Round 22 Discussion

[Big Pete]

South Sydney Rabbitohs v Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
Sydney Cricket Ground, Friday 8 August 2014
Kickoff 7:45pm

Referees: Ben Cummins, Chris James; Sideline Officials: Steve Carrall, Brett Suttor; Video Referees: Steve Clark, Henry Perenara;

1. Greg Inglis 2. Alex Johnston 3. Dylan Walker 4. Kirisome Auva'a 5. Lote Tuqiri 6. Luke Keary 7. Adam Reynolds 8. George Burgess 9. Issac Luke 10. David Tyrrell 11. Kyle Turner 12. Ben Te'o 13. Sam Burgess
14. Jason Clark 15. Ben Lowe 16. Chris McQueen 17. Thomas Burgess 18. Luke Burgess 19. Bryson Goodwin 20. Joe Picker

1. Brett Stewart 2. Jorge Taufua 3. Jamie Lyon 4. Steve Matai 5. Peta Hiku 6. Kieran Foran 7. Daly Cherry-Evans 8. Josh Starling 9. Matt Ballin 10. Brenton Lawrence 11. Anthony Watmough 12. Tom Symonds 13. Jamie Buhrer
14. Jesse Sene-Lefao 15. Justin Horo 16. James Hasson 17. Jason King
Official Match Hashtag: #NRLsouman

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Brisbane Broncos v Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Suncorp Stadium, Friday 8 August 2014
Kickoff 7:45pm

Referees: Gerard Sutton, Alan Shortall; Sideline Officials: Russell Turner, Michael Wise; Video Referees: Bernard Sutton, Luke Phillips;

1. Josh Hoffman 2. Daniel Vidot 3. Dale Copley 4. Jack Reed 5. Lachlan Maranta 6. Ben Barba 7. Ben Hunt 8. Josh McGuire 9. Andrew McCullough 10. Corey Parker 11. Alex Glenn 12. Matt Gillett 13. Sam Thaiday
14. Jake Granville 15. Todd Lowrie 16. Ben Hannant 17. Corey Oates 18. Martin Kennedy 19. Jarrod Wallace

1. Sam Perrett 2. Corey Thompson 3. Josh Morris 4. Timoteo Lafai 5. Mitch Brown 6. Josh Reynolds 7. Trent Hodkinson 8. Sam Kasiano 9. Michael Ennis 10. James Graham 11. Josh Jackson 12. Tony Williams 13. Greg Eastwood
14. Aiden Tolman 15. Dale Finucane 16. David Klemmer 17. Lloyd Perrett 19. Moses Mbye 20. Reni Maitua
Official Match Hashtag: #NRLbricby

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Newcastle Knights v Melbourne Storm
Hunter Stadium, Saturday 9 August 2014
Kickoff 5:30pm

Referees: Ashley Klein, Chris Butler; Sideline Officials: Dan Eastwood, Phil Henderson; Video Referees: Matt Cecchin, Luke Patten;

1. Kurt Gidley 2. Chanel Mata'utia 3. Dane Gagai 4. Joseph Leilua 5. Akuila Uate 6. Jarrod Mullen 7. Tyrone Roberts 8. Kade Snowden 9. Adam Clydsdale 10. Willie Mason 11. Beau Scott 12. Robbie Rochow 13. Jeremy Smith
14. Travis Waddell 15. Korbin Sims 17. Adam Cuthbertson 18. David Fa'alogo 19. Chris Houston

1. Billy Slater 2. Sisa Waqa 3. Will Chambers 4. Mahe Fonua 5. Marika Koroibete 6. Ben Roberts 7. Cooper Cronk 8. Jesse Bromwich 9. Cameron Smith 10. Bryan Norrie 11. Kevin Proctor 12. Ryan Hoffman 13. Ryan Hinchcliffe
14. Tim Glasby 15. Tohu Harris 16. Kenneath Bromwich 17. Jordan McLean 18. Dayne Weston 19. Kurt Mann
Official Match Hashtag: #NRLnewmel

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North Queensland Cowboys v Wests Tigers
1300SMILES Stadium, Saturday 9 August 2014
Kickoff 7:30pm

Referees: Shayne Hayne, Dave Munro; Sideline Officials: Nick Beashel, David Ryan; Video Referees: Chris Ward, Luke Phillips;

1. Michael Morgan 2. Tautau Moga 3. Matthew Wright 4. Kane Linnett 5. Antonio Winterstein 6. Robert Lui 7. Johnathan Thurston 8. Matthew Scott 9. Rory Kostjasyn 10. Ashton Sims 11. Tariq Sims 12. Jason Taumalolo 13. Glenn Hall
14. Ray Thompson 15. Scott Bolton 16. Gavin Cooper 17. Sam Hoare 18. John Asiata

