Sydney Roosters vs Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Grand Final Match Thread

[Guest]

MANLY SIDE ANNOUNCED:

Brett Stewart
Jorge Taufua
Jamie Lyon (C)
Steve Matai
David Williams
Kieran Foran
Daly Cherry-Evans
Brenton Lawrence
Matt Ballin
Brent Kite
Anthony Watmough
Justin Horo
Glenn Stewart

David Gower
Jamie Buhrer
Tom Symonds
George Rose
James Hasson
Peta Hiku

Geoff Toovey

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[Guest]

the extended bench isn't really a surprise, as Hasson and Gower were fighting over Fa'aoso's spot, but there must still be an injury cloud over Stewart as Hiku has been named.

[Guest]

ROOSTERS SIDE ANNOUNCED:

1. Anthony Minichiello
2. Daniel Tupou
3. Michael Jennings
4. Shaun Kenny-Dowall
5. Roger Tuivasa-Sheck
6. James Maloney
7. Mitchell Pearce
8. Jared Waerea-Hargreaves
9. Jake Friend
10. Sam Moa
11. Aidan Guerra
12. Sonny Bill Williams
13. Frank-Paul Nuuausala

Interchange
14. Daniel Mortimer
15. Mitchell Aubusson
16. Isaac Liu
17. Dylan Napa

Coach: Trent Robinson

[Guest]

the extended bench isn't really a surprise, as Hasson and Gower were fighting over Fa'aoso's spot, but there must still be an injury cloud over Stewart as Hiku has been named.

Very interesting, I just wonder how fit the Manly guys are, we will never truly know but surely they must be hurting a bit after the last few weeks.

Is this a great chance for Easts to win or what??? I can't believe how many of you thought the Knights would clean up hahaha!!!

How is Pearce going, is he pretty much over the "flu"? Had the same symptoms during the last week but thinking about the game pumps me up haha

The Roostars will do this!!!!

[Guest]

2013 NRL Grand Final Drinking Game

PLAYERS/COACHES:
If Sonny Bill has a his voice overlayed into the commentary of the game - Drink until he shuts up.
Everytime SBW's name is mentioned when he isn't part of the current play or possibly even on the field - 1 drink
If Watmough gets up gingerly - 1 drink
If George Roses muffin top is displayed - 1 drink
If You can lipread Toovey saying f**k - 1 drink
If Matai holds his shoulder/neck - 1 drink
If any player stays down long enough to warrant video ref replays - 2 drinks
If Watmough loses possession trying to offload, then appeals for a strip. - 1 drink.
If SBW throws a standard pass and it's talked up. - 1 drink.
If/when Shaun Kenny Dowall does something dumb - 1 drink

COMMENTARY:
If Rabs gets a players name wrong - 1 drink
When Rabs gets a rule wrong - 1 drink
If a commentator mentions how tough Manly have been - 1drink
If Tom Waterhouse says "big time" or "taking on" - 1 drink for each
If the commentators mention "big game" experience - 2 drinks
If Gould asks Rabs a question that has no relevance to what is happening on the field - 1 drink
When the commentators get bitchy at each other - 1 drink
Awkward Cross-promotion of another channel 9 show by Ray Warren - 1 drink
When Gould says of Daly Cherry-Evans "He's special, this young kid". - 1 drink.
Everytime Commentators mention the awesome/electric/fantastic atmosphere - 1 drink.
Everytime Brad Fittler or Andrew Johns says something retarded on sideline commentary - 1 drink
If Commentators mention history/rivalry/tradition between clubs - 1 drink.
Everytime Gus Gould goes quiet after Jennings does something great - 2 drinks
Everytime Wayne Pearce and the 88/89 grand finals are mentioned when talking about Mitchell Pearce - 1 drink
Any use of the words leg speed or leg drive - 1 drink
If Gus or Sterlo say "the next try is so important" - 1 drink.
If Rabbits uses the phrase "legends that have graced this stage include..." or "champions that have gone before include...." - 1 drink
SBW makes a mistake and the commentators talk up what a star he is instead - 1 drink
If theres a pointless story by Rabs about the childhood of a player - drink through story time
Any mention of the fact Glenn and Brett Stewart are brothers - 1 drink
Any time the commentary team refers to how smart Jamie Lyon is - 1 drink
When ever Gus says the words "the Wolfman" in that tone he always uses for nicknames - 1 drink
Everytime Gus says, WOW or No no no - 1 drink
If Wally Lewis mentions 'imperative' or 'dictating terms'. - 1 drink
Everytime a forward pass goes unnoticed by the officials - 1 drink (2 drinks if sonny bill does it)
A reference to ASADA - 2 drinks

