Wests Tigers Intrust team

[Old Time Tiger]

Round 16 Team of the Week

10 – Alex Twal
Club: Wests Tigers; TOTW selections: 7

65 minutes, 16 total runs, 157 total run metres, 51 tackles, 2 offloads

A mainstay in the 2017 Intrust Super Premiership NSW Team of The Week, Alex Twal’s efforts against the Newtown Jets again earns selection amongst the week’s best performers. In a no-nonsense, trademark effort, Twal continued to churn out the big numbers, against a Newtown forward pack boasting plenty of NRL experience

Round 15 for Wenty and Round 16 for the Tigers,


12 – Ashley Nisbet
Club: Wests Tigers; TOTW selections: 0

80 minutes, 14 total runs, 158 total run metres, 4 tackle breaks, 30 tackles

Former Cronulla Sharks Holden Cup backrower Ash Nisbet got the bragging rights over his former teammates in the Wests Tigers’ 18-12 win over the Newtown Jets on Saturday. Nisbet had reason to celebrate, both collectively and on the back of his own performance, after racking up big numbers in the 6-point win at Henson Park. The Round 16 acknowledgement is Nisbet’s first TOTW selection for this season, and a well-earned one at that.

 

[Clifferd]

Gee Twal is putting his hand up. 7 totw selections

I'll be very surprised if he isn't on the bench in 1sts next year

 

[Vozzy]

I hope Twal gets a shot this year we need more size. We go to shit after 30min when starting players come off and get replaced by guys half their size. Chee Kam is a waste of a bench spot cos he comes on in the forwards and gets smashed when he hits it up rather have 2 props and 2 back rowers on bench. That way when starting props come off we aren't replacing them with back rowers making our pack small for 40 min.

 

[Old Time Tiger]

Twal didn't play yesterday so perhaps he might get a run today

The Newcastle Knights have maintained their position inside the Intrust Super Premiership NSW top eight with a comfortable 46-18 win over the Wests Tigers in the match played at Cessnock Sports Ground this evening.

With Brock Lamb reuniting with long-time sparring partner Jack Cogger in the halves following Trent Hodkinson’s mooted NRL return, the Knights were in control for most of the contest.

After dominating early possession, Newcastle hooker Tyler Randall burrowed over from dummy-half in the fourth minute to score the opening try. Brock Lamb converted to give the Knights an early 6-0 lead.

Six minutes later, a long break by Knights fullback Nick Meaney was stopped just short of the Tigers’ goal line by the desperate visitors’ cover defence. Two tackles later, lock Tyrone Amey crashed over from close range near the posts. Lamb added the extras for a 12-0 lead.

In the Tigers’ first meaningful attack of the match, a neat JJ Felise pass put fellow prop Wes Lolo into a gap. Lolo in turn sent half Jack Littlejohn away for the Tigers’ first try next to the uprights. Veiru Mapesone converted to bring the Tigers back to a 12-6 deficit.

Five minutes later, after working into field position on the back of a penalty, Knights centre Jacob Gagan burst over from dummy-half down a short right side blind to score the Knights’ third try for a 16-6 lead.

A forward pass from Mapesone to Tigers winger Luke Garner in what was the visitors’ last attack of the first half then sparked a wave of Newcastle attack either side of half time that virtually won the Knights the match.

From the scrum following the forward pass with seven minutes left in the half, a Randall break found Knights winger Tom Cronan down the right before being tackled just short of the Tigers’ goal line.

On the next play, Lamb and Cogger switched the attack across the field for opposite winger Tom Hughes to finish off the sweeping movement with his 14th try of the season in the left corner. Lamb nailed the conversion from the touch line to give the Knights a 22-6 lead.

After getting another penalty from the restart set, the Knights made it two tries in three minutes when second-rower Braden Robson burst through some poor goal-line defence by the backpedalling Tigers to score. Lamb’s conversion extended the Newcastle lead to 28-6.

