2016 R25 - Sea Eagles 30-44 Raiders @ Brookvale Oval

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NRL 2016 - Round 25
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles v Canberra Raiders
Brookvale Oval, Brookvale (TICKETS)
Saturday 27 August 2016

Gates Open 12:30pm / U20s NYC 12:45pm / NRL 3pm

1. Tom Trbojevic 2. Jorge Taufua 3. Lewis Brown 4. Dylan Walker 5. Brayden Wiliame 6. Matthew Wright 7. Daly Cherry-Evans 8. Addin Fonua-blake 9. Apisai Koroisau 10. Nate Myles 11. Martin Taupau 12. Jamie Buhrer 13. Jake Trbojevic
Interchange: 14. Matt Parcell 15. Josh Starling 16. Frank Winterstein 17. Siosaia Vave 18. Blake Leary

1. Jack Wighton 2. Edrick Lee 3. Jarrod Croker 4. Joseph Leilua 5. Jordan Rapana 6. Blake Austin 7. Aidan Sezer 8. Paul Vaughan 9. Josh Hodgson 10. Shannon Boyd 11. Josh Papalii 12. Elliot Whitehead 13. Iosia Soliola
Interchange: 14. Kurt Baptiste 15. Luke Bateman 16. Clay Priest 17. Joseph Tapine 18. Brenko Lee 19. Shaun Fensom

Referees: Ben Cummins, Tim Roby
Sideline Officials: Ricky MacFarlane, Adam Reid
Video Referees: Bernard Sutton, Bryan Norrie, Jason Robinson

ISP NSW
Newtown v Manly @ Henson Park, Sat 3pm
Mounties v Wentworthville @ Aubrey Keech Reserve, Sat 3pm

Head to Head
Overall 50 - Sea Eagles 30 Raiders 19 Drawn 1
At Brookvale 25 - Sea Eagles 16 Raiders 9
Last 5 - Sea Eagles 3, Raiders 2

Last meeting
2016 Round 13 - Raiders 30 Sea Eagles 18 at GIO Stadium

Biggest wins
1982 - Sea Eagles 61 Raiders 20 at Brookvale Oval (41 points)
2003 - Raiders 51 Sea Eagles 16 at Brookvale Oval (35 points)​

 

[Walt Flanigan]

It would be sad if Jamie Lyon didn’t get to play his last game at Brookvale, but from a Raiders perspective it would be good for Manly not to have that motivation. Hopefully the chance to seal 3rd spot is enough for us to show up anyway.

 

[Pete Cash]

Hodgson is back so we shouldnt be quite as leaky around the ruck. I can deffo see us dropping a game before the season ends but I am a negative nancy in the extreme.

 

[Walt Flanigan]

I can deffo see us dropping a game before the season ends but I am a negative nancy in the extreme.

I think anyone that has supported the Raiders would find that to be realistic. Funny how winning 11 out of the last 12 games can’t shake that unease.

 

[Cartman]

I think anyone that has supported the Raiders would find that to be realistic. Funny how winning 11 out of the last 12 games can’t shake that unease.

20 odd years of emotional scarring is tough to get past.

 

[Hawkins]

Raiders to win Boo YA!

 

[ed-grimley]

I think anyone that has supported the Raiders would find that to be realistic. Funny how winning 11 out of the last 12 games can’t shake that unease.

Look at what happened to Cronulla.

 

[TheFrog]

Manly down on troops here, to say the least and those remaining aren't all that healthy. Killer's career looks to be over. Walker is gone. Matai is long gone. Turbo is playing injured. Taufua has been playing with the yuckiest infection imaginable, despite taking enough antibiotics to kill a horse. It's a seriously banged up side waiting for the season to end with very little to play for facing a white hot Raiders who only needed to show up for the second half last week and still won comfortably.

If the Raiders want to put the fear of God into their fellow top 4 contenders, they will turn up focused and put 60 or 70 on Manly here. They need the for and against to get past the crumbling Sharks into second place anyway. But more likely they'll do what is needed and not much more, winning by about as many as the Storm did.

 

[Walt Flanigan]

They need the for and against to get past the crumbling Sharks into second place anyway.

Our for and against is already better than theirs.

 

[GongPanther]

Canberra should prove far to classy and strong.Unless it pisses down,I can't see Manly getting near them.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

I keep picking against us and we keep winning. So Moanly by 10.

 

[Nice Beaver]

Expecting the team to lift big time for Killer's Brookie farewell (even though he won't play).

But lifting will only take us so far, with Canberra still getting away with a win by around 10.

 

[Paullyboy]

It would be sad if Jamie Lyon didn’t get to play his last game at Brookvale, but from a Raiders perspective it would be good for Manly not to have that motivation. Hopefully the chance to seal 3rd spot is enough for us to show up anyway.

Our target should be 2nd spot. It's very realistic now as the Sharks only need to drop one game (and they have the Roosters and Storm to get through - possibly the two hardest teams to play at this point in time).

 

[eagles4eva]

Supercoach Barrett to pick Lewis Brown as capt/coach...Brown to gift Croker 6 tries... Raiders by 30

 

[Whino]

Don't know why but favour manly in this one.

 

[Rhyno]

Raiders by 10

 

[thorson1987]

So Tom T clearly injured yet still picked.

Are Manly having issues with the 2nd tier cap?

Surely it would be better for him to have started his pre season the moment they were out of finals contention.

 

[THE CHAMP]

Raiders by about 28

 

[ed-grimley]

I don't know why people continually bag Croker.

 

[bileduct]

I don't know why people continually bag Croker.

Because for years he was a shit defender and a ball hog in attack with no draw and pass.

However, unlike Fenderp, he turned it all around and is now one of our best week in, week out.