2019 team line up

[muzby]

Book rookie Zac Lomax

Damn kids today.. too much time reading off iPads and kindles and no respect for printed text..

 

[Crush]

Lomax will start in ISP and unless Aitken or Lafai get injured that is where he will spend most of the year.

 

[getsmarty]

Kerr: giving my absolute all
Up against what he dubs as one of the top two forward packs in the world, Josh Kerr isn't afraid to push himself as far as possible to make the top squad.

https://www.dragons.com.au/news/2018/12/04/kerr-giving-my-absolute-all/

 

[getsmarty]

OPINION


Fans' predictions: Where each club will finish in 2019
Author
NRL.com
Timestamp
Thu 6 Dec 2018, 09:05 AM

After another week of big signings – led by a high-profile coach swap – NRL fans have fine-tuned their predictions for where all 16 clubs will finish on the ladder in 2019.

With more than 210,000 votes cast in NRL.com's polls asking where each club will rank, the Roosters, Rabbitohs, Storm and Panthers make up the top four with Newcastle squeezing into the top eight.

The big movers in voting this week were the Brisbane Broncos, who jumped from seventh to fifth in the fans' predicted rankings after finally settling their coaching situation for 2019 – with Anthony Seibold replacing Wayne Bennett on Sunday.

The switch between Brisbane and South Sydney looks to have improved both clubs' prospects with Bennett's Rabbitohs enjoying a 3% bump in voting to win the 2019 premiership.

Meanwhile there was a mixed response to Cronulla's signing of former Warriors half Shaun Johnson, with the vote for them winning the competition increasing at the same time as support for them to make the finals dropped for the second straight week following the exit of Valentine Holmes. They've slipped in the rankings from sixth to seventh.

Johnson speaks to Sharks Media

NRL.com has been running fan polls for all 16 clubs, asking readers whether they expect each club to finish 2019 as premiers, as a top-eight side, just outside the playoffs or near the bottom of the ladder.

Using a formula of two points for every vote a club gets to win the premiership, one point for top eight, -1 for just missing the finals and -2 for bottom of the ladder, here are the rankings for the 16 clubs.

Premiers 2nd to 8th 9th to 12th 13th to 16th
1. Roosters 49% 43% (+1) 3% 6%
2. Rabbitohs 27% (+3) 58% (-2) 10% (-1) 5%
3. Storm 18% 69% 9% 5%
4. Panthers 20% (-1) 59% (+1) 15% 6%
5. Broncos 22% (+2) 49% 20% (-2) 8% (-1)
6. Dragons 21% 49% 23% 7%
7. Sharks 11% (+3) 59% (-5) 21% 8% (+1)
8. Knights 9% 58% 25% 9%
9. Cowboys 15% (-1) 39% (-1) 31% 14%
10. Wests Tigers 9% 38% (-) 35% 18%
11. Warriors 7% 30% (-1) 36% 27% (+1)
12. Raiders 5% (-1) 25% (-1) 48% 21%
13. Sea Eagles 8% 25% 28% 40% (+1)
14. Titans 3% 20% 33% 44% (+1)
15. Bulldogs 6% 15% 25% 54%
16. Eels 5% (-1) 10% (-1) 19% 65% (+1)
As of December 6

https://www.dragons.com.au/news/2018/12/06/fans-predictions-where-each-club-will-finish-in-2019/

 

[JDHD]

Lomax will start in ISP and unless Aitken or Lafai get injured that is where he will spend most of the year.

Lol. No way. He’ll be in grade on the wing from round 1.

 

[Crush]

Lol. No way. He’ll be in grade on the wing from round 1.

You may be right there but my odds are better. I reckon something like this-
ISP $1.80
WING $4.20
BENCH $6.00
CENTRE $27.00

 

[muzby]

Lol. No way. He’ll be in grade on the wing from round 1.

*reserve grade

 

[Frank Facer]

You may be right there but my odds are better. I reckon something like this-
ISP $1.80
WING $4.20
BENCH $6.00
CENTRE $27.00

I would throw a few hundred on Lomax starting at centre at the $27.

 

[ouryears]

Dufty in the halves is stupid. Not even for the defensive side of things, that's obvious. He needs space and won't get it in the halves. Also doesn't play direct enough.

One day, in the future, could.....
4-5 yrs time
Never know

 

[dino1]

lafai and aitken the slowest and least skillfull backs in the league. that would be a thread The least gifted centres we have had?

 

[BLM01]

lafai and aitken the slowest and least skillfull backs in the league. that would be a thread The least gifted centres we have had?

After Coops retired....I'll go out on a limb and say a combination of these at some stage were together Runciman, Beale, Farrell, Chase Stanley & Neilson..were worse.....oh those glory years of 2013-2016..never forget

 

[watatank]

One day, in the future, could.....
4-5 yrs time
Never know

Long time though

 

[possm]

Lol. No way. He’ll be in grade on the wing from round 1.

On the wing outside Aitken would be a big mistake for the team, the Club and both players. Aitken's poor reads in defence will cause Lomax no end of trouble marking his opposite winger and Aitken's inability to set up his winger with an accurate pass would rob Lomax of opportunites in attack.

 

[nontime111]

Lomax is already 3 times the centre of Aitken, hed better be in the starting team

 

[Crush]

lafai and aitken the slowest and least skillfull backs in the league. that would be a thread The least gifted centres we have had?

Harsh on Aitken. He's just been selected in the emerging blues team.
Lafai I agree.

 

[possm]

Lomax v Aitken like chalk and cheese. My money is on Lomax.

 

[dragonssamy61]

Harsh on Aitken. He's just been selected in the emerging blues team.
Lafai I agree.

Agree up to a point but you would think that 3 and 4 sould be the least of our worries.
Considering the coach was a good centre.
You would think he could pass on how to play as a centre.
But he seems to not be able to.

 

[Crush]

Agree up to a point but you would think that 3 and 4 sould be the least of our worries.
Considering the coach was a good centre.
You would think he could pass on how to play as a centre.
But he seems to not be able to.

I think the fact that our centres are our biggest weakness is a positive. Better that than having weak forwards or halves.
I reckon if Lomax does in fact turn out to be the chosen one as possum and crew are predicting then we'll be fine.

 

[ouryears]

Harsh on Aitken. He's just been selected in the emerging blues team.
Lafai I agree.

I didn’t realise there are 5 dragons in the emerging squad, inc Lomax, Lawrie, McInnes, Robson and Aitken
https://www.nswrl.com.au/news/2018/11/26/fittler-announces-emerging-blues-squad/

 

[Crush]

I didn’t realise there are 5 dragons in the emerging squad, inc Lomax, Lawrie, McInnes, Robson and Aitken
https://www.nswrl.com.au/news/2018/11/26/fittler-announces-emerging-blues-squad/

Yep, from memory stacked with dragons and panthers players