2018 Rd 22 V Tigers: Teams and Previews *Teams p1*

[Raiders666]

How frustrating is this team.... How a team consisting of Papalii..Tapine..Whithead..Hodgson..Cotric..Rapana and Leilua can be outside the 8 is mind boggling.. I just wish the Raiders had the balls like the Panthers do, and sack the coach. Still the family and i will be driving up from Adelaide for this one so i hope the boys can continue to dominate the Tigs and give us a win.

[Lucy]

How frustrating is this team.... How a team consisting of Papalii..Tapine..Whithead..Hodgson..Cotric..Rapana and Leilua can be outside the 8 is mind boggling.. I just wish the Raiders had the balls like the Panthers do, and sack the coach. Still the family and i will be driving up from Adelaide for this one so i hope the boys can continue to dominate the Tigs and give us a win.

I'd drop Leilua from that line up. He's a nightmare. I love him as much as I hate him. But the rest is spot on. And I hope they make your trip worthwhile, bud.

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[gerg]

I’m going to this game. Prepared to throw on a jersey as i’m pretty sure I can defend better than both Austin and Paulo.

No disrespect to your defensive credentials but a 'witches hat' placed strategically on the field by Brett White defends better than Austin or Paulo.

[GreenGirl]

I’m going to this game. Prepared to throw on a jersey as i’m pretty sure I can defend better than both Austin and Paulo.

No disrespect to your defensive credentials but a 'witches hat' placed strategically on the field by Brett White defends better than Austin or Paulo.

I can bring the witches hat.

[Raiders666]

How frustrating is this team.... How a team consisting of Papalii..Tapine..Whithead..Hodgson..Cotric..Rapana and Leilua can be outside the 8 is mind boggling.. I just wish the Raiders had the balls like the Panthers do, and sack the coach. Still the family and i will be driving up from Adelaide for this one so i hope the boys can continue to dominate the Tigs and give us a win.

I'd drop Leilua from that line up. He's a nightmare. I love him as much as I hate him. But the rest is spot on. And I hope they make your trip worthwhile, bud.

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I get what you mean but i can't bring myself to drop him from that line up.. The guy is a freak and his combination with Rapana is something i don't think I've seen in 30 odd years of watching football.
Yeah they hog it a bit too much and there are plenty of dumb mistakes but holy **** it's fun to watch.

[Raiders666]

1st home game for me in 2 years... i hope the boys can get up for this one! Also hope they will still do the clap, the kids are hanging out for it

[gerg]

I’m going to this game. Prepared to throw on a jersey as i’m pretty sure I can defend better than both Austin and Paulo.

No disrespect to your defensive credentials but a 'witches hat' placed strategically on the field by Brett White defends better than Austin or Paulo.

I can bring the witches hat.

maybe you could attach a piece of twine to it and tie it to BJs ankle. It would then be perfectly placed when he rushes out of the line to tackle the bloke least likely to receive the ball.

[-TW-]

1st home game for me in 2 years... i hope the boys can get up for this one! Also hope they will still do the clap, the kids are hanging out for it

They'll be the only ones doing it, the majority of everyone else is over it

[VictorTheViking]

I think next season if williams is defending inside austin and outside papalii or whitehead hell go ok

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Austin?

Meant wighton, with croker on the wing and wighton at centre, williams betweennhe and papalii

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[Hazza]

1. Cotric
2. Abbey
3. Kris
4. BJ
5. Rapa
6. Sezer
7. Williams
8. Boyd
9. Hodgo
10. Sia
11. Whitehead
12. Tapine
13. Papa

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

If Kris can't play I'd put Whitehead or Sia into centre and bring Guler or Murchie into the side.

I will be beyond pissed off if I have to see Austin or Paulo disgrace the jersey one more time. Enough is enough

Hope you're prepared to be beyond pissed then. There's no way either will be dropped.

[Hazza]

Barring injury will be the same 17. Don't know why some of you blokes bother with this every week.