FANS/YOU:
If you mention how tough Manly have been - 1 drink
When you havent noticed Mitchell Pearce for more than 5 minutes - 1 drink
If the game starts more than 2 minutes late - 1 drink
If you see a celebrity in the crowd - 1 drink
If you see a friend or relative in the crowd - 3 drinks
Camera shows child under the age of 8 wearing club face paint - 1 drink
Camera shows fan over the age of 50 wearing face paint - 1 drink
Everytime you see the Barbequing Maloney banner... - 1 drink
Everytime someone says.. "what does barbequing maloney mean?".. 1 drink

You must also choose a player, and everytime they make an error you take a drink

***1 Drink – 2 Fingers***

**If your stomach gets pumped, you win. Enjoy**

[kakaruk]

Bob Mcarthy reckons the way to beat us is to bash SBW.Good luck with that strategy lol.Sonny would flatten the whole manly pack without raising a sweat.

[Johnny.]

2013 NRL Grand Final Drinking Game

PLAYERS/COACHES:
If Sonny Bill has a his voice overlayed into the commentary of the game - Drink until he shuts up.
Everytime SBW's name is mentioned when he isn't part of the current play or possibly even on the field - 1 drink
If Watmough gets up gingerly - 1 drink
If George Roses muffin top is displayed - 1 drink
If You can lipread Toovey saying f**k - 1 drink
If Matai holds his shoulder/neck - 1 drink
If any player stays down long enough to warrant video ref replays - 2 drinks
If Watmough loses possession trying to offload, then appeals for a strip. - 1 drink.
If SBW throws a standard pass and it's talked up. - 1 drink.
If/when Shaun Kenny Dowall does something dumb - 1 drink

COMMENTARY:
If Rabs gets a players name wrong - 1 drink
When Rabs gets a rule wrong - 1 drink
If a commentator mentions how tough Manly have been - 1drink
If Tom Waterhouse says "big time" or "taking on" - 1 drink for each
If the commentators mention "big game" experience - 2 drinks
If Gould asks Rabs a question that has no relevance to what is happening on the field - 1 drink
When the commentators get bitchy at each other - 1 drink
Awkward Cross-promotion of another channel 9 show by Ray Warren - 1 drink
When Gould says of Daly Cherry-Evans "He's special, this young kid". - 1 drink.
Everytime Commentators mention the awesome/electric/fantastic atmosphere - 1 drink.
Everytime Brad Fittler or Andrew Johns says something retarded on sideline commentary - 1 drink
If Commentators mention history/rivalry/tradition between clubs - 1 drink.
Everytime Gus Gould goes quiet after Jennings does something great - 2 drinks
Everytime Wayne Pearce and the 88/89 grand finals are mentioned when talking about Mitchell Pearce - 1 drink
Any use of the words leg speed or leg drive - 1 drink
If Gus or Sterlo say "the next try is so important" - 1 drink.
If Rabbits uses the phrase "legends that have graced this stage include..." or "champions that have gone before include...." - 1 drink
SBW makes a mistake and the commentators talk up what a star he is instead - 1 drink
If theres a pointless story by Rabs about the childhood of a player - drink through story time
Any mention of the fact Glenn and Brett Stewart are brothers - 1 drink
Any time the commentary team refers to how smart Jamie Lyon is - 1 drink
When ever Gus says the words "the Wolfman" in that tone he always uses for nicknames - 1 drink
Everytime Gus says, WOW or No no no - 1 drink
If Wally Lewis mentions 'imperative' or 'dictating terms'. - 1 drink
Everytime a forward pass goes unnoticed by the officials - 1 drink (2 drinks if sonny bill does it)
A reference to ASADA - 2 drinks

FANS/YOU:
If you mention how tough Manly have been - 1 drink
When you havent noticed Mitchell Pearce for more than 5 minutes - 1 drink
If the game starts more than 2 minutes late - 1 drink
If you see a celebrity in the crowd - 1 drink
If you see a friend or relative in the crowd - 3 drinks
Camera shows child under the age of 8 wearing club face paint - 1 drink
Camera shows fan over the age of 50 wearing face paint - 1 drink
Everytime you see the Barbequing Maloney banner... - 1 drink
Everytime someone says.. "what does barbequing maloney mean?".. 1 drink

You must also choose a player, and everytime they make an error you take a drink

***1 Drink – 2 Fingers***

**If your stomach gets pumped, you win. Enjoy**

After Sunday, dozens of people will need to learn this.


I am Responsible.
When Anyone, Anywhere
Reaches Out For Help,
I Want The Hand Of A.A.
To Always Be There.

And For That,
I Am Responsible !

[alex0063]

Come on roosters

[Guest]

****.

We should win but I've seen too many to get excited.

I'm nervous but quietly confident.....it's weird.

[Guest]

****.

We should win but I've seen too many to get excited.

I'm nervous but quietly confident.....it's weird.

There's been too much time to speculate.

