Round 23 Discussion

[Big Pete]

2013 Telstra Premiership - National Rugby League
Round 23 || Friday 16, Saturday 17, Sunday 18, Monday 19 August

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Brisbane Broncos v Parramatta Eels
Suncorp Stadium, Milton, Friday 16 August 2013
NRL kickoff 7:35pm
Live TV: Channel 9 QLD
Referees: Adam Devcich and Gavin Badger; Sideline Officials: Chris Butler and Clayton Sharpe; Video Referees: Chris Ward and Justin Morgan

1. Josh Hoffman 2. Corey Oates 3. Jack Reed 4. David Stagg 5. Jordan Kahu 6. Scott Prince 7. Ben Hunt 8. Ben Hannant 9. Andrew McCullough 10. Josh McGuire 11. Sam Thaiday 12. Matt Gillett 13. Corey Parker
Interchange: 14. Peter Wallace 15. Dunamis Lui 16. Lama Tasi 17. Nick Slyney 18. Scott Anderson 19. Jarrod Wallace

1. Jake Mullaney 2. Ken Sio 3. Ryan Morgan 4. Ben Roberts 5. Vai Toutai 6. Jarryd Hayne (C) 7. Luke Kelly 8. Tim Mannah (C) 9. Matt Keating 10. Fuifui Moimoi 11. Reni Maitua 12. Mitch Allgood 13. Darcy Lussick
Interchange: 14. Joseph Paulo 15. Peni Terepo 16. Pat O’Hanlon 17. Junior Paulo 18. Brayden Wiliame 19. Daniel Harrison
Official Match Hashtag: #NRLbripar

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South Sydney Rabbitohs v Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford, Friday 16 August 2013
NRL kickoff 7:35pm
Live TV: Channel 9 NSW/GEM - Check local guides
Referees: Shayne Hayne and Henry Perenara; Sideline Officials: Steve Carrall and Nick Beashel; Video Referees: Steve Chiddy and Matt Rodwell

1. Greg Inglis 2. Nathan Merritt 3. Bryson Goodwin 4. Matt King 5. Dylan Farrell 6. John Sutton 7. Adam Reynolds 8. Luke Burgess 9. Issac Luke 10. Roy Asotasi 11. Chris McQueen 12. Ben Te’o 13. Ben Lowe
Interchange: 14. Luke Keary 15. Jeff Lima 16. George Burgess 17. Thomas Burgess 18. Jason Clark 19. Justin Hunt

1. Brett Stewart 2. Jorge Taufua 3. Jamie Lyon 4. Steve Matai 5. David Williams 6. Kieran Foran 7. Daly Cherry-Evans 8. Brenton Lawrence 9. Matt Ballin 10. Brent Kite 11. Jamie Buhrer 12. Justin Horo 13. Glenn Stewart
Interchange: 14. Richie Fa'aoso 15. David Gower 16. James Hasson 17. George Rose
Official Match Hashtag: #NRLsouman

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Canberra Raiders v Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Canberra Stadium, Bruce ACT, Saturday 17 August 2013
NRL kickoff 3:00pm
Live TV: FOX Sports 1
Referees: Ashley Klein and Gavin Reynolds; Sideline Officials: Grant Atkins and Adam Reid; Video Referees: Steve Clark and Matt Rodwell

1. Anthony Milford 2. Sandor Earl 3. Jarrod Croker 4. Blake Ferguson 5. Jack Wighton 6. Terry Campese (c) 7. Josh McCrone 8. David Shillington 9. Glen Buttriss 10. Dane Tilse 11. Josh Papalii 12. Joel Thompson 13. Joel Edwards
Interchange 14. Shaun Berrigan 15. Jake Foster 16. Brett White 17. Paul Vaughan 18. Reece Robinson

1. Sam Perrett 2. Mitch Brown 3. Josh Morris 4. Timoeteo Lafai 5. Krisnan Inu 6. Josh Reynolds 7. Trent Hodkinson 8. Aiden Tolman 9. Michael Ennis 10. James Graham 11. Frank Pritchard 12. Tony Williams 13. Dale Finucane
Interchange: 14. Dene Halatau 15. Josh Jackson 16. Tim Browne 17. Martin Taupau 18. Lachlan Burr
Official Match Hashtag: #NRLcancby

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North Queensland Cowboys v Gold Coast Titans
1300SMILES Stadium, Townsville, Saturday 17 August 2013
NRL kickoff 5:30pm
Live TV: Fox Sports 1
Referees: Ashley Klein and Phil Haines; Sideline Officials: Dan Eastwood and Dave Ryan; Video Referees: Bernard Sutton and Matt Rodwel
Referees: Matt Cecchin and Alan Shortall; Sideline Officials: Paul Holland and Michael Wise; Video Referees: Bernard Sutton and Reece Williams

1. Matthew Bowen 2. Kyle Feldt 3. Brent Tate 4. Kane Linnett 5. Antonio Winterstein 6. Johnathan Thurston © 7. Robert Lui 8. Matthew Scott © 9. Ray Thompson 10. James Tamou 11. Gavin Cooper 12. Glenn Hall 13. Joel Riethmuller Interchange: 14. Rory Kostjasyn 15. Tariq Sims 16. Ricky Thorby 17. Ashton Sims.

