Round 6 vs Manly

[BLM01]

I saw the Fonua tackle on Pearce - what a joke.
Pearce is a protected species and it should never even have been a sin bin.
No wonder the big bloke was pissed off when he left the field.
Having said that, our chances of beating Manly have just sky rocketed.

Not if he gets off as is fighting the charge

 

[Glenn012]

I saw the Fonua tackle on Pearce - what a joke.
Pearce is a protected species and it should never even have been a sin bin.
No wonder the big bloke was pissed off when he left the field.
Having said that, our chances of beating Manly have just sky rocketed.

Pearce was falling but Fonua did throw an arm out. If Pearce is a protected species, that sux for Newcastle. He has been really average in the games I have seen him play for them.

 

[Glenn012]

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TripADeal NRL team announcement: Round 6 v Sea Eagles
Author
Dragons.com.au dragons.com.au
Timestamp
Tue 16 Apr 2019, 04:00 PM

St George Illawarra coach Paul McGregor has named his mandatory 21-man squad ahead of the Dragons' Round 6 clash against the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles at WIN Stadium, Wollongong on Saturday, April 20.

• Game day information: Round 6
• Dragons v Sea Eagles: Round 6 preview
• Gareth Widdop shoulder update
• Ravalawa takes early guilty plea

The team remains unchanged following the Dragons' last start 40-4 win over the Bulldogs; although front-rower Lachlan Timm joins the reserves alongside Mitch Allgood, Jonus Pearson and Jai Field.

NRL squad for Round 6 v Sea Eagles

1. Matt Dufty – sponsored by Dynamic Projects
2. Jordan Pereira – sponsored by SMAI
3. Euan Aitken – sponsored by University of Wollongong
4, Tim Lafai – sponsored by Kingsgrove Sports Centre
5. Mikaele Ravalawa – sponsored by Professionals Padstow
6. Corey Norman – sponsored by Illawarra Mercury/St George & Sutherland Shire Leader
7. Ben Hunt – sponsored by Paul's Customs and Forwarding Solutions
8. James Graham (c) – sponsored by EFEX
9. Cameron McInnes (c) – sponsored by Floormania
10. Paul Vaughan – sponsored by My Muscle Chef
11. Tyson Frizell (c) – sponsored by Val Morgan
12. Tariq Sims – sponsored by Stonemasons & Landscapers (since 1970)
13. Blake Lawrie – sponsored by Wollongong Jetski

Interchange:
14. Jeremy Latimore – sponsored by Dincel Construction System15. Zac Lomax – sponsored by Tosich Group
16. Jacob Host – sponsored by Stonemasons & Landscapers (since 1970)17. Luciano Leilua – sponsored by Domus Lighting
18. Mitch Allgood
19. Jai Field
20. Lachlan Timm
21. Jonus Pearson


https://www.dragons.com.au/news/2019/04/16/tripadeal-nrl-team-announcement-round-6-v-sea-eagles/

I just hope it's Latimore who makes way for de Belin even though he, Host and Leilua are technically backrowers.

 

[SAP58]

I posted during last weeks game that I love beating the puppies but I would really love our blokes to give these clowns a bigger hiding.

 

[Dragonsamy]

Good to see Lachlan moving up the pecking order

Is Josh injured?

Kerr is injured come of last week .

 

[Dragonsamy]

Listed to play in the CC team.
CC

Has to pass fitness test tomorrow. Should be ok

 

[Dennis Papaioannou]

Pearce was falling but Fonua did throw an arm out. If Pearce is a protected species, that sux for Newcastle. He has been really average in the games I have seen him play for them.

I'm just saying he was falling into the tackle and contact was made 6" off the ground.
Maybe a penalty but sin bin and suspension?
Let's get fair dinkum.
Pearce has always been a hard working halfback with no x factor.
Used to love sticking it up us when he was at Easts but Newcastle is a different story.

 

[Life's Good]

Is AFB definitely suspended??

Our forwards should run all over the top of theirs.

Sorry for the wrong info. I thought he accepted the 2 weeks but is fighting the charge. We’ll find out soon.

 

[Frank Facer]

Sorry for the wrong info. I thought he accepted the 2 weeks but is fighting the charge. We’ll find out soon.

AFB has received a 2 match ban and won't be playing against us on the weekend.

 

[avocado]

AFB suspended? Seriously?
Shouldn’t have even been a penalty.

 

[SnowDragon]

AFB suspended? Seriously?
Shouldn’t have even been a penalty.

Deserves the ban. If he just slipped high because Pierce was falling I could understand, but it was a careless swing arm towards the player that hit him in the head. No control of what he was doing, so it wasn’t intentional, just careless. Only 1game, but he fought it and had priors. He lost control and it was dangerous the end

 

[possm]

There seems to be some inconsistent decisions being made these days. It really needs to be sorted out. In the game against the Dogs last round, different interpretations regarding the play the ball were there for all of us to see. On three occasions, the ruling went against the Dragons even though the penalty was for placing the ball on the opposition players foot. Our players did it once and the Dogs did it twice but all penalties wen the Dogs way.

