2024 Trial 2 v Cowboys: Teams and Game Day *Teams p1*

[mikeraider]

Starling why run himself there instead looking for something not there.

[afgtnk]

So Jed Stuart is the new GH target I see. Always classy GH!

He's been bad but Croker's been worse tbf

[The Nickman]

So Jed Stuart is the new GH target I see. Always classy GH!

And now your new favourite player no doubt?

EDIT: fair go it all, Rog beat me to it!

The new debate is the nicknames for him:

- Shades of Noa
- Billy's Angels (Jed, Levi and Hoppa)

How about Blues B?

No, no, too obvious… B’s brother

[The Nickman]

Regardless of the outcome, this is a better game for the raiders than the cowboys.

Who was our best hooker?

I thought Danny Levi looked the best and the team was most cohesive when he was on the field.

[Billy Walker]

Regardless of the outcome, this is a better game for the raiders than the cowboys.

Who was our best hooker?

Levi by length of the straight

[dubby]

So Jed Stuart is the new GH target I see. Always classy GH!

He's been terrible, mate

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He has - but he’s not in the picture for 24 and the least of our worries. Just a good old fashioned pile on to avoid the real issues

If he's not in the picture, get him off.

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[gerg]

I get why he's benched the majority of the NRL side. The cotton wool approach has **** us for how many years now? We'll probably start well against the Knights and then die in the **** in the last 20 minutes. None of our players have played more than 25 minutes in the trials. The only exception is the players from the Indigenous match.

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There's 100 **** k on the line and a trophy!

Walsh's will be lit if we get up.

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[The Greenhouse]

CERTAIN RAIDERS TRY BOMBED! Adam Cook opts for the kick, when he should have run.

[LimeGreenMachine]

100k bomb

[Begbie]

Cook with the blinkers on - just dropped 100K

[Billy Walker]

So Jed Stuart is the new GH target I see. Always classy GH!

And now your new favourite player no doubt?

EDIT: fair go it all, Rog beat me to it!

The new debate is the nicknames for him:

- Shades of Noa
- Billy's Angels (Jed, Levi and Hoppa)

How about Blues B?

No, no, too obvious… B’s brother

If you were going for anything it would have to be Gooey. Because he sure as …. ain’t sticky!

[The Nickman]

WHO THE **** KICKED THAT?

[Roger Kenworthy]

Bottled it.

[mikeraider]

Nothing like enthusiasm of youth, should have scored there oh well gd effort.

[deeman82]

lol Adam cook will never live that one down bahahaha


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[Hong Kong Raider]

Can't believe we have been beaten by a Wests Tigers reject in the second half

[The Nickman]

And that’s the end of that episode

[mikeraider]

Savage may have done more if not rested.

[dubby]

Who the hell was that idiot

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[Botman]

The grandstand around me actually lol’d at that blown try
We are sooo back

[The Greenhouse]

78th min TRY COWBOYS to Thomas Mikaele. The refereeing has been downright awful in this game. Converted.

FULL TIME

North Queensland Cowboys 36
Canberra Raiders 26

Cowboys overcome Raiders allowing Broncos to claim Preseason Challenge title



A stirring second-half comeback saw the Cowboys run out 36-26 winners over the Raiders on Sunday, in a result which ensured the Broncos claimed the 2024 Pre-Season Challenge title.

Trailing 14-8 at the break, North Queensland blew the Raiders away with three tries in six minutes early in the second half and then went on with the job to pick up their first win of the pre-season and end Canberra's hopes of claiming the title and $100,000 in prize money that comes with it.

Read more: https://www.nrl.com/news/2024/02/25/cow ... nge-title/

[Sid]

Mikaele added to the list of average players raiders have made look like a superstar

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[Seiffert82]

Good trial.

Too many errors from players who will play reggies, but a lot to like.

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[dubby]

Dear oh dear

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[The Nickman]

Anyone else see Semi Valavei smiling and laughing when shaking hands after the game?

It was good to see

[mikeraider]

All in all gd effort, just need to short out the combinations, and kicking game, weaks, Strange, or Walford, hopefully foggery has improved in that role.

[PJY7]

Interesting Payten played first team against a 3rd team raiders with 12 men..
What was expected from the young team
Good efforts among the chaos

[dubby]

Well, Cows. First period we looked better.

Then you beat up our reserves. Just. One Adam Cooke Brain explosion from a loss.

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[The Nickman]

All in all gd effort, just need to short out the combinations, and kicking game, weaks, Strange, or Walford, hopefully foggery has improved in that role.

Yeah agreed. Be good to has Terpine and Rarpapa back to mike

[Finchy]

All in all gd effort, just need to short out the combinations, and kicking game, weaks, Strange, or Walford, hopefully foggery has improved in that role.

I think you mean Straynj

[Billy Walker]

While neither were poor, I didn’t think Ata or Mooney did anything to justify the calls for them to be picked. I thought Saulo and even Hola offered more. For me though it was Hoskins and Smithies that are right in the frame. Guler wasn’t impressive.

[Raoul Duke]

Why does anyone care what the result was?

[Colk]

Good trial.

Too many errors from players who will play reggies, but a lot to like.

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What’s there to like?

We’ll probably have Strange out for a while and he was our best player.

Weekes was ordinary. Woolford was terrible (Levi is going to get picked now you know it). Stewart is definitely not ready.

I think some of our forwards were good. But I already suspected to be the case.

[Crusader]

cant be too unhappy with that, still got that poor10min period which won the game for Cowboys

good signs
* Morgan Smithies
* Zac Hosking
* Peter Hola
* Ethan Strange (hopefully not suspended)
* surprisingly Savage look ok
* Papa and Whitehead did well
* usual Timoko

who stood out for you?

[Old School Green]

We looked good in first half. Provided strange isn’t suspended he has to start. Chuck in taps, raps, Kris, horse… I say we start the season in better shape than last.
Levi for sure with starling off the bench at hooker. Puru looked good. Smithies and Hosking strong when on and Hola I thought looked good.
Trial form and energy much better than previous years