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Sydney Roosters v South Sydney Rabbitohs, 7.50pm Thursday at Allianz Stadium

Roosters: 1 James Tedesco, 2 Reece Robinson, 3 Latrell Mitchell, 4 Joseph Manu, 5 Blake Ferguson, 6 Luke Keary, 7 Cooper Cronk, 8 Sio Siua Taukeiaho, 9 Jake Friend (c), 10 Dylan Napa, 11 Boyd Cordner (c), 12 Ryan Matterson, 13 Isaac Liu
Interchange: 14 Jared Waerea-Hargreaves, 15 Zane Tetevano, 16 Mitchell Aubusson, 17 Victor Radley
Reserves: 18 Nat Butcher, 19 Kurt Baptiste, 20 Mitchell Cornish, 21 Frank-Paul Nuuausala

Rabbitohs: 1 Alex Johnston, 2 Richie Kennar, 3 Greg Inglis (c), 4 Dane Gagai, 5 Robert Jennings, 6 Cody Walker, 7 Adam Reynolds, 8 Thomas Burgess, 9 Damien Cook, 10 George Burgess, 11 John Sutton, 12 Angus Crichton, 13 Cameron Murray
Interchange: 14 Adam Doueihi, 15 Mark Nicholls, 16 Jason Clark, 17 Tevita Tatola
Reserves: 18 Robbie Farah, 19 Hymel Hunt, 20 Campbell Graham, 21 Kyle Turner

Melbourne Storm v Newcastle Knights, 6pm Friday at AAMI Park

Storm: 1 Billy Slater, 2 Suliasi Vunivalu, 3 Young Tonumaipea, 4 Curtis Scott, 5 Josh Addo-Carr, 6 Cameron Munster, 7 Ryley Jacks, 8 Jesse Bromwich, 9 Cameron Smith (c), 10 Nelson Asofa-Solomona, 11 Felise Kaufusi, 12 Ryan Hoffman, 13 Kenny Bromwich,
Interchange: 14 Joe Stimson, 15 Tim Glasby, 16 Christian Welch, 17 Sam Kasiano
Reserves: 18 Brandon Smith, 19 Patrick Kaufusi, 20 Brodie Croft, 21 Justin Olam

Knights: 1 Kalyn Ponga, 2 Shaun Kenny-Dowall, 3 Sione Mata'utia, 4 Nathan Ross, 5 Ken Sio, 6 Brock Lamb, 7 Mitchell Pearce (c), 8 Daniel Saifit, 9 Slade Griffin, 10 Jacob Lillyman, 11 Lachlan Fitzgibbon, 12 Aidan Guerra, 13 Herman Ese'ese
Interchange: 14 Danny Levi, 15 Chris Heighington, 16 Jamie Buhrer (c), 17 Jacob Saifiti
Reserves: 18 Luke Yates, 19 Josh King, 20 Jack Cogger, 21 Cory Denniss

St George Illawarra Dragons v Cronulla Sharks, 7.50pm Friday at WIN Stadium

Dragons: 1 Matthew Dufty, 2 Nene Macdonald, 3 Euan Aitken, 4 Tim Lafai, 5 Jason Nightingale, 6 Gareth Widdop (c), 7 Ben Hunt, 8 James Graham, 9 Cameron McInnes, 10 Paul Vaughan, 11 Tyson Frizell, 12 Tariq Sims, 13 Jack De Belin
Interchange: 14 Jeremy Latimore, 15 Kurt Mann, 16 Leeson Ah Mau, 17 Hame Sele
Reserves: 18 Jacob Host, 19 Zachary Lomax, 20 Reece Robson, 21 Blake Lawrie

Sharks: 1 Matt Moylan, 2 Edrick Lee, 3 Josh Dugan, 4 Ricky Leutele, 5 Valentine Holmes, 6 Trent Hodkinson, 7 Chad Townsend, 8 Andrew Fifita, 9 Jayden Brailey, 10 Matt Prior, 11 Luke Lewis, 12 Wade Graham (c), 13 Paul Gallen (c)
Interchange: 14 Kurt Capewell, 15 Kurt Dillion, 16 Avagalu Seumanufagai, 17 Joseph Paulo
Reserves: 18 Jesse Ramien, 19 Scott Sorensen, 20 Jack Williams, 21 Kyle Flanagan

