2021 Rd 18 V Sharks: Teams and Previews *Teams p1*

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Who will win?

Raiders 13+
2
15%
Raiders 1-12
3
23%
Draw
1
8%
Sharks 1-12
4
31%
Sharks 13+
3
23%
 
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Currently at Gold Coast but cause there is no certainty about being able to get to the game.. back to Canberra tomorrow as previously planned its kinda stupid we would look to extend stay otherwise

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papabear wrote:honestly, some of the personal attacks by long standing members of this board is a bit disappointing.

croker v timoko right now - niether player is screaming to be picked... either way you can make your point without being borderline abusive.
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gergreg wrote: July 15, 2021, 2:37 pm
papabear wrote:honestly, some of the personal attacks by long standing members of this board is a bit disappointing.

croker v timoko right now - niether player is screaming to be picked... either way you can make your point without being borderline abusive.
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What's this in regards to? Tickets?

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UPDATED: Canberra Raiders to play NRL double header with Melbourne Storm



The Canberra Raiders have had their game with the Cronulla Sharks on the Gold Coast switched from 3pm to 5.30pm on Saturday to form a double header with the Melbourne Storm versus Newcastle Knights - with the North Queensland Cowboys-Sydney Roosters match moving to 3pm.

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

Storm to host Knights on Gold Coast with two other games switched

The Storm have relocated to Queensland for the third time in a year and will host the Newcastle Knights at Robina Stadium on Saturday night. The clash between the Storm and Knights will now kick off at 7.35pm as the second game of a Saturday double-header on the Gold Coast. The first match will be between the Raiders and Sharks at 5.35pm, moved from its original time slot of 3pm.

Read more: https://www.nrl.com/news/2021/07/15/sto ... 12-months/

The Melbourne Storm will host the Newcastle Knights as part of a Super Saturday double header on the Gold Coast, after relocating to Brisbane following an announcement of a lock-down in Melbourne.

The North Queensland Cowboys will now host a Saturday afternoon game ahead of the V8 motor race which will now begin at the conclusion of the game.

Saturday’s revised schedule will now be:

3pm: North Queensland Cowboys v Sydney Roosters at North Queensland Stadium
5.30pm: Canberra Raiders v Cronulla Sharks at Robina Stadium
7.35pm: Melbourne Storm v Newcastle Knights at Robina Stadium

National Rugby League Chief Executive Andrew Abdo said the revised schedule would be a win for south east Queensland league fans and north Queensland sporting fans.

“The Gold Coast now hosts a double header on Saturday which gives fans the opportunity to see twice the action and that’s a good outcome for the game,’’ he said.

“The Cowboys will now play at 3pm and I want to thank the V8 Supercars who are moving their race in Townsville back to ensure no overlap between the two events. This collaboration is a win for all sports fans.

“I want to thank all clubs for working together to achieve a schedule in the best interests of the competition, in particular the North Queensland Cowboys who agreed to re-schedule a genuine home game on very short notice.”

Mr Abdo said Storm players and their families would arrive in Brisbane tonight. Given Melbourne is not currently a hot spot the team will be based at a separate hotel to the Brisbane hub, but will remain under Level 4 restrictions.

“It’s clear the risk to the competition is too great to keep the Storm in Melbourne, so we have made the decision to relocate the club to Brisbane,’’ he said.

“The Storm have made significant sacrifices over the last two years, I want to thank the players and staff for everything they are doing to keep our competition going.”

NRL media release

Storm relocating for third time in 12 months: https://www.nrl.com/news/2021/07/15/sto ... 12-months/

VIDEO: Canberra Raiders take on Cronulla Sutherland Sharks at Robina Stadium on Saturday. Jamie Soward previews the match: https://www.nrl.com/news/2021/07/15/rai ... -round-18/

MATCH PREVIEW: Raiders v Sharks: https://thegh.com.au/forum/viewtopic.ph ... 0#p1815210

https://www.raiders.com.au/news/2021/07 ... -v-sharks/
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5.30 works

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Northern Raider wrote:
gergreg wrote: July 15, 2021, 2:37 pm
papabear wrote:honestly, some of the personal attacks by long standing members of this board is a bit disappointing.

