Round 9 Discussion

[Big Pete]

South Sydney Rabbitohs v North Queensland Cowboys
ANZ Stadium, Sydney Olympic Park, Friday 10 May 2013
NRL Kickoff 7:35pm, Holden Cup 5:15pm, Gates Open 5:00pm
Live TV: Channel 9 NSW/ACT/NT/QLD, GEM Channel WA/SA/VIC/TAS Referees: Jared Maxwell/Luke Phillips; Sideline Officials: Ricky MacFarlane and Dave Munro; Video Referees: Chris Ward/Luke Patten

Rabbitohs: 1. Greg Inglis 2. Nathan Merritt 3. Beau Champion 4. Bryson Goodwin 5. Andrew Everingham 6. John Sutton 7. Adam Reynolds 8. Dave Tyrrell 9. Issac Luke 10. Roy Asotasi 11. Chris McQueen 12. Ben Te’o 13. Sam Burgess
Interchange: 14. Nathan Peats 15. Jason Clark 16. Ben Lowe 17. George Burgess 18. Jeff Lima 19. Justin Hunt

Cowboys: 1. Matthew Bowen 2. Ashley Graham 3. Brent Tate 4. Kane Linnett 5. Antonio Winterstein 6. Johnathan Thurston (c) 7. Michael Morgan 8. Matt Scott (c) 9. Rory Kostjasyn 10. James Tamou 11. Tariq Sims 12. Gavin Cooper 13. Dallas Johnson
Interchange: 14. Ray Thompson 15. Glenn Hall 16. Joel Riethmuller 17. Ashton Sims 18. Scott Bolton 19. Scott Moore

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Wests Tigers v Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Allianz Stadium, Moore Park, Friday 10 May 2013
NRL Kickoff 7:35pm, Holden Cup 5:15pm, Gates Open 5:00pm
Delayed TV: Channel 9 / GEM Australia-wide
Live Radio: Triple M Sydney
Referees: Ben Cummins/Phil Haines; Sideline Officials: Jeff Younis and Chris Butler; Video Referees: Jason Robinson/Matt Rodwell

Tigers: 1. James Tedesco 2. Marika Koroibete 3. Joel Reddy 4. Tim Simona 5. Matt Utai 6. Curtis Sironen 7. Benji Marshall . Aaron Woods 9. Robbie Farah 10. Sauaso Sue 11. Liam Fulton 12. Adam Blair 13. Eddy Pettyborne
Interchange: 14. Ben Murdoch-Masila 15. Jack Buchanan 16. Sean Spence 17. Bodene Thompson

Sharks: 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. Ben Ross 11. Luke Lewis 12. Wade Graham 13. Chris Heighington
Interchange: 14. Isaac De Gois 15. Sam Tagatese 16. Jayson Bukuya 17. Anthony Tupou 18. Mark Taufua

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New Zealand Warriors v Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Westpac Stadium, Wellington NZ, Saturday 11 May 2013
AEST: NRL Kickoff 5:30pm, Holden Cup 3:15pm, VB NSW Cup 1:10pm, Gates Open 1:00pm
NZT: NRL Kickoff 7:30pm, Holden Cup 5:15pm, VB NSW Cup 3:10pm, Gates Open 3:00pm
Live TV: FOX Sports 1 (all grades)
Referees: Adam Devcich/Chris James; Sideline Officials: Steve Carrall and Brenden Wood; Video Referees: Steve Clark/Justin Morgan

Warriors: 1 Glen Fisiiahi 2 Bill Tupou 3 Ben Henry 4 Konrad Hurrell 5 Manu Vatuvei 6 Thomas Leuluai 7 Shaun Johnson 8 Sam Rapira 9 Nathan Friend 10 Russell Packer 11 Feleti Mateo 12 Simon Mannering (C) 13 Todd Lowrie
Interchange: 14 Ben Matulino 15 Jacob Lillyman 16 Elijah Taylor 17 Pita Godinet 18 Carlos Tuimavave

