Round 6 Discussion

[Big Pete]

Newcastle Knights vs. Brisbane Broncos
Central Coast Stadium, Thursday 18 June 2020
Kick Off 7:50pm

NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS

1. Kalyn Ponga 2. Edrick Lee 3. Enari Tuala 4. Bradman Best 5. Hymel Hunt 6. Kurt Mann 7. Mitchell Pearce 8. David Klemmer 9. Andrew McCullough 10. Daniel Saifiti 11. Lachlan Fitzgibbon 12. Sione Mata'utia 13. Herman Ese'ese

14. Tex Hoy 15. Jacob Saifiti 16. Tim Glasby 17. Aidan Guerra

18. Gehamat Shibasaki 19. Pasami Saulo 20. Phoenix Crossland 21. Starford To'A

BRISBANE BRONCOS

1. Jamayne Isaako 2. Corey Oates 3. Herbie Farnworth 4. Darius Boyd 5. Xavier Coates 6. Anthony Milford 7. Brodie Croft 8. Matt Lodge 9. Cory Paix 10. Payne Haas 11. Alex Glenn 12. Tevita Pangai Jr 13. Patrick Carrigan

14. Tesi Niu 15. Ben Te'o 16. Joe Ofahengaue 17. Thomas Flegler

18. Issac Luke 19. Rhys Kennedy 20. Thomas Dearden 21. Jamil Hopoate

South Sydney Rabbitohs vs. Warriors
Bankwest Stadium, Friday 19 June 2020
Kick Off 6:00pm

SOUTH SYDNEY RABBITOHS

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

14. Liam Knight 15. Patrick Mago 16. Tom Amone 17. Bayley Sironen

18. Mark Nicholls 19. Corey Allan 20. James Roberts 21. Keaon Koloamatangi

NZ WARRIORS

1. Roger Tuivasa-Sheck 2. Patrick Herbert 3. Peta Hiku 4. Gerard Beale 5. Adam Pompey 6. Kodi Nikorima 7. Blake Green 8. Jamayne Taunoa-Brown 9. Wayde Egan 10. Lachlan Burr 11. Eliesa Katoa 12. Tohu Harris 13. Adam Blair

14. Karl Lawton 15. Poasa Faamausili 16. King Vuniyayawa 17. Jack Murchie

18. David Fusitu'a 20. Agnatius Paasi 21. Chanel Harris-Tavita 22. Isaiah Papali'i

Penrith Panthers vs. Melbourne Storm
Campbelltown Stadium, Friday 19 June 2020
Kick Off 7:55pm

PENRITH PANTHERS

1. Dylan Edwards 2. Josh Mansour 3. Dean Whare 4. Stephen Crichton 5. Brian To’o 6. Jarome Luai 7. Nathan Cleary 8. James Tamou 9. Api Koroisau 10. James Fisher-Harris 11. Viliame Kikau 12. Liam Martin 13. Isaah Yeo

14. Matt Burton 15. Zane Tetevano 16. Moses Leota 17. Billy Burns

18. Mitch Kenny 19. Brent Naden 20. Jack Hetherington 21. Caleb Aekins

MELBOURNE STORM

1. Ryan Papenhuyzen 2. Suliasi Vunivalu 3. Justin Olam 4. Brenko Lee 5. Josh Addo-Carr 6. Cameron Munster 7. Ryley Jacks 8. Jesse Bromwich 9. Cameron Smith 10. Christian Welch 11. Felise Kaufusi 12. Kenny Bromwich 13. Dale Finucane

14. Brandon Smith 15. Tino Fa'asuamalueai 16. Tom Eisenhuth 17. Nelson Asofa-Solomona

18. Max King 19. Marion Seve 20. Jahrome Hughes 21. Paul Momirovski

Gold Coast Titans vs. St George Illawarra Dragons
Suncorp Stadium, Saturday 20 June 2020
Kick Off 3:00pm

GOLD COAST TITANS

1. Corey Thompson 2 Anthony Don 3. Brian Kelly 4. Young Tonumaipea 5. Phillip Sami 6. Ash Taylor 7. Jamal Fogarty 8. Moeaki Fotuaika 9. Erin Clark 10. Sam Lisone 11. Kevin Proctor 12. Bryce Cartwright 13. Jai Arrow

14. Tanah Boyd 15. Jaimin Jolliffe 16. Keegan Hipgrave 17. Tyrone Peachey

18. Beau Fermor 19. Jarrod Wallace 20. Jai Whitbread 21. Tyrone Roberts

ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS

1. Matthew Dufty 2. Jordan Pereira 3. Euan Aitken 4. Zac Lomax 5. Mikaele Ravalawa 6. Corey Norman 7. Adam Clune 8. Josh Kerr 9. Cameron McInnes 10. Paul Vaughan 11. Tyson Frizell 12. Tyrell Fuimaono 13. James Graham

14. Ben Hunt 15. Trent Merrin 16. Blake Lawrie 17. Jacob Host

18. Jackson Ford 19. Jason Saab 20. Korbin Sims 21. Tristan Sailor

Wests Tigers vs. North Queensland Cowboys
Campbelltown Stadium, Saturday 20 June 2020
Kick Off 5:30pm

