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Sydney Roosters: 2019 Round 1 predicted team

NRL.com's predicted Round 1 team:

1. James Tedesco
2. Daniel Tupou
3. Joseph Manu
4. Latrell Mitchell
5. Brett Morris
6. Luke Keary
7. Cooper Cronk
8. Jared Waerea-Haregreaves
9. Jake Friend
10. Siosiua Taukeiaho
11. Boyd Cordner
12. Angus Crichton
13. Victor Radley

14. Isaac Liu
15. Lindsay Collins
16. Zane Tetevano
17. Mitchell Aubusson

Other squad members: Egan Butcher, Nat Butcher, Josh Curran, Poasa Faamausili, Ryan Hall, Brock Lamb, Bernard Lewis, Shaquai Mitchell, Sitili Tupouniua

Read more: https://www.nrl.com/news/2018/12/24/syd ... cted-team/

If Ryan Hall isn't starting on the wing, I'll eat my hat!

greeneyed wrote: ↑December 24, 2018, 10:52 am Sydney Roosters: 2019 Round 1 predicted team

NRL.com's predicted Round 1 team:

1. James Tedesco
2. Daniel Tupou
3. Joseph Manu
4. Latrell Mitchell
5. Brett Morris
6. Luke Keary
7. Cooper Cronk
8. Jared Waerea-Haregreaves
9. Jake Friend
10. Siosiua Taukeiaho
11. Boyd Cordner
12. Angus Crichton
13. Victor Radley

14. Isaac Liu
15. Lindsay Collins
16. Zane Tetevano
17. Mitchell Aubusson

Other squad members: Egan Butcher, Nat Butcher, Josh Curran, Poasa Faamausili, Ryan Hall, Brock Lamb, Bernard Lewis, Shaquai Mitchell, Sitili Tupouniua

Read more: https://www.nrl.com/news/2018/12/24/syd ... cted-team/

It looks over the cap to me..

And yet they have minimal TPAs allegedly... fascinating.

greeneyed wrote: ↑December 24, 2018, 10:52 am If Ryan Hall isn't starting on the wing, I'll eat my hat!

has to be starting before Tupou

Didn't Hall injury his ACL. That's probably the only reason he isn't in the starting side.

Some real quality in the side. Can they be the first back to back premiers in over 20 years? A little luck with injuries they'll be hard to stop.

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gergreg wrote: ↑December 24, 2018, 11:57 am Didn't Hall injury his ACL. That's probably the only reason he isn't in the starting side.

Some real quality in the side. Can they be the first back to back premiers in over 20 years? A little luck with injuries they'll be hard to stop.

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If I'd read the article more closely...

England Test star Ryan Hall will sit out the early rounds due to a knee reconstruction: https://www.nrl.com/news/2018/12/24/syd ... cted-team/

I stand by my call.

-PJ- wrote: ↑December 24, 2018, 11:23 am

greeneyed wrote: ↑December 24, 2018, 10:52 am Sydney Roosters: 2019 Round 1 predicted team

NRL.com's predicted Round 1 team:

1. James Tedesco
2. Daniel Tupou
3. Joseph Manu
4. Latrell Mitchell
5. Brett Morris
6. Luke Keary
7. Cooper Cronk
8. Jared Waerea-Haregreaves
9. Jake Friend
10. Siosiua Taukeiaho
11. Boyd Cordner
12. Angus Crichton
13. Victor Radley

14. Isaac Liu
15. Lindsay Collins
16. Zane Tetevano
17. Mitchell Aubusson

Other squad members: Egan Butcher, Nat Butcher, Josh Curran, Poasa Faamausili, Ryan Hall, Brock Lamb, Bernard Lewis, Shaquai Mitchell, Sitili Tupouniua

Read more: https://www.nrl.com/news/2018/12/24/syd ... cted-team/

It looks over the cap to me..

But under the sombrero

How the hell is that side cap compliant? Compare them to the Titans, Dogs, Tigers, and it just makes me shake my head.

The Warriors should be better than this.

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dubby wrote: ↑December 24, 2018, 5:13 pm How the hell is that side cap compliant? Compare them to the Titans, Dogs, Tigers, and it just makes me shake my head.

The Warriors should be better than this.

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Playing devils advocate. I'd say there's a lot of money tied up in 1-13 and very little in 14-30.

Northern Raider wrote:

dubby wrote: ↑December 24, 2018, 5:13 pm How the hell is that side cap compliant? Compare them to the Titans, Dogs, Tigers, and it just makes me shake my head.

The Warriors should be better than this.

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Playing devils advocate. I'd say there's a lot of money tied up in 1-13 and very little in 14-30.

I don’t think guys like Zane Tetevano, Isaac Liu, Mitch Aubusson, Brock Lamb and Hall / Tupou are on THAT much less than other teams 14-30 to warrant the stars they have in the top 13

Sid wrote: ↑December 25, 2018, 10:34 am

Northern Raider wrote:

dubby wrote: ↑December 24, 2018, 5:13 pm How the hell is that side cap compliant? Compare them to the Titans, Dogs, Tigers, and it just makes me shake my head.

The Warriors should be better than this.

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Playing devils advocate. I'd say there's a lot of money tied up in 1-13 and very little in 14-30.

