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globalrugbyleague - Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:46:00 GMTThe “Chicken wing” has been clipped while “WO-Manly” ads have taken the promotion of football to a whole new level. Welcome to round 5 of the NRL.
Melbourne Melbourne Storm">Melbourne Storm v Manly Warringah Sea Eagles">Manly Warringah Sea Eagles">Manly Warringah Manly Warringah Sea Eagles">Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
Olympic Park, Friday April 11, 7:30pm (AEST)
Referee: Tony Archer.
Head To Head: Played 11, Melbourne Storm">Melbourne Storm 6, Manly 5
The grand final rematch this week is one we hoped would be a huge one. Thanks to some cheeky marketing from the Melbourne Storm">Melbourne Storm they are taking on the WO-Manly Sea eagle’s tonight in Melbourne Both teams are about full strength. The biggest contest will be amongst the two fullbacks with Billy Slater and Brett Stewart preparing to give us an early glimpse of the Origin battle that looms in the coming months. The Melbourne Storm">Melbourne Storm will put up one hell of a fight but I’m going to take Max Delmage’s word for it and pick the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles">Manly Warringah Sea Eagles in a tight one.
Melbourne Storm">Melbourne Storm: 1. Billy Slater, 2. Steve Turner, 3. Will Chambers, 4. Israel Folau, 5. Anthony Quinn, 6. Greg Inglis, 7. Cooper Cronk, 8. Jeff Lima, 9. Cam Smith (c), 10. Adam Blair, 11. Jeremy Smith, 12. Ryan Hoffman, 13. Dallas Johnson Interchange: 14. Matt Geyer, 15. Antonio Kaufusi, 16. Michael Crocker, 17. Clifford Manua, 18. Sika Manu Coach: Craig Bellamy
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles">Manly Warringah Sea Eagles: 1. Brett Stewart, 2. Michael Robertson, 3. Steve Bell, 4. Jamie Lyon, 5. Michael Bani, 6. Luke Williamson, 7. Matt Orford (c), 8. Jason King, 9. Matt Ballin, 10. Brent Kite, 11. Anthony Watmough, 12. Glenn Stewart, 13. Steve Menzies Interchange: 14. Josh Perry, 15. Glenn Hall, 16. Adam Cuthbertson, 17. Mark Bryant, 18.Heath L'Estrange, 20. Jack Afamasaga Coach: Des Hasler
Parramatta Parramatta Eels">Parramatta Eels v Gold Coast Gold Coast Titans">Gold Coast Titans
Parramatta Stadium, Friday April 11, 7:30pm (AEST)
Referee: Jared Maxwell.
Head To Head: Played 1, Gold Coast Titans">Gold Coast Titans 1, Parramatta Eels">Parramatta Eels 0
The Gold Coast Titans">Gold Coast Titans are on the road again and they’ll be hunting for victory number four at the expense of the Parramatta Eels">Parramatta Eels at Parramatta Stadium. But they’ll have to do it without fearless leader Luke Bailey. Any talk of the Parramatta Eels">Parramatta Eels being walk over should be ignored. After last week’s loss to the North Queensland Cowboys">North Queensland Cowboys, the home side should come out firing. The battle of the halves involving Tim Smith (Parramatta Eels">Parramatta Eels) and Scott Prince (Gold Coast Titans">Gold Coast Titans) will be most entertaining and vital to the result of this game. Parramatta should bounce back.
