Team named for this week vs Cowboys

[Roostarz]

Anthony Minichiello, Steve Naughton, Justin Carney, Shaun Kenny-Dowall, Joseph 'BJ' Leilua, Todd Carney, Mitchell Pearce, Jared Waerea-Hargreaves, Jake Friend, Nate Myles, Braith Anasta, Frank Paul Nuuausala, Aidan Guerra. Interchange: Jason Ryles, Mose Masoe, Mark Riddell, Tom Symonds.

And Cowboys-
Matthew Bowen, Ashley Graham, Antonio Winterstein, Willie Tonga, Kalifa Faifai Loa, Ray Thompson, Johnathan Thurston (c), Matthew Scott (c), Aaron Payne, James Tamou, Gavin Cooper, Glenn Hall, Dallas Johnson. Interchange (from): James Segeyaro, Scott Bolton, Tariq Sims, Ashton Sims, Leeson Ah Mau

[Guest]

Gee that backline looks fast up against ours....

[Spanner in the works]

No Arona?

[Roostarz]

Smithy probably felt he had no choice with Symonds back and the way Guerra played last week. Could have dropped Riddell tho

[Guest]

Why persist with Riddell, I don't get it?

Chook.

[Vasco]

Anasta is better off playing lock and having Guerra and FPN on each edge of the field.

[Spanner in the works]

Smithy probably felt he had no choice with Symonds back and the way Guerra played last week. Could have dropped Riddell tho

Odd decision. I'd nearly have put Symonds in the centres and shifted Carney on to the wing at the expense of Naughton. I think Riddell provides a little more than Naughton at this stage. Which is saying something.

[melon....]

I cant believe Malaka Mataka didnt go up as 18th man.

[elo]

Bwaith back in the pack, ffsssssssssss.

[Pass the Ball]

Willie Mataka is unlucky to miss out..

I liked the look of him..

[stephenj]

i guess the broken ankle didnt help his cause?

[Pass the Ball]

i guess the broken ankle didnt help his cause?

Were there 2 broken ankles??

[Rooster_6]

Interested to see how Guerra goes although I was interested to see how Arona went at lock last week and Smitty geed me up.

Looks like we're finding out if we have the players internally to replace Myles or if we need to spend some dollars.

[TheLoneRooster]

Willie Mataka can rightly feel peeved to have missed out as he brought a lot more game than Riddell. The same goes for Tinirau Arona though to a lesser extent. Also, what's with playing Jake Friend as any other type of forward other than a 9? He isn't built for that kind of work - very strange and quite ineffective to my mind.

[TheLoneRooster]

i guess the broken ankle didnt help his cause?

Only Lama Tasi fractured his ankle to the best of my knowledge. Are you suggesting Willie Mataka sustained the same injury?