R5 Knights.

[Draginzaaar]

Did they make semis in 2020 and 21
I know they didn’t in 2022

Yes

 

[hewi]

Why did he sign Sele if he won’t use him, if he lacks fitness then play him in KAO cup. I’d have Tuiavake before M Molo he is a beast.

 

[Parko1310]

Why did he sign Sele if he won’t use him, if he lacks fitness then play him in KAO cup. I’d have Tuiavake before M Molo he is a beast.

Having M Molo and Blake Lawrie coming off the bench as the two in the prop rotation is genuinely perplexing. You may as well not show up to the game and just give Newcastle the two points. What is it with Molo that keeps getting him popping up in first grade. He is horrendous

 

[jeffdragon]

Sele should be in the 17.
Jdb in bench and M Molo not in the 17.
Just my take on it.

Having M Molo and Blake Lawrie coming off the bench as the two in the prop rotation is genuinely perplexing. You may as well not show up to the game and just give Newcastle the two points. What is it with Molo that keeps getting him popping up in first grade. He is horrendous

 

[TruSaint]

 

[Revesby boy]

I can’t believe Sele isn’t in the 17 unless he is slightly injured again

 

[TheRev]

has to be injury related, why would you assume anything different? Lets just hope its not a hamstring re-injury.

 

[2010Dragons]

The run on team isn’t finalised.
watch for changes Friday night an 1 before kick off.

 

[since77]

They have made the semis 3 out of the last 4 years with this coach. Oh how I wish we could make the semis. Don't rate the coach? Why are you such a great judge?

Oh please. The years they've made the semis they've limped in on one leg and been mostly cannon fodder. Made it last year solely on the back of a late season surge by Ponga.
The mediocre level of success they've had is despite the coach - a bit similar to how we made it in 2018 despite McGregor......

 

[kit66]

Dragons announce Round 5 NRL team list

St George Illawarra Dragons NRL head coach Shane Flanagan has announced his squad to face the Knights at McDonald Jones Stadium in Round 5.

www.dragons.com.au

What is this shit? No way Flano is serious? April fools was yesterday? Hame Sele dropped for Michael f**king Molo?? If I see that side actually trotted out I'll be giving up before kick off. I thought it would be a while before I saw M Molo again. Please god don't let it be true

Sele might have aggravated that hammy. I was hoping to see Fifita get a run in place of maybe FMolo, he was strong in reserves as was Toby C, great defence and good metres. MMolo has more impact than his brother but Francis is the better defender I guess.

 

[Draginzaaar]

Oh please. The years they've made the semis they've limped in on one leg and been mostly cannon fodder. Made it last year solely on the back of a late season surge by Ponga.
The mediocre level of success they've had is despite the coach - a bit similar to how we made it in 2018 despite McGregor......

Oh how I wish we were cannon fodder and not 2nd last.

 

[Blood Shot Eyes]

has to be injury related, why would you assume anything different? Lets just hope its not a hamstring re-injury.

Maybe it's because heavy rain is predicted on Friday and the conditions may be a slog....if he's still carrying a niggle might be a precaution....it will be peeing down you can bet because my wife and I are travelling to the game

 

[cusnjed]

I'm feeling pretty good for this game. The Saints have won 18 of 23 games in Newcastle and with the slow track, I think we will more than cover what the Knights can throw our way.

 

[Victoire]

Knights have tinkered with their halves again this week. Gamble out, Hastings back in. They don't seem particularly settled.. but they'll still be a very tough test at home.

As for us... I thought Jack de Belin had his best game since his hiatus last weekend and he did that coming off the bench after 20 odd and staying out there. It looked to my amateur eyes that Flanno had solved the problem of a slow, leaky ruck that the Cowboys exposed the week before. Oh well. We'll see what team trots out there

Sele must have aggravated his injury - he only played 25 mins off the bench last week

 

[thebigredv]

If we could take Turbo out of the equation than doing the same to Ponga is surely a possibility. That should make it more winnable.No soft tries please.

 

[Wolfgang90]

If we could take Turbo out of the equation than doing the same to Ponga is surely a possibility. That should make it more winnable.No soft tries please.

Imo turbo took himself out of the equation. His worst performance ever. Hope Ponga does the same, haha.

 

[Wolfgang90]

Knights have tinkered with their halves again this week. Gamble out, Hastings back in. They don't seem particularly settled.. but they'll still be a very tough test at home.

As for us... I thought Jack de Belin had his best game since his hiatus last weekend and he did that coming off the bench after 20 odd and staying out there. It looked to my amateur eyes that Flanno had solved the problem of a slow, leaky ruck that the Cowboys exposed the week before. Oh well. We'll see what team trots out there

Sele must have aggravated his injury - he only played 25 mins off the bench last week

Best bench unit impact for a while. I'm still not sold on Molo/Lawrie/RFM as our starting middles though, especially with Luciano on the edge. A bit too laterally slow & defensively suspect.

I would swap Eisenhuth & Lawrie, RFM & Molo are both quite big & have good straight line leg speed. While Eisenhuth is strong defensively, can control the ruck & sets the tone with the effort areas like kick pressure/kick chase/ repeat efforts.

Starting middles: Molo/RFM/Eisenhuth
Bench middles: Lawrie/Sele/JDB

Imo it would be a better balance between starters & bench, those combinations compliment each other a bit more.

 

[Wolfgang90]

Apparently meant to piss down on friday, especially northern nsw. Newcastle could get hit with torrential rain. I don't think we should risk anyone carrying an injury or on a mins restrictions. It'll be a battle for the middles & we need everyone fit.

 

[since77]

Knights have tinkered with their halves again this week. Gamble out, Hastings back in. They don't seem particularly settled.. but they'll still be a very tough test at home.

As for us... I thought Jack de Belin had his best game since his hiatus last weekend and he did that coming off the bench after 20 odd and staying out there. It looked to my amateur eyes that Flanno had solved the problem of a slow, leaky ruck that the Cowboys exposed the week before. Oh well. We'll see what team trots out there

Sele must have aggravated his injury - he only played 25 mins off the bench last week

Flanno said in an interview that he benched JDB to give him a bit of rev up. He really liked how JDB responded against Manly.

 

[TheRev]

Sele might have aggravated that hammy. I was hoping to see Fifita get a run in place of maybe FMolo, he was strong in reserves as was Toby C, great defence and good metres. MMolo has more impact than his brother but Francis is the better defender I guess.

Fifita got a few more minutes in NSW Cup, but still coughed it up iirc 3 times in those minutes, thankfully the ref saved him for 2 of them with a hands in the ruck type penalty.. imo Fifita desperately needs 3 months in reggies being pushed beyond the minutes hes used too... fans are losing their minds at Lawries errors, but he is doing 45-50mins usually.