2024 Round 9 v Sea Eagles: Teams and Previews *Teams p1

[zim]

1. Chevy Stewart
2. Xavier Savage
3. Sebastian Kris
4. Matthew Timoko
5. Nick Cotric
6. Ethan Strange
7. Kaeo Weekes
8. Ata Mariota
9. Zac Woolford
10. Joseph Tapine
11. Hudson Young
12. Elliot Whitehead
13. Morgan Smithies

14. Danny Levi
15. Pasami Saulo
16. Trey Mooney
17. Josh Papali'i

Ata to spell Whitehead at some point. Turbo is going to be a nightmare in the air. Going to need more than a bit of luck to nullify that.

[Hong Kong Raider]

Unfortunately I think we're in the same spot as Brisbane a couple of years ago when they won the spoon. Everyone could see they had talented juniors and they needed time, but they were missing a decent halfback and they had Darius Boyd absolutely phoning it in at fullback, literally jumping to the turf to avoid making tackles.

It took poaching Reynolds from Souths (worst decision ever by Souths not to re-sign him) and Walsh feeling homesick and leaving the Warriors to turn them into a finals force again. Unfortunately losing Fog has put us in a similar position of being stacked with talented juniors but having no experienced general in the spine to guide them around (no Levi doesn't count).

What gives me hope is they got the spoon in 2020, third last in 2021 but then made the GF three years later from when they got the spoon and are now again challenging. They recruited well - experienced players to show the younger guys how it's done like Reynolds and Capewell. I don't have a high regard for Walters' coaching abilities but I think he's handled inconsistent players like Mam (defence), Cobbo (laziness and errors) and Walsh (errors) well. He's also turned some unfashionable players like Jesse Arthurs to good FG footballers.

Brisbane should really be in the top 4 every year given their base and juniors and availability of TP deals. They will be raided though by the likes of the Roosters and Dolphins in the coming years. There's already talk of the Roosters being interested in Staggs.

[The Nickman]

1. Chevy Stewart
2. Xavier Savage
3. Sebastian Kris
4. Matthew Timoko
5. Nick Cotric
6. Ethan Strange
7. Kaeo Weekes
8. Ata Mariota
9. Zac Woolford
10. Joseph Tapine
11. Hudson Young
12. Elliot Whitehead
13. Morgan Smithies

14. Danny Levi
15. Pasami Saulo
16. Trey Mooney
17. Josh Papali'i

Ata to spell Whitehead at some point. Turbo is going to be a nightmare in the air. Going to need more than a bit of luck to nullify that.

I would actually LOVE to see that team named. Reckon we at least compete with the Sharks last week if this had been the team.

Having to spell Levi after 20min and then endure 50min of the Tom Starling Experience absolutely murdered any chance of our forwards getting on a roll.

[Dylan’s Raiders]

DCE challenging his charge - I think he will be successful and free to play.

[Botman]

DCE challenging his charge - I think he will be successful and free to play.

I think more likely he is found guilty or gets a downgrade and still misses at least this week
But when you go to the judiciary, you spin the wheel of random chance. I dont think anyone has any feel for what that kangaroo court will do, so you could well be right in which case we are proper ****

[Finchy]

I’m surprised he got charged. Didn’t look like he did much wrong. It’s rare for two players to get charged with a dangerous tackle. Usually it’s only the guy lifting around the legs. The guy up top can’t do much once the player has been lifted.

[greeneyed]

DCE seeking a downgrade for dangerous throw charge

Sea Eagles skipper Daly Cherry-Evans will head to the NRL Judiciary on Tuesday night to contest the grading of the Dangerous Throw offence he was charged for in Round 8.

Alongside teammate Haumole Olakau'atu, Cherry-Evans was cited for a Grade 2 Dangerous Throw for his role in the tackle on Parramatta's Shaun Lane, with both initially facing two-match bans with early guilty pleas that became three-match bans if found guilty at Panel. While the club has entered early guilty pleas for both players, they've opted to seek a downgrade to a Grade 1 offence for Cherry-Evans. Olakauátu will serve a two-match ban as a result of his early guilty plea to the Grade 2 charge and will miss Round 9 and Round 10.

Read more: https://www.nrl.com/news/2024/01/01/nrl ... d-details/

https://www.seaeagles.com.au/news/2024/ ... d-haumole/

A Grade 1 only carries a fine: https://www.nrl.com/operations/the-game/judiciary-code/

[Botman]

God dammit

C'Mon judiciary! Dont let these silver spoon mfers get one over you. Throw the damn book at him!

[Northern Raider]

Realistically he should get a downgrade. He was a contributor, not the main offender. Seems a bit stiff giving them both the same grading.

[Kryptonite]

Best thing about this game is that it will be over come the Weekend


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[-PJ-]

Not only will DCE get the downgrade he’ll get a full apology and compensated for his fuel use.

[greeneyed]

Ricky Stuart's options to boost struggling Canberra Raiders

Ricky Stuart warned the cavalry isn't returning for the Green Machine any time soon, but he does have a couple of options to boost the struggling Canberra Raiders.

Elliott Whitehead, Albert Hopoate, Zac Woolford and Nick Cotric could all be options for the Canberra Raiders side to face Manly at Brookvale on Friday night.

