teams for saturday

[roughyedspud]

Great Britain: P Wellens (St Helens), A Gardner (St Helens), K Senior (Leeds), M Gleeson (Warrington), G Raynor (Hull); L Pryce (St Helens), R Burrow (Leeds), A Morley (Warrington), J Clarke (Warrington), J Peacock (Leeds, capt), G Ellis (Leeds), S O'Loughlin (Wigan), K Sinfield (Leeds).
Subs: M Fa'asavalu (St Helens), J Graham (St Helens), S Burgess (Bradford), D McGuire (Leeds).

jon clarke gets the hooking role,newton dropped,roby absent due to partner giving birth and no hooker on the bench!!!!!
i assume clarke will go off,mcguire will come in @ 7 and burrow moving to hooker..that will be interesting..

sinfield back in @ 13 but surprisingly o'loughlin plays in the 2nd row.....not happy with that,o'loughlin is'nt a 2nd rower..can't fault his tackling but he can't take a ball upto the line like a ellis,peacock or JJB can...i would have played JJB tbh..

New Zealand: S Perrett (Sydney Roosters); S Hape (Bradford), C Toopi (Leeds), P Whatuira (Huddersfield), T Tuiaki (Wests Tigers); L Hohaia, T Leuluai (Wigan); R Asotasi (South Sydney, capt), D Halatau (Wests Tigers), F Moimoi (Parramatta), S Mannering, F Pritchard (Penrith), J Smith (Melbourne).
Subs: G Eastwood (Brisbane), L Anderson (Warrington), S Rapira (NZ Warriors), D Faiumu (North Queensland).

hape on the wing?? i would have played him in the centres or @ 13...or are they stuggling for wingers? i know tupou done his knee last week but surely you brought more than 2 wingers?

 

[Usual Suspect]

New Zealand could be in trouble here. Our bench is twice the size of theirs with Fasavalu Graham and Burgess where as they only have one prop in Rapira. Don't know why Jon Clarke is in there but still we should take this kiwis team to the cleaners, if we don't we should really worry especially having a couple of games under our belt now. They really are running out of bodies and surprisingly are still using moi moi as a starting prop, he's going to have to do even more work this week where as we have peacock morley burgess and graham who are all capable of doing long stints we should really win the battle up front and score some points.

 

[roughyedspud]

agreed we should turn them over.....but i reckon that still is'nt the strongest side we could put out...whats tony smith holding back for???

 

[nadera78]

I think Sinfield may play at 13 for the opening stages then move to hooker when Clarke takes a breather. That leaves O'Loughlin to filter back into the loose forward role. Maguire is a great support player but he's in no way a scrum half, he'll be used when the Kiwis are tiring, to use his pace and support play. Interesting to see Burgess on the bench, which suggests he may spend some time in the 2nd row, which is where he plays a lot for Bradford, sometimes even at 13 as well. Big, strong bench for GB. I hope they are more clinical when opportunities pressent themselves this week.

Don't see much to worry about from the Kiwis. I think GB will win by 10-15 points this weekend and wrap up the series. The following week the Kiwis will fall apart and GB win handsomely in the third test.

 

[ozbash]

rapira should start - fui to the bench

eastwood to wing, hape lock, mannering center, whatuira #6, hohaia to hooker and halatau to the bench.

can see a loss coming with the official line up...

 

[Mixmasterreece]

eastwood to wing, whatuira #6,

Your losing it mate.

 

[Nz]

Looks like more of an attacking bench to me, hopefully Faimu can take control of things later in the game.

 

[Billythekid]

Dene Halatau should not be starting he isn't a very good hooker. Coming off the bench attacking tired forwards is about all his good for.

MoiMoi should be on the bench.

Jeremy Smith and Simon Mannering starting in the second row? NZ must be struggling for numbers.

The outside backs have very little speed or attacking flare which is a cause for concern.

Lance Hohaia in 5/8? Please get him into hooker or off the field altogether. Bring back Ben Roberts, put him in 5/8 and put Hohaia into hooker

Honestly this team looks like rubbish to me. Most NRL teams field a better side than this. I really hope NZ doesn't win or it makes a big statement about the quality of IRL.

 

[NK Arsenal]

Mannering is a good player, he was NZ's best v AUS

 

[aqua_duck]

Dene Halatau should not be starting he isn't a very good hooker. Coming off the bench attacking tired forwards is about all his good for.

MoiMoi should be on the bench.

Jeremy Smith and Simon Mannering starting in the second row? NZ must be struggling for numbers.

The outside backs have very little speed or attacking flare which is a cause for concern.

Lance Hohaia in 5/8? Please get him into hooker or off the field altogether. Bring back Ben Roberts, put him in 5/8 and put Hohaia into hooker

Honestly this team looks like rubbish to me. Most NRL teams field a better side than this. I really hope NZ doesn't win or it makes a big statement about the quality of IRL.

we want to improve the team, not dismantle what little structure it already has

 

[taste2taste]

Toopi gets a chance through injury, he'll either score 3 try's or let in 3 try's.
Hape and Inu would be the wingers in my full strenght Kiwi team (M.Vatua makes far too many mistakes), i'll be interested to see how Hape goes on the wing.

All in all a depleated Kiw team, GB to win by 14

 

[roughyedspud]

depleated or the strongest side they have available??

 

[taste2taste]

depleated or the strongest side they have available??

depleated through injury.

 

[S.S.T.I.D]

What's doing with Wilkin? And is Lee Gilmour injured?

 

[Sugar]

Whats the situation with B.Webb?

No longer qualify for the NZ team?
If so does he become avaliable for Aus and QLD if he returns to the NRL

 

[AuckMel]

Great Britain should win by 10-20 points. Anything under 10 will be good from a Kiwi POV. A loss for GB will go down as one of the all time upsets.

 

[AuckMel]

Whats the situation with B.Webb?

No longer qualify for the NZ team?
If so does he become avaliable for Aus and QLD if he returns to the NRL

He ruled himself (ROFL) out of the series.

 

[roughyedspud]

What's doing with Wilkin? And is Lee Gilmour injured?

wilkin is'nt 100% fit i think...and gilmour is apparently injured,not even in squad..

 

[deluded pom?]

Great Britain should win by 10-20 points. Anything under 10 will be good from a Kiwi POV. A loss for GB will go down as one of the all time upsets.

Ah, I think I like you Kiwis more than I do the Aussies. I just love the way that a month ago it was a dead set 3-0 to NZ. Then the Aussies put you in your place and it became a 2-1 to NZ. Now you're staring down the barrel of the first G.B. series win over the Kiwis for 14 years it's all about moral victories. LMFHO. :lol: :lol: :lol: If you ever need employment I believe Disneyland is on the lookout for some Mickey Mouses (Mice?)

 

[roughyedspud]

come on mate.....have'nt you learnt by know....


unless the full strength kiwi team is out the result does'nt matter....and by all accounts they have'nt fielded a full strength team since the 2000 world cup so all results are null and void...unless they win of course...:roll:


they kiwi bench for tomorrow is the worst i've seen in years.......christ, saddleworth,waterhead & st'annes are gonna put out stronger benches tomorrow :lol:


they are oldham amature sides for those that don't know...