Rd 11 Storm vs Roosters sat 25/5 7.30

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hopefully the line up is

1. slater
2. waqa
3. chambers/blair
4. sa'u
5. o'neill
6. finch
7. cronk
8. j.brom
9. smith
10. norrie
11. proctor
12. Hoffman
13. hinchy

14. Ryles
15. harris
16. vave
17. moors
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I agree Fonua will need a few weeks in NSW Cup to get his form back up.
I still think Widdop will keep his spot though. As much as I would like to see Finchy wearing the 6 jersey, I think Bellyache will keep Gareth there.
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After Blair played probably his best game for us against Manly, I reckon he should be retained in the centres. Here is what I reckon 2-5 should look like:

2. Sisa Waqa
3. Will Chambers (Junior Sa'u if Will is not fit to play)
4. Maurice Blair
5. Justin O'Neill
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Widdop was better last night in parts, but still not great by any means. The sign of a half down in confidence for me is running too lateral. He's not straightening at all in attack and is cramping his centre and winger out of the game in attack.
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steaming stormer wrote:Widdop was better last night in parts, but still not great by any means. The sign of a half down in confidence for me is running too lateral. He's not straightening at all in attack and is cramping his centre and winger out of the game in attack.
How about the selfishness with his attack last night he had the option to pass it to Fanua who was open as a cow in an open field and decided to run it himself into 3 Manly players, that try would of put us in front and potentially win us the game.
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I think no matter what, Widdop will stay in the team for now. But if Finchy has a couple of big games during the origin period (we have 2 games this year without the big 3 - thanks NRL) I expect Bellamy will have to select him in the full strength side.

On this match I don't expect much changes. Although Fonua out if Chambers is fit and I'd like to see Vave come back into the side.
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official team

1. slater
2. waqa
3. blair
4. o'neill
5. fonua
6. widdop
7. cronk
8. j.brom
9. smith
10. norrie
11. proctor
12. Hoffman
13. hinchy

14. Ryles
15. harris
16. moors
17. setu
18. griifin
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What happened to Chambers?
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chambers has got a slight hamstring strain he will be back after the bye, not a biggie just a precautionary
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I wonder why Vave's not listed. He looked good for Sharks on weekend. So did Finch, Weston and McClean for that matter
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Go Storm wrote:I wonder why Vave's not listed. He looked good for Sharks on weekend. So did Finch, Weston and McClean for that matter
well with our nsw & qld cup teams both having byes this weekend there might still be changes I think..
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It's pretty much a copy and paste effort these days :lol:

I don't think we've played the named 17 all season.
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I think we did once... maybe...
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blazza18 wrote:It's pretty much a copy and paste effort these days.
Exactly. Name the 17 that ran out this week and we will decide during the week who is best placed to really take the field.

Particularly after a Monday night game. By 2pm Tuesday you don't even know who has pulled up sore.
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jennings will run in at least 3 tries with the form of our defence out wide
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