2008 NRL Round 23 Teams & Referees

[Timmah]

Round 23 - August 15-18
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BRISBANE BRONCOS
1 Denan Kemp, 2 Reece Robinson, 3 Darius Boyd, 4 Joel Moon, 5 Kaine Manihera, 6 Darren Lockyer, 7 Peter Wallace, 8 Ben Hannant, 9 Michael Ennis, 10 Joel Clinton, 11 Corey Parker, 12 Sam Thaiday, 13 David Stagg
Interchange: 14 Ashton Sims, 15 Greg Eastwood, 16 Nick Kenny, 17 David Taylor
ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS
1. Brett MORRIS, 2. Jason NIGHTINGALE, 3. Mark GASNIER (c), 4. Matt COOPER, 5. Josh MORRIS, 6. Jamie SOWARD, 7. Ben HORNBY, 8. Dan HUNT, 9. Dean YOUNG, 10. Jason RYLES, 11. Beau SCOTT, 12. Jarrod SAFFY, 13. Stuart WEBB
Interchange: 14. Matt PRIOR, 15. Ricky THORBY, 16. Kirk REYNOLDSON, 17. Rangi CHASE; Reserves: 18. Wendell SAILOR, 19. Ben ROGERS, 20. Chase STANLEY
Friday 7:35pm :: Referee Jared Maxwell Touch Judges: Gerard Sutton, Jeff Younis; Video Referee: Phil Cooley



MELBOURNE STORM
1. Billy Slater, 2. Steve Turner, 3. Matt Geyer, 4. Israel Folau, 5. Anthony Quinn, 6. Greg Inglis, 7. Cooper Cronk, 8. Jeff Lima, 9. Cam Smith (c), 10. Brett White, 11. Michael Crocker, 12. Ryan Hoffman, 13. Dallas Johnson
Interchange: 14. Jeremy Smith, 15. Adam Blair, 16. Sika Manu, 17. Antonio Kaufusi
SYDNEY ROOSTERS
1. Sam Perrett, 2. Amos Roberts, 3. Mitchell Aubusson, 4. Sia Soliola, 5. Brent Grose, 6. Braith Anasta, 7. Mitchell Pearce, 8. Mark 'Meley, 9. James Aubusson, 10. David Shillington, 11. Willie Mason, 12. Anthony Tupou, 13. Lopini Paea
Interchange: 14. Shane Shackleton, 15. Mickey Paea, 16. Anthony Cherrington, 17. Ben Jones, 18. Shaun Foley
Friday 7:35pm :: Referee Shayne Hayne; Touch Judges: David Abood, Steve Chiddy; Video Referee: Bill Harrigan



NEW ZEALAND WARRIORS
1 Wade McKinnon, 2 Malo Solomona, 3 Brent Tate, 4 Jerome Ropati, 5 Manu Vatuvei, 6 Michael Witt, 7 Nathan Fien, 8 Ruben Wiki (vc), 9 Ian Henderson, 10 Steve Price (c), 11 Simon Mannering, 12 Ben Matulino, 13 Logan Swann
Interchange: 14 Lance Hohaia, 15 Epahalame Lauaki, 16 Sam Rapira, 17 Wairangi Koopu
CRONULLA SUTHERLAND SHARKS
1 Brett KEARNEY, 2 Misi TAULAPAPA, 3 Ben POMEROY, 4 David SIMMONS, 5 Luke COVELL, 6 Brett SEYMOUR, 7 Brett KIMMORLEY, 8 Ben ROSS, 9 Isaac DE GOIS, 10 Luke DOUGLAS, 11 Paul GALLEN, 12 Fraser ANDERSON, 13 Greg BIRD
Interchange: 14 Danny NUTLEY, 15 Grant MILLINGTON, 16 Adam PEEK, 17 Terrence SEU SEU
Saturday 7:30pm NZT (5:30pm AET) :: Referee Tony Archer; Touch Judges: Chris James, Russell Turner; Video Referee: Graeme West



NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS
1 Ashley Graham, 2 Ty Williams, 3 Mark Henry, 4 Ben Harris, 5 John Williams, 6 Travis Burns, 7 Johnathan Thurston [c], 8 Carl Webb, 9 Aaron Payne, 10 Shane Tronc, 11 Luke O'Donnell, 12 Sione Faumuina, 13 Steve Southern
Interchange: 14 Ben Farrar, 15 Dayne Weston, 16 Ben Vaeau, 17 Ray Cashmere; Reserves: 18 Luke Harlen
GOLD COAST TITANS
1. Preston Campbell, 2. Jordan Atkins, 3. Josh Graham, 4. Brett Delaney, 5. Esi Tonga, 6. Mat Rogers, 7. Nathan Friend, 8. Brad Meyers, 9. Clint Amos, 10. Michael Hodgson, 11. Anthony Laffranchi, 12. Will Matthews, 13. Ashley Harrison
Interchange: 14. James Stosic, 15. Michael Henderson, 16. Daniel Conn, 17. Luke O’Dwyer; Reserves: 18. Gavin Cooper
Saturday 7:30pm :: Referee Bernard Sutton; Touch Judges: Rod Lawrence, Luke Potter; Video Referee: Chris Ward



PENRITH PANTHERS
1. Rhys Wesser 2. Luke Rooney 3. Michael Jennings 4. Brad Tighe 5. Michael Gordon 6. Maurice Blair 7. Luke Lewis 8. Tony Puletua 9. Luke Priddis 10. Petero Civoniceva (C) 11. Frank Pritchard 12. Trent Waterhouse 13. Nathan Smith
Interchange: 14. Matthew Bell 15. Adam Woolnough 16. Frank Puletua 17. Paul Aiton 18. Masada Iosefa 19. Joseph Paulo
BULLDOGS
1. Ben Barba, 2. Hazem El Masri, 3. Daryl Millard, 4. Tim Winitana, 5. Matt Utai, 6. Ben Roberts, 7. Daniel Holdsworth, 8. Jarrad Hickey, 9. Corey Hughes, 10. Chris Armit, 11. Gary Warburton, 12. Andrew Ryan, 13. Lee Te Maari
Interchange: 14. Nick Kouparitsas, 15. Brad Morrin, 16 Charlie Leaeno, 17. Reece Blaney
Saturday 7:30pm :: Referee Gavin Badger; Sideline Officials: Daniel Eastwood & Mohamad Fajajo; Video Referee: Russell Smith

 

[Timmah]

CANBERRA RAIDERS
1. DAVID MILNE, 2. ADRIAN PURTELL, 3. COLIN BEST, 4. JOEL MONAGHAN, 5. JUSTIN CARNEY, 6. TERRY CAMPESE, 7. MARC HERBERT, 8. TROY THOMPSON, 9. ALAN TONGUE (C), 10. DANE TILSE, 11. TREVOR THURLING, 12. JOSH MILLER, 13. JOE PICKER
Interchange: 14. NIGEL PLUM, 15. MARSHALL CHALK, 16. NEVILLE COSTIGAN, 17. TOM LEAROYD-LAHRS; Reserves: 18. SCOTT LOGAN
NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS
1. Kurt Gidley, 2. James McManus, 3. Junior Sau, 4. Adam MacDougall, 5. Akuila Uate, 6. Jarrod Mullen, 7. Scott Dureau, 8. Daniel Tolar, 9. Danny Buderus (c), 10. Matthew White, 11. Steve Simpson, 12. Cory Paterson, 13. Chris Houston
Interchange: 14. Matt Hilder, 15. Cameron Ciraldo, 16. Richard Fa'aoso, 17. Mark Taufua
Sunday 2:00pm :: Referee Ben Cummins; Touch Judges: Steve Carrall, Gavin Reynolds; Video Referee: Paul Simpkins



