Roosters v DragQueens this weekend.

[Waylander]

Robbo has said Napa is "a good chance" of playing. He trained well today, and as long as he pulls up OK tomorrow he's in.

[ism22]

Robbo has said Napa is "a good chance" of playing. He trained well today, and as long as he pulls up OK tomorrow he's in.

Oi who invited you to my BBQ? He said that at my BBQ last night. Cant believe you just walked in bro. Next time please ask you rude bugger.

Note: Robbo told me you are back on the cheap wine and have a three day growth. Have a shave, you bum.

[The Lip]

Napa will play if fit according to Robbo.

After seeing him in action this year, I would prefer Collins there for Baptiste. Same build as Napa, harder runner in attack and he's no slouch in defense either. We all know Napa is good for a big hit or two but he's so slow and his post contact meters are garbage...

Hard running Collins and Tets coming off the bench for SST and JWH, NOW THATS WHAT I CALL IMPACT

14. Aubbo
15. Collins
16. Tetevano
17. Liu

i don't think Napa's post contact meters are garbage at all. Yes he appears lumbering and yes its extremely rare he gets completely through the line but i really struggle to remember any time he has not made a meter or two or three post initial contact. Its one of his greatest attributes in my opinion. He hits the defenders with the point of his shoulder and drives forward a few meters every single time. He is so big and heavy its hard to stop him dead in his tracks or drive him backwards. Id love to see his post contact meters stats - does anyone know where that can be viewed?

Also we read week in week out on this forum - "season defining game" most of that is garbage - get what posters are trying to say but you only really play one or two season defining games a year. The game that knocks you out of contention for the GF or the GF. Any game before either of those is not season defining - important maybe but win lose or draw - this game will not define our season.

[Bansai Pipeline]

We lose this we’re pretenders

[Johnny Tobin]

The Dragons tend to score a lot of long range tries, often against the run of play. If we can maintain our tight defence in the middle and stay focused we should lock them down.
In attack just run at Hunt

They tend to score a lot of penalty goals.

[The Lip]

Storm got beat by west tigers two times - are they pretenders - i dont think if we lose we are pretenders. In 2002 we lost rd 18 40-10 to storm rd 19 24-12 to dogs and in rd 21 sharks beat us 34-20 at home - then we didn't loose a game until 2003!

We lose this we are still in it, if we put 50 on them we are still no better than 6-1 to win the GF.

[BenCumminsIsACheat]

They tend to score a lot of penalty goals.

I'm sure Ashley Clown will do his best to continue that trend

[Lydon]

They tend to score a lot of penalty goals.

Piggy back after piggy back penalty getting them out of trouble..

I couldn’t help but laugh last week against the Cowboys when the Dragons recieved their first penalty after the 2nd tackle of the game lol

Not surprised to see the Dragons in 2nd place for getting the most penalties in their favour,it’s an absolute farce!

Players like Sims,Mguiness and Aitken are the master milkers!

[Johnny Tobin]

Piggy back after piggy back penalty getting them out of trouble..

I couldn’t help but laugh last week against the Cowboys when the Dragons recieved their first penalty after the 2nd tackle of the game lol

Not surprised to see the Dragons in 2nd place for getting the most penalties in their favour,it’s an absolute farce!

Players like Sims,Mguiness and Aitken are the master milkers!

Their whole game plan is geared to penalties. It's no co-incidence they were leading the comp until the penalty blitz ended.

[bondi.boy]

And now comes the rain Sat night.

Guess it was too much to expect...two Sunday afternoon games on a dry and fast field.

[bondi.boy]

Piggy back after piggy back penalty getting them out of trouble..

I couldn’t help but laugh last week against the Cowboys when the Dragons recieved their first penalty after the 2nd tackle of the game lol

Not surprised to see the Dragons in 2nd place for getting the most penalties in their favour,it’s an absolute farce!

Players like Sims,Mguiness and Aitken are the master milkers!

Exactly.

Seem to be the teachers' pets.

Very hard to beat that.

[Crab]

Im not going to post a score that I really think coz I dont want to jinx us .. We WILL turn up and they should be worried ! I hope the Fark we aren't discussing refereeing performances post game because the less they are noticed the better the footy Go Roosters !

[ChookMaster]

i want a big crowd in. Big game, big crowd. Cmon chooks.

[ism22]

If our forwards at least match them will win. I'm pretty confident they will as the Dragons have looked tired to me in the recent games and McGregor has not given them time off to freshen up.

I would be even more confident if Robbo adds Collins or Napa to the 17.

Our back 5 are in another league to theirs. Keary n Cronk also shade their pairing especially in big games too.

Roosters by 12.

Agreed! The Dragons peaked too early and IMO could now very realistically finish outside the top 4 having been on top all season. They have still had a good season by all means but I dont think they have developed enough over the course of the season to be real contenders whereas we are a completely different team.

Last time the Dragons (and Souffs for that matter) beat us was early on when we were still experimenting and struggling to score tries. We are now 5 points off having the best PD in the comp, despite copping it big time from the refs in 2 or 3 games that were really ours.

[Darkone]

if Cords can shorten up Hunt we have a chance