1. David Mead 2. Kevin Gordon 3. Brad Takairangi 4. Jamie Dowling 5. Anthony Don 6. Ashley Harrison 7. Aidan Sezer 8. Luke Douglas 9. Beau Falloon 10. Nate Myles 11. Ben Ridge 12. Mark Minichiello 13. Greg Bird
Interchange: 14. David Taylor 15. Ryan James 16. Luke O'Dwyer 17. Sam Irwin
Official Match Hashtag: #NRLnqlgld

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St. George Illawarra Dragons v Cronulla Sharks
WIN Stadium, Wollongong, Saturday 17 August 2013
NRL kickoff 7:30pm AEST
Live TV: FOX Sports 1
Referees: Ben Cummins and Luke Phillips; Sideline Officials: Ricky MacFarlane and Dave Ryan; Video Referees: Paul Mellor and Luke Patten

1. Jason Nightingale 2. Brett Morris 3. Chase Stanley 4. Daniel Vidot 5. Charly Runciman 6. Adam Quinlan 7. Nathan Fien 8. Jack Stockwell 9. Mitch Rein 10. Ben Creagh (c) 11. Tyson Frizell 12. Leeson Ah Mau 13. Jack de Belin
Interchange: 14. Matt Prior 15. Michael Weyman 16. Will Matthews 17. Josh Drinkwater

1. Michael Gordon 2. Sosaia Feki 3. Ben Pomeroy 4. Jonathan Wright 5. Beau Ryan 6. Todd Carney 7. Jeff Robson 8. Andrew Fifita 9. John Morris 10. Bryce Gibbs 11. Luke Lewis 12. Jayson Bukuya 13. Paul Gallen (c)
Interchange 14. Isaac De Gois 15. Chris Heighington 16. Sam Tagataese 17. Anthony Tupou 18 Ben Ross
Official Match Hashtag: #NRLsgicro

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New Zealand Warriors v Penrith Panthers
Mt. Smart Stadium, Auckland, Sunday 18 August 2013
NRL kickoff 2:00pm
Live TV: FOX Sports 1
Referees: Jason Robinson and Chris James; Sideline Officials: Dan Eastwood and Luke Potter; Video Referees: Shayne Hayne and Justin Morgan

1. Kevin Locke 2. Ngani Laumape 3. Dane Nielsen 4. Konrad Hurrell 5. Manu Vatuvei 6. Thomas Leuluai 7. Shaun Johnson 8. Sam Rapira 9. Nathan Friend 10. Ben Matulino 11. Feleti Mateo 12. Simon Mannering (C) 13. Elijah Taylor
Interchange: 14. Suaia Matagi 15. Jacob Lillyman 16. Todd Lowrie 17. Dominique Peyroux 18. Jerome Ropati

1. Matt Moylan 2. Josh Mansour 3. Lewis Brown 4. Dean Whare 5. Dave Simmons 6. Isaac John 7. Luke Walsh 8. Sam McKendry 9. Kevin Kingston (c) 10. Tim Grant 11. Clint Newton 12. Sika Manu 13. Ryan Simpkins
Interchange: 14. James Segeyaro 15. Lachlan Coote 16. Jeremy Latimore 17. Mose Masoe
Official Match Hashtag: #NRLwarpen

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Newcastle Knights v Melbourne Storm
Hunter Stadium, Newcastle, Sunday 18 August 2013
NRL kickoff 3:00pm
Delayed TV: Channel 9 / GEM Australia wide
Referees: Jared Maxwell and Gavin Morris; Sideline Officials: Russell Turner and Jason Walsh; Video Referees: Henry Perenara and Luke Patten

1. Darius Boyd 2. James McManus 3. Dane Gagai 4. Joey Leilua 5. Akuila Uate 6. Jarrod Mullen 7. Tyrone Roberts 8. Kade Snowden 9. Danny Buderus 10. Zane Tetevano 11. Robbie Rochow 12. Chris Houston 13. Jeremy Smith
Interchange: 14. Kurt Gidley 15. David Fa'alogo 16. Neville Costigan 17. Alex McKinnon 18. Craig Gower

