Round 6 TLT vs Titans

[Chipmunk]

I reckon Penisini is no chance. He has been named because at this present time they've got no idea who will play right centre.

 

[Chipmunk]

To be honest, give The Plane a call and stick him at right centre for a week. Even at his age and fitness, he'd shit all over the alternatives.

 

[Eelementary]

Maybe but its still a weak forward pack.

Oh, for sure - I'm very worried.

 

[senior]

The Tits will get good field position but if we defend like we did yesterday we should win

 

[King-Gutho94]

Taniela Lasalo still plays for the hills bulls!

Jirah Momoisea is playing 25 mins a week for Ryde Eastwood Hawks

 

[King-Gutho94]

To be honest, give The Plane a call and stick him at right centre for a week. Even at his age and fitness, he'd shit all over the alternatives.

Well it is the Jarryd Hayne Cup this week

 

[eel01s]

The future is now. We have no choice.

Just a reminder we still have 2 top 30 spots open.

 

[Eelogical]

Is Guymer a reserve back or a reserve forward ? I can't keep up.

it depends on which player is hip dropped for the season.

 

[Eelogical]

Geez Russell came out of that clash pretty groggy, I'm surprised its a Cat 2

They certainly won't allow him to use tap 'n go to pay his fine.

 

[eels_fan]

Wouldn’t surprise me is Volkman shines next to Moses.

No more confusion about who is calling the shots with two 7s out there. Moses directs, Volkman runs.

 

[hineyrulz]

The future is now. We have no choice.

Just a reminder we still have 2 top 30 spots open.

Improving the squad are not what the smart clubs do.

 

[Eelogical]

Please update if I've missed some injuries. I think Moretti has been out for a bit which is why he looked unfit, and possibly Guymer was injured to start the season?

Our COE should have been Excellenting. No excuses!

 

[Eelogical]

Improving the squad are not what the smart clubs do.

We need a list of smart NRL clubs in order of IQ. 1 being least smartest.

 

[Pazza]

We need a list of smart NRL clubs in order of IQ. 1 being least smartest.

It's not the club's job to be smart

 

[Noise]

We need a list of smart NRL clubs in order of IQ. 1 being least smartest.

1. Eels

 

[Parrapat]

I forgot Ryan Matterson who appears to also be season over given his ongoing concussion issues.

So, our starting prop and both 2nd rowers are season over. 2 are state of origin tier.

Starting 5/8 and backup 5/8 are gone for minimum 6 weeks.

Starting fullback is gone for another 8 weeks.

3 starting centres are out.

Is Tago and Renisini injured?

Count	Name	Position	Injury	When	Due Back
1	Isaiah Iongi	Fullback	Ankle	Round 4	Round 13
2	Bailey Simonsson	Winger	Ankle	Round 5	Season over
3	Will Penisini	Centre	Groin	Round 1	Round 6
4	Sean Russell	Centre	HIA	Round 6	Round 7
5	Jordan Samrani	Centre	Knee	Round 3	Round 10
6	Josh Addo-Carr	Winger	Hand	Pre-season	Round 2
7	Apa Twidle	Winger	Grade 3 AC Joint	Round 5	A Grade 3 AC joint injury (complete tear of ligaments) typically requires 6–12 weeks for recovery without surgery, and 4–6 months if surgery is performed.
8	Jonah Pezet	Five-Eighth	Hamstring	Round 5	>Round 10 (unavailable for 4-6 weeks with a left hamstring strain)
9	J'maine Hopgood	Prop	ACL	Round 3	Season over
10	Matt Doorey	2nd Row	Knee	Round 4	Season over
11	Ryan Matterson	2nd Row	Concussion	Pre-season	Season over
12	Jake Tago	Winger	??	Round 4
13	Richard Penisini	Centre	??
14	Luca Moretti	2nd Row	??	Pre-season	Round 5

 

[Eelogical]

1. Eels

So, you're saying that we're one of the smart clubs? I was thinking that there's a distinction between the smart and dumb clubs.

 

[viole02]

According to tct Russell was only a cat 2 and Ryles reckons he's good

No fkn shot bro. Sean had no clue he was in comm bank when he got up

 

[Twizzle]

Here's a breakdown of the 2026 injuries so far:

Count	Name	Position	Injury	When	Due Back
1	Isaiah Iongi	Fullback	Ankle	Round 4	Round 13
2	Bailey Simonsson	Winger	Ankle	Round 6	Season over
3	Will Penisini	Centre	Groin	Round 1	Round 6
4	Sean Russell	Centre	HIA	Round 6	Round 7
5	Jordan Samrani	Centre	Knee	Round 3	Round 10
6	Josh Addo-Carr	Winger		Pre-season	Round 2
7	Apa Twidle	Winger	Grade 3 AC Joint	Round 6	A Grade 3 AC joint injury (complete tear of ligaments) typically requires 6–12 weeks for recovery without surgery, and 4–6 months if surgery is performed.
8	Jonah Pezet	Five-Eighth	Hamstring	Round 6	>Round 10 (unavailable for 4-6 weeks with a left hamstring strain)
9	J'maine Hopgood	Prop	ACL	Round 3	Season over
10	Matt Doorey	2nd Row	Knee	Round 4	Season over

3 starting player's seasons over.

Entire backline except starting 1/2 out injured plus first choice backups in Twidle and Samrani.

By the looks of it Ryley Smith and Mitch Moses are playing injured, and JAC has a rib injury.

I'm super impressed by Ryles getting this squad back into contention scoring more tries than the 2nd placed Tigpies, putting the most point on the light years ahead of everyone else Panties, and knocking over last years premiers on their home ground.

Bravo, Ryles and the entire coaching team.

Best to post this in the Injury Updates thread

Injury Updates

Kenny wasn't a classic hip drop. Barely anything in it. Galvin does atleast 3 or 4 of those a game if watch his tackling style. Disagree on Kenny it was a classic hip drop worse than couchman. Galvin is protected..

forums.leagueunlimited.com

 

[Twizzle]

See this is why I am starting to lose a bit of faith in Ryles....

Volkman is ok but if Lorenzo is the future play him..

Good to see Nanva getting a run.

We must be playing Cup this week, looking at that line up.