New Zealand Warriors v Brisbane Broncos, 1pm local (3pm AEST) Saturday at Mt Smart Stadium

Warriors: 1 Roger Tuivasa-Sheck (c), 2 David Fusitua, 3 Peta Hiku, 4 Solomone Kata, 5 Ken Maumalo, 6 Blake Green, 7 Shaun Johnson, 8 Bunty Afoa, 9 Issac Luke, 10 Agnatius Paasi, 11 Leivaha Pulu, 12 Tohu Harris, 13 Adam Blair
Interchange: 14 Jazz Tevaga, 15 Sam Lisone, 16 Simon Mannering, 17 Anthony Gelling
Reserves: 18 Mason Lino, 20 Chris Satae, 21 Isaiah Papali'I, 22 Sam Cook

Broncos: 1 Darius Boyd (c), 2 Corey Oates, 3 James Roberts, 4 Jack Bird, 5 Jamayne Isaako, 6 Anthony Milford, 7 Kodi Nikorima, 8 Matthew Lodge, 9 Andrew McCullough, 10 Tevita Pangai jnr, 11 Alex Glenn, 12 Matt Gillett, 13 Josh McGuire
Interchange: 14 Sam Thaiday, 15 Joe Ofahengaue, 16 Korbin Sims, 17 Jaydn Su'A
Reserves: 18 Tom Opacic, 19 Troy Dargan, 20 Sam Tagataese, 21 Payne Haas

North Queensland Cowboys v Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, 5.30pm Saturday at 1300SMILES Stadium

Cowboys: 1 Lachlan Coote, 2 Kyle Feldt, 3 Justin O'Neill, 4 Ben Hampton, 5 Antonio Winterstein, 6 Michael Morgan, 7 Johnathan Thurston (c), 8 Matthew Scott (c), 9 Jake Granville, 10 Scott Bolton, 11 Gavin Cooper, 12 Coen Hess, 13 Jason Taumalolo
Interchange: 14 Te Maire Martin, 15 John Asiata, 16 Corey Jensen, 17 Ethan Lowe
Reserves: 18 Francis Molo, 19 Javid Bowen, 20 Enari Tuala, 21 Jake Clifford

Bulldogs: 1 Moses Mbye, 2 Brett Morris, 3 Josh Morris, 4 Will Hopoate, 5 Marcelo Montoya, 6 Jeremy Marshall-King, 7 Kieran Foran, 8 Aaron Woods, 9 Michael Lichaa, 10 David Klemmer, 11 Josh Jackson (c), 12 Raymond Faitala-Mariner, 13 Adam Elliott
Interchange: 14 Asipeli Fine, 15 Danny Fualalo, 16 Greg Eastwood, 17 Kerrod Holland
Reserves: 18 John Olive, 19 Rhyse Martin, 20 Renouf Toomaga, 21 Reimis Smith

Canberra Raiders v Parramatta Eels, 7.35pm Saturday at GIO Stadium

Raiders: 1 Jack Wighton, 2 Nick Cotric, 3 Jarrod Croker (c), 4 Joseph Leilua, 5 Jordan Rapana, 6 Blake Austin, 7 Aiden Sezer, 8 Iosia Soliola, 9 Siliva Havili, 10 Junior Paulo, 11 Joseph Tapine, 12 Elliott Whitehead, 13 Luke Bateman
Interchange: 14 Ata Hingano, 15 Shannon Boyd, 16 Josh Papalii, 17 Dunamis Lui
Reserves: 18 Liam Knight, 19 Michael Oldfield, 20 Brad Abbey, 21 Jack Murchie

Eels: 1 Clint Gutherson, 2 George Jennings, 3 Michael Jennings, 4 Kirisome Auva'a, 5 Bevan French, 6 Corey Norman, 7 Mitchell Moses, 8 Peni Terepo, 9 Kaysa Pritchard, 10 Tim Mannah (c), 11 Manu Ma'u, 17 Tony Williams, 13 Tepai Moeroa
Interchange: 14 Beau Scott, 15 Kenny Edwards, 16 Daniel Alvaro, Kane Evans
Reserves: 18 Will Smith, 19 David Gower, 20 Suaia Matagi, 21 Josh Hoffman