1. Billy Slater 2. Sisa Waqa 3. Will Chambers 4. Justin O'Neill 5. Mahe Fonua 6. Brett Finch 7. Cooper Cronk 8. Jesse Bromwich 9. Cameron Smith (c) 10. Bryan Norrie 11. Kevin Proctor 12. Ryan Hoffman 13. Ryan Hinchcliffe
Interchange: 14. Jason Ryles 15. Tohu Harris 16. Jordan McLean 17. Kenneath Bromwich 18. Slade Griffin

Official Match Hashtag: #NRLnewmel

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Wests Tigers v Sydney Roosters
Allianz Stadium, Moore Park, Monday 19 August 2013
NRL kickoff 7:00pm
Live TV: Fox Sports 1
Referees: Gerard Sutton and Phil Haines; Sideline Officials: Brett Suttor and Brenden Wood; Video Referees: Gavin Badger and Luke Phillips

1. James Tedesco 2. David Nofoaluma 3. Blake Ayshford 4. Tim Simona 5. Lote Tuqiri 6. Benji Marshall 7. Braith Anasta 8. Kieth Galloway 9. Joel Luani 10. Adam Blair 11. Liam Fulton 12. Ben Murdoch-Masila 13. Jesse Sue
Interchange: 14. Ava Seumanufagai 15. Jack Buchanan 16. Bodene Thompson 17. Curtis Sironen 18. Masada Iosefa 19. Shaun Spence 20. Matt Bell

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 Wearea-Hargreaves 9. Nathan Friend 10. Sam Moa 11. Aidan Guerra 12. Sonny Bill Williams 13. Frank-Paul Nuuausala
Interchange: 14. Daniel Mortimer 15. Isaac Liu 16. Tinirau Arona 17. Dylan Napa
Official Match Hashtag: #NRLwstsyd

 

[Big Pete]

Tips

Brisbane Broncos - In a match that goes down to the wire.

South Sydney Rabbitohs - Timely returns of GI & Sutton should be enough to beat the flat track bullies from the Northern Beaches. To make matters worse for Manly, the loss of Watmough will surely hurt them.

Canberra Raiders - Home ground advantage will be enough to seperate them.

North Queensland Cowboys - Titans are a very patchy side while it appears the Cowboys have just clicked into gear.

Cronulla Sharks - Dragons are sitting ducks and the Sharks will be looking to hit back after a last minute loss on Saturday.

Warriors - Home ground advantage should be enough.

Melbourne Storm - Melbourne to be too classy where it matters.

Sydney Roosters - Tigers are in free fall at the moment and the Roosters are on a roll. No brainer.

 

[Broncoman]

Broncos
Sea Eagles
Raiders
Cowboys
Sharks
Warriors
Storm
Roosters

 

[Buzz Killington]

I have seen 4 minutes and I will reiterate my recent praise of this Manly side, they are fucking morals for the competition this year. Unless they get injuries to key positions no one can beat this side.

 

[Kimlo]

This is a must watch.
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[vertigo]

This is a must watch.
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lol, Toovey is such a fucking whinger, also has the temperament of a serial killer :loool:

 

[Kimlo]

He is fucking fuming :laugh:

 

[Mr Fourex]

:loool:

The way he carried on about players staying down to get the cameras to have a look at it. Now I know Lima's "tackle" kinda looked bad, but Wamong was looking at the ref whining before the tackle was even complete.

There was nothing wrong with him ......

Toovey's a f*cken hypocrite....amongst other things, that are generally not so nice.

 

[Porthoz]

As much as I hate the Manly scum, he's right and we need a few of these characters in the game to keep the pink ***** honest.
Griffin was fuming as well in his presser but didn't go into it despite the insistence of the press...

The refs are so inconsistent and bad now it's getting ridiculous!

 

[Buzz Killington]

I am with Porthoz, I think Toovey had every right to be pissed I can't see how they were so much worse than Souths in terms of discipline.

 

[Twiztid]

Hahaha wow. He is the biggest hypocrite.

 

[Morkel]

Typical Storm scummy manoeuvre. You can't get much more deliberate than that. Rub him out for a couple of months, better yet, the average time required for a knee recon.

As for the no try, I see another rant in the video ref thread in the near future.

 

[Alec]

Anthony Milford is such a talented attacker, but he's got a long way to go defensively.

 

[vertigo]

Raiders out of the 8 with a horrible F/A.

What's that Don Furner, you're focused on finals?

 

[Alec]

1 win behind the Raiders and the Titans, 2 wins behind Newcastle (due to their P/D). Need the Cowboys to beat the Titans now.

 

[jarro65]

Anthony Milford is such a talented attacker, but he's got a long way to go defensively.

I don't know that he's a great organiser either (yet)

 

[Alec]

I don't know that he's a great organiser either (yet)

He isn't, which is why I like him as a fullback (which is the modern running 5/8th in attack).

 

[Alec]

Cowboys dropping the ball left, right and centre, but still beating the Titans. Should win this game pretty comfortably IMO.