**Official** NRL 2009 Thread

[Prince EWS]

**** that Roosters lineup is alright. We'll go a long way if we steer clear of an injury crisis.

Yeah, dunno what all that crap about Sa playing five-eighth was about.

 

[NUFAN]

Nice copy and paste Prince.

I'm loving the Warriors lineup. Pleased to see my two rookies of the year Glenn and Mannah selected in round 1.

 

[Johnners]

Brisbane Broncos vs North Queensland Cowboys
BRONCOS: 1. Karmichael Hunt 2. Antonio Winterstein 3. Alex Glenn 4. Israel Folau 5. Jharal Yow Yeh 6. Darren Lockyer (c) 7. Peter Wallace 8. Nick Kenny 9. Aaron Gorrell 10. Joel Clinton 11. Sam Thaiday 12. Ben Te'o 13. Corey Parker
Interchange: 14. Andrew McCullough 15. Lagi Setu 16. David Taylor 17. Steve Michaels; Reserves: 18.a Ashton Sims 19. Aaron Sweeney 20. Josh McGuire
COWBOYS: 1. Matt Bowen 2. Ty Williams 3. Ashley Graham 4. Willie Tonga 5. Ben Farrar 6. Travis Burns 7. Johnathan Thurston (c) 8. Carl Webb 9. Aaron Payne 10. Antonio Kaufusi 11. Manase Mnuokafoa 12. Ben Harris 13. Luke O’Donnell
Interchange: 14. Clint Amos 15. Matthew Scott 16. Shane Tronc 17. Scott Bolton; Reserves: 18. James Tamou

Melbourne Storm V St George Illawarra Dragons
STORM: 1. Billy Slater 2. Steve Turner 3. Will Chambers 4. Willie Isa 5. Anthony Quinn 6. Greg Inglis 7. Cooper Cronk 8. Jeff Lima 9. Cameron Smith 10. Adam Blair 11. Sika Manu 12. Ryan Hoffman 13. Dallas Johnson
Interchange: 14. Ryan Hinchcliffe 15. Kevin Proctor 16. Aiden Tolman 17. Brett White
DRAGONS: 1. Darius Boyd 2. Jason Nightingale 3. Matt Cooper 4. Chase Stanley 5. Wendell Sailor 6. Jamie Soward 7. Ben Hornby (c) 8. Justin Poore 9. Dean Young 10. Michael Weyman 11. Beau Scott 12. Ben Creagh 13. Jeremy Smith
Interchange: 14. Luke Priddis 15. Jarrod Saffy 16. Matt Prior 17. Dan Hunt

New Zealand Warriors V Parramatta Eels
WARRIORS: 1. Wade McKinnon 2. Denan Kemp 3. Brent Tate 4. Jerome Ropati 5. Manu Vatuvei 6. Joel Moon 7. Nathan Fien 8. Sam Rapira 9. Ian Henderson 10. Steve Price (c) 11. Simon Mannering 12. Ben Matulino 13. Micheal Luck
Interchange: 14. Lance Hohaia 15. Russell Packer 16. Jacob Lillyman 17. Leeson Ah Mau
EELS: 1. Luke Burt 2. Joel Reddy 3. Ben Smith 4. Krisnan Inu 5. Eric Grothe 6. Jarryd Hayne 7. Brett Finch 8. Nathan Cayless 9. Matt Keating 10. Josh Cordoba 11. Nathan Hindmarsh 12. Weller Huaraki 13. Feleti Mateo
Interchange: 14. Kris Keating 15. Todd Lowrie 16. Tim Mannah 17. Fuifui Moimoi; Reserves: 18. Taulima Tautai 19. Joe Galuvao

Canterbury Bulldogs V Manly Sea Eagles
BULLDOGS: 1. Luke Patten 2. Hazem El Masri 3. Josh Morris 4. Jamal Idris 5. Bryson Goodwin 6. Ben Roberts 7. Brett Kimmorley 8. Ben Hannant 9. Mick Ennis 10. Michael Hodgson 11. Gary Warburton 12. Andrew Ryan 13. David Stagg
Interchange: 14. Lee Te Maari 15. Chris Armit 16. John Kite 17. Ben Barba
SEA EAGLES: 1. Brett Stewart 2. Michael Robertson 3. Jamie Lyon 4. Steve Matai 5. Andrew Suniula 6. Chris Bailey 7. Matt Orford (c) 8. Brent Kite 9. Matt Ballin 10. Josh Perry 11. Anthony Watmough 12. Glenn Hall 13. Glenn Stewart
Interchange: 14. Heath L’Estrange 15. Jason King 16. Adam Cuthbertson 17. Shane Rodney; Reserves: 18. Shane Neumann