[InFernos_Raiders]

How frustrating is this team.... How a team consisting of Papalii..Tapine..Whithead..Hodgson..Cotric..Rapana and Leilua can be outside the 8 is mind boggling.. I just wish the Raiders had the balls like the Panthers do, and sack the coach. Still the family and i will be driving up from Adelaide for this one so i hope the boys can continue to dominate the Tigs and give us a win.

It’s the coaching. It’s Stuart. He has had 5 years and he has brought in many decent players but he has failed to make the top 8 in all 5 season except 2016 when we had several key players in hot form, we won our last 8. It many fail to remember we were horrible before that run.

Stuart is hired to coach a football team which includes skill, physical conditioning, pre game prep, getting the side mentally ready and the list goes on BUT Stuart can not take the team to the next level. He makes wrong calls on players he fails to use the bench wisely he never made players accountable hence the childish attitude out team has which was shown against the Storm.

Stuart does not have the technical skills and mindset like Bellamy etc. Stuart has had 5 years we are the only team in NRL history that for years and years do this embarassing implodeing all the mie. This is a coaching issue. Yes the players are to blame but they play dumb and get all upset and that’s down to mental attitude and our team sucks with that. Stuart should resign. Sorry had to do my rant.....

[InFernos_Raiders]

Barring injury will be the same 17. Don't know why some of you blokes bother with this every week.

I agree why play players like Austin he had a **** attitude against the Panthers he let in 2 tries so why play him ? Stuart would rather be a nice guy and be best friends with his players rather then be a coach like say Bellamy and make some tough calls. 5 years is enough but noooooo we have him till 2020.

[InFernos_Raiders]

I’ve read this in a few places and this is something Stuart would do.
Apparently we are at our cap limit already for 2019 after losing several key players we are over I’d say due to the Club paying over to keep some players. Now the Club could only bring in 2 players from Wigan a forward and a back.
When Stuart started and the Club had a halves problem Stuart used Wigjton in the halves because Wigjton is NOT a half or a FB he is and should be a Centre. This leaves us with a half down for 2019 and I bet Stuart will keep Cotric and FB and once again put Wigjton in the halves.
That experiment was met with anger esp after half a season of trying Wighton ant half he put him at FB. 2019 is going to be worse we are down Boyd, Paulo, Austin ....

[InFernos_Raiders]

I think next season if williams is defending inside austin and outside papalii or whitehead hell go ok

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Austin?

Meant wighton, with croker on the wing and wighton at centre, williams betweennhe and papalii

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Stuart should drop Austin now.
Plus in 2019 Stuart will keep Cotric at FB and Stuart will once again try that failed expirement of putting Wigjton in the halves. 2019 will be Sezer/Wighton in the halves. That was a disaster last time he tried that.

[InFernos_Raiders]

1st home game for me in 2 years... i hope the boys can get up for this one! Also hope they will still do the clap, the kids are hanging out for it

They'll be the only ones doing it, the majority of everyone else is over it

Raiders vs Tigers
HT - Raiders 20 Tigers 12
FT - Tigers 26 Raiders 24

[Raiders666]

1st home game for me in 2 years... i hope the boys can get up for this one! Also hope they will still do the clap, the kids are hanging out for it

They'll be the only ones doing it, the majority of everyone else is over it

Yeah i thought that would be the case...Stupid me should have organised the trip earlier in the year. Still im sure the kids will have fun. Im actually pretty confident of a win here...

[LastRaider]

I’m actually going to support the tigers this week. I would love for the Tigers to win the next 3, make the finals and give Benji and Robbie a fairytale finish.

Everybody loves an underdog


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[-PJ-]

I wonder what we're working on at training this week.

The deep thinker will leave no stone unturned in the preparation for sure for sure...

[reptar]

I wonder what we're working on at training this week.

The deep thinker will leave no stone unturned in the preparation for sure for sure...

We have Stone?

[-PJ-]

It's team list Tuesday.

Can't wait.

[Timbo]

I just have this sinking feeling we'll be seeing the same 17 from last week.

[-PJ-]

I just have this sinking feeling we'll be seeing the same 17 from last week.

Yep..cuz they just keep on emptying the tank.

[-GD-]

Only 4.5 hours until Sonny and Cher wakes us up with I Got You, Babe!

