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ROOSTERS SQUAD v MANLY
Rnd 2 - Sunday 17th March
4 Pines Park, Sydney
Round two brings us a tough game against the Chip Stealers at 4 Pines Park, aka Brookvale Oval. They looked good against the Vermin in 'Vegas, and they will only be stronger at home with a crowd of screaming local ferals behind them.
We need to build on last week. Our defense was damn good, but the attack was still a bit clunky. Hopefully another fortnight of work will have iron out a few of the bugs, although travel time will have eaten into that 2 weeks. Our kicking game will need to be spot on, and the defense as good (at least) as last week to contain Turbo. He remains their main attacking threat. If we can keep him quiet, it will go a long way towards winning this one.
Jaz is back, and will be a direct replacement for the Sacrificial Lamb. Whyte will continue to get game time with Spence on the sidelines for 8, and that can only help us long term. Tupouniua has been named, despite
leaving the field with a slight groin strain in Vegas. Dom Young gets his Roosters debut .. I'm pumped to see what he can do outside Manu. Our outside backs are stacked with talent - Toops, Suaalii/Billy, Joey, Dom. If the forwards can win the battle the in the middle we should be too strong out wide. I especially liked what I saw from Kez last week - he looked sharp. He and Walker were also both excellent in Defense.
I'm never overly confident playing Manly, especially at Brooky, but I've got a feeling that we might see something pretty special from the Roosters this year. We are fit, strong, skillful, and we have good depth pretty much across the board. That's a recipe for a damn strong season.
Bring it on.
GO EASTS !!
ROOSTERS:
1. Teddy
2. Tupou
3. Suaalii
4. Manu
5. Young
6. Keary
7. Walker
8. JWH
9. Smith, B
10. Collins
11. Wong
12. Tupouniua
13. Radley
INTERCHANGE:
14. Smith, Sandon
15. Whyte
16. Butcher, N
17. May
RESERVES:
18. Watson
19. Pauga
20. Butcher, E
21. Dockar-Clay
22. Chrichton
Rnd 2 - Sunday 17th March
4 Pines Park, Sydney
Round two brings us a tough game against the Chip Stealers at 4 Pines Park, aka Brookvale Oval. They looked good against the Vermin in 'Vegas, and they will only be stronger at home with a crowd of screaming local ferals behind them.
We need to build on last week. Our defense was damn good, but the attack was still a bit clunky. Hopefully another fortnight of work will have iron out a few of the bugs, although travel time will have eaten into that 2 weeks. Our kicking game will need to be spot on, and the defense as good (at least) as last week to contain Turbo. He remains their main attacking threat. If we can keep him quiet, it will go a long way towards winning this one.
Jaz is back, and will be a direct replacement for the Sacrificial Lamb. Whyte will continue to get game time with Spence on the sidelines for 8, and that can only help us long term. Tupouniua has been named, despite
leaving the field with a slight groin strain in Vegas. Dom Young gets his Roosters debut .. I'm pumped to see what he can do outside Manu. Our outside backs are stacked with talent - Toops, Suaalii/Billy, Joey, Dom. If the forwards can win the battle the in the middle we should be too strong out wide. I especially liked what I saw from Kez last week - he looked sharp. He and Walker were also both excellent in Defense.
I'm never overly confident playing Manly, especially at Brooky, but I've got a feeling that we might see something pretty special from the Roosters this year. We are fit, strong, skillful, and we have good depth pretty much across the board. That's a recipe for a damn strong season.
Bring it on.
GO EASTS !!
ROOSTERS:
1. Teddy
2. Tupou
3. Suaalii
4. Manu
5. Young
6. Keary
7. Walker
8. JWH
9. Smith, B
10. Collins
11. Wong
12. Tupouniua
13. Radley
INTERCHANGE:
14. Smith, Sandon
15. Whyte
16. Butcher, N
17. May
RESERVES:
18. Watson
19. Pauga
20. Butcher, E
21. Dockar-Clay
22. Chrichton
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