2022 Rd 18 V Storm: Teams and Previews *Teams p1*

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2022 Rd 18 V Storm: Teams and Previews

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Canberra Raiders V Melbourne Storm
Sunday 17 July, 4:05pm
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The Raiders have an Origin bye before heading to Melbourne for a clash with the Storm in Round 18. Who would you like to see line up in green in this match? Name your own team, and then see how close you were when the official teams are named on the Tuesday before the match. We will have the official squads in the first post of this thread, once they are announced.

OFFICIAL SQUADS

Canberra Raiders

1. Xavier Savage
2. Nick Cotric
3. Matt Timoko
4. Sebastian Kris
5. Jordan Rapana
6. Jack Wighton
7. Jamal Fogarty
8. Josh Papalii
9. Zac Woolford
10. Joe Tapine
11. Hudson Young
12. Elliott Whitehead (C)
13. Ryan Sutton

14. Tom Starling
15. James Schiller
16. Adam Elliott
17. Corey Horsburgh

18. Brad Schneider
19. Ata Mariota
20. Corey Harawira-Naera
21. Emre Guler
22. Albert Hopoate

Injury/Suspension

Semi Valemei, Knee (Rd 19-20)
Harry Rushton, Fractured jaw (Rd 25)
Trey Mooney, Ankle (Indefinite)
Jarrod Croker, Shoulder (Season)
Harley Smith-Shields, Knee (Season)
Josh Hodgson, Knee (Season)

Melbourne Storm

1. Ryan Papenhuyzen
2. Nick Meaney
3. Marion Seve
4. Justin Olam
5. Dean Ieremia
6. Cameron Munster
7. Jahrome Hughes
8. Jesse Bromwich
9. Harry Grant
10. Nelson Asofa-Solomona
11. Felise Kaufusi
12. Kenny Bromwich
13. Josh King

14. Tyran Wishart
15. Tui Kamikamica
16. Alec MacDonald
17. Jordan Grant

18. Jayden Nikorima
19. Chris Lewis
20. Tom Eisenhuth
21. Young Tonumaipea
22. Bronson Garlick

Injury/Suspension

Brandon Smith, Suspended (Rd 21)
Xavier Coates, Ankle (Rd 24)
Trent Loiero, Back (Indefinite)
Grant Anderson, Arm (Indefinite)
Christian Welch, Achilles (Season)
George Jennings, Knee (Season)
Reimis Smith, Pectoral (Season)

Officials

Referee: Ashley Klein
Touch judges: Phil Henderson, Drew Oultram
Video referee: Grant Atkins

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Drop fogarty, bring back Schneider for starters,
And put Jack on notice
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Jack Wighton should be dropped.
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Someone with a brain would be a start ,
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Melbourne by 100. This could be the biggest flogging of all time on the cards.
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Team selections don't mean **** until there are significant changes.

In saying that, you just know CNK is coming in for Savage. Whitehead will stay. And we see the same old **** bench rotations.
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1. Savage
2. Rapana
3. Wighton (u play here for ur state but ur club coach think otherwise)
4. Timoko
5. Cotric
6. Frawley
7. Schneider
8. Papa
9. Zac
10. Tapine
11. Young
12. Mooney
13. Elliot
14. Starling
15. Horse
16. Sutton
17. Kris
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daley6 wrote: July 3, 2022, 6:10 pm Someone with a brain would be a start ,
Yeah well that's not happening with brainfog and wrongton in the halves
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We're going to get smashed.
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Who else think Jack plays bad with added responsibility of playing in the halves? He’s not a spine player…. Put him in the centres!!
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1. Savage
2. Cotric
3. Timoko
4. Kris
5. Rapana
6. Schneider
7. Fogarty
8. Papalii
9. Woolford
10. Tapine (c)
11. Young
12. CHN
13. Wighton

14. Elliot
15. Mooney / Rushton
16. Sutton
17. Horsburgh


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14. Simmonson 15. Soliola 16. Guler 17. Horsburgh
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Botman wrote: July 3, 2022, 7:20 pm We're going to get smashed.
I agree with a fair few things these days.
And this is another.
Its weird.
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1. Savage
2. Cotric
3. Wighton
4. Timoko
5. Rapana
6. Frawley
7. Schneider
8. Horse
9. Woolford
10. Tapine c
11. Young
12. Whitehead c
13. Elliot

14. Papalii
15. Kris
16. Mooney
17. Sutton
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Do you know what worries me most about this game? It’s the beer afterwards that Ricky has with Bellamy. I’m sure a few years back that’s where Curtis Scott was sold to Rick hook line and sinker… I wonder what “flog” Bellamy has lined up for Ricky this year… no secret they need to free up salary cap to maintain Munster


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On the plus side at least it’s an away game so we won’t be doing the Viking clap
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Even if every Storm origin player didn't backup, we still lose.

