Round 25 Discussion

[Big Pete]

2013 Telstra Premiership - National Rugby League
Round 25 || Friday 30, Saturday 31 August, Sunday 1, Monday 2 September

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Brisbane Broncos v Newcastle Knights
Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane, Friday 30 August 2013
NRL kickoff 7:35pm
Live TV: Channel 9 QLD
Referees: Matt Cecchin and Ashley Klein; Sideline Officials: Grant Atkins and Nick Beashel; Video Referees: Jason Robinson and Neil Wharton;

1. Josh Hoffman 2. Corey Oates 3. Jack Reed 4. Alex Glenn 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. David Stagg 16. Dunamis Lui 17. Lama Tasi 18. Scott Anderson

1. Darius Boyd 2. James McManus 3. Dane Gagai 4. Joey Leilua 5. Akuila Uate 6. Jarrod Mullen 7. Tyrone Roberts 8. Zane Tetevano 9. Danny Buderus 10. Willie Mason 11. Robbie Rochow 12. Beau Scott 13. Alex McKinnon
Interchange: 14. Kurt Gidley 15. Chris Houston 16. Neville Costigan 17. David Fa'alogo
Official Match Hashtag: #NRLbrinew

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Wests Tigers v South Sydney Rabbitohs
Allianz Stadium, Moore Park, Friday 30 August 2013
NRL kickoff 7:35pm
Live TV: Channel 9 NSW/GEM - Check local guides
Referees: Henry Perenara and Phil Haines; Sideline Officials: Jason Walsh and Dave Ryan; Video Referees: Jared Maxwell and Reece Williams;

1. James Tedesco 2. David Nofoaluma 3. Bodene Thompson 4. Tim Simona 5. Lote Tuqiri 6. Benji Marshall 7. Braith Anasta 8. Keith Galloway 9. Robbie Farah 10. Adam Blair 11. Liam Fulton 12.Curtis Sironen 13. Ben Murdoch-Masila
Interchange: 14. Ava Seumanufagai 15. Jack Buchanan 16. Shaun Spence 17. Matt Bell

1. Greg Inglis 2. Nathan Merritt 3. Bryson Goodwin 4. Dylan Walker 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. Sam Burgess
Interchange: 14. Luke Keary 15. Jeff Lima 16. George Burgess 17. Thomas Burgess 18. Jason Clark 19. Matt King
Official Match Hashtag: #NRLwstsou

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New Zealand Warriors v Canberra Raiders
Mt. Smart Stadium, Auckland NZ, Saturday 31 August 2013
NRL kickoff 3:00pm (5:00pm NZT)
Live TV: FOX Sports 1
Referees: Gavin Badger and Alan Shortall; Sideline Officials: Steve Carrall and Chris Butler; Video Referees: Steve Clark and Matt Rodwell;

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

1. Reece Robinson 2. Bill Tupou 3. Jarrod Croker 4. Joel Thompson 5. Sami Sauiluma 6. Terry Campese (c) 7. Anthony Milford 8. David Shillington 9. Josh McCrone 10. Brett White 11. Josh Papalii 12. Joel Edwards 13. Paul Vaughan
Interchange: 14. Glen Buttriss 15. Jake Foster 16. Dane Tilse 17. Tom Learoyd-Lahrs 18. Matt McIlwrick
Official Match Hashtag: #NRLwarcan

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Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs v Penrith Panthers
ANZ Stadium, Sydney Olympic Park, Saturday 31 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: Gerard Sutton and Gavin Reynolds; Sideline Officials: Paul Holland and Ricky MacFarlane; Video Referees: Shayne Hayne and Justin Morgan;

1. Josh Morris 2. Mitch Brown 3. Krisnan Inu 4. Tim Lafai 5. Sam Perrett 6. Josh Reynolds 7. Trent Hodkinson 8. Aiden Tolman. Michael Ennis (C) 10. James Graham 11. Tony Williams 12. Josh Jackson 13. Dale Finucane
Interchange: 14. Dene Halatau 15. Lachlan Burr 16. Tim Browne 17. Martin Taupau

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

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Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles v Melbourne Storm
Brookvale Oval, Saturday 31 August 2013
NRL kickoff 7:30pm
Live TV: FOX Sports 1
Referees: Jared Maxwell and Adam Devcich; Sideline Officials: Dan Eastwood and Luke Potter; Video Referees: Bernard Sutton and Luke Patten;

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. George Rose 11. Jamie Buhrer 12. Justin Horo 13. Glenn Stewart
Interchange: 14. Richie Fa'aoso 15. James Hasson 16. Tom Symonds 17. David Gower

1. Billy Slater 2. Sisa Waqa 3. Will Chambers 4. Maurice Blair 5. Justin O'Neill 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. Tim Glasby
Official Match Hashtag: #NRLmanmel

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Cronulla Sharks v North Queensland Cowboys
Remondis Stadium, Woolooware, Sunday 1 September 2013
NRL kickoff 2:00pm
Live TV: FOX Sports 1
Referees: Shayne Hayne and Luke Phillips; Sideline Officials: Russell Turner and Adam Reid; Video Referees: Steve Chiddy and Luke Patten;

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. Sam Tagataese 11. Luke Lewis 12. Wade Graham 13. Paul Gallen (c)
Interchange: 14. Isaac De Gois 15. Chris Heighington 16. Jayson Bukuya 17. Anthony Tupou 18. Bryce Gibbs

