RAIDERS V TIGERS

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<table cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="100%" align=center border=0> <tbody> <tr> <td align=left colspan=3>Raiders Name Unchanged Side For Tigers Clash</td></tr> <tr> <td align=left width="100%" colspan=3>Written by:Michael Edgar</td></tr> <tr> <td align=left width="100%" colspan=3>18/3/03</td></tr> <tr> <td colspan=3></td></tr> <tr> <td align=left width="20%"> EMAIL THIS</td> <td align=left width="20%"> PRINT THIS</td> <td align=left width="60%"></td></tr> <tr> <td colspan=3></td></tr> <tr> <td align=left width="100%" colspan=3>The Canberra Raiders have named the same squad that trounced the North Queensland Cowboys in Townsville last weekend. The Raiders are still missing Mark Mclinden and James Evans from their squad but still look very strong on paper.
Raiders team:
Clinton Schifcofske
Joel Monaghan
Phil Graham
Adam Mogg
Jamaal Lolesi
Jason Croker
Brad Drew
Ryan O'Hara
Simon Woolford (c)
Luke Davico
Ruben Wiki
Ian Hindmarsh
Terry Martin.
Res:
Troy Thompson
Sean Rutgerson
Tyran Smith
Alan Tongue
Michael Monaghan
Michael Hodgson (two to be omitted</td></tr></tbody></table>

 

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Should be a pretty good clash at leichardt, they will have a few fans out there
and i wont be surprised if there is quite a few raiders rousers there also after
both clubs come up trumps.
If our forwards get on top of the tigers pack and our outside backs contain hill and ohalloran i think we should get the goods and notch up 2 away wins
so far for the season.This game will be a good gauge on our consistency
levels week in and week outwhere as the last few yrs we have been hot and cold each week.
As long as the outside backs perform defensively, i dont see us having a lot of trouble with the tigers, not saying this will be an easy game but with the direction we now have with drew and co should make all the difference.
What do you guys think about our chances this week???

 

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Bump and grind, a tough match, we prevailed, i like our make up
our forwards are good but our backline needs working on, phil grahom needs
more service, should be interesting when we get macca and evo back (y)

 

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I was at the game and it was a tough, defence oriented game and our defence was rock solid. We won three tries to one and the Tigers try was dubious at best while we had three disallowed and I think the one where Graham scored out wide was definitely a try. Our front line defence was awesome and with Evans and Mclinden to return I think we will only get stronger. I would move Croker to the bench, Mclinden to five eighth, Lolesi out, Graham to the wing and Jimmy back in the centres.

Some of the more promising signs I saw was the marked improvement of Joel Monaghan. He is running with confidence and he has speed to burn. Terry Martin is a brutal defender who is getting better every week but I am most impressed with Ryan O'Hara. He had an outstanding game in both attack and defence and is now a man mountain. He looked huge from the sidelines.

A couple of Tigers fans were saying we have a very impressive pack who don't take a backward step while the litle men are also proving hard to contain.

I'm not getting ahead of myself but it's hard not to have a smile on my dial because when I wake up tomorrow morning we will still be sitting atop the NRL ladder.

Well done boys on a great win.

 

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To all the Raiders faithful, if Jimmy and Macca return I would run with this as my top side:

Clinton Schifcofske
Joel Monaghan
Adam Mogg
James Evans
Phil Graham
Mark Mclinden
Brad Drew
Terry Martin
Ian Hindmarsh
Ruben Wiki
Ryan O'Hara
Simon Woolford
Luke Davico

Jason Croker
Michael Monaghan
Michael Hodgson
Tyran Smith