But as we have to show up in some way shape or form for the executives to get their pay checks I would like us to look towards the future a bit more at least:

1 - Savage
2 - Cotric
3 - Wighton
4 - Kris
5 - Rapana
6 - Schneider
7 - Frawley
8 - Papalii
9 - Woolford
10 - Tapine (c)
11 - Young
12 - Rushton
13 - Elliot

14 - Sutton
15 - Horsburgh
16 - Mooney
17 - CHN

18 - Timoko

Even that is with at least two players who aren't showing up for us next year, but we can't drop everyone at once I guess. I picked Kris over Timoko even though they were both below average tonight... Timoko was our worst defender out there, on the odd occasions he even got involved, so he goes over Kris.
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Dusty wrote: July 3, 2022, 7:37 pm 1. Savage
2. Cotric
3. Timoko
4. Kris
5. Rapana
6. Schneider
7. Fogarty
8. Papalii
9. Woolford
10. Tapine (c)
11. Young
12. CHN
13. Wighton

14. Elliot
15. Mooney / Rushton
16. Sutton
17. Horsburgh


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Not that it matters for this game but I'd really like us to move forward with something like this:
1. Savage
2. Cotric
3. Timoko
4. Kris
5. Rapana
6. Wighton
7. Schneider
8. Papalii
9. Woolford
10. Tapine
11. Young
12. Harawira-Naera
13. Elliott

14. Trevilyan
15. Horsburgh
16. Rushton
17. Mooney
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If the coach is R. Stuart and the captain is E. Whitehead then for the first time in 3 decades, I'm out.

That was the final straw in a haystack full of displays ENTIRELY down to poor leadership on and off field.

I've met Don Jr several times, in a variety of ways. Suffice to say he's fit to run a Boost Juice, but not an NRL outfit.
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Some hard decisions need to be made. I doubt Ricky will make them, but:

1. Savage
2. Rapana
3. Kris
4. CNK - Timoko wasn't as involved against the Dragons as Kris. If Savage struggles, he can slot
straight back in.
5. Cotric
6. Wighton. Face it. Ricky will never drop his golden child.
7. Frawley because he's got the better kicking game of Wighton and Fogarty and he can tackle. That
last part negates whatever remaining reason there might have been to keep Fogs.
8. Horsburgh offers more than Papalii at the moment. Papa is looking slow and not bending the
line like he used to.
9. Woolford
10. Tapine <C>he is the future and according to Sticky, a future Kiwis captain as well.
11. Young
12. Harawira-Naera
13. Sutton

14. Elliot. Starling doing the two-step sideways and pass out of dummy half is killing us. He took
on the line once against the Dragons. Hasn't been the same since he got arrested.
15. Papalii
16. Whitehead <C>
17. Rushton

18. Mooney
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yurithe1 wrote: July 4, 2022, 1:24 am Some hard decisions need to be made. I doubt Ricky will make them, but:

1. Savage
2. Rapana
3. Kris
4. CNK - Timoko wasn't as involved against the Dragons as Kris. If Savage struggles, he can slot
straight back in.
5. Cotric
6. Wighton. Face it. Ricky will never drop his golden child.
7. Frawley because he's got the better kicking game of Wighton and Fogarty and he can tackle. That
last part negates whatever remaining reason there might have been to keep Fogs.
8. Horsburgh offers more than Papalii at the moment. Papa is looking slow and not bending the
line like he used to.
9. Woolford
10. Tapine <C>he is the future and according to Sticky, a future Kiwis captain as well.
11. Young
12. Harawira-Naera
13. Sutton