Penrith Panthers v Gold Coast Titans, 2pm Sunday at Panthers Stadium

Panthers: 1 Dylan Edwards, 2 Josh Mansour, 3 Isaah Yeo, 4 Dean Whare, 5 Christian Crichton, 6 Tyrone Peachey, 7 James Maloney, 8 Trent Merrin, 9 Peter Wallace (c), 10 Reagan Campbell-Gillard, 11 Viliame Kikau, 12 Corey Harawira-Naera, 13 James Fisher-Harris
Interchange: 14 Wayde Egan, 15 Kaide Ellis, 16 Moses Leota, 17 James Tamou
Reserves: 18 Jarome Luai, 19 Nick Tui-Toso, 20 Sione Katoa, 21 Jack Hetherington

Titans: 1 Michael Gordon, 2 Anthony Don, 3 Dale Copley, 4 Konrad Hurrell, 5 Phillip Sami, 6 Kane Elgey, 7 Ashley Taylor, 8 Jarrod Wallace, 9 Nathan Peats, 10 Max King, 11 Kevin Proctor, 12 Will Matthews, 13 Jai Arrow
Interchange: 14 Mitch Rein, 15 Morgan Boyle, 16 Bryce Cartwright, 17 Jack Stockwell
Reserves: 18 Leilani Latu, 19 Keegan Hipgrave, 20 Ryan Simpkins, 21 Tyronne Roberts-Davis

Manly Warringah Sea Eagles v Wests Tigers, 4.10pm Sunday at Lottoland

Sea Eagles: 1 Tom Trbojevic, 2 Brad Parker, 3 Dylan Walker, 4 Brian Kelly, 5 Akuila Uate, 6 Lachlan Croker, 7 Daly Cherry-Evans (c), 8 Addin Fonua-Blake, 9 Apisai Koroisau, 10 Martin Taupau, 11 Joel Thompson, 12 Jack Gosiewski, 13 Jake Trbojevic
Interchange: 14 Jackson Hastings, 15 Shaun Lane, 16 Lloyd Perrett, 17 Frank Winterstein
Reserves: 18 Matthew Wright, 19 Jonathan Wright, 21 Taniela Paseka, 22 Tofofoa Sipley

Wests Tigers: 1 Corey Thompson, 2 David Nofoaluma, 3 Esan Marsters, 4 Kevin Naiqama, 5 Malakai Watene-Zelezniak, 6 Benji Marshall (c), 7 Luke Brooks, 8 Alex Twal, 9 Jacob Liddle, 10 Ben Matulino, 11 Chris Lawrence, 12 Robbie Rochow, 13 Matthew Eisenhuth
Interchange: 14 Josh Reynolds, 15 Josh Aloiai, 16 Michael Chee-Kam, 17 Sauaso Sue
Reserves: 18 Tim Grant, 19 Chris McQueen, 20 Tyson Gamble, 21 Tuimoala Lolohea
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There are certainly the required number of team lists this week.
Gina Riley: Oh, come on, John. That’s a bit old hat, the corrupt IOC delegate.
John Clarke: Old hat? Gina, in the scientific world when they see that something is happening again and again and again, repeatedly, they don’t call it old hat. They call it a pattern.
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reptar wrote: April 10, 2018, 4:32 pm There are certainly the required number of team lists this week.
v Cronulla Sharks, 7.50pm Friday at WIN Stadium

at least 1 too many if you ask me.
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Sid wrote:
reptar wrote: April 10, 2018, 4:32 pm There are certainly the required number of team lists this week.
v Cronulla Sharks, 7.50pm Friday at WIN Stadium

at least 1 too many if you ask me.
Who? Is that Joshua Dagan's team?
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As usual I'll be very interested in the results but there are really no games this w/e that appear to be 'must watch' games.
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gergreg wrote: April 10, 2018, 9:34 pm As usual I'll be very interested in the results but there are really no games this w/e that appear to be 'must watch' games.
I've got to say, I've been watching much less football this year. Perhaps it is because I'm so depressed about the Raiders' results... I can't bear to watch other games.
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greeneyed wrote:
gergreg wrote: April 10, 2018, 9:34 pm As usual I'll be very interested in the results but there are really no games this w/e that appear to be 'must watch' games.
I've got to say, I've been watching much less football this year. Perhaps it is because I'm so depressed about the Raiders' results... I can't bear to watch other games.
Been the case for a while (2016 aside). Boring teams, boring plays, slow predictable games.