Cronulla Sharks V Penrith Panthers
SHARKS: 1. Brett Kearney 2. Misi Taulapapa 3. Ben Pomeroy 4. Blake Ferguson 5. Luke Covell 6. Trent Barrett 7. Brett Seymour 8. Kade Snowden 9. Corey Hughes 10. Luke Douglas 11. Reece Williams 12. Anthony Tupou 13. Paul Gallen
Interchange: 14. Ben Ross 15. Bryan Norrie 16. Grant Millington 17. Blake Green; Reserves: 18. David Simmons 19. Reni Maitua
PANTHERS: 1. Lachlan Coote 2. Michael Gordon 3. Michael Jennings 4. Brad Tighe 5. Shane Elford 6. Luke Lewis 7. Jarrod Sammut 8. Tim Grant 9. Paul Aiton 10. Petero Civoniceva (C) 11. Trent Waterhouse 12. Gavin Cooper 13. Nathan Smith
Interchange: 14. Frank Pritchard 15. Adam Woolnough 16. Frank Puletua 17. Masada Iosefa; Reserves: 18. Matthew Bell 19. Wade Graham

Gold Coast Titans V Newcastle Knights
TITANS: 1. Preston Campbell 2. Esi Tonga 3. Josh Graham 4. Brett Delaney 5. Jordan Atkins 6. Mat Rogers 7. Scott Prince 8. Luke Bailey 9. Nathan Friend 10. Matthew White 11 Anthony Laffranchi 12. Mark Minchiello 13. Ashley Harrison
Interchange: 14. Aaron Cannings 15. Brad Meyers 16. Luke O'Dwyer 17. William Zillman; Reserves: 20. Michael Henderson
KNIGHTS: 1. Kurt Gidley (c) 2. James McManus 3. Junior Sau 4. Adam MacDougall 5. Akuila Uate 6. Ben Rogers 7. Jarrod Mullen 8. Dan Tolar 9. Isaac De Gois 10. Ben Cross 11. Steve Simpson 12. Cory Paterson 13. Zeb Taia
Interchange: 14. Matt Hilder 15. Chris Houston 16. Richie Fa'aoso 17. Cameron Ciraldo

Sydney Roosters V South Sydney Rabbitohs
ROOSTERS: 1. Anthony Minichiellio 2. Sam Perrett 3. Mitchell Aubusson 4. Iosia Soliola 5. Shaun Kenny-Dowall 6. Braith Anasta 7. Mitchell Pearce 8. Mark O’Meley 9. James Aubusson 10. Nate Myles 11. Lopini Paea 12. Craig Fitzgibbon 13. Setaimata Sa.
Interchange: 14. Frank-Paul Nuuausala 15. Shane Shackelton 16. Sisa Waqa 17. Jake Friend; Reserves: 18. Martin Kennedy
RABBITOHS: 1. Rhys Wesser 2. Nathan Merritt 3. Colin Best 4. Shaune Corrigan 5. Fetuli Talanoa 6. John Sutton 7. Chris Sandow 8. Luke Stuart 9. Issac Luke 10. Roy Asotasi (c) 11. David Kidwell 12. Shannan McPherson 13. David Fa'alogo
Interchange: 14. Ben Lowe 15. Eddy Pettybourne 16. Jaiman Lowe 17. Garret Crossman; Reserves: 18. Jamie Simpson

Wests Tigers V Canberra Raiders
TIGERS: 1. Tim Moltzen 2. Taniela Tuiaki 3. Dean Collis 4. Chris Lawrence 5. Beau Ryan 6. John Morris 7. Benji Marshall 8. Bryce Gibbs 9. Robbie Farah 10. Keith Galloway 11. Gareth Ellis 12. Chris Heighington 13. Dene Halatau
Interchange: 14. Rhys Hanbury 15. Rocky Trimarchi 16. Todd Payten 17. Daine Laurie; Reserves: 18. Corey Payne
RAIDERS: 1. David Milne 2. Phil Graham 3. Adrian Purtell 4. Joel Monaghan 5. Justin Carney 6. Terry Campese 7. Marc Herbert 8. David Shillington 9. Glen Buttriss 10. Josh Miller 11. Glen Turner 12. Bronson Harrison 13. Alan Tongue (c)
Interchange: 14. Stuart Flanagan 15. Trevor Thurling 16. Joe Picker 17. Nigel Plum; Reserves: 18. Brett Kelly

I take it all back! Thanks (y)

 

[Craig]

I rate Jharal Yow Yeh, saw him in the U-20 Grand Final last year and he looked alright. My tip for the Dally M Rookie of The Year.

