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I don’t think that you can make any predictions with the way the rules are now. Who is to say that there won’t be multiple players sent to the bin?
Not a lot given away there but no excuses either
Well it’s just my opinion mate; love to see the defensive side of the game come back.
Then max two in the tackle (one chest-high one low) and no striping of the ball allowed. One marker and the attacking side back 10m.
I also love the demeanour, I haven’t seen him whinge once. He’s very matter of fact and calm. He is definitely the right man for the job.
And Johnson!
Hopefully Ford and Faamausili can cement their spots over the coming month. Both have huge potential imo.
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Thu 20 May 2021, 07:55 PM
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St George Illawarra coach Anthony Griffin has cut his squad to 19 ahead of the Dragons' Round 11 clash against the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks at Netstrata Jubilee Stadium, Kogarah on Friday, May 21.
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With Matt Dufty (shoulder), Mikaele Ravalawa, Tyrell Fuimaono, Tariq Sims and Josh McGuire (all suspended) out, the Dragons have been forced into wholesale changes.
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Cody Ramsey will play his first NRL game at fullback with Jordan Pereira (suspension) and last start interchange player Max Feagai named on the wing.
Billy Burns has been named in the centres while Jackson Ford returns to the fold in the back row. Poasa Faamausili will also start at lock.
Daniel Alvaro is the only interchange player remaining from the Dragons' last start loss to the Melbourne Storm. He is joined by Kaide Ellis, Talatau Amone and training-contracted front-rower Jaiyden Hunt, who will become St George Illawarra player No. 247.
Hayden Lomax and new recruit Gerard Beale are the first two players omitted from Tuesday's initial 21-man squad.
Updated NRL squad for Round 11 v Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks –
1. Cody Ramsey – sponsored by EFEX
2. Max Feagai – sponsored by Aspec Masonry
3. Jack Bird – sponsored by Kingsgrove Sports Centre
4. Billy Burns – sponsored by Floormania
5. Jordan Pereira – sponsored by Wollongong Jetski
6. Corey Norman – sponsored by TripADeal
7. Ben Hunt (c) – sponsored by Narellan Pools Illawarra
8. Blake Lawrie – sponsored by Gym Solutions
9. Andrew McCullough – sponsored by Dincel Construction System
10. Paul Vaughan – sponsored by Fox and Jones
11. Josh Kerr – sponsored by Sneaky Burger
12. Jackson Ford – sponsored by TLE Alexandria
13. Poasa Faamausili – sponsored by Modus Projects
Interchange:
14. Kaide Ellis – sponsored by CMG Audio Visual
15. Jaiyden Hunt – sponsored by Deicorp
16. Daniel Alvaro – sponsored by Manna from Heaven
17. Talatau Amone – sponsored by Professionals Padstow
18. Adam Clune
19. Billy Brittain
https://www.dragons.com.au/news/2021/05/18/nrl-team-announcement-round-11-v-sharks/
NRL: St George Illawarra coach Anthony Griffin urges Dragons not to play the victim following mass suspensions
The Dragons will be missing four suspended players for Friday’s clash against Cronulla, but coach Anthony Griffin won’t cop any excuses from his team.
Matt Logue
NCA NewsWire
May 20, 20212:12pm
St George Illawarra players have copped a combined 13 matches worth of suspensions this week, but coach Anthony Griffin is adamant the Dragons can’t be “victims” of the NRL’s high tackle crackdown.
Up to 12 Dragons players are sidelined, including Josh McGuire, Tyrell Fuimaono, Mikaele Ravalawa and Tariq Sims (all suspensions).
Fuimaono has accepted a five-week ban after he entered an early guilty plea for the high shot on Ryan Papenhuyzen that led to the Dragons forward being sent off in the 11th minute of Sunday’s clash.
McGuire will also sit out five weeks for a grade three dangerous contact charge after a hip drop tackle.
Josh McGuire has been outed or five weeks. Picture: Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images.Source:Getty Images
Ravalawa (shoulder charge) and Sims (dangerous contact) have been handed two and one game bans respectively.
Griffin knows the suspensions aren’t ideal, but he wants his side to move on and focus on Friday’s clash against Cronulla.
“What happened last weekend has happened. Personally, I‘d prefer it didn’t happen, but they’re the rules and we’ve got to play by them,” Griffin said in the lead-up to the Dragons’ clash with Cronulla on Friday night.
“We can‘t be victims to this situation.
“There’s a lot of things we’re going to learn about ourselves positionally and emotionally over the next few weeks.
“And that’ll only make us a stronger club.
“The challenge for us as a game is going to be what happens from here on now.”
Griffin, however, urged the league’s powerbrokers to keep their rulings on foul play constant.
“It needs to stay consistent now otherwise last weekend was tragic round,” he said.
“As long as they‘re the same rules every week now and for State of Origin and finals, well then, we’re all on the same page.”
Griffin was also happy to accept McGuire’s five-week ban for a hip drop tackle.
“Part of the reason he got five is because he’s got a lot of carryovers,” he said.
“But if that tackle is going to be ruled out of the game, it‘s ruled out of the game.
“And as a coach I‘m happy to go along with it.”
https://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/n...s/news-story/188d3b2eaf386846620445cf441db378
Don’t stress about it;
My only worries are