Then on the stroke of half-time, a Cogger grubber kick in-goal was plucked out of the air by Lamb to score just before he crossed the dead-ball line. Lamb converted his own try after the half-time siren to give the Knights a commanding 34-6 lead at the break.

Things didn’t get better for the hapless Tigers at the start of the second half. After Felise dropped the ball in the third tackle after the restart, the Knights worked field position for Cogger to win the race himself to another in goal grubber kick through a host of players to score.

Lamb converted and the Knights threatened to turn the match into a rout at 40-6.

To their credit, the Tigers got the next two tries to stem the scoreboard bleeding.

First, interchange prop Jordan Grant burst clear behind the marker in the 49th minute and then showed good pace for a big man as he dashed 30 metres to score. Mapesone’s conversion got the Tigers into double figures at 40-12.

After getting field position from a penalty in the restart set, a clever Littlejohn inside pass sent fellow interchange prop Junior Tatola away to stroll over under the posts. Mapesone added the extras to make scores 40-18.

The Knights scored the last try of the match in the 58th minute when another long Meaney break was superbly stopped by opposite number Watson Heleta in desperate cover defence. On the next tackle, a long Lamb cut out pass found centre Chanel Mata’utia unmarked on the left to score the easiest of tries. Lamb added the extras to complete the scoring for the night at 46-18.

The Tigers dominated field position and possession for the bulk of the last 20 minutes for no result – with the only incident of note seeing Knights forward Pauli Pauli placed on report by referee Daniel Olford for a late hit on Littlejohn with 13 minutes left.

Newcastle will look to stay in the top eight when they take on Canterbury-Bankstown at Belmore Sports Ground next Sunday as the curtain-raiser to the NRL clash between the two sides.

The Tigers have a bye next weekend before their next assignment against Penrith at St Marys on 16 July.

 

[Tiger05]

I hope Twal gets a run.

 

[Tigers1986]

I headed out to St Marys today to watch them against Penrith. What a mistake that was. How inept can a team be? Pathetic defence, same one-out attacking plays, lazy to run back onside and no apparent dedication to shut the ball down and prevent offloads.

I was discussing it in the car home, but a bulk of this squad would struggle to justify selection in an A Grade side in Group 6 let alone the NSW Cup. Yes the club has been affected by the unstable team lineup and disjointed spine but for f*cks sake, they finished 3rd last year, only really lost Addo-Carr from the setup, and look so far below standard it's embarrassing. Sure Penrith are in amazing form but christ the scoreline didn't represent how easily they made metres and shut us down on attacking 'plays.'

The spoon is looking likely for this year. How David Heath stays around as coach is anyone's guess, he just doesn't have the same impact that Stringer had, or Fletcher before him. Ivan should swallow the pride on behalf of the club and bring Fletch back.

 

[Old Time Tiger]

How David Heath stays around as coach is anyone's guess, he just doesn't have the same impact that Stringer had, or Fletcher before him. Ivan should swallow the pride on behalf of the club and bring Fletch back.

Tigers1986, who IC brings in next year as his support team will be interesting, there's plenty of names I wouldn't want at the club but there's also some guys with 1st grade experience who are assistant coaches at present, Cartwright & Furner for example. I wonder who IC will have.

Penrith have continued on their winning ways, notching up their fifth win in a row to consolidate third spot in the Intrust Super Premiership NSW after a resounding 48-6 win over Western Sydney rivals the Wests Tigers at St Marys Stadium.

The game was a good as over at half-time when Penrith capitalised on an ill-disciplined Tigers outfit to score 30 unanswered points, led by the Panthers Fijian connection Maika Sivo and Bill Kikau - who scored five tries between them, with two of Sivo’s tries coming from the work of his unstoppable Fijian international teammate.

The win also continues the Panthers recent dominance over the Tigers, having defeated their Western Sydney rivals 52-12 victory back in Round 2, despite losing key playmaker Tyrone May to an NRL debut on Friday night.

Penrith withstood some early pressure from the Tigers to score first in the 12th minute through a show-and-go effort from hooker Wayde Egan, who scored his fourth try in his last four games at this level.