I don’t think guys like Zane Tetevano, Isaac Liu, Mitch Aubusson, Brock Lamb and Hall / Tupou are on THAT much less than other teams 14-30 to warrant the stars they have in the top 13

Probably not but its the only plausible explanation I can find.

They were pretty lucky in tying up Mitchell and Manu before they really clicked into gear. If they were trying to re-sign them now it's likely one would move on.

I think it’s naive to think that many players stay on for unders these days if they signed early. The clubs either give them an upgrade, or they walk from their meaningless contracts to somebody who will.

That side 1-13 is insane.


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Minor Premiers if Cronk is fit for 80% of the season.

Spooners

gangrenous wrote: ↑December 26, 2018, 7:02 am I think it’s naive to think that many players stay on for unders these days if they signed early. The clubs either give them an upgrade, or they walk from their meaningless contracts to somebody who will.

Agreed. For the rule of "many". And yet there's the facts of these 2 re-signing for less than rep all-stars, when clearly they are 2 of the best centres in the world at the moment.

I remain skeptical

Sydney Roosters’ best 17: Rich Roosters can be even better in 2019

Fox Sports Roosters' best 17

1 James Tedesco
2 Daniel Tupou
3 Latrell Mitchell
4 Joseph Manu
5 Brett Morris
6 Luke Keary
7 Cooper Cronk
8 Jared Waerea-Hargreaves
9 Jake Friend
10 Sio Siua Taukeiaho
11 Boyd Cordner
12 Angus Crichton
13 Isaac Liu

14 Victor Radley
15 Lindsay Collins
16 Mitchell Aubusson
17 Zane Tetevano

Read more: https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-pr ... 7c0b93af58

Good to see they should win the premiership again .No-one deserves it more than the Roosters

That side looks better than 2018. The only thing they've lost is a little depth.

Sydney Roosters set for Paris preparation for World Club Challenge

NRL premiers the Sydney Roosters will prepare for their World Club Challenge by spending a week in Paris where they will train against Trent Robinson's former club Toulouse before they visit the Anzac memorials in the Somme.

The Roosters flew to Queenstown on Sunday for a week-long training camp, having visited the same picturesque town on New Zealand's south island last year. But nothing will top the week-long French trip that is expected to give the Roosters players and staff a new appreciation about history while also developing new life skills.

Read more: https://www.canberratimes.com.au/sport/ ... 50s1f.html

Looking like the Roosters also have a football department spending sombrero to match the salary sombrero.

With all the unders they are paying their squad they should have plenty of money left over.

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Looks like Napa may get a ban for the Big Papi movies. Harsh that it's penalizing the Bulldogs despite it been filmed on a Roosters sanctioned trip.

greeneyed wrote:Looking like the Roosters also have a football department spending sombrero to match the salary sombrero.

Does that sort of spending fall under the football dept spending? They also went to Vegas after the GF. Just another loophole to exploit particularly when any overspend on the football dept cap just results in a fine to the club.

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edwahu wrote:Looks like Napa may get a ban for the Big Papi movies. Harsh that it's penalizing the Bulldogs despite it been filmed on a Roosters sanctioned trip.

Very harsh IMO. I'd think he could have legitimate grounds to challenge any ban.

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gergreg wrote: ↑January 24, 2019, 3:26 pm

edwahu wrote:Looks like Napa may get a ban for the Big Papi movies. Harsh that it's penalizing the Bulldogs despite it been filmed on a Roosters sanctioned trip.

Very harsh IMO. I'd think he could have legitimate grounds to challenge any ban.

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Yeah, I don't see the grounds to punish him really. The RLPA will probably not be happy.

gergreg wrote: ↑January 24, 2019, 3:25 pm

greeneyed wrote:Looking like the Roosters also have a football department spending sombrero to match the salary sombrero.

Does that sort of spending fall under the football dept spending? They also went to Vegas after the GF. Just another loophole to exploit particularly when any overspend on the football dept cap just results in a fine to the club.

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Camps etc are supposed to count, as I understand it. It is why the Raiders cut back on putting the team into hotel camps the night before a game in Canberra.

Those raiders camps are related to NRL matches though. Might be something different for world club challenges.

Yeah, but the Roosters have also gone to Queenstown for a week!

edwahu wrote: ↑January 24, 2019, 3:27 pm

gergreg wrote: ↑January 24, 2019, 3:26 pm

edwahu wrote:Looks like Napa may get a ban for the Big Papi movies. Harsh that it's penalizing the Bulldogs despite it been filmed on a Roosters sanctioned trip.

Very harsh IMO. I'd think he could have legitimate grounds to challenge any ban.

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Yeah, I don't see the grounds to punish him really. The RLPA will probably not be happy.

As much as I'd love to see the Dogs suffer I simply cannot comprehend why Napa should cop any sort of sanction. What has he actually done wrong? If anything he's a victim here, like anybody who has a private sex tape made public. Greenberg's posturing on this issue is only making himself look like a goose.

NRL claiming that it wasn't private , it was part of a group on social media. Which opens you up to this type of thing.

Im not sure he will be sanctioned , maybe a fine at worst but I expect the NRL to come down harder in future indiscretions. As Greenberg said , line in the sand.