Official Match Day Thread: Roosters v Rabbits Knockout

[MCMLXVI]

Super-Toups and Super-Suzy will be scoring at will today. Little Walker and his mentor will put on a magic show. This new SFS-2 will be declared a national highway as our forwards savagely drive through the middle of it. We are champions and they are amateurs. People like to say that this conflict is between good and evil. The real conflict is between truth and lies.

Here comes the truth in red white and blue.




Go Easts!

[horrie hastings]

Pumped full of Nurofen and ready to go.

[Johnny Brass]

Walker too! Read Trell-Mit like a book last week and stabbed a few cheeky kicks behind him when he came forward in defence.

Hope Sua'ali'i, Keary, Crichton and the Butch brothers are the best on the field though.

Good point izzy , Walker can sniff out when the fullback is out of position and capitalise with his grubbers and it isn't Latrells strong point.

[Seventy Five]

Cant wait for this. Always such a double edged sword when we play the Rabbits in these big games but confident if the forwards can continue their demolition work of recent times, and we can keep our key players on the field we will get the job done.

Lets go Roosters Lets GO!

Post match headline: Roosters BOOOT Rabbits from NRL Finals.

[King Salvo]

The weather could play a part too - 22 C or so be hotter on the field so fatigue will be a factor

[dice]

The weather could play a part too - 22 C or so be hotter on the field so fatigue will be a factor

Shadows already covering half the playing surface. It should be quite cool by 4pm.

[bondi.boy]

Loved by our brains trust Latrell (they must've missed the 'taking out the trash' email) and 7 of his team mates have been standing out on the sideline of the field while the womens game is in progress.
Acting all cool like, laughing and joking, Latrell practising his golf swing.
They've gone now.
They were looking supremely confident.

[Steakface]

Today:

Roosters 22 - Rabbitohs 20
MOM: Teddy

The Rabbits will really show up today, It will be a hard game to win, don't kid yourself.

Danger men are Latrell and Cook imo. Cook is a massive in for the Rabbits. We will find ourselves on the back foot at times due to his class out of dummy half, and the Rabbits will look to spread it wide off the back of this to try take advantage of our current weakness in the centres.

I think the class of Teddy & Keary is what will be the difference in the end, as well as the leadership of JWH in the middle.

[OMR]

At the ground. Weather beautiful. Shadows going across the field , there won’t be any sun once kick off is on. Nice breeze from the Paddington end.

[fletch]

Trent Robinson has finalised the side to take on the South Sydney Rabbitohs in today's elimination final at Allianz Stadium.

A number of changes have been made to the side prior to kickoff:

• Matt Lodge comes into the starting side for his 100th NRL match, with Siosiua Taukeiaho reverting to the interchange bench
• Kevin Naiqama joins the interchange bench in jersey no.18
• Adam Keighran has been named as 18th man in jersey no.16

[Steakface]

So Keighran is in the 19. I wonder if he comes on for Hutcho once the sting is out of the game.

Hutcho provides.a bit more starch in defence but will tire and that's when he's vulnerable.

I suspect Keighran is there on the bench is because both Toupu and Suualli are not fully fit.

In fact, the late news with switching Keighran for an alternative outside back (Naiqama) on the bench just proves it imo.

If it wasn't sudden death, I don't think Toops would be playing today.

[RoosterFanNZ]

really not a fan of Naiqama on the bench, having AK there seemed more sensible as he covered more positions.

also naiqama is a bit shit and wastes a spot

[roosterchook]

Thanks for the thoughts, I'm doing good, so no need to worry.

Hope you get well. A rooster victory would be the best pill for you at the moment.

[Rooster1908]

Bruise brothers bro start .Now we win this

[roosterchook]

Let’s go Roosters

I got a bad feeling about today, let’s hope I’m wrong.

Me too but I’m proud of our effort to get this far. I think if it wasn’t for the messing with our 6 and 7 early in the season we’ve had easily made the top 4. Live and learn.