1. Mitchell Moses 2. Keith Lulia 3. Tim Simona 4. Bodene Thompson 5. Pat Richards 6. Blake Austin 7. Luke Brooks 8. Aaron Woods 9. Robbie Farah 10. Keith Galloway 11. Curtis Sironen 12. Dene Halatau 13. Adam Blair
14. Ava Seumanufagai 15. Martin Taupau 16. Sauaso Sue 17. James Gavet
Official Match Hashtag: #NRLnqlwst

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Parramatta Eels v Canberra Raiders
TIO Stadium, Saturday 9 August 2014
Kickoff 8:30pm

Referees: Gavin Morris, Gavin Reynolds; Sideline Officials: Jeff Younis, Clayton Sharpe; Video Referees: Steve Chiddy, Steve Folkes;

1. Jarryd Hayne 2. Semi Radradra 3. William Hopoate 4. Ryan Morgan 5. Bureta Faraimo 6. Corey Norman 7. Chris Sandow 8. Tim Mannah 9. Isaac De Gois 10. Fuifui Moimoi 11. Ken Edwards 12. Tepai Moeroa 13. Joseph Paulo
14. Peni Terepo 15. Pauli Pauli 16. Ben Smith 17. Junior Paulo

1. Jordan Rapana 2. Bill Tupou 3. Jarrod Croker 4. Jack Wighton 5. Edrick Lee 6. Anthony Milford 7. Josh McCrone 8. Shannon Boyd 9. Glen Buttriss 10. Brett White 11. Josh Papalii 12. Jarrad Kennedy 13. Matt McIlwrick
14. Mitch Cornish 15. Joel Edwards 16. Dane Tilse 17. Paul Vaughan 18. Mark Nicholls
Official Match Hashtag: #NRLparcan

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New Zealand Warriors v Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Mt Smart Stadium, Sunday 10 August 2014
Kickoff 2:00pm

Referees: Adam Devcich, Grant Atkins; Sideline Officials: Paul Holland, Anthony Elliott; Video Referees: Alan Shortall, Ben Galea;

1. Sam Tomkins 2. Tuimoala Lolohea 3. Ngani Laumape 4. Dane Nielsen 5. Manu Vatuvei 6. Chad Townsend 7. Thomas Leuluai 8. Jacob Lillyman 9. Nathan Friend 10. Suaia Matagi 11. Sione Lousi 12. Simon Mannering 13. Sebastine Ikahihifo
14. Feleti Mateo 15. Ben Matulino 16. Sam Rapira 17. Jayson Bukuya 18. Ben Henry

1. Michael Gordon 2. Sosaia Feki 3. Jonathan Wright 4. Ricky Leutele 5. Valentine Holmes 6. Fa'amanu Brown 7. Jeff Robson 8. Andrew Fifita 9. Michael Lichaa 10. Sam Tagataese 11. Chris Heighington 12. Tupou Sopoaga 13. Paul Gallen
14. Pat Politoni 15. Junior Roqica 16. Tinirau Arona 17. Matt Prior 18. Tim Robinson
Official Match Hashtag: #NRLwarcro

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St. George Illawarra Dragons v Penrith Panthers
WIN Stadium, Sunday 10 August 2014
Kickoff 3:00pm

Referees: Jared Maxwell, Adam Gee; Sideline Officials: Jason Walsh, Brett Suttor; Video Referees: Steve Clark, Luke Patten;

1. Adam Quinlan 2. Brett Morris 3. Josh Dugan 4. Gerard Beale 5. Jason Nightingale 6. Gareth Widdop 7. Benji Marshall 8. Ben Creagh 9. Mitch Rein 10. Michael Cooper 11. Leeson Ah Mau 12. Joel Thompson 13. Jack de Belin
14. Bronson Harrison 15. Trent Merrin 16. Will Matthews 17. Jack Stockwell 18. Shane Pumipi 19. Dan Hunt

1. Matt Moylan 2. Josh Mansour 3. Dean Whare 4. Jamal Idris 5. David Simmons 6. William Smith 7. Jamie Soward 8. Nigel Plum 9. James Segeyaro 10. Sam McKendry 11. Sika Manu 12. Isaah Yeo 13. Adam Docker
14. Lewis Brown 15. Jeremy Latimore 16. Matt Robinson 17. Tim Grant 18. Kevin Kingston 20. Sam Anderson 21. Ryan Simpkins
Official Match Hashtag: #NRLsgipen

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Sydney Roosters v Gold Coast Titans
Allianz Stadium, Monday 11 August 2014
Kickoff 7:00pm

Referees: Matt Cecchin, Henry Perenara; Sideline Officials: Adam Reid, Ricky MacFarlane; Video Referees: Bernard Sutton, Steve Folkes;

1. Anthony Minichiello 2. Nene Macdonald 3. Michael Jennings 4. Shaun Kenny-Dowall 5. Roger Tuivasa-Sheck 6. James Maloney 7. Mitchell Pearce 8. Jared Waerea-Hargreaves 9. Heath L'Estrange 10. Sam Moa 11. Boyd Cordner 12. Aidan Guerra 13. Frank Paul Nuuausala
14. Mitchell Aubusson 15. Isaac Liu 16. Dylan Napa 17. Remi Casty 18. Kane Evans 19. Kurt Kara

1. William Zillman 2. Kevin Gordon 3. James Roberts 4. Dave Taylor 5. Kalifa Faifai Loa 6. Brad Takairangi 7. Daniel Mortimer 8. Luke Bailey 9. Beau Falloon 10. Luke Douglas 11. Mark Minichiello 12. Nate Myles 13. Greg Bird
14. Matt White 15. Mark Ioane 16. Paul Carter 17. Maurice Blair 18. Cody Nelson
Official Match Hashtag: #NRLsydgld

 

[Big Pete]

Random tidbits...

