'12 | 1st SF | Fri | Sea Eagles 22-12 Cowboys | Allianz

[Timmah]

1. Brett Stewart 2. Jorge Taufua 3. Dean Whare 4. Jamie Lyon (c) 5. Michael Oldfield 6. Kieran Foran 7. Daly Cherry-Evans
8. Jason King (c) 9. Matt Ballin 10. Brent Kite 11. Anthony Watmough 12. Tony Williams 13. Glenn Stewart

Interchange: 14. Jamie Buhrer 15. Joe Galuvao 16. Darcy Lussick 17. Vic Mauro
Reserve: 18. George Rose

1. Matthew Bowen 2. Ashley Graham 3. Brent Tate 4. Kane Linnett 5. Antonio Winterstein 6. Johnathan Thurston (c) 7. Michael Morgan
8. Matthew Scott (c) 9. Aaron Payne 10. James Tamou 11. Gavin Cooper 12. Glenn Hall 13. Dallas Johnson

Interchange: 14. James Segeyaro 15. Jason Taumalolo 16. Ashton Sims 17 Scott Bolton
Reserves: 18. Anthony Mitchell 19. Joel Riethmuller

Referees
Shayne Hayne and Ben Cummins
Sideline Officials: Paul Holland and Jeff Younis
Video Referees: Steve Clark and Paul Simpkins


Curtain Raiser :: Toyota Cup 1st Semi Final
Bulldogs v Dragons at Allianz, Fri 5:15pm

 

[BDR]

we got dis 13+

 

[effnic]

Lyon should be fit to play hopefully.

 

[Charlie124]

Gonna be a tough one, but I'm confident the boys are playing well enough to get the win here.

 

[ceagle]

If Lyon plays us by 6
If he doesn't Cows by 6.

 

[blacklock]

eagles without king..without matai..without lyon. gone.

cowboys are going to have some fun with them and thurston is in just a dangerous mood. not to mention bowen isnt going missing anymore. ill actually preface it with...the only danger is brett stewart and the high ball. if manly do what brisbane couldnt ie isolate matt bowen under i highball...then they can force errors and make it a contest.

 

[natheel]

hard game this one if Manly try to intimidate Cowboys i think they could just get over the top of them

But i think Cows are travelling well enough to stop Manly.

Cowboys by 8

Who ever wins this match i can't see backing up again against Melbourne the next week. very tough game here

 

[The Eagle]

Manly backs up alright

Manly by 2 again

 

[BDR]

In reality though, both games are really quite hard to pick. We will have to lift a couple gears to win this one but we have shown those gears are there. Just have to find them at the right time.

 

[kia ora storm]

Cows by 10...

 

[Vic Mackey]

You have to think the cowboys but I really can't see manly playing as poorly as they did last week. I'll say nq but it wouldn't surprise me if the defending premiers come out and blow them away.

 

[ceagle]

I'm at least hoping for a backline like this

1. Stewart
2. Oldfield
3. Lyon
4. Whare
5. Taufua

We really dont have enough depth to cover both centres.

 

[clipser]

If lyon is out.. oh dear.. it would look something like this..

1. Stewart
2. Taufua
3. Buhrer/T.williams?
4. Whare
5. Oldfield

 

[Hutty1986]

Buhrer or brainless T-Rex in the centres..ou'd be loading up on Cows 13+ if that happens

 

[Nice Beaver]

On the assumption Lyon plays, I think we can sneak home by 4 or so.

Cowboys playing great footy though so will be a mighty effort to turn it around from last weeks debacle.

 

[woodyk2]

I thought Oldfield was out for the season?

 

[Mr Saab]

Cows have a great shot at this. Cows were smashed last yr by the eagles, but this yr the roles will be reversed

 

[Rhino_NQ]

On paper they have hardly changed but this is a very different team then the side that went out to the Eagles in last years finals.

If you end up losing both centres then it is ours. Be a pretty big spanner in the works in attack and defence for a side to lose one centre but both is pushing sh!t uphill. If we lost Linnett and Tate against Brisbane we would probably be screwed

 

[ceagle]

We can cover the lost of Matai without losing too much, we smashed the Bunnies without him. However if Lyon is out we are no chance, but luckily it looks like he will be playing.

 

[LatK7]

Manly by 6.

In front of 47 people.