Parramatta Eels">Parramatta Eels: 1. Luke Burt, 2. Taulima Tautai, 3. Joel Reddy, 4. Jarryd Hayne, 5. Eric Grothe, 6. Brett Finch, 7. Tim Smith, 8. Nathan Cayless (c), 9. Mark Riddell, 10. Fuifui Moimoi, 11. Nathan Hindmarsh, 12. Daniel Wagon, 13. Feleti Mateo Interchange: 14. Matthew Keating, 15. Josh Cordoba, 16. Chad Robinson, 17. Weller Hauraki Coach: Michael Hagan
Gold Coast Titans">Gold Coast Titans: 1 Preston Campbell, 2 Ben Jeffery, 3 Luke O’Dwyer, 4 Brett Delaney, 5 Matt Peterson, 6 Mat Rogers, 7 Scott Prince ©, 8 James Stosic, 9 Nathan Friend, 10 Brad Meyers, 11 Anthony Laffranchi, 12 Mark Minichiello, 13 Ashley Harrison Interchange: 14 Aaron Cannings, 15 Daniel Conn, 16 Josh Graham, 17 Brenton Bowen, 18 Michael Hodgson, 19 Gavin Cooper (Two to be omitted) Coach: John Cartwright
St George Illawarra St. George Illawarra Dragons">St. George Illawarra Dragons v North Queensland North Queensland Cowboys">North Queensland Cowboys
WIN Stadium, Saturday April 12, 5:30pm (AEST)
Referee: Tony de las Heras.
Head To Head: Played 16, St. George Illawarra Dragons">St. George Illawarra Dragons 8, North Queensland Cowboys">North Queensland Cowboys 8
The first pit-stop for Super Saturday is in Wollongong when the St. George Illawarra Dragons">St. George Illawarra Dragons battle the North Queensland Cowboys">North Queensland Cowboys at WIN Stadium. Whether the St. George Illawarra Dragons">St. George Illawarra Dragons can win there is another question entirely. North Queensland demonstrated what they can do when they are their best last weekend while the St. George Illawarra Dragons">St. George Illawarra Dragons faithful will need to go real hard to convince anyone their team can win this one. Question: Are the North Queensland Cowboys">North Queensland Cowboys really back or did they beat a team that underestimated them. We’ll find out on Saturday night if they’ve got their season back on track. North Queensland are favourites but not with supreme confidence amongst the experts.
St. George Illawarra Dragons">St. George Illawarra Dragons: 1. Ben Hornby, 2. Jason Nightingale, 3. Mark Gasnier (c), 4. Matt Cooper, 5. Chase Stanley, 6. Rangi Chase, 7. Jamie Soward, 8. Justin Poore, 9. Stuart Webb, 10. Jason Ryles, 11. Kirk Reynoldson, 12. Ben Creagh, 13. Dean Young Interchange: 14. Jarrod Saffy, 15. Dan Hunt, 16. Lagi Setu, 17. Beau Scott, 18. Jon Green Coach: Nathan Brown
North Queensland Cowboys">North Queensland Cowboys: 1. Ashley Graham, 2. Ty Williams, 3. Mark Henry, 4. Ben Harris, 5. John Williams, 6. Justin Smith, 7. Johnathan Thurston (c), 8. Ray Cashmere, 9. Aaron Payne (vc), 10. Carl Webb, 11. Steve Southern, 12. Jacob Lillyman, 13. Luke O’Donnell Interchange: 14. Anthony Watts, 15. Sam Faust, 16. Shane Tronc, 17. Dayne Weston, 18. Matthew Bartlett Coach: Graham Murray
Penrith Penrith Panthers">Penrith Panthers v Sydney Sydney Roosters">Sydney Roosters
CUA Stadium, Saturday April 12, 7:30pm (AEST)
Referee: Bernard Sutton.
Head To Head: Played 71, Sydney Roosters">Sydney Roosters 44, Penrith Panthers">Penrith Panthers 26
Last week if I had to pick this one I would put my house on it. But not this week. The Sydney Sydney Roosters">Sydney Roosters will be without some key personnel including Anthony Minichello and David Shillington while question marks remain over whether Willie Mason will play or not. Off the back of last week’s performance against the Tigers, Penrith have found a spring in their step and some useful confidence. The Sydney Roosters">Sydney Roosters have got some great depth in terms of playing talent care of the Newtown Jets and will bring in Frank Paul Nuuausala who is a very mobile forward. I’ll bet my Chicken Wings on the Sydney Roosters">Sydney Roosters winning this one.
