2018 R9 Fri - Knights 18-36 Rabbitohs @ McDonald Jones

[League Unlimited News]

NRL 2018 - Round 9
Newcastle Knights v South Sydney Rabbitohs
McDonald Jones Stadium, New Lambton (TICKETS)
Friday 4 May 2018

Gates 4:30pm / NRL 6pm

1. Kalyn Ponga 2. Ken Sio 3. Sione Mata'utia 4. Nathan Ross 5. Shaun Kenny-dowall 6. Connor Watson 7. Jack Cogger 8. Herman Ese'ese 9. Slade Griffin 10. Daniel Saifiti 11. Lachlan Fitzgibbon 12. Aidan Guerra 13. Mitchell Barnett
Interchange: 14. Jamie Buhrer 15. Chris Heighington 16. Luke Yates 17. Jacob Saifiti 18. Cory Denniss 19. Jacob Lillyman 20. Danny Levi 21. Josh King

1. Alex Johnston 2. Campbell Graham 3. Greg Inglis 4. Dane Gagai 5. Robert Jennings 6. Cody Walker 7. Adam Reynolds 8. Thomas Burgess 9. Damien Cook 10. George Burgess 11. John Sutton 12. Angus Crichton 13. Cameron Murray
Interchange: 14. Adam Doueihi 15. Mark Nicholls 16. Jason Clark 17. Tevita Tatola 18. Robbie Farah 19. Hymel Hunt 20. Braidon Burns 21. Kyle Turner

Referees: Gavin Badger, Matt Noyen
Sideline Officials: Belinda Sleeman, Tim Roby
Video Referees: Luke Patten, Henry Perenara

Feeder club matches
KNIGHTS (NSWRL) & RABBITOHS (NSWRL - North Sydney)
SAT
Newtown (CRO) v North Sydney @ Henson Park, ISP 1pm
Wyong (SYD) v Newcastle @ Morry Breen Oval, ISP 3pm
Flegg - all teams BYE​

 

[Rabbits20]

Gonna be really really tough!

I think it'll come down to the wire!

 

[Clifferd]

Knights easy

 

[alexwilliams_66692007]

Already sounding like it'll be another big crowd.. It'll be tough but hopefully the crowd should get the mighty Knightys home. Just..

 

[Silent Knight]

If we keep directing traffic at Gagai I think we'll come away with a lol@souffs. Knights by 6.

 

[mozza91]

The good guys by 10.

 

[FireFalcons1]

Knights will be too strong at home

 

[Rhino_NQ]

Newcastle deserve a good lol after their efforts so far. Knights by 4

 

[ed-grimley]

Who knows? Maybe Knights at home.

 

[Different kind of Rabbit]

Already sounding like it'll be another big crowd.. It'll be tough but hopefully the crowd should get the mighty Knightys home. Just..

Would probably be a sellout if it wasn't on at 6pm on a Friday night. I, for one, always enjoy the trip up to Newcastle and McDonald Jones is a good stadium for footy watching.

6pm on a Friday basically shoots down any possibility of any decent numbers coming up from Sydney. It's impossible to leave work in Sydney any time after about 3pm on a Friday and get to Newcastle, parked and into the stadium by 6.

 

[Das Gupta]

Knights by a couple.

 

[GongPanther]

Souths by 16.

 

[exile on main street]

Souths by 7

 

[Vic Mackey]

Would love to say Knights. They were gusty against the Eagles but that was probably the lowest quality game of the year. Think Souths have more points in them. Bunnies by 14.

 

[I Bleed Maroon]

I would love another lol@souffs but they will be too desperate to bounce back.

 

[Burwood]

Would love to say Knights. They were gusty against the Eagles but that was probably the lowest quality game of the year. Think Souths have more points in them. Bunnies by 14.

It wasn’t even the lowest quality match of the round.

 

[Rhino_NQ]

Lol@souffs

 

[footy75]

Knights just

 

[Maroon4life]

Rabbits, knoughts aren’t much chop.

 

[Different kind of Rabbit]

For me, it all depends on how we defend the Knights young halves and Ponga. If we get up quick and limit the halves time with ball, we should win. If we loiter around and let the halves get Ponga early ball he will carve our two centres up. Gagai is a rubbish defender and Inglis has the same sort of lateral movement and turning circle as the Queen Mary nowadays.

If Ponga gets time and space on either of our edges he will make us pay.