 

[Frank Facer]

AFB suspended? Seriously?
Shouldn’t have even been a penalty.

My thoughts exactly.

 

[Frank Facer]

Deserves the ban. If he just slipped high because Pierce was falling I could understand, but it was a careless swing arm towards the player that hit him in the head. No control of what he was doing, so it wasn’t intentional, just careless. Only 1game, but he fought it and had priors. He lost control and it was dangerous the end

I thought it was a 2 game suspension?

 

[Dragonslayer]

Why are we even giving oxygen to the suspension of AFB? Seriously, he plays for another club. If it was say Paul Vaughan, I could understand the comments but FMD his suspension just means he wont be out there come Saturday evening.
Good news for us or could it be bad as anorher will be given an opportunity to shine in his place un hope of cementing a permanent spot.

 

[getsmarty]

DRAGONS


Ravalawa travels light from Fiji to bright lights of NRL
Author
Brad Walter NRL.com Senior Reporter
Timestamp
Wed 17 Apr 2019, 07:01 PM

When rookie St George Illawarra winger Mikaele Ravalawa arrived from Fiji to begin his NRL career he had nothing more than a backpack with a change of clothes and his football boots.

Ravalawa, who was recruited by the Raiders in 2017 after being spotted playing rugby union in Christchurch, recounted his introduction to Australia as he spoke about his hopes of establishing himself at the Dragons beyond his current two-year contract.

After landing at Canberra airport at the start of the 2017 season, Ravalawa was met by Raiders welfare manager David Thom.

"We went down to the luggage room and we were waiting there for a while," Ravalawa said.

"I turned around to him and asked what are we waiting for, and he just said ‘we are waiting for your luggage’.

"I said ‘sorry, I don’t have any luggage. I have just got my backpack here’. It was just a small backpack."

Ravalawa’s backpack contained nowhere enough to survive a Canberra winter.



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"I just had some clothes – just one spare undies, one pants, a shirt and my rugby boots. That’s all," he said.

"When I got there it was getting cold and I was like, ‘oh, it’s freezing’. Straight after my first payment I went shopping and I started buying warm stuff like jumpers."

The former Fiji under 18s rugby sevens captain had little knowledge of rugby league or interest in the NRL but after winning Canberra’s under 20s player of the year in 2017, earning selection in the Bati’s World Cup squad and making his debut for the Dragons in round one that has changed.

Gradually improving with each NRL appearance, the 21-year-old has scored three tries in his last two matches against Newcastle and Canterbury, made 19 line breaks and is averaging 136.5 running metres in five games.

Fiji teammate and former South Sydney utility James Storer, who lives in Wollongong, has taken Ravalawa under his wing since he joined St George Illawarra and the pair regularly go fishing together.

"I know James from when I went to the World Cup," Ravalawa said.

"He just came down to the beach to play touch. I went there and saw him there. The next morning, we went spear diving and caught some fish.

"He is a good bloke. He just told me to contact him if I wanted anything. He always helps others and treats them in the same way."

After having to rely on teammates to take him to training in Canberra, Ravalawa is enjoying living near WIN Stadium, where the Dragons host Manly on Saturday night.

"It’s like way different moving from Canberra to Wolllongong than coming from Fiji to Canberra," he said.

"In Canberra I lived like 30 minutes away from the stadium.



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"The weather in Wollongong is pretty much like back home and it is so nice. The stadium is near the sea and you breathe good air at training.

"The first time coming here I was so nervous. I didn’t really know some of the big Aussie players like Tyson Frizell, Tariq Sims and Paul Vaughan. I had just heard of them and seen them on TV but everyone has welcomed me.

"I am here for a few years and if I play good I will probably go for them again."


https://www.nrl.com/news/2019/04/17/ravalawa-travels-light-from-fiji-to-bright-lights-of-nrl/

 

[getsmarty]

JUDICIARY


Manu and Fonua-Blake both suspended
Author
NRL.com
Timestamp
Tue 16 Apr 2019, 08:28 PM

The Sydney Roosters have been dealt a blow ahead of this Friday's blockbuster against Melbourne Storm with centre Joseph Manu found guilty of a dangerous contact charge at the judiciary and suspended for one match.

Manu was hit with a dangerous contact grade one charge for an incident involving Cronulla's Sione Katoa and pleaded not guilty on Tuesday night.

The guilty verdict rules the classy centre out of the highly anticipated grand final rematch showdown with the Melbourne Storm.

Sea Eagles prop Addin Fonua-Blake was also found guilty of a careless high tackle at the NRL judiciary and will miss two matches.

Fonua-Blake was hit with a grade one charge for his tackle on Newcastle's Mitchell Pearce in the 68th minute of the clash at McDonald Jones Stadium.

He pleaded not guilty at the judiciary but was unsuccessful and will miss Manly's next two games against the Dragons and Canberra.

Titans prop Jarrod Wallace will miss two matches after pleading guilty to a shoulder charge offence during his side's win over Penrith on Friday night.

Wallace will miss matches against the Knights and Wests Tigers following his 55th-minute tackle on Dallin Watene-Zelezniak at Cbus Super Stadium.

