Head named for Cowboys match

[Willow]

1. Josh MORRIS
2. Luke MACDOUGALL
3. Keith LULIA
4. Matt COOPER
5. Wes NAIQAMA
6. Ben HORNBY (c)
7. Mathew HEAD
8. Justin POORE
9. Tony CAINE
10. Jason RYLES (c)
11. Ashton SIMS
12. Corey PAYNE
13. Ben CREAGH

14. Adam PEEK
15. Danny WICKS
16. Dan HUNT
17. Rangi CHASE
18. Lagi SETU
19. Chase STANLEY
20. Chris HOUSTON

www.jubileeavenue.com.au

 

[borat]

There has to be some smokeys in that team surely. Head and Cooper would have to be at long odds to start the game

 

[Willow]

Yep... long looking bench.

[SIZE=+1]Head & Poore Named in Dragons side for Cowboys clash[/SIZE]
Written by: Dragons Media

Mathew Head and Justin Poore returning from injury and suspension respectively have been named in the Dragons starting side for the match against the Cowboys at WIN Stadium this Saturday with Chris Houston named on the interchange for his NRL debut.

Head has been named at halfback with Ben Hornby shifting to five-eighth replacing Richie Williams.

Tony Caine has been elevated to start at hooker, replacing Simon Woolford (ankle); Corey Paynehas been named subject to his judiciary hearing in the back row, replacing Beau Scott (foot).

Rangi Chase has been named on the interchange to make his Dragons debut and is the only addition other than Houston to the Dragons team that was named and/or played last week.

Unavailable Dragons are Mark Gasnier (pectoral), Sam Isemonger (knee), Brett Morris (thumb), Dean Young (knee), Simon Woolford (ankle) and Beau Scott (foot).

www.jubileeavenue.com.au

 

[Willow]

Cowboys team:

Matthew Bowen
Brenton Bowen
Ashley Graham
Paul Bowman
Neil Sweeney
Jason Smith
Johnathan Thurston (c)
Matthew Scott
Aaron Payne (vc)
Carl Webb
Steve Southern
Luke O'Donnell
Justin Smith

Interchange:
Rod Jensen
Jacob Lillyman
Sione Faumuina
Shane Tronc
Scott Bolton

Source: cowboys.com.au

 

[Willow]

...and the referees:

GAME: ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA V NORTH QLD COWBOYS
DATE: Saturday 31st MARCH 2007
Venue: WIN STADIUM
NRL Kick Off: 5:30 PM [FOX]
Referee: Jared Maxwell
Colour: Yellow
Sideline Officials: Mohamad Fajajo, Matt Cecchin
Video Referee: Phil Cooley

 

[Godz Illa]

Wow! Even though there were rumours I didn't expect to see Head named. Intriguing...

 

[Willow]

Premier League
v Balmain Tigers
3.30pm Saturday 31 March 2007
WIN Stadium
Coach: Steven Price

1. Jason NIGHTINGALE
2. Rota SETU
3. Frank SAMIA
4. Sene TALA
5. Tom HEWITT
6. Reece BLAYNEY
7. Richard WILLIAMS
8. Charlie LEAENO
9. Ben ELLIS
10. Ricardo YOUNG
11. Ryan POWELL (c)
12. Ricky THORBY
13. James JIMENEZ
14. Matt PRIOR
15. Jason KLIMIS
16. Jason WHITE
17. Brad DAVIDSON
18. Reece LOVEGROVE
19. Brian WEST
20. Pat ROSSER

 

[Father Ted]

Wow! Even though there were rumours I didn't expect to see Head named. Intriguing...

I hope we are not rushing people back before they are fully fit . An unwise policy if we are .

 

[Bring back John Fifita]

Saw an interview with Matt Head only two weeks ago, at which time he said in no way would he rush back into first grade until he is completely 100% - and this was thought to be at approx Round 5. Understandable considering he's missed basically half of all games since coming to the Dragons. So what is it..

(a) He's 100% ready to go, 2 weeks earlier than expected
(b) His arm is being twisted

 

[God-King Dean]

*sniffs*

Did someone light a fire ?

 

[Godz Illa]

I hope we are not rushing people back before they are fully fit . An unwise policy if we are .

Yep. We've been burnt before with Head, you'd hope they'd be careful. Hope.

 

[dragonfire]

hmmm i hope they arent rushing him back, dont see why you would rush him back against the Cowboys anyways, we are pretty much rank outsiders and heck were used to losing the first 4-5 weeks in the competition

 

[Willow]

I'm going to assume he's OK.

Richard Williams has been demoted to the reserves and there's possibly other reasons for that, but I'm pitching that the glass is half full and Williams has been dropped because there's no room in the firsts for three halves.

Having said that, let's not get too optimistic. Head has a while to go before he'll play himself into any form. I expect him to be underdone but happy to be proven wrong.

 

[gorilla]

Referee: Jared Maxwell

What's happening here ?

Have we got a 'westie' cup of coffee as a ref ?

 

[gregstar]

i've just bought shares in st. john's ambulance service.


welcome back felatio! my investment will show a profit within 80 minutes!

 

[Trentski]

Lets Go Dragons..

Smash those cowboys

 

[gorilla]

*shakes pom poms *

 

[This Year?]

Good to see a few regular 1st graders back. The sooner Head gets back into form, the better. Hopefully now the halves can get settled and we'll see a lot more backline movement in attack.

 

[Dragonheart]

Personally I would have played Head off the bench in Premier League for a couple of more weeks, at least, to test out his knee and general match fitness. The same can probably be said of Poore, actually.

A week, or two in reserves to get him up to speed would have been my choice, after all the young guys aren't doing that badly, and Justin's match fitness would not be 100%.

As for naming Corey Payne in the side, pending his judiciary hearing, I would have looked at other options. I've never been a huge fan of his and to be honest I think he is over-rated. His ball handling is suspect, moreso than most (especially now Ashton has seemed to have worked on his ball security), and in defense he appears to not really do a great deal more than anyone else.

In fact, to be perfectly honest I get nervous every time he replaces another player. I am not saying the guy doesn't try, but don't feel he has gone on with the promise he showed when first coming into the top grade. Some players just happen, while others need to work harder for the results. I feel Corey falls into the second catagory and isn't working as hard as he needs to.

 

[Slippery Morris]

Head will be fine. I heard 4 weeks ago that he would be ready for round 1. For Saints not to play him then they would of done it as a precaution to make sure he was 100%. He started full training 2 months ago and I am sure they would of tested the knee. What a great piece of news that is having him back.