1. Matthew Bowen 2. Wayne Ulugia 3. Brent Tate 4. Kane Linnett 5. Antonio Winterstein 6. Johnathan Thurston (c) 7. Robert Lui 8. Matthew Scott (c) 9. Rory Kostjasyn 10. James Tamou 11. Gavin Cooper 12. Glenn Hall 13. Joel Riethmuller
Interchange: 14. Jayden Hodges 15. Tariq Sims 16. Scott Bolton 17. Ricky Thorby 18. Ashton Sims
Official Match Hashtag: #NRLcronql

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Sydney Roosters v Gold Coast Titans
AAMI Park, Melbourne, Sunday 1 September 2013
NRL kickoff 3:00pm
Delayed TV: Channel 9 / GEM Australia wide
Referees: Ben Cummins and Gavin Morris; Sideline Officials: Grant Atkins and Jason Walsh; Video Referees: Jason Robinson and Justin Morgan;

1. Anthony Minichiello 2. Daniel Tupou 3. Michael Jennings 4. Shaun Kenny-Dowall 5. Roger Tuivasa-Sheck 6. James Maloney 7. Mitch Peafce 8. Jared Waerea-Hargreaves 9. Jake Friend 10. Sam Moa 11. Mitch Aubusson 12. Sonny Bill Williams 13. Frank-Paul Nuuausala
Interchange: 14. Daniel Mortimer 15. Aidan Guerra 16. Issac Liu 17. Dylan Napa

1. David Mead 2. Kevin Gordon 3. Brad Takairangi 4. Jamie Dowling 5. Anthony Don 6. Aidan Sezer 7. Albert Kelly 8. Luke Douglas 9. Beau Falloon 10. Ryan James 11. Greg Bird 12. Ben Ridge 13. Nate Myles
Interchange: 14. David Taylor 15. Luke Bailey 16. TBC 17. Matt Srama

Official Match Hashtag: #NRLsydgld

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Parramatta Eels v St. George Illawarra Dragons
ANZ Stadium, Sydney Olympic Park, Monday 2 September 2013
NRL kickoff 7:00pm
Live TV: Fox Sports 1
Referees: Chris James and Brett Suttor; Sideline Officials: Jeff Younis and Jon Stone; Video Referees: Matt Cecchin and Matt Rodwell;

1. Jarryd Hayne 2. Ken Sio 3. Ryan Morgan 4. Vai Toutai 5. Semi Radradra 6. Ben Roberts 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

1. Jason Nightingale 2. Brett Morris 3. Chase Stanley 4. Charly Runciman 5. Daniel Vidot 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. Bronson Harrison 17. Josh Drinkwater

 

[Big Pete]

Team selection talking points...

Brisbane Broncos: Alex Glenn is back
Newcastle Knights: Snowden is gooooorne, Mason returns

Tigers: Robbie Farah returns
Souths: Sam Burgess' selection means all 4 Burgess Brothers will be on show

Warriors: No changes
Raiders: Campese returns, McCrone to hooker with TLL on the bench

Bulldogs: Pritchard is out with Lachlan Burr set to make his debut
Panthers: No changes

Manly: Watmough is out, Brett Stewart named to return
Melbourne: Tohu Harris set to return

Sharks: No changes
Cowboys: Jayden Hodges, cousin of Justin is set to make his debut off the bench

Roosters: Mini makes a comeback
Titans: Only named 16 players due to their injury toll. Bailey & Bird return, while Mini & Harrison depart.

Eels: Hayne returns
Dragons: Drinkwater comes in for Garvey on the bench

 

[Broncoman]

Broncos
Rabbitohs
Warriors
Bulldogs
Storm
Sharks
Roosters
Dragons

 

[Big Pete]

Souths were well below their best against the Tigers but still proved too classy in the end.

What did you guys make of the Burgess binning? I thought it was pretty soft, seems like the referees are overreacting after the Cronk non-bin.

 

[Browny]

Johnson passing to Badger lolz

 

[Ari Gold]

That was hilarious!

Bouncing back well though. It's the SJ show!

 

[Big Pete]

Now Milford is getting in on the action.

 

[broncos4life]

When Johnson is on he is really amazing to watch

 

[Browny]

Entertaining game, EAD raiders

 

[vertigo]

Warriors are a scary prospect for other teams in the finals if they play like that.

 

[Twiztid]

Souths were well below their best against the Tigers but still proved too classy in the end.

What did you guys make of the Burgess binning? I thought it was pretty soft, seems like the referees are overreacting after the Cronk non-bin.

I would have been fine with it if it was on our 10 - 20 after their huge break, but on halfway was just a stupid call. It frankly rattled us and to the credit of the Tigers they used it to their advantage and overlapped us each side. As soon as he came back on you could just see the complete difference. 32 unanswered points is also a good ending but to be honest a better team and that result is a lot harder to make up.

I just hope they are consistent in the lead up to the finals and in the finals with rulings. They make that call in the finals and you could frankly cost a team the premiership.

 

[Porthoz]

I just hope they are consistent in the lead up to the finals and in the finals with rulings. They make that call in the finals and you could frankly cost a team the premiership.

Good luck with that! :001_rolleyes:

 

[Dexter]

I hope they just use a bit of common sense. Thaidays binning was a rubbish call because the Knights player was having an epileptic fit. Since when can you thrash around and kick out like that and expect a player to get off.

 

[Alec]

It's easy to target Thaiday like that because he's so lazy.

 

[Browny]

Can someone send a copy of the storm v manly game to Griffin. Manlys attack is awesome

 

[rnabokov]

Manly are very impressive: organized, quick, slick.

 

[Alec]

Manly really have the best spine in the game these days, even when you consider how good Smith is. You can even count Lyon as part of that spine, what a player.

 

[Dexter]

Cam Smith just stunk the place up tonight, probably his worst game ever.