SQUAD v SHARKS

[Rooster90]

Interesting and should be acknowledged that Wong is consistently holding his spot in the second row. The guy was playing Flegg last year. Congratulations

The #11 is his jersey now

[The Marshall]

ROOSTERS SQUAD v CRONULLA SUTHERLAND

Finals Week 1 - Saturday 9th September
7:50pm PointsBet Stadium, Sydney


Hard to believe we not only made the finals, but actually finished 7th. Now the real serious footy begins. No second chances for us, every game is do or die, just like teh last 5 weeks - so we should be used to the pressure of these games.

The Sharks have been hot & cold throughout the season, but on their day are formidable opponents.

I'm confident that our D can frustrate them, and their game will eventually break down.

Manu returns as expected, the remainder of the side is as per last week.

No Klein, but we get Gerry.


GO EASTS !!


ROOSTERS:
1. Teddy
2. Pauga
3. Smith, Billy
4. Manu
5. Suaalii
6. Keary
7. Walker
8. Baker
9. Smith, Brandon
10. Collins
11. Wong
12. Butcher, N
13. Radley

INTERCHANGE:
14. Smith, Sandon
15. Butcher, E
16. May
17. Crichton

RESERVES:
18. Hutchison
19. Whyte
20. Allan
21. Paulo
22. Napa


Match Officials
Referee: Gerard Sutton
Touch Judge: Phil Henderson
Touch Judge: Wyatt Raymond
Senior Review Official: Grant Atkins

Great we got Sutton with Atkins in the bunker. That’s a minus 10 point starting position.

[The Marshall]

The Sharks finished higher on the ladder and earnt a home final simple as that

It's not Eden Park where the Wallabies haven't won since 1986.

100 Premiership games between the Roosters and Sharks

Roosters have won 63 lost 35 and 2 draws

I think our recent record at endeavour field is pretty good as well.

[HunchoRooster]

Great to see some consistency in the team.

Shame Toops can't recover in time. Fingers crossed Manu is good to go.

[Jacks Fur Coat]

Interesting and should be acknowledged that Wong is consistently holding his spot in the second row. The guy was playing Flegg last year. Congratulations

Thats a good point. It shows how highly regarded he must be with the coaching staff. Esp considering our depth in that area.

[BTRD]

We can and will win.

[A Country Member]

The opposition

1. Connor Tracey
2. Sione Katoa
3. Jesse Ramien
4. Siosifa Talakai
5. Ronaldo Mulitalo
6. Braydon Trindall
7. Nicho Hynes
8. Toby Rudolf
9. Blayke Brailey
10. Braden Hamlin-Uele
11. Briton Nikora
12. Wade Graham
13. Cam McInnes

14. Jack Williams
15. Royce Hunt
16. Tom Hazelton
17. Oregon Kaufusi

Reserves:
18. Kayal Iro
19. Daniel Atkinson
20. Jesse Colquhoun
21. Will Kennedy
22. Matt Moylan

[A Country Member]

Stat Attack

• Cronulla prop Braden Hamlin-Uele will make his 100th NRL appearance in Saturday night’s elimination final. The 28-year-old has played all but one of his NRL games with the Sharks after making his NRL debut for North Queensland in 2017.
• Sharks winger Ronaldo Mulitalo has scored 26 tries in 24 games at PointsBet Stadium.
• Roosters captain James Tedesco has scored seven tries in his past eight finals matches.
• The Roosters give away 6.5 penalties per game on average, the most of any team in the NRL.
• After averaging 17 points scored through their first 19 games, the Roosters have scored 29.6 on average through their last five games.
• The Roosters have won seven of their past eight games against the Sharks.
• Sharks centre Jesse Ramien has scored a try in his past five games at PointsBet Stadium.
• The Sharks have lost their past five finals games.
• This will be the 50th game played between these clubs at PointsBet Stadium.

Stats supplied by David Middleton, League Information Services, author of the official annual of the NRL.

[Jacks Fur Coat]

$1.90 Easts
$1.90 Sharks

Current market with TAB, bookies can't split em. Be interesting to see where the late money goes. Personally I think we should be favourites. The "smart" money tended for Souths last time....we saw how that ended up.

[Carlos Parra]

The opposition

1. Connor Tracey
2. Sione Katoa
3. Jesse Ramien
4. Siosifa Talakai
5. Ronaldo Mulitalo
6. Braydon Trindall
7. Nicho Hynes
8. Toby Rudolf
9. Blayke Brailey
10. Braden Hamlin-Uele
11. Briton Nikora
12. Wade Graham
13. Cam McInnes

14. Jack Williams
15. Royce Hunt
16. Tom Hazelton
17. Oregon Kaufusi

Reserves:
18. Kayal Iro
19. Daniel Atkinson
20. Jesse Colquhoun
21. Will Kennedy
22. Matt Moylan

You left out the match officials!

[Easts75]

Interesting and should be acknowledged that Wong is consistently holding his spot in the second row. The guy was playing Flegg last year. Congratulations

I love Sitili as a player and think he offers us something that others we have can't in that position. In saying that when he plays 80min his defense seems to drop off at times. The development of Wong will allow Sitili to possibly play 40min or so off the bench and be a weapon for us. He proved this year he is quite effective in the middle also

[Serenader]

$1.90 Easts
$1.90 Sharks

Current market with TAB, bookies can't split em. Be interesting to see where the late money goes. Personally I think we should be favourites. The "smart" money tended for Souths last time....we saw how that ended up.

I see the Roosters as fair favourites in this match. Sharks have been average. Roosters 13+ for mine (if the refs run a fair match).

[Mickie Lane]

It’s game on.
Dont use the officials as an excuse, if we play to our potential we can win.

[fletch]

Late Mail: Star centre Joey Manu is tracking well to return from a hamstring injury, but still needs to get through Friday’s training session, according to Roosters coach Trent Robinson. “Well he couldn’t play last week so he is better than last week,” Robinson said. “He tried to train last week, but he couldn’t get there. This week he has had one good session already and he needs to nail the final session today and move a bit faster and test that today and then get ready for tomorrow.”

https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl...60ae7a547d4476

[roosterchook]

I think we have way the better roster on paper and going by that should win easily but in finals there are no guarantees and so I would be on high alert for an ambush by Fitzy who knows our guys and style of play like the back of his hand. I don’t believe the sharks can go any further than beating us but if we win we can give other teams a run for their money. On the day I believe the sharks will be too good as they have a great defense when they are firing so we will find scoring very difficult. Finishing 7th we can be proud but it could have been 4th if not for some coaching blunders.