Team vs Eels

[Inflictor]

1. James Tedesco
2. Junior Tupou
3. Billy Smith
4. Robert Toia
5. Mark Nawaqanitawase
6. Hugo Savala
7. Sam Walker
8. Naufahu Whyte
9. Connor Watson
10. Lindsay Collins
11. Angus Crichton
12. Siua Wong
13. Victor Radley

14. Benaiah Ioelu
15. Salesi Foketi
16. Egan Butcher
17. Spencer Leniu

18. Ethan King
19. Blake Steep
20. Taylor Losalu
21. Sandon Smith
22. Tom Rodwell

A shame Toups is out. That left edge worries me now.
Good team otherwise.

[Vasco]

1. James Tedesco
2. Junior Tupou
3. Billy Smith
4. Robert Toia
5. Mark Nawaqanitawase
6. Hugo Savala
7. Sam Walker
8. Naufahu Whyte
9. Connor Watson
10. Lindsay Collins
11. Angus Crichton
12. Siua Wong
13. Victor Radley

14. Benaiah Ioelu
15. Salesi Foketi
16. Egan Butcher
17. Spencer Leniu

18. Ethan King
19. Blake Steep
20. Taylor Losalu
21. Sandon Smith
22. Tom Rodwell

A shame Toups is out. That left edge worries me now.
Good team otherwise.

Why does the left edge worry you? Billy Smith is solid as a rock and Angus goes ok. Do Tupou isn't noted for his defence.

No excuses against an ordinary team.

[Waylander]

EELS

1 Isaiah Iongi
2 Zac Lomax
3 Will Penisini
4 Dylan Brown
5 Josh Addo-Carr
6 Joash Papalii
7 Mitchell Moses
8 J'maine Hopgood
9 Ryley Smith
10 Junior Paulo
11 Kelma Tuilagi
12 Jack Williams
13 Dylan Walker

Interchange
14 Tallyn Da Silva
15 Charlie Guymer
16 Matt Doorey
17 Jordan Samrani

Reserves
18 Dean Hawkins
19 Haze Dunster
20 Dan Keir
21 Toni Mataele
22 Joey Lussick


Match Officials
Referee: Wyatt Raymond
Touch Judges: Chris Sutton & ??
Senior Review Official: Adam Gee


We are much stronger on paper, but they have shown some good signs lately. We need to rush Moses, and don't give Lomax or JAC any space. We should win the middle, and that opens the door for our 5 star backline. Another must win.

Roosters by 2

GO EASTS !!!

[fletch]

Alan Katzmann had a crazy stat about Toups where it has been 13yrs since we last played the Eels without him in the team.

[Spirit of 66]

The referee - Wyatt Raymond - has never refereed a Roosters game before. He's had Parramatta 6 times for 1 win and 5 losses.

[BTRD]

A good team. However, wouldn't mind seeing the Concretor get a run.

Concentrate, tackle, respect the Eels, and we should win very well.

[Carlos Parra]

The referee - Wyatt Raymond - has never refereed a Roosters game before. He's had Parramatta 6 times for 1 win and 5 losses.

That's probably more a reflection of the Eels than it is of the ref's possible bias.

[Carlos Parra]

1. James Tedesco
2. Junior Tupou
3. Billy Smith
4. Robert Toia
5. Mark Nawaqanitawase
6. Hugo Savala
7. Sam Walker
8. Naufahu Whyte
9. Connor Watson
10. Lindsay Collins
11. Angus Crichton
12. Siua Wong
13. Victor Radley

14. Benaiah Ioelu
15. Salesi Foketi
16. Egan Butcher
17. Spencer Leniu

18. Ethan King
19. Blake Steep
20. Taylor Losalu
21. Sandon Smith
22. Tom Rodwell

A shame Toups is out. That left edge worries me now.
Good team otherwise.

Damn right it's a shame that Toups is out. I was hoping for another hat trick. Good to see Wong back in the side, though. Should we be worried about any likely wet weather?

[roostermcgregor]

A good team. However, wouldn't mind seeing the Concretor get a run.

Concentrate, tackle, respect the Eels, and we should win very well.

The Roosters need to respect the Eels as our season is on the line.
If we carry on the hard defence, it will go a long way to us winning.
The attack flows from good field position.
Getting up in the face of Lomax and Moses won’t hurt, either.

[QWERTY]

Good team. Shame D Tupou is out, although I’m interested to see how J Tupou goes. We just need to pick up where we left off last week.

[Spirit of 66]

That's probably more a reflection of the Eels than it is of the ref's possible bias.

I wasn't implying that but you're right. Wyatt has only been refereeing NRL for a year and Parra have been less than ordinary in that time.

[Sentimentinel]

Does anyone know what toops injury is? I hope it's not the usual end of season calf problem

[Waylander]

Does anyone know what toops injury is? I hope it's not the usual end of season calf problem

He had some concussion symptoms, presumably from the hit he copped scoring his 3rd. I don’t think it’s anything serious, but he’s being rested as per our usual cautious approach to such things.

[Bates]

That's a sexy looking team albeit without D Toops.

Roosters 18 plus.

[Chook2]

Toops for a toops
interesting to see his he goes big wraps early on and similar size so should still be able to use his aerial skills
lets hope we continue the aggression and commitment and put on a good scoreline here
being close with the 8 we need to win big as plus points may come into the equation end of year to make the 8