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Stats & Facts Round 16 NRL

footyfollower

Juniors
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Hi All,


Another round for you. Please feel free to rate this so I can get an idea of what you think.

Thanks

There were only 6 kicks missed last week of the 53 from all clubs for round 15. They were all from the sideline too. Pretty sharp that’s 89%!


Broncos v Rabbitohs @ Suncorp Stadium Friday 7.35pm
BRONCOS – IN: Justin Hodges, Petro Civoniceva & Sam Thaiday OUT: Lachlan Maranta, Brendan Gibb & one to be omitted.
RABBITOHS – No Changes.
· Petro Civoniceva plays game 300 (The 17th player to do so).
· The last time the Bunnies were parked in the top 4 this late in the season was in 1989 when they won the minor premiership.
· The Broncos have dominated the Bunnies in recent times having won 20 of their last 24 against them.
· South Sydney missed the fewest tackles of round 15 with just 14 admittedly it was against the eels.
· Nathan Merrit loves Suncorp and has crossed for a double their at his last 3 visits to the ground.
· Last Meeting – Broncos 20-12 in Perth 2012

Dragons v Titans @ WIN Stadium Friday 7.35pm
DRAGONS – IN: Jack DeBelin & Matt Prior OUT: Kyle Stanley & Jeremy Latimore
TITANS– IN: Michael Henderson & Jamal Idris OUT: Greg Bird & one to be omitted.
· The Titans have won the last two NSW based clashes between the pair . However a Gold Cioast team has not won in Wollongong for 23 years.
· St.George Illawarra have won just 2 of their last 6 at WIN Stadium. But have won all three clashes against the Titans at the venue.
· Dragons have won just 1 from their last 6 meanwhile the Titans are in the groove having picked up 4 of their last 5.
· Since the Titans inception the ledger reads 7-3 Dragons.
· The Titans had the most impressive metres gained column for round 15 with just shy of 2000 metres with 10 players running for over 100 metres. The next best performer was the Cowboys almost 400 metres shy of them.
· Brett Morris is 21 tries from his last 19 @ WIN Stadium.
· Last Meeting – Titans 28-14 @ Win Jubilee 2011

Cowboys v Raiders @ Dairy Farmers Saturday 5.30pm

COWBOYS – IN: Scott Bolton & Cory Paterson OUT: Ashton Sims (Suspended) & one to be omitted.
RAIDERS – Fresh from Bye.
· The Raiders have just won two penalty counts all year.
· Canberra’s last win at Dairy Farmers was way back in 2006.
· The Cowboys have won 8 of the last 11 between them.
· Jonathon Thurston is still on the nudie run (tryless for 2012).
· Last Meeting – Cowboys 22-6 @ Canberra Stadium 2012

Panthers v Eels @ Penrith Stadium Saturday 7.30pm
PANTHERS – IN: Josh Mansour, Blake Austin & Luke Lewis OUT: Sandor Earl, Danny Galea & one to be omitted.
EELS – IN: Ryan Morgan & Taniela Lasalo OUT: Reni Maitua (suspended) & one to be omitted.
· The Eels have claimed just one win of their last 20 when not playing at Parramatta Stadium.
· Parramatta have won just twice this year both by the odd score line of 29-20.
· Last Meeting – Panthers 39-6 @ Parramatta 2012

Bulldogs v Storm @ Mackay Sunday 2pm

BULLDOGS – IN: Luke McDougall, Dale Finucane & Josh Jackson OUT: Brett Lane & two to be omitted.
STORM – Out: Will Chambers
· Mackay is the hometown for both Ben Barba and Dane Neilson.
· The Storm have won 9 of the last 11 match ups with Canterbury.
· The Storm are six clear of the pack in the minor premiership.
· Excluding 2010 when the storm had the points stripped Melbourne have won 4 of the last 7 minor premierships and look on the path to make it 5 of the last 8.
· Melbourne have given the start in line betting 12 times and have covered it 10 times.
· This match has 3 of the top 5 try scorers for the year – Josh Morris (11) , Ben Barba (9). Ben Barba is looking to pick up his 50th NRL try in just his 68th game.
· Last Meeting – Melbourne 12-6 @ Aami Park 2012

Roosters v Sea Eagles @ Allianz Sunday 3pm

ROOSTERS – IN: Tinirau Arona, Tom Symonds & Daniel Mortimer all named on extended bench OUT: Three to be omitted.
SEA EAGLES – IN: Steve Matai & Vic Mauro OUT: Glenn Stewart & Michael Oldfield
· The Roosters discipline has been a problem and have just won two penalty counts all year.
· The Sea Eagles have won 11 of the last 13 meetings.
· Brett Stewart plays his 150th NRL game.
· Last Meeting – Manly 18-10 @ Brookvale 2012

Knights v Tigers @ Hunter Stadium Monday 7pm

KNIGHTS – Fresh from bye.
TIGERS – IN: Robbie Farah & Ray Cashmere OUT: Two to be omitted.
· The Knights have to look way back to the month of April for their last win (Penrith)
· Tigers have won the last 4 contests between the pair and have also won the last 4 at Hunter Stadium and have not been beaten their since 2004.
· Obviously the Tigers had a distracted weekend and it showed as they amassed a whopping 58 missed tackles
· The Knights are just 2 from 7 at Hunter Stadium this year despite having the third highest average crowd (20461)
· The Tigers have only covered the points start at the line twice of their 11 attempts.
· Robbie Farah is on the hunt for his 50th Career try in his 179th match. A win for Farah would give him 100 career club wins, Chris Heighington would enjoy this feat too.
· Last Meeting – Tigers 17-16 @ Leichhardt Oval 2011.

Byes – Sharks & Warriors
 
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Zigwaa

Bench
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This match has 3 of the top 5 try scorers for the year – Josh Morris (11) Will Chambers (10) Ben Barba (9). Ben Barba is looking to pick up his 50th NRL try in just his 68th game.

Chambers is out with the blood clotting thing still.

A good read again, thanks.
 

Tweek

Juniors
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Good write up well done! very enjoyable read.

1 small thing

· The Storm have won their last 4 post origin matches.

is listed in the Tigers/knights game and not the storm game.

thanks for writing that up.
 

Dogs Of War

Coach
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I would like the lineups to be present here as well. Otherwise it seems your presenting half the information.

As well any late mail should be included as a footnote (just steal it from the tele and smh).
 

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