Dragons v Manly round 6

[mickeylane]

I think Dragons will win this by 12 following a very close 70 min.. Can't see us losing .. Sea eagles have 2 dodgy wingers and a one man pack w Tapau .. I think our attacking game w Mann at Fb will be very smooth.. Expect our left side to score a pile of points .. Lafai and Nightingale..

 

[Ted bartolo]

My prediction sele will get put on in the 75 minute.

 

[mickeylane]

He

My prediction sele will get put on in the 75 minute.

he will get up to 20 min.. That will do him first up.. Other boys can go hard for a little longer

 

[blacksafake]

If he

My prediction sele will get put on in the 75 minute.

If he's lucky

 

[Dragonslayer]

For those who are interested, here are some stats from Illawarra's game last week Vs Wyong Roos.
Illawarra were beaten 48-14

Dufty: 11 runs for 119 metres. 4 tackle breaks. 2 tackles, 2 missed tackles, 2 ineffective tackles. Offloads 0.
Herbert: 17 runs for 129 metres. 2 tackle breaks. 5 tackles, 2 missed tackles, 0 ineffective tackles. Offloads 0.
Masoe: 5 runs for 43m. 0 tackle breaks. 18 tackles, 1 ineffective tackle. 1 offload. Played 35 minutes

Kerr: 9 runs 134m. 1 try. 1 line break. 4 tackle breaks.16 tackles, 0 missed, 0 ineffective. 2 offloads. Played 32 minutes.

Dufty looking better in attack but really needs to improve defensively.
Herbert doing ok.
Masoe although had longer minutes his stats aren't that great. I hope he continues to improve.
Kerr has some nice stats from this game, averaging around 15m per carry.

 

[Dragon Revival]

Kerr must be knocking on the door of NRL based on those figures.

 

[Drakon]

Pleased to see Kerr doing well. His time will come I'm sure.

 

[Blood Shot Eyes]

I think Dragons will win this by 12 following a very close 70 min.. Can't see us losing .. Sea eagles have 2 dodgy wingers and a one man pack w Tapau .. I think our attacking game w Mann at Fb will be very smooth.. Expect our left side to score a pile of points .. Lafai and Nightingale..

Jeez I hope your right...I'm not that confident with this one..... with Dugan out and Manly are playing with a lot of confidence at home.....sorry but if we get away with this one I will be surprised

 

[getsmarty]

Hame Sele to make St George Illawarra Dragons NRL debut against Manly Sea Eagles
Andrew Parkinson
7 Apr 2017, 3 p.m.

Finally: Dragons forward Hame Sele (centre) will make his NRL debut against Manly. Picture: Sylvia Liber

Kingsgrove Colts junior Hame Sele will realise a lifelong dream when he makes his NRL debut for St George Illawarra against Manly.

Sele was named by Dragons coach Paul McGregor to take on the high-flying Sea Eagles at Brookvale Oval on Saturday after having been selected in St George Illawarra’s squad for every game so far this season without playing a minute.

The 20-year-old’s inclusion comes at the expense of another St George junior, with Jacob Host dropped to reserve grade.

Sele said he was excited to get a crack at NRL level.

“It’s been a dream for me growing up to play NRL,” he said.

“Mary came up to me while the boys were training and told me I was making my debut this weekend. I was pretty shocked. A lot of nerves came straight through me [but] also excitement.

“Growing up playing for Kingsgrove it’s been my dream to make my debut for St George so I’m really nervous to plus this week but also excited.

“I’ve always been in the reserves. I don’t find it like a disappointment but a good thing, getting that step closer.

“Manly are going well. They’ve got a few big boys there so hopefully I go alright.”

Country Origin centre Euan Aitken returns from a hamstring complaint, with fullback Josh Dugan aiming for the ANZAC Day clash against the Sydney Roosters to return from his own hamstring injury suffered in the win over the Wests Tigers.

Dugan’s absence has forced a reshuffle of St George Illawarra’s backline, with Renown United junior Jason Nightingale switching to fullback after his hat-trick of tries last weekend.

Kurt Mann, who was excellent on his return to the Dragons side against the Tigers, has shifted to the left wing.