WESTS TIGERS

1. Adam Doueihi 2. David Nofoaluma 3. Joseph Leilua 4. Moses Mbye 5. Robert Jennings 6. Josh Reynolds 7. Luke Brooks 8. Josh Aloiai 9. Harry Grant 10. Zane Musgrove 11. Luke Garner 12. Luciano Leilua 13. Alex Twal

14. Matt Eisenhuth 15. Thomas Mikaele 16. Sam McIntyre 17. Michael Chee-Kam

18. Benji Marshall 19. Chris Lawrence 20. Billy Walters 21. Reece Hoffman

NORTH QLD COWBOYS

1. Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow 2. Kyle Feldt 3. Justin O'Neil 4. Esan Marsters 5. Connelly Lemuelu 6. Scott Drinkwater 7. Jake Clifford 8. Francis Molo 9. Reece Robson 10. Josh McGuire 11. Mitchell Dunn 12. Coen Hess 13. Jason Taumalolo

14. Ben Hampton 15. Corey Jensen 16. Peter Hola 17. Gavin Cooper

18. Tom Opacic 19. Shane Wright 20. Reuben Cotter 21. Emry Pere

Sydney Roosters vs. Parramatta Eels
Bankwest Stadium, Saturday 20 June 2020
Kick Off 7:30pm

SYDNEY ROOSTERS

1. James Tedesco 2. Daniel Tupou 3. Josh Morris 4. Joseph Manu 5. Brett Morris 6. Luke Keary 7. Kyle Flanagan 8. Jared Warea-Hargreaves 9. Jake Friend 10. Siosiua Taukeiaho 11. Boyd Cordner 12. Angus Crichton 13. Victor Radley

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

18. Sitili Tupouniua 19. Mitchell Aubusson 20. Ryan Hall 21. Lachlan Lam

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. Shaun Lane 12. Ryan Matterson 13. Nathan Brown

14. Ray Stone 15. Marata Niukore 16. Oregon Kaufusi 17. Peni Terepo

18. Brad Takairangi 19. David Gower 20. George Jennings 21. Jai Field

Canberra Raiders vs. Manly Sea Eagles
Campbelltown Stadium, Sunday 21 June 2020
Kick Off 4:05pm

CANBERRA RAIDERS

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

14. Siliva Havili 15. Emre Guler 16. Ryan Sutton 17. Hudson Young

18. Dunamis Lui 19. Bailey Simonsson 20. Matt Frawley 21. Tom Starling

MANLY SEA EAGLES

1. Tom Trbojevic 2. Tevita Funa 3. Brad Parker 4. Brendan Elliot 5. Reuben Garrick 6. Dylan Walker 7. Daly Cherry-Evans 8. Addin Fonua-Blake 9. Danny Levi 10. Taniela Paseka 11. Joel Thompson 12. Curtis Sironen 13. Jake Trbojevic

14. Lachlan Croker 15. Jack Gosieski 16. Sean Keppie 17. Morgan Boyle

18. Toafofoa Sipley 19. Abbas Miski 20. Haumole Olakau'atu 21. Cade Cust

Cronulla Sharks vs. Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Bankwest Stadium, Sunday 21 June 2020
Kick Off 6:30pm

CRONULLA SHARKS

1. Will Kennedy 2. Sione Katoa 3. Josh Dugan 4. Jesse Ramien 5. Mawene Hiroti 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. Toby Rudolf 15. Braden Hamlin-Uele 16. Siosifa Talakai 17. Royce Hunt

18. Scott Sorensen 19. Connor Tracey 20. Bryson Goodwin 21. Matt Moylan

CANTEBURY BANKSTOWN BULLDOGS

1. Will Hopoate 2. Christian Crichton 3. Reimis Smith 4. Dallin Watene-Zelezniak 5. Jake Averillo 6. Kieran Foran 7. Lachlan Lewis 8. Renouf To'omaga 9. Jeremy Marshall-King 10. Dylan Napa 11. Josh Jackson 12. Raymond Faitala-Mariner 13. Adam Elliott

14. Kerrod Holland 15. Dean Britt 16. Sauaso Sue 17. Ofahiki Ogden

19. Sione Katoa 20. Brandon Wakeham 21. Morgan Harper 22. Jack Cogger

 

[1910]

Sam Walker 18 today- get him in there Robinson.

 

[I bleed Maroon]

How about this for a 4 legger

Brisbane 1 - 12 @ 4.20
Parramatta 1 - 12 @ 3.75
Melbourne 1 - 12 @ 2.80
Tevita Pangai Jr anytime tryscorer @ 5.50

Powered up on Sportsbet pays out 4419

 

[Harry Sack]

How about this for a 4 legger

Brisbane 1 - 12 @ 4.20
Parramatta 1 - 12 @ 3.75
Melbourne 1 - 12 @ 2.80
Tevita Pangai Jr anytime tryscorer @ 5.50

Powered up on Sportsbet pays out 4419

I appreciate your enthusiasm.

