Round 23 | Knights 26-4 Sharks @ Hunter | Mon 7.00pm

[Jobdog]

1. Darius Boyd 2. Kevin Naiqama 3. Dane Gagai 4. Timana Tahu 5. Akuila Uate 6. Jarrod Mullen 7. Tyrone Roberts
8. Kade Snowden 9. Danny Buderus (c) 10. Willie Mason 11. Chris Houston 12. Joel Edwards 13. Neville Costigan

Interchange: 14. Robbie Rochow 15. Zeb Taia 16. Adam Cuthbertson 17. Alex McKinnon
Reserve: 18. Zane Tetevano

1. Matthew Wright 2. John Williams 3. Ricky Leutele 4. Colin Best 5. Nathan Stapleton 6. Todd Carney 7. Jeff Robson
8. Mark Taufua 9. Isaac De Gois 10. Ben Ross 11. Jeremy Smith 12. Anthony Tupou 13. Paul Gallen (c)

Interchange: 14. Andrew Fifita 15. Tyson Frizzell 16. John Morris 17. Jayson Bukuya

Referees
Matt Cecchin and Gavin Morris

Sideline Officials: Adam Reid and Grant Atkins
Video Referee: Rod Lawrence


Related Matches :: Toyota Cup R23
Knights v Sharks at Hunter, Mon 4:45pm
Related Matches :: VB NSW Cup R23
Mounties (CAN) v Newcastle Knights (NEW) at Mt Pritchard Sports Ground, Sat 3:00pm
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[CJG 182]

Very confident about this one and we'll need it to keep our season afloat.

 

[Zoidberg]

Yeah, we got this.

 

[Jono078]

Doesn't seem so easy now compared to the feeling before the weekend.

Should be a good game. They played all over us in that round 2 clash but we managed to win.

I think we'll get them in a tight one.

Just hope we don't have a let down after the Dogs game.

 

[Johns Magic]

It's NRL...who knows how the game will go? Nothing would surprise me, and I don't know what to expect.

 

[IanG]

So you're not reading much into the fact that the Sharks gave the Warriors a towelling and have 2 big guns back in their line up

 

[Zoidberg]

But if we take our form (apart from last weeks first 20) into this match we're well in it.

 

[Jobdog]

I will say one thing. If we play any other team than the Bulldogs in that passage where we had six or seven repeat sets on their line, we score. In doing so we get back into the game and get the crowd involved again.

Cronulla aren't in the same ballpark as Canterbury even though they're still a good side. I think this game is similar to the Canberra one where if we're serious about trying to sneak into the eight it's a game we simply must win.

 

[KempoKnight]

So you're not reading much into the fact that the Sharks gave the Warriors a towelling and have 2 big guns back in their line up

This. So much this. The sharks have had no Gal and have had Carney in and out of the side since origin, do not underestimate Gals presence for his side. I expect them to be at there best and ready to pay us back for earlier this year. If we dont allow them to smash us right out of the blocks I can see this going either way.

 

[NoSchitSherlock]

We'll win this and the following 2 games but won't win more than 3 in a row.

 

[Mr_Knightside]

Let's not forget how terrible the Warriors have been recently, and I'm kind of glad that the sharks had a big win the week before playing us, for two reasons. Firstly we will take them more seriously and give them more respect, secondly a team that is going poorly for a few weeks is like a ticking time bomb and is likely to have a breakout performance and smash a team, much like the sharks and Melbourne on the weekend, so I'm glad that it came the week before playing us, not to mention they have had to do a bit of travelling which is an advantage to us.

And remember what happened to Canberra the week after smashing the sharks, we smashed them because they probably got it into their heads that they were better than they actually were because the sharks who they played the week before had been so bad.

Obviously there aren't any easy games, and I'm not saying we have this banked by any means, but I'd say this is probably the easiest of the games we have coming up in our very tough end of season draw so we really do need to get back to our winning ways asap, because the 3 weeks after that are very difficult indeed and our finals push is on a knife edge.

 

[G.I.]

Kade's back
http://www.newcastleknights.com.au/news-display/Snowden-named-for-Sharks/61089

 

[perverse]

Awesome, Snowy's back! It will be interesting to see what he can do when our tails are up a bit. He's been good for us this year without being anywhere near his best. He's capable of fantastic, and better. Couldn't have come at a better time, with Tetes turning in a stinker against the Dogs.

 

[Medievalknight]

We are DEFINITES for this one as I,m NOT GOING......;-)

 

[Silent Knight]

I will be out of the country with my mobile turned off and a computer nowhere in sight. As a result I won't be subjected to our team's inevitable slide down the ladder over the last four weeks of the season.

The Sharks will drive the nails in our coffin. You can't compete with a demi-god like Gallen. Sharks by 40. You heard it here first.

 

[Chicken_Hunter]

I am going to put all the money I won off the dogs last week on the sharks this week. I desperately need positives if we lose.

 

[Haffa]

Cronulla looked good last week. But they were playing against the worst defensive structure I have seen in a long time. The warriors were clueless. If we play that bad ill be stunned.

Think we will bounce back and win in a close one.

 

[docbrown]

Well if we cant compete with the likes of the Sharks we probably don't deserve to be in the finals anyway.

We've probably got the hardest run home - Bulldogs lost, now Shark, then Sea Eagles and Rabbitohs.

I hope we get the Sharks win to keep the morale up.

 

[Rod]

Cronulla looked good last week. But they were playing against the worst defensive structure I have seen in a long time. The warriors were clueless. If we play that bad ill be stunned.

This is true. I don't think we can read anything into their game last week apart from the fact they'll have a bit of confidence back. That Warriors performance was one of the worst I have seen from them in recent memory.

I expect both teams to be on their game though. Pleasantly surprised to see Snowie back.

 

[Robbie'o'Davis]

newcastle should just target john williams..
his f**king hopeless.
de'gois to tackle someone with his head and get ko'ed