R12 | Rabbitohs 25-18 Knights @ ANZ | Sat 7.30pm

[Apey]

All but confirmed on Mantellato.

 

[rnb11]

Mantellato debut's

http://www.newcastleknights.com.au/news-display/Mantellato-to-debut/76050

 

[Apey]

Well now it's confirmed, haha.

 

[Yosh]

This Mentellato seems like a nice guy. Hope he plays well and scores on debut!

 

[RHCP]

Love seeing guys come from the Newcastle league and progress through to first grade. Hope he goes well.

 

[Jobdog]

Rumour has it Clydsdale out and Hilder onto the bench.

 

[Burwood]

Rumour has it Clydsdale out and Hilder onto the bench.

Yep, been up on the club website since about lunchtime today. Looking forward to seeing what Hilder can bring to the team- hasn't had much gametime over the last 18 months but has good form in NSW Cup apparently.

 

[rnb11]

Yep, Hilder's been killing it in the NSW Cup, he's been involved in and created a fair few tries this year and still as good in defence as ever. Shame for Cyldsdale getting sick though, would've loved to see him get another shot.

 

[K-Man]

Yep, Hilder's been killing it in the NSW Cup, he's been involved in and created a fair few tries this year and still as good in defence as ever. Shame for Cyldsdale getting sick though, would've loved to see him get another shot.

He's been killing it at lock. He's going to come on to replace Waddell and we've seen time and time again that Hilder's dummy half service is slow and lacks creativity. So I'm not very excited to see how he goes at all. There's a reason Clydesdale was first choice.

 

[K-Man]

On a positive note, if we do lose today at least I'll be watching us lose from a corporate box!!

 

[NoSchitSherlock]

Be interesting to see Hilder back. I'd prefer him at Lock though. We can't drop anyone to move him there and Waddell's service is too slow to keep him at Hooker full game.
It's time for a wake-up call to Waddell to speed up his service.

 

[Jono078]

Damn, I was looking forward to seeing more of Clydsdale and what he can offer, I know what Hilder can offer

In saying that, hope Hilder has a good one! Don't know how many games he'll get this year so hopefully he makes the most of it.

 

[doggone]

Good to see The Warhorse Hilder is back. Nice Utility player can help in a few positions around the ruck etc. Souths will be fired up after their loss and Sutton will trying to prove a point. So its a good test for our boys with a few big guns missing.

 

[Swarzey]

Apparently Clydsdale fell ill hence the switch. I'm glad they swapped him for Hilder instead of Nev.

 

[Zoidberg]

Happy I get to see a game live on tv again, 1st time in a while. Really hoping for a good showing from the boys. If we play to this teams potential we have a good chance. Interested to see what Kev can offer from fullback

 

[Jono078]

Call me pessimistic but I'm getting a feeling it just won't be our night, we have a lot more key players missing than Souths. I think their depth wins on this occasion.

I feel like Isaac Luke is going to have a blinder.

 

[Zoidberg]

Wow see that piece on Fox about John Thomas (?) ?
I want his job. When's he gonna retire

 

[Yosh]

Why isn't this a sticky lol?

 

[Frederick]

Happy now, Yosh?

 

[Jono078]

ONYA Kevvy boy and McKinnon!

Great start!