Bulldogs: 1. Ben Barba 2. Mitch Brown 3. Josh Morris 4. Tim Lafai 5. Sam Perrett 6. Josh Reynolds 7. Trent Hodkinson 8. Aiden Tolman 9. Michael Ennis (C) 10. Sam Kasiano 11. Tony Williams 12. Frank Pritchard 13. Greg Eastwood
Interchange; 14. Dene Halatau 15. Josh Jackson 16. James Graham 17.Dale Finucane 20. Martin Taupau 21. Tim Browne
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Parramatta Eels v Brisbane Broncos
Parramatta Stadium, Saturday 11 May 2013
NRL Kickoff 7:30pm, Holden Cup 5:15pm, Gates Open 5:00pm
Live TV: FOX Sports 1
Referees: Ashley Klein/Gavin Reynolds; Sideline Officials: Nick Beashel and Grant Atkins; Video Referees: Bernard Sutton/Reece Williams

Eels: 1. Jarryd Hayne 2. Ken Sio 3. Ryan Morgan 4. Jacob Loko 5. Vai Toutai 6. Luke Kelly 7. Chris Sandow 8. Fuifui Moimoi 9. Matt Keating 10. Tim Mannah 11. Reni Maitua 12. Kelepi Tanginoa 13. Peni Terepo
Interchange: 14. Kaysa Pritchard 15. Darcy Lussick 16. Joseph Paulo 17. Mitchell Allgood 18. Api Pewhairangi

Broncos: 1. Corey Norman 2. Josh Hoffman 3. Jack Reed 4. Justin Hodges 5. Jordan Kahu 6. Scott Prince 7. Peter Wallace 8. Ben Hannant 9. Andrew McCullough 10. Sam Thaiday 11. Matt Gillett 12. Alex Glenn 13. Corey Parker
Interchange: 14. Ben Hint 15. Scott Anderson 16. David Hala 17. Jarrod Wallace 18. Josh McGuire 19. David Stagg
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Canberra Raiders v Newcastle Knights
Canberra Stadium, Bruce ACT, Sunday 12 May 2013
NRL Kickoff 2:00pm, Holden Cup 11:45am, Gates Open 11:30am
Live TV: FOX Sports 1 (both grades)
Referees: Jason Robinson/Gavin Morris; Sideline Officials: Adam Reid and Matt Noyen; Video Referees: Paul Mellor/Luke Patten

Raiders: 1. Reece Robinson 2. Sandor Earl 3. Jack Wighton 4. Blake Ferguson 5. Edrick Lee 6. Terry Campese © 7. Josh McCrone 8. Dane Tilse 9. Matt McIlwrick 10. Brett White 11. Joel Edwards 12. Joe Picker 13. Shaun Fensom
Interchange: 14. Anthony Milford 15. Jake Foster 16. David Shillington 17. Paul Vaughan 18. Shaun Berrigan

Knights: 1. Darius Boyd 2. James McManus 3. Dane Gagai 4. Timana Tahu 5. Akuila Uate 6. Kurt Gidley 7. Tyrone Roberts 8. Kade Snowden 9. Travis Waddell 10. Willie Mason 11. Robbie Rochow 12. Alex McKinnon 13. Chris Houston
Interchange 14. Matt Hilder 15. Neville Costigan 16. Adam Cuthbertson 17. David Fa’alogo 18. Korbin Sims
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Gold Coast Titans v St. George Illawarra Dragons
Skilled Park, Robina, Sunday 12 May 2013
NRL Kickoff 3:00pm, Holden Cup 12:45pm, Gates Open 12:30pm
Delayed TV: Channel 9 & GEM, 4:00pm nationally (check local guides)
Referees: Shayne Hayne/Gerard Sutton; Sideline Officials: Russell Turner and Peter Gough; Video Referees: Luke Phillips/Neil Wharton

Titans: 1. William Zillman 2. Kevin Gordon 3. Brad Takairangi 4. Jamal Idris 5. David Mead 6. Aidan Sezer 7. Albert Kelly 8. Luke Bailey 9. Beau Falloon 10. Luke Douglas 11. Greg Bird 12. Mark Minichiello 13. Nate Myles
Interchange: 14. David Taylor 15. Ryan James 16. Ben Ridge 17. Sam Irwin 18. Mark Ioane