The try came on the back of some concerted pressure from the Panthers who benefitted from four consecutive sets inside the Tigers 20m zone, which included an incident that saw Tigers skipper Nathan Milone placed on report by referee Keiron Irons for a dangerous throw on Luai.

Two sets later and the home side was in again to double their lead when a shift left ended with a magical cut-out pass from Bill Kikau put Sivo over in the south-east corner.

The Tigers continued to be their own worst enemy, conceding numerous penalties culminating in the sin-binning of centre Luke Garner for dissent, which invited the Panthers to push the lead out to 30-0 at the main-beak after scoring a further three converted tries.

The first of those tries came when Kikau proved to be too strong for the Tigers goal-line defence, scoring from close range after 25 minutes.

The back-rower soon had a double on the half-hour mark after Luai put him in the clear to score from 40 metres out, dragging the cover defence along for the ride in the process, before Garner’s enforced absence in the closing minutes of the half compounded matters for the Tigers when Egan and Nicholls combined to put Ellis over to give Penrith that imposing 30-0 lead.

The Tigers, as they did early in the first half, came out with plenty of purpose and attacked the Panthers tryline at will in the opening five minutes, but the competition’s best defence not only repelled their best efforts but returned serve when back-to-back penalties saw Crichton finish off a another slick last-tackle backline movement to score out wide in the 47th minute.

The Panthers soon reached the 40-point mark midway through the second half when Nicholls’ crossfield kick was plucked out of the air by Corey Waddell to score left of the posts.

Sivo was in again soon after being the beneficiary of the lead-up work from Kikau who provided a brilliant offload despite attracting attention from three would-be defenders on their own tryline, as the Panthers pushed to replicate a 50-point-plus score for the second week in a row.

A tough afternoon for the visitors eased somewhat when prop Jordan Grant took advantage of an attacking penalty inside Penrith’s 20-metre zone to slam the ball down over the line that saw Penrith’s defensive line breached for the first time in over 160 minutes of Rugby League, with 10 minutes left on the clock.

But the Panthers weren’t to be denied once last score for the afternoon when Sivo, dubbed by some as the 'NRL’s next Semi Radradra,' completed his first hat-trick at this level when he finished off another slick backline movement to score in the corner to bring his side to within two points of another 50 point score-line.

The win ensures the Panthers end the round three points clear in third place - and within two of points of the second-placed Warriors as they look to next Saturday when they host Illawarra at Pepper Stadium.

Conversely, the Tigers will be looking to regroup quickly when they head to Ringrose Park to take on the Wentworthville Magpies next Sunday.

Penrith Panthers 48 (M Sivo 3, V Kikau 2, W Egan, K Ellis, C Crichton, C Waddell tries; D Nicholls 6 goals) def Wests Tigers 6 (J Grant try; B Sironen goal)

 

[Tiger Woody]

I headed out to St Marys today to watch them against Penrith. What a mistake that was. How inept can a team be? Pathetic defence, same one-out attacking plays, lazy to run back onside and no apparent dedication to shut the ball down and prevent offloads.

I was discussing it in the car home, but a bulk of this squad would struggle to justify selection in an A Grade side in Group 6 let alone the NSW Cup. Yes the club has been affected by the unstable team lineup and disjointed spine but for f*cks sake, they finished 3rd last year, only really lost Addo-Carr from the setup, and look so far below standard it's embarrassing. Sure Penrith are in amazing form but christ the scoreline didn't represent how easily they made metres and shut us down on attacking 'plays.'

The spoon is looking likely for this year. How David Heath stays around as coach is anyone's guess, he just doesn't have the same impact that Stringer had, or Fletcher before him. Ivan should swallow the pride on behalf of the club and bring Fletch back.

Gee you must have really been bored
I use to go watch them at Leichhardt last year and 2015.But they at least tried back then and were competitive

 

[Tiger Woody]

Tigers1986, who IC brings in next year as his support team will be interesting, there's plenty of names I wouldn't want at the club but there's also some guys with 1st grade experience who are assistant coaches at present, Cartwright & Furner for example. I wonder who IC will have.

