'10 | R12 | Fri | Dragons 30-0 Eels | WIN Jubilee

[Timmah]

Teams and officials

St George Illawarra Dragons v Parramatta Eels
Friday 28 May 2010, 7:35pm AEST - WIN Jubilee Oval, Kogarah
Referees: Jared Maxwell and Ben Cummins; Sideline Officials: Jeff Younis and Grant Atkins; Video Referee: Sean Hampstead

Dragons: 1. Darius Boyd 2. Brett Morris 3. Beau Scott 4. Matt Cooper 5. Jason Nightingale 6. Jamie Soward 7. Ben Hornby (c) 8. Matt Prior 9. Luke Priddis 10. Michael Weyman 11. Neville Costigan 12. Ben Creagh 13. Dean Young Interchange: 14. Jon Green 15. Jarrod Saffy 16. Trent Merrin 17. Michael Greenfield; Reserves: 19. Kyle Stanley
Eels: 1. Jarryd Hayne 2. Luke Burt 3. Joel Reddy 4. Timana Tahu 5. Eric Grothe 6. Kris Keating 7. Daniel Mortimer 8. Nathan Cayless (C) 9. Jeff Robson 10. Fuifui Moimoi 11. Nathan Hindmarsh (C) 12. Ben Smith 13. Feleti Mateo Interchange: 14. Matt Keating 15. Tim Mannah 16. Justin Horo 17. Justin Poore; Reserves: 19. Krisnan Inu

NRL Teams: http://www.leagueunlimited.com/article.php?newsid=19314

 

[Jono1987]

Tough game to pick. Both teams will have key players backing up 48 hours after SoO. Both teams are last start losers as well, and to add to that both teams go at each other pretty hard. I'm hoping that this being the first game at Kogarah, the boys lift and let us carry them home.

Saints 22
Eels 14

MoM: Boyd

 

[raiders fan forever]

Dragons will hopefully bounce back depending on any injuries after origin big chance for parramatta though

 

[dragondad]

Who knows which one they'll wear :crazy:

Dragons Home Games vs Parra

2009 Semi @ KOG - Blue
2009 @ KOG - Blue
2008 @ ANZ - Blue
2007 @ WIN - Yellow
2006 @ KOG - Blue
2005 @ KOG - Blue Heritage

;-)

 

[typicalfan]

Umm, no The country medical staff went over him & he wasn't able to train until very late i the week. They ruled him out. Laurie Daley confirmed this on NRL on fox. I'd actually believe the coach over general media reports.

Yes Matt Cooper said himself his body takes longer to recover these days. He has had a long line of injury over the years.

We will see but there are a few Dragons I expect won't play and Cooper is one of them.

 

[Raudonikis]

wont matter who dragons put out there they will be bashed like they were in the finals last year

 

[Poupou Escobar]

wont matter who dragons put out there they will be bashed like they were in the finals last year

I think the forwards battle was fairly even in the final last year. It was only a few flashes of utter brilliance that blew the score out on what was basically an even match.

The week before the finals though, Parramatta truly were bashed. Absolutely dominated.

I don't expect the same will happen on Friday, with all the Dragons Origin players either backing up or watching from the sideline.

For Parra, Hayne will play, Tahu won't. Who knows with Reddy and Hindmarsh? With Tahu out I think Reddy will be a massive loss because they'll have to find another centre (Inu will cover for one of them). It'll probably be Jono Wright, or maybe Ben Smith will shift out with Horo starting and Oake coming onto the bench.

I can't see how they'd slot Humble into the side.

 

[kia ora storm]

Eels by 6..

 

[Gaba]

going on the averages again like in the first round dragons won 18-12

last 10 games
Dragons ave 20 for
Eels ave 13 for

expect similar result to round 1

 

[Slackboy72]

Is cooper in or out?
I'd love to see Stanley tear it up again.

 

[Anon]

Cooper is out along with Hunt, Smith, Emmett and Fien. With 5 players also backing up from Origin if Eels don't win this they are kidding themselves.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Cooper is out along with Hunt, Smith, Emmett and Fien. With 5 players also backing up from Origin if Eels don't win this they are kidding themselves.

Whatever mate.

Concentrate less on who's out and more on who plays - the Dragons have great depth so missing a couple of players doesn't hurt them as much as other teams.

Dragons are at home and leading the comp. They will be favourites with the TAB and are expected to win.

 

[eagles4eva]

Hopefully most players will backup, should be a cracker of a match!

 

[Stagger eel]

Cooper is out along with Hunt, Smith, Emmett and Fien. With 5 players also backing up from Origin if Eels don't win this they are kidding themselves.

you obviously didn't watch our game against Cronulla...

 

[luv the dragons!!]

it should be a close game, but im tipping a 6 point victory to the dragons...

 

[Timmah]

Tahu is in doubt for Parra according to radio reports this morning.

 

[God-King Dean]

Don't feel confident. Players are gonna be wrecked, & that's not good with Saints grinding style.

 

[Rovelli]

Tipped the Dragons but I am not confident.

 

[petetheileet]

Yeah i think with eels throwing it around carefree willy nilly, i dont think we will have the legs to go with them!

 

[redvscotty]

Dragons in a close grind style of a game.

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