Eels Holden Cup Team and junior reps thread, Part II

[Poupou Escobar]

It happens to every club. There's less stability in the lower grades than there is in first grade.

 

[Joely01]

Come on 20s

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Anyway it won't be in Queensland: http://www.nrl.com/2014-holden-cup-...eleased/tabid/10874/newsid/81659/default.aspx

 

[Poupou Escobar]

So it turns out the game has been moved to Townsville as the Cowboys-Broncos curtain raiser: http://leagueunlimited.com/news/2014-finals-roadmap-september-12-14/

Probably a bit fairer on the Broncos. They'll f**ken need it.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

It looks like the game might possibly be replayed on Fox 1 at 1:30 Sunday morning. Or that could be a replay of one of the live games from earlier in the day.

 

[Obscene Assassin]

Last time our Under 20's played at 1300SMILES stadium we won 64-4

 

[Forty20]

No sight of Moeroa in the team list (although the club suggest he will play) this week but Pritchard will be named, no other significant changes to report.

 

[Forty20]

Dyldam Parramatta Eels Under 20s coach Justin Holbrook has named his side to fly to Townsville this weekend to play the Broncos in Week 1 of the Holden Cup finals series.

With the NRL Eels finishing the season 10th, both Tepai Moeroa and Kaysa Pritchard return to the NYC side this week, while second-rower Pauli Pauli is deemed ineligible for the Under 20s finals series due to his 17 NRL matches during the season.

After finishing the season in 3rd place on the Holden Cup ladder, the young Eels will take on the 2nd-placed Brisbane Broncos on Saturday, September 13, at Townsville's 1300SMILES Stadium.

Kick off is at 5.15pm.

Dyldam Parramatta Eels Under 20s:

1. Nathan Davis

2. Leva Li

3. Fabian Goodall

4. John Folau

5. Halauafu Lavaka

6. Ryan Matterson

7. Zach Dockar-Clay

8. Kelepi Tanginoa

9. Kaysa Pritchard

10. Tui Kamikamica

11. Josh Aloiai

12. Tyrell Fuimaono

13. Jeff Markus

Interchange:

14. Joey Lussick

15. Jordan Muna

16. Alex Twal

17. Fred Junior Mauala

Head Coach: Justin Holbrook

Clicky

 

[eel01s]

With the inclusion of Moeroa, is that our strongest side?

 

[Obscene Assassin]

If we could add Pauli it would be our strongest side but because he's played 17 first grade games he isn't eligible for the NYC finals. I'd want Moeroa to move into the second-row with Aloiai moving into lock and Markus dropping off completely.

 

[Chipmunk]

Am I missing something?

Tepai Moeroa returns to the NYC team, but he isn't selected. That must be a decent side if he cannot even make the team!

 

[Jake the snake]

If we could add Pauli it would be our strongest side but because he's played 17 first grade games he isn't eligible for the NYC finals. I'd want Moeroa to move into the second-row with Aloiai moving into lock and Markus dropping off completely.

Markus is not that good. Why wouldn't they name Moeroa anyway?

 

[Obscene Assassin]

About a month or two ago he was laying really good football. His step was causing defences a lot of problems but he's dropped off a little bit in the past 3 games and is struggling a little bit. He's a good player to have in the team as he adds a bit of variety in the forwards. He's not in our best 17 when we're fully fit though.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Markus is not that good. Why wouldn't they name Moeroa anyway?

Maybe it's just a typo.

 

[Joely01]

Jamil Hopoate picked up the Manly 20s player of the year award last night. A bit of a turn around for him.

 

[Joshuatheeel]

Staying off the goose juice would have helped him. Probably realised digging holes aren't that much fun.

 

[Obscene Assassin]

Jamil was a decent player for us, and I'm pretty sure he played NYC for us at 17. It's a shame that he couldn't be like his older brother and instead has chosen the path of his dad.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

The club has confirmed on Twitter that this game will be televised on Fox, though not live. It will be replayed at 1:30am (AEST) after the Cowboys-Broncos NRL replay.

 

[hindy111]

Will will probably join him 2016.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

You reckon he'll turn into a f**kwit?