Round 19, 2011: Cronulla Sharks vs St George Illawarra Monday July 18 7:00pm Win Jubilee Oval

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haha absolute goose! i love the comments people post back!
and hes adamant that souffs will make the finals and we will be spoon!
mabe his folks abandoned him at a sharks game one day! never to be seen again! hahaha
 

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probably lost for words, everyone bags the Sharks, now there playing well and there are very few voices to be heard.

I think this is a good thing actually. This will keep us grounded. We could easily become unhinged with any excessive hype accompanying our last four wins.
 
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Here's what we'll do to St Merge next Monday

Good old Tommy Bishop!
 

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Changes On The Cards For Local Derby

Changes On The Cards For Local Derby
BY BRAD FORREST
14 Jul, 2011 04:00 AM

RIVAL coaches Wayne Bennett (Dragons) and Shane Flanagan (Sharks) will consider changes to their sides before Monday night’s return local NRL league derby at Kogarah Jubilee Oval.

Although both clubs have announced strong teams for league’s ‘‘Rivalry’’ round, the clubs won’t finalise their sides until the weekend, and it won’t surprise if one or two new players run out.

The Dragons will miss skipper Ben Hornby, the veteran halfback who suffered a broken hand in the recent round-16 loss to Newcastle, but the return of the club’s State of Origin contingent and centre Matt Cooper adds strength to the premiership-winning team.

The Sharks, trying to add to their four-game winning run, have failed again to name Albert Kelly in a squad of 18 players, and captain Paul Gallen’s fitness will be checked tomorrow.

Meanwhile, Mitch Rein and Bronx Goodwin have agreed to two-year extensions with the Dragons and young prop Jack Stockwell has a new three-year deal.

This week’s poll was running slightly in favour of the underdogs Cronulla Sharks (54 per cent) winning on Monday, when we went to press last night.

DRAGONS

1 Darius Boyd, 2 Brett Morris, 3 Mark Gasnier, 4 Matt Cooper, 5 Jason Nightingale, 6 Jamie Soward, 7 Nathan Fien, 8 Dan Hunt, 9 Dean Young (c), 10 Michael Weyman, 11 Beau Scott, 12 Ben Creagh, 13 Matt Prior

Interchange: 14 Jon Green, 15 Mitch Rein, 16 Adam Cuthbertson, 17 Trent Merrin

SHARKS

1 Nathan Gardner, 2 Matthew Wright, 3 Ben Pomeroy, 4 Colin Best, 5 Nathan Stapleton, 6 Wade Graham, 7 Chad Townsend, 8 Josh Cordoba, 9 John Morris, 10 Luke Douglas, 11 Jeremy Smith, 12 Jayson Bukuya, 13 Paul Gallen (c)

Interchange: 14 Anthony Tupou, 15 Sam Tagataese, 16 Stuart Flanagan, 17 Taulima Tautai, 18 Johnny Mannah

Source: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=...ges-on-the-cards-for-local-derby/2225870.aspx
 

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Cronulla's Kade Snowden Could Make Surprise Comeback

Cronulla's Kade Snowden Could Make Surprise Comeback
BY TIM BARROW
14 Jul, 2011 04:00 AM

Cronulla coach Shane Flanagan has revealed representative prop Kade Snowden could be rushed in to combat St George Illawarra's heavy artillery in Monday night's acid test at Kogarah.

Snowden has struggled with neck and back problems since being dropped from the NSW squad after State of Origin I in May.

The 24-year-old, who will join Wayne Bennett at Newcastle next year, was not named to take on the premiers, but Flanagan said he was prepared to give Snowden every opportunity to play.

"Snowden is a chance," he said.

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"We'll see how he trains and does some other stuff over the last couple of days [before the game].

"If he's not right on Monday, he'll definitely play next week against Newcastle.

"There's definitely improvement, he's up and moving freely.

"He hasn't done any conditioning or strength work for two weeks and playing in the front row without doing anything for a while is a bit of a concern."

Snowden has played three games since Origin I, including a stunning 221m, 65-minute effort against Canterbury, but has been sidelined for the past three rounds as his neck injury developed into a lower back problem.

While Flanagan said he would not risk further injury to Snowden, the Sharks are desperate to prove themselves against a near full-strength Dragons line-up boosted by the return of Origin stars.

On the back of four straight wins, Cronulla have surged to 10th on the NRL ladder, only outside the finals positions on for-and-against.

If Snowden returns, it will put him, Luke Douglas and Paul Gallen head-to-head with the imposing Dragons front-row trio of Michael Weyman, Dan Hunt and Trent Merrin.

Gallen was rested this week after his Origin heroics in a beaten NSW cause, but Flanagan confirmed the captain would play on Monday.

The Dragons will be without skipper Ben Hornby, who will miss three weeks with a broken hand.

Flanagan declared Cronulla could set up their season by toppling their bitter rivals at WIN Jubilee Oval.

"It will be a good test for us," he said.

"We've put ourselves in a situation where we need to win the majority of our games, but not all of them.

"It's a good place to be, but then I'd rather [be] where the [third-placed] Dragons are.

"If we can get away with this one, we'll be in a good position."

Source:http://www.illawarramercury.com.au/...d-make-surprise-comeback/2225994.aspx?src=rss
 

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I really hope Snowy plays if so our forward pack could **** on the Dragqueens forwards again.:) Will set us up nice.

Saying things like "get away with this one" I don't know if Flano is just being his realistic self or isn't confident?

No way are we favs for this one.
 

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Really hope he plays but as Flanno says, no strength work for 2 weeks is an issue and you can't rush him back. Though he has been named for the last 2 weeks and not played. When he wasn't named this week, I had a feeling he might. Mind Games!!
 

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I'm quietly positive about this I think we have a better forward pack than round 2 and toupos impact of the bench to strengthen the pack but now our backline is firing more than round 2, can't wait till Monday night!!!
 

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if chad is available this weekend i would go with a bench of

toops
taga
TT
cordoba

just to keep the roll on in our forwards

morris can easily play another 15 minutes
 
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