 

[Big Pete]

The way I see it, there's six good teams in 2020. Sydney, Melbourne, Parramatta, Canberra, Manly and Newcastle in about that order. Then I would have Penrith just below them - they've got some good players but they aren't as well drilled as the other six. They've made a decent start though, so I think they'll find their way into the 8.

Then you've got nine teams making up the numbers. Of those nine, I'd say Souths are the only team that's capable of really causing a stir and that will hinge on their experienced senior players stepping up. If they can get more out of guys like Latrell, Gagai and Roberts they might be able to knock a few of those top six over and beat the rest all those eight other sides.

That's my early feel after five weeks. Usually one of the early pace setters falls well off the pace but I'm not sure if that will be the case without a rep season, reserve grade and compromised coaching squads. I don't think teams will have that bounce back factor, unless they run into a side in a similar situation.

This should be the best round of the competition to date with a lot of even match-ups across the board. The only games that look lopsided to me are Knights/Broncos and Warriors/Rabbitohs. Even then, Brisbane would have to be desperate and I'm keen to see how Newcastle handle their first loss of the year. The Warriors should keep the Rabbits honest as well, they had it pretty easy against the Gold Coast, especially since the referee's weren't interested in giving the Titans any favours.

 

[Unbreakable]

Good graph that shows the massive drop-off in quality in Round 5. Here's hoping the referees grow a pair of balls and start sin-binning teams that are blatantly giving away 7 tackle sets and penalties early in tackle counts.

 

[Harry Sack]

Newcastle Knights vs. Brisbane Broncos
Central Coast Stadium, Thursday 18 June 2020
Kick Off 7:50pm

NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS

1. Kalyn Ponga 2. Edrick Lee 3. Enari Tuala 4. Bradman Best 5. Hymel Hunt 6. Kurt Mann 7. Mitchell Pearce 8. David Klemmer 9. Andrew McCullough 10. Daniel Saifiti 11. Lachlan Fitzgibbon 12. Sione Mata'utia 13. Herman Ese'ese

14. Tex Hoy 15. Jacob Saifiti 16. Tim Glasby 17. Aidan Guerra

18. Gehamat Shibasaki 19. Pasami Saulo 20. Phoenix Crossland 21. Starford To'A

BRISBANE BRONCOS

1. Jamayne Isaako 2. Corey Oates 3. Herbie Farnworth 4. Darius Boyd 5. Xavier Coates 6. Anthony Milford 7. Brodie Croft 8. Matt Lodge 9. Jake Turpin 10. Payne Haas 11. Alex Glenn 12. Tevita Pangai Jr 13. Patrick Carrigan

14. Tesi Niu 15. Ben Te'o 16. Joe Ofahengaue 17. Thomas Flegler

18. Issac Luke 19. Rhys Kennedy 20. Thomas Dearden 21. Jamil Hopoate

How reliable is your sauce m8? I don't trust it tbh.

 

[Broncos Maestro]

Go Warriors!! Smack the bunnies! (I’ve got them to win 12+)

 

[Big Pete]

How reliable is your sauce m8? I don't trust it tbh.

I've been in denial for two weeks.

 

[BroncsFan]

So how is that not strip on Burgess different to the definite strip against Glenn last night... the one that they decided to overturn because he made "a second movement towards the ball"?

 

[broncos4life]

So how is that not strip on Burgess different to the definite strip against Glenn last night... the one that they decided to overturn because he made "a second movement towards the ball"?

I’ll refer you to the jersey.

 

[BroncsFan]

I’ll refer you to the jersey.

Yeah just wondering if we can pull together a dossier of inconsistencies to send to the NRL ... I mean we'd have to say it's from Souths to get it through the front door, but the last time they did that old mate got a job... we could start infiltrating NRL HQ

 

[BroncsFan]

Pride of the league apparently allowed to just take people's heads off now

Add it to the list of inconsistencies... pretty sure TPJ would be sitting out the season if he did what Latrell just did

 

[Midean]

Contact with the head, that's a penalty try.

 

[Mitchell_Broncos]

@soup I didnt captain Latrell, but hes got 2 try assist in the 1st half maybe i should have haha.

 

[BroncsFan]

Pride of the league apparently allowed to just take people's heads off now

Add it to the list of inconsistencies... pretty sure TPJ would be sitting out the season if he did what Latrell just did

So now Fus has left the field with a HIA.... sooo Carrigan gets binned for hitting Pearce late ("foul play" apparently) and yet warriors lose their winger after his head was taken off and don't even get a penalty???

I wonder what NSWRL will have to say about this...

 

[the_next]

Kikau absolutely just smashed the Melbourne kicker, I think it was Munster? I couldn't tell because no one winked an eye at it, no reply, no mention of it at all.
I rate it similar to the Carrigan hit last night. But it's hard to confirm as there have been no replays of it on Fox.
Funny that.

 

[ivanhungryjak]

Kikau absolutely just smashed the Melbourne kicker, I think it was Munster? I couldn't tell because no one winked an eye at it, no reply, no mention of it at all.
I rate it similar to the Carrigan hit last night. But it's hard to confirm as there have been no replays of it on Fox.
Funny that.

I thought the same thing. Not as bad as Carrigan but still late. Nothing from anyone.