Round 2, 2012 NRL Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks v Newcastle Knights @ Toyota Stadium, Sunday, March 11, 2:00pm
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Timmyb22
Tiger Shark
Newcastle have a great backline, average halves, and a mostly below average forward pack
Sharks with a bit of self belief and some positional changes should pick up the win
Sharks with a bit of self belief and some positional changes should pick up the win
Mark^Bastard
Great White
I'm worried about their back 3.
djhabib
Jaws
Snowman wakes up with a bourbon
Timmyb22
Tiger Shark
Yeah the back 3 did all the scoring, i dont think tahu is there but sau might come up, and mcmanus is playing well and uate is uate, boyd is talented, we will need some big improvement in wing and fullback defence hopefully mills is fit and if the centres can aim up like they did against lawrence and ayshford then we can def do something, heres to hoping!
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Forget about their back 3.... Uate worries me enough for any of them.
We usually don't defend his style players well at all.
Mr Wright
Jaws
I'm very worried that Boyd/Uate will make our outside backs look amateurish. In saying that I had the same fears last week with Lawrence doing a number on Poms.
JakeTheSnake
Hammerhead
Im dead set pumped for this game.. I think we have the best side on the paddock since '08. With a few tweekings this week done by Flanno we will be ready.
Graham into lock, Chad into halfback.. Toupo pealing the oranges and Gallen hitting hard in the 2nd row with Jez..
If Carney can play like he did in the 2nd half for 80 minutes and our defence is solid (definately need a Pom backslam in there on gidley) there isnt a reason why we can dust them by 13+...
See you all there!!
Graham into lock, Chad into halfback.. Toupo pealing the oranges and Gallen hitting hard in the 2nd row with Jez..
If Carney can play like he did in the 2nd half for 80 minutes and our defence is solid (definately need a Pom backslam in there on gidley) there isnt a reason why we can dust them by 13+...
See you all there!!
Mark^Bastard
Great White
Have heard that Fifita is possibly in doubt with that knee injury. I guess Taufua would slot into his spot.
Wouldn't lose much. Taufua runs and hits hard and would be going up against his old team who discarded him. Could be beneficial.
Mark^Bastard
Great White
Knights side has been named.
- Darius Boyd
- James McManus
- Wes Naiqama
- Tafeaga Junior Sa'u
- Akuila Uate
- Kurt Gidley
- Jarrod Mullen
- Kade Snowden
- Danny Buderus
- Adam Cuthbertson
- Chris Houston
- Zeb Taia
- Neville Costigan
- Matt Hilder
- Lisiate Richie Fa'aoso
- Joel Edwards
- Alex McKinnon
Strong team. Especially those ranga's. They go hard.
josh11223344
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lol cuthbo is just not a first grade prop, he has bloody chicken legs, how's he meant to go forward?
Mark^Bastard
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They'll get a lot of impact from their bench. We need to get more from ours I reckon.
SHARKS: Nathan Gardner, Stewart Mills, Ben Pomeroy, Colin Best, John Williams, Wade Graham, Todd Carney, Bryce Gibbs, Isaac De Gois, Ben Ross, Jeremy Smith, Anthony Tupou, Paul Gallen. Interchange (from): Andrew Fifita, Sam Tagataese, John Morris, Mark Taufua, Jayson Bukuya
josh11223344
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No surprises there but it sucks not to see chad in the team as he is obviously needed but we knew he wouldn't be named.
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Good to see flanno come to his senses and not drop hotdog for matty wright.
slide rule
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I'm happy with that.