2009 Trials, Charity Shield & World Club Challenge

[adamkungl]

That's a pretty crap crowd for the Foundation Cup. In 2007 & 2008 this match got 15,000-odd.

it hadnt been raining all day previous years iirc

 

[Non Terminator]

Foundation cup---1 Tigers ten point better side on the night
2 tigers have a quality buy in the big pom
3 tigers kicking game in a word shocking
4 Mini keeps injury free he is in for a good season
5 Archer the most over rated ref of all time
6 the chooks and the tigers are along way off the pace
7 Benji is still only 10% as good as his headlines
8 both sides will have to be injury free to make the 8
9 junior junior looked good
10 tigers look to have some real talent in the u20's

Meh - still only a trial for now.

 

[Dutchy]

Quinns: 26
Manly: 34

Manly Tries: Robertson 2, Bailey, B.Stewart, Lyon, Matai

Manly Goals: Orford 2, Lyon 3

Penalties: 4-4

Manly down 20 nil at half time with the young guys on. Full strength (except Kite) in the second half and Manly were unstoppable.

 

[gong_eagle]

Eagles hit back to stun Quins


Aussie stars recover to clinch warm-up win
http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12196_4960307,00.html

Manly Sea Eagles warmed up for next Sunday's World Club Challenge with a 34-26 victory over Harlequins at the Stoop, but required a second-half fightback to do so.

Manly coach Des Hasler started with an experimental line-up and it showed as the Super League side raced into a 20-0 lead inside the first half hour.

But Hasler brought on his big guns after the break and the Australians ran-in a total of six tries to score an emphatic success in the end.

Jon Wells opened the scoring in the sixth minute following a kick-through from Danny Orr and eight minutes later skipper Rob Purdham crashed over.

Almost immediately the hosts were back on the offensive and a Will Sharp break allowed Chad Randall to cross.

And although Manly began to come into the game more, Quins extended their advantage when Luke Dorn raced onto a clever Purdham kick to cross under posts before half-time.

But with skipper Matt Orford, Jamie Lyon and Brett Stewart brought off the bench the Aussies looked a different side after the turnaround.

Orford immediately orchestrated the first score with a perfectly weighted cross kick which Michael Robertson latched on to before touching down, and he quickly doubled up as Manly started to eat into the lead.

And although Jamie O'Callaghan went down the other end to score Harlequins' fifth try of the day, the tourists had the bit between their teeth and quick-fire tries from David Williams and Brett Stewart narrowed the gap to just four points.

Quins defence was buckling under the strain and it was almost inevitable when Lyon dived over following some fine passing and Steve Matai scored a sixth in the dying moments to seal the win.

The NRL champions will now have a further week to acclimatise before taking on Super League champions Leeds Rhinos at Elland Road.

 

[Timmah]

RESULTS SO FAR

Sat 24 Jan
Raiders 32 Sharks 12 @ Seiffert Oval, Queanbeyan NSW

Sun 8 Feb
Rabbitohs 26 Tigers 30 @ Redfern Oval, Sydney NSW

Thu 12 Feb
Warriors 24 Storm 12 @ Waikato Stadium, Hamilton NZ

Sat 14 Feb
Rabbitohs 38 Panthers 4 @ BCU International Stadium, Coffs Harbour NSW
Roosters 6 Dragons 54 @ Members Equity Stadium, Perth WA
Eels 34 Panthers 12 @ Exies Oval, Griffith NSW
Titans 18 Broncos 24 @ Kougari Oval, Wynnum QLD
Cowboys v Sharks @ Brothers RL Ground, Mackay QLD - cancelled
Broncos NYC v QRL Central Comets @ Browne Park, Rockhampton QLD - 58-4.

