2018 Rd 8 V Cowboys: Teams and Previews *Teams p1*

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2018 Rd 8 V Cowboys: Teams and Previews



Canberra Raiders V North Queensland Cowboys
Saturday 28 April 7:30pm
Townsville Stadium
Tickets: Click here
TV coverage: Fox League Channel 502
Radio: ABC, 2CC, Mix 106.3

The Raiders were thumped by the Rabbitohs in Round 7, and now they head to Townsville to face the North Queensland Cowboys. The Raiders have long struggled to win in Townsville... but North Queensland have also been struggling and had a poor season so far in 2018.

Who do you think should line up for the Green Machine? Tell us your team here and see how you go in comparison to the official squad when announced. We will include the official line ups in the first post of this thread as soon as they're available.

OFFICIAL SQUADS

Canberra Raiders

1 Jack Wighton, 2 Nick Cotric, 3 Jarrod Croker (c), 4 Joseph Leilua, 5 Jordan Rapana, 6 Blake Austin, 7 Aidan Sezer, 8 Iosia Soliola, 9 Siliva Havili, 10 Junior Paulo, 11 Joseph Tapine, 12 Elliott Whitehead, 13 Josh Papalii

14 Ata Hingano, 15 Shannon Boyd, 16 Luke Bateman, 17 Dunamis Lui 18 Liam Knight, 19 Michael Oldfield, 20 Bradley Abbey, 21 Jack Murchie

North Queensland 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

14 Te Maire Martin, 15 Shaun Fensom, 16 Corey Jensen, 17 Ethan Lowe 18 Francis Molo, 19 Jake Clifford, 20 Enari Tuala, 21 Sam Hoare

Officials:

Referees: Henry Perenara, Jon Stone
Sideline Officials: Nick Morel, Nick Beashel
Video Referees: Steve Chiddy, Bryan Norrie

Match Hashtags: #NRL #WeareRaiders #BleedGreen #NRLCowboysRaiders

The Greenhouse Hashtags: #WearGreen2018 #FromAllAngles

Mounties teams: Click here



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[reptar]

Why bother? It'll be the same team as today and another insipid performance

[Ilanraiders]

Wrong timing to be playing the cows, their finding some form against the titans......

[LP Raider]

Glad I've stuck with JT in SC.

That was one ordinary effort today.

[Lucky]

Titans officially played the cowboys back into form....
Morgan to carve us up like he usually does.

[gangrenous]

@Finchy, think I’ve drawn some more inspiration from today’s game. Do you have a song request for ganger’s bonus material this week? No promises, but I’ll see what I can do.

P.S. Jack Johnson, Dave Matthews band etc. is not music. Choose something decent

P.P.S. And relatively well known. I’m not as hip to the kids as I once was...

[finch]

1. Cotric
2. Croker
3. Wighton
4. Leilua
5. Rapana
6. Sezer
7. Bambling
8. Boyd
9. Hodgson
10. Soliola
11. Whitehead
12. Tapine
13. Papalii
14. Havili
15. Paulo
16. Lui
17. Bateman
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18. Sigmund Freud
19. Rosa Parks
20. Lawrence of Arabia
21. Helen Keller

[Velda]

Abbey
Cotric
Croker
Leilua
Rapana
Austin (only because there is no one better)
Sezer
Boyd
Havili
Sia
Whitehead
Tapine
Wighton

Garvey
Paulo
Lui
Knight

[Dusty]

1. Wighton / Abbey
2. Cotric
3. Croker
4. Leilua
5. Rapana
6. Austin
7. Sezer
8. Soliola
9. Havili
10. Paulo
11. Tapine
12. Whitehead / Wighton
13. Lui

14. Garvey
15. Knight
16. Boyd
17. Papalii

If Whitehead is suspended, I’d play Wighton on the edge in the 2nd row.

His defence is definitely strong enough

He has experience defending at centre/6 so 12 shouldn’t be much different.

His mobility will serve us better than Ricky shoving Papalii back there.

Hopefully Whitehead is fine, but that’s what I’d do if not.


