World Club Challenge | v Wigan | SFS | Sat 22 Feb 7:30pm

[adamkungl]

2013 World Club Challenge
Sydney Roosters v Wigan Warriors
--> 8:00pm, Allianz Stadium
--> TV: Live on Channel 9
--> Referee: Ben Cummins; Assistant: Gerard Sutton; Touch Judges: Steve Carrall & Russell Turner; Video Referees: Bernard Sutton & Luke Patten

ROOSTERS: 1. Anthony Minichiello 2. Daniel Tupou 3. Michael Jennings 4. Mitchell Aubusson 5. Shaun Kenny-Dowall 6. James Maloney 7. Mitchell Pearce 8. Jared Waerea-Hargreaves 9. Jake Friend 10. Sam Moa 11. Boyd Cordner 12. Sonny Bill Williams 13. Frank-Paul Nuuausala
Bench: 14. Daniel Mortimer 15. Aidan Guerra 16. Dylan Napa 17. Remi Casty 18. Kane Evans 19. Taane Milne 20. Kurt Kara

WIGAN WARRIORS: 25. John Bateman 1. Matty Bowen 32. Joe Burgess 2. Josh Charnley 24. Tony Clubb 17. Dom Crosby 16. Gil Dudson 12. Liam Farrell 10. Ben Flower 5. Anthony Gelling 3. Darrell Goulding 6. Blake Green 14. Jack Hughes 9. Michael McIlorum 13. Sean O'Loughlin 22. Eddy Pettybourne 23. Dan Sarginson 7. Matty Smith 8. Scott Taylor

http://leagueunlimited.com/news/2014-trials-teams-and-results-february-22-23/

 

[Monk]

Time to make Wigan our bitch

 

[adamkungl]

Roosters by a million

 

[Non Terminator]

Roosters by a million plus one.

 

[Haffa]

Best pregame venue? Leaving bondi now with my old man (lifelong rooster) looking for a good venue for a pregame lol@souffs.

 

[Tonearm Terrorwrist]

There's a few decent pubs on Oxford within a 5 minute walk from the SFS

 

[Haffa]

Thanks. I'll try a few and hit the Olympic as a last resort.

 

[Tonearm Terrorwrist]

Usually we go to the paddo inn when coming from that way, it's not far from the street that the SFS is off too

 

[Haffa]

The Light Brigade and their refusal to put on the Charity Shield over Callington vs Richmond was disgraceful. Never again

 

[Albert Rosenfeld]

Casty is looking very good.

 

[saint.nick]

The Light Brigade and their refusal to put on the Charity Shield over Callington vs Richmond was disgraceful. Never again

You didn't miss much.

 

[Albert Rosenfeld]

Casty's terror tackling stopped 2 Wigan tries. He must be the NRL's best buy of 2014.

 

[Sir Les Patterson]

Casty's terror tackling stopped 2 Wigan tries. He must be the NRL's best buy of 2014.

NRL's best buy?? Hang on a minute jew boy, how about we wait till he actually plays a game of NRL before we pin a medal on his chest lol. I liked his enthusiasm.

 

[Jack_Napier]

Casty looks a worker. Again he looks a bit small but I couldnt fault his effort. Napa is Definitly in front of him in the pecking order tho.

Decent game. Thought we looked flat most of the game and tired at the end. Real good type of match to have before the season. Wigan's pack were up in our face most of the night. None of the pigs were standing deep enough to run onto the bloody ball.

 

[Tonearm Terrorwrist]

Wigan got all of their momentum when Casty on the field, it wasn't until Moa and then eventually JWH came back on that it stopped.

Easts are now the most successful Australian team and equal with Bradford as the only 3 time winners with a 100% success rate, just another notch on the belt. Hopefully we can be the first 4 time winner sooner rather than later.

 

[Jack_Napier]

Sorta what happened at times last year as well Tone. JWH and Moa go off and we lose the momentum. LOD for another year would've really helped but I'm sure with more gametime Napa will grow into that 3rd prop rotation role.

 

[Tonearm Terrorwrist]

Last night was reminiscent of round 1 last year just replace Arona with Casty. Isaac Liu's injury becomes even more important and even Wigan's first try was a carbon copy of the Merritt tries.

I hope Kane Evans develops on whatever it is the coaching staff clearly doesn't rate him in because a few teams will put us away if we give up the forward battle like that.

 

[Jack_Napier]

How long is Liu out for? Knew he was injured but not sure with the time frame for return.

 

[Valheru]

Good to win but it was sloppy which is expected at this time of year. Robbo indicated lots of improvement to come. Meanwhile the souffs bandwagon is in full swing again. They have hit top form in February

 

[Horrie Is God]

The game was a foregone conclusion after 2 minutes, but the atmosphere out there was great..

I was convinced the crowd was bigger than 32 000, but didn't have the time to do my own count..

Loved the crowd singing "Easts to Win" after the game..

Go Easts..