Round 2 Discussion

[Big Pete]

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs vs. North Queensland Cowboys
ANZ Stadium, Thursday 19 March 2020
Kick Off 7:05pm

CANTEBURY BANKSTOWN BULLDOGS

1. Dallin Watene-Zelezniak 2. Nick Meaney 3. Reimis Smith 4. Will Hopoate 5. Christian Crichton 6. Brandon Wakeham 7. Lachlan Lewis 8. Aiden Tolman 9. Jeremy Marshall-King 10. Dylan Napa 11. Josh Jackson 12. Joe Stimson 13. Adam Elliott

14. Dean Britt 15. Renouf To'omaga 16. Raymond Faitala-Mariner 17. Jake Averillo

19. Ofahiki Ogden 20. Jake Averillo 21. Sione Katoa 22. Jack Cogger

NORTH QLD COWBOYS

1. Valentine Holmes 2. Kyle Feldt 3. Justin O'Neil 4. Esan Marsters 5. Ben Hampton 6. Scott Drinkwater 7. Michael Morgan 8. Josh McGuire 9. Jake Granville 10. Jordan McLean 11. Gavin Cooper 12. Coen Hess 13. Jason Taumalolo

14. Reece Robson 15. John Asiata 16. Mitchell Dunn 17. Francis Molo

18. Corey Jensen 19. Shane Wright 20. Tom Opacic 21. Jake Clifford

St George Illawarra Dragons vs. Penrith Panthers
Nestrata Jubilee Oval, Friday 20 March 2020
Kick Off 5:00pm

ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS

1. Matthew Dufty 2. Jordan Pereira 3. Brayden Williame 4. Tim Lafai 5. Zac Lomax 6. Corey Norman 7. Ben Hunt 8. James Graham 9. Issac Luke 10. Paul Vaughan 11. Tyson Frizell 12. Tyrell Fuimaono 13. Blake Lawrie

14. Trent Merrin 15. Josh Kerr 16. Billy Brittain 17. Jacob Host

18. Jackson Ford 19. Adam Clune 20. Euan Aitken 21. Tristan Sailor

PENRITH PANTHERS

1. Caleb Aekins 2. Josh Mansour 3. Dean Whare 4. Brent Naden 5. Brian To’o 6. Jarome Luai 7. Nathan Cleary 8. James Tamou 9. Api Koroisau 10. Zane Tetevano 11. Viliame Kikau 12. Isaah Yeo 13. James Fisher-Harris

14. Stephen Crichton 15. Billy Burns 16. Moses Leota 17. Liam Martin

18. Matt Burton 19. Jed Cartwright 20. Kaide Ellis 21. Mitch Kenny

Brisbane Broncos vs. South Sydney Rabbitohs
Suncorp Stadium, Friday 20 March 2020
Kick Off 7:05pm

BRISBANE BRONCOS

1. Jamayne Isaako 2. Corey Oates 3. Kotoni Staggs 4. Darius Boyd 5. Jesse Arthars 6. Anthony Milford 7. Brodie Croft 8. Thomas Flegler 9. Jake Turpin 10. Payne Haas 11. David Fifita 12. Jamil Hopoate 13. Patrick Carrigan (c)

14. Herbie Farnworth 15. Andrew McCullough 16. Rhys Kennedy 17. Ethan Bullemor

18. Xavier Coates 19. Tesi Niu 20. Tom Dearden 21. Pride Petterson-Robati

SOUTH SYDNEY RABBITOHS

1. Latrell Mitchell 2. Dane Gagai 3. James Roberts 4. Braidon Burns 5. Campbell Graham 6. Cody Walker 7. Adam Reynolds 8. Tevita Tatola 9. Damien Cook 10. Thomas Burgess 11. Jaydn Su’A 12. Cameron Murray 13. Liam Knight

14. Mark Nicholls 15. Ethan Lowe 16. Hame Sele 17. Alex Johnston

18. Bryson Goodwin 19. Bayley Sironen 20. Troy Dargan 21. Keaon Koloamatangi

Warriors vs. Canberra Raiders
Cbus Superstadium, Saturday 21 March 2020
Kick Off 2:00pm

