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THURSDAY

Parramatta Eels v South Sydney Rabbitohs, 7:50pm at Western Sydney Stadium

Eels: 1. Clinton Gutherson 2. Maika Sivo 3. Michael Jennings 4. Waqa Blake 5. Blake Ferguson 6. Dylan Brown 7. Mitchell Moses 8. Reagan Campbell-Gillard 9. Reed Mahoney 10. Junior Paulo 11. Shaun Lane 12. Ryan Matterson 13. Nathan Brown 14. Ray Stone 15. Andrew Davey 16. Kane Evans 17. Oregon Kaufusi 18. Stefano Utoikamanu 19. Haze Dunster 20. Will Smith 21. Brad Takairangi

Rabbitohs: 1. Latrell Mitchell 2. Corey Allan 3. Campbell Graham 4. Dane Gagai 5. Jaxson Paulo 6. Cody Walker 7. Adam Reynolds 8. Tevita Tatola 9. Damien Cook 10. Thomas Burgess 11. Jaydn Su’A 12. Bayley Sironen 13. Cameron Murray 14. Mark Nicholls 15. Liam Knight 16. Patrick Mago 17. Keaon Koloamatangi 18. Jed Cartwright 19. Steven Marsters 20. Troy Dargan 21. Kurt Dillon

Referee: Gerard Sutton

FRIDAY

St George Illawarra Dragons v Gold Coast Titans, 6:00pm at Kogarah Jubilee Stadium

Dragons: 1. Matthew Dufty 2. Jordan Pereira 3. Euan Aitken 4. Zac Lomax 5. Mikaele Ravalawa 6. Corey Norman 7. Adam Clune 8. Blake Lawrie 9. Ben Hunt 10. Josh Kerr 11. Tyson Frizell 12. Jacob Host 13. Cameron McInnes 14. Kaide Ellis 15. Trent Merrin 16. Jackson Ford 17. Billy Brittain 18. Eddie Blacker 19. Tristan Sailor 20. Jayden Sullivan 21. Max Feagai

Titans: 1. Alexander Brimson 2. Corey Thompson 3. Brian Kelly 4. Young Tonumaipea 5. Phillip Sami 6. Ashley Taylor 7. Jamal Fogarty 8. Jarrod Wallace 9. Mitch Rein 10. Jaimin Jolliffe 11. Sam Stone 12. Beau Fermor 13. Tyrone Peachey 14. Erin Clark 15. Sam Lisone 16. Keegan Hipgrave 17. Jai Whitbread 18. Tanah Boyd 19. Anthony Don 20. Treymain Spry 21. Darius Farmer

Referee: Henry Perenara

Sydney Roosters v Brisbane Broncos, 7:55pm at Sydney Cricket Ground

Roosters: 1. James Tedesco 2. Daniel Tupou 3. Josh Morris 4. Joseph Manu 5. Brett Morris 6. Drew Hutchison 7. Kyle Flanagan 8. Jared Waerea-Hargreaves 9. Jake Friend 10. Siosiua Taukeiaho 11. Boyd Cordner 12. Sitili Tupouniua 13. Isaac Liu 14. Freddy Lussick 15. Poasa Faamausili 16. Nat Butcher 17. Lindsay Collins 18. Daniel Fifita 19. Ryan Hall 20. Max Bailey 21. Egan Butcher

Broncos: 1. Darius Boyd 2. Richard Kennar 3. Kotoni Staggs 4. Jordan Kahu 5. Herbie Farnworth 6. Sean O’Sullivan 7. Tom Dearden 8. Joe Ofahengaue 9. Cory Paix 10. Rhys Kennedy 11. David Fifita 12. Ben Te’o 13. Patrick Carrigan 14. Brodie Croft 15. Jordan Riki 16. Ethan Bullemor 17. Jamil Hopoate 18. Jesse Arthars 19. Pride Petterson-Robati 20. Tyson Gamble 21. Corey Oates

Referee: Adam Gee

SATURDAY

New Zealand Warriors v Newcastle Knights, 3:00pm at Scully Park

Warriors: 1. Roger Tuivasa-Sheck 2. Adam Pompey 3. Hayze Perham 4. Peta Hiku 5. George Jennings 6. Kodi Nikorima 7. Chanel Harris-Tavita 8. Jamayne Taunoa-Brown 9. Karl Lawton 10. Lachlan Burr 11. Eliesa Katoa 12. Tohu Harris 13. Jazz Tevaga 14. Wayde Egan 15. Adam Blair 16. Daniel Alvaro 17. Jack Murchie 18. Isaiah Papali’i 20. Gerard Beale 21. Josh Curran 22. Paul Turner

