Team v Dragons

[nswarrior]

Townsend switches from Sharks to join Warriors for rest of season

Warriors have add to their squad before the August 1 transfer deadline out-of-favour Sharks halfback Chad Townsend.

www.nrl.com

Wow - I am suddenly interested in the season again. I know it’s only for the rest of the season but it will be interesting to see how we play with a competent half and Walsh at fullback

 

[Aesthetics of Otara]

Townsend switches from Sharks to join Warriors for rest of season

Warriors have add to their squad before the August 1 transfer deadline out-of-favour Sharks halfback Chad Townsend.

www.nrl.com

Wow - I am suddenly interested in the season again. I know it’s only for the rest of the season but it will be interesting to see how we play with a competent half and Walsh at fullback

Is Walsh really going back to fullback? It would seem stupid to drop Montoya or DWZ from the wing to accommodate RTS again. Let's hope Walsh goes well in Origin and it convinces Brown that he is tough enough to play in the halves with Chad.

 

[nswarrior]

Cant RTS play centre

 

[Philip_Smith007]

I was foggy about it too, right up until this morning when I checked.

'Stand-Alone Origin', there's not too many fans keen on the idea. It's winter, it's bleak, let's have our Wednesday night Origin, followed by our weekend of footy.

Without the other international games it is stupid as a stand alone. We are basically all in Aussie so why nothing organised? NZ vs Tonga? Samoa vs Cook Islands? PNG and England a bit hard to pull together a team I suspect.
Very poor planning. What is wrong with the international organisations?

 

[Sanchez]

I have no idea why he wont play RTS at centre, but id guess at this point it will be Montoya and Berry will drop to the extended

 

[jaseg]

Without the other international games it is stupid as a stand alone. We are basically all in Aussie so why nothing organised? NZ vs Tonga? Samoa vs Cook Islands? PNG and England a bit hard to pull together a team I suspect.
Very poor planning. What is wrong with the international organisations?

Would've been fun to see a NZ vs Pasifika one off match given pandemic circumstances (Tonga would normally want to bring guys like Konny, Tui & Ata back from the UK in non-pandemic times, I'm sure Samoa would have some too and Fiji always seem to have some squad players based in Fiji, and others in UK - so combine them for a one off exhibition!).

I agree though, without the whole group of games it falls flat as a weekend matchup. As far as I've seen there doesn't seem to be even the other Origins on? Could be wrong, but haven't seen anything about the womens, u20, u18 etc games?

 

[Shaun Hewitt]

Makes sense.
We seem to be recruiting fairly well recently...Walsh, AFB, Penne, DWZ... the Townsend signing also makes sense

 

[Shaun Hewitt]

P.S Hello for the first time I think this season!

 

[Philip_Smith007]

P.S Hello for the first time I think this season!

Covid bunker with IronLion???

 

[Shaun Hewitt]

Covid bunker with IronLion???

Maybe, there was promises that we'd be joined by some high profile players. Needless to say, they never came.
I should have known.

 

[Blair]

Sheer bad luck, Aitken and Curran are into two weeks isolation. They were on the Virgin Airlines flight with the infected crew member.

 

[Fufu Andronez]

Sheer bad luck, Aitken and Curran are into two weeks isolation. They were on the Virgin Airlines flight with the infected crew member.

Far out, we just cannot take a trick can we?

 

[Sanchez]

Holy f**k that's terrible news for our chances

 

[Philip_Smith007]

Sheer bad luck, Aitken and Curran are into two weeks isolation. They were on the Virgin Airlines flight with the infected crew member.

https://www.nrl.com/news/2021/06/27...g-for-two-weeks-after-being-on-virgin-flight/

4 other players in isolation, if Atiken or Curran test negative they can play, if they positive those 4 won't be available.

Reason those two off travelling to Gold Coast?
Mid season holiday?

 

[CheG]

Currans test is negative so the 4 in question are fine.

 

[Philip_Smith007]

Currans test is negative so the 4 in question are fine.

Aitken as well?

 

[Tongue]

They not risking Walsh by the looks or it’s more than a niggle?

 

[Blair]

They not risking Walsh by the looks or it’s more than a niggle?

If we can't win without an 18 year old...

 

[Philip_Smith007]

VODAFONE WARRIORS v ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS​

6.00pm, Friday, July 2, 2021

Central Coast Stadium, Gosford

VODAFONE WARRIORS

1 ROGER TUIVASA-SHECK (c)

2 DALLIN WATENE-ZELEZNIAK

3 ADAM POMPEY

4 MARCELO MONTOYA

5 EDWARD KOSI

6 KODI NIKORIMA

7 CHAD TOWNSEND

8 ADDIN FONUA-BLAKE

9 WAYDE EGAN

10 KANE EVANS

11 ELIESA KATOA

12 BEN MURDOCH-MASILA

13 TOHU HARRIS

Interchange:

14 JAZZ TEVAGA

15 LEESON AH MAU

16 BUNTY AFOA

17 BAYLEY SIRONEN

18 ROCCO BERRY

20 JACK MURCHIE

21 TANIELA OTUKOLO

22 SEAN O’SULLIVAN

 

[Philip_Smith007]

Another new team on the park.