Dave Taylor will play his 150th game this weekend
Michael Gordon will play his 150th game this weekend
Jarryd Hayne requires two more tries to become the third Parramatta club player to score 100 tries
Cronulla have won their past 5 games against the Warriors
JT requires 2 more goals for 600 career goals
Michael Jennings requires 2 more tries to reach 100 career tries
Souths v Manly marks the first time these two teams have clashed at the SCG since 1985
The Panthers haven't won in Wollongong since 2006

Big League R22

 

[Super Freak]

Manly
Broncos
Storm
Cowboys
Eels
Warriors
Dragons
Roostera

 

[Big Pete]

Really wish the Broncos were playing on a different night because Souths v Manly is a potential GF match.

Going to go with Manly in a tight contest. I reckon there is something to these concerns surrounding Reynolds and they'll be realised tonight.

 

[Unbreakable]

Amen, I hate watching the replay on Channel 9 after the Broncos game, and I really want to watch that game live.. why couldn't they do a 5:30 kick-off & a 7:30 kick-off on Friday night games?

I assume it's because of Nine News being too precious, but surely their ratings would go up if they did that..

 

[Big Pete]

5:30 would be terrible for crowds and wouldn't be great for ratings either. 6:30 could possibly be feasible but would still hurt both aspects I reckon.

Would rather they keep Friday to one game. Treat it like the premier game and move the other slot to Sunday.

 

[Super Freak]

Perhaps they show both games live at the same time, give the viewers a choice of what they want to watch.

One game on 9, the other on GEM.

I remember Fox Sports used to do that. Press the red button on the remote and you were given a choice of which live game you wanted to watch.

 

[Unbreakable]

True, didn't really think about crowds. I do agree with the sentiment of having only 1 premier Friday night game though, obviously Nine wouldn't sacrifice one of their games over to Fox Sports, but I'd love to see 2 live games on Nine on Sunday, that'd be so much better.. Maybe a 2pm kick-off game and then a 4pm kick-off game... Meaning Fox Sports might have to move their live Sunday game to 6:30pm or 7:30pm on Sunday night.

It would mean every single game would be live on TV, and no game would have to be watched on replay.. One can dream.

 

[Super Freak]

I'm really I get 8 from 8 this week.

Not only will I win money, but I will take the lead by one in my tipping comp.

 

[Big Pete]

Well, I couldn't have been more wrong about the footy tonight.

The Bunnies put forward a powerful performance to outlast the Sea Eagles in what was said to be a quality display.

And the Broncos produced arguably their best performance of the season and piled the points on the Bulldogs.

May have to adopt the Costanza method for the rest of the weekend.

 

[Big Pete]

Replays finally started up on FoxSports.

Manly with their first opportunity on the Souths line cough it up on the last as Ballin loses it at dummy half.

 

[Big Pete]

Matai down 4 minutes into the match.

Looks like George Burgess got him in a chicken wing but the refs missed it.

Manly receive a penalty in the same set and Hiku scores an easy try down the right.

Matai is now off.

 

[Big Pete]

Wow, Reynolds actually sets a try up with his hands.

Well constructed try sees Turner cross with relative ease to put Souths infront.

 

[Big Pete]

Souths TRY

Auva'a

Basically a 12 point turn around here. Sea Eagles were one pass off from scoring but lost it and Tuqiri makes a big surge down the touchline before succumbing to the tackle. A simple shift left sees Auva'a get on the outside of his opposite and score a simple try.

 

[Big Pete]

Great passage right there.

GI accepts a great Sam Burgess offload and tears down the field only to get taken in a great cover tackle by Stewart.

Auva'a wastes the opportunity by trying to barge over on the last.

 

[Brett]

It's pretty much a Souths clinic, Pete.

 

[Big Pete]

I haven't actually been that impressed with Souths that far.

They've defended well and that GI break was fantastic but they've looked a little lost at times too.

I reckon losing Matai threw a big wrench in Manly's gameplan.

 

[Big Pete]

Poor pass from DCE spoiled a golden opportunity from Manly.

Loved that play from Lyon off the scrum. Read the situation well and bought Manly a good opportunity but Souths regrouped nicely.

12-4 Souths

44 gone.

*Covering this game is seriously like coming home late and finding some delicious leftover you wish you had fresh. Not ideal, but it'll do*