Old Timer...Didnt you read the news 2 weeks ago

Its Brett Hodgson.
hes coach at Widnes academy and assistant with the Widnes 1sts at pr3esent

 

[The Charlatan]

Apparently fought their way from 26-6 down at half time with no bench to level it at full time.

Well done lads.

 

[Vic Mackey]

Apparently fought their way from 26-6 down at half time with no bench to level it at full time.

Well done lads.

that was actually NYC mate, still impressive though as the titans are in the 8

interesting to see Billy Kitt back at the club and playing nsw cup this week. was a highly rated halfback who played sg ball with teddy, nofa, sue etc. got signed by the storm but had some injuries and never got further then qld cup. might be the other half with tyson gamble next year.

 

[Tigers1986]

This team should improve next year, particularly given Hodgo will be coaching and ivan will be watching heavily to promote/rotate the squads.

I'm led to believe that the NSW Cup team next year will be under the Wests Magpies banner. I'm beyond elated at that decision. However, I'm confused as to the lineup of matchday fixtures. NSW Cup is supposed to run with the 20's comp attached. What is the curtain raiser to NRL fixtures? Nothing? Charge us $30 for one game?

 

[Old Time Tiger]

Round 22 Team

1. Christian YASSMIN
2. Ryland JACOBS
3. Nathan MILONE (c)
4. Ashleigh NISBET
5. Luke GARNER
6. Bayley SIRONEN
7. Jerry KEY
8. Jacob FELISE
9. Jeremy MARSHALL-KING
10. Avagalu SEUMANUFAGAI
11. Kyle LOVETT
12. Joel EDWARDS
13. Jordan GRANT
14. William KITT
15. Wesley LOLO
16. Tevita TATOLA
17. Jackson WILLIAMS
18. Darcy COX

 

[The Charlatan]

that was actually NYC mate, still impressive though as the titans are in the 8

interesting to see Billy Kitt back at the club and playing nsw cup this week. was a highly rated halfback who played sg ball with teddy, nofa, sue etc. got signed by the storm but had some injuries and never got further then qld cup. might be the other half with tyson gamble next year.

So it was, my mistake. I had it in my head it was the NSW cup team. You can clearly see I don't follow either the 20's or NSW cup closely haha.

 

[Clifferd]

When milone is the captain week after week you know you're gonna struggle. How the f**k does he get a free ride

 

[Tiger Ted]

When milone is the captain week after week you know you're gonna struggle. How the f**k does he get a free ride

It's 1 heck of a mystery.Geez he must b very well connected.He is easily the worst player at WT.

 

[Tiger Woody]

It's 1 heck of a mystery.Geez he must b very well connected.He is easily the worst player at WT.

It's a photofinish between Malone and the country and western singer Lyall Lovenott in my book.

 

[Tigers1986]

Ease up on Lovett. He was groomed way too early into the top grade and didn't have the support network around him to assist. Hopefully under Ivan/Hodgo he can recapture his 20's form.

Milone, yeah I don't have much to say on him. He's a good bloke who always appreciates you turning up to watch.

 

[Tiger Woody]

Ease up on Lovett. He was groomed way too early into the top grade and didn't have the support network around him to assist. Hopefully under Ivan/Hodgo he can recapture his 20's form.

Milone, yeah I don't have much to say on him. He's a good bloke who always appreciates you turning up to watch.

Ease up????lol..Everyone on here can see how innefective this guy is ,why cant you.....?
He's been told he wont be getting a new deal.......He's going to be struggling to find a gig anywhere......the guy has no impact at all...
Its about time this club realised players like Milone,Lovett,Rankin,JLJ offer us ZERO...
Cleary is our best signing for a very long time...
Notice we are not signing any rubbish as per previous years.?

 

[Tiger Woody]

Lyall should concentrate on his country and western gig........