Saints team and times for Final series: Week 1

[Willow]

St George v Newcastle 7:30pm Saturday Sept 14, 2002

1. Ben Hornby
2. Wise Kativerata
3. Mark Gasnier
4. Lee Hookey
5. Leo Clarke
6. Trent Barrett (c)
7. Willie Peters
8. Luke Bailey
9. Mark Riddell
10. Jason Ryles
11. Justin Smith
12. Lance Thompson
13. Jason Hooper

14. Craig Stapleton
15. Nathan Tutt
16. Shane Millard
17. Jason Kent
18 Chris Leikvoll
(one to be omitted)

Other games:
First Division v Souths at WIN Stadium. 3:00pm Sun 15 Sept
Jersey Flegg v Manly at WIN Stadium. 1:30pm Sun 15 Sept

 

[pepe]

where's cooper,i'm a big rap for him.

if the saints can get over the knights in newcastle they'll be a danger,unfortunatly it's the toughest road trip in the comp,go the mighty saints.

pepe

 

[Willow]

Cooper's injured, Pepe.
But I think Leo Clarke did a pretty good job.
A. Johns esqpeppered him with that famous boot of his last Sunday but to no avail.

it's the toughest road trip in the comp

Saints record in Newcastle is an excellent one. They won there in 1999, 2000, 2001 and went down by 8 pointsthere this year.... 75% success rate.
I don't know why but Saints seem to like playing the Knights.. especially up there. I know Roopy is shakin' in his boots.

But having said that, its impossible to be confident. I've already arranged forA Johnsto have a case of Bundy Rum sent to his home the day before the match so we can get the same game from him that he played last Sunday. I figure this is a good investment. Gawn Joey,, have another one mate...

 

[Fatt O]

They are only there because of The Bulldogs misfortune.
In reality,Saints are the competition cheats.

 

[imported_youngie]

Actually Fatt O, we finished seventh so we would have made the semis even if the 4 million dollar team was still in the comp.
We would have rolled them like we did last year as well!

 

[Willow]

Referee: W Harrigan

 

[imported_Docker]

Willow, sould you swap Harrigan for Dim Mambo?

Good luck anyway to the Dragons. Rip in to them.

 

[Willow]

Docker: I don't think anyone can be sure of the match result on Saturday night. But one thing we can be sure of is that Harrigan will be in thenews Sunday morning.

 

[Willow]

Roopy:

You may notbe able to answer this but I what is the feeling in Newcastle about this Saturday night? Are they confident of victory?
St George are underdogs and I get the feeling that they are acting that way.

 

[imported_Roopy4246]

"Roopy:

You may notbe able to answer this but I what is the feeling in Newcastle about this Saturday night? Are they confident of victory?
St George are underdogs and I get the feeling that they are acting that way."

I have listened to about a dozen radio interviews and read all the Knight's columns in the Newcastle Herald as well as having talked to a guy I know who is a trainer with the Knights juniors, and I can tell you that the Knights are ready to rumble.

I don't think anyone would take Saints lightly, because they have the makings of a fine team (Andrew Johns described them as the sleeping giants of the finals), but the Knights will be giving the game everything and expect to be very hard to beat.

The feeling I get is that the Knights forwards feel responsible for last week's loss because the big two of Simmo and Parsons were both laid low with the flu and feel they let the side down by not being able to play well, and the other forwards feel they weren't able to measure up as well. The feeling is that the forwards are going to put it all on the line this week. It's do or die time.