2024 R5 Sat - Dolphins 26-16 Wests Tigers @ Suncorp

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NRL 2024 - Round 5
Dolphins v Wests Tigers
Suncorp Stadium, Milton / Yuggera-Turrbal (TICKETS)

Saturday 6 April 2024
NRL kickoff 7:35pm. (6:35pm QLD)
Broadcast live on Fox, Kayo.

1. Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow 2. Jamayne Isaako 3. Jake Averillo 4. Herbie Farnworth 5. Jack Bostock 6. Kodi Nikorima 7. Isaiya Katoa 8. Jesse Bromwich 9. Jeremy Marshall-King 10. Thomas Flegler 11. Felise Kaufusi 12. Euan Aitken 13. Ray Stone 14. Josh Kerr 15. Kurt Donoghoe 16. Mark Nicholls 17. Kenny Bromwich 18. Oryn Keeley 19. Sean O'Sullivan 20. Jarrod Wallace 21. Tesi Niu 22. Mason Teague

Out: Max Plath (lock)
In: Kenny Bromwich (bench), Oryn Keeley (bench), Sean O'Sullivan (bench), Jarrod Wallace (reserve), Tesi Niu (reserve), Mason Teague (reserve)
Changes: Ray Stone (bench to lock)

1. Jahream Bula 2. Charlie Staines 3. Solomona Faataape 4. Justin Olam 5. Junior Tupou 6. Jayden Sullivan 7. Aidan Sezer 8. Stefano Utoikamanu 9. Apisai Koroisau 10. David Klemmer 11. Isaiah Papali'i 12. John Bateman 13. Fonua Pole 14. Latu Fainu 15. Alex Seyfarth 16. Alex Twal 17. Samuela Fainu 18. Brent Naden 19. Asu Kepaoa 20. Justin Matamua 21. Solomon Alaimalo 22. Jake Simpkin

Out: Lachlan Galvin (five-eighth)
In: Latu Fainu (bench), Alex Twal (bench), Brent Naden (bench), Justin Matamua (reserve), Solomon Alaimalo (reserve), Jake Simpkin (reserve)
Changes: Jayden Sullivan (bench to five-eighth)

Referee: Gerard Sutton
Sideline Officials: Michael Wise, Matt Noyen
Video Referee: Peter Gough

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H2H: 1 match, Wests Tigers 1 Dolphins 0
Only meeting: 2023 R25 at Commbank: Wests Tigers 24-23

Next up:
Brisbane v Dolphins (Suncorp)
Wests Tigers v St Geo Illa (Campbelltown)​

 

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[Vic Mackey]

Huge top of the table clash here

Benji to send his brother home a loser

 

[GongPanther]

Erm yea, this is were the Tiges get their next loss. Can't fault a team with great form, compared to a team with a reconstruction under way.

Fins by 32-12.

 

[JamesRustle]

Neither team is used to the giddy heights on the ladder they are currently enjoying. The lack of oxygen will ensure the quality of this game is diabolical. Draw after GP.

 

[Marshall_magic]

Galvin is a massive out. Reckon we struggle without him. That said it’s hard to read the Fins, they beat an ordinary Dragons side and a dreadful Titans side. Only good team they’ve played wiped them off the field. Can see anything happening here.

 

[Marshall_magic]

Also, question for the historians/statisticians,

Is this the first time a pair of brothers have been opponents in a coach/player dynamic?

 

[This Year?]

I'd love to see the Tigers get 3 in a row but I just can't see it happening. Tigers will be a bit flat after the derby and will have one eye on their blockbuster next week.

 

[I Bleed Maroon]

Phins should get up by less than a try you would think, but it has the potential to be a decent game

 

[Someone2]

Dolphins by 12

 

[The Rosco]

Dolphins by 12

Just point to where the WT touched your team last week. You don't have to take off your shorts. Just point.

 

[Speedy Gonzales]

I'd love to see the Tigers get 3 in a row but I just can't see it happening. Tigers will be a bit flat after the derby and will have one eye on their blockbuster next week.

Agree.

5 day turn around, tough slog in 30 degree heat has the ingredients for us to turn in a flat performance.

hopefully we catch the dolphins off guard…I’ll go us in a close one but I’m bias

 

[Marshall_magic]

I'd love to see the Tigers get 3 in a row but I just can't see it happening. Tigers will be a bit flat after the derby and will have one eye on their blockbuster next week.

Over the past decade when we have back to back performances that get your hopes up we almost always follow it up with an absolute disaster class. If history is anything to go by this is a routine win for the phins, with us barely laying a glove on them.

 

[Bazal]

Who's the spud on the trumpet

 

[MRN]

Oh Api with the bad wheel in pregame?

 

[KOMORI]

Bulla giving Benji his first grey hair lol

 

[Bazal]

Tigers opened up like Apis DMs

 

[sensesmaybenumbed]

Nice effort to find the sideline

 

[Bazal]

I see which Isaako is out there tonight...easy GK miss and then jogs after the 40/20

 

[Mr. Shaman]

I see which Isaako is out there tonight...easy GK miss and then jogs after the 40/20

iSucko is the best version of him