Match Discussion: Round 19 vs Rabbitohs @ ANZ Stadium

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NRL 2018 - Round 19
Wests Tigers v South Sydney Rabbitohs
ANZ Stadium, Sydney Olympic Park (TICKETS)
Saturday 21 July 2018

Gates 3pm / NRL Touch Womens 3:10pm Mens 3:50pm / NRL 5:30pm

1. Moses Mbye 2. David Nofoaluma 3. Esan Marsters 4. Kevin Naiqama 5. Corey Thompson 6. Benji Marshall 7. Luke Brooks 8. Russell Packer 9. Robbie Farah 10. Ben Matulino 11. Michael Chee Kam 12. Josh Aloiai 13. Elijah Taylor
Interchange: 14. Alex Twal 15. Sauaso Sue 16. Luke Garner 17. Matt Eisenhuth 18. Jacob Liddle 19. Robert Rochow 20. Tim Grant 21. Malakai Watene-Zelezniak

1. Alex Johnston 2. Campbell Graham 3. Hymel Hunt 4. Dane Gagai 5. Robert Jennings 6. Cody Walker 7. Adam Reynolds 8. Thomas Burgess 9. Damien Cook 10. George Burgess 11. John Sutton 12. Angus Crichton 13. Sam Burgess
Interchange: 14. Adam Doueihi 15. Cameron Murray 16. Jason Clark 17. Tevita Tatola 18. Mark Nicholls 19. Billy Brittain 20. Dean Britt 21. Braidon Burns

Referees: Matt Cecchin, Chris Butler
Sideline Officials: Liam Kennedy, Nick Morel
Video Referees: Jared Maxwell, Luke Patten

Feeder Clubs
WESTS TIGERS (NSWRL - Wests Magpies) & RABBITOHS (NSWRL - Norths)
SAT
Bulldogs v Wests Magpies / Tigers @ Belmore, ISP 1pm (CH9 NSW) / Flegg 3pm
SUN
Norths v Dragons @ North Sydney Oval, Flegg 12pm
Norths ISP Bye​

 

[Rabbits20]

Well this deserves 30k. Probs will only get 25k though. I expect some members who live interstate or hours drive away for both clubs supporter bases will make this one...

Massive night with Sutto first Souths player to ever play 300.

Respect goes out to Robbie too playing his 250th for the Tigers!

Should be a close match actually! Could go either way! Mbye, Marsters, Benji, Brooks and Farah are all threats. Lawrence maybe not playing is a great thing for us! Tatola will be right up for it too!

Gotta love the halves battle and Cookie v Robbie!

Mbye v AJ too!!

I'm hoping our left edge can come to the party!

 

[Rabbits20]

I wanna buy some friends some GA tickets too this one too I think so anyone know how much Tigers charge for GA opposition supporters. I'd be assuming around $30.00 per adult @Vic Mackey

 

[Vic Mackey]

Souths have been pretty ordinary for the last 6 weeks, just lucky they've played terrible sides. With Origin out of the way though you'd expect them to step it up a notch, which they definitely can.

Assuming Lawrence will be out which is devastating, been our best player this year. Will need MCK to be at his best. Aloiai would have to be in doubt too. I like him starting on the edge, gives us a lot of size and aggression. At least we have Twal to come in somewhere.

You'd think we'll get better every week Mbye and Farah play with us. Scored 3 good tries today, had a fair one taken off us and blew another certain one. We'll have to be up another 20-30% on what we were today to beat Souths. I have my doubts we'll be able to do that, will need everything to go right and for Souths to be off their game. Unlikey we'll get up but then I thought we were no chance today.

 

[Vic Mackey]

I wanna buy some friends some GA tickets too this one too I think so anyone know how much Tigers charge for GA opposition supporters. I'd be assuming around $30.00 per adult @Vic Mackey

Aren't you a Souths member? If so you get in for free

 

[sensesmaybenumbed]

I wanna buy some friends some GA tickets too this one too I think so anyone know how much Tigers charge for GA opposition supporters. I'd be assuming around $30.00 per adult @Vic Mackey

Adult GA pre purchase tickets are $20 each via ticketek. Linked in the first post

 

[sensesmaybenumbed]

Aren't you a Souths member? If so you get in for free

It's tickets for friends, so unless they're souffs members, $20

 

[Vic Mackey]

It's tickets for friends, so unless they're souffs members, $20

Ahh fair enough

We'll unfortunately I can't make it this weekend @Rabbits20 so send me your full name, home address and I'll send you 2 GOLD member tickets

 

[Rabbits20]

Souths have been pretty ordinary for the last 6 weeks, just lucky they've played terrible sides. With Origin out of the way though you'd expect them to step it up a notch, which they definitely can.

Assuming Lawrence will be out which is devastating, been our best player this year. Will need MCK to be at his best. Aloiai would have to be in doubt too. I like him starting on the edge, gives us a lot of size and aggression. At least we have Twal to come in somewhere.

You'd think we'll get better every week Mbye and Farah play with us. Scored 3 good tries today, had a fair one taken off us and blew another certain one. We'll have to be up another 20-30% on what we were today to beat Souths. I have my doubts we'll be able to do that, will need everything to go right and for Souths to be off their game. Unlikey we'll get up but then I thought we were no chance today.

Warriors very good
Sharks very good
Titans ordinary (very disrupted line up)
Eels (glimpses of good)
Cowboys (ordinary in parts but we are shit in the rain)
Bulldogs (ordinary in parts)

The good thing is when you're not at your best in this origin period we found ways to keep winning!