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[gangrenous]

Whitehead should be out

[reptar]

Whitehead should be out

Expecting it, yes

[LastRaider]

1. Cotric
2. Croker
3. Leilua
4. Wighton
5. Rapana
6. Hingano
7. Sezer
8. Boyd
9. Havilii
10. Paulo
11. Tapine
12. Papilii (only as Whitehead will be suspended)
13. Lui

14. Garvey
15. Murchie
16. Solilia
17. Knight

Out: Austin, Bateman, Whitehead (suspended).

Wighton is borderline for me. I have no trust with him under the high ball still, caught out of position regularly and his back line shifts are becoming a joke. He needs to learn to straighten instead of crowding his outside backs. Anyone know how Abbey is going in Mounties?

Also the first 20 minutes of every game is pretty much dictating the outcome this year. We need to start with Boyd and Paulo together to get the team rolling forward.

Due to the state of our season, time to start giving Murchie and Knight regular minutes in FG.

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[LastRaider]

Why bother? It'll be the same team as today and another insipid performance

Your 100% right. Stuart doesn’t put it down to attitude, effort, skill level or fitness. He just believes we get outplayed now and so this team will stay no doubt and unfortunately we will come up against better teams than us and get out played and that is that.


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[reptar]

Why bother? It'll be the same team as today and another insipid performance

Your 100% right. Stuart doesn’t put it down to attitude, effort, skill level or fitness. He just believes we get outplayed now and so this team will stay no doubt and unfortunately we will come up against better teams than us and get out played and that is that.


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It's his responsibility to come up with the plans to stop this **** from happening. Instead, he pulls our only hooker from the field for no **** reason and puts Boyd on once the game is lost. What the actual ****?

[The Green Hornet]

Abbey/cotric
Croker/cotric
Wighton
Bj
Raps
Hingano
Sezer
Boyd
Havili (give him decent minutes for god's sake)
Junior
Tapine
Papalli (whitehead likely out)
Soliola

Garvey
Lui
Knight
Bateman

[The Nickman]

God, I’m glad I’m going to drive fourteen hours next weekend to watch these ***** shove their winning formula in my stupid face again

[-PJ-]

I'll be at a wedding thank gawd...

A Thurston/Morgan masterclass is the last thing I need to sit through.

But I dare the boys to shove it in my face.

[reptar]

I'll be at a wedding thank gawd...

A Thurston/Morgan masterclass is the last thing I need to sit through.

But I dare the boys to shove it in my face.

haha. We'll all have winning formula all over our face!

[Green eyed Mick]

1. Wighton
2. Cotric
3. Croker
4. BJ
5. Rapa
6. Hingano
7. Sezer
8. Boyd
9. Havili
10. Sia
11. Tapine
12. Whitehead
13. Papa

14. Garvey
15. Lui
16. Bateman
17. Knight

Paulo can **** off to the eels. Austin can **** off to whoever will have him. Both of them are among the worst if not the worst defenders in their respective position and defence is our biggest issue. Neither player is 100% committed and neither player is performing anywhere near their best.

[The Nickman]

I'll be at a wedding thank gawd...

A Thurston/Morgan masterclass is the last thing I need to sit through.

But I dare the boys to shove it in my face.

haha. We'll all have winning formula all over our face!

Pretty sure dubby and Israel Folau believe you’re going to hell for getting winning formula all over your face, reptar

[reptar]

I'll be at a wedding thank gawd...

A Thurston/Morgan masterclass is the last thing I need to sit through.

But I dare the boys to shove it in my face.

haha. We'll all have winning formula all over our face!

Pretty sure dubby and Israel Folau believe you’re going to hell for getting winning formula all over your face, reptar

Is hell worse than being a Raiders fan? Both sound like torture forever

[-PJ-]

Tumorlolo is going to run over Austin for fun.

They'll be lining up off JTs hip..my turn for a hit up..where's Blake Austin ?

[reptar]

Tumorlolo is going to run over Austin for fun.

They'll be lining up off JTs hip..my turn for a hit up..where's Blake Austin ?

I can just see Stuart's plan now. It'll be a smokescreen with Austin on the extended squad. And then game day, he plays! Then the Cowboys wouldn't plan to run at him. You can't adjust tactics during a game, can you?

