Official Match Day Thread: Roosters v Manly

[RoosterFanNZ]

To be fair he's just one of those players who always looked knackered even 30seconds after kick off.

hahah that is fair, doesnt show it as much as drew though.

was listening to a podcast with him during the week, he admitted he was knackered after 10 mins last week

[stringaz]

I liked the look of may,whyte. Thought that katoa guy looked better than Paulo.

Collins can be such a weapon, gotta stop channeling his inner skd.

Haven't seen the hype from wong yet, but would like to see more of him.

[stringaz]

Oh and no major injuries/susp. On to round 1.

[Rooster_6]

There's some magic, I like the look of this paugo fella. That move he put on Harper, awesome.

Yeh Pauga has been the standout of the outside backs for mine over the 2 trials.

Left hand carry, strong ball runner, decent in defence and runs really good lines for this ball players. That in and away and then speed to get on the outside of his man for our 3rd try was very nice.

I would like to see what he can do in first grade if the Suaalii experiment doesn’t work out.

[milanja]

my only wish is no drew for round 1

Unless he gets injured, he will definitely be there.

[Rooster_6]

FMD. Seriously glad the regular season is to be had. Glad we play for premierships and not Trial scraps.

Roosters won their last 8 games of the regular season in a row last year. Manly lost their last 7 games of the regular season in a row last year.

Don’t forget we made Newcastle look like a decent side in Round 1 last year, in fairness that may have been our greatest achievement as they were horrendous last year.

[King Salvo]

my only wish is no drew for round 1

The Hutchinater will be on song come round 1

[mightyrooster]

We were so ordinary I started to doze off during the first 20 minutes of that second half. Hopefully things improve a whole lot by round 1.

[Rooster_6]

Obviously ball control can do with some attention at training - 55% completion rate (21/38)

Ball control is an outcome.

More cohesion and momentum in attack and we make 10 less errors tonight.

[bondi.boy]

If seemingly-biased refereeing of our games occurs in the comp proper, our club should sue the NRL.

[Rooster36]

#2018…..

[Lockie]

Who was the gibroni on here that said Hutch was a definite in the 17 each week?

Hutch is not a first graders arsehole . He’d look out of place in a Kincumber colts jersey

[King Salvo]

Sydney Roosters Squad Injury Update

• Joseph Suaalii (head knock, Round 1)
• Luke Keary (jaw, Round 1)
• Sam Walker (COVID, Round 1)
• Jared Waerea-Hargreaves (back/hamstring, Round 1)
• Joey Manu (facial fracture, Round 1-2)
• Connor Watson (knee, mid-season)
• Sitili Tupouniua (knee, mid-season)
• Billy Smith (knee, mid-season)

[King Salvo]

Hutch is not a first graders arsehole . He’d look out of place in a Kincumber colts jersey

The Hutchinater was one of the better performers though

12 runs - 98 metres - 2 line break assists - 1 Try assist - 4 kicks (104 metres) - 27 tackles (2 missed tackles ) - 1 error

See player stats

https://www.nrl.com/draw/pre-season-...-v-sea-eagles/

[roosterchook]

Robbo is using the trial as he should to try out different players. But fitness and match fitness is crucial in the early part of the season to get off to a good start. Falling too far behind the pack is what we don’t want. It looks like errors, penalties and ball control along with fitness and injuries will determine our season. Not expecting a top 5 spot this year.