[bigben]

I'll be at the game tomorrow to support the Mighty ROOSTERS.....Can we do it ? i say 'YES WE CAN '!!!

[Guest]

Roosters v Sea Eagles
ANZ Stadium
Sunday 7:15pm

Here we go. After 29 weeks and exactly 200 games between the 16 NRL clubs, it all comes down to this Sunday as the Sydney Roosters look to win their first premiership in 11 years against the might of the Manly Sea Eagles.

In pure footballing terms, it couldn’t have been scripted better. Minor premiers the Roosters have been the benchmark for most of the 2013 season – combining their scintillating brand of attack with some of the greatest defensive efforts ever seen in the modern era.

Thriving under the tutelage of rookie coach Trent Robinson – named the Dally M Coach of the Year last Tuesday night – they have benefited enormously from the brilliance of Sonny Bill Williams and fellow newcomers Michael Jennings, James Maloney and Luke O’Donnell.

But if there is one side that can throw a cat amongst the pigeons it is this experienced Manly outfit. The road to the decider certainly hasn’t been so smooth for the Sea Eagles. In fact, up until Round 25 when they sent a message of intent by belting Melbourne 28-8, Manly hadn’t beaten a fellow top-four side in 2013.

Their draw hasn’t been simple either. These two sides met just three weeks ago in the first week of the finals and played out a bruising encounter which saw the Roosters escape with a thrilling 4-0 win. But while the Roosters were rewarded with a week off (followed by a grand final qualifier against an over-matched Newcastle side), Manly had to back up against Cronulla, then face off against South Sydney for their spot in the decider.

Each week they’ve been widely written off with the sheer number of players carrying well-publicised injuries seemingly one bridge too many. Yet each week they’ve defied the critics. And the manner of their stunning victory over the Rabbitohs last week when they trailed 14-0 before fighting back to prevail 30-20, won’t have been lost on the minor premiers.

Clearly no amount of hurdles is going to stop this Sea Eagles outfit from doing what they do best.

Despite the lack of scoring in that Week 1 meeting earlier this month, there was no lack of excitement with breaks, half chances and desperately close calls the order of the day and if that’s what we can expect again this Sunday we could well be in for one of the great grand finals.

It’s hard to imagine a more acutely matched contest than this one. The battle of the forward packs promises to be brutal with SBW, Jared Waerea-Hargreaves and the returning Boyd Cordner lining up against Sea Eagles veterans Anthony Watmough, Glenn Stewart and Brent Kite.

In the halves it is the NSW pairing of Mitchell Pearce and Maloney against Kiwi Test five-eighth Kieran Foran and Queensland Origin star Daly Cherry-Evans – arguably the form player of the finals so far.

And what about the strike out wide? Jennings, Tuivasa-Sheck, Kenny-Dowall and Minichiello v Lyon, Matai, Williams and Stewart.

It’s a contest worthy of a grand final and whichever side emerges victorious will certainly have earned the spoils.
Roosters coach Trent Robinson has named the same 17 that belted Newcastle last weekend with both Boyd Cordner and Luke O’Donnell overlooked.

The Sea Eagles have named David Gower as the man to replace Richie Fa’aoso in the decider with the unlucky Fa’aoso having broken a vertebrae in his neck against Souths last week.

For the first time in Sea Eagles history, six players will have represented the club in four separate grand finals – Brent Kite, Jamie Lyon, Steve Matai, Anthony Watmough and the Stewart brothers.

Manly have won 19 of 23 Sunday games in the past three years and nine of 12 games at ANZ in the past five. Geoff Toovey is poised to become just the second man after Bob Fulton to both captain and coach the club to premiership glory.

The Roosters will be looking to win the premiership double for the first time since 1975 although only once before have they defeated the same opponent twice in the same finals campaign – against Glebe way back in 2011!

Watch Out Roosters: There was a time not so long ago when every side in the NRL knew the greatest threat would always come from Manly’s right edge combination of Daly Cherry-Evans, Glenn Stewart, Jamie Lyon and David Williams. Not so in 2013 with the Sea Eagles’ left edge proving almost as lethal.

The left-side combo of Kieran Foran, Justin Horo, Steve Matai and Jorge Taufua have helped Manly to 42 tries on that side of the field – not too far off the 49 they have produced on the right. This means the Roosters won’t have it easy when trying to predict which way the Sea Eagles might swoop when an opportunity presents itself.

Watch Out Sea Eagles: How do you break down this incredible Roosters defence? That’s the big question for Manly coach Geoff Toovey who saw his side kept to nil three weeks ago when these two sides last met. In fact, in their three meetings so far in 2013 Manly have scored a total of just 16 points. It’s not a problem restricted only to the Sea Eagles, however – the Roosters have kept sides to zero on six separate occasions this season in what must surely be one of the greatest defensive performances of all time. Manly will either need their rivals to have an off day or figure out a new way to break down the wall if they are to prevail on Sunday.