[greeneyed]

Can anyone tell me what Ricky Stuart said on The Sunday Footy Show today?


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[reptar]

Can anyone tell me what Ricky Stuart said on The Sunday Footy Show today?


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17 blokes hurting? Outplayed? Am i close?

[LastRaider]

I would love to know what Stuart said too?


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[RedRaider]

I watched it up to when the journo's have their say. They didn't promote any Sticky interview and it didn't come on up to that time. I know this doesn't help.

Erin Molan said that Sterlo would be her Sunday Footy Show stand in host while she has the baby. Most thought JC got a rough sin bin deal except for Freddie who said he 'backed the refs'. I think this was with an eye to the SOO series.

My team for the Cowboys: Jack, Nick, JC, BJ, Rapa, Sezer, Hingano, Paulo, Havili, Sia, Whitehead, Tapine, Bateman, Garvey, Papali, Boyd, Lui.

[-PJ-]

I watched it up to when the journo's have their say. They didn't promote any Sticky interview and it didn't come on up to that time. I know this doesn't help.

Erin Molan said that Sterlo would be her Sunday Footy Show stand in host while she has the baby. Most thought JC got a rough sin bin deal except for Freddie who said he 'backed the refs'. I think this was with an eye to the SOO series.

My team for the Cowboys: Jack, Nick, JC, BJ, Rapa, Sezer, Hingano, Paulo, Havili, Sia, Whitehead, Tapine, Bateman, Garvey, Papali, Boyd, Lui.

I don't know Red..a lot of that team are out of form so I'd go -
Jack..he tries hard
Nic.. everyday
Your mum
Your grandma
Rapa
My mum
Sezer
My grandma
Your uncle
My uncle
Whitehead
Tapine
Your sister

My sister
My butcher
Lui
Your postman

[Green Taipan]

Tumorlolo is going to run over Austin for fun.

They'll be lining up off JTs hip..my turn for a hit up..where's Blake Austin ?

I can just see Stuart's plan now. It'll be a smokescreen with Austin on the extended squad. And then game day, he plays! Then the Cowboys wouldn't plan to run at him. You can't adjust tactics during a game, can you?

[AUSTEZER]

1cotric
2 croker
3 wighton
4 Bj
5 Raps
6 Austo
7 Sezer
8 Sia
9 Havili
10 Paulo
11 Tapine
12 Whitehead
13 Lui
14 Garvey
15 boyd
16 Papalli
17 Knight

[LastRaider]

How on earth is anyone picking Austin at 6. He has played 1 good game out of 7 and his 5 games he did play, it was terrible


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[Johno]

I watched it up to when the journo's have their say. They didn't promote any Sticky interview and it didn't come on up to that time. I know this doesn't help.

Erin Molan said that Sterlo would be her Sunday Footy Show stand in host while she has the baby. Most thought JC got a rough sin bin deal except for Freddie who said he 'backed the refs'. I think this was with an eye to the SOO series.

My team for the Cowboys: Jack, Nick, JC, BJ, Rapa, Sezer, Hingano, Paulo, Havili, Sia, Whitehead, Tapine, Bateman, Garvey, Papali, Boyd, Lui.

I don't know Red..a lot of that team are out of form so I'd go -
Jack..he tries hard
Nic.. everyday
Your mum
Your grandma
Rapa
My mum
Sezer
My grandma
Your uncle
My uncle
Whitehead
Tapine
Your sister

My sister
My butcher
Lui
Your postman

Im sure at least one of those has some ball skills

[reptar]

What about Bay's butcher?

[Matt]

1. Wighton
2. Cotric
3. Croker
4. Leilua
5. Rapana
6. Hingano
7. Sezer
8. Soliola
9. Havili
10. Paulo
11. Tapine
12. Whitehead
13. Lui

14. Garvey
15. Boyd
16. Papalii/ Bateman - cant decide
17. Knight

[Brew]

Three games every year I hate watching cause we seem to never win them and this is one of them. Cowboys in Townsville.
The other 2 are Cronulla in Canberra and Brisbane at Suncorp.


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