'13 | R19 | Sat | Roosters 40-0 Sharks | Allianz

[Timmah]

1. Anthony Minichiello (c)
2. Daniel Tupou 3. Michael Jennings 4. Shaun Kenny-Dowall 5. Roger Tuivasa-Sheck
6. James Maloney 7. Mitchell Pearce
8. Jared Waerea-Hargreaves 9. Jake Friend 10. Luke O'Donnell
11. Boyd Cordner 12. Sonny Bill Williams
13. Frank-Paul Nuuausala

Interchange 14. Daniel Mortimer 15. Mitchell Aubusson 16. Aidan Guerra 17. Sam Moa
Reserve: 18. Isaac Liu

1. Michael Gordon
2. Sosaia Feki 3. Stewart Mills 4. Jonathan Wright 5. Nathan Stapleton
6. Todd Carney 7. Chad Townsend
8. Andrew Fifita 9. John Morris 10. Bryce Gibbs
11. Jayson Bukuya 12. Luke Lewis
13. Chris Heighington

Interchange: 14. Isaac De Gois 15. Tyrone Peachey 16. Sam Tagataese 17. Ben Ross
Reserves: 18. Ben Pomeroy 19. Mark Taufua

Referees:
Matt Cecchin and Henry Perenara

Sideline Officials: Paul Holland and Jason Walsh
Video Referees: Steve Clark and Justin Morgan


Holden Cup Under 20's Round 19
Roosters v Sharks @ Allianz, Sat 5:15pm

VB NSW Cup Round 19
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks (CRO/MEL) v Illawarra Cutters (SGI) @ Henson Park, Sat 1:00pm
Newtown Jets (SYD) v Auckland Vulcans (WAR) @ Henson Park, Sat 3:00pm

 

[I Bleed Maroon]

Roosters by 18. The Sharks should have put 20 on us but could only walk away with the field goal finish.

 

[Card Shark]

Roosters by 18. The Sharks should have put 20 on us but could only walk away with the field goal finish.

Have to agree.

Without Gal, Ryan, Tupou. & Graham we won't win.

Will play a lot better than last week though.

 

[Russell Crowe's Band]

Chookies by a few

No Ryan, Wade, Toops and Gal.

 

[Danish]

I'm confident of a win.

I am a little worried though as statistically since 2004 whenever we've made the finals we lose to Cronulla -

2012 - draw
2011 - win, loss
2010 - loss, loss
2009 - win, win
2008 - loss
2007 - win, win
2006 - win, win
2005 - win, loss
2004 - win, loss

So despite a decent record of 9 wins, 6 losses and a draw, almost all of our losses have come in years we've actually finished in the top 8 (4 losses in 5 games).

Don't know why but it seems that good year for the roosters almost always winds up with dropping a game against the Sharks. Lets hope they can buck the trend.

 

[Horrie Is God]

This game is always a danger game for us..

Since 2009 we've played the Sharks 7 times, & the score is 3 all, with the one drawn game (last year)..

It is a game we could easily lose if we get complacent against a side depleted due to injury, or if Toddy catches fire (& defends well)..

I'd say we'll run $BW at Toddy all night..

SKD generally plays well against them too..

Looking to JWH to continue his good form..

Us by enough..

 

[Craigshark]

Roosters should have no troubles against us, with the players we are missing.

 

[Miller was a legend]

Massacre in the offing here.

Them, by lots!

 

[Tonearm Terrorwrist]

D-Day for Bryce Gibbs. Hopefully a broken jaw comes his way.

 

[Miller was a legend]

That's just not a nice thing to say Toneman.

Karma is a shit of a thing. You know sometimes what you wish for ends up happening to your own team.

Hope no one gets hurt that bad.

 

[Tonearm Terrorwrist]

Karma is a beautiful thing and if it exists then Gibbs will get his on Saturday. It's just a shame the person who should be dishing it out won't be there.

 

[Card Shark]

Karma is a beautiful thing and if it exists then Gibbs will get his on Saturday. It's just a shame the person who should be dishing it out won't be there.

Please refresh my memory what Bryce did?

Danish, you will lose a game against us this year but it won't be this 1.

 

[Babyface O'reilly]

A few missing for the Sharks but Carney's in good form and will be out prove he's the better number 6. I'm confident we'll come away with a solid win however.

 

[Griffoshark66]

Roosters by 60.

 

[Russell Crowe's Band]

our pack is so depleted having Wade, Gal and f**king Topou out.

Really need the likes of them against the roosters pack, which is formidable.

better strike power out wide too.

id be more interested in the performance from cronulla. i dont see a good result coming but if we play well that would be encouraging.


Super coach better use lewis to start tho. none of this bench nonesense from the storm game.

 

[Headless Chook]

I think I’ll wait until the wash up from Origin before having a stab at who’ll be taking this one out. As far as the Sharks injury concerns to their forwards go, I thought they were supposed to be awash with these types of players. Surely they can put a more than capable bunch of forwards on the park to cover their albeit significant loss of firepower up front.

The Sharkies are very very good at grinding teams into the ground. Some might even say they bore the $hit out of sides and win that way. That said, if the Chooks are “on” again defensively we should be able to put a few on them regardless of what they throw at us. Should be a cracker of a game, regardless.

 

[Danish]

Please refresh my memory what Bryce did?

Danish, you will lose a game against us this year but it won't be this 1.

I really don't want to lose the return leg at shark park. Bad enough fighting my way through peak hour traffic to get home in time to walk up to the ground and stand there in the freezing cold, let alone to then lose the game.

As for Gibbs, he apparently took Kane Evans out while playing in the lower grades with a cannonball tackle to the knee. Didn't witness it myself so can't confirm, but that is the word over on the chookpen forum.

 

[runatme]

all the rorters fans are coming out of the woodwork now

 

[Russell Crowe's Band]

Lewis out too.
This'll be a cricket score.

Well.
Not an australian cricket score but you get the idea

 

[snoozer]

i hope pearce plays










like he did in origin III.