TRIAL :: 23 Feb :: Canberra 32 Brisbane 16 @ Orange, NSW

[Timmah]

2008 NATIONAL RUGBY LEAGUE TRIAL MATCH

SATURDAY 23 FEBRUARY
Canberra Raiders v Brisbane Broncos
Wade Park, Orange NSW :: Kickoff TBA

Location: http://maps.google.com.au/maps?ie=UTF8&hl=en&ll=-33.429865,151.337271&spn=0.026647,0.060768&t=h&z=15Orange NSW

Tickets: ???

Match discussion, teams, result etc, post here.

 

[Smiley]

http://www.broncos.com.au/index.cfm?TopMenuID=270&MenuID=270&NewsID=3405

Clinton and Wallace To Debut

Source: Bronco Media

FORMER Panthers Joel Clinton and Peter Wallace will make their WOW Brisbane Bronco debuts this weekend.

The pair were today named in a 20-man outfit to take on the Canberra Raiders at Wade Park in Orange on Saturday night.

In addition, Karmichael Hunt, David Stagg, Corey Parker, Sam Thaiday, Michael Ennis and Tonie Carroll will all play their first trials of the season.

Ben Hannant was left out of the team after injuring his sternum at the weekend. Club doctor Matt Hislop will check him tomorrow and make a decision on whether he requires x-rays.

Broncos team to play Canberra:

1. Karmichael Hunt
2. Denan Kemp
3. Steve Michaels
4. Justin Hodges ©
5. Darius Boyd
6. Shane Perry
7. Peter Wallace
8. Joel Clinton
9. Michael Ennis
10. Ashton Sims
11. Sam Thaiday
12. Corey Parker
13. David Stagg

Reserves
14. David Taylor
15. Greg Eastwood
16. Nick Kenny
17. PJ Marsh
18. Joel Moon
19. Tonie Carroll
20. Gerard Beale

 

[Timmah]

Raiders name Broncos trial squad
19 Feb, 2008

The CFMEU Canberra Raiders have named a squad of 24 players to travel to Orange this weekend, for their first full NRL trial of the season against the Brisbane Broncos at Wade Park.

It's the first chance Raiders fans will get to see new recruit Joel Monaghan in action following his return to his former club at the end of the 2007 season, while the Raiders Coaching staff will use the match to work on some new combinations in key positions.

Raiders Coach Neil Henry said with the exclusion of Todd Carney through injury he expected to rotate most of his key positions, with Terry Campese, Michael Dobson and Marc Herbert all set to share the bulk of the playmaking duties of five-eighth and halfback, while Lincoln Withers and Ryan Hinchcliffe would spend the match rotating at hooker.

With William Zillman also unavailable through injury Henry also expected to rotate his backline during the match, with Bronx Goodwin, Phil Graham and Colin Best all set to get a taste at fullback, while Graham, Best, Monaghan and Adrian Purtell would all get a chance in the centre position.

After returning from injury, forwards Tom Learoyd-Lahrs and Nigel Plum will not be used in the trial at Orange on Saturday night. Instead they will travel to Rockhampton with the Raiders Toyota Cup squad in a bid to get more on-field time.

This move allows the Green Machine to test a number of other combinations in the forward pack, with Michael Weyman, Dane Tilse, Scott Logan, Troy Thompson and Trevor Thurling to share the duties up front, with Alan Tongue, Glen Turner, Marshall Chalk, Josh Miller and Ben Jones set to play in the Raiders back row.

With positions up for grabs the match promises to be a bruising affair, and with only one more trial scheduled after this weekend, this could be the best indication of where the Raiders will start in round one on March 15.