NZ WARRIORS

1. Roger Tuivasa-Sheck 2. Adam Pompey 3. David Fusitu'a 4. Adam Keighran 5. Ken Maumalo 6. Chanel Harris-Tavita 7. Blake Green 8. Leeson Ah Mau 9. Wayde Egan 10. Lachlan Burr 11. Eliesa Katoa 12. Tohu Harris 13. Adam Blair

14. Kodi Nikorima 15. Jamayne Taunoa-Brown 16. Isaiah Papali'i 17. King Vuniyayawa

18. Karl Lawton 20. Hayze Perham 21. Leivaha Pulu 22. Adam Tuimavave-Gerrard

CANBERRA RAIDERS

1. Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad 2. Bailey Simonsson 3. Jarrod Croker 4. Curtis Scott 5. Nick Cotric 6. Jack Wighton 7. George Williams 8. Josh Papalii 9. Josh Hodgson 10. Dunamis Lui 11. Joe Tapine 12. Elliott Whitehead 13. Corey Horsburgh

14. Siliva Havili 15. Emre Guler 16. Sia Soliola 17. Michael Oldfield

18. Sam Williams 19. Ryan Sutton 20. Harley Smith-Shields 21. Tom Starling

Sydney Roosters vs. Manly Sea Eagles
Central Coast Stadium, Saturday 21 March 2020
Kick Off 4:30pm

SYDNEY ROOSTERS

1. James Tedesco 2. Daniel Tupou 3. Brett Morris 4. Joseph Manu 5. Matt Ikuvalu 6. Luke Keary 7. Kyle Flanagan 8. Jared Warea-Hargreaves 9. Jake Friend 10. Sio Siua Taukeiaho 11. Angus Crichton 12. Mitchell Aubusson 13. Victor Radley

14. Sam Verrills 15. Isaac Liu 16. Nat Butcher 17. Lindsay Collins

18. Daniel Fifita 19. Poasa Faamausili 20. Lachlan Lam 21. Asu Kepaoa

MANLY SEA EAGLES

1. Tom Trbojevic 2. Jorge Taufua 3. Brad Parker 4. Moses Suli 5. Reuben Garrick 6. Dylan Walker 7. Daly Cherry-Evans 8. Addin Fonua-Blake 9. Danny Levi 10. Martin Taupau 11. Joel Thompson 12. Curtis Sironen 13. Jake Trbojevic

14. Lachlan Croker 15. Sean Keppie 16. Morgan Boyle 17. Haumole Olakau'atu

18. Toafofoa Sipley 19. Brendan Elliot 20. Tevita Funa 21. Zac Saddler

Cronulla Sharks vs. Melbourne Storm
Netstrata Jubilee Oval, Saturday 21 March 2020
Kick Off 6:30pm

CRONULLA SHARKS

1. Will Kennedy 2. Sione Katoa 3. Josh Morris 4. Jesse Ramien 5. Ronaldo Mulitalo 6. Shaun Johnson 7. Chad Townsend 8. Andrew Fifita 9. Blayke Brailey 10. Aaron Woods 11. Briton Nikora 12. Wade Graham 13. Jack Williams

14. Connor Tracey 15. Braden Hamlin-Uele 16. Toby Rudolf 17. Scott Sorensen

18. Billy Magoulias 19. Braydon Trindall 20. Royce Hunt 21. Josh Dugan

MELBOURNE STORM

1. Ryan Papenhuyzen 2. Suliasi Vunivalu 3. Marion Seve 4. Justin Olam 5. Josh Addo-Carr 6. Cameron Munster 7. Jahrome Hughes 8. Jesse Bromwich 9. Cameron Smith 10. Tui Kamikamica 11. Felise Kaufusi 12. Kenny Bromwich 13. Dale Finucane