SOUTH SYDNEY RABBITOHS
1. Nathan Merritt, 2. Luke Capewell, 3. Fetuli Talanoa, 4. Beau Champion, 5. Jamie Simpson, 6. Craig Wing, 7. Chris Sandow, 8. Scott Geddes, 9. Issac Luke, 10. Roy Asotasi, 11. Luke Stuart, 12. David Fa'alogo, 13. John Sutton
Interchange: 14. Beau Falloon, 15. David Kidwell, 16. Manase Manuokafoa, 17.Eddie Pettybourne; Reserves: 18. Michael Greenfield
MANLY WARRINGAH SEA EAGLES
1. Brett Stewart, 2. Michael Robertson, 3. Steve Bell, 4. Steve Matai, 5. David Williams, 6. Steve Menzies, 7. Matt Orford (c), 8. Brent Kite, 9. Matt Ballin, 10. Josh Perry, 11. Anthony Watmough, 12. Glenn Hall, 13. Glenn Stewart
Interchange: 14. Heath L'Estrange, 15. Luke Williamson, 16. Adam Cuthbertson, 17. Mark Bryant
Sunday 3:00pm :: Referee Steve Lyons; Touch Judges: Paul Holland, Alan Shortall; Video Referee: Steve Clark



PARRAMATTA EELS
1 Jarryd Hayne, 2 Taulima Tautai, 3 Krisnan Inu, 4 Joel Reddy, 5 Tony Williams, 6 Kristopher Keating, 7 Brett Finch, 8 Nathan Cayless [c], 9 Matthew Keating, 10 Fuifui Moimoi, 11 Nathan Hindmarsh, 12 Chad Robinson, 13 Feleti Mateo
Interchange: 15 Josh Cordoba, 16 Todd Lowrie, 17 Junior Paulo, 19 Weller Hauraki, 23 Joe Galuvao
WESTS TIGERS
1 Brett Hodgson (c), 2 Taniela Tuiaki, 3 Dene Halatau, 4 Chris Lawrence, 5 Beau Ryan, 6 Benji Marshall, 7 Robbie Farah, 8 Keith Galloway, 9 John Morris, 10 Bryce Gibbs, 11 Bronson Harrison, 12 Chris Heighington, 13 Liam Fulton
Interchange: 14 Ryan O’Hara, 15 Ben Te’o, 16 Corey Payne, 17 Daine Laurie
Monday 7:00pm :: Referee Matt Cecchin; Touch Judges: Tony De Las Heras, Peter Kirby; Video Referee: Tim Mander


Toyota Cup Teams Round 23 - click here


Next week Round 24 (August 22-25)
Friday 7:35pm - Sharks v Roosters @ Toyota; Broncos v Titans @ Suncorp
Saturday Double Header - Tigers v Sea Eagles (5:30pm) and Bulldogs v Eels (7:30pm) @ ANZ
Saturday 7:30pm - Knights v Cowboys @ EnergyAustralia
Sunday 2:00pm - Rabbitohs v Raiders @ ANZ
Sunday 3:00pm - Dragons v Warriors @ WIN
Monday 7:00pm - Panthers v Storm @ CUA

 

[Pumba]

Melbourne Storm
1. Billy Slater
2. Steve Turner
3. Matt Geyer
4. Israel Folau
5. Anthony Quinn
6. Greg Inglis
7. Cooper Cronk
8. Jeff Lima
9. Cam Smith (c)
10. Brett White
11. Michael Crocker
12. Ryan Hoffman
13. Dallas Johnson

Interchange:
14. Jeremy Smith
15. Adam Blair
16. Sika Manu
17. Antonio Kaufusi

 

[Pumba]

Sydney Roosters
1. Sam Perrett
2. Amos Roberts
3. Mitchell Aubusson
4. Sia Soliola
5. Brent Grose
6. Braith Anasta
7. Mitchell Pearce
8. Mark O'Meley
9. James Aubusson
10. David Shillington
11. Willie Mason
12. Anthony Tupou
13. Lopini Paea

Interchange:
14. Shane Shackleton
15. Mickey Paea
16. Anthony Cherrington
17. Ben Jones
18. Shaun Foley

http://www.sydneyroosters.com.au/season2007/the_teams.php

 

[Tom Ace]

Sydney Roosters
1. Sam Perrett
2. Amos Roberts
3. Mitchell Aubusson
4. Sia Soliola
5. Brent Grose
6. Braith Anasta
7. Mitchell Pearce
8. Mark O'Meley
9. James Aubusson
10. David Shillington
11. Willie Mason
12. Anthony Tupou
13. Lopini Paea

Interchange:
14. Shane Shackleton
15. Mickey Paea
16. Anthony Cherrington
17. Ben Jones
18. Shaun Foley

http://www.sydneyroosters.com.au/season2007/the_teams.php

Crap, no Fitzy.