Penrith Panthers">Penrith Panthers: 1. Rhys Wesser, 2. Luke Rooney, 3. Michael Jennings, 4. Brad Tighe, 5. Michael Gordon, 6. Maurice Blair, 7. Jarrod Sammut, 8. Tony Puletua, 9. Luke Priddis, 10. Petero Civoniceva (c), 11. Frank Pritchard, 12. Luke Lewis, 13. Nathan Smith Interchange: 14. Paul Aiton, 15. Frank Puletua, 16. Brendan Worth, 17. Matthew Bell, 18. Geoff Daniela, 19. Joseph Paulo Coach: Mathew Elliott
Sydney Roosters">Sydney Roosters: 1. Sam Perrett, 2. Amos Roberts, 3. Mitchell Aubusson, 4. Sia Soliola, 5. Shaun Kenny-Dowall, 6. Braith Anasta, 7. Mitchell Pearce, 8. Mark O'Meley, 9. Riley Brown, 10. Nate Myles, 11. Setaimata Sa, 12. Anthony Tupou, 13. Craig Fitzgibbon (c) Interchange: 14. Lopini Paea, 15. Frank Paul-Nuuausala, 16. Brent Grose, 17. James Aubusson, 18. Mickey Paea Coach: Brad Fittler.
New Zealand Warriors">New Zealand Warriors v Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs">Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Mt Smart Stadium, Sunday April 12, 12pm (AEST)
Referee: Ben Cummins.
Head To Head: Played 22, Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs">Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 12, New Zealand Warriors">New Zealand Warriors 8
We then travel across the Tasman with the somewhat unpredictable Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs">Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs. Their record in New Zealand is not the best but the New Zealand Warriors">New Zealand Warriors are still struggling once again to hold onto the ball and finish their second halves strongly. This one will be a battle of kicks to each wing and should be a high scoring affair. If the New Zealand Warriors">New Zealand Warriors can get the basics right, they’ll take out the two competition points.
New Zealand Warriors">New Zealand Warriors: 1. Lance Hohaia, 2. Patrick Ah Van, 3. Brent Tate, 4. Ryan Shortland, 5. Manu Vatuvei, 6. Michael Witt, 7. Grant Rovelli, 8. Sam Rapira, 9. Nathan Fien, 10. Ruben Wiki (c), 11. Simon Mannering, 12. Logan Swann, 13. Micheal Luck Interchange: 14. Ian Henderson, 15. Evarn Tuimavave, 16. Epalahame Lauaki, 17. Sonny Fai Coach: Ivan Cleary
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs">Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs: 1. Luke Patten, 2. Hazem El Masri, 3. Tim Winitana, 4. Willie Tonga, 5. Heka Nanai, 6. Ben Roberts, 7. Daniel Holdsworth, 8. Jarrad Hickey, 9. Corey Hughes, 10. Justin Tsoulos, 11. Sonny Bill Williams, 12. Andrew Ryan (c), 13. Lee Te Maari Interchange: 14. Chris Armit, 15. Danny Williams, 16. Brad Morrin, 17. Michael Sullivan, 20. Reni Maitua Coach: Steve Folkes.
Canberra Canberra Raiders">Canberra Raiders v Wests Tigers
Canberra Stadium, Sunday April 13, 2pm (AEST)
Referee: Sean Hampstead.
Head To Head: Played 15, Canberra Raiders">Canberra Raiders 8, Tigers 7
Tigers fans then head off down the Hume Highway on Sunday but they probably won’t be in too much of a hurry to get home. They’ll need time to recover after the Canberra Raiders">Canberra Raiders clinically dissect the game away from the Tigers who may or may not play Robbie Farah depending on a fitness test. Canberra are coming off the back of a big loss but they should handle the surface conditions much better. I think after Monday night’s display from the Tigers, the Canberra Raiders">Canberra Raiders will be too hard to control.
