Round 21 Eels v Storm

[Scooter]

1 Ryan Papenhuyzen
2 Will Warbrick
3 Jack Howarth
4 Nick Meaney
5 Grant Anderson
6 Tyran Wishart
7 Jahrome Hughes
8 Tui Kamikamica
9 Harry Grant
10 Josh King
11 Shawn Blore
12 Eli Katoa
13 Trent Loiero

14 Sua Fa'alogo
15 Christian Welch
16 Nelson Asofa-Solomona
17 Lazarus Vaalepu

18 Dean Ieremia
19 Tepai Moeroa
20 Cameron Munster
21 Chris Lewis
22 Reimis Smith

[Scooter]

According to report on Storm website:
Grant Anderson cleared of any damage to his knee.
Alec MacDonald is out with a shoulder injury.

[Mattpoet]

Happy to see Anderson is ok. Deserves to hold his spot at the moment.

[Scooter]

Eels
1 Clint Gutherson
2 Jake Tago
3 Blaize Talagi
4 Will Penisini
5 Sean Russell
6 Dylan Brown
7 Daejarn Asi
8 Regan Campbell-Gillard
9 Brendan Hands
10 Wiremu Greig
11 Shaun Lane
12 Bryce Cartwright
13 Ryan Matterson

14 Joey Lussick
15 Joe Ofahengaue
16 Luca Moretti
17 Makahesi Makatoa

18 Ethan Sanders
19 Matthew Arthur
20 Matt Dorey
21 Morgan Harper
22 Dan Keir

[moffla]

Suspect Munster comes in at 6, Wishart to the bench and Sua is the unlucky one. What a headache to have.

[The Black Dot]

Suspect Munster comes in at 6, Wishart to the bench and Sua is the unlucky one. What a headache to have.

I'd be more inclined that Lazarus may be dropped.

[moffla]

Suspect Munster comes in at 6, Wishart to the bench and Sua is the unlucky one. What a headache to have.

I'd be more inclined that Lazarus may be dropped.

I’d be shocked to see us have two small men on the interchange tbh, but I’m not one to question Bellamy’s decisions!

[The Black Dot]

Suspect Munster comes in at 6, Wishart to the bench and Sua is the unlucky one. What a headache to have.

I'd be more inclined that Lazarus may be dropped.

I’d be shocked to see us have two small men on the interchange tbh, but I’m not one to question Bellamy’s decisions!

MY reasoning for two smalls and two big in the bench is if you start with Munster and there's an issue, you can immediately swing Wishy into 6 and leave Sua as a strike weapon when players become tired. i can't remember who said it but I agree with the fact that I think at the moment, Sua is only good for 60 mins before cramping.

[yourhero]

This is a game we should win and win comfortably.

Tui, Josh and Trent need to set the forward platform early. Particularly in defence, as we did against the Roosters.

If we can be aggressive in the middle, we run away with it IMO.

[sheet_ed]

Ryles will be coaching from the background and Parra players are playing for their contracts/lives. We should win, but expect a harder game than we anticipate. Never underestimate people when rumors swirl about that they may be chopped.

We can play 2 smaller guys off the bench as Howarth can switch if we get injuries.

[Storm Spirit]

Ryles will be coaching from the background and Parra players are playing for their contracts/lives. We should win, but expect a harder game than we anticipate. Never underestimate people when rumors swirl about that they may be chopped.

We can play 2 smaller guys off the bench as Howarth can switch if we get injuries.

Good point.

Howarth is a player that really unlocks the positional strategy of our team in many ways...he has the potential/ability to be very very influential to our success for many years.

[blazza18]

Sounds like if they got through today Munster and NAS will be back and Anderson is fine to play.

[Scooter]

Welch, Ieremia and Smith drop out.

[Papenhuyzen23]

I dare say we will see

Munster to 5/8
Wishart to bench to give Grant/Loiero a spell
Laz and NAS front row rotation from the pine
Sua stays on the bench as the late game X-factor

Don’t see the need to bring in another forward honestly, should be fine and should dispatch this Eels team comfortably.

[blazza18]

Lose a bit of grunt but have a bit more flexibility with the smaller bench. Could see it either way *shrugs*.