2011 top 25 squads for NRL

[effnic]

Yes he has.

Why would any team want a player that has even stated in public that his band and music comes before his football. He should just pick the one he is good at and stick with it....................oh wait yeah now i see his problem.

 

[boxhead]

Why would any team want a player that has even stated in public that his band and music comes before his football. He should just pick the one he is good at and stick with it....................oh wait yeah now i see his problem.

Did you watch any of the start of this year, or any of last year with the Eels? Grothe has been close to our best player for a while.

 

[Bring it home Knights]

Yes he has.

Cheers. Just a 1 year deal? He is the biggest waste of talent I've seen in a long time.

 

[kia ora storm]

Dogs and Knights look to have pretty shaky halves combinations.

Storm will be unstoppable when injury free.

Their biggest problem is going to be depth, they have Kostjaysn and Cronk who can play hooker, Kelly, Widdop and Kostjaysn can also play half or five-eighth and Widdop can play at Fullback so they can cover for most of their big name players during origin time.

Can't believe they've hung onto Quinn though, O'Neill is just as good, much younger and cheaper.

I like the look of the Dogs 25...top 4 material IMO.

Storm have a really young exciting backline that will be awesome in a year or so IMO.

Quinn will be lucky to get back on the field...O'Neill is a star in the making and has pace to burn.

The forwards look weak and I am not convinced yet that the likes of Norrie and Woolnough have the goods to step up each week and match it with the Chooks and Dragons.

Manu needs to stay injury free and Blair is going to have to have the season of his life.

 

[boxhead]

The squads all look great, realistically every club next year has a chance to go all the way; the talent is spread out very well I must say. Any team could finish anywhere I think.

 

[taxidriver]

that's why coaches are so important

 

[kia ora storm]

The squads all look great, realistically every club next year has a chance to go all the way; the talent is spread out very well I must say. Any team could finish anywhere I think.

Yep...any team could finish between first and last.:?

 

[DFC005]

Still looking for a Titans and Sharks lineup!

 

[thorson1987]

Yep...any team could finish between first and last.:?

 

[Boofhead]

Gold Coast Titans

FULLBACK
William Zillman (HLF)
Shannon Walker (CTW)

CENTRE/WING
Kevin Gordon
David Mead (FLB)
Esikeli Tonga (2RW)
Clinton Toopi
Joseph Tomane
Steven Michaels

HALFBACK/FIVE EIGHTH
Scott Prince (C)
Preston Campbell (FLB)
Luke Capewell
Jordan Rankin

FRONT FROW
Luke Bailey
Michael Henderson
Matthew White
Bodene Thompson (2RW)
Will Matthews
Selasi Berdie (2RW)

HOOKER
Nathan Friend
Kayne Lawton

LOCK
Ashley Harrison
Greg Bird (HLF)

SECOND ROW
Anthony Laffranchi (FRF)
Mark Minichiello
Brad Meyers (FRF)
Sam Tagataese (CTW)
Ben Ridge
Ryan James

UTILITY
Luke O’Dwyer
Riley Brown
Marshall Chalk

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POTENTIAL TITANS 17

1. William Zillman
2. Kevin Gordon
3. Esikeli Tonga
4. Clinton Toopi
5. David Mead
6. Luke Capewell
7. Scott Prince (c)
8. Luke Bailey
9. Nathan Friend
10. Anthony Laffranchi
11. Ashley Harrison
12. Mark Minichiello
13. Greg Bird

14. Michael Henderson
15. Brad Meyers
16. Bodene Thompson
17. Preston Campbell

 

[Eels Dude]

Cheers. Just a 1 year deal? He is the biggest waste of talent I've seen in a long time.

That's a bit harsh. He is 30 so a one year extension is adequate. He's not the most perfect winger in defence, but he's a great finisher and he plays like a great forward with his hitups in general play. Injuries haven't helped him too, but I'm glad he'll still be an Eel next year.

 

[umina panther]

Gold Coast Titans

FULLBACK
William Zillman (HLF)
Shannon Walker (CTW)

CENTRE/WING
Kevin Gordon
David Mead (FLB)
Esikeli Tonga (2RW)
Clinton Toopi
Joseph Tomane
Steven Michaels

HALFBACK/FIVE EIGHTH
Scott Prince (C)
Preston Campbell (FLB)
Luke Capewell
Jordan Rankin

FRONT FROW
Luke Bailey
Michael Henderson
Matthew White
Bodene Thompson (2RW)
Will Matthews
Selasi Berdie (2RW)

HOOKER
Nathan Friend
Kayne Lawton

LOCK
Ashley Harrison
Greg Bird (HLF)

SECOND ROW
Anthony Laffranchi (FRF)
Mark Minichiello
Brad Meyers (FRF)
Sam Tagataese (CTW)
Ben Ridge
Ryan James

UTILITY
Luke O’Dwyer
Riley Brown
Marshall Chalk

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POTENTIAL TITANS 17

1. William Zillman
2. Kevin Gordon
3. Esikeli Tonga
4. Clinton Toopi
5. David Mead
6. Luke Capewell
7. Scott Prince (c)
8. Luke Bailey
9. Nathan Friend
10. Anthony Laffranchi
11. Ashley Harrison
12. Mark Minichiello
13. Greg Bird

14. Michael Henderson
15. Brad Meyers
16. Bodene Thompson
17. Preston Campbell

Capewell ahead of campbell are you f**king insane ?

