'10 | R9 | Sat | Sea Eagles 24-6 Dragons | Brookvale

[jpaciocco91]

Dragons in a close one, not a hiding this time lmao

 

[Whoosh]

Dragons should get home. Soward, Boyd and (maybe Hunt) playing to show the selectors what they're missing. Dragons by 13+

 

[clipser]

so is cooper out? and scott? looking a little thin around the edges.. both sides have players backing up.. i have no idea how to tip this one

 

[DragonPunk]

Dragons by 6, this would have been a cracker if it was sometime other than rep season, that said it'll still be a good game.

 

[Berkeley_Eagle]

Big crowd expected too

 

[Timmah]

Every year the Dragons game is the one that worries me the most. This will be one tough game! The two teams that have to play Manly/Dragons the week after will be licking their lips.

Parramatta (Manly) and Canterbury (Saints) - both coming off byes too

Who could forget, Ben Roberts named at 5/8.

Ben Rogers

 

[Jono1987]

Got to tip my hat to the guys that do the NRL schedule. I mean seriously...both sides were always going to have players in the rep teams and ontop of injuries...genious. Anyway I'm predicting a close game that could go down to the wire. I'm hoping that we'll have a little more gas considering we played the Sharks last week and we have a few less players backing up.

Saints 24
Manly 18

MOM: Boyd.

 

[eagles4eva]

David Williams and George Rose should be playing this week which should give us more depth.

All I could ask for this game is that Our F/A doesnt take too much of a beating

Where did you hear these two would be available, hope its true, big George would be a awesome in...

 

[Garts]

Got to tip my hat to the guys that do the NRL schedule. I mean seriously...both sides were always going to have players in the rep teams and ontop of injuries...genious. Anyway I'm predicting a close game that could go down to the wire. I'm hoping that we'll have a little more gas considering we played the Sharks last week and we have a few less players backing up.

Saints 24
Manly 18

MOM: Boyd.

The NRL got it right, it definately makes more sense that Cronulla and Canberra got the byes this weekend.

 

[caspersparks]

totally ruined by the rep games..

last years game between these 2 was ruined by the s.o.o..

if they were full strength def game of the year..

depends on how players pull up after friday to pick the winner..

 

[Gaba]

when manly and the dragons last met last year i think it was without their state of origin players

 

[cupid]

Where did you hear these two would be available, hope its true, big George would be a awesome in...

I read somewhere there both back round 9.

 

[Timmah]

Teams & officials are out:

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles v St George Illawarra Dragons
Saturday 8 May 2010, 7:30pm AEST - Brookvale Oval
Referees: Shayne Hayne & Gavin Badger; Touch Judges: Steve Chiddy & Jeff Younis; Video Referee: Paul Simpkins

Sea Eagles: 1. Ben Farrar 2. Michael Robertson 3. Jamie Lyon (c) 4. Steve Matai 5. Tony Williams 6. Kieran Foran 7. Trent Hodkinson 8. Jason King (c) 9. Matt Ballin 10. Josh Perry 11. Anthony Watmough 12. Shane Rodney 13. Glenn Stewart
Interchange: 14. Joe Galuvao 15. Brent Kite 16. Matt Cross 17. Chris Bailey
Dragons: 1. Darius Boyd 2. Brett Morris 3. Matt Prior 4. Matt Cooper 5. Jason Nightingale 6. Jamie Soward 7. Ben Hornby (c) 8. Dan Hunt 9. Luke Priddis 10. Michael Weyman 11. Neville Costigan 12. Ben Creagh 13. Dean Young
Interchange: 14. Jon Green 15. Nick Emmett 16. Trent Merrin 17. Ricky Thorby; Reserves: 20. Kyle Stanley 22. Michael Lett

from LU's teams article at http://www.leagueunlimited.com/article.php?newsid=19217

 

[Dutchy]

f**k me....Princess and Badger

 

[thommo4pm]

Parramatta (Manly) and Canterbury (Saints) - both coming off byes too

Ben Rogers

Exactly the same as last year for Saints / Dogs.
Basically all of Saints squad played 3 or 4 games in 12 days, Dogs had the bye before playing us at Kogarah.
Nice to see the draw worked in the Dogs favour again with this scheduling.

 

[thommo4pm]

when manly and the dragons last met last year i think it was without their state of origin players

Yes correct.
Saints had 9 players out that day, due to Origin and injury.
I think Manly had 5 or 6 out for the same reasons.
It was down at Wollongong on a Sunday afternoon.

 

[Timmah]

Exactly the same as last year for Saints / Dogs.
Basically all of Saints squad played 3 or 4 games in 12 days, Dogs had the bye before playing us at Kogarah.
Nice to see the draw worked in the Dogs favour again with this scheduling.

Didn't you "win" last year?

 

[Gaba]

didn't you "win" last year?

48-18 to the dragons

 

[Garts]

Smashed us last year. Dragons have great depth and seem to cope better than Manly when missing key players. We rely heavily on the likes of Watmough, Lyon. and co whereas the Dragons seem to play more of a team game and not rely so much on 1 or 2 players. This time around we should both have all players on deck, they will just be a little tired. Still like the Dragons in this one, however not by as big a margin as last year.

 

[aussies1st]

Should be a good match, if Manly didn't lose 2 weeks ago you probably could give them favourites for this match being at home. But Dragons have been consistently good so hard to tip against that.