Round 10: Storm vs Chooks

[MENACING*STORM]

With C. Smith, Johnson, Inglis, White & King on Origin duty who will be re-called from Norths?
I can see the likes of Rua, J. Smith, Chambers, Crossman, Aubausson & Tagateese coming into the team.

[Diehard_Storm]

Predicted Storm line-up:

1.  Slater (his mis-fortune, our gain)
2.  Folau
3.  Quinn
4.  Geyer
5.  Chambers
6.  Aitken
7.  Cronk
8.  Kaufusi
9.  Aubusson
10. Cross
11. Crocker
12. Hoffman
13. J.Smith

14. Bartlett
15. Donnelly
16. Lima
17. Crossman

18th Man = Sam Tagataese

If there is one great thing about the largely average Origin selections:  The Roosters will be without Nate Myles, Anthony Minichello, Braith Anasta and Anthony Tupou!!

They are going to get absolutely SMASHED and I for one cannot wait to see them exposed for the pathetic team they are.

The irony of the entire situation is that the Top 4 teams have provided 11 out of the 34 players.  The 4 bottom teams have provided 13 out of the 34 players.

[Storm19]

Not good for Billy that he missed out but those Queensland selectors are so biased towards having lots of Broncos players as reps for the Maroons. Good that Crocker should be back to play against his old side.

[mrpc]

I'm still itching to see Sika Manu or Pale Ale named.  If only to get some media attention in what is otherwise going to be a cake walk of a game

[StormBec]

Not good for Billy that he missed out but those Queensland selectors are so biased towards having lots of Broncos players as reps for the Maroons. Good that Crocker should be back to play against his old side.

Too right. Billy deserved to be picked he was very unlucky as was Hoffman. But its their loss and our gain. When i first heard that he had missed out i thought "i hope NSW wins then maybe QLD will pick some more players on form", but after seeing the side that NSW chose i think QLD will win comfortably. 

As for our game i would think that Geyer will be chosen to play five-eighth.

[StormBec]

Team already named. Bellamy names a 20 man squad:

1. Billy Slater
2. Steve Turner
3. Will Chambers
4. Anthony Quinn
5. Israel Folau
6. Matt Geyer
7. Cooper Cronk
8. Antonio Kaufusi
9. James Aubusson
10. Ben Cross
11. Michael Crocker
12. Ryan Hoffman
13. Jeremy Smith

Interchange:
14. Matt Bartlett
15. Jeff Lima
16. Ian Donnelly
17. Sika Manu
18. Scott Anderson
19. Garret Crossman
20. Sam Tagataese

MRPC got his wish

[StormBec]

Sorry Link: http://rleague.com/db/article.php?id=28113


And
Meanwhile, the Roosters team is: 1 Amos Roberts, 2 Shaun Kenny-Dowall, 3 Sam Perrett, 4 Joel Monaghan, 5 John Williams, 6 Mitchell Aubusson, 7 Mitchell Pearce, 8 David Shillington, 9 Craig Wing, 10 Danny Nutley, 11 Shane Shackleton, 12 Craig Fitzgibbon (c), 13 Ashley Harrison. Subs: 14 Mickey Paea, 15 Lopini Paea, 16 Nigel Plum, 17 Setaimata Sa, 18 Frank Paul Nuuausala (one to be omitted).

[Diehard_Storm]

[embarrassed for leaving Steve Turner off predicted lineup above]

Good squad.  We'll rip them limb from limb.

Great to see Chambers get a run.  Been waiting some time for this...

[steaming stormer]

Rua mustn't be doing much at Norths if he can't crack a 20 man sqaud in origin time - although he's prob still settling back into league

[lotti]

silly QLD selectors, Billy will probably do what he did against the doggies in 05 when we was ommitted from the QLD sid.

[Andy]

I've been waiting to see Will Chambers get a run.

How good does our line up still look even with the Origin boys out.

[TC]

Real danger game this one.

Far too easy for Storm to take the Chooks too lightly.

[lotti]

very easy, a chooks team just coming off their second win of the season.

[Bourbon Rat]

Real danger game this one.

Far too easy for Storm to take the Chooks too lightly.

This B true 

BTW............This going to be a "Family Feud" 

9. James Aubusson V 6 .Mitchell Aubusson

[TC]

very easy, a chooks team just coming off their second win of the season.

And I think every year but one they got the spoon the Bunnies turned us over.
Storm have a history of not turning up to play bottom of the table sides.