Read more: https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/ ... /?cs=14239

[Neeeegz]

At least it's a Friday night flogging, don't have to wait all weekend for it

[LimeGreenMachine]

Hopefully Woolford
I do expect Smelly to play after what Stick said in the PC

[Billy Walker]

Hopefully Woolford
I do expect Smelly to play after what Stick said in the PC

The bit where he said Elliot would play? How he said Elliot was right for the sharks game but because of the tight turn around they saved him for the manly game? I wouldn’t want to read too much into things but like you I have a suspicion Elliot might be picked tomorrow.

[dubby]

I'm expecting an EW recall.

[-PJ-]

I'm expecting an EW recall.

Simisagi OUT
EW IN

Fair call, Simis defence was putrid bad.

[dubby]

I'm expecting an EW recall.

Simisagi OUT
EW IN

Fair call, Simis defence was putrid bad.

10 missed tackles.

10.

Yet not a response from the peanut gallery

[-TW-]

What? A lot of people called out how **** his defence was

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[The Nickman]

Hahaha dubby just jumping at shadows here

[Dr Zaius]

“Who cares?”

That's the spirit!

[Azza]

With DCE likely to get his charge overturned it will be closer than a lot of people think.

Eagles by 253.

[-TW-]

With DCE likely to get his charge overturned it will be closer than a lot of people think.

Eagles by 253.

At half time?

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[The Nickman]

I’d be more than happy for Weekes, Strange and Stewart to get another run provided the coach sorts out the damned dummy half rotation

It’s now more critical than ever

[dubby]

And they responded.

Agreed, TW pointed out our 64 missed tackles.

[Hong Kong Raider]

I'm expecting an EW recall.

Simisagi OUT
EW IN

Fair call, Simis defence was putrid bad.

10 missed tackles.

10.

Yet not a response from the peanut gallery

In the match thread, Seiff and I pointed out his bad defence in the first half. It was so obvious. Even before the Hynes try in the second half. I also said he needed to be dropped due to his defence in a post above before his stats came out on his mistackles.

Although I’m not a peanut.

[Botman]

Danny Levi had one of the worst 30 minutes of football in recent raiders history.

Yet not a response from the peanut gallery!

[Ben & Sev Love Milk]

The echos for Puru to be selected as a back up 9, when he hasn’t actually trialed, played or trained in the position is peak GH and is as likely to happen as Cotric in the backrow.

Yeah , hard to disagree with this I’d just like to see Puru get a chance as harsh as it sounds possibly for Saulo because he has improved a lot this year .

[Neeeegz]

I'm expecting an EW recall.

Simisagi OUT
EW IN

Fair call, Simis defence was putrid bad.

10 missed tackles.

10.

Yet not a response from the peanut gallery

Didn't he make 40 or something tho ? And a few key mistakes and bad defensive reads

[Neeeegz]

I want to see this please

1. Stewart
2. Savage
3. Kris
4. Timoko
5. Cotric
6. Strange
7. Cook
8. Mariota
9. Woolford
10. Tapine c
11. Mooney
12. Simisagi
13. Young

14. Weekes
15. Papalii
16. Whitehead c
17. Saulo

18. Hoppa
19. Hola

I think this is the best team we can field for this game

[Dylan’s Raiders]

We just looked so fatigued against the sharks… it was 65 odd missed tackles and they ran for 500 odd more meters in 50/50 possession.

It’s our forward pack. The points came - Levi should have passed the ball on but he dropped it and Strange couldn’t get the ball down but that’s two weeks in a row our forward pack has been dominated.

What the hell is the spine supposed to do on the back of that.

[NoMan]

I'm expecting an EW recall.

Simisagi OUT
EW IN

Fair call, Simis defence was putrid bad.

10 missed tackles.

10.

Yet not a response from the peanut gallery

Didn't he make 40 or something tho ? And a few key mistakes and bad defensive reads

50 tackles means he was targeted big time and it worked. He can’t keep his spot.

[The Nickman]

And they responded.

Agreed, TW pointed out our 64 missed tackles.

Are you talking about me? What the **** do I have to do with Sasagi?

Honestly, your paranoia to do with all things Rocky Stewart related shows no bounds

[The Nickman]

Danny Levi had one of the worst 30 minutes of football in recent raiders history.

Yet not a response from the peanut gallery!

Hahahaha such a weird attack at nobody by dubby

Which then turned out to be me and TW, for some reason… apparently

[Botman]

I reckon we'll see 3 and maybe 4 changes to the team

Sasagi is going to go for EW. Not sure it's a major upgrade if im being honest, but Sasagi's not keeping his spot after that performance and nor should he
I think Hoppa is going to come back into the team for Schiller and im not super pumped about that, if fixing our defence is the goal, Cotric is better but id take a punt on Asomua myself... but with Schiller's future lying elsewhere, on the balance i'd probably keep him but im less interested in living through his defensive growing pains, the knights can figure that out next year.

I think we're going to get a change at hooker. We might not! Stuart is nothing if not stubborn but i also dont recall him straight up hooking a bloke, old school, like that before. Levi put in one of the worst 30 minutes of football you'll ever see and Stuart was clearly as disgusted by it as we all were. That will be where my eyes go first. What happens at 9 and 14.

the 4th - im curious about Weekes. I think he'll stick with him for now. But a change, even after 1 game would be understandable. It did not work.