09 :: R8 Sun :: Dragons 12 Warriors 11 @ WIN

[Timmah]

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Gates open 11:30am​

ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS
1. Darius Boyd
2. Brett Morris 3. Beau Scott 4. Matt Cooper 5. Wendell Sailor
6. Jamie Soward 7. Ben Hornby (c)
8. Justin Poore 9. Dean Young 10. Michael Weyman
11. Matt Prior 12. Ben Creagh
13. Jeremy Smith​

Interchange: 14. Dan Hunt 15. Neville Costigan 16. Jason Nightingale 17. Jarrod Saffy
Reserves: 18. Mathew Head​

NEW ZEALAND WARRIORS
1. Wade McKinnon
2. Denan Kemp 3. Simon Mannering 4. Jerome Ropati 5. Manu Vatuvei
6. Joel Moon 7. Stacey Jones
8. Jesse Royal 9. Ian Henderson 10. Steve Price (C)
11. Ben Matulino 12. Jacob Lillyman
13. Micheal Luck (VC)​

Interchange: 14. Nathan Fien 15. Russell Packer 16. Lewis Brown 17. Patrick Ah Van
Reserves: 18. Lance Hohaia 21. Aidan Kirk​

Referees
Ben Cummins & Jason Robinson
Sideline Adam Devcich & Paul Holland
Video Steve Clark​

Toyota Cup Round 8
St George Illawarra v New Zealand
WIN Wollongong, Sunday 11:45am​

NSW Cup Round 7
Shellharbour City (STG) v Bankstown City (BUL)
Ron Costello Oval, Sunday 3:30pm​

North Sydney (SOU) v Auckland (NZW)
North Sydney Oval, Saturday 1:00pm​

 

[bmwpower]

timmahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

 

[devoid]

Warriors season starts this week... be warned.

 

[Gaba]

Dragons should win this,wont be surprise to see a similar result to last year

 

[DragonPunk]

Dragons by 12, defence to be too good once again.

 

[jpaciocco91]

Saints 1-12, wouldn't be surprised if 13+

 

[Dr Crane]

we're playing awful footy, dragons by 20.

 

[Big Mick]

If anyone is going to this game...i really need help selling wristbands down here...please let me know...I think Dragons giving us/volunteers general admission passes...if that's incentive..

 

[kia ora storm]

Dragons by 6...

 

[Godz Illa]

Rapira out? He's been playing well. He troubled us last time we met, although our forward pack and defence are quite different in 09

 

[dragonfire]

should be a great match, hopefully we can shut down the little general Jones

 

[_Johnsy]

I think the two straight weeks of extra time will hurt the warriors late in the game

us 28 - the bro's 12

 

[Chook Norris]

should be a great match, hopefully we can shut down the little general Jones

Jones has been average with the ball in hand
would not surprise me to see an upset here though.. but Dragons should go on and win

 

[kia ora storm]

Is Sailor playing ???...would like to see him get owned by the Beast.

 

[Rovelli]

Warriors have a horrid record at WIN Stadium. Worst loss, 54-0 in 2000. Last season promised so much but delivered little, losing 34-6. Weak performances in 2001, 2004, 2006. Even in 2002 the Dragons broke our record winning streak at home. We won away in 2003, but I think that was a OKI Jubilee.

Interestingly the Warriors haven't played the Dragons twice annually much of late, with the way the draw is structured. I don't even know if we will meet at Mt Smart later on in the season.

Dragons should be well-favoured. We haven't been great on attack this season, and the Dragons are a great defensive outfit. We will struggle to put points on them, though the potential is there.

 

[Dragon_psa]

Interestingly the Warriors haven't played the Dragons twice annually much of late, with the way the draw is structured. I don't even know if we will meet at Mt Smart later on in the season.

We meet at Mt Smart in round 20.

I think it will be tight until Saints run away with it in the last quarter. I'm really looking forward to Dell vs Manu - that's going to be a cracker!

 

[byrne_rovelli_fan82]

Warriors to win

 

[Timmah]

Saints will wear the Illasox strip for the first time this year. Source: team list on www.dragons.com.au

 

[sting]

can someone please explain the term "illasox" and why anybody thinks its funny or witty or clever? i just don't get it

 

[Gaba]

I think its the illawarra
all red what they are referring too, despite it being nothing like Illawarra jerseys, i dont think Illawarra ever played in all red anway they had white shorts