Telstra Premiership Round 1 - Teams / Refs / Results

[cardinal]

mate how many parra games with burt have you watched last year? if the answer is all, you would realise he really has improved his defence... massively. His agility has fooled many, and he has a good long kick (known for 40/20s) and a good short grubber, this has enabled him to be used as an option kicker. Yes, i concede that you may be right about finch, im not 100% on that... well see how it goes, but as it stands burt should be 2nd option 5/8 imo. I completely forgot about mateo... some selection dilemmas ahead.

For a start he only played a few games last year due to injury and while his attack was great in a couple of games his front on defence is ordinary. I saw all the games and the cronulla game in particular stood out as an example of his front on defence or lack of it. No first grade or lower grade coach in his grade career has played him at 5/8 so it is not going to happen soon. with grothe to come back and Inu and Lett in the prems he will have to be on his game is all I am saying.

 

[aussies1st]

Warriors side confirmed.

McKinnon
Crockett
Martin
Hohaia
Vatuvei
Witt
Rovelli
Wiki
Gatis
Price
Mannering
Swann
Luck

Fien
Tuimavave
Lauaki
Anderson

18th Man - Rapira

Interesting side, would have thought Fien would be starting hooker.

 

[Timmah]

Still no source for it...

 

[Brad Joyce]

Still no source for it...

From the horses mouth, Ivan Cleary. Who gives away their source? It'd be like a magician telling you how he does his trick!!!

 

[Brad Joyce]

Interesting side, would have thought Fien would be starting hooker.

Fien is still coming back to full fitness and Gatis has been killing it in the pre season games.

 

[skeepe]

Fien is still coming back to full fitness and Gatis has been killing it in the pre season games.

That ruptured birth certificate must have been quite painful.

 

[Lowdown]

Pretty weak Knights team.

Diddo - that's quite possibly the weakest line-up of the round...

[reconsiders Tigers as pick for Wooden Spoon]

 

[Panther_Daz]

Mar 13 - Here is the Penrith side named for Round 1 against the Sharks on Saturday night at Toyota Park (7.30pm kick-off):

1st Grade
1. Rhys Wesser, 2. Nick Youngquest, 3. Michael Gordon, 4. Luke Lewis, 5. Luke Rooney, 6. Peter Wallace, 7. Craig Gower, 8. Joel Clinton, 9. Luke Priddis, 10. Frank Puletua, 11. Matthew Cross, 12. Tony Puletua, 13. Trent Waterhouse. Interchange (from): 14. Junior Moors, 15. Brendan Worth, 16. Nathan Smith, 17. Paul Aiton, 18. Matthew Bell


Finally Junior Moors gets to debut!

Source www.panthers.com.au

 

[skeepe]

Is Brendan Worth a forward or a back?

That's a tiny, tiny bench.

 

[Mr. Fahrenheit]

For a start he only played a few games last year due to injury and while his attack was great in a couple of games his front on defence is ordinary. I saw all the games and the cronulla game in particular stood out as an example of his front on defence or lack of it. No first grade or lower grade coach in his grade career has played him at 5/8 so it is not going to happen soon. with grothe to come back and Inu and Lett in the prems he will have to be on his game is all I am saying.

yeah i know, but im just sayin that he is an option incase Finchy doesnt work out... think about it, he does have the attributes. Noone played preston cambell at 5/6 or half until John Lang came along... so you cant completely rule out the halves option.

 

[Bicey_18]

Diddo - that's quite possibly the weakest line-up of the round...

[reconsiders Tigers as pick for Wooden Spoon]

I love it... under estimating the Knights juniors

I hope the Doggies are expecting an easy game... cos i guarentee you they wont get one!

Weak? Johns, Doogs, Simmo, Newton, Mullen... I dont think so

Thought i may not think we will win I do think we will be competitive and build on each performance

 

[Panther_Daz]

Is Brendan Worth a forward or a back?

That's a tiny, tiny bench.

He is a front rower. Very inexperienced bench. When Pritchard and Rodney return from injury that will make the bench alot stronger.

 

[Bicey_18]

Is Brendan Worth a forward or a back?

That's a tiny, tiny bench.

Forward

 

[gorilla with a shotgun]

New coach Matthew Elliott has named his Penrith side named for Round 1 against the Sharks on Saturday night at Toyota Park (7.30pm kick-off):

1st Grade
1. Rhys Wesser, 2. Nick Youngquest, 3. Michael Gordon, 4. Luke Lewis, 5. Luke Rooney, 6. Peter Wallace, 7. Craig Gower, 8. Joel Clinton, 9. Luke Priddis, 10. Frank Puletua, 11. Matthew Cross, 12. Tony Puletua, 13. Trent Waterhouse.
Interchange: 14. Junior Moors, 15. Brendan Worth, 16. Nathan Smith, 17. Paul Aiton, 18. Matthew Bell

 

[aussies1st]

What happened to Firman, he injured or something?

 

[gorilla with a shotgun]

New coach Matthew Elliott has named his Penrith side named for Round 1 against the Sharks on Saturday night at Toyota Park (7.30pm kick-off):

1st Grade
1. Rhys Wesser, 2. Nick Youngquest, 3. Michael Gordon, 4. Luke Lewis, 5. Luke Rooney, 6. Peter Wallace, 7. Craig Gower, 8. Joel Clinton, 9. Luke Priddis, 10. Frank Puletua, 11. Matthew Cross, 12. Tony Puletua, 13. Trent Waterhouse.
Interchange: 14. Junior Moors, 15. Brendan Worth, 16. Nathan Smith, 17. Paul Aiton, 18. Matthew Bell

haha typical matt elliot team... nathan smith must be his new love child

 

[Snoz]

VODAFONE WARRIORS V PARRAMATTA EELS

Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland

7.30pm, Saturday, March 17, 2007

VODAFONE WARRIORS

1
WADE McKINNON

2
MICHAEL CROCKETT

3
TONY MARTIN

4
LANCE HOHAIA

5
MANU VATUVEI

6
MICHAEL WITT

7
GRANT ROVELLI

8
RUBEN WIKI (V-C)

9
GEORGE GATIS

10
STEVE PRICE (C)

11
SIMON MANNERING

12
LOGAN SWANN

13
MICHEAL LUCK

14
NATHAN FIEN

15
EVARN TUIMAVAVE

16
EPALAHAME LAUAKI

17
LOUIS ANDERSON

18
SAM RAPIRA

 

[skeepe]

He is a front rower. Very inexperienced bench. When Pritchard and Rodney return from injury that will make the bench alot stronger.

So the Panthers will be fielding a bench of:

14. Five/eighth
15. Prop
16. Winger
17. Hooker

Interesting.

 

[RABK]

He is a front rower. Very inexperienced bench. When Pritchard and Rodney return from injury that will make the bench alot stronger.

Didn't know there was a jail called injury these days.

 

[mxlegend99]

Is Brendan Worth a forward or a back?

That's a tiny, tiny bench.

I would assume Worth is a front row sub, Moors the second row. Aiton is lock/hooker and Smith is the centre/wing sub.

Smith is the only one i would consider tiny on our bench, being a back. Aiton aint big, but he is powerful, Moors is massive, and Worth is average. Either way, it's good too see some new players named. We still have Frank Pritchard, Shane Rodney, Peewee Moke and Michael Jennings to add to our team. And i will admit that this could backfire big time. I sure as hell hope he has improved the fitness of our forwards. Elliot is looking to change our bench two just 2 forwards and 2 utilities i think.