Dragons: 1. Jason Nightingale 2. Brett Morris 3. Chase Stanley 4. Matt Cooper 5. Daniel Vidot 6. Jamie Soward 7. Nathan Fien 8. Dan Hunt 9. Mitch Rein 10. Jack Stockwell 11. Tyson Frizell 12. Ben Creagh (c) 13. Trent Merrin
Interchange: 14. Bronson Harrison 15. Matt Prior 16. Jack de Belin 17. Michael Weyman
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Penrith Panthers v Melbourne Storm
Centrebet Stadium Penrith, Sunday 12 May 2013
NRL Kickoff 6:30pm, Holden Cup 4:15pm, VB NSW Cup 2:30pm, Gates Open 2:15pm
Live TV: FOX Sports 1
Referees: Gavin Badger/Alan Shortall; Sideline Officials: Dan Eastwood and Michael Wise; Video Referees: Steve Chiddy/Matt Rodwell

Panthers: 1. Matt Moylan , 2. Travis Robinson, 3. Lewis Brown, 4.Dean Whare, 5.David Simmons, 6.Isaac John, 7. Luke Walsh, 8.Nigel Plum, 9. Kevin Kingston (C), 10. Tim Grant, 11. Sika Manu, 12. Matt Robinson , 13. Adam Docker
Interchange: 14. Mose Masoe, 15. Sam Anderson, 16. James Segeyaro, 17. Clint Newton, 18. Nathan Smith

Storm: 1. Billy Slater 2. Sisa Waqa 3. Will Chambers 4. Justin O'Neill 5. Mahe Fonua 6. Gareth Widdop 7. Cooper Cronk 8. Jesse Bromwich 9. Cameron Smith 10. Bryan Norrie 11. Kevin Proctor 12. Ryan Hoffman 13. Tohu Harris
Interchange: 14. Jason Ryles 15. Junior Moors 16. Maurice Blair 17. Brett Finch 18. Slade Griffin 19. Lagi Setu 20. Kenneath Bromwich
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Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles v Sydney Roosters
Brookvale Oval, Monday 13 May 2013
NRL Kickoff 7:00pm, Holden Cup 4:45pm, Gates Open 4:30pm
Live TV: FOX Sports 1 Referees: Matt Cecchin/Henry Perenara; Sideline Officials: Paul Holland and Jason Walsh; Video Referees: Ashley Klein/Justin Morgan

Sea Eagles: 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. Anthony Watmough 12. Justin Horo 13. Glenn Stewart
Interchange: 14. James Hasson 15. Tom Symonds 16. Jamie Buhrer 17. George Rose 20. Esikeli Tonga

Roosters: 1. Anthony Minichiello 2. Daniel Tupou 3. Michael Jennings 4. Shaun Kenny-Dowall 5. Roger Tuivasa-Sheck 6. James Maloney 7. Mitchell Pearce 8. Jared Waerea-Hargreaves 9. Jake Friend 10. Martin Kennedy 11. Mitchell Aubusson 12. Sonny Bill Williams 13. Boyd Cordner
Interchange: 14. Daniel Mortimer 15. Frank-Paul Nuuausala 16. Aiden Guerra 17. Luke O’Donnell

 

[Son Edo]

Rabbitohs
Sharks
Bulldogs
Broncos
Knights
Titans
Storm
Sea Eagles

 

[Broncoman]

I think Newcastle are going to find it hard to win in Canberra without Mullen.

 

[Son Edo]

Didn't know Mullen was out.

But Raiders are hot and cold, you never know what team will show up.

 

[Big Pete]

Ins and Outs Round 9 (for Son Edo's sake)

Rabbitohs: Unchanged
Cowboys: Unchanged

Tigers: Unchanged
Sharks: IN: Jayson Bukuya; OUT: Paul Gallen

Warriors: IN: Glenn Fisiiahi, Konrad Hurrell; OUT: Kevin Locke, Jerome Ropati
Bulldogs: Unchanged

Eels: Unchanged
Broncos: IN: Justin Hodges; OUT: Lachlan Maranta

Raiders: IN: Matt McIlwrick, David Shillington; OUT: Glenn Buttriss, Tom Learoyd Lahrs
Knights: IN: Matt Hilder, Neville Costigan; OUT: Jarrod Mullen, Korbin Sims

Titans: IN: Kevin Gordon, David Mead, Ben Ridge; OUT: Steve Michaels, Anthony Don, Mark Ioane
Dragons: IN: Matt Cooper; OUT: Nathan Green

Panthers: IN: Isaac John, Sam Anderson; OUT: Tom Humble, Nathan Smith
Storm: Unchanged

Manly: IN: Steve Matai, Jamie Buhrer; OUT: Esi Tonga, Jesse Sene-Lefao
Roosters: IN: Frank-Paul Nuuausala; OUT: Sam Moa

 

[Bucking Beads]

Some pretty tough games to tip this week IMO. We will find out if the Dogs are back. Playing the Warriors in NZ is always tough. The Roosters could really prove their premiership worth with a win at Brookie on Monday night as well.

