Samoa v England | Suncorp Stadium | Sat 25th Oct | 4pm local (Gem)

[Harrigan]

The team has just been named for the game and Sean O'Loughlin misses out with a quad injury. James Graham has been named as the Captain

S.Tomkins

Charnley
Watkins
Shenton
Hall

Widdop
M.Smith

G.Burgess
Hodgson
Graham
Farrell
J.Tomkins
Westerman

Interchange:

Clark
Ferres
T.Burgess
Hill

 

[roughyedspud]

not too happy with that 2nd row


id go with ferres & whitehead with joel tomkins on the bench

 

[morningstar]

Samoa team named...

http://m.nrl.com/samoa-name-team-for-four-nations-opener/tabid/10874/newsid/82622/default.aspx

Toa Samoa coach Matt Parish has named his team to face England in the Four Nations opener at Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium on Saturday, 25 October.

1. Tim Simona
2. Antonio Winterstein
3. Ricky Leutele
4. Joey Leilua
5. Daniel Vidot
6. Ben Roberts
7. Kyle Stanley
8. Sam Tagaetese
9. Michael Sio
10. David Fa’alogo
11. Frank Pritchard
12. Leeson Ah Mau
13. Josh McGuire
14. Pita Godinet
15. Jesse Sene-Lefao
16. Isaac Liu
17. Mose Masoe
18. Dunamis Lui

Reni Maitua, Tautau Moga and Sauaso Sue were not considered for selection for the match against England pending finalisation of an NRL Integrity Unit review of an incident in Brisbane over the weekend.

 

[Hoofhearted]

Is Tim Lafai available, would of thought he was their best centre option and this is the game they should be fielding their strongest team

 

[roughyedspud]

i don't think he could decide who to play for

 

[JasonE]

Lafai gets married this weekend, he will be back in the squad the week after.

 

[JasonE]

Samoa will win by 18.

 

[roughyedspud]

behave lad lol

 

[Harrigan]

Samoa will run us close IMO!

The forecast is for 32 degrees here on Saturday at the moment so it won't be much cooler at 4.

Not having Lafai is a blow for Samao though. Going on this seasons form he would probably be the best centre on the park.

 

[Rhyno]

Samoa by 10

 

[Parra Pride]

That's not a bad Samoa game, should hopefully make for a great game. Hopefully Roberts can produce the diamonds we all know he is capable, rather than the rocks we see all too often.

 

[Billythekid]

Samoa actually look to have a pretty strong side there. Don't mind the look of England either, nothing mind blowing but with the relative strength of Aus and NZ this year i could see them possibly winning the whole thing.

 

[Harrigan]

Samoa actually look to have a pretty strong side there. Don't mind the look of England either, nothing mind blowing but with the relative strength of Aus and NZ this year i could see them possibly winning the whole thing.

We have this problem where we don't travel well. If it was in England I think we'd have a chance though. Sadly, it should be an Aus/NZ final.

 

[Warrior@Heart]

England by 20.

 

[Scubby]

England by 20.

Agree with this. Samoa will be blowing after 20 minutes. Tom Burgess and Daryl Clark off the bench will do some big damage.

 

[Mr Angry]

Go Samoa!

 

[Mr Angry]

17!

I love him, watch him own.

 

[deluded pom?]

17!

I love him, watch him own.

I hope he carries his SL form into the 4N.

 

[paulmac]

Joel Tompkins is a bit of surprise.I'm a big fan Liam Farrell he is a kind of Dallas Johnson type player.Goes all day never misses a tackle.Looking forward to seeing Chris Hill play,every time I watched him in SL he was the best player on the pitch.Triple M reckons a crowd of 45000 is expected can't wait.

 

[roughyedspud]

theres no P in tomkins