14. Tino Fa'asuamaleaui 15. Max King 16. Nelson Asofa-Solomona 17. Tom Eisenhuth

18. Harry Grant 19. Brenko Lee 20. Ryley Jacks 21. Darryn Schonig

Wests Tigers vs. Newcastle Knights
Leichardt Oval, Sunday 22 March 2020
Kick Off 3:05pm

WESTS TIGERS

1. Corey Thompson 2. David Nofoaluma 3. Joseph Leilua 4. Adam Doueihi 5. Robert Jennings 6. Benji Marshall 7. Josh Reynolds 8. Josh Aloiai 9. Billy Walters 10. Alex Twal 11. Luke Garner 12. Luciano Leilua 13. Elijah Taylor

14. Thomas Mikaele 15. Paul Momirovski 16. Zane Musgrove 17. Chris Lawrence

18. Michael Chee-Kam 19. Oliver Clark 20. Matthew Eisenhuth 21. Tommy Talau

NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS

1. Kalyn Ponga 2. Edrick Lee 3. Enari Tuala 4. Gehamat Shibasaki 5. Hymel Hunt 6. Kurt Mann 7. Mitchell Pearce 8. David Klemmer 9. Jayden Brailey 10. Daniel Saifiti 11. Lachlan Fitzgibbon 12. Mitch Barnett 13. Herman Ese'ese

14. Connor Watson 15. Jacob Saifiti 16. Tim Glasby 17. Aidan Guerra

18. Pasami Saulo 19. Starford To'a 20. Mason Lino 21. Brodie Jones

Gold Coast Titans vs. Parramatta Eels
Cbus Super Stadium, Sunday 22 March 2020
Kick Off 5:15pm

GOLD COAST TITANS

1. Phillip Sami 2. Anthony Don 3. Kallum Watkins 4. Brian Kelly 5. Dale Copley 6. Tyrone Roberts 7. Ash Taylor 8. Jarrod Wallace 9. Mitch Rein 10. Sam Lisone 11. Kevin Proctor 12. Bryce Cartwright 13. Jai Arrow

14. Nathan Peats 15. Jai Whitbread 16. Tyrone Peachey 17. Moeaki Foutaika

18. Jaimin Joliffe 19. Sam Stone 20. Shannon Boyd 21. AJ Brimson

PARRAMATTA EELS

1. Clinton Gutherson 2. Maika Sivo 3. Michael Jennings 4. Waqa Blake 5. Blake Ferguson 6. Dylan Brown 7. Mitchell Moses 8. Reagan Campbell-Gillard 9. Reed Mahoney 10. Junior Paulo 11. Ryan Matterson 12. Shaun Lane 13. Nathan Brown

14. Brad Takairangi 15. Marata Niukore 16. Kane Evans 17. Peni Terepo

18. David Gower 19. Ray Stone 20. Oregon Kaufusi 21. George Jennings

 

[Big Pete]

If this weekend goes ahead, it'll be the most surreal weekend of Rugby League since the Super League war, if not ever.

It's going to be very interesting to see how teams handle it, I can see a lot of uncharacteristic performances and I can't see these games being too intense outside of the early exchanges. If one team gets away, it could really fizzle away as both teams just hope for time to expire so they can go home.

 

[Super Freak]

This is going to be a weird fucking round.

The crowd adds so much to the game that without it the atmosphere just isn't going to be the same and I really do wonder how long the NRL can keep this up before fans start losing interest.

 

[Jedhead]

The advice at the moment is no gatherings of 500 or more. So why don't the Broncos allow 499 of their season ticket holders to attend the game and get them to sit a minimum of a metre and a half away from each other?

They should take the ones who have been members from inception first if they are wondering how to select them.

 

[Super Freak]

The advice at the moment is no gatherings of 500 or more. So why don't the Broncos allow 499 of their season ticket holders to attend the game and get them to sit a minimum of a metre and a half away from each other?

They should take the ones who have been members from inception first if they are wondering how to select them.

