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Qualifying Final
Saturday night 7:50pm v Parramatta Eels at Suncorp Stadium

Likely team
1 Ryan Papenhuyzen
2 Suliasi Vunivalu / Isaac Lumelume (depends on Suliasi's hamstring injury)
3 Brenko Lee / Paul Momirovski / Ricky Leutele (not sure who gets picked here, be ok if any of these players are picked, Lee has played there the most, but like both Momirovski and Leutele)
4 Justin Olam
5 Josh Addo-Carr
6 Cameron Munster
7 Jahrome Hughes
8 Jesse Bromwich
9 Cameron Smith
10 Christian Welch
11 Felise Kaufusi
12 Kenny Bromwich
13 Dale Finucane / Brandon Smith (hoping Dale will be fit)
14 Brandon Smith / Tom Eisenhuth / Nicho Hynes
15 Nelson Asofa-Solomona
16 Tino Faasuamaleaui
17 Tom Eisenhuth / Chris Lewis / Darryn Schonig

I am assuming Tui misses with injury and/or suspension and King misses with suspension.

Or perhaps Ryley Jacks could be bench utility.

On fox during the game they mentioned Finucane was likely not ready for week 1.

Yep looks like no Dale nor Tui next week.

So looking at Scooter’s team.

2. Yep. I think Isaac will be fine if required .
3. I don’t think the other lads did enough to push Brenko out.
13. Brandon.
14 and 17. Tom for one of these spots. Darryn whole-hearted but too many errors . Chris would be fine , but Tom has more runs on the board ( plus Chris had the HIA late on .)
As to the other spot, I had thought it would be Nicho, but not so sure now given his defensive issues.

Assuming the unavailability of Dale, Tui and Max, my six middles would be
Jesse
Christian
Nelson
Brandon
Tino
Darryn
Bench utility
Tom

I think Finucane must of had a setback.
Storm usually overstate recovery time when injury first diagnosed. Look at Munster the first knee and Suli and Brandon jaws, all came back much sooner.

Finucane they said 6 weeks initially and now Craig has said he won't play next week, so I think he may of reinjured his calf.

Get excited !!! We''re finally at the crunch end of the season!

I think we will towel Parra up.

yourhero wrote: ↑Mon Sep 28, 2020 9:54 am I think we will towel Parra up.

Parra have been crap all year and I'm buggered if I know how they ended up third. Me thinks every team who've played them have just managed to be worse on the day (or cruelled by injuries as we were)

What are your predictions peeps? I will go;

Week 1
Panthers vs Roosters
Raiders vs Sharks
Rabbits vs Knights
Storm vs Eels

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Week 2
Roosters vs Raiders
Rabbits vs Eels

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Week 3
Storm vs Roosters
Panthers vs Rabbits

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GF
Panthers vs Storm

This final has been historically tough for us where we have tripped up/almost tripped up over the years.

I think we'll win, but it'll be tight.

Am I right in saying this ??

Max King was NOT charged by the NRL Judiciary after being publicly flogged and humiliated by Alexander and Voss ?

Looks that way mate. Not listed on nrl.com with other players charged from Round 20. Neither was Tui - although I didn't expect that one to attract a charge.

Round 20 charge sheet.

https://www.nrl.com/news/2020/09/25/round-20-charges/