Wallace was one of two players to accept suspensions - the other being Cowboys winger Nene Macdonald who pleaded no contest to a dangerous contact charge. The fractured and dislocated ankle he suffered on Friday night rendered any suspension a secondary consideration.

Five other players - Mitch Rein, Josh McGuire, Kurt Baptiste, Christian Welch and Curtis Sironen - escaped with either no suspension or a fine after pleading guilty to charges arising from round five.



Fonua-Blake sent to sin bin for contact on Pearce

In incidents coming out of Sunday's matches, Dragons winger Mikaele Ravalawa and Bulldogs forward Sauaso Sue (two charges) both entered guilty pleas on Tuesday.

Ravalawa avoided suspension with an early guilty plea while Sue will miss two matches - one for each charge.



Player Mitch Rein
Club Titans
Minute of match 10th
Charge/incident Dangerous throw
Grade charge 1
Result - guilty or not guilty Guilty - early plea
Matches to serve 0
Points/ fine calculation 75
Carry-over points 75
Misconduct on whom? Nathan Cleary


Player Jarrod Wallace
Club Titans
Minute of match 55th
Charge/incident Shoulder charge
Grade charge 1
Result - guilty or not guilty Guilty - early plea
Matches to serve 2
Points/ fine calculation 255
Carry-over points 55
Misconduct on whom? Dallin Watene-Zelezniak


Player Josh McGuire
Club Cowboys
Minute of match 17th
Charge/incident Contrary conduct
Grade charge 1
Result - guilty or not guilty Guilty - early plea
Matches to serve 0
Points/ fine calculation $3350
Carry-over points N/A
Misconduct on whom? Cameron Munster


Player Nene Macdonald
Club Cowboys
Minute of match 26th
Charge/incident Dangerous contact - head/neck
Grade charge 1
Result - guilty or not guilty No contest
Matches to serve 1
Points/ fine calculation 100
Carry-over points 0
Misconduct on whom? Cameron Munster


Player Kurt Baptise
Club Cowboys
Minute of match 76th
Charge/incident Dangerous contact - other
Grade charge 1
Result - guilty or not guilty Guilty - early plea
Matches to serve 0
Points/ fine calculation 75
Carry-over points 75
Misconduct on whom? Cameron Munster



Player Christian Welch
Club Storm
Minute of match 79th
Charge/incident Dangerous contact - other
Grade charge 1
Result - guilty or not guilty Guilty - early plea
Matches to serve 0
Points/ fine calculation 75
Carry-over points 75
Misconduct on whom? Te Maire Martin


Player Curtis Sironen
Club Sea Eagles
Minute of match 14th
Charge/incident High tacke - careless
Grade charge 1
Result - guilty or not guilty Guilty - early plea
Matches to serve 0
Points/ fine calculation $1150
Carry-over points N/A
Misconduct on whom? Kalyn Ponga


Player Addin Fonua-Blake
Club Sea Eagles
Minute of match 68th
Charge/incident High tackle - careless
Grade charge 1
Result - guilty or not guilty Guilty at panel
Matches to serve 2
Points/fine calculation 190 + 70 = 260
Carryover points 60
Misconduct on whom? Mitchell Pearce


Player Joseph Manu
Club Roosters
Minute of match 51st
Charge/incident Dangerous contact - head/neck
Grade charge 1
Result - guilty or not guilty Guilty at panel
Matches to serve 1
Points/fine calculation 170
Carryover points 70
Misconduct on whom? Sione Katoa


Player Mikaele Ravalawa
Club Dragons
Minute of match 10th
Charge/incident Dangerous throw
Grade charge 1
Result - guilty or not guilty Guilty - early plea
Misconduct on whom? Kerrod Holland


Player Sauaso Sue
Club Bulldogs
Minute of match 37th
Charge/incident Dangerous contact - head/neck
Grade charge 1
Result - guilty or not guilty Guilty - early plea
Matches to serve 1
Points/Fine calculation 105 + 55 = 160
Carryover points 60*
Misconduct on whom? Jordan Pereira


Player Sauaso Sue
Club Bulldogs
Minute of match 52nd
Charge/incident Dangerous contact - other
Grade charge 1
Result - guilty or not guilty Guilty - early plea
Matches to serve 1
Points/Fine calculation 127 +60* = 187
Carryover points 87
Misconduct on whom? Paul Vaughan



https://www.nrl.com/news/2019/04/13/wallace-mcguire-among-six-players-charged/

 

[Glenn012]

My thoughts exactly.

He threw his arm out. What was he hoping to do? Careless at best. IMO the penalty was about right.

 

[getsmarty]

Coach's preview: Round 6
Newly re-appointed St George Illawarra Dragons coach Paul McGregor talks to the media about his contract extension and Saturday's clash against the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles.

https://www.dragons.com.au/news/2019/04/18/coachs-preview-round-6/

 

[slippery5]

AFB suspended? Seriously?
Shouldn’t have even been a penalty.

This is why people are turning off watching NRL.
You listening Greenberg??