There I said, so in 6 or 7 months time this can come back to haunt me, or make me look like a genius

 

[Mister Wright]

I rate Jharal Yow Yeh, saw him in the U-20 Grand Final last year and he looked alright. My tip for the Dally M Rookie of The Year.

There I said, so in 6 or 7 months time this can come back to haunt me, or make me look like a genius

Yeah, have heard real good things about him. Hopefully he can give us what we need.

 

[chaminda_00]

Was expecting Neumann or Bani to play on the wing. Andrew Suniula itsl.

 

[Prince EWS]

Was expecting Neumann or Bani to play on the wing. Andrew Suniula itsl.

Neumann's not really a winger; he's a specialist centre. He'd sooner play five-eighth than wing.

But yeah, expected it to be Bani, myself.

 

[Simon]

I rate Jharal Yow Yeh, saw him in the U-20 Grand Final last year and he looked alright. My tip for the Dally M Rookie of The Year.

There I said, so in 6 or 7 months time this can come back to haunt me, or make me look like a genius

He's hardly an unknown, because of the ammount of coverage the Toyota Cup got last year most people will be aware of the majority of rookies coming in now.

 

[Simon]

**** that Roosters lineup is alright. We'll go a long way if we steer clear of an injury crisis.

Really? I actually thought the Roosters team is looking pretty weak, I'm still pretty confident they'll finish in the bottom half of the table comfortably.

 

[Ausage]

Don't think Penrith have their best halves combination (Sammut/Graham IMO), but I like Lewis at 5/8 way more than at half. Can't wait to see Flash and Jennings line up on that wing (the left I think). Future NSW wing combo IMO. It's the other wing that worries me. I feel Tighe is a bit of a defensive liability.

Anyway now that Stewart has been formally charged will we see an end to these recriminations about the girl's father and ridiculous requests for the girl to be named and shamed? If Stewart deserves the presumption of innocence, then this girl deserves the right to privacy, and to be able to state her case fairly to an unbiased jury.

 

[Simon]

Don't think Penrith have their best halves combination (Sammut/Graham IMO), but I like Lewis at 5/8 way more than at half. Can't wait to see Flash and Jennings line up on that wing (the left I think). Future NSW wing combo IMO. It's the other wing that worries me. I feel Tighe is a bit of a defensive liability.

Anyway now that Stewart has been formally charged will we see an end to these recriminations about the girl's father and ridiculous requests for the girl to be named and shamed? If Stewart deserves the presumption of innocence, then this girl deserves the right to privacy, and to be able to state her case fairly to an unbiased jury.

Isnt Gordon from Qld? I think we have been through this before and I might have been proven wrong, I'm certain he was recruited by the Panthers from the Queensland cup, but what is his Origin loyalty?

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Really? I actually thought the Roosters team is looking pretty weak, I'm still pretty confident they'll finish in the bottom half of the table comfortably.

Better than anything we put out last season. Jaubusson starting, Sa moved to lock where he's a million times better. Lack creativity in the outside backs but that's about it (and the halves lol) and that forward pack is as strong as any in the comp.

 

[Ausage]

Isnt Gordon from Qld? I think we have been through this before and I might have been proven wrong, I'm certain he was recruited by the Panthers from the Queensland cup, but what is his Origin loyalty?

Born in Cooma but lived just south of the border IIRC. Although I've never seen the quotes I've been told by a fair few people that his allegiance personally is to NSW.

I think you're right about the QLD cup though but his junior club was the South Tweed Bears. I have a feeling they're based in NSW. Not sure what the regulations are in that hazy area.

 

[Burgey]

Just changed my tip to NQ. That Broncos line up looks horrid tbh.

NQ scare me with the way they're inconsistent, but I can't pick that Broncos outfit to win.

 

[ripper868]

Broncos to win, my tips stay as they are, though some major changes required to my fantasy (foxsports with mates from uni) line-up.

 

[Burgey]

Interesting Fui back to the bench for Parra. Though of course it's hard to keep that powerhouse Cordoba out of the starting line up.....

 

[Blewy]

Brett Stewart has been suspended till round 5 by the NRL for tarnishing the games image...

Very interesting call..

 

[Craig]

Yep, I'm sticking with my picks, I made them and now I have to stick to my guns.

 

[99*]

Don't want El Masri scoring at all, want him to have a crap first game and get dropped.

 

[Craig]

Brett Stewart has been cleared of ***ual assault, though the help of DNA tests.