Sat 21 Feb
Storm 32 Knights 24 @ VISY Park (formerly MC Labour/Princes Park), Melbourne VIC
Dragons 24 Bulldogs 12 @ WIN Stadium, Wollongong NSW Mercury Challenge
Raiders 16 Broncos 30 @ Dolphin Oval, Redcliffe QLD
Panthers 10 Eels 18 @ CUA Stadium, Penrith NSW Battle for the West Cup
Titans 40 Sharks 16 @ Richardson Park, Darwin NT
Roosters 16 Tigers 12 @ SFS, Moore Park NSW Foundation Cup
Sun 22 Feb
Warriors 32 Cowboys 28 @ North Harbour Stadium, Auckland NZ
Harlequins RL 26 Sea Eagles 34 @ The Stoop, London UK



NEXT WEEKEND

Sat 28 Feb
Rabbitohs v Dragons @ ANZ Stadium Charity Shield
Raiders v Bulldogs @ Meakin Park, Logan QLD
Broncos v Storm @ Quad Park, Kawana Waters QLD
Knights v Sharks @ Baddeley Park, Cessnock NSW
Eels v Roosters @ Campbelltown Stadium, NSW
Cowboys v Panthers @ Barlow Park, Cairns QLD
Titans v Warriors @ Oaks Oval, Lismore NSW

Sun Mar 1 - World Club Challenge (5am Mon 2 Mar AEDT)
Leeds Rhinos v Manly Warringah Sea Eagles @ Elland Road

 

[parramaniac2516]

Roosters vs Eels trial is now in Campbelltown.

 

[gong_eagle]

Centrebet WCC betting

Carnegie World Club Challenge • 2009
Head to Head

LEEDS RHINOS vs MANLY SEA EAGLES

1. LEEDS RHINOS $2.05
2. MANLY SEA EAGLES $1.72

 

[Rovelli]

I hope Manly beat em

 

[The Tank]

A little surprised Manly are favourites TBH... Gonna be a cracker of a game this one, two very good sides going head-to-head... Leeds in a tight one for me.

 

[Hindyscrack]

Was at the stoop yesterday, definition of 'a game of two halves'

Manly started with an understrength side in the first half, while Quins had its stronger team on the park. Complete opposite happened in the second half, with Manly coming out with its first choice team and Quins resting its better players. Hard to guage how both teams fared, although Manly looked quite smooth in the second half and should knock Leeds off next week who have had an interuppted start to their season with injuries seeing them name a new team each week.

Oh yeah, some on teach Watmough to tackle. He's shocking.

 

[Timmah]

Match threads now open for the World Club Challenge and Charity Shield:

WORLD CLUB CHALLENGE Match Thread

CHARITY SHIELD Match Thread

 

[Timmah]

FINAL WEEKEND OF TRIALS - TEAMS:

Rabbitohs v Dragons @ ANZ Stadium, Saturday 8:00pm:
RABBITOHS: 1. Rhys Wesser, 2. Nathan Merritt, 3. Colin Best, 4. Shaun Corrigan, 5. Fetuli Talanoa, 6. John Sutton, 7. Chris Sandow, 8. Luke Stuart, 9. Issac Luke, 10. Roy Asotasi, 11. David Kidwell, 12. Shannan McPherson, 13. David Fa'alogo
Interchange: Beau Falloon, Eddy Pettybourne, Jaiman Lowe, Ben Lowe, Garrett Crossman, Jamie Simpson, Luke Capewell, Dave Tyrell, Chris McQueen
DRAGONS: 1. Darius Boyd, 2. Jason Nightingale, 3. Chase Stanley, 4. Matt Cooper, 5. Wendell Sailor, 6. Jamie Soward, 7. Mathew Head, 8. Justin Poore, 9. Dean Young ©, 10. Michael Weyman, 11. Jeremy Smith, 12. Ben Creagh, 13. Beau Scott
Interchange: 14. Jarrod Saffy, 15. Ricky Thorby, 16. Brett Morris, 17. Michael Lett, 18. Matt Prior, 19. Dan Hunt, 20. Neville Costigan, 21. Luke Priddis, 22. Mickey Paea


