Official Match Day Thread: Roosters v Souths

[Rooster_6]

How long will JWH be out for? Is that his season?

Arm was by the side, I think he would have a pretty good defence if they did decide to charge him.

No way will it be the season. 1 week at most, with his history early guilty plea won't get him off so I see the club challenging it regardless.

I do feel for him, he does some silly stuff but that wasn't one of them. It was just extremely unfortunate.

[Bahrain Rooster]

Smith did really well, Radley off the bench wasn’t too bad. I hope JWH, Tets and Cordner can all play next week. Really worried about JWH because of his reputation.

[roosterchook]

No one can predict what the match review panel is going to do with that JWH tackle, problem is even the smallest charge and his season could be done.

Remember Slater last year got off but if it’s us we can expect the book to be thrown at us.

[Rooster_6]

Eh, not much going by the first half.....bombed 3 tries then didn't really look keen in the second. Should have rested more players if we aren't playing to win.

I reckon you've missed the mark there elo.

The team really dug in tonight. We should be proud, they had nothing to play for but they put their bodies on the line tonight consistently and never took a backwards step.

Bit of a cop out to say they didn't look keen.

[chopstiks]

A loss to vermin and the worry now of the MRC.
The stuff of nightmares.

[The Skeez]

Positive: Long turn around.

[Jacks Fur Coat]

Proud of the younger lads tonight. Thought Billy and Lindsay both outstanding, and best game I've seen from Hutch in Firsts although he was fatigued in the last quarter but kept pushing.

Don't fret or worry cats...this is probably our last loss for the year.

Lattrell puzzling tonite, and even Vic a couple of errors. But she'll be rite.

Congrats Souths....enjoy.

[fletch]

Arm was by the side, I think he would have a pretty good defence if they did decide to charge him.

No way will it be the season. 1 week at most, with his history early guilty plea won't get him off so I see the club challenging it regardless.

I do feel for him, he does some silly stuff but that wasn't one of them. It was just extremely unfortunate.

Problem for JWH is the ridiculous amount of loading and then carryover points added to any charge, not sure if it is even possible for him to receive only a 1 match ban now.

[Rooster_6]

How good was Lindsay.

I'm not sure Robbo has enough trust yet to play him in the finals series but he will defintiely get more minutes next year.

Coming along nicely.

[The Brain]

I reckon you've missed the mark there elo.

The team really dug in tonight. We should be proud, they had nothing to play for but they put their bodies on the line tonight consistently and never took a backwards step.

Bit of a cop out to say they didn't look keen.

I actually thought overall we were the better side just bombed a lot of opportunities..and latrell stupid penalty was a big swinger

[ROC181]

Knight was falling back into the tackle and he copped the lower part of Jared’s arm... it’s not like Jared can make his arm disappear all of a sudden. As for Tetavano, well that’s just tackling a player without the ball front on. Had Doughie had the ball it would have been an excellent tackle. Penalty is sufficient.

[roosterchook]

I didn’t care about a win Tonight. Injuries and suspensions were my only concern. I think Robbo should have rested more players especially suspension prone players.

[Jacks Fur Coat]

How good was Lindsay.

I'm not sure Robbo has enough trust yet to play him in the finals series but he will defintiely get more minutes next year.

Coming along nicely.

He's been very good for the last 6 weeks or so, albeit with limited minutes for Firsts.

He's overtaken Sitili and Po in the pecking order, so unless we have everyone else on deck he will certainly be in the top 17.

[Rooster_6]

I actually thought overall we were the better side just bombed a lot of opportunities..and latrell stupid penalty was a big swinger

We were better side in yardage and transition but we failed to break down their defence in the 2nd half so hard to say that we were the better side overall.

There was no variation to our play we were constantly just going out the back and playing sideline to sideline and on a greasy ANZ stadium the result is always going to be Manu & Latrell just being shown the sideline. We needed to hit more lead runners, and play a little more direct before going out the back.

We missed Luke Keary big time.

[Rooster_6]

Knight was falling back into the tackle and he copped the lower part of Jared’s arm... it’s not like Jared can make his arm disappear all of a sudden. As for Tetavano, well that’s just tackling a player without the ball front on. Had Doughie had the ball it would have been an excellent tackle. Penalty is sufficient.

Yeh I think JWH has a pretty good case, his arm was tucked right into his body. It's not like he left his arm out there or gone searching.