2016 NRL Match Thread Round 9

[Graham]

Lyon who retires at end of 2016 converts successfully.

Manly 6 - 18 N Qld Cowboys

25 minutes played.

[Graham]

Game going with penalties.

[Graham]

Manly digging in but Cowboys pushing on with power and pace.

Michael Morgan try makes it

22-6 Cowboys

[Graham]

Coote fantastic forty twenty fwow.

[Graham]

Half time

Manly Sea Eagles 6 - 22 North Queensland Cowboys

Manly doing their best to hang on... as Vossy said.

[Farmduck]

Manly are playing pretty tough but they just don't quite click in attack. If they manage to put the same team on the paddock for a few weeks in a row they might come good.

[Graham]

Disgraceful dive by Lyon denies a try for Cowboys. Is this soccer now? Why didn't bunker see that view?

[Graham]

JT puts Gavin Cooper over for a try.

5th try for him in five games.

26-6

[Graham]

JT converts

28-6 Cowboys

[Graham]

Vossy giving credit to Manly despite score.

[Graham]

Penalties in second half 6-1 in favour of the Eea Seagles.

[Graham]

Thurston running show now. Changes run of play a couple of times and Kane Linnett gets a try after a lot of pairs of hands.

32-6

Thurston from touch converts with a swing... ding a ling a ling.

34-6 Cowboys

[Graham]

DCE struggling to make his mark behind a struggling pack.

[Graham]

Parcell catches the eye. He always looks handy and never looks beaten.

[Graham]

DCE scores a try with assist from padding on posts... pow.

Lyon converts quickly

34-12

[Graham]

Long range Sea Eagles try.

Godinet gets the try.

A cracker of a four pointer.

18-34

[Graham]

Manly sense Cowboys relaxing

[Graham]

Full time:

Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 18 - 34 North Queensland Cowboys

[Graham]

Fox Sports Commentators dressed by Home Bargains

[Farmduck]

Cows clearly superior but I'd give Manly some credit for not letting it blow right out.

[Lounge Room Lizard]

Only one team in it really. Manly tried but looked clueless most of the time. Cowboys have so many options and support play. Enjoy watching them play. they have so many different attack weapons and the 40/20 was a beauty by Coote. Morgan again grabbing a try. The pressure is off Thurston to rescu the Cowboys and he and the Cowboys are reaping the benefits. They did seem to slacken off a bit after the break. Jamie Lyon is a disgrace with that pathetic dive. Should receive a ban for that and its goes against the spirit of the game and hate it. The NRL have to come down tough on this for me. Match Officials seemed to be wearing Manly tops at times. 

[Farmduck]

NZ WARRIORS  V  ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA

 

With the shake-up at the Warriors we don't know who will line up in the NRL team and there is a half-hearted rumour that Benji Marshall might run out in the Big Red Vee. The Dragons will probably be:

 

Dragons: 1 Josh Dugan, 2 Kalifa Faifai Loa, 3 Euan Aitken, 4 Timoteo Lafai, 5 Jason Nightingale, 6 Gareth Widdop, 7 Josh McCrone, 8 Leeson Ah Mau, 9 Mitch Rein, 10 Michael Cooper, 11 Tyson Frizell, 12 Joel Thompson, 13 Jack De Belin. Interchange: 14 Russell Packer, 15 Will Matthews, 16 Dunamis Lui, 17 Siliva Havili, 18 Taane Milne.

[Farmduck]

That's the first time I've used Courier since the days of the dot matrix printer. I'd forgotten how cheap and ugly it looked.

[Farmduck]

WARRIORS

1 DAVID FUSITU’A
2 JONATHAN WRIGHT
3 BLAKE AYSHFORD
4 SOLOMONE KATA
20 MATTHEW ALLWOOD
22 JEFF ROBSON
7 SHAUN JOHNSON

8 JACOB LILLYMAN
14 JAZZ TEVAGA
18 JAMES GAVET
17 SHAUN LANE
12 RYAN HOFFMAN ©
21 JOHN PALAVI

Interchange:
9 ISSAC LUKE
13 CHARLIE GUBB
23 TOAFOFOA SIPLEY
25 SIONE LOUSI

 

 

Dragons team:

19. Adam Quinlan
2. Kalifa Faifai Loa
3. Euan Aitken
1. Josh Dugan
5. Jason Nightingale
6. Gareth Widdop ©
23. Benji Marshall
8. Leeson Ah Mau
17. Siliva Havili
10. Mike Cooper
11. Tyson Frizell
15. Will Matthews
13. Jack de Belin

 

9. Mitch Rein
14. Russell Packer
16. Dunamis Lui
20. Jacob Host

[Farmduck]

Frightening fact: the last time the Warriors beat St George Wade McKinnon was playing for the NZers.