Round 2 vs Penrith

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Round 2: Dragons v Panthers | Dragons

Round 2: Dragons v Panthers

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[Dracarys]

Can’t wait

 

[hewi]

Woods , McCullough and JetSki out. Sullivan, Burgess and Sims in. Won’t happen but I live in hope

 

[Evil Emperor Zurg]

I hope Ravalawa gets picked. He was pretty good today.

 

[blacksafake]

S

I hope Ravalawa gets picked. He was pretty good today.

Surely he’s a chance

 

[Walpole]

I hope Ravalawa gets picked. He was pretty good today.

He did look sideways at a bloke in the 2nd half so he might get a couple of weeks.

 

[Maddragon99]

Can’t wait

Bring it on! It’ll give us a good test to see where we are at. I give us a good chance of a upset. Personally I hope Burgess starts in place of Woods & really rips in.

 

[Dragon David]

Penrith's defence will test our attacking skills. Our defence needs to be better than theirs.

Hopefully as it is our home ground, the refs will give us more of the rub of the green.

Our confidence will be sky high when we beat them - just imagine.

 

[mickeylane]

Whoever makes the less mistakes win and Penrith are miserly! Nonetheless our team will be up for this .. would love to see
Burgess
Sims come onto the bench and Mbye start at Hooker ….
50/50 game..

 

[epDragon62]

I hope for the best but it will be extraordinary if we come close to the Riff.

 

[OhWhenTheSaints]

Their line speed is out of this world and our dummy half is slow. My brain says we’re gonna be hard pressed getting metres up field and time to move in attack. My heart says I know nothing about football and anything can happen.

 

[Dragonslayer]

Who to replace Woods is the interesting question here.
As some have alluded to, Penriths line speed is incredible, so a lumbering prop will be targetted endlessly.
Replacements are few and far between, particularly those lumberers or ineligible players.
I really dont think George gets a run this week, a couple more weeks in KOE Cup will serve him well.
Sims, played prop in reggies last weekend and given he is a more agile player, yet still underdone would be my choice to replace Woods. However, as a bench prop only.
So for me, Lawrie and Frankie Molo start, with Kerr and Sims as the replacement props.
No other changes from the 17 from last weekend. We must build our combinations, and swapping and changing wont help that.

 

[denis preston]

Lets just hope Penrith won't or cant play that well again and Souths made them look much better than they really were and we play much better. Then the result will be only a 12 point loss !
Happy to at least make the 8 and improve this year but the Panthers are in a different hemisphere to us ( which is not a criticism )

 

[Dragon David]

Penrith had a big win over Cronulla (34-6) in their first trial game then lost to against the Eels (0-36). They bounced back in Round 1 to beat a sort of "lacklustre" Souths outfit quite well but Souths are not travelling all that terrifically at the moment.

Penrith are beatable but as many here have alluded to, their linespeed is masterclass - taught so well by their defensive coach Cameron Ciraldo and then their attacking skills will be hard to contain.

We need to meet their standards equally and with the home ground advantage at Netsrata Jubilee we might have a chance of a surprise win.

 

[Harry Bath]

Penrith had a big win over Cronulla (34-6) in their first trial game then lost to against the Eels (0-36). They bounced back in Round 1 to beat a sort of "lacklustre" Souths outfit quite well but Souths are not travelling all that terrifically at the moment.

Penrith are beatable but as many here have alluded to, their linespeed is masterclass - taught so well by their defensive coach Cameron Ciraldo and then their attacking skills will be hard to contain.

We need to meet their standards equally and with the home ground advantage at Netsrata Jubilee we might have a chance of a surprise win.

Bring them down to our level that's the only way to beat them, they are better at playing like Penrith than the Dragons

 

[Harry Bath]

Who to replace Woods is the interesting question here.
As some have alluded to, Penriths line speed is incredible, so a lumbering prop will be targetted endlessly.
Replacements are few and far between, particularly those lumberers or ineligible players.
I really dont think George gets a run this week, a couple more weeks in KOE Cup will serve him well.
Sims, played prop in reggies last weekend and given he is a more agile player, yet still underdone would be my choice to replace Woods. However, as a bench prop only.
So for me, Lawrie and Frankie Molo start, with Kerr and Sims as the replacement props.
No other changes from the 17 from last weekend. We must build our combinations, and swapping and changing wont help that.

How do you know Woods is out nothing about his injury on the official dragons web site !

 

[ALSGI]

NRL squad for Round 2 v Penrith Panthers –​

1. Tyrell Sloan – proudly sponsored by EFEX
2. Cody Ramsey – proudly sponsored by Aspec Masonry
3. Moses Suli – proudly sponsored by Kingsgrove Sports Centre
4. Zac Lomax – proudly sponsored by Floormania
5. Mikaele Ravalawa – proudly sponsored by Wollongong Jetski
6. Talatau Amone – proudly sponsored by Carinya Village – Jindabyne
7. Ben Hunt (c) – proudly sponsored by Belle Property
8. Francis Molo – proudly sponsored by Sneaky Burger
19. Andrew McCullough – proudly sponsored by St George Food Distributors
10. Blake Lawrie – proudly sponsored by TLE Alexandria
11. Jack Bird – proudly sponsored by Modus Projects
12. Jaydn Su'A – proudly sponsored by Shire Steel and Fabrication
13. Jack de Belin – proudly sponsored by TripADeal

Interchange:
14. Moses Mbye – proudly sponsored by DEMOCO
15. Josh Kerr – proudly sponsored by Jamesons Strata Management
16. Jack Gosiewski – proudly sponsored by Professionals Padstow
17 George Burgess – proudly sponsored by Gym Solutions
18. Jackson Ford
20. Tariq Sims
21. Mat Feagai
22. Daniel Alvaro
23. Poasa Faamausili
24. Tautau Moga
25. Jaiyden Hunt

NRL late mail: Round 2 v Panthers

St George Illawarra coach Anthony Griffin has finalised his 17 ahead of the Dragons' Round 2 clash against the Penrith Panthers at Netstrata Jubilee Stadium on Friday, March 18 (6pm).

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[randomdragon]

penrith played manly first round? lol

 

[MarkD]

Penrith play at a furious pace .. their speed with or without the ball is the comps yard stick. if Tariq or George B are undercooked fitness wise they could well be found out

 

[TruSaint]

Nice move dropping the 9 number by the Club.