Raiders v Bulldogs @ Meakin Park, Logan QLD
RAIDERS: 1. David Milne, 2. Phil Graham, 3. Adrian Purtell, 4. Joel Monaghan, 5. Justin Carney, 6. Terry Campese (C), 7. Marc Herbert, 8. David Shillington, 9. Glen Buttriss, 10. Scott Logan, 11. Glen Turner, 12. Bronson Harrison, 13. Josh Miller
Interchange: 14. Stuart Flanagan, 15. Trevor Thurling, 16. Joe Picker, 17. Dane Tilse, 18. Daniel Joyce, 19. Brett Kelly, 20. Josh McCrone
BULLDOGS: 1. Luke Patten, 2. Hazem El Masri, 3. Josh Morris, 4. Jamal Idris, 5. Matt Utai, 6. Ben Roberts, 7. Brett Kimmorley, 8. Ben Hannant, 9. Mick Ennis, 10. Michael Hodgson, 11. Gary Warburton, 12. Andrew Ryan, 13. Lee Te Maari
Interchange: 14. Brent Crisp, 15. Chris Armit, 16. Daniel Holdsworth, 17. Charlie Leaeno, 19. Conrad Ta'akimoeaka, 20. Yileen Gordon, 21. Bryson Goodwin, 22. Ben Barba


Broncos v Storm @ Stockland Park, Kawana Waters QLD
BRONCOS: 1. Gerard Beale, 2. Antonio Winterstein, 3. Mick De Vere, 4. Israel Folau, 5. Jharal Yow Yeh, 6. Darren Lockyer ©, 7. Peter Wallace, 8. Nick Kenny, 9. Aaron Gorrell, 10. Joel Clinton, 11. Sam Thaiday, 12. Ben Te’o, 13. Corey Parker
Interchange: 14. Lagi Setu, 15. Aaron Sweeney, 16. Ashton Sims, 17. Alex Glenn, 18. Andrew McCullough, 19. Dave Taylor, 20. Guy Williams
STORM: 1. Billy Slater, 2. Steve Turner, 3. Willie Isa, 4. Will Chambers, 5. Anthony Quinn, 6. Greg Inglis, 7. Cooper Cronk, 8. Adam Blair, 9. Cameron Smith, 10. Brett White, 11. Sika Manu, 12. Ryan Hoffman, 13. Dallas Johnson
Interchange: Joseph Tomane, Dane Nielsen, James Maloney, Wairangi Koopu, Kevin Proctor, Scott Anderson, Jeff Lima, Ryan Hinchcliffe, Aiden Tolman


Knights v Sharks @ Baddeley Park, Cessnock NSW
KNIGHTS: 1. Kurt Gidley (c), 2. James McManus, 3. Junior Sau, 4. Adam MacDougall, 5. Akuila Uate, 6. Ben Rogers, 7. Jarrod Mullen, 8. Ben Cross, 9. Isaac De Gois, 10. Daniel Tolar, 11. Steve Simpson, 12. Cory Paterson, 13. Zeb Taia
Interchange: 14. Richard Fa’aoso, 15. Chris Houston, 16. Cameron Ciraldo, 17. Scott Dureau, 18. George Ndaira, 19. Keith Lulia, 20. Jimmy Fawcett, 21. Mark Taufua, 22. Matt Hilder, 23. Constantine Mika, 24. Peter Mata’utia
SHARKS: Brett Kearney, Luke Covell, David Simmons, Ben Pomeroy, Misi Taulapapa, Trent Barrett, Blake Green, Luke Douglas, Corey Hughes, Kade Snowden, Reni Maitua, Anthony Tupou, Paul Gallen, Reece Williams, Bryan Norrie, Ben Ross, Mitch Brown, Jacob Selmes, Terence Seu Seu, Matt Wright, Jack Afamasaga, Blake Ferguson