Canberra Raiders">Canberra Raiders: 1. Bronx Goodwin, 2. Colin Best, 3. Marshall Chalk, 4. Joel Monaghan, 5. Adrian Purtell, 6. Terry Campese, 7. Todd Carney, 8. Scott Logan, 9. Lincoln Withers, 10. Dane Tilse, 11. Joe Picker, 12. Nigel Plum, 13. Alan Tongue (c) Interchange: 14. Trevor Thurling, 15. Josh Miller, 16. Ben Jones, 17. Troy Thompson, 18. David Milne, 19. Tom Learoyd-Lahrs Coach: Neil Henry
Wests: 1. Brett Hodgson (c), 2. Taniela Tuiaki, 3. Tim Moltzen, 4. Chris Lawrence, 5. Shannon McDonnell, 6. John Morris, 7. Robbie Farah, 8. Todd Payten, 9. Stuart Flanagan, 10. Keith Galloway, 11. Ben Te'o, 12. Chris Heighington, 13. Liam Fulton Interchange: 14. Dean Collis, 15. Danny Galea, 16. Corey Payne, 17. Bronson Harrison Coach: Tim Sheens.
Newcastle Newcastle Knights">Newcastle Knights v Brisbane Brisbane Broncos">Brisbane Broncos
EnergyAustralia Stadium, Sunday April 13, 3pm (AEST)
Referee: Shayne Hayne.
Head To Head: Played 30, Brisbane Broncos">Brisbane Broncos 21, Newcastle Knights">Newcastle Knights 9
Newcastle battles Brisbane in front of a strong home crowd looking to see some form of redemption after the Newcastle Knights">Newcastle Knights made a few poor decisions in the dying minutes of last week’s game against the New Zealand Warriors">New Zealand Warriors which probably cost them another golden-point win. Justin Hodges is back for Brisbane but Darren Lockyer will be out as will be Ben Cross for the Newcastle Knights">Newcastle Knights. Newcastle can grind out games whereas Brisbane if they are having a bad day without their key playmakers completely collapse. The Newcastle Knights">Newcastle Knights will give the locals something to cheer about come Sunday night.
Newcastle Knights">Newcastle Knights: 1. Kurt Gidley, 2. James McManus, 3. Wes Naiqama, 4. Adam MacDougall, 5. Cooper Vuna, 6. Chris Bailey, 7. Scott Dureau, 8. Daniel Tolar, 9. D - Read More, Here
Melbourne Melbourne Storm">Melbourne Storm v Manly Warringah Sea Eagles">Manly Warringah Sea Eagles">Manly Warringah Manly Warringah Sea Eagles">Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
Olympic Park, Friday April 11, 7:30pm (AEST)
Referee: Tony Archer.
Head To Head: Played 11, Melbourne Storm">Melbourne Storm 6, Manly 5
The grand final rematch this week is one we hoped would be a huge one. Thanks to some cheeky marketing from the Melbourne Storm">Melbourne Storm they are taking on the WO-Manly Sea eagle’s tonight in Melbourne Both teams are about full strength. The biggest contest will be amongst the two fullbacks with Billy Slater and Brett Stewart preparing to give us an early glimpse of the Origin battle that looms in the coming months. The Melbourne Storm">Melbourne Storm will put up one hell of a fight but I’m going to take Max Delmage’s word for it and pick the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles">Manly Warringah Sea Eagles in a tight one.
Melbourne Storm">Melbourne Storm: 1. Billy Slater, 2. Steve Turner, 3. Will Chambers, 4. Israel Folau, 5. Anthony Quinn, 6. Greg Inglis, 7. Cooper Cronk, 8. Jeff Lima, 9. Cam Smith (c), 10. Adam Blair, 11. Jeremy Smith, 12. Ryan Hoffman, 13. Dallas Johnson Interchange: 14. Matt Geyer, 15. Antonio Kaufusi, 16. Michael Crocker, 17. Clifford Manua, 18. Sika Manu Coach: Craig Bellamy
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles">Manly Warringah Sea Eagles: 1. Brett Stewart, 2. Michael Robertson, 3. Steve Bell, 4. Jamie Lyon, 5. Michael Bani, 6. Luke Williamson, 7. Matt Orford (c), 8. Jason King, 9. Matt Ballin, 10. Brent Kite, 11. Anthony Watmough, 12. Glenn Stewart, 13. Steve Menzies Interchange: 14. Josh Perry, 15. Glenn Hall, 16. Adam Cuthbertson, 17. Mark Bryant, 18.Heath L'Estrange, 20. Jack Afamasaga Coach: Des Hasler
Parramatta Parramatta Eels">Parramatta Eels v Gold Coast Gold Coast Titans">Gold Coast Titans
Parramatta Stadium, Friday April 11, 7:30pm (AEST)
Referee: Jared Maxwell.
