2016 NRL Match Thread - Round 24

[Graham]

Will this be a 50 points or more game?

[Graham]

Lately Mitchell ran a km there.

That's like a mile, but shorter.

Spell check is amazing

Apparently Lately Mitchell is one of the few Lately's in the NR L

[Graham]

Any road up

Blakely T Ferguson has scored another Roosters try

[Graham]

42-6 Roosters

[Farmduck]

Game stumbling to its inevitable result. Call it off and let Channel 9 run an extra 3 minutes of ads.

[Graham]

Full Time

Sydney Roosters 42 - 6 St George Illawarra Dragons

[Graham]

Ch 9 has rushed to the news.

[Graham]

Monday Game

 

 

So Gallen is out of the game.

Didn't pass a fitness test late on.

Heighington comes in to take his place with Capewell getting a second run out from the bench.

[Graham]

Sharks:

1 Ben Barba
2 Gerard Beale
3 Jack Bird
4 Ricky Leutele
5 Val Holmes
6 James Maloney
7 Chad Townsend
8 Andrew Fifita
9 Mick Ennis
10 Matt Prior
11 Luke Lewis
12 Wade Graham
15 Chris Heighington

Interchange
14 Joseph Paulo
16 Jesse Sene-Lefao
17 Jayson Bukuya
18 Kurt Capewell

[Graham]

Rabbitohs
1 Greg Inglis
2 Alex Johnston
3 Hymel Hunt
4 Aaron Gray
5 Joe Burgess
6 Cody Walker 
7 Adam Reynolds
8 George Burgess
9 Damien Cook
10 Thomas Burgess
11 John Sutton
12 Kyle Turner 
13 Sam Burgess

Interchange:
14 Jason Clark
15 Jack Gosiewski
16 Angus Crichton
17 Nathan Brown

 

All three Burgess brothers and non-related Englishman Joe Burgess are in the starting line up

[Graham]

After winning 15 games in a row, the Sharks’ last three weeks has been less than impressive with a draw against the Titans and losses to both Canberra and St George Illawarra.

The still sit second on the ladder but the Raiders are breathing down their necks.

Meanwhile, their opponents in South Sydney coming off an impressive win over the Warriors and will be trying to win back-to-back games for the first time since round 11.

[Vichyssoise]

The (not so mighty as of late) Sharks better win this one. Preparing the finals win a 3rd loss on the trot would be far from ideal*.

We've got to win this. We're going to win this.

 

Sharks by a whisker.

 

 

 

 

 

*Did anyone spot the understatement?

[Vichyssoise]

It's raining. The crowd is... great.

Fox team mostly picks South. Warren Smith backs the Sharks.

[Graham]

I tipped Sharks, but given no Gallen, their slip in form, the weather, Rabbitohs revival... I' m not so sure of my choice now. Souths have a good chance.

[Vichyssoise]

Especially since Inglis could always slot a 2-point fieldgoal.

[Vichyssoise]

Main form indicator: if the Burgesses dropped balls are called "strips" by the refs, the Sharks will lose.

[Graham]

Teams are out on the pitch.

It's wet.

Big echoey place.

Slippy conditions.

Kicked off!

[Graham]

Reynolds could be key to this.

[Vichyssoise]

Sharks with the first error of the game... Cr**p

[Vichyssoise]

Reynolds juggles the ball for a while and gives it to the Sharks in attacking position.

[Graham]

Still raining

[Vichyssoise]

Pretty pedestrian start from both teams.

[Graham]

Inglis let himself be pushed back in goal their. Going soft?

[Vichyssoise]

He's at his lazy best, that's all.

I hate that penalty but at least the refs are pretty consistent.

[Graham]

Barba nearly caused disaster there

Wow!