Match Discussion: Round 3 vs Rabbitohs @ McDonald Jones Stadium

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NRL 2017 - Round 3
Newcastle Knights v South Sydney Rabbitohs
McDonald Jones Stadium, New Lambton (TICKETS)
Saturday 18 March 2017

Gates 12pm / NYC 12:15pm / ISP 2:10pm / NRL 4:30pm

1. Brendan Elliott 2. Ken Sio 3. Dane Gagai 4. Peter Mata'utia 5. Nathan Ross 6. Brock Lamb 7. Trent Hodkinson 8. Daniel Saifiti 9. Danny Levi 10. Josh Starling 11. Sione Mata'utia 12. Jamie Buhrer 13. Mitchell Barnett
Interchange: 14. Luke Yates 15. Jack Stockwell 16. Sam Stone 17. Jacob Saifiti 18. Jacob Gagan 19. Joe Wardle 20. Josh King 21. Anthony Tupou

1. Alex Johnston 2. Braidon Burns 3. Hymel Hunt 4. Robert Jennings 5. Bryson Goodwin 6. Cody Walker 7. Adam Reynolds 8. Zane Musgrove 9. Robbie Farah 10. Jason Clark 11. John Sutton 12. Kyle Turner 13. Sam Burgess
Interchange: 14. Damien Cook 15. Angus Crichton 16. Robbie Rochow 17. George Burgess 18. Siosifa Talakai 19. Anthony Cherrington 20. Cameron Murray 21. Thomas Burgess

Referees: Dave Munro, Chris Sutton
Sideline Officials: Russell Turner, Michael Gordon
Video Referees: Jared Maxwell, Bryan Norrie

U20s Round 3
Knights v Rabbitohs at McDonald Jones Stadium, Sat 12:15pm (Fox)

ISP Round 3
Newcastle Knights v North Sydney Bears (Rabbitohs) at McDonald Jones Stadium, Sat 2:10pm (Fox)​

 

[Zoidberg]

Yeah, we got dis one too.

 

[Hardcore_Fan]

Can't see us getting the win here. Souths are a big step up from the titans.

 

[Mr_Knightside]

Still very winnable. Us at home and Souths aren't the same team they were a couple of years ago.

 

[Caped Crusader]

Souffs made easy work of Manly who have a better side than us

Can't see us winning tbh

 

[Johns Magic]

Souffs made easy work of Manly who have a better side than us

You reckon?

Take out the 1 and 7 and what have they got over us?

 

[Knight76]

Agreed that Souths are going to be a bigger test than Titans.

We beat a Titans team without a firing fullback, and 1 player on the bench for half the match.

Sure, they got some luck tries that flattered them, but even if we beat them by 20 I would still be posting this for this week.

I'm looking for a solid performance by the team, no long periods of slacking off and letting the floodgates open. Be in the contest for the 80. If we lost by a try or two I'll be happy with that.

A win of course would be sensational.

 

[slotmachine]

Based on the first two games I will enjoy the first 25 minutes, then get filled with rage when the starting forwards get taken off.

 

[Caped Crusader]

You reckon?

Take out the 1 and 7 and what have they got over us?

Jake T for starters.

Green is a very good 5/8 too, certainly better than either of our halves.

Korisau is a great player too but not a hooker

Hell, even Dylan Walker would walk into our 3/4 line

 

[Johns Magic]

Jake T for starters.

Green is a very good 5/8 too, certainly better than either of our halves.

Korisau is a great player too but not a hooker

Hell, even Dylan Walker would walk into our 3/4 line

I don't particularly rate any of those players to be honest. Jake T will just be an honest clubman IMO, I would take Barnett over him.

 

[Glendale]

Us by 4

 

[Jono078]

We gotta be confident going into this. Won't be easy but hoping we can be in it come the last 10 again.

 

[Pedge1971]

Lets hope the fans show up. The crowd definitely lifted then at the end last week. Should be a cracker but hard to tip us if Reynolds and Walker play.

Thing we will be in it though.

 

[Hardcore_Fan]

Crowd will be 16-17k imo. Souths are generally one of our better drawing crowds.

We got 13k against the titans who are the worst drawing.

 

[Swarzey]

Completely disagree with Souths being a big step up from the Titans. If Souths' pack can't get rolling, they've got nothing; don't see Walker or Reynolds doing enough behind a pack that isn't rolling up the field easy. There's nobody who can really spark them like Inglis did. Titans had a better pack and we handled them well.

If they got plenty of confidence from the win, we should win this and even win it quite well. Souths looked good against Manly but Manly were absolutely woeful after the first 15 minutes.

 

[Knight76]

Titans also had only one player to interchange for half the match and may have had a lot to do with how easy we handled them.

I'm not trying to discredit the Knights performance as they did well. But Souths should prove a bigger challenge.

 

[alexwilliams_66692007]

Knights squad vs Rabbitohs:

1. Brendan Elliott
2. Ken Sio
3. Dane Gagai
4. Peter Mata'utia
5. Nathan Ross
6. Brock Lamb
7. Trent Hodkinson
8. Daniel Saifiti
9. Danny Levi
10. Josh Starling
11. Sione Mata'utia
12. Jamie Buhrer
13. Mitchell Barnett
14. Luke Yates
15. Jack Stockwell
16. Sam Stone
17. Jacob Saifiti
18. Jacob Gagan
19. Joe Wardle
20. Josh King
21. Anthony Tupou

 

[PhilGould]

Rabbitohs line-up is pretty unimpressive, particularly their other starting forwards (other than Burgess). If we keep up the intensity and effort from last week I think we're in with a good chance.

 

[macavity]

Love to give it to pea-heart Rochow here with a win.

 

[Mr_Knightside]

I feel like we've got them covered in the forwards and our backline actually looks pretty good compared to theirs. Their halves are definitely better than ours though. Reynolds is a master at getting repeat sets and creating pressure and Walker plays what's in front of him and is a pretty dangerous ball runner.

If we can win the forward battle and mininize their time attacking our goal line then I think we'll win. But if we let them get repeat set after repeat set which they are capable of doing then they'll wear us down and we'll concede points.

If our forwards stand up I believe we've got enough points in our backline to win a close one.