes 15. Chris Grevsmuhl 16. Tim Grant 17. George Burgess 18. Ben Lowe 19. John Olive

1. Sam Tomkins 2. Jonathan Wright 3. Tuimoala Lolohea 4. Solomone Kata 5. Manu Vatuvei 6. Chad Townsend 7. Shaun Johnson 8. Jacob Lillyman 9. Nathan Friend 10. Ben Matulino 11. Bodene Thompson 12. Ryan Hoffman 13. Simon Mannering
Interchange: 14. Siliva Havili 15. Sebastine Ikahihifo 16. Sam Lisone 17. Albert Vete 18. Dominique Peyroux 21. Ken Maumalo

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Penrith Panthers vs Melbourne Storm
Pepper Stadium, Saturday June 6 2015
Kick Off 7:30pm

1. Dallin Watene Zelezniak 2. Waqa Blake 3. Dean Whare 4. Isaah Yeo 5. David Simmons 6. Jamie Soward 7. Peter Wallace 8. Regan Campbell-Gillard 9. James Segeyaro 10. Sam McKendry 11. Lewis Brown 12. Sika Manu 13. Elijah Taylor
Interchange: 14. Bryce Cartwright 15. Jeremy Latimore 16. Tyrone Peachey 17. Nigel Plum 18. Adam Docker

1. Billy Slater 2. Mahe Fonua 3. Will Chambers 4. Kurt Mann 5. Marika Koroibete 6. Blake Green 7. Cooper Cronk 8. Jesse Bromwich 9. Cameron Smith 10. Tim Glasby 11. Kevin Proctor 12. Tohu Harris 13. Dale Finucane
Interchange: 14. Ryan Hinchcliffe 15. Kenneath Bromwich 16. Dayne Weston 17. Felise Kaufusi 18. Christian Welch 19. Ben Hampton 20. Hymel Hunt

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Cronulla Sharks vs Sydney Roosters
Remondis Stadium, Sunday June 7 2015
Kick Off 4:00pm

1. Ben Barba 2. Valentine Holmes 3. Gerard Beale 4. Blake Ayshford 5. Michael Gordon 6. Jack Bird 7. Jeff Robson 8. Andrew Fifita 9. Michael Ennis 10. Matt Prior 11. Luke Lewis 12. Wade Graham 13. Paul Gallen
Interchange: 14. Jayson Bukuya 15. Chris Heighington 16. David Fifita 17. Sam Tagataese 18. Sosaia Feki 19. Ricky Leutele

1. Roger Tuivasa-Sheck 2. Daniel Tupou 3. Michael Jennings 4. Mitchell Aubusson 5. Shaun Kenny-Dowall 6. James Maloney 7. Mitchell Pearce 8. Jared Waerea-Hargreaves 9. Jake Friend 10. Sam Moa 11. Boyd Cordner 12. Aidan Guerra 13. Isaac Liu
Interchange: 14. Jackson Hastings 15. Siosiua Taukeiaho 16. Kane Evans 17. Dylan Napa

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Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs vs St George Illawarra Dragons
ANZ Stadium, Monday June 8 2015
Kick Off 4:00pm

1. Sam Perrett 2. Curtis Rona 3. Josh Morris 4. Moses Mbye 5. Corey Thompson 6. Josh Reynolds 7. Trent Hodkinson 8. Aiden Tolman 9. Michael Lichaa 10. James Graham 11. Josh Jackson 12. Frank Pritchard 13. Greg Eastwood
Interchange: 14. Sam Kasiano 15. Tim Browne 16. Tony Williams 17. David Klemmer

1. Josh Dugan 2. Eto Nabuli 3. Euan Aitken 4. Peter Mata'utia 5. Jason Nightingale 6. Gareth Widdop 7. Benji Marshall 8. Leeson Ah Mau 9. Mitch Rein 10. Mike Cooper 11. Tyson Frizell 12. Joel Thompson 13. Trent Merrin
Interchange: 14. Ben Creagh 15. Will Matthews 16. Heath L'Estrange 17. Jack de Belin 19. Jake Marketo

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Parramatta Eels vs North Queensland Cowboys
Pirtek Stadium, Monday June 8 2015
Kick Off 7:00pm

1. Reece Robinson 2. Semi Radradra 3. William Hopoate 4. Brad Takairangi 5. Ryan Morgan 6. Corey Norman 7. Chris Sandow 8. Junior Paulo 9. Nathan Peats 10. Tim Mannah 11. Manu Ma'u 12. Tepai Moeroa 13. Anthony Watmough
Interchange: 14. David Gower 15. Daniel Alvaro 16. Danny Wicks 17. Pauli Pauli

1. Lachlan Coote 2. Matthew Wright 3. Justin O'Neill 4. Kane Linnett 5. Antonio Winterstein 6. Michael Morgan 7. Johnathan Thurston 8. Matthew Scott 9. Jake Granville 10. James Tamou 11. Gavin Cooper 12. Ethan Lowe 13. Jason Taumalolo
Interchange: 14. Ray Thompson 15. John Asiata 16. Ben Hannant 17. Sam Hoare 19. Rory Kostjasyn

 

[Big Pete]

Surely 9 are going to pull an about-face. Of all the games they can screen on Friday night, they choose Wests v Titans? Maybe it was plausible in the pre-season but now I'd hate to see my southern bretheren sit through that in order to see what should be a quality game against Brisbane v Manly.

