The NRL Round 3 Match Thread

[Graham]

Teddy chasing a kick through just snaps it down before it went dead. 
Try.

[Graham]

40-6 Roosters ktc

[Graham]

Suaalii goals

42-6

[Graham]

Mitchell ready to come back on from the bin.

[Graham]

Damian Cook hurt now.

Nothing going right for the bunnies.

[Graham]

Teddy in for his second try of the game with just three minutes of the game remaining.

[Graham]

Souths have crumbled here as Roosters finish with a flourish.

[Graham]

46-6 Roosters

Suaalii kicked the goal.

48-6 Roosters.

The size of this loss will really hurt Souths who will in all likelihood be bottom of the table at the end of this round, 0 from 3.

[Graham]

FULL TIME

SYDNEY ROOSTERS 48 - 6 SOUTH SYDNEY RABBITOHS

JWH’s 300th NRL appearance in this game.

[Graham]

Roosters absolutely demolished Souths in that game.

It was Roosters second biggest all time win v Souths.

Edited March 22 by Graham

[Graham]

Teddy being lauded by the commentary team after that game.

[Graham]

14 hours ago, THE RED ROOSTER said:

Crisis of tipster confidence, having tipped Souffs for tonight Jason Demitriouhas benched Damien Cook who is the beating heart of that mob in the same way that Liam Farrell is for Wigan

Your worries turned out to be well founded as Souths were well beaten by a rampant Roosters side.

[Graham]

Here’s where I’ll be tomorrow 

UTR

[Spotty Herbert]

With the exception of Murray, Souths middle forwards just aren't good enough. Great to see Conor Watson fit again and Teddy close to his best.

[THE RED ROOSTER]

The Roosters are eating rabbit pie and I am eating humble pie

This spells the end for Jason Demitriou as Souffs coach jeered by the wabbit faithful as he came on screen.

Only Latrell,s sin binning 15 mins from the end got a bigger jeer from the crowd.

The scoreline does not lie in this game but reflects the Roostets dominance in a performance that, at times, resembled a training run. 

JD has lost the Souths dressing room as evidenced by the entire team wanting to get off the park before the half-time hooter had sounded 

Souths were appalling, dropped balls, missed tackles, easting possession and giving a general air if indifference which has surely been noted. It matters not if ( and its a big if)Souffs an beat the Doggies next week for powerbrokers at the club must surely know the minute they come up against anyone half decent they will be second best under JD I would be surprised if he lasts the week, certainly he is now a lame duck coach.

I cannot explain why I felt it in my water that the wabbits could win this (apart from a URTI) for having tipped Souffs to win against the Roosters. I am going to sleep on a bed with sharp nails on it tonight in penance...

[Graham]

Saturday’s R3…

UK kick off times

 

Aussie times:

Saturday, March 23
Bulldogs vs Titans	Belmore Sports Ground	Fox	3pm
Dragons vs Cowboys	Netstrata Jubilee Stadium	Fox	5:30pm
Tigers vs Sharks	Leichhardt Oval	Fox	7:35pm

[Graham]

Bulldogs v Titans 

Preview:

Canterbury Bulldogs and Gold Coast Titans will both be aiming to get off the mark for the season as they meet each other in this Saturday afternoon clash. The Bulldogs have lost both games and to be fair looked relatively poor in the process.

The Titans lost out in their only game to date. However, they will be able to field a stronger team for this contest and so some reckon Titans should have enough to come out on top. What do you think?

Our forum match tipsters:

Bulldogs to win 10

Titans to win 3

Edited March 22 by Graham

[Graham]

Dragons v Cowboys

Preview

We’ve seen two very different displays from St. George Illawarra Dragons to begin the season with them showing their quality in their first game before looking less convincing in their heavy loss to the Dolphins last week.
They now come up against a North Queensland Cowboys outfit that come into this two from two and while better is expected of the Dragons, can they avoid a second loss in succession?

What our forum tipsters think:

Dragons to win 2

Cowboys to win 11

 

Edited March 22 by Graham

[Graham]

Tiger v Sharks

Preview

It looks likely to be a long season for Wests Tigers. They went down to Canberra Raiders in a one-sided loss last week and this week face a Cronulla Sharks side that have won both matches so far this season.
Sharks got the job done against Canterbury Bulldogs last time out and having won the past four matchups between the two, it is hard to envisage them failing to extend that run, or is it?

Our forum tipsters see it like this:

Tigers to win 1

Sharks to win 12

[Anita Bath]

8 hours ago, Graham said:

Roosters absolutely demolished Souths in that game.

It was Roosters second biggest all time win v Souths.

I was at the biggest win…62-0 easter weekend 1996.

At least the bunnies cheerleaders performed well.

[DavidM]

Demetriou will get sacked , probably sooner rather than later . He should put Wighton at 6 and Walker at 7 as well . 

[Spotty Herbert]

3 hours ago, DavidM said:

Demetriou will get sacked , probably sooner rather than later . He should put Wighton at 6 and Walker at 7 as well . 

I agree about Wighton and Walker, but I am worried that Cody is now either past it, or doesn't care enough.

[Sports Prophet]

Titans have a very, very long year ahead of them it would seem.

[Farmduck]

FT: Canterbury  32  Gold Coast  0

[Farmduck]