Head To Head: Played 1, Gold Coast Titans">Gold Coast Titans 1, Parramatta Eels">Parramatta Eels 0
The Gold Coast Titans">Gold Coast Titans are on the road again and they’ll be hunting for victory number four at the expense of the Parramatta Eels">Parramatta Eels at Parramatta Stadium. But they’ll have to do it without fearless leader Luke Bailey. Any talk of the Parramatta Eels">Parramatta Eels being walk over should be ignored. After last week’s loss to the North Queensland Cowboys">North Queensland Cowboys, the home side should come out firing. The battle of the halves involving Tim Smith (Parramatta Eels">Parramatta Eels) and Scott Prince (Gold Coast Titans">Gold Coast Titans) will be most entertaining and vital to the result of this game. Parramatta should bounce back.
Parramatta Eels">Parramatta Eels: 1. Luke Burt, 2. Taulima Tautai, 3. Joel Reddy, 4. Jarryd Hayne, 5. Eric Grothe, 6. Brett Finch, 7. Tim Smith, 8. Nathan Cayless (c), 9. Mark Riddell, 10. Fuifui Moimoi, 11. Nathan Hindmarsh, 12. Daniel Wagon, 13. Feleti Mateo Interchange: 14. Matthew Keating, 15. Josh Cordoba, 16. Chad Robinson, 17. Weller Hauraki Coach: Michael Hagan
Gold Coast Titans">Gold Coast Titans: 1 Preston Campbell, 2 Ben Jeffery, 3 Luke O’Dwyer, 4 Brett Delaney, 5 Matt Peterson, 6 Mat Rogers, 7 Scott Prince ©, 8 James Stosic, 9 Nathan Friend, 10 Brad Meyers, 11 Anthony Laffranchi, 12 Mark Minichiello, 13 Ashley Harrison Interchange: 14 Aaron Cannings, 15 Daniel Conn, 16 Josh Graham, 17 Brenton Bowen, 18 Michael Hodgson, 19 Gavin Cooper (Two to be omitted) Coach: John Cartwright
St George Illawarra St. George Illawarra Dragons">St. George Illawarra Dragons v North Queensland North Queensland Cowboys">North Queensland Cowboys
WIN Stadium, Saturday April 12, 5:30pm (AEST)
Referee: Tony de las Heras.
Head To Head: Played 16, St. George Illawarra Dragons">St. George Illawarra Dragons 8, North Queensland Cowboys">North Queensland Cowboys 8
The first pit-stop for Super Saturday is in Wollongong when the St. George Illawarra Dragons">St. George Illawarra Dragons battle the North Queensland Cowboys">North Queensland Cowboys at WIN Stadium. Whether the St. George Illawarra Dragons">St. George Illawarra Dragons can win there is another question entirely. North Queensland demonstrated what they can do when they are their best last weekend while the St. George Illawarra Dragons">St. George Illawarra Dragons faithful will need to go real hard to convince anyone their team can win this one. Question: Are the North Queensland Cowboys">North Queensland Cowboys really back or did they beat a team that underestimated them. We’ll find out on Saturday night if they’ve got their season back on track. North Queensland are favourites but not with supreme confidence amongst the experts.