The only thing good about this year is cheering on the underdogs!

Hopefully with the refs ‘trying’ to take back control, things might improve


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Any chance someone can line Stuart up a meeting with Ivan Cleary and turn the conversation towards player accountability.

Despite the Tigers starting g the season 4-1 and on the weekend completing the double over the storm he drops Lolohea. That surely shows the whole squad that if you don’t meet the individual expectations I set out for you then you will have a stint in Reggie’s.
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Makes it easier that lolohea has never been great at any position. It's not like the choice he's making here is between some make shift fullback and RTS. He's not dropping Russell Packer after a few bad games.
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zim wrote:Makes it easier that lolohea has never been great at any position. It's not like the choice he's making here is between some make shift fullback and RTS. He's not dropping Russell Packer after a few bad games.
Plenty of players in our squad who have had a free pass despite 18months of poor form. Yet he has a team who are outperforming every single rugby league pundits expectations and yet he is still seeking improvement.
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18 months poor form is just rubbish. Lolohea is not a cleary guy. He's just a filler. Next year once he's got the fullback he wants the exact same thing will happen as it does with us. He'll give the guy all the backing he needs. He's doing nothing special here.

Dropping Papalii is a big deal. Dropping Lolohea is a monthly occurrence at whatever club he's at.
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zim wrote:18 months poor form is just rubbish. Lolohea is not a cleary guy. He's just a filler. Next year once he's got the fullback he wants the exact same thing will happen as it does with us. He'll give the guy all the backing he needs. He's doing nothing special here.

Dropping Papalii is a big deal. Dropping Lolohea is a monthly occurrence at whatever club he's at.

Your missing my point, I don’t care who he dropped the fact is he dropped an underperforming player from a winning team. most people would not have been surprised if the Tigers were 0-5. Yet they are winning and Cleary still has the standards to drop someone.

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Yeah I think I did miss your point there.
Agreed.
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What is with the Rabbitohs bench? A halfback, centre and two props is a wry weird combination.
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What is with the Rabbitohs bench? A halfback, centre and two props is a wry weird combination.
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Was just about to give Nicholls a wrap and he lets Teddy go straight past him
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Interesting play by the Roosters earlier in the game.. when the opposition makes a break, rather than hold the player down when tackling him to risk a professional foul, just let the rest of the side be inside the 10 for the next play.. then when there’s a penalty there can’t be a quick tap! Not foolproof I know, but something to think about
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What a try
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Imagine not dropping Robinson after Round 2. He's **** putrid

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Makaveli wrote:Imagine not dropping Robinson after Round 2. He's **** putrid

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6 goal line penalties in 2 sets.. one coming after a last warning yet still no sin binning 🤦🏿‍♂️
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FULL TIME

South Sydney Rabbitohs 26
Sydney Roosters 14

What's wrong at the Roosters? Cooper Cronk signed... TPAs everywhere... premiership winning team, everyone said. So what's the go?

And given the "huge rivalry" between the Roosters and Rabbitohs... where's the crowd? These are two clubs, side by side, playing in their own backyard. The crowd is terrible.
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Maybe Cooper Cronk looks good in a system beside Cameron Smith and Billy Slater... but doesn't look like a premiership winning half out of it.
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Cooper is fine. They have forwards not putting in at the moment. Can't hold the ball and are unable to build pressure.
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Cronk is very frustrated at the moment. And what was with Keary's hands last night? Passing was worse than Milford.
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Sid wrote:Interesting play by the Roosters earlier in the game.. when the opposition makes a break, rather than hold the player down when tackling him to risk a professional foul, just let the rest of the side be inside the 10 for the next play.. then when there’s a penalty there can’t be a quick tap! Not foolproof I know, but something to think about
Sounds like a professional foul to me
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The Nickman wrote:
Sid wrote:Interesting play by the Roosters earlier in the game.. when the opposition makes a break, rather than hold the player down when tackling him to risk a professional foul, just let the rest of the side be inside the 10 for the next play.. then when there’s a penalty there can’t be a quick tap! Not foolproof I know, but something to think about
Sounds like a professional foul to me
Depends how offside they are I guess. If they’re 8m offside that next play then the ref could send them off for a professional foul, but if they’re all 2-3m offside then the ref is just going to blow it as a penalty
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Sounds like a professional foul either way to me, if you’re deliberately slowing down a play after a break someone should go to the bin