Knights: 1. Kalyn Ponga 2. Starford To’a 3. Enari Tuala 4. Gehamat Shibasaki 5. Hymel Hunt 6. Mason Lino 7. Mitchell Pearce 8. David Klemmer 9. Kurt Mann 10. Jacob Saifiti 11. Lachlan Fitzgibbon 12. Aidan Guerra 13. Mitchell Barnett 14. Phoenix Crossland 15. Herman Ese’ese 16. Josh King 17. Pasami Saulo 18. Brodie Jones 19. Chris Randall 20. Tex Hoy 21. Jirah Momoisea

Referee: Matt Cecchin

Cronulla Sharks v North Queensland Cowboys, 5:30pm at Kogarah Jubilee Stadium

Sharks: 1. Will Kennedy 2. Sione Katoa 3. Josh Dugan 4. Jesse Ramien 5. Ronaldo Mulitalo 6. Connor Tracey 7. Shaun Johnson 8. Braden Hamlin-Uele 9. Blayke Brailey 10. Aaron Woods 11. Briton Nikora 12. Wade Graham 13. Toby Rudolf 14. Siosifa Talakai 15. Scott Sorensen 16. Jack Williams 17. Royce Hunt 18. Teig Wilton 19. Bryson Goodwin 20. Matt Moylan 21. Andrew Fifita

Cowboys: 1. Scott Drinkwater 2. Kyle Feldt 3. Justin O’Neill 4. Murray Taulagi 5. Valentine Holmes 6. Daejarn Asi 7. Michael Morgan 8. Francis Molo 9. Reuben Cotter 10. Jordan McLean 11. Mitchell Dunn 12. Coen Hess 13. Josh Mcguire 14. Jake Granville 15. John Asiata 16. Tom Gilbert 17. Corey Jensen 18. Shane Wright 19. Jake Clifford 20. Connelly Lemuelu 21. Peter Hola

Referee: Chris Sutton

Penrith Panthers v Wests Tigers, 7:30pm at Panthers Stadium

Panthers: 1. Dylan Edwards 2. Josh Mansour 3. Brent Naden 4. Stephen Crichton 5. Brian To’o 6. Jarome Luai 7. Nathan Cleary 8. James Tamou 9. Mitch Kenny 10. Moses Leota 11. Isaah Yeo 12. Liam Martin 13. James Fisher-Harris 14. Tyrone May 15. Spencer Leniu 16. Billy Burns 17. Zane Tetevano 18. Daine Laurie 19. Kurt Capewell 20. Matt Burton 21. Pat Hollis

Tigers: 1. Adam Doueihi 2. David Nofoaluma 3. Joseph Leilua 4. Moses Mbye 5. Tommy Talau 6. Luke Brooks 7. Benji Marshall 8. Josh Aloiai 9. Harry Grant 10. Thomas Mikaele 11. Luke Garner 12. Luciano Leilua 13. Alex Twal 14. Matt Eisenhuth 15. Elijah Taylor 16. Jacob Liddle 17. Shawn Blore 18. Chris Lawrence 19. Sam McIntyre 20. Josh Reynolds 21. Asu Kepaoa

Referee: Ben Cummins

SUNDAY

Melbourne Storm v Manly Sea Eagles, 4:05pm at Sunshine Coast Stadium

Storm: 1. Ryan Papenhuyzen 2. Marion Seve 3. Brenko Lee 4. Justin Olam 5. Josh Addo-Carr 6. Cameron Munster 7. Jahrome Hughes 8. Jesse Bromwich 9. Cameron Smith 10. Christian Welch 11. Felise Kaufusi 12. Tom Eisenhuth 13. Nelson Asofa-Solomona 14. Nicholas Hynes 15. Tino Fa’asuamaleaui 16. Sandor Earl 17. Darryn Schonig 18. Ryley Jacks 19. Chris Lewis 20. Albert Vete 21. Isaac Lumelume