McGregor said he was comfortable with the reshuffle.

“Euan could have played last week but we wanted to not put him at risk in that situation this early in the season,” he said.

“Kurt came in and attacked the game. He certainly wouldn’t have lost his position in the team. It’s good to see that sort of pressure applied with our outside backs. Euan gets an opportunity and Kurt moves to the left wing.

“Jason’s a hardened professional. He’s a tough type of player which is needed.”

http://www.theleader.com.au/story/4...unior-sele-to-make-dragons-nrl-debut/?cs=3833

 

[Crush]

I can't believe people saying they cannot see dragons losing this one. Wow, I wish I had that confidence!
I am very nervous about this one. I can see our weakness in only playing with one half being exposed. Widdop needs to have a blinder again and we will need something special from our outside backs. We cannot afford to butcher tries like we did last week.

 

[MilanDragon]

Really glad McGregor at least acknowledged Mann played well last week and wouldn't have lost his position this game.

I think it's a positive sign he is growing too.. time will tell but the signs are there

 

[possm]

My prediction sele will get put on in the 75 minute.

Sele smashing AFB; a sight to see.
If Milne is at right centre, I will feel a lot more confident.
McCrone will need a mistake free game. If he puts in a big one in defence, we are in with a chance.
In saying this I have a Dragons win 20-12.

 

[Crush]

Sele smashing AFB; a sight to see.
If Milne is at right centre, I will feel a lot more confident.
McCrone will need a mistake free game. If he puts in a big one in defence, we are in with a chance.
In saying this I have a Dragons win 20-12.

Poss, if dragons win this one 20-12 then they will have played very well. This will be a massive test.

 

[giboz71]

I can't believe people saying they cannot see dragons losing this one. Wow, I wish I had that confidence!
I am very nervous about this one. I can see our weakness in only playing with one half being exposed. Widdop needs to have a blinder again and we will need something special from our outside backs. We cannot afford to butcher tries like we did last week.

Not confident either. And we suck at Brookvale.

It's their speed that worries me. We have nothing that can match Tommy Turbo and Walker. It's why teams like the Roosters worry me as well with guys like Mitchell and Ferguson. Parra showed how to beat us...it's out wide where Semi, Jennings and French had a field day.

Unless our forwards absolutely dominate, I think we're in trouble.

 

[ALSGI]

Really glad McGregor at least acknowledged Mann played well last week and wouldn't have lost his position this game.

I think it's a positive sign he is growing too.. time will tell but the signs are there

Yes it was good to hear Mary say that, so if Dugan wasn't injured who would have missed out given Aitken scored a double in his last run?

 

[JDHD]

I honestly don't know how to pick this one. I haven't been overly impressed with Manly, whatever defensive systems they're running have some serious technical deficiencies, especially on their own line. We've been a more solid team, but have had a softer draw and we're missing our first-choice fullback. Coin flip.

 

[Crush]

Not confident either. And we suck at Brookvale.

It's their speed that worries me. We have nothing that can match Tommy Turbo and Walker. It's why teams like the Roosters worry me as well with guys like Mitchell and Ferguson. Parra showed how to beat us...it's out wide where Semi, Jennings and French had a field day.

Unless our forwards absolutely dominate, I think we're in trouble.

This year we have tended to bring out the worst in teams and get them on off days. Penrith, Sharks, Warriors all had shockers. Whether that was a result of our forwards dominating I don't know but its only a matter of time before we meet a red hot team.
Today could be that day.

 

[Smack]

Tough month of footy for us. I'm not making any predictions.

 

[coast_dragons]

Manly should win and by at least 10 or more.

 

[giboz71]

This year we have tended to bring out the worst in teams and get them on off days. Penrith, Sharks, Warriors all had shockers. Whether that was a result of our forwards dominating I don't know but its only a matter of time before we meet a red hot team.
Today could be that day.

None of those sides had blinding speed out wide. And our forwards were able to dominate.

Parra is really the only side that had 3 genuine speedsters in Semi, Jennings and French and we all know how that want.

Aiitken, Lafai and. Nighty have been exposed in the past and they'll need to be on their game defensively.