Our starts have been poor past 4-5 weeks. I'm sure that's something Seibs will be looking at!

We seem to have a habit of being off our game a bit against lower placed sides but we tend to lift playing top 8 sides I've found this year!

Yep I won't lie, I'm hoping Lawrence is out!

I'm hoping our left edge has a field day down Nofoaluma' edge!

GI is a loss for us too! He was hitting some good form too.

 

[Rabbits20]

Aren't you a Souths member? If so you get in for free

Yep correct!

It's tickets for friends, so unless they're souffs members, $20

Couldn't see where on this page you meant sorry. $20 wow that's cheap....

 

[Rabbits20]

Ahh fair enough

We'll unfortunately I can't make it this weekend @Rabbits20 so send me your full name, home address and I'll send you 2 GOLD member tickets

Hahahahahaha hahahahaaaaa lol..... no no no no no!!!!

How much does it cost you for your ticketed membership?? My Souths one includes 14 games and I'm a diamond member!

 

[sensesmaybenumbed]

Yep correct!

Couldn't see where on this page you meant sorry. $20 wow that's cheap....

The word TICKETS.
links to http://tickets.nrl.com/

 

[Vic Mackey]

Warriors very good
Sharks very good
Titans ordinary (very disrupted line up)
Eels (glimpses of good)
Cowboys (ordinary in parts but we are shit in the rain)
Bulldogs (ordinary in parts)

The good thing is when you're not at your best in this origin period we found ways to keep winning!

Our starts have been poor past 4-5 weeks. I'm sure that's something Seibs will be looking at!

We seem to have a habit of being off our game a bit against lower placed sides but we tend to lift playing top 8 sides I've found this year!

Yep I won't lie, I'm hoping Lawrence is out!

I'm hoping our left edge has a field day down Nofoaluma' edge!

GI is a loss for us too! He was hitting some good form too.

I said weeks, not games.

I have no doubts souths will be better then they have been. Origin is a big distraction for teams effected.

Lawrence will be a terrible loss, particularly as he would be a good foil opposite Crichton. Chee Kam has always played his best on the left though so assuming he comes in. Garner could be a roughy as he plays on the left but doubt Cleary would throw him in for such a big game.

GIs always out lol, you should be used to it now. Plus for whatever reason he tends to play shit against us.

Hahahahahaha hahahahaaaaa lol..... no no no no no!!!!

How much does it cost you for your ticketed membership?? My Souths one includes 14 games and I'm a diamond member!

Not sure, for the club I have a Lecihhardt and Campbelltown membership, then one with ANZ stadium (not tigers associated)

 

[Tiger05]

The team looks pretty good to me.

1. Moses Mbye
2. David Nofoaluma
3. Esan Marsters
4. Kevin Naiqama
5. Corey Thompson
6. Benji Marshall (capt.)
7. Luke Brooks
8. Russell Packer
9. Robbie Farah
10. Ben Matulino
11. Michael Chee Kam
12. Josh Aloiai
13. Elijah Taylor

Interchange:
14. Alex Twal
15. Sauaso Sue
16. Luke Garner
17. Matt Eisenhuth

 

[Tiger05]

I reckon Chee-Kam killed it last week and hopefully the loss of Rowdy isn't too big an issue. I'm worried though we get smashed in the forwards. I think their backs are better than ours but it's closer.

 

[BuffaloRules]

Their backs aren’t that great..

If the Tigers can hold them in the middle you never know..

 

[Vic Mackey]

Souths 2-5 are pretty ordinary.

2. Graham - very tall which worries me with Thompson marking him. Has a lot of mistakes on him though
3. Hunt - solid defender, doesn’t add much in attack
4. Gagai - ordinary center, can’t tackle
5. Jennings - catches the ball and puts it down, otherwise nothing special

Of all the top 8 I’d say they’re comfortably the worst without GI. It’s the rest of the side you worry about..

 

[Tiger Ted]

Their backs aren’t that great..

If the Tigers can hold them in the middle you never know..

Agree

My concern in this game is the ascendancy the twins are capable of giving Souths in the middle.On the last 3 mths form I can’t c us matching them here although I’m glad our best prop Twal is back.I can also c cook in attack targeting Eisenhuth.His sluggish movement in defence is a major liability for us & he has been one of many major disappointments for us this yr in the forwards.

 

[Tiger Ted]

Souths 2-5 are pretty ordinary.

2. Graham - very tall which worries me with Thompson marking him. Has a lot of mistakes on him though
3. Hunt - solid defender, doesn’t add much in attack
4. Gagai - ordinary center, can’t tackle
5. Jennings - catches the ball and puts it down, otherwise nothing special

Of all the top 8 I’d say they’re comfortably the worst without GI. It’s the rest of the side you worry about..

Yep it’s their forwards & reynolds’s kicking game that are their strengths.

 

[Vic Mackey]

Agree

My concern in this game is the ascendancy the twins are capable of giving Souths in the middle.On the last 3 mths form I can’t c us matching them here although I’m glad our best prop Twal is back.I can also c cook in attack targeting Eisenhuth.His sluggish movement in defence is a major liability for us & he has been one of many major disappointments for us this yr in the forwards.

Eiso started the year well but has fallen away lately. Not surprising really, it’s a long season and this is his first fulltime year in first grade.

It was his bad read that let Dufty score the Saints third try. If Lawrence wasn’t injured I think Twal would have come back and he spent some time in NSW Cup.