09 :: QF1 Fri :: Storm 40 Sea Eagles 12 @ Etihad

[Timmah]

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1. Billy Slater 2. Steve Turner 3. Will Chambers 4. Greg Inglis 5. Dane Nielsen 6. Brett Finch 7. Cooper Cronk 8. Aiden Tolman 9. Cam Smith [c] 10. Brett White 11. Adam Blair 12. Ryan Hoffman 13. Dallas Johnson
Interchange: 14. Ryan Hinchcliffe, 15. Hep Cahill, 16. Ryan Tandy, 17. Wairangi Koopu
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1. Brett Stewart 2. Michael Robertson 3. Ben Farrar 4. Steve Matai 5. David Williams 6. Kieran Foran 7. Matt Orford (c) 8. Brent Kite 9. Matt Ballin 10. Josh Perry 11. Anthony Watmough 12. Chris Bailey 13. Glenn Stewart
Interchange: 14. Heath L’Estrange 15. Jared Waerea-Hargreaves 16. George Rose 17. Glenn Hall​

Shayne Hayne & Gavin Badger
Sideline Officials: Steve Chiddy & Jeff Younis
Video Referee: Bill Harrigan​

Toyota Cup Qualifying Finals
Storm (3rd) v Rabbitohs (6th)
@ Etihad Stadium, Friday 5:30pm
Sea Eagles (1st) v Raiders (8th)
@ ANZ Stadium, Saturday 6:15pm​

NSW Cup Qualifying Finals
Central Coast (MEL - 2) v Western Suburbs (WST - 7)
@ Morrie Breen Oval, Saturday​

QLD Cup Grand Final
Sunshine Coast (MAN) v Northern Pride (NQL)
@ Stockland Park, Kawana
Saturday, 2:00pm​

 

[Downie]

How depleted are the Storm with injuries and such? If they're not so bad I reckon the winner of this game will go on to win the Grand Final.

Should be much higher quality than their game a few weeks back, though I hope it's not like the Knights/Manly 4 vs 5 game from 2006, where both teams put in awesome performances, easily the best game of the first week, and then paid for it in the second with both teams getting easily beaten IIRC (Manly lost 28-0 or something to the Dragons, can't remember the Newie game).

 

[ostrich20]

Newy got dominated by the Broncos who then went on to win it all.

How good is this GF replay in the first week of the finals.

On the back of last weekend Manly can go on to win this one.

 

[Apey]

how depleted are the storm with injuries and such? If they're not so bad i reckon the winner of this game will go on to win the grand final.

Should be much higher quality than their game a few weeks back, though i hope it's not like the knights/manly 4 vs 5 game from 2006, where both teams put in awesome performances, easily the best game of the first week, and then paid for it in the second with both teams getting easily beaten iirc (manly lost 28-0 or something to the dragons, can't remember the newie game).

50 - 6

 

[Noa]

Storm by 41.........hopefully .

 

[Shorty]

Storm.

 

[Eelectrica]

Manly. Finch will be the deciding factor.

 

[sando88]

storm easy

 

[Charlie124]

Storm by halftime.

 

[effnic]

I have a strange feeling a key player from one of the teams eg: Inglis or Stewart gets injured first 20 mins of the game and the team without the key injury goes on to win easily.

 

[sando88]

this is battle of da teams with only 1 good half. finch n bailey r hopeless

 

[Dutchy]

this is battle of da teams with only 1 good half. finch n bailey r hopeless

Lucky Foran is Manlys f/e

 

[effnic]

this is battle of da teams with only 1 good half. finch n bailey r hopeless

Do you watch rugby league games?

 

[kia ora storm]

Storm will have Jeff Lima back and will know about Blair in the coming days...

Kevin Proctor also could be an inclusion...he played U20's over the weekend after his ankle injury.

Other than that it will pretty much be the same side as that which faced Manly last time.

Playing at Etihad takes the advantage away from Storm a little but I think they can still win it...Storm by 8.

 

[Gaba]

who ever loses this will be bye bye for 2009

i think that will be manly

 

[GB!]

manly have the wood over melb now, manly will win by 14+

 

[to_ddeath]

Storm in a very close one.

 

[typicalfan]

I think one of these teams are a pretender and the other is a contender. I lean towards Manly but their hot cold form is a worry for them.

Storm in good form but they did only beat the Roosters and Warriors.

Tough one to pick maybe just Manly.

 

[ME SO HORNBY!]

Match of the week. The NRL couldnt have dreamed of a better first up finals match than the two grand finalists of 07 and 08. Somethings telling me Melbourne by 1, perhaps in golden point.

 

[parra-matters]

Storm by 4