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Dragons Named For Emergency Services Cup

Tue 14th June, 05:00PM A A

The St George Illawarra Dragons will compete against the Melbourne Storm for the Emergency Services Cup in a triple-header of rugby league at WIN Stadium, Wollongong on Saturday.
Head Coach Paul McGregor has named a 17-man line-up which sees fullback Jason Nightingale continue his role as custodian and winger Kurt Mann named on the flanks.

Furthermore, Dragons prop Jack de Belin has been named on the interchange alongside utilities Will Matthews, Siliva Havili and Jake Marketo.
The Emergency Services Cup is an initiative between the Dragons and the Storm, with the support of the New South Wales and Victorian Governments, established in 2009.
It recognises all the Emergency Services personnel who give up their services to the communities of both States.

1. Jason Nightingale
2. Kalifa Faifai Loa
3. Euan Aitken
4. Tim Lafai
5. Kurt Mann
6. Gareth Widdop (c)
7. Benji Marshall
8. Leeson Ah Mau
9. Mitch Rein
10. Russell Packer
11. Tyson Frizell
12. Joel Thompson
13. Mike Cooper
14. Jack de Belin
15. Will Matthews
16. Siliva Havili
18. Jake Marketo
Unavailable: Ben Creagh (Knee - TBC); Josh Dugan (Elbow - Round 17); Dylan Farrell (Back - TBC); Yaw Kiti Glymin (Hamstring - Round 16); Mose Masoe (Knee - Season).


http://www.dragons.com.au/news/2016/...ed_for_em.html
 
blacksafake

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Can't see us getting them, even without smith & cronk. Their pack is so strong, they are well coached(unlike us) & more speed across the park. We would need to have a far superior % of possession & some luck from the officials.
 
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No #17
maybe the door is open for Sims to come early or even a promote from the Cutters or U'20 squad.

Strange enough Nona is named as a bench player for the Cutters this week and given Hutch a start. Haven't seen Wallace's name mentioned for a long time.
 
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Supercoach strikes again with the same old line-up.
Why can't milne at least get another chance over lafai, he has been non existant.
 
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They rotated Hutchison, McCrone and Nona last weekend.

Wallace has had consussion issues and the others have played better.
 
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High Performance Update: Round 15

Wed 15th June, 12:00PM A A

St George Illawarra Dragons Head of Medical and Performance Tony Ayoub provides an update on the team’s preparation ahead of the upcoming fixture against the Melbourne Storm at WIN Stadium, Wollongong on Saturday.
Ayoub provides an update on injured Dragons fullback Josh Dugan (ebow) who commenced light group training this week as well as the training load of the playing squad due the short turnaround in between fixtures.


http://www.dragons.com.au/news/2016/06/15/high_performance_upd.html
 
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Talk that the Dugan wil be back for the storm game.

If so, who makes way?

Mann out, Flo to wing or Lafai out, Mann to centre?

I like the later as I think Mann has shown enough to stay in the 17 and whilst I was prepared to give Lafai time to get back to his best, it's been half a season now and while he has improved, he is still nowhere near his best.

Thoughts?
 
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Great news if true, hope lafai is dropped for Mann to go to his centre spot. He showed way more than lafai did in the last two weeks.
 
FlameThrower

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Mickthedragon said:
Great news if true, hope lafai is dropped for Mann to go to his centre spot. He showed way more than lafai did in the last two weeks.
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Agreed, of the the 2 Kurt Mann had the horror start to his career here and clawed his way back, Timmy is in neutral and seems off with fairies most times,,
Has had half a season to show spark and has not really delivered...
 
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Luke Patten hasn't been our video ref for some time.

Ziggy is the man to watch.
 
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Old Timer said:
Luke asked for the match in light of all the positive press he has been getting on our forum.
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Let's face it, they are the stars on the show.

Everyone pays their admission to watch a bloke blow a whistle.
 
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Packer: Nothing To Lose

Fri 17th June, 07:00AM A A


By Jack Brady (NRL.com)
Dragons front-rower Russell Packer is embracing a 'nothing to lose' mentality ahead of his impending battle with Storm co-captain Jesse Bromwich on Saturday night.
In a stark comparison to how their careers have gone, Packer's lone Test for New Zealand is no match for Bromwich's 18 games (and counting) with him also the incumbent Kiwis skipper.

Packer also spoke about the Dragons' disappointment in letting the Bulldogs run all over them last Monday – where they conceded 470 more metres.
"You see the work Jesse gets through in a game and the things he does for the team and you realise he is a massive part of the Storm and why they have been so successful," Packer said.
"We have to do our best on him and that won't be easy.
"Up against most clubs he plays, he gets his team on the front foot so he'll pose a massive challenge for us.
"We have to work together as a team and get up in his face.
"We were disappointed by the yardage the Bulldogs put on us as a whole so as a team it comes back on us to improve.
"We have nothing to lose against the Storm - so I'm pretty sure we'll turn up on Saturday."
Veteran fullback Jason Nightingale said the Dragons failed to contend with the game's see-sawing nature against the Bulldogs – including Tony Williams's controversial try assist for Will Hopoate.
"Obviously the result was very disappointing. We had a couple of momentum swings in that game that we weren't up to which played a big part in it," Nightingale said.
"Sometimes we had things swing in our favour and gained some energy from that but then it was easily taken away by their good play.

"The way we reacted to things going against us is something we need to get better at."
Josh Dugan also returned to the training paddock on Wednesday afternoon albeit with a heavily strapped elbow.
"It looked like he was trying to get some k's in his legs," Nightingale noted.
"Hopefully he'll be back next week which will be great for us."


http://www.dragons.com.au/news/2016/06/17/packer_nothing_to_lo.html
 
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