Match Discussion: Round 8 vs Cowboys @ 1300SMILES Stadium

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NRL 2017 - Round 8
North Queensland Cowboys v Newcastle Knights
1300SMILES Stadium, Townsville (TICKETS)
Saturday 22 April 2017

Gates 1:15pm / Defence Forces 1:20pm / NYC 2:50pm / NRL 5:30pm

TV: FOX League 502

1. Kalyn Ponga 2. Kyle Feldt 3. Justin O'Neill 4. Kane Linnett 5. Antonio Winterstein 6. John Asiata 7. Michael Morgan 8. Patrick Kaufusi 9. Blake Leary 10. Scott Bolton 11. Gavin Cooper 12. Coen Hess 13. Jason Taumalolo
Interchange: 14. Ben Hampton 15. Ethan Lowe 16. Ben Spina 17. Corey Jensen 18. Sam Hoare 19. Ray Thompson 20. Javid Bowen 21. Braeden Uele

1. Brendan Elliott 2. Ken Sio 3. Dane Gagai 4. Peter Mata'utia 5. Nathan Ross 6. Brock Lamb 7. Trent Hodkinson 8. Daniel Saifiti 9. Danny Levi 10. Josh Starling 11. Sione Mata'utia 12. Sam Stone 13. Mitchell Barnett
Interchange: 14. Luke Yates 15. Anthony Tupou 16. Jack Stockwell 17. Jacob Saifiti 18. Jaelen Feeney 19. Jacob Gagan 20. Josh King 21. Lachlan Fitzgibbon

Referees: Adam Gee, Gavin Reynolds
Sideline Officials: Clayton Sharpe, Tim Roby
Video Referees: Luke Patten, Jason Robinson

NYC Round 8
Cowboys v Knights at 1300SMILES Stadium, Saturday 2:50pm

ISC Round 8
Mackay (Cowboys) v Easts (Storm) at BB Print Stadium, Sat 6pm
Norths (Broncos) v Pride (Cowboys) at Bishop Park, Sun 3pm
Townsville (Cowboys) v Tweed Heads (Titans) at Jack Manski Oval, Sun 3pm

ISP Round 8
Newcastle v Canterbury at Cessnock Sports Ground, Sat 3pm​

 

[Caped Crusader]

Another close, "gutsy " loss that will perpetuate hope amongst our fan base

 

[Glendale]

Asiata to outplay Hodkinson

 

[Yosh]

Ponga to score a hat trick?

 

[Mr_Knightside]

Knowing our luck Ponga will score a hat trick against us and will then suffer a career ending injury.

 

[Spot On]

Knowing our luck Ponga will score a hat trick against us and will then suffer a career ending injury.

Just keeping with the track record here.

 

[Sydney Knight]

At the start of the season I would have had this as a dont even think about winning game but If we are ever going to start winning some games then this should be one of them. Given that Coote, Thurston, Granville and Scott are out injured?

Unless Thurston makes a fast recovery which is highly likely given our luck over the last few years.

 

[Yosh]

Knowing our luck Ponga will score a hat trick against us and will then suffer a career ending injury.

He'll wait till his off the bus in Newy and break both his knees and fracture his spine as he laces his boots up in the sheds before this first real game.

 

[Hardcore_Fan]

Cowboys would be mad to risk JT in this game. It's not a must win game for them and they would still be favourites without him anyway.

 

[mozza91]

Cowboys would be mad to risk JT in this game. It's not a must win game for them and they would still be favourites without him anyway.

Wasn't named in their 21 so he can't play.

 

[Pedge1971]

Cowboys pack is down about 3 to 4 blokes and still look twice as dominant as ours. I feel a big statement about to be made and not by us.....

 

[Seage]

Them by a thousand.

Let's at the very least just enjoy this match supporting our boy....Kalyn.

I'm looking forward to him getting a hattrick before the career ending injury strikes him in November.

Speaking of which, not sure if it was answered in another thread, but has anyone checked on David Bhana? That was horrific to see.

 

[alexwilliams_66692007]

Patten in the bunker, well we're f**ked.

 

[GetUpstandup2k]

Patten in the bunker, well we're f**ked.

At least it's not one of his former teams eh?

 

[Caped Crusader]

Them by a thousand.

Let's at the very least just enjoy this match supporting our boy....Kalyn.

I'm looking forward to him getting a hattrick before the career ending injury strikes him in November.

Speaking of which, not sure if it was answered in another thread, but has anyone checked on David Bhana? That was horrific to see.

What happened to Bhana ?

 

[slotmachine]

His leg got bent back on itself, looked gnarly

 

[Apey]

What happened to Bhana ?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4415534/Moment-footy-star-suffers-horrific-broken-leg.html

 

[Hardcore_Fan]

That's one of the worst things I have seen on a footy field

 

[Sydney Knight]

There is nothing I could find on the long term prognosis. Asked knights on twitter and they mentioned they will release rehab details when known.

Looked like the sort of thing where footy rehab is probably the least of his concerns at the moment.

 

[Caped Crusader]

Fair to say it will be at least the season

Yeesh