St. George Illawarra Dragons">St. George Illawarra Dragons: 1. Ben Hornby, 2. Jason Nightingale, 3. Mark Gasnier (c), 4. Matt Cooper, 5. Chase Stanley, 6. Rangi Chase, 7. Jamie Soward, 8. Justin Poore, 9. Stuart Webb, 10. Jason Ryles, 11. Kirk Reynoldson, 12. Ben Creagh, 13. Dean Young Interchange: 14. Jarrod Saffy, 15. Dan Hunt, 16. Lagi Setu, 17. Beau Scott, 18. Jon Green Coach: Nathan Brown
North Queensland Cowboys">North Queensland Cowboys: 1. Ashley Graham, 2. Ty Williams, 3. Mark Henry, 4. Ben Harris, 5. John Williams, 6. Justin Smith, 7. Johnathan Thurston (c), 8. Ray Cashmere, 9. Aaron Payne (vc), 10. Carl Webb, 11. Steve Southern, 12. Jacob Lillyman, 13. Luke O’Donnell Interchange: 14. Anthony Watts, 15. Sam Faust, 16. Shane Tronc, 17. Dayne Weston, 18. Matthew Bartlett Coach: Graham Murray
Penrith Penrith Panthers">Penrith Panthers v Sydney Sydney Roosters">Sydney Roosters
CUA Stadium, Saturday April 12, 7:30pm (AEST)
Referee: Bernard Sutton.
Head To Head: Played 71, Sydney Roosters">Sydney Roosters 44, Penrith Panthers">Penrith Panthers 26
Last week if I had to pick this one I would put my house on it. But not this week. The Sydney Sydney Roosters">Sydney Roosters will be without some key personnel including Anthony Minichello and David Shillington while question marks remain over whether Willie Mason will play or not. Off the back of last week’s performance against the Tigers, Penrith have found a spring in their step and some useful confidence. The Sydney Roosters">Sydney Roosters have got some great depth in terms of playing talent care of the Newtown Jets and will bring in Frank Paul Nuuausala who is a very mobile forward. I’ll bet my Chicken Wings on the Sydney Roosters">Sydney Roosters winning this one.
Penrith Panthers">Penrith Panthers: 1. Rhys Wesser, 2. Luke Rooney, 3. Michael Jennings, 4. Brad Tighe, 5. Michael Gordon, 6. Maurice Blair, 7. Jarrod Sammut, 8. Tony Puletua, 9. Luke Priddis, 10. Petero Civoniceva (c), 11. Frank Pritchard, 12. Luke Lewis, 13. Nathan Smith Interchange: 14. Paul Aiton, 15. Frank Puletua, 16. Brendan Worth, 17. Matthew Bell, 18. Geoff Daniela, 19. Joseph Paulo Coach: Mathew Elliott
Sydney Roosters">Sydney Roosters: 1. Sam Perrett, 2. Amos Roberts, 3. Mitchell Aubusson, 4. Sia Soliola, 5. Shaun Kenny-Dowall, 6. Braith Anasta, 7. Mitchell Pearce, 8. Mark O'Meley, 9. Riley Brown, 10. Nate Myles, 11. Setaimata Sa, 12. Anthony Tupou, 13. Craig Fitzgibbon (c) Interchange: 14. Lopini Paea, 15. Frank Paul-Nuuausala, 16. Brent Grose, 17. James Aubusson, 18. Mickey Paea Coach: Brad Fittler.
New Zealand Warriors">New Zealand Warriors v Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs">Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Mt Smart Stadium, Sunday April 12, 12pm (AEST)
Referee: Ben Cummins.
Head To Head: Played 22, Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs">Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 12, New Zealand Warriors">New Zealand Warriors 8
We then travel across the Tasman with the somewhat unpredictable Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs">Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs. Their record in New Zealand is not the best but the New Zealand Warriors">New Zealand Warriors are still struggling once again to hold onto the ball and finish their second halves strongly. This one will be a battle of kicks to each wing and should be a high scoring affair. If the New Zealand Warriors">New Zealand Warriors can get the basics right, they’ll take out the two competition points.