14. Elliot. Starling doing the two-step sideways and pass out of dummy half is killing us. He took
on the line once against the Dragons. Hasn't been the same since he got arrested.
15. Papalii
16. Whitehead <C>
17. Rushton

18. Mooney
Whitehead should be out of the team - by moving him to the bench is not a hard decision. We
Need Mooney and Rushton getting game time, bcoz like the over rated coach did say about Xavier - he needs game time.
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Azza wrote:On the plus side at least it’s an away game so we won’t be doing the Viking clap
I’ll still be doing the Viking fart sitting at home on the couch
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yurithe1 wrote: July 4, 2022, 1:24 am Some hard decisions need to be made. I doubt Ricky will make them, but:

1. Savage
2. Rapana
3. Kris
4. CNK - Timoko wasn't as involved against the Dragons as Kris. If Savage struggles, he can slot
straight back in.
5. Cotric
6. Wighton. Face it. Ricky will never drop his golden child.
7. Frawley because he's got the better kicking game of Wighton and Fogarty and he can tackle. That
last part negates whatever remaining reason there might have been to keep Fogs.
8. Horsburgh offers more than Papalii at the moment. Papa is looking slow and not bending the
line like he used to.
9. Woolford
10. Tapine <C>he is the future and according to Sticky, a future Kiwis captain as well.
11. Young
12. Harawira-Naera
13. Sutton

14. Elliot. Starling doing the two-step sideways and pass out of dummy half is killing us. He took
on the line once against the Dragons. Hasn't been the same since he got arrested.
15. Papalii
16. Whitehead <C>
17. Rushton

18. Mooney
Elliott is too good to ride the pine for us. That's the state we're in.

Sutton adds very little despite the GH hype he's had through the years.
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Can somebody post our W/L stats with and without Jack Wighton this season?

While they're at it, can they do the same stats for NSW?

I'm curious to see this.
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Grow a pair and drop Wighton, Ricky.

He's had a single good game this season and it wasn't at 5/8th, nor for the Raiders.
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The Nickman wrote:
Azza wrote:On the plus side at least it’s an away game so we won’t be doing the Viking clap
I’ll still be doing the Viking fart sitting at home on the couch
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Question wrote: July 4, 2022, 9:54 am
The Nickman wrote:
Azza wrote:On the plus side at least it’s an away game so we won’t be doing the Viking clap
I’ll still be doing the Viking fart sitting at home on the couch
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The Nickman wrote:
Question wrote: July 4, 2022, 9:54 am
The Nickman wrote:
Azza wrote:On the plus side at least it’s an away game so we won’t be doing the Viking clap
I’ll still be doing the Viking fart sitting at home on the couch
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Botman wrote: July 3, 2022, 7:20 pm We're going to get smashed.
Could have put it better myself.
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Well off you go then
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Roger Kenworthy wrote: July 4, 2022, 8:31 am
yurithe1 wrote: July 4, 2022, 1:24 am Some hard decisions need to be made. I doubt Ricky will make them, but:

1. Savage
2. Rapana
3. Kris
4. CNK - Timoko wasn't as involved against the Dragons as Kris. If Savage struggles, he can slot
straight back in.
5. Cotric
6. Wighton. Face it. Ricky will never drop his golden child.
7. Frawley because he's got the better kicking game of Wighton and Fogarty and he can tackle. That
last part negates whatever remaining reason there might have been to keep Fogs.
8. Horsburgh offers more than Papalii at the moment. Papa is looking slow and not bending the
line like he used to.
9. Woolford
10. Tapine <C>he is the future and according to Sticky, a future Kiwis captain as well.
11. Young
12. Harawira-Naera
13. Sutton

14. Elliot. Starling doing the two-step sideways before passing out of dummy half is killing us. He took
on the line once against the Dragons. Hasn't been the same since he got arrested.
15. Papalii
16. Whitehead <C>
17. Rushton

18. Mooney
Elliott is too good to ride the pine for us. That's the state we're in.

Sutton adds very little despite the GH hype he's had through the years.
Sutton's stats for this year so far:
Appearances 11.
Scoring. Tries 0.
Attack. Tackle Breaks 8. Average Hit Ups 9.1. Average running metres unavailable*. Post Contact Metres 407.3 (37.02 per game or about 4.1 m per hit-up). Passing. Offloads 3.
Defence. Tackles Made 338. Tackle Efficiency. 93.9 %.
**Plays an average of 46 mins per game.