CFMEU CANBERRA RAIDERS V BRISBANE BRONCOS
WADE PARK, ORANGE, SATURDAY FEBRUARY 23, 7.30pm

RAIDERS (SQUAD):

BEST, Colin
CAMPESE, Terry
CHALK, Marshall
DOBSON, Michael
GOODWIN, Bronx
GRAHAM, Phil
HERBERT, Marc
HINCHCLIFFE, Ryan
JONES, Ben
KELLY, Brett
LOGAN, Scott
MILLER, Josh
MILNE, David
MONAGHAN, Joel
PICKER, Joe
PURTELL, Adrian
THOMPSON, Joel
THOMPSON, Troy
THURLING, Trevor
TILSE, Dane
TONGUE, Alan
TURNER, Glen
WEYMAN, Michael
WITHERS, Lincoln

http://www.raiders.com.au/2008/detail_desc.php?news_id=540

 

[Raider_69]

Both teams agreed to play basically full strenght sides to help try and cover the financial cost of holding the game, the club which arranged the trial apparently took out a 30k loan to make this happen and must pay back the council soon after the game

Good to see both teams have stuck solid. A real test for both sides imo

 

[Timmah]

Geez, it wasn't that tight budget-wise when the Mariners and QLD played an A-League pre season match mid-2007... :?

 

[Pumba]

Up until last week they had only sold 1800 tickets .

Also

Footy show kicks off league match

A LOCAL version of Channel Nine's the Footy Show will be held at the Orange Ex-Services club on Friday night as build up for the NRL trial at Wade Park the following night.Former Sydney first graders James Grant and Peter Mortimer, along with Michael Croke, will interview players and coaching staff from the Brisbane Broncos and Canberra Raiders.
The 'Game-On Footy Show' is $10 a ticket for adults and free for under 18s and provides local rugby league fans the chance to meet NRL stars such as Darren Lockyer and Justin Hodges.
“There will be a questions and answers with players from the Broncos and Raiders and it will give people a chance to mingle with them,” Mr Grant said.
A jersey from the Raiders and Broncos will also be auctioned, with the money going to Ronald McDonald House.
The two clubs will meet at Wade Park on Saturday night in Orange's first NRL trial since 1998. The night at the Orange Ex-Services Club starts at 7pm.

LINK

 

[sully the finest ever]

Raiders leading 12-8 at half time. Anyone know any more?

 

[always a raider]

Raiders 22
Ponies 16
Nearly finished

 

[VictorTheViking]

Raiders 28 - Broncos 16, minutes remaining

 

[always a raider]

FULL TIME
Raiders 30
Ponies 16

Apparently around an 8000 crowd.

 

[sully the finest ever]

Just found out - Raiders 32 Broncos 16.

 

[VictorTheViking]

Raider's try right on fulltime, conversion missed, end score

Raiders 32 - Broncos 16

 

[gcbronco]

Well done to the Raiders, any word on the actual scorers?

 

[always a raider]

Chalk 3
Monas 2
Weyman 1

 

[Pumba]

Just got home from the game

It was 3x 30 minute thirds.

 

[TooheysNew]

Both teams agreed to play basically full strenght sides to help try and cover the financial cost of holding the game, the club which arranged the trial apparently took out a 30k loan to make this happen and must pay back the council soon after the game

Good to see both teams have stuck solid. A real test for both sides imo

It was a partnership between Orange Hawks and Bloomfield Hawks that hosted the game. It was also 40k, and it wasn't so much a loan, as it was the local council underwrote the night. The financial cost was payed for in part by ticket sales, which were very good, and catering, corporate boxes etc. at the ground. The night was also run by volunteers, as far as ground management, food stall attendees and bar staff.

The contract ensuring both teams played near full strength wasn't as much to do with ticket sales as it was to ensuring the game was high profile - in order to better allow for promotion.

 

[gong_eagle]

Chalk one up for plucky Raiders

A STUNNING 11-minute burst lifted Canberra to victory over Brisbane last night night and ruined a golden start to the season for Broncos flyer Darius Boyd.

Boyd scored a hat-trick of tries, but that was lost as the Raiders scored four tries in the final third of the 90-minute match.

The Broncos appeared to be cruising when Boyd brought up his hat-trick in the 55th minute, finishing a superb 95-metre movement to give his side a 16-12 lead.

But Marshall Chalk and Joel Monaghan scored two tries apiece in the dying stages to give the Raiders an impressive victory in an entertaining trial played in 30-minute thirds.

CANBERRA 32 (M Chalk 2, J Monaghan 2, M Weyman, R Hinchcliffe tries; M Dobson 2, M Herbert, T Campese goals) BRISBANE 16 (D Boyd 3, D Kemp tries). Crowd: 8500.Referee: Ben Cummins.