Eels v Roosters @ Campbelltown Stadium, NSW
ROOSTERS: Anthony Minichiello, Sam Perrett, Sia Soliola, Mitchell Aubusson, Shaun Kenny-Dowall, Setiamata Sa, Mitchell Pearce, Mark O'Meley, James Aubusson, Nate Myles, Lopini Paea, Craig Fitzgibbon, Braith Anasta
Interchange: Frank-Paul Nuuausala, Stanley Waqa, Martin Kennedy, Jordan Tansey, Sonny Tuigamala, Ben Jones
EELS: 1 Luke Burt, 2 Krisnan Inu, 3 Ben Smith, 4 Taulima Tautai, 5 Eric Grothe, 6 Jarryd Hayne, 7 Kris Keating, 8 Nathan Cayless, 9 Matthew Keating, 10 Josh Cordoba,11 Nathan Hindmarsh, 12 Weller Hauraki, 13 Feleti Mateo
Interchange: 14 Jeff Robson, 16 Tim Mannah, 17 Fuifui Moimoi, 18 Joel Reddy, 19 Joe Galuvao, 20 Broderick Wright


Cowboys v Panthers @ Barlow Park, Cairns QLD
COWBOYS: Ben Farrar, Ty Williams, Ashley Graham, Willie Tonga, Donald Malone, Travis Burns, Johnathan Thurston, Shane Tronc, Aaron Payne, Antonio Kaufusi, Scott Bolton, Ben Harris, Luke O’Donnell
Interchange: Matt Bowen, Carl Webb, Matt Scott, Manase Manuokafoa, James Tamou
PANTHERS: 1. Michael Gordon 2. Shane Elford 3. Michael Jennings 4. Gavin Cooper 5. Brad Tighe 6. Wade Graham 7. Jarrod Sammut 8. Tim Grant 9. Paul Aiton 10. Frank Puletua 11. Trent Waterhouse 12. Nathan Smith 13. Luke Lewis
Interchange: 14. Petero Civoniceva 15. Masada Iosefa 16. Lachlan Coote 17. Matthew Bell 18. Maurice Blair 19. Joseph Paulo 20. Ben McFadgeon 21. Adam Woolnough


Titans v Warriors @ Oaks Oval, Lismore NSW
TITANS: 1. William Zillman, 2. Jordan Atkins, 3. Josh Graham, 4. Brett Delaney, 5. Esi Tonga, 6. Mat Rogers, 7. Brad Davis, 8. Luke Bailey (c), 9. Nathan Friend, 10. Matthew White, 11. Anthony Laffranchi, 12. Mark Minichiello, 13. Luke O’Dwyer
Interchange: 14. Ian Donnelly, 15. Brad Meyers, 16. Bodene Thompson, 17. Shannon Walker, 18. Ian Lacey, 19. Will Matthews, 20. David Mead, 21. Sam Tagataese
WARRIORS: Wade McKinnon, Denan Kemp, Manu Vatuvei, Aidan Kirk, Jerome Ropati, Brent Tate, Aaron Heremaia, Joel Moon, Nathan Fien, Stacey Jones, Leeson Ah Mau, Russell Packer, Steve Price (C), Sam Rapira, Ian Henderson, Lance Hohaia, Jacob Lillyman, Simon Mannering, Ben Matulino, Ukuma Ta’ai, Micheal Luck (V-C)


Sun Mar 1 - World Club Challenge 6pm
Rhinos v Sea Eagles @ Elland Road, Leeds UK - 5am AEDT Monday
RHINOS: TBA
SEA EAGLES: Brett Stewart, Michael Robertson, Jamie Lyon, Steve Matai, David Williams, Chris Bailey, Matt Orford (c), Jason King, Matt Ballin, Josh Perry, Anthony Watmough, Glenn Hall, Glenn Stewart.
Interchange: Heath L'Estrange, Adam Cuthbertson, George Rose, Shane Rodney, Jared Waerea-Hargreaves.

 

[Timmah]

Warriors & Panthers teams added above...

 

[Johnny_L_O]

Leeds Rhinos will be without at least 3 of our squad for Sunday With Webb still out after spinal surgery through the off season, Danny Buderus having a knee clearout and Greg Eastwood waiting on an appeal for his ancestoral visa.

Rob Burrow our half back hasnt played in nearly 6 weeks when he injured his back in a trial against Salford in Florida. McClennan has stated that he is "very doubtful".