The refs need to recognise this tactic, and punish accordingly
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Just permit a quick tap for offside. I don’t really understand the rule anyway. You stand offside and give away the penalty you sacrifice the ability to have those players correctly set in the defensive line.

That’d get teams onside quickly.
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The Nickman wrote: April 13, 2018, 7:56 am Sounds like a professional foul either way to me, if you’re deliberately slowing down a play after a break someone should go to the bin

The refs need to recognise this tactic, and punish accordingly
I agree that it should be, but I don't think it would be.

Even though I was going for the Rabbitoh's last night, I also think it was ridiculous they didn't sin bin someone after 6 goal line penalties within 2 defensive sets even after giving a final warning on the 5th penalty.. not that it matters but there wasn't even 10 minutes in the match left to go.
and deliberate goal line penalties is a tactic that was identified a few years ago
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gangrenous wrote: April 13, 2018, 8:42 am Just permit a quick tap for offside. I don’t really understand the rule anyway. You stand offside and give away the penalty you sacrifice the ability to have those players correctly set in the defensive line.

That’d get teams onside quickly.
The rule's there to stop people automatically just running the length of the field for a try every time a team is offside. It's not like other infringements where the defensive line is mostly headed back to form up for the next play already. No one but the fullback is in a legal position to make a tackle. You might get a small increase in sides being onside more but it would just end up in silly scenarios where some forward is pinged for being a metre offside and now the attacker just has the run of the field. That's too much of a negative.
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zim wrote: April 13, 2018, 10:13 am
gangrenous wrote: April 13, 2018, 8:42 am Just permit a quick tap for offside. I don’t really understand the rule anyway. You stand offside and give away the penalty you sacrifice the ability to have those players correctly set in the defensive line.

That’d get teams onside quickly.
The rule's there to stop people automatically just running the length of the field for a try every time a team is offside. It's not like other infringements where the defensive line is mostly headed back to form up for the next play already. No one but the fullback is in a legal position to make a tackle. You might get a small increase in sides being onside more but it would just end up in silly scenarios where some forward is pinged for being a metre offside and now the attacker just has the run of the field. That's too much of a negative.
Yeah, it's a good rule, and makes sense.
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greeneyed wrote:Maybe Cooper Cronk looks good in a system beside Cameron Smith and Billy Slater... but doesn't look like a premiership winning half out of it.
Much like how Bellyache looked average when he coached NSW.

Cronk, Smith, Slater will all be remembered as much better players then they are individually. Same goes for Bellyache.

GI has not been the same not playing alongside these guys nor has Cronk had the same impact / impression on a game.




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zim wrote:
gangrenous wrote: April 13, 2018, 8:42 am Just permit a quick tap for offside. I don’t really understand the rule anyway. You stand offside and give away the penalty you sacrifice the ability to have those players correctly set in the defensive line.

That’d get teams onside quickly.
The rule's there to stop people automatically just running the length of the field for a try every time a team is offside. It's not like other infringements where the defensive line is mostly headed back to form up for the next play already. No one but the fullback is in a legal position to make a tackle. You might get a small increase in sides being onside more but it would just end up in silly scenarios where some forward is pinged for being a metre offside and now the attacker just has the run of the field. That's too much of a negative.
Good point, but I’m not sure it’s that extreme. The ref rarely blows the offside penalty until the tackle and play are complete these days, giving advantage to the attacking team. 9/10 the rest of the defensive line is already getting back and setting for the next play with offside penalties I reckon.
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