Premier League - round 16 - pick the winners

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multi choice - viewable poll

 

[girvie]

Norths v Souths will be a great match on Friday night.

 

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PL sides;
http://www.arlfoundation.com/nswrlfiles/prem16.pdf

 

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Knights side;

Hinton
Tremain-Cannon
Young
McLouglin
McManus
Witt
Campbell
White
Berry
Royal
Snowden
Mueller
Maddison

Price
Natusch
Grant
Spiteri

No Kennedy and no Hancock. Both these guys are very hardworking forwards and will be missed.
Royal gets his first start in a long time. He has been making a big impact off the bench for most of the season.
Grant has his first game in PL this year, but I think he had a few last season. He is a second rower who scores a lot of tries.
McLouglin in the centres is interesting - he is normally a second rower - he has a bit of speed, and is a big lad. His defence on the wing a few games ago was pretty ordinary.
Witt at 5/8 and Campbell at half means we know who the second choice half is now.
Natusch is a hard nut, but it would be good if he were bigger. He is a prop who signed with the Knights from NZ this year.
Spiteri is the impact player. He is the top tryscorer for the side and plays hooker off the bench.
Maddison is getting better every week. He has scored several tries in the last month or so - which is not surprizing as he was top tryscorer in the Newcastle comp last year.

 

[Jeffles]

Bears got up 14-0 with a good display of wet weather footy. Great defence on their line.

 

[girvie]

Parramatta 18 defeated Sydney Roosters 12 (C Walker, M Lett tries C Walker, S Porter goals)

North Sydney 14 (A Chan, C Tuatara tries R Retimana 3 goals) defeated Souths Juniors 0

Canberra defeated Newtown

Parramatta are looking good for the minor premiership now.

It was a great effort from the Bears to keep the Rabbitohs scoreless. I think its the first time this year that a team has been held scoreless.

 

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Newcastle 30- 22 Cougars

 

[girvie]

Newcastle 30 (N Hinton, D Spiteri, B Cooper, D Campbell, N Berry tries D Campbell 5 goals) defeated St Marys Penrith 22 (L Dyer 2, S Donato, L Enosi tries M Gordon 3 goals)

Canberra 28 (J Pearson 2, A Purtell, B Crisp, M Hodgson, T Carney tries T Carney 2 goals) defeated Newtown 12 (R McGoldrick, J Green tries N Merritt 2 goals)

Bulldogs 36 (T Cutler 2, M Richter, P Faamita, S Makisi, J Cale, L Young tries L Young 3, N Armit goals) drew with Manly 36 (J Taylor 2, N Tutt 2, JP Cherry 2, P Stephenson tries T Burns 4 goals)

St George Illawarra 20 (N Youngquest, K Kerr, D Holdsworth tries D Holdsworth 4 goals) defeated Western Suburbs 10 (S Gallant, M Crockett tries B Roberts goal)