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St George v Manly

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coast_dragons

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jeffdragon said:
Mary cant make changes because the cutters are going poorly, and nobody can justify being promoted to firsts.
They are inconsistent, if the players people want to move up are not up to it for reserves how can they playl firsts
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Well they aren't the Cutters anymore they are just Illawarra and if you looked at who they haven't had available you'd see why they have been inconsistant.

The team is young and now even younger after Nona, Lewis and McCarthy have all been let go and players like Havili, Dodd and Hutchison all injured.

To top that Head picks Marketo at 9 ahead of Robson and some of his other selections are even worse then Mary's and imo he has certainly let the team down with poor coaching.
 
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mobels

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If the boys give a rats arse about this season they'll come out firing and save our season, this is a winnable game for us and it's at home.

Manly's weakness is in the second row so we need to play wide of the ruck and send a lot of defence at Winterstein and Lane who are both weak defenders. We also need to target Kelly's side all day long especially since he now has Uate defending against him. What helped us win that game against last year was Aitken consistently breaking Kelly's tackles so both him and Nene need plenty of early ball in order to take advantage of that.

Also with Sele being dropped, does this mean that were finally back to having JDB playing the full 80?
 
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getsmarty

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NRL Team: Round 20 v Sea Eagles
Tue 18th July, 04:01PM
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St George Illawarra coach Paul McGregor has named a 21-man squad for the Women in League Round clash against the Manly Sea Eagles at WIN Stadium, Wollongong on Sunday, July 23.

The Dragons will celebrate Women in League (WIL) Round this weekend by hosting the Harvey Norman Interstate Challenge between New South Wales and Queensland along with a whole host of other WIL activities on ground and throughout the stadium.

The Joanne Mackay Breast Cancer Foundation (JMBCF) will also have a presence on Sunday afternoon with JMBCF scarves being sold at Gate B,

Representatives from the Thirroul Butchers female league tag team will form part of a guard of honour, wearing pink themed jerseys in support of the JMBCF.

Tyson Frizell returns for the Dragons in the back row with Tariq Sims returning to the bench. Jack de Belin shifts back to lock and Paul Vaughan to front row as Russell Packer is named in the reserves after suffering a hip injury against the Raiders last Friday night.

Euan Aitken also returns from a hamstring injury with Kurt Mann shifting to the bench in place of Taane Milne. Blake Lawrie also replaces Hame Sele on the interchange.

Josh Dugan and Packer will play their 150th NRL games respectively if they feature on Sunday afternoon.

NRL Squad for Round 20 v Manly Sea Eagles

1. Josh Dugan
2. Nene Macdonald
3. Euan Aitken
4. Tim Lafai
5. Jason Nightingale
6. Gareth Widdop (c)
7. Josh McCrone
8. Leeson Ah Mau
9. Cameron McInnes
10. Paul Vaughan
11. Tyson Frizell
12. Joel Thompson
13. Jack de Belin
Interchange:
14. Tariq Sims
15. Jacob Host
16. Blake Lawrie
17. Kurt Mann
18. Matt Dufty
19. Taane Milne
20. Russell Packer
21. Jake Marketo

Players unavailable:

Drew Hutchison (knee) – indefinite

Kiti Glymin (shoulder) – indefinite

Levi Dodd (knee) – season

Siliva Havili (pectoral) – finals

http://www.dragons.com.au/news/2017/07/18/nrl_team_round_20_v_.html
 
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getsmarty

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ISP Team: Round 20
Tue 18th July, 04:00PM
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Intrust Super Premiership NSW - Round 17 - Mounties RLFC v Illawarra RLFC at GIO Stadium, Canberra, ACT, Australia on Saturday 1 July 2017. Photo: Ben Southall | NRLPhotos.com

Illawarra coach Mat Head has named his team to play in Round 20 of the Intrust Super Premiership against the Penrith Panthers.

The game is set to commence at 12:40pm on Saturday, July 22 at Pepper Stadium, Penrith and will be broadcast live on Fox League.

Illawarra dropped out of the top eight on the Intrust Super Premiership ladder following their loss to the New Zealand Warriors last week, and will be looking for a big win.

