'12 | R7 | Sat | Roosters 12-50 Cowboys | TIO Stadium, Darwin

[Timmah]

1. Anthony Minichiello 2. Justin Carney 3. Joseph 'BJ' Leilua 4. Shaun Kenny-Dowall 5. Sam Perrett 6. Braith Anasta 7. Mitchell Pearce
8. Jared Waerea-Hargreaves 9. Jake Friend 10. Martin Kennedy 11. Boyd Cordner 12. Mitchell Aubusson 13. Tinirau Arona

Interchange: 14. Aidan Guerra 15. Lama Tasi 16. Brad Takairangi 17. Anthony Mitchell
Reserves: 18. Daniel Mortimer 19. Jack Bosden

1. Matthew Bowen 2. Ashley Graham 3. Brent Tate 4. Antonio Winterstein 5. Kalifa Faifai Loa 6. Johnathan Thurston (c) 7. Ray Thompson
8. Ashton Sims 9. Aaron Payne 10. James Tamou 11. Gavin Cooper 12. Glenn Hall 13. Dallas Johnson

Interchange: 14. James Segeyaro 15. Scott Bolton 16. Ricky Thorby 17. Tariq Sims
Reserves: 18. Moses Pangai

Referees
Ashley Klein and Gavin Morris
Sideline Officials: Ricky MacFarlane and Dan Eastwood
Video Referee: Phil Cooley


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[Horrie Is God]

Both team will want to play better than they did this weekend..

The conditions will favour NQ as Easts have for some reason taken their home game to Darwin..

Both teams looked good in patches while being flogged by Melbourne..

The Roosters will be on the 2nd leg of a Queensland/NT road trip so the effects of travel may play a part on their performance..

NQ play a catch me if you can game,points wise,while the Roosters defence (apart from the last 40 minutes against Melbourne) has been far & away the best part of their game this year..

Due to my bias i tipped the Roosters..

 

[BDR]

Depends on how we rebound, we should get it done.

Cows 13+

 

[kia ora storm]

Chooks by 2..

 

[Valheru]

The time of year has come again where we move a home game to some odd venue and invite a team to play there that are actually based closer to the ground than we are and thrive in the conditions.

Newcastle @ Gosford
Warriors @ Christchurch
Cowboys @ Darwin.

I hear Melbourne at Geelong and Canberra at Goulburn will be our next moves.

 

[jimmy_the_greek]

I didn't even realize the Roosters are on 8 points...they came from nowhere which is a bit of a danger sign if they manage to hit great form. I think Cowboys by 4 though in this game.

 

[matrightyeh]

very tough one

 

[Timmah]

Teams named. Still no Moga for the Roosters!

 

[2010Dragons]

Cowgirls by 12

 

[the dude]

Roosters ladder position will better reflect their talent level at the end of this round.

Cowboys by 20

 

[adamkungl]

Souffs ladder position at the end of the season will perfectly reflect their talent. lol@9th

Chooks in a close one.

 

[Babyface O'reilly]

I understand why the chooks took this game away as we don't get good home crowds against the Cowboys but as already discussed, the choice of venue appears to be a dumb one. Surely C Coast or Perth would've been better. We drop enough ball as it is without humid conditions, so I expect another ugly game. I can't tip against us. Chooks by 6.

 

[Rhino_NQ]

Looking forward to seeing what the ground is like in NT.

We had the storms measure for 40 minutes last week and then just lost our bundle after 3 tries in the first 8 minutes of the second half. Wins against the Titans are hard to gauge as well with how well they have been going so it's a tricky one to pick. In past seasons when Scotty we have struggled with metres but Ashton has had a big cup of harden the f$ck up in the off season and has been great filling in the run on spot with a few 100+m games in a row now.

Cows by 10. Cooper to continue to push for an origin berth.

 

[the dude]

Cowboys 13+ is my lock of the week.

 

[Miller was a legend]

In NT, the heat and humidity. Cows better suited to conditions. Cows in a tight one

 

[sputneek]

Can't see anything but a Roosters 13+ win here. Thurston will be shut down by Anasta, Pearce will dominate Thompson. Our forward pack will thrive in the conditions while the Cowboys will tire after 10 mins on the field. Their only threat will be Bowen, but he needs to play a roving lock forward role to be effective.

 

[Grapple]

13+ Cowboys.

Big Tariq Sims to go mental off the bench and Thurston to be at his best.

 

[Smooth Operator • • •]

Going to be a hot and sticky night up there in Darwin, apparently its harsher than Townsville. Roosters to struggle in the conditions.

Cowboys 22
Roosters 10

HT Cowboys 12 - 6

 

[Horrie Is God]

I'm hearing Tagive in for Carney for Easts..

 

[Big Sam]

Will the crowd up there end up being higher than if the game was played at Allianz?