Official Rd 1 Team

[Geohood]

Thanks to Supermario posting it on Roosters forum via the Season launch tonight..

Anthony Minichiellio,
Sam Perrett,
Mitchell Aubusson,
Iosia Soliola,
Shaun Kenny-Dowall,

Braith Anasta,
Mitchell Pearce,

Mark O’Meley,
James Aubusson,
Nate Myles,
Lopini Paea,
Craig Fitzgibbon,
Setaimata Sa.

Interchange:
Frank-Paul Nuuausala,
Shane Shackelton,
Sisa Waqa,
Jake Friend,
(18th man) Martin Kennedy

 

[Clintos]

Sisa made the bench. What's the rationale there?

 

[Geohood]

Like last year I bet the team with shift around by the time they actually run out onto the field..

 

[Clintos]

Perhaps replacing a forward and Soliola moving to the forwards?

 

[Geohood]

Sisa is strictly a backline player but both M.Aubs and Soliola can play in pack.

 

[Clintos]

That's what I mean. I can't understand why they would have Sisa on the bench. Could it be a typo and they meant Stanley?

 

[Geohood]

Nah its on the official site too now.


Meh the team is never the same on game day anyway lol

 

[Deleted member 10972]

My tip is that Waqa will start, with Perrett in the centres, and either Sia or Morbs on the bench.

Either that, or Waqa will come on and shift Morbs to lock, similar to the role Brent Grose played at some points last year.

 

[Monk]

Thanks to Supermario posting it on Roosters forum via the Season launch tonight..

Anthony Minichiellio,
Sam Perrett,
Mitchell Aubusson,
Iosia Soliola,
Shaun Kenny-Dowall,

Braith Anasta,
Mitchell Pearce,

Mark O’Meley,
James Aubusson,
Nate Myles,
Lopini Paea,
Craig Fitzgibbon,
Setaimata Sa.

Interchange:
Frank-Paul Nuuausala,
Shane Shackelton,
Sisa Waqa,
Jake Friend,
(18th man) Martin Kennedy

freddy phail.

pini is an IMPACT player.

 

[BeeeeeRad]

Exacly right. Pini aint just an impact player. He is one of the best impact players in the game today. He always lifts the team greatly/keeps them rolling well when he enters the game. When he starts he doesn't make the same impact.

 

[Pass the Ball]

Lopini's days of standing in other forwards shadows are behind him..

He is becoming a senior player in the team and so the shift to the starting pack makes perfect sense to me...

Who would you start before Lopini anyway???

 

[HDWicked]

So Ben Jones goes from the NEW number 6 to not even a look in???

How has Jordan Tansey gone in trial games???
Is Cherrington injured cause I would have loved to have seen him start

 

[Pass the Ball]

Cherrington could take flying fugging leap off the gap as far as i'm concerned...

 

[Monk]

So Ben Jones goes from the NEW number 6 to not even a look in???

How has Jordan Tansey gone in trial games???
Is Cherrington injured cause I would have loved to have seen him start

Freddy was just testing him at 6 and Braith at 13 in the trials. i would have been surprised if jones was starting five-eight

Grose > tansey. (ohk maybe not that bad... but still)

Cherro, RW and Mason are all injured.

FYI. I highly doubt this exact team will be there on sunday.

 

[BeeeeeRad]

Lopini's days of standing in other forwards shadows are behind him..

He is becoming a senior player in the team and so the shift to the starting pack makes perfect sense to me...

Who would you start before Lopini anyway???

Paea is by far a better Prop than second rower, so I don't see the point in him playing out of position just to start.

A fullstrength team I have 8.O'Meley 9.Jaubs 10.Myles 11.Mason 12.Sa 13.Fitzy 14. Paea 15. Shack 16. Cherro 17. Utility?

Currently I put Shack in for Mason and FPN in for Shack.