News -First trial against Eels set to be full-strength hit-out

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[br][br]Melbourne Storm begins its preparations for the 2006 NRL season with a full-scale hit-out against 2005 Preliminary Finalists the Parramatta Eels at Kingsford Smith Park, Ballina on Saturday, February 11th in front of what is expected to be a capacity crowd.[br /] Storm coach Craig Bellamy has stated he will play as close to a full strength squad as possible for the encounter, as will his counterpart at the Eels, Brain Smith.. . .
What side do you think Bellemy will select?

1 Billy Slater
2 Matt Geyer
3 Matt King
4 Greg Inglis
5 Jake Wesbter
6 Scott Hill
7 Cooper Cronk
8 Brett White
9 Cameron Smith
10 Garrett Crossman
11 David Kidwell
12 Michael Crocker
13 Dallas Johnson
14 Ian Donnelly
15 Antonio Kaufusi
16 Ryan Hoffman
17 Jamie Feeney
18 James Aubusson
19 Chris Walker
20 Steve Turner

Is Ben Cross suspended for this match?

The Bears are playing a trial on the same day and i heard they might have some Storm players available to play.
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I reckon he'll go something like this
1. Slater
2. Geyer
3. Inglis
4. King
5. Webster
6. Hill
7. Cronk
8. Donnelly
9. Smith
10. White
11. Kidwell
12. Crocker
13. Johnson

14. Hoffman
15. Kaufusi
16. Crossman
17. Walker
18. S.Turner
19. Aubusson
20. Feeney
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Anyone going up to Ballina for the game ? ? ?

I know that I'll be there with my thongs and cowbell.  It's been too long without Rugby League!

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i cant wait! finally its coming back! just a question, can u play as many players as you want off the bench in these trial matches can you?
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yeah he is, plus the other trial and the first two weeks of the season.
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This is the Eels team according to the Parramatta forum:
1 Wade McKinnon
2 Luke Burt
3 Ben Smith
4 Luke O'Dwyer
5 Matt Peterson
6 Brett Delaney
7 Tim Smith
8 Adam Peek
9 Drew Dalton
10 Aaron Cannings
11 Dean Widders
12 Jack Afamasaga
13 Chad Robinson

14 Matt Keating
15 Daniel Wagon
16 Josh Cordoba
17 Peter Lewis

18 Weller Hauraki
19 Zeb Taia
20 Jarryd Hayne
21 Kris Keating

The following players are playing in a Premier League trial at Cabramatta.

Timana Tahu
Nathan Cayless
PJ Marsh
Joel Reddy
Henry Perenara
John Williams

Injuries include John Morris and Mark Riddell.

It's not really a full strength team so if the Storm do play their full strength team they should have a good win.
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lotti wrote: yeah he is, plus the other trial and the first two weeks of the season.
Not unless there has been a rule change. the interchange is the same as in season 1st grade games.
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Kingy I think you quoted the wrong post, my one is about Ben Cross.
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my bad..i meant to quote stormbrad.
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Why is Feeney out?
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If it hasn't already been organised, I'm quite happy to post the scores if someone at the trial match wants to sms me the scores. PM me.
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Captain Geyer leads Storm pack vs Eels in Ballina.
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Lord Reynoldson wrote: Anyone going up to Ballina for the game ? ? ?

I know that I'll be there with my thongs and cowbell. It's been too long without Rugby League!

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Come on mate, hurry up and give us a run down on the game!!! ;)
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Yeah cant wait to hear what Lr has to say.
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man if that was Parra at full strength I'd hate to be them when we play in round 14 at Parramatta Stadium.
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