They'll either slam us or we'll get a tight upset win.

Good to see Foley getting a spot on the bench, albeit extended

 

[Fast Eddie]

McKinnon
Solomona
Tate
Ropati
Vatuvei
Witt
Fien
Wiki
Henderson
Price
Mannering
Swann
Mautalino

Hohaia
Lauaki
Rapira
Koopu

Radio Sport

I can't remember if it was Swann or Mautalino who is playing lock. Pretty sure it was Mautalino.

 

[Timmah]

Slow running today

 

[Jobdog]

Knights team will be pretty much copy and paste due to them not being back by the time teams are usually announced

 

[Timmah]

Your face will be copy and paste tbh

 

[Jobdog]

Your mum will be copy and paste tbh

 

[Timmah]

Nahhhhh, yours

 

[Pumba]

I hate slow days

 

[Timmah]

I hate Jobber

 

[Pumba]

Micheal Luck’s run of 70 consecutive NRL appearances has been ended by a shoulder injury.

The 26-year-old loose forward has been left out of the line-up for the round 23 clash against Cronulla at Mt Smart Stadium on Saturday night.

The NRL’s top tackler was forced off the field in the 60th minute of last Saturday night’s 16-12 win over Brisbane and is likely to be sidelined for two matches at this stage.

Since joining the Vodafone Warriors for the 2006 season, the former North Queensland back rower hadn’t missed a match until now.

He was the NRL’s top tackler last season – 959 in 26 games, an average of 37 tackles a match – and he has been even more prolific this year.

Even though he was on the field only 60 minutes, he made 32 tackles to lift his total to 801 in 20 games (40 a game).

“It’s a real shame for Lucky and disappointing for us because he makes such a huge contribution to the side consistently every week,” said coach Ivan Cleary.

“Considering the workload he has and the job he’s required to do, it’s a tribute to him that he has been able to put such a long run of appearances together.”

With Luck out of the line-up, 19-year-old Ben Matulino is promoted from the bench to make his first start at NRL level after being used as an interchange player in his first eight appearances.

Last Friday he was one of nine Vodafone Warriors named in New Zealand’s 49-man train-on squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.

“Ben has made a really good start at first-grade level. He’s worked hard off the bench and this is a great chance for him,” said Cleary.

Matulino goes into the second row with Logan Swann switching to loose forward for his 189th career match. The new player on the bench is 158-game veteran Wairangi Koopu returning for his sixth game of the year, his first since the June 6 clash against South Sydney.

When the Vodafone Warriors and Cronulla met in Sydney in June – Matulino made his first-grade debut that night – the Sharks won 24-8.

The Vodafone Warriors go into Saturday’s match with a 10 wins-10 losses record this season, sitting on 24 points in a share of sixth place but 10th on points differential. This will be their second to last home match of the regular season. So far they’ve won seven of their 10 matches at Mt Smart Stadium.

Their last three matches have all been tense, tight contests beating Melbourne 8-6 and Brisbane 16-12 while losing to South Sydney 16-18.
Having only his second outing of the year will be fullback Wade McKinnon.

Despite being sidelined for close to six months after knee surgery, he was impressive against the Broncos. As well as scoring a try in his 100th career game, he had more runs than any player on the field – 22 – and gained 185 metres, a total bettered only by Jerome Ropati’s 205 metres.

1. Wade McKinnon
2. Malo Solomona
3. Brent Tate
4. Jerome Ropati
5. Manu Vatuvei
6. Michael Witt
7. Nathan Fien
8. Ruben Wiki (vc)
9. Ian Henderson
10. Steve Price (c)
11. Simon Mannering
12. Ben Matulino
13. Logan Swann

Interchange:
14. Lance Hohaia
15. Sam Rapira
16. Epalahame Lauaki
17. Wairangi Koopu

http://warriors.sitesuite.ws/plugins/newsfeed.cgi?rm=content&plugin_data_id=24598

 

[Pumba]