croker v timoko right now - niether player is screaming to be picked... either way you can make your point without being borderline abusive.
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Some sort of partially formed imbecile then?
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gergreg wrote:
Northern Raider wrote:
gergreg wrote: July 15, 2021, 2:37 pm
papabear wrote:honestly, some of the personal attacks by long standing members of this board is a bit disappointing.

croker v timoko right now - niether player is screaming to be picked... either way you can make your point without being borderline abusive.
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-TW- wrote: July 15, 2021, 7:43 pm
gergreg wrote:
Northern Raider wrote:
gergreg wrote: July 15, 2021, 2:37 pm
papabear wrote:honestly, some of the personal attacks by long standing members of this board is a bit disappointing.

croker v timoko right now - niether player is screaming to be picked... either way you can make your point without being borderline abusive.
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-TW- wrote:
gergreg wrote:
Northern Raider wrote:
gergreg wrote: July 15, 2021, 2:37 pm
papabear wrote:honestly, some of the personal attacks by long standing members of this board is a bit disappointing.

croker v timoko right now - niether player is screaming to be picked... either way you can make your point without being borderline abusive.
Acknowledged. I've let a troll get under my skin. He's now on ignore. Apologies to every other member of this forum.

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Our game confirmed for 5.35pm. Double header with Storm v Knights to follow.

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afgtnk wrote: July 14, 2021, 10:32 pm Really don't know why they wouldn't be using the grounds at Sunshine Coast and Redcliffe in order to lighten the strain.

Five games of League in less than a week seems an unnecessary load on the one ground and risks damaging it.
The issue is the broadcasters. They can only cover so many grounds. The Knights are already based on the Sunshine Coast and the Storm normally play there so it would have made sense to play them there but I doubt they have the equipment.

The GWS v Swans game was set down for Saturday afternoon but will now be Sunday night. The reason they have said is the couldn’t play at the Gabba and Metricon (the Suns are playing at home too) on the same day because of the broadcasters.

The AFL seems to have decided not to have double headers rather they may play two games at the one venue in a day but have a few hours in between. I suspect it is because of the change room facilities.

The broadcasters in SE Qld and it is all outsourced to NEP are doing 7 NRL, 4 AFL and a Wallabies test this weekend. Probably a tough ask considering they probably aren’t allowed to bring any trucks or personnel from Sydney or Melbourne.
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Still no news on ticketing.
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Northern Raider wrote: July 16, 2021, 10:31 am Still no news on ticketing.
Still not seeing anything.
Surely they have to release then soon
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Bay53 wrote:
afgtnk wrote: July 14, 2021, 10:32 pm Really don't know why they wouldn't be using the grounds at Sunshine Coast and Redcliffe in order to lighten the strain.

Five games of League in less than a week seems an unnecessary load on the one ground and risks damaging it.
The issue is the broadcasters. They can only cover so many grounds. The Knights are already based on the Sunshine Coast and the Storm normally play there so it would have made sense to play them there but I doubt they have the equipment.

The GWS v Swans game was set down for Saturday afternoon but will now be Sunday night. The reason they have said is the couldn’t play at the Gabba and Metricon (the Suns are playing at home too) on the same day because of the broadcasters.

The AFL seems to have decided not to have double headers rather they may play two games at the one venue in a day but have a few hours in between. I suspect it is because of the change room facilities.

The broadcasters in SE Qld and it is all outsourced to NEP are doing 7 NRL, 4 AFL and a Wallabies test this weekend. Probably a tough ask considering they probably aren’t allowed to bring any trucks or personnel from Sydney or Melbourne.
This theory makes sense, no way tickets aren’t on sale by now without big issues behind the scenes.
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LimeGreenMachine wrote: July 16, 2021, 2:06 pm
Northern Raider wrote: July 16, 2021, 10:31 am Still no news on ticketing.
Still not seeing anything.
Surely they have to release then soon
Stadium website has updated the schedule. Still says tickets are "onsale shortly".
https://cbussuperstadium.com.au/Events/ ... harks.aspx

Interesting they've waived parking restrictions so we can drive there.
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Tickets on sale at 4pm



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-TW- wrote: July 16, 2021, 3:40 pm Tickets on sale at 4pm