[zim]

1. Nick Cotric
2. Brad Abbey
3. Elliot Whitehead
4. Joey Leilua
5. Jordan Rapana
6. Aidan Sezer
7. Sam Williams
8. Liam Knight
9. Josh Hodgson (c)
10. Josh Papalii
11. Sia Soliola
12. Joseph Tapine
13. Siliva Havili

14. Jack Murchie
15. Luke Bateman
16. Emre Guler
17. Dunamis Lui

[greeneyed]

NRL Team: Raiders V Tigers



Canberra Raiders V Wests Tigers
Sunday 12 August 2:00pm
Canberra Stadium
Tickets: Click here
TV coverage: Fox League Channel 502
Radio: ABC, 2CC, Mix 106.3

The Raiders have named their team for the round 22 match against the Wests Tigers at GIO Stadium.
The team is unchanged from the side that played in round 21 against the Panthers.

Canberra Raiders

1. Nick Cotric
2. Brad Abbey
3. Blake Austin
4. Joey Leilua
5. Jordan Rapana
6. Aidan Sezer
7. Sam Williams
8. Sia Soliola
9. Josh Hodgson (C)
10. Junior Paulo
11. Joe Tapine
12. Elliott Whitehead
13. Josh Papalii

14. Dunamis Lui
15. Shannon Boyd
16. Siliva Havili
17. Luke Bateman

18. Liam Knight
19. Jack Murchie
20. Makahesi Makatoa
21. Emre Guler

Wests Tigers

1. Moses Mbye
2. David Nofoaluma
3. Esan Marsters
4. Kevin Naiqama
5. Malakai Watene-Zelezniak
6. Benji Marshall
7. Luke Brooks
8. Russell Packer (capt.)
9. Robbie Farah
10. Ben Matulino
11. Michael Chee Kam
12. Luke Garner
13. Elijah Taylor

14. Alex Twal
15. Sauaso Sue
16. Robbie Rochow
17. Matt Eisenhuth

18. Jacob Liddle
19. Chris McQueen
20. Tyson Gamble
21. Mahe Fonua

Officials:

Referees: Ben Cummins, Chris Butler
Sideline Officials: Nick Beashel, Dave Munro
Video Referees: Steve Chiddy, Bryan Norrie

Match Hashtags: #NRL #WeareRaiders #BleedGreen #NRLRaidersTigers

The Greenhouse Hashtags: #WearGreen2018 #FromAllAngles

Mounties teams: Click here



Plus follow us on Twitter: @TheGHRaiders and Instagram: @TheGHRaiders

Five Things: Raiders v Tigers: https://www.raiders.com.au/news/2018/08 ... -v-tigers/

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[PerthRaider86]

No changes unless forced......

[Johno]

Ill be surprised if Austin is named at all, maybe Paulo gets a spot on the bench.

Ill edit this and it hurts somewhat..... I love Ricky Stuart, he was truly a great player and he certainly bleeds green... But if he names Austin, Boyd and Paulo, I will lose faith.

If he loves the club he wouldnt have Austin and Paulo playing, they are a disgrace to the shirt he proudly wore.

Please.... dont name them coach . :-/

[edwahu]

I don't have a problem with Boyd playing. Really he defends ok and isn't going that much worse than he has for most of his career. He has been at the club 10 years so deserves a send off. Paulo and Austin on the other hand.

[Johno]

I don't have a problem with Boyd playing. Really he defends ok and isn't going that much worse than he has for most of his career. He has been at the club 10 years so deserves a send off. Paulo and Austin on the other hand.

Yeah I agree, I could have been a bit clearer, but my point was naming all 3 who are leaving us.

But certainly Austin and Paulo who are coasting in games with poor attitude.
Let them get fat before they join their new clubs.

[Azza]

I thought Paulo already was fat?

[Johno]

First time ive ever hung around waiting for the team list to come out, put me out of my misery **** !

Or plunge me deep into it possibly?

What time do they come out?

[-TW-]

I thought Paulo already was fat?

If you use the bmi scale he's obese..

[-TW-]

Stand down people, same 17

[-GD-]