Round 1 preview

[isaiah]

This could all change depending on the teams selected but i think i have a good idea of the prospective strengths of the sides:

Friday- Roosters to beat Souths with the match up of George Burgess v Boyd Cordner the highlight!

experience of the cowboys to get them home easily v the broncs

Saturday- NZ to beat Parra
Melbourne over Manly
Titans beat Dragons [best hooker in the comp plays for Gold Coast and Dragon's King out injured long term]

Sunday- Cron to beat Canb by at least as many as canberra wins the nrl game after it.
Newc v penrith should be the best contest of the weekend with newcastle having too many guns but Viapuna outstanding for the losers.

Monday- Tigers to beat the dogs

bring on the week 2 clash between cowboys and the knights, woohoo!

 

[isaiah]

interesting, 211 views over a few days, but no comments, but it looks as if i'll be 0 and 2 after tonight, bet the experts will have a say now, lol

 

[girvie]

Interesting to see the Roosters name Boyd Cordner in NSW Cup. Manly are also playing a couple of players up.

Vaipuna Tia Kilifi is missing from the Panthers team.

 

[Fingerbang]

James Roberts another triple last night for Bunnies.....got to get this kid in their NRL team. My NNRL team could do with him.

 

[girvie]

Vaipuna Tia Kilifi is missing from the Panthers team.

Noticed that he is playing Bundy Cup for Windsor.

 

[isaiah]

Interesting to see the Roosters name Boyd Cordner in NSW Cup. Manly are also playing a couple of players up.

Vaipuna Tia Kilifi is missing from the Panthers team.

was that boyd cordnrr or stick;and?

 

[Noa]

Good win by the Storm over the Eagles, too much class. Very impressed with Matt Mcgahan, looks like he will be a very good player.

Far from full strength either btw, Wilson, Maclean and Tohu Harris to come back in. Will strengthen forward rotation tremendously.

 

[aqua_duck]

Knights looking good

 

[_Johnsy]

Titans were never in the game after 20min, dragons way too good.

 

[isaiah]

just looking at the stats from last weekend, these just jumped out at me:
[tigers v dogs doesn't seem to have any stats]

roosters e.lowe 118m, goodwin 9 tb, 37t
souths roberts 152m, 11 tb, a.hull 140m
broncs kahu 150m, 2 line breaks, 1 try assist, mullally 113m, 6 tb
cowboys pangai 187m, 13 tb, taumalolo 144m
warriors su'a-poe 163m, ben henry 162m
parra r.brien 61t, 145m, loko 192m
storm fonua 145m, 11 tb, k.davies 118m
manly james anderson 143m, 12 tb, stromquist 153m, 26t
titans srama 124m, 39t, fairweather 113m
deagons catteral 128m, 8 tb, trent ryan 168m
raiders allwood 111m, 6 tb, n.massey 7 tb, 3 try assists
cronulla duncan reilly 148m, 43t, s.mills 122m, 11 tb
penrith austin 2 line breaks
knights c.means 129m, will smith 177m, 9 tb, 5 line breaks