Whitehead's stats in comparison:
Appearances: 14 ; Scoring. Tries: 2
Attack. Tackle Breaks: 3 ; Average Hit Ups unavailable*. Post Contact Metres unavailable*; Passing. Offloads: 12
Defence. Tackles Made: 447 Tackle efficiency 92.2%.
**Plays an average of 68 mins per game.

* Unavailable even though I used the Raiders official site for both.
** Supercoach stats.

So, give Whitehead time on the bench and bring him in fresh for Sutton or CHN with 10 to go in the first half. Then monitor him during the second half to decide when to swap him out. That task should be left to an assistant coach based on what we've seen of Ricky's bench management. Otherwise, he'll be cheerleading until there's only 8 minutes to go.
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Being in a statistical frame of mind, I checked our halves options.

Out of five games, Fogarty has had three try assists and one offload out of five appearances. Five forced drop outs.

Frawley has only one forced drop out, but he did score that cracker of a try. So, at least he asks questions of the defence.

Schneider has scored a try and can kick goals. Three try assists and two line-break assists. Two forced dropouts, although he doesn't have a huge boot, but that is supposedly what Wighton provides. The downside I thought would be his defence, but his tackle efficiency is about the same as Frawley's. Considering how pedestrian our attack has been, I've changed my mind and would take a chance on him again rather than Frawley or Fogs.
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yurithe1 wrote: July 4, 2022, 3:28 pm
Roger Kenworthy wrote: July 4, 2022, 8:31 am
yurithe1 wrote: July 4, 2022, 1:24 am Some hard decisions need to be made. I doubt Ricky will make them, but:

1. Savage
2. Rapana
3. Kris
4. CNK - Timoko wasn't as involved against the Dragons as Kris. If Savage struggles, he can slot
straight back in.
5. Cotric
6. Wighton. Face it. Ricky will never drop his golden child.
7. Frawley because he's got the better kicking game of Wighton and Fogarty and he can tackle. That
last part negates whatever remaining reason there might have been to keep Fogs.
8. Horsburgh offers more than Papalii at the moment. Papa is looking slow and not bending the
line like he used to.
9. Woolford
10. Tapine <C>he is the future and according to Sticky, a future Kiwis captain as well.
11. Young
12. Harawira-Naera
13. Sutton

14. Elliot. Starling doing the two-step sideways before passing out of dummy half is killing us. He took
on the line once against the Dragons. Hasn't been the same since he got arrested.
15. Papalii
16. Whitehead <C>
17. Rushton

18. Mooney
Elliott is too good to ride the pine for us. That's the state we're in.

Sutton adds very little despite the GH hype he's had through the years.
Sutton's stats for this year so far:
Appearances 11.
Scoring. Tries 0.
Attack. Tackle Breaks 8. Average Hit Ups 9.1. Average running metres unavailable*. Post Contact Metres 407.3 (37.02 per game or about 4.1 m per hit-up). Passing. Offloads 3.
Defence. Tackles Made 338. Tackle Efficiency. 93.9 %.
**Plays an average of 46 mins per game.

Whitehead's stats in comparison:
Appearances: 14 ; Scoring. Tries: 2
Attack. Tackle Breaks: 3 ; Average Hit Ups unavailable*. Post Contact Metres unavailable*; Passing. Offloads: 12
Defence. Tackles Made: 447 Tackle efficiency 92.2%.
**Plays an average of 68 mins per game.

* Unavailable even though I used the Raiders official site for both.
** Supercoach stats.

So, give Whitehead time on the bench and bring him in fresh for Sutton or CHN with 10 to go in the first half. Then monitor him during the second half to decide when to swap him out. That task should be left to an assistant coach based on what we've seen of Ricky's bench management. Otherwise, he'll be cheerleading until there's only 8 minutes to go.
Adam Elliott I was meaning. Def on board with Whitehead finishing the year in NSW Cup. Although to be honest he may struggle there.

Sutton isn't as impactful as his numbers suggest for mine. Opposition defenses get to relax when he has the ball.
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Sutton and Whitehead should be playing NSW cup, bring in CHN and Rushton/Mooney.
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