Rabbits
Sharks
Bulldogs
Broncos
Raiders
Titans
Storm
Roosters

 

[Porthoz]

I think the Cows have the weapons to take on the bunnies this week.

Cowboys
Sharks
Warriors
Broncos
Raiders
Tits
Cheats
Scum

 

[Broncoman]

Rabbitohs
Sharks
Bulldogs
Broncos
Raiders
Titans
Storm
Roosters

 

[Viti]

Rabbitohs vs Cowboys

Anyone watching this game? This has to be one of the most frustrating games i've watched in a long while. IDK if its just my hate of souths that's clouding my vision or my judgement but **** me there has been some absolute ratshit calls in this game, while I think Wintersteins first try was fair I can cop them not overruling the refs decision the call on it but the calls for Tate's try and GI's try were absolutely fucking ridiculous. I distinctly remember Sterlo commenting on a possible try to Jack Reed earlier in the year talking about how it's not good enough to just have downward pressure this year and yet come this week GI clearly has absolutely no control over the ball and knocks it on and its called a try.

 

[Big Pete]

It's funny how the good teams benefit off the bad calls.

Cowboys are seriously one stupid team. We're critical of Hook and his game-plans but gee isn't Henry doing a terrible job with the Cowboys talent? Two of the best prop forwards in the game, one of the game's greatest halves and yet they struggle to score points.

 

[Viti]

It's funny how the good teams benefit off the bad calls.

Cowboys are seriously one stupid team. We're critical of Hook and his game-plans but gee if Henry isn't doing a terrible job with all the talent on the Cows book. Two of the best prop forwards in the game and somehow they struggle to score points.

Yep exactly, I'd have to imagine there couldn't be anything more frustrating than being a Cowboys supporter. With all the talent they have on their books they could be world beaters yet at this stage they're struggling to stay in the, then add to that the performance of the refs in this game and the final last year against Manly and I have no idea how you could stay sane as a supporter.

 

[Big Pete]

I didn't think the refs. were especially bad against them tonight. 50/50s mostly went Souths way from what I could tell but it wasn't as bad as the Manly game. Mind you, I wasn't watching too closely so I may have missed a few crucial ones.

Souths are class at the moment. Didn't even play that well, yet once again easily accounted for the Cows. Burgess bros are killing it and the rest of the side is following their lead.

 

[Bucking Beads]

Better side one but Souths did get all the calls. Cowboys forward pack just isn't working. They are missing Aaron Payne big time.

 

[Son Edo]

Controversial decisions aside I think Souths were the better team and still would've won the game.

But I don't even know if the Rabbitohs scored a legit try all game except for the final Inglis try.

 

[Son Edo]

Souths are class at the moment. Didn't even play that well, yet once again easily accounted for the Cows. Burgess bros are killing it and the rest of the side is following their lead.

Which means their next loss isn't too far away.

 

[Twiztid]

I am happy with the win. An average opening 20 but a pretty good 60 mins to finish it. I thought calls were pretty even in the end.

 

[Broncoman]

Very strong performance and another win to Souths there were some ordinary calls but it wouldn't have changed the result anyway. The Cowboys are an extremely frustrating team, with the roster they've got you would expect them to be top 4 contenders yet as Pete said they are struggling to score points. What more can you say about GI you need more than a truckload of dynamite to knock this tower down.

 

[Twiztid]

It's funny how the good teams benefit off the bad calls.

Cowboys are seriously one stupid team. We're critical of Hook and his game-plans but gee isn't Henry doing a terrible job with the Cowboys talent? Two of the best prop forwards in the game, one of the game's greatest halves and yet they struggle to score points.

They have 4 plays to score points. Overlap left for winger to score, bomb left for winger to score, overlap right for winger to score and bomb right for winger to score. If you can defuse that, they don't really have much else.