I really think that the Sea Eagles are going to bring it and I'm concerned whether Brisbane will have the tenacity to come out on top.

Actually I'm really looking forward to the weekend and think that every game has some serious ramifications and will help paint a clear picture of where every team is at. I'm especially looking forward to the Rabbitohs/Warriors clash in Perth. I haven't thought much of the Warriors since I saw them get beat by the Titans on their home soil but they're in the 8 and with Tomkins back they could go on a run if they beat a weakened Souths line-up in Perth. For mine, if they can't win in this clash, they're goners.

 

[GCBRONCO]

Knights vs Raiders wow really looking forward to that and you may as well give the Roosters the 2 competition points already.

 

[Unbreakable]

Barba ruled out with a rib injury, that's a big blow to the Roosters.

 

[Super Freak]

Tony Williams out for the season.

Blow for the Bulldogs?

I don't think it is.

 

[Harry Sack]

Tony Williams out for the season.

Blow for the Bulldogs?

I don't think it is.

Haha, this. I saw the article on FB and the title was something like..."Williams out for the season, huge blow to Dogs finals chances."

 

[Big Pete]

Tips
Broncos
Titans
Raiders
Rabbitohs
Storm
Roosters
Bulldogs
Cowboys

 

[Big Pete]

Tony Williams out for the season.

Blow for the Bulldogs?

I don't think it is.

It's definitely a blow.

On his day, he's one of the Dogs most dangerous players and they rely heavily on him making in-roads to create space for their outside men. The Bulldogs should be able to recover through the likes of Pritchard and company but this isn't like Cronulla losing Barba, they'll miss him.

 

[Big Pete]

With news that Nathan Milone and Manaia Cherrington will debut for the Wests Tigers, I'm going to make an effort to watch the Tigers/Titans clash.

It will largely be irrelevant come September but I always enjoy watching clubs turn things around to see what works and what doesn't.

 

[Big Pete]

I can't complain about Wests/GC.

Was about what I expected to see from both teams. Both sides lack quality players in key positions but the Titans just had too much experience for Wests who continually let themselves down with poor decision making. As they demonstrated, they have the talent to be competitive against any team but they just give up the ghost far too cheaply.

Also says a lot about this trend of taking the two. It seems like 2015 is the year of the penalty goal. Every team is going for them to the point of it being utterly ridiculous. It reminds me of that Seinfeld episode where George sees somebody eating a chocolate bar with a knife and fork, creating this domino effect that gains traction.

I don't mind the tactic if you're a team like Melbourne, St George or Brisbane with relatively good defence but when you're as vulnerable as the Gold Coast, and you have an 14 point lead, the penalty goal should be out of the question.

And a field goal with a 16 point lead should DEFINITELY be out of the question.

It nearly backfired on the Titans but fortunately the Tigers defence lacked composure and the Titans exploited it. All it took was an offload, early ball to Roberts and it was all over for Wests.

Wests just desperately need to get a win. They're lacking confidence and desperately need some inspiration from somewhere to get on their feet. Because right now, it appears that they're destined for the spoon.

 

[Browny]

Aiden Sezer on report for asking Mitchell Moses if he's a tough c bomb.

What is happening to our game

 

[broncos4life]

Aiden Sezer on report for asking Mitchell Moses if he's a tough c bomb.

What is happening to our game

Pathetic isn't it. What's next? Ten in the bin for death stares?

 

[Kimlo]

Aiden Sezer on report for asking Mitchell Moses if he's a tough c bomb.

What is happening to our game

That can't be serious.

 

[Browny]

http://m.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-p...e-mitchell-moses/story-e6frf3xc-1227385357187

 

[Super Freak]

Fucking hell, can you imagine the report sheet at the end of each round if they start putting players on report for swearing?

It would be like a fucking book.

 

[Browny]

If it was at the ref or touchie fair call but FMD you can't sledge an opponent

 

[Fozz]

I think this comes off Matt Lodge (I think) writing the C-bomb on his wrist tape last year

 

[ningnangnong]

Haha