ISP Team for Round 20 v Penrith Panthers:

1. Matthew Dufty

2. Kalifa Faifai Loa

3. Patrick Herbert

4. Jordan Pereira

5. Izaac Thompson

6. Adam Clune

7. Jack Payne

8. Mose Masoe

9. Jake Marketo

10. Jacob Hind

11. Will Matthews

12. Luciano Leilua

13. Hame Sele

Interchange

14. Reece Robson

15. Jesse Dee

16. Josh Kerr

17. Rhys Kennedy

19. Sam Clune

http://www.dragons.com.au/news/2017/07/18/isp_team_round_20.html
 
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getsmarty

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NYC Team: Round 20 v Sea Eagles
Tue 18th July, 04:00PM
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St George Illawarra Dragons Under-20s coach Wayne Collins has named his mandatory 23-man squad for the team's Round 20 clash against the Manly Sea Eagles at WIN Stadium, Wollongong on Sunday, July 23.

The Under-20s will kick-off at 9:45am and will be the first curtain-raiser for the NRL fixture scheduled for 2pm.

Despite a last start loss to the Raiders, the Dragons remain in the top four on the NYC competition ladder.

NYC Squad for Round 20 v Manly Sea Eagles:

1. Jai Field
2. Steven Marsters
3. Reuben Garrick
4. Matheson Johns
5. Jason Gillard
6. Tristan Sailor
7. Jackson Willis
8. Stuart Mason
9. Joe Lovodua
10. Matt Sheppard
11. Trent Peoples
12. Jackson Ford
13. Brayden Gallagher
Interchange:
14. TJ Uele
15. Tom Angel
16. Cooper Purcell
17. Hayden Lomax
18. Josh Dowel
19. Jack Cross
20. Max Bailey
21. Dane Francis
22. Bailey Dickinson
23. Juvilee Samiu

http://www.dragons.com.au/news/2017/07/18/nyc_team_round_20_v_.html
 
Bests Golden Boots

Bests Golden Boots

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jeffdragon said:
Mary cant make changes because the cutters are going poorly, and nobody can justify being promoted to firsts.
They are inconsistent, if the players people want to move up are not up to it for reserves how can they playl firsts
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And why wouldn't Illawarra be playing poorly?

They lost an excellent coach.
They've seen thier friends and club mates stuffed around by an inept first grade coach who selects players for one game and sits them on the bench for 70 minutes and then drops them.

They've seen the first grade players go down injured or off on origin duty and never even get a sniff of first grade while inferior players get shuffled around the backline.

They've seen the first grade team basically fall of a cliff over the last 10 rounds and still never get given a chance.

They see other teams selecting thier 20y.o players who go on to great success while they languish with no path to firsts.

I'm sure every young player at the whole club is disheartened by never getting a fair go.
 
This Year?

This Year?

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I'm not liking this salary cap thing about Manly. It's only going to fire them up and we are due a thrashing...god i hope its not us that gets it.
 
Lizzi the dragon

Lizzi the dragon

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getsmarty said:
Coach's Preview: Round 20
Thu 20th July, 12:00PM
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St George Illawarra coach Paul McGregor speaks to the media ahead of the Dragons' Round 20 clash against the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles at WIN Stadium, Wollongong on Sunday, July 23.

http://www.dragons.com.au/news/2017/07/20/coach_s_preview_roun.html
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He's such a great coach. Slowly rotating a few youngsters over the year as he explained and the way fired up a little when asked about Dugan. No wonder the players love him.
 
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Blood Shot Eyes

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blacksafake said:
Me also.
We seem to attract the teams with a siege mentality due to outside influences or desperate for a win which normally goes pear shape for us.
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Mate its about time we used some reversed psychology on these clubs and belt them whilst their down so to speak...Im pretty confident we can win this one...rip into em boys take no prisoners and give it to em for 80 minutes
 
Old Timer

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Lizzi the dragon said:
Yep boys need to deadset fire :fire: up and rip in this week get this season back on track.,. UP THE MIGHTY DRAGONS!!!
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So if we need to "get this season back on track" as you put it one would assume that we are off track?
That being the case how come all the love for our boy scout patrol leader?
He's the bloke with the compass isn't he?
 
Dennis Papaioannou

Dennis Papaioannou

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Blood Shot Eyes said:
Mate its about time we used some reversed psychology on these clubs and belt them whilst their down so to speak...Im pretty confident we can win this one...rip into em boys take no prisoners and give it to em for 80 minutes
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We are just about full strength so there can be no excuses.
We need the 2 points more than they do.
 
Crush

Crush

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Maybe foolishly, I still feel we can have a late dig at the top 8 from here starting with Manly this Sunday.
 
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