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Yep. Saw that. Grandstand tickets for $20. Can't argue with that. :thumbsup
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I'm interested to see if the Sharks get a scrum 20m out from our line if Sam Wiiliams will defend in the line at A or B defender from the scrum base. Lets see if anything has been learnt from previous weeks.
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lomax wrote: July 16, 2021, 3:49 pm I'm interested to see if the Sharks get a scrum 20m out from our line if Sam Wiiliams will defend in the line at A or B defender from the scrum base. Lets see if anything has been learnt from previous weeks.
Indeed. Get him out of there trying to chase from the base. No need for him to be there in the first place when we're defending - this isn't the 60s.
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Northern Raider wrote:
-TW- wrote: July 16, 2021, 3:40 pm Tickets on sale at 4pm

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Yep. Saw that. Grandstand tickets for $20. Can't argue with that. :thumbsup
I’m still getting the same message as earlier today?
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luffraider wrote: July 16, 2021, 4:08 pm
Northern Raider wrote:
-TW- wrote: July 16, 2021, 3:40 pm Tickets on sale at 4pm

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Yep. Saw that. Grandstand tickets for $20. Can't argue with that. :thumbsup
I’m still getting the same message as earlier today?
Go to the game page on NRL and click on Buy Tickets. Takes you through to the right Ticketek page.

https://www.nrl.com/draw/nrl-premiershi ... -v-sharks/

Only selling Western Stand at the moment. Got tickets in section 5-1. Don't expect too many people to be there.
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Never been to the ground before, anyone have any tips if I was planning to drive from Coolangatta?

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JRC wrote:Never been to the ground before, anyone have any tips if I was planning to drive from Coolangatta?

Cheers
Take the first Robina exit and should be plenty of parking around the shopping centre.

I can’t imagine there will be many fans there and parking should be easy. Apparently origin night was quite easy to find a park
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Going to put $10 on Croker fts
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Canberra Raiders' Jarrod Croker feels for Sydney-based NRL players with families presently unable to travel to Queensland





On one hand, Jarrod Croker's very happy his wife Brittany and son Rory are allowed to move to Queensland. But on the other, he felt for the Greater Sydney-based players, who still don't know if their families will be able to join them in Queensland over the next month.

"Very happy mate, but I also feel really sorry for those Sydney boys," he said. "I do feel for them, it's a bit tough on them, but hopefully they can work out something.

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

Josh Hodgson hopes Kangaroos bounce into World Cup

England international Josh Hodgson hopes Australia comes around and defends their world title at this year's Rugby League World Cup. Every country apart from Australia has vowed to take part.

"Hopefully we can get it going ... not just for the good of the nations, but the good of the game and the growth of the game.

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



NEXT WEEK'S REVISED DRAW

ROUND 19

Thursday, July 22
Eels v Raiders, Robina Stadium, 7.50pm
Friday, July 23
Roosters v Knights, Sunshine Coast Stadium, 6pm
Cowboys v Storm, North Queensland Stadium, 7.55pm
Saturday, July 24
Rabbitohs v Warriors, Sunshine Coast Stadium, 3pm
Sea Eagles v Tigers, Lang Park, 5.30pm
Panthers v Broncos, Lang Park, 7.35pm
Sunday, July 25
Dragons v Titans, Robina Stadium, 1.50pm
Bulldogs v Sharks, Robina Stadium, 4.05pm
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luffraider wrote:
JRC wrote:Never been to the ground before, anyone have any tips if I was planning to drive from Coolangatta?

Cheers
Take the first Robina exit and should be plenty of parking around the shopping centre.

I can’t imagine there will be many fans there and parking should be easy. Apparently origin night was quite easy to find a park
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afgtnk wrote: July 16, 2021, 3:54 pm
lomax wrote: July 16, 2021, 3:49 pm I'm interested to see if the Sharks get a scrum 20m out from our line if Sam Wiiliams will defend in the line at A or B defender from the scrum base. Lets see if anything has been learnt from previous weeks.
Indeed. Get him out of there trying to chase from the base. No need for him to be there in the first place when we're defending - this isn't the 60s.
In the Manly match he packed into a scrum. That is one way not to be isolated in the backline. Not recommended though.
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