Ali Lauitiiti injured his hamstring 2 weeks ago and is also doubtful.

In last weeks game Lee Smith left the stadium on crutches with an ankle injury. Jamie Peacock has injured his leg and Carl Ablett was also injured. Ryan Bailey was knocked out and received treatment for 8 minutes on the pitch before being stretchered off. He will have to have a Cog test this week.

Im not counting Eastwood for obvious reasons but thats still 8 players who could be missing. I can see this being a wark in the park for Manly personally.

If none of the above nake it then the team will be made up of reserves and juniors.

 

[Timmah]

Eels & Raiders both added.

Just waiting on Knights/Sharks, Bulldogs, Cowboys and WCC teams.

 

[Johnny_L_O]

Interviews at training yesterday from the Manly boys on SLTV

http://www.superleague.co.uk/article.php?id=13168
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[Timmah]

http://www.sharks.com.au/default.aspx?s=article-display&id=1811

New buys Reni Maitua and Anthony Tupou will run out for their first games in Cronulla colours when the Sharks tackle the Newcastle Knights in a trial match to be played at Baddeley Park, Cessnock on Saturday.
The two new recruits will join the likes of Trent Barrett, Corey Hughes and Paul Gallen for the match this weekend, with Gallen also set to make his first appearance for 2009.
The Newcastle trial represents the Sharks last official hit out before round one of the NRL competition proper, which is set to take place on March 14.
The Sharks will be looking for a somewhat improved showing after a near full-strength Titans outfit scored 40 points against them in a trial played in Darwin last weekend.
Saturday’s trial match is set down for a 7.30pm start, with a Toyota Cup trial scheduled for 5.15pm and a NSW Cup match kicking off the afternoon at 3.30pm.


Sharks squad for Knights trial
Brett Kearney
Luke Covell
David Simmons
Ben Pomeroy
Misi Taulapapa
Trent Barrett
Blake Green
Luke Douglas
Corey Hughes
Kade Snowden
Reni Maitua
Anthony Tupou
Paul Gallen
Reece Williams
Bryan Norrie
Ben Ross
Mitch Brown
Jacob Selmes
Terence Seu Seu
Matt Wright
Jak Afamasaga
Blake Ferguson

 

[Timmah]

www.cowboys.com.au

Team: Ben Farrar, Ty Williams, Ashley Graham, Willie Tonga, Donald Malone, Travis Burns, Johnathan Thurston, Shane Tronc, Aaron Payne, Antonio Kaufusi, Scott Bolton, Ben Harris, Luke O’Donnell
Interchange: Matt Bowen, Carl Webb, Matt Scott, Manase Manuokafoa, James Tamou

 

[Timmah]

Bulldogs Member e-news:

1. Luke Patten
2. Hazem El Masri
3. Josh Morris
4. Jamal Idris
5. Matt Utai
6. Ben Roberts
7. Brett Kimmorley
8. Ben Hannant
9. Mick Ennis
10. Michael Hodgson
11. Gary Warburton
12. Andrew Ryan
13. Lee Te Maari

Interchange:
14. Brent Crisp
15. Chris Armit
16. Daniel Holdsworth
17. Charlie Leaeno,
Reserves: 19. Conrad Ta'akimoeaka, 20. Yileen Gordon, 21. Bryson Goodwin, 22. Ben Barba

 

[Timmah]

www.newcastleknights.com.au

1. Kurt Gidley (c)
2. James McManus
3. Junior Sau
4. Adam MacDougall
5. Akuila Uate
6. Ben Rogers
7. Jarrod Mullen
8. Ben Cross
9. Isaac De Gois
10. Daniel Tolar
11. Steve Simpson
12. Cory Paterson
13. Zeb Taia

Interchange:
14. Richard Fa’aoso
15. Chris Houston
16. Cameron Ciraldo
17. Scott Dureau
18. George Ndaira
19. Keith Lulia
20. Jimmy Fawcett
21. Mark Taufua
22. Matt Hilder
23. Constantine Mika
24. Peter Mata’utia