Round 4 Match Thread - NRL 2017

[Deranged Drunk Guy]

And thats the game there sutton losing the ball... 

[Graham]

Roosters knocked off their rhythm here.

Just 8 minutes left to play though.

[Vichyssoise]

South trying hard but nothing yet.

 

Will I help?

[Deranged Drunk Guy]

Another knock on by Souths too many mistakes tonight forced by roosters pressure and brick wall of a defence.

[Vichyssoise]

Nope... They're denied again.

[Graham]

A physical encounter in wet conditions.

Tiredness has crept in and the game has gone scrappy.

 

[Graham]

Full Time

20-6 Roosters.

[Vichyssoise]

Defence won it for Easts. Second half not great from either team. South went close to scoring but couldn't crack the line more than once.

It's going to be a long season for them.

[Graham]

Not a classic.

Souths lacking fire power.

Roosters full of promise.

 

[Deranged Drunk Guy]

Good game of football very enjoyable to watch. Brave effort by Souths very competitive big blow losing sami burgess for 2nd half could have gone close to a win with sam on the park.

Graham who was your man of the match? 

Also anyone have an offical crowd attendance for the game?

[Vichyssoise]

Probably less than the number of Storm members.

[Graham]

I kept noticing  Boyd Cordner who  always makes ground and never takes a step back. He's clever too.

What do you reckon? 

Maybe Michael Gordon with his points tally of a try and four goals (12 points). 

Daniel Tupou also caught the eye.

If pushed I'd probably go for Gordon as he set up the win.

[Graham]

Just a mention for Reynolds who kicked his 400th goal at the top level in that game.

[Deranged Drunk Guy]

3 minutes ago, Graham said:

I kept noticing  Boyd Cordner who  always makes ground and never takes a step back. He's clever too.

What do you reckon? 

Maybe Michael Gordon with his points tally of a try and three goals (10 points). 

Daniel Tupou also caught the eye.

If pushed I'd probably go for Gordon as he set up the win.

Gordan or Cordner toss of a coin between them two for Man of match.

Roosters are the real deal will be worried when we face them.

[Graham]

Referees: Gerard Sutton, Alan Shortall

Touch Judges: Belinda Sleeman, Chris Butler

Video Referee: Bernard Sutton, Luke Patten

SOUTH SYDNEY RABBITOHS (6)
Tries: Sitiveni Moceidreke
Field Goals:
Conversions: Adam Reynolds (1/1)
Penalty Goals:

SYDNEY ROOSTERS (20)
Tries: Latrell Mitchell, Michael Gordon, Daniel Tupou
Field Goals:
Conversions: Michael Gordon (3/3)
Penalty Goals: Michael Gordon (1/1)

[Graham]

League Unlimited picked Luke Keary as MoM, then Pearce, then Gordon.

[Graham]

Can't find the attendance figures.

[JimBronco]

Souths did themselves no favours in the first half with so many errors. They showed more promise in the second half but the Roosters defense stood firm. 

[Farmduck]

The Panthers and Knights have both confirmed their final 17 ahead of their Round 4 NRL Telstra Premiership clash at Pepper Stadium on Friday night.

The Panthers have ruled out Bryce Cartwright with Corey Harawira-Naera coming into the starting side for his NRL debut. Moses Leota and Tim Browne drop out of the squad.

For the Knights, Peter Mata'utia replaces Brendan Elliot at fullback, with Sione Mata'utia shifting to the centres. Luke Yates comes into the starting pack with Joe Wardle joining the interchange

 

Penrith Panthers

1 Matt Moylan (c)
2 Dean Whare
3 Waqa Blake
4 Tyrone Peachey
5 Dallin Watene-Zelezniak
6 Te Maire Martin
7 Nathan Cleary
8 James Tamou
9 Peter Wallace
10 Reagan Campbell-Gillard
21 Corey Harawira-Naera
12 Isaah Yeo
13 Trent Merrin

Interchange
14 Peta Hiku
15 Leilani Latu
16 Viliame Kikau
17 Sitaleki Akauola

Coach: Anthony Griffin

Newcastle Knights

4 Peter Mata'utia 
2 Ken Sio
3 Dane Gagai
11 Sione Mata'utia
5 Nathan Ross
6 Brock Lamb
7 Trent Hodkinson (c)
8 Daniel Saifiti
9 Danny Levi
10 Josh Starling
14 Luke Yates
12 Jamie Buhrer
13 Mitchell Barnett

Interchange:
15 Jack Stockwell
16 Sam Stone
17 Jacob Saifiti
19 Joe Wardle

Coach: Nathan Brown

[Farmduck]

Panthers off to an early start with a diving DWZ try in the 4th minute. He repeated it 5 minutes later but had a foot out of play.

Panthers 4-0 but Knights on attack 10m out.

[Farmduck]

21min: try on debut to Corey Harawira Naera (CHN) after a very busy period. I think Braith Anasta will be ignoring CHN given his woeful attempt at pronunciation.

FFS it's Hara- wira - ny- ra. Much easier than Xiannikis Anastasakis

Panthers 10-0

 

25min: Te Maire Martin (TMM) try. Cleary converts. 16-0

Joe Wardle makes his NRL debut as one of the Saifitis goes to head bin.

 

31min: try to Tyrone Peachey. Cleary converts from sideline. Panthers 22-0

It was Jacob Saifiti.

Weird stat: at the 34th minute, Panthers have had possession for 19 minutes.

HT: 22-0  Arf, arf

 

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[Futtocks]

Penrith are great to watch.

[Farmduck]

[Farmduck]

6 minutes ago, Futtocks said:

Penrith are great to watch.

Yes they're great at attacking but the Knights (when they get the ball) are still getting upfield fairly easily. I think this could end 50-0

[Oh Sully Sully]

The Knights have had far too many back-to-back sets to defend. Haven't given themselves a chance to get a foothold in the game. (And there they do it again... Fourth tackle penalty)