1. Brett Hodgson ©
2. Taniela Tuiaki
3. Dene Halatau
4. Chris Lawrence
5. Beau Ryan
6. Benji Marshall
7. Robbie Farah
8. Keith Galloway
9. John Morris
10. Bryce Gibbs
11. Bronson Harrison
12. Chris Heighington
13. Liam Fulton

Interchange:
14. Ryan O’Hara
15. Ben Te’o
16. Corey Payne
17. Daine Laurie

http://weststigers.com.au/NewsArticle.aspx?NewsId=1988

 

[Pumba]

1. Preston Campbell
2. Jordan Atkins
3. Josh Graham
4. Brett Delaney
5. Esi Tonga
6. Mat Rogers
7. Nathan Friend
8. Brad Meyers
9. Clint Amos
10. Michael Hodgson
11. Anthony Laffranchi
12. Will Matthews
13. Ashley Harrison

Interchange:
14. James Stosic
15. Michael Henderson
16. Daniel Conn
17. Luke O’Dwyer
18. Gavin Cooper

 

[Jobdog]

I hate Timmah FTR

 

[Timbo]

Plum in for Buttriss

12 Aug, 2008

The CFMEU Canberra Raiders have named Nigel Plum on their bench for this week's huge match against the Newcastle Knights at Canberra Stadium, after hooker Glen Buttriss was ruled out for one week today with a knee injury.

Buttriss' role at hooker will be covered by Raiders skipper Alan Tongue who shifts to the number nine, which sees Joe Picker move to lock, and Trevor Thurling and Josh Miller into the second row.

In a positional shift for the Raiders Adrian Purtell has been moved back onto the wing for this weekend, with Colin Best moving into the centres.

Scott Logan has been named on an extended Raiders bench as 18th man, with a decision on his fitness and availability to be made later in the week.

Raiders skipper Alan Tongue said he would adapt his game to fill in the hooking role, and was looking forward to a big game on Sunday.

"I've played at nine before so it won't change my game too much," Tongue said. "The boys are really looking forward to this game, and we are after a big crowd on Sunday to cheer us home."

NRL - CANBERRA RAIDERS V NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS
CANBERRA STADIUM, SUNDAY AUGUST 17, 2.00PM

1. DAVID MILNE
2. ADRIAN PURTELL
3. COLIN BEST
4. JOEL MONAGHAN
5. JUSTIN CARNEY
6. TERRY CAMPESE
7. MARC HERBERT
8. TROY THOMPSON
9. ALAN TONGUE (C)
10. DANE TILSE
11. TREVOR THURLING
12. JOSH MILLER
13. JOE PICKER

14. NIGEL PLUM
15. MARSHALL CHALK
16. NEVILLE COSTIGAN
17. TOM LEAROYD-LAHRS
18. SCOTT LOGAN

COACH: NEIL HENRY

TOYOTA CUP – CANBERRA RAIDERS V NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS
CANBERRA STADIUM, SUNDAY AUGUST 17, 11.45AM

1. JOSH DUGAN
2. DRURY LOW
3. JARROD CROKER
4. DANIEL VIDOT
5. ZAC RUSS
6. MICHAEL PICKER
7. MATT SMITH
8. MATT BRITT
9. TRAVIS WADDELL
10. NICK SKINNER
11. JARRAD KENNEDY
12. ZAC MERRITT
13. SHAUN FENSOM (C)

14. BROCK DUNN
15. ANDREW EDWARDS
16. TODD RHEINBERGER
17. MARK NICHOLLS
18. LEVI FREEMAN

COACH: TONY ADAM

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[Butters]

1. Preston Campbell
2. Jordan Atkins
3. Josh Graham
4. Brett Delaney
5. Esi Tonga
6. Mat Rogers
7. Nathan Friend
8. Brad Meyers
9. Clint Amos
10. Michael Hodgson
11. Anthony Laffranchi
12. Will Matthews
13. Ashley Harrison

Interchange:
14. James Stosic
15. Michael Henderson
16. Daniel Conn
17. Luke O’Dwyer
18. Gavin Cooper

Jesus Christ! The Titans sure are getting desperate.

 

[Pumba]

Parra, Manly, Panthers, Souths, Dragons, Bulldogs, Sharks, Broncos, Cowboys & Knights to go