Sea Eagles: 1. Tevita Funa 2. Jorge Taufua 3. Brad Parker 4. Jack Gosiewski 5. Reuben Garrick 6. Cade Cust 7. Daly Cherry-Evans 8. Addin Fonua-Blake 9. Danny Levi 10. Martin Taupau 11. Joel Thompson 12. Curtis Sironen 13 Jake Trbojevic 14. Lachlan Croker 15. Corey Waddell 16. Sean Keppie 17. Taniela Paseka 18. Albert Hopoate 19. Abbas Miski 20. Morgan Boyle 21. Haumole Olakau’atu

Referee: Grant Atkins

Canberra Raiders v Canterbury Bulldogs, 6:30pm at Canberra Stadium

Raiders: 1. Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad 2. Jordan Rapana 3. Jarrod Croker 4. Curtis Scott 5. Nick Cotric 6. Jack Wighton 7. George Williams 8. Josh Papali’i 9. Siliva Havili 10. Dunamis Lui 11. John Bateman 12. Elliott Whitehead 13. Hudson Young 14. Tom Starling 15. Joseph Tapine 16. Ryan Sutton 17. Matthew Timoko 18. Sam Williams 19. Harley Smith-Shields 20. Kai O’Donnell 21. Matt Frawley

Bulldogs: 1. Will Hopoate 2. Nick Meaney 3. Marcelo Montoya 4. Kerrod Holland 5. Dallin Watene-Zelezniak 6. Kieran Foran 7. Lachlan Lewis 8. Ofahiki Ogden 9. Jeremy Marshall-King 10. Dylan Napa 11. Josh Jackson 12. Raymond Faitala-Mariner 13. Aiden Tolman 14. Sione Katoa 15. Renouf To’omaga 16. Dean Britt 17. Matt Doorey 19. Luke Thompson 20. Jack Cogger 21. Reimis Smith 22. Tim Lafai

Referee: Chris Butler
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Not a very interesting round this one is it? Should be a few scores put on. Apart from the Thursday game where we would prefer the eels to do a job for us just to help knock another team out of the 4 race. We'd like the warriors and broncos to do a job too but don't see that happening :)
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I don't have eels making the four. If they collapse like they look like doing we could sneak into 3rd or 4th.

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gergreg wrote: August 25, 2020, 8:26 pm I don't have eels making the four. If they collapse like they look like doing we could sneak into 3rd or 4th.

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Played with ladder predictor. 3rd, 4th, 5th is going to be tight. For the Eels to miss top 4 will need an upset to Warriors, Broncos or Tigers. Last one would be main chance. This assumes both Bunnies and Panthers knock them off.
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I have no idea where you guys are all pulling this Eels collapse from. They might have lost to the dragons a couple of weeks ago, but they’ve won four out of their last five games otherwise

I dunno why you think they’ll all of a sudden choke to guys like Souths, the Warriors and the Broncos.
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They've been pretty ordinary for a month. If they don't choke over the next few weeks they probably will in the finals. I don't see them in the same class as the rest of the top 4.

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I don’t see them winning the comp either, but looking at their draw I only realistically see them dropping a game to panthers running into the finals.

Tonight is their second biggest test, and even if they drop that, I don’t see them losing any of the other three games against the warriors, donkeys or tigers.
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If they don't improve I see the Warriors and Tigers as 50/50 games. Tigers still have to make a dash for 9th spot so don't write them off to cause an upset and nobody knows which warriors side turns up - though Payten has got them playing pretty consistent.

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gergreg wrote:If they don't improve I see the Warriors and Tigers as 50/50 games. Tigers still have to make a dash for 9th spot so don't write them off to cause an upset and nobody knows which warriors side turns up - though Payten has got them playing pretty consistent.

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I couldn’t put the Tigers as a 50/50 game. 75/25 and maybe even that’s a stretch.
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Things could drastically change each round as well as teams realize it's almost over. Tigers already don't have a realistic chance but the week before they face the eels they have melbourne and before that the rabbits. 3 sides in a row gearing up for a finals campaign when your season is already over.
I'd be impressed if the tigers finished 9th.
The dragons have a couple of winnable games before it gets tough again. Could see them finishing higher.
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Nicely worked try from the Bunnies. Lattrell can be a wonderful player when he wants to be.

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gergreg wrote: August 27, 2020, 8:02 pm Nicely worked try from the Bunnies. Lattrell can be a wonderful player when he wants to be.

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The Eels might have a better defensive record than the Raiders, but I'm not sure they have the better defence. I think they're going to be vulnerable in the big games.
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This performance from Parra has been building for weeks. Souths are playing very well but Parra's gone.