I sense that would cause an even bigger shit storm that the clubs and the NRL just don't want to deal with.

For example, why should life members be let in first? What makes them more worthy of a ticket? They have been life members but there are a lot of members that have been members for years but couldn't be life members because they were born after the Broncos were accepted and a lot of members that have supported the Broncos their whole life but couldn't be regular members due to financial reasons.

Plus what happens if the whole season is played behind closed doors? Members trying to get their money back wouldn't be able to because of the chance they may be selected to be given a ticket which could give clubs grounds to not refund them.

It will just be a nightmare for clubs on top of what's already nightmare.

 

[Sproj]

I sense that would cause an even bigger shit storm that the clubs and the NRL just don't want to deal with.

For example, why should life members be let in first? What makes them more worthy of a ticket? They have been life members but there are a lot of members that have been members for years but couldn't be life members because they were born after the Broncos were accepted and a lot of members that have supported the Broncos their whole life but couldn't be regular members due to financial reasons.

Plus what happens if the whole season is played behind closed doors? Members trying to get their money back wouldn't be able to because of the chance they may be selected to be given a ticket which could give clubs grounds to not refund them.

It will just be a nightmare for clubs on top of what's already nightmare.

It wouldn’t be that hard to figure out. Just do a ballot system. Of course, it’s NRL related, so they’ll find a way to mess it up.

 

[Jedhead]

I sense that would cause an even bigger shit storm that the clubs and the NRL just don't want to deal with.

For example, why should life members be let in first? What makes them more worthy of a ticket? They have been life members but there are a lot of members that have been members for years but couldn't be life members because they were born after the Broncos were accepted and a lot of members that have supported the Broncos their whole life but couldn't be regular members due to financial reasons.

Plus what happens if the whole season is played behind closed doors? Members trying to get their money back wouldn't be able to because of the chance they may be selected to be given a ticket which could give clubs grounds to not refund them.

It will just be a nightmare for clubs on top of what's already nightmare.

This was just a suggestion, I'm sure there are a hundred other ways to determine who gets to the game. The take away from this was that the club is able to have 500 supporters there so why not have at least a little home advantage and get them spread around teh ground to keep the refs on their toes?

 

[Harry Sack]

I'm actually a big fan of the idea of a bunch of cut outs or mannequins being spread throughout stadiums with the speakers booming out crowd noise. If nothing else, it will be pure nightmare fuel. Suncorp stadium full of faceless mannequins, staring down at the players...good luck taking a conversion in front of that.

 

[Big Pete]

Teams are in.

It seems like a lot of coaches aren't going to bother making any unforced changes. Even Hampton somehow survived.

 

[broncos4life]

Teams are in.

It seems like a lot of coaches aren't going to bother making any unforced changes. Even Hampton somehow survived.

www.cowboysstampede.com.au

 

[broncos4life]

Opps, that's not my address bar.

 

[Foordy]

Lomax lasted a whole week as Dragons fullback, lol

 

[broncos4life]

Lomax lasted a whole week as Dragons fullback, lol

It’s so appropriate that he and Jess Sergis are a couple, both so ridiculously over-rated.

 

[Unbreakable]

It’s so appropriate that he and Jess Sergis are a couple, both so ridiculously over-rated.

He's Jordan Kahu without the talent.

At least Kahu had the excuse of several major leg injuries slowing him down, Lomax only has a lack of talent.

 

[broncos4life]

He's Jordan Kahu without the talent.

At least Kahu had the excuse of several major leg injuries slowing him down, Lomax only has a lack of talent.

Best comparison i have heard.

 

[Big Pete]

Tonight will be a good barometre for the Cowboys. Canterbury are the type of team that like to get into the arm wrestle and if teams make the mistake of playing side-ways they get eaten alive. If the Cowboys can shrug off the disappointment of last week they should have too much strike, but if they start slowly and allow Lewis to test Hampton constantly they'll find themselves in all sorts.

 

[ningnangnong]

Haha this is a bit weird.

 

[Galah]

This is bizarre