Plays To Watch: SBW’s passing game. One of the game’s top offloaders, Williams is always a handful to wrap up and will look to create some second-phase play at every opportunity. However, he can also pass before the line and has shown a love of the cut-out pass to winger Roger Tuivasa-Sheck on the right edge.

Watch too for the Pearce-Maloney “one-two”. On multiple occasions this year Maloney has broken through after receiving a second-man ball from Pearce and accelerating onto the pass rather than promoting it to his wide runners.

Manly’s left edge plays a more structured game than the right with Kieran Foran running a series of plays utilising Justin Horo and Brett Stewart. The common theme is for Stewart to wrap around the back and receive the ball as the second man however when the opportunity presents Foran will throw a short ball to Horo as the lead runner instead. On the right, the running games of Daly Cherry-Evans and Jamie Lyon are the danger. Watch for Manly to get some early ball to Lyon who can leave his opposite number stranded if given room to move.

Key Match-Up: Mitchell Pearce v Daly Cherry-Evans. The individual battle that could make or break the grand final. These two met on the State of Origin stage this season and it proved an unhappy outing for Pearce, however it has been a very different story at club level where he has enjoyed his finest year to date. He was exceptional in the Roosters’ 40-14 win over Newcastle last week and will be looking to control the game again this weekend.

On the other side of the field, Cherry-Evans has been in sublime form over the past two months and is arguable the No.1 reason they have managed to make it through to a fourth grand final in seven seasons. With so much on the line it will be interesting to see who best handles the pressure of rugby league’s biggest day.

Where It Will Be Won: The big men will have the greatest say here with two of the most battle-hardened packs in the NRL going toe to toe. There will be plenty of big hits and watch for offloads galore – particularly on the edge of the ruck where the likes of Sonny Bill Williams and Glenn Stewart will look to get over the top of one another. Which side will get on top?

The History: Played 123; Sea Eagles 79, Roosters 42, drawn 2. The Roosters have never defeated the same opponent four times in a single season before. Manly have won five of seven finals games against the Roosters.

Match Officials: Referees – Ben Cummins & Shayne Hayne; Sideline Officials – Steve Carrall & Russell Turner; Video Referees – Ashley Klein & Luke Patten.

Televised: Channel 9 – Live 7:15pm.

The Way We See It: This looms as one of the great grand finals with barely a struck match between the sides. Although the Roosters deserve their favouritism, Manly have proved that they can never be written off and they have the great advantage of having won two premierships and played in three grand finals in the previous six seasons. That experience could prove invaluable, but given the Roosters are not only minor premiers but have also beaten Manly three times this season, it would be folly to tip against them. Roosters by two points!

[Darkone]

Oh here we go, same shit different team

subliminal message is : "WE HOPE YOUR FAIRYTALE ENDS TOMORROW"

Folks who've read my final message the past 4 weeks on eve of game time, I have not been wrong, I have picked the winners 100% every game during the finals.

So this is it:

Manly have been riding on the back of "WE ARE TOUGH, WRITE US OFF AT YOUR PERIL!! WE HAVE THE RUNS ON THE BOARD

what farkin tripe, also the media scum have been promoting this FALSE vitriol which will backfire.

TRUTH: We beat Manly in the first half of the first final with only ONE frontline prop

TRUTH : Manly should have been smashed by the Sharks & got away with murder, Manly were in fact the WEAKER WHICH PREVAILED

TRUTH : Manly prevailed against the weakest performance by a Souths side in over 2 years, their coach could not coach that day following the worst kind of news to befall anyone, which obviously affected the team composure

TRUTH: Manly are about to face the strongest roosters pack to line up in 2013 & they have virtually no depth in their injury riddled lineup

Roosters 14 plus

[Guest]

oh here we go, same shit different team

subliminal message is : "we hope your fairytale ends tomorrow"

folks who've read my final message the past 4 weeks on eve of game time, i have not been wrong, i have picked the winners 100% every game during the finals.

So this is it:

Manly have been riding on the back of "we are tough, write us off at your peril!! We have the runs on the board

what farkin tripe, also the media scum have been promoting this false vitriol which will backfire.

Truth: We beat manly in the first half of the first final with only one frontline prop

truth : Manly should have been smashed by the sharks & got away with murder, manly were in fact the weaker which prevailed

truth : Manly prevailed against the weakest performance by a souths side in over 2 years, their coach could not coach that day following the worst kind of news to befall anyone, which obviously affected the team composure

truth: Manly are about to face the strongest roosters pack to line up in 2013 & they have virtually no depth in their injury riddled lineup

roosters 14 plus

absolutely!

[Guest]

Ricky Martin is the entertainment for tomorrow... are you being serious!!??