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gergreg wrote: August 27, 2020, 8:34 pm This performance from Parra has been building for weeks. Souths are playing very well but Parra's gone.

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Yeah some brilliant stuff from Souths but Eels have lead in their boots. Way off the pace
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Mitchell's hamstring is gone, for the season, by the looks. And a no try to Brown too.
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That decision was consistent with the one against Havili in Broncos game.
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That looks terrible for Latrell
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gergreg wrote: August 27, 2020, 8:34 pm This performance from Parra has been building for weeks. Souths are playing very well but Parra's gone.

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I think they're gone too. And it couldn't happen to a nicer club. Well, maybe the Panthers, the Roosters, the Broncos...
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This is becoming a Broncos level hiding
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Souths look incredible and Parra the opposite. Goes to show it's a long season with lots of ebbs and flows

I think we could take Souths even in this form though, due to our middle
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We debated this last year with Roosters v Raiders - is it a penalty of you mistime a jump and take the other guy out before they get a chance to play at the ball? I think it should be
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I *really* think it should be. That's a terrible call actually and open to exploitation. If you take a guy out, intentional or not, it should be a penalty
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The Eels have a soft underbelly. They will be found out in the finals.
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Strictly when Waqa Blake joins the maul the tackle is complete, so that's wrong call
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Souths points differential makes them a threat to us now, 45 ahead of us
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Canberra Milk wrote:I *really* think it should be. That's a terrible call actually and open to exploitation. If you take a guy out, intentional or not, it should be a penalty
I think it was ok as Sivo only had eyes for the ball. What Penrith is doing is wrong though

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He had eyes for the ball, but he didn't get it, he got the man. And Souths were disadvantaged
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Canberra Milk wrote: August 27, 2020, 9:27 pm Souths points differential makes them a threat to us now, 45 ahead of us
Only if we lose. Control our own destiny in regards to top 4. If not it doesn't really.matter of you're 5th or 6th.
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Canberra Milk wrote:He had eyes for the ball, but he didn't get it, he got the man. And Souths were disadvantaged
Switch Sivo for Cotric. Would you be okay for Cotric to be penalised in identical circumstances?

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Well, last night's game certainly showed just how much I know about rugba leeg.
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Northern Raider wrote: August 27, 2020, 10:05 pm
Canberra Milk wrote: August 27, 2020, 9:27 pm Souths points differential makes them a threat to us now, 45 ahead of us
Only if we lose. Control our own destiny in regards to top 4. If not it doesn't really.matter of you're 5th or 6th.
If we keep winning, that scoreline also makes 3rd a possibility. Good result for us I think.
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The Nickman wrote: August 28, 2020, 8:45 am Well, last night's game certainly showed just how much I know about rugba leeg.
Yeah, you kinda went A over T at the first hurdle.
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gergreg wrote: August 27, 2020, 10:26 pm
Canberra Milk wrote:He had eyes for the ball, but he didn't get it, he got the man. And Souths were disadvantaged
Switch Sivo for Cotric. Would you be okay for Cotric to be penalised in identical circumstances?

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Absolutely. This rule is too exploitable. It punishes the player who timed their jump correctly

Gutherson actually did it earlier in the year and *was* penalised. Presumably the ref thought that one was so bad that it warranted a penalty (he took the fullback out super early, much earlier than Sivo's), or maybe they thought he did it intentionally
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Canberra Milk wrote:
gergreg wrote: August 27, 2020, 10:26 pm
Canberra Milk wrote:He had eyes for the ball, but he didn't get it, he got the man. And Souths were disadvantaged
Switch Sivo for Cotric. Would you be okay for Cotric to be penalised in identical circumstances?

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Absolutely. This rule is too exploitable. It punishes the player who timed their jump correctly

Gutherson actually did it earlier in the year and *was* penalised. Presumably the ref thought that one was so bad that it warranted a penalty (he took the fullback out super early, much earlier than Sivo's), or maybe they thought he did it intentionally
Well I thought the one last night was a fairly even contest. Both players realistically had a chance to catch the ball. The Panthers are doing shallow kicks and getting a couple of players to essentially block the fullback from taking a clean catch - or a form of tunnelling under the jumping fullback.

I honestly don't have a problem with most interpretations of the rules so long as there is consistency and watching rugba leege long enough I know this simply won't happen.

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Bunker has become an even bigger joke
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