 

[MatthewA]

I like what Boofhead has done so I'll do the same for the Bulldogs. Obviously there will be a lot of players who can play different positions, so I'll just list them in their first choice spot.


CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN BULLDOGS 2011

FULLBACK
Ben Barba
Michael Lett (Mainly wing I know, but will probably get more of a look in at fullback)

WING
Bryson Goodwin
Steve Turner

CENTRE
Josh Morris
Daniel Rauicava
Jonathan Wright

HALFBACK/FIVE EIGHTH
Trent Hodkinson
Ben Roberts

PROP
Chris Armit
Tim Browne
Michael Hodgson
Mickey Paea
Andrew Ryan
Ryan Tandy
Martin Taupau
Aiden Tolman

HOOKER
Michael Ennis
Joel Romelo

LOCK
David Stagg
Gary Warburton

SECOND ROW
Greg Eastwood
Jamal Idris
Grant Millington
Brad Morrin
Corey Payne
Frank Pritchard
Jake Forster

UTILITY
Dene Halatau
Kris Keating

POTENTIAL BULLDOGS 1-17

01. Ben Barba
02. Steve Turner
03. Jonathan Wright
04. Josh Morris
05. Bryson Goodwin
06. Ben Roberts
07. Trent Hodkinson
08. Andrew Ryan (c)
09. Michael Ennis
10. Ryan Tandy
11. Greg Eastwood
12. Frank Pritchard
13. David Stagg
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14. Kris Keating
15. Mickey Paea
16. Aiden Tolman
17. Jamal Idris

 

[Geohood]

SYDNEY ROOSTERS 2010

FULLBACK
Anthony Minichiello

WING
Sam Perrett
Phil Graham
Justin Carney

CENTRE
Shaun Kenny-Dowall
Kane Linnett
Joseph Leilua

HALFBACK/FIVE EIGHTH
Mitchell Pearce
Todd Carney
Ben Jones

PROP
Jason Ryles
Martin Kennedy
Jared Warea Hargraeves
Mose Masoe
Daniel Conn
Tini Arona

HOOKER
Jake Friend
Anthony Watts

SECOND ROW/LOCK
Frank Paul Nuuasaala
Mitchell Aubusson
Braith Anasta
Nate Myles
Lama Tasi
Anthony Cherrington
Boyd Cordner
Aiden Guerra

UTILITY
Ben Jones
Tom Symonds

POTENTIAL ROOSTERS 1-17

01. Anthony Minichiello
02. Phil Graham
03. Kane Linnett
04. Shaun Kenny Dowall
05. Sam Perrett
06. Todd Carney
07. Mitchell Pearce
08. Jason Ryles
09. Jake Friend
10. Martin Kennedy
11. Nate Myles
12. Mitchell Aubusson
13. Braith Anasta

14. Anthony Watts
15. Frank Paul Nuuasaala
16. Jared Warea Hargraeves
17. Joseph Leilua

A few quality players will be missing out regardless of what team is picked. Good position to be in

 

[bono69]

ok heres the sharks team
1. nathan gardner
2. john williams
3. colin best
4. dean collis
5. isaac gordon/ryan tongia/stewert mills
6. wade graham
7. tim smith
8. kade snowden
9. john morris
10. luke douglas
11. paul gallen
12. anthony tupou
13. jeremy smith

14.paul aiton
15. siosia vave
16. ben pommeroy/ taulima tautai
17. josh cordoba

18. johnny mannah
19. ryan tongia
20. stuart flanagan
21. andrew clayton
22. kose lelei
23. albert kelly
24. tyson frizzell
25.ricky leutele

 

[saint_marto88]

Dogs outside backs are looking poor apart from Morris. It's been their main problem for the last few years now IMO. Barba is obviously a talent, but obvious question marks as to how he will go at fullback, and even then it could take him a while to settle anyway

 

[MatthewA]

Poor? I wouldn't say that at all. Especially not in the last few seasons. The left hand side combination of Roberts, Morris and Goodwin has been outstanding.

Fullback is the weakest position I admit that. Barba will either shine or crash. Lett will probably get a run though, and he's talented.

Nothing wrong with either starting wingers and centres. Turner and Goodwin are both very good player. Morris and Wright/Idris (whoever Moore goes with) are also very strong and of course Morris is a rep standard player.

I'm not saying we have the greatest back line in the world, but it's very far from "poor".

 

[Big Pete]

Looks pretty good to me, Tyson Martin will be in there somewhere too and I wouldn't be surprised to see Taumalolo in the top 25.

Yeah I tried to keep it as close to 25 as I could, so I didn't think we'd see the likes of Taumololo or Martin.

 

[aqua_duck]

Jono Wright, Steve Turner and Bryson Goodwin are all pretty sub par if you ask me

 

[saint_marto88]

It'd be close to the slowest backline in the comp. Again, apart from Morris and Barba, there's nobody there that looks dangerous or like they could threaten a good defensive unit. It'd be okay if you had excellent proven halves, but the Dog's don't have that either. They better hope Pritchard and Eastwood provide a lot in attack, and consistently, otherwise I think they'll struggle to make the 8 again.