Dragons v Panthers - Round 17

[Panther_Daz]

What a shame this game is on a Monday Night and both teams will be missing players to Origin.

 

[DragonPunk]

Agreed, it had the chance to be a great game.

 

[God-King Dean]

Agreed.

Hopefully Soward doesn't get picked for Origin so we can at least see the halves face off.

 

[cleary89]

been saying that for ages. sucks.

 

[Panther_Daz]

Due to being Monday Night it will only get around the 13k mark too.

 

[Didgi]

Wow, that's f**ked. You'd think they'd make it Sunday at least, maximise profits and etc. Would have been a massive game normally.

 

[Whos Ya Daddy]

It will rate through the roof. Fox are laughing.

 

[smacky]

Dragons will be without Boyd,Morris,Cooper(injured),Weyman(suspension),Costigan aswell as scott/soward/creagh possibles for origin while panthers will have most likely have jennings,petro,lewis out with gordon/waterhouse possibles for origin. Bad scheduling.

 

[The Tank]

What a shame. Both teams playing well and really heading towards a great showdown. Now it sucks, I wanted to see where Penrith were at...

 

[mxlegend99]

Dragons will be without Boyd,Morris,Cooper(injured),Weyman(suspension),Costigan aswell as scott/soward/creagh possibles for origin while panthers will have most likely have jennings,petro,lewis out with gordon/waterhouse possibles for origin. Bad scheduling.

Absolutely spewing. Wish we got to see both teams Origin stars in this clash.

I doubt Gordon will get picked. He seems to be a bit down the pecking order. But after our effort against the Sea Eagles I would rate Jennings, Lewis, Waterhouse and Petero as certainties. So my guess for our side is:

1. Lachlan Coote
2. Michael Gordon
3. Brad Tighe
4. Adrian Purtell
5. Ryan Walker / David Simmons
6. Wade Graham
7. Luke Walsh
8. Tim Grant
9. Kevin Kingston
10. Frank Puletua
11. Frank Pritchard
12. Gavin Cooper
13. Nathan Smith

14. Masada Iosefa
15. Matt Bell
16. Sam McKendry
17. Joseph Paulo / Travis Burns

Not sure who our captain would be. Probably Nathan Smith... he was our captain in the trials ahead of most of those blokes.

 

[McLovin]

I hope Simmons plays...The great man deserves a shot...

 

[Kiki]

yeh it's sh*t timing, its gonna be a bit reggies v reggies.

 

[DRAGONZ_RULE]

Dragons will be without Boyd,Morris,Cooper(injured),Weyman(suspension),Costigan aswell as scott/soward/creagh possibles for origin while panthers will have most likely have jennings,petro,lewis out with gordon/waterhouse possibles for origin. Bad scheduling.

Bit harsh to say it was bad scheduling.

The NRL draw was made last October or something ... who thought back then that the week before Origin 3, Penrith would be sitting in 2nd spot and playing a top of the table clash?!

They have come on in leaps and bounds, and have been a revelation this season .. just a shame that the game has been effectively ruined and the result will be useless as a guide to where each team is at.

 

[smacky]

Bit harsh to say it was bad scheduling.

The NRL draw was made last October or something ... who thought back then that the week before Origin 3, Penrith would be sitting in 2nd spot and playing a top of the table clash?!

They have come on in leaps and bounds, and have been a revelation this season .. just a shame that the game has been effectively ruined and the result will be useless as a guide to where each team is at.

Ye thats true. For some reason i was thinking it was done how the broadcasting was. No idea why. Its just a shame i guess then.

 

[DRAGONZ_RULE]

The broadcasting stuff decides what night the game will be played on (and in retrospect, this game probably should have been a Friday night or Sunday arvo game), but either way it would have been the same situation re players missing

 

[Desert Qlder]

Bout time the dragons played on a Monday like every other team has to.

 

[RufusRex]

i reckon dragons will be

1. Nightingale
2. Fai Fai Loa
3. Gasnier
4. Stanley
5. Lett
6. Soward
7. Hornby
8. Merrin
9. Priddis
10. Prior
11. Creagh (will get dropped)
12. Smith
13. Young

14. Green
15. Marketo
16. Saffy
17. Emmett

 

[DragonPunk]

Thats still a fair Dragons team.

 

[thommo4pm]

i reckon dragons will be

1. Nightingale
2. Fai Fai Loa
3. Gasnier
4. Stanley
5. Lett
6. Soward
7. Hornby
8. Merrin
9. Priddis
10. Prior
11. Creagh (will get dropped)
12. Smith
13. Young

14. Green
15. Marketo
16. Saffy
17. Emmett

Fai Fai didn't play in the 20's last night Rufus, not sure if he is injured or if he was picked for Shellharbour.

For mine:
1. Nighty
2. Fai Fai (if available)
3. Emmett
4. Stanley
5. Lett
6. Soward
7. Hornby

8. Prior
9. Priddis
10. Merrin
11. Costigan (think he might make way for Petero in the QLD team).
12. Creagh (agree with you)
13. Young

14. Greenfield
15. Smith
16. Green
17. Saffy
18. Thorby
19. Marketo
(obviously 2 to drop off, or 1 to replace Costigan if he does get picked).

 

[The Big Cheese]

Even without origin players they both are still good teams. Who knows maybe the dumbass NSW selectors will omit Jennings again