New Zealand Warriors">New Zealand Warriors: 1. Lance Hohaia, 2. Patrick Ah Van, 3. Brent Tate, 4. Ryan Shortland, 5. Manu Vatuvei, 6. Michael Witt, 7. Grant Rovelli, 8. Sam Rapira, 9. Nathan Fien, 10. Ruben Wiki (c), 11. Simon Mannering, 12. Logan Swann, 13. Micheal Luck Interchange: 14. Ian Henderson, 15. Evarn Tuimavave, 16. Epalahame Lauaki, 17. Sonny Fai Coach: Ivan Cleary
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs">Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs: 1. Luke Patten, 2. Hazem El Masri, 3. Tim Winitana, 4. Willie Tonga, 5. Heka Nanai, 6. Ben Roberts, 7. Daniel Holdsworth, 8. Jarrad Hickey, 9. Corey Hughes, 10. Justin Tsoulos, 11. Sonny Bill Williams, 12. Andrew Ryan (c), 13. Lee Te Maari Interchange: 14. Chris Armit, 15. Danny Williams, 16. Brad Morrin, 17. Michael Sullivan, 20. Reni Maitua Coach: Steve Folkes.
Canberra Canberra Raiders">Canberra Raiders v Wests Tigers
Canberra Stadium, Sunday April 13, 2pm (AEST)
Referee: Sean Hampstead.
Head To Head: Played 15, Canberra Raiders">Canberra Raiders 8, Tigers 7
Tigers fans then head off down the Hume Highway on Sunday but they probably won’t be in too much of a hurry to get home. They’ll need time to recover after the Canberra Raiders">Canberra Raiders clinically dissect the game away from the Tigers who may or may not play Robbie Farah depending on a fitness test. Canberra are coming off the back of a big loss but they should handle the surface conditions much better. I think after Monday night’s display from the Tigers, the Canberra Raiders">Canberra Raiders will be too hard to control.
Canberra Raiders">Canberra Raiders: 1. Bronx Goodwin, 2. Colin Best, 3. Marshall Chalk, 4. Joel Monaghan, 5. Adrian Purtell, 6. Terry Campese, 7. Todd Carney, 8. Scott Logan, 9. Lincoln Withers, 10. Dane Tilse, 11. Joe Picker, 12. Nigel Plum, 13. Alan Tongue (c) Interchange: 14. Trevor Thurling, 15. Josh Miller, 16. Ben Jones, 17. Troy Thompson, 18. David Milne, 19. Tom Learoyd-Lahrs Coach: Neil Henry
Wests: 1. Brett Hodgson (c), 2. Taniela Tuiaki, 3. Tim Moltzen, 4. Chris Lawrence, 5. Shannon McDonnell, 6. John Morris, 7. Robbie Farah, 8. Todd Payten, 9. Stuart Flanagan, 10. Keith Galloway, 11. Ben Te'o, 12. Chris Heighington, 13. Liam Fulton Interchange: 14. Dean Collis, 15. Danny Galea, 16. Corey Payne, 17. Bronson Harrison Coach: Tim Sheens.
Newcastle Newcastle Knights">Newcastle Knights v Brisbane Brisbane Broncos">Brisbane Broncos
EnergyAustralia Stadium, Sunday April 13, 3pm (AEST)
Referee: Shayne Hayne.
Head To Head: Played 30, Brisbane Broncos">Brisbane Broncos 21, Newcastle Knights">Newcastle Knights 9
Newcastle battles Brisbane in front of a strong home crowd looking to see some form of redemption after the Newcastle Knights">Newcastle Knights made a few poor decisions in the dying minutes of last week’s game against the New Zealand Warriors">New Zealand Warriors which probably cost them another golden-point win. Justin Hodges is back for Brisbane but Darren Lockyer will be out as will be Ben Cross for the Newcastle Knights">Newcastle Knights. Newcastle can grind out games whereas Brisbane if they are having a bad day without their key playmakers completely collapse. The Newcastle Knights">Newcastle Knights will give the locals something to cheer about come Sunday night.
Newcastle Knights">Newcastle Knights: 1. Kurt Gidley, 2. James McManus, 3. Wes Naiqama, 4. Adam MacDougall, 5. Cooper Vuna, 6. Chris Bailey, 7. Scott Dureau, 8. Daniel Tolar, 9. D - Read More, Here