Round 16 - Roosters vs Storm

[yourhero]

Thursday 1st July
7:50pm
Sydney Cricket Ground

5th vs 1st.

I forgot about the week off for Origin 2. Sucks that I don't get my weekly fix, but at least it should give the guys a chance to rest up and hopefully recover from injury.

[Lucas]

The week off will be especially important for Brandon given his knock and Grant's injury. Reimis and Eisenhuth have been terrific but with all due respect, are far more easily replaced.

[blazza18]

Who schedules a game between two of the best teams 4 days after origin? A very NRL thing to do.

[Bullucked]

Who schedules a game between two of the best teams 4 days after origin? A very NRL thing to do.

Aww c'mon, how could anyone know these would be two of the best teams? I'd think it's more intentional, both teams would usually be expected to have high origin representation and therefore keeps somewhat of a balance?

[yourhero]

Last two meetings;
Round 6 2021 - AAMI Park - Win - Storm 20 - Roosters 4
Round 14 2020 - Sydney Cricket Ground - Win - Roosters 6 - Storm 24

Form Guide (Last 5 Games)

Storm - 5 Wins
W - Storm 66 - Tigers 16
W - Warriors 16 - Storm 42
W - Storm 20 - Titans 14
W - Broncos 12 - Storm 40
W - Raiders 10 - Storm 34

Points For: 202 (40.4pg)
Points Against: 68 (13.6pg)

Roosters - 3 Wins & 2 Losses
L - Panthers 38 - Roosters 12
W - Titans 34 - Roosters 35
W - Roosters 44 - Raiders 16
L - Roosters 16 - Broncos 34
W - Roosters 30 - Cowboys 16

Points For: 137 (27.4pg)
Points Against: 138 (27.6pg)

We have played the Roosters 42 times in our history, winning 24 of those games (57%). We have won the last three games on the trot against the Roosters.

[yourhero]

Geez, it must have been a few years since the Roosters averaged such a high number of points against.

[Shuttlesworth99]

I wish players didn’t push the boundaries to play origin.

Guarantee if there was no origin Harry’s first game back from the original hammy only would have been against the Roosters

[yourhero]

I wish players didn’t push the boundaries to play origin.

Guarantee if there was no origin Harry’s first game back from the original hammy only would have been against the Roosters

I agree. But $90K is a hell of a motivator... If you get injured, that's OK - your club salary is guaranteed.

[Shuttlesworth99]

I wish players didn’t push the boundaries to play origin.

Guarantee if there was no origin Harry’s first game back from the original hammy only would have been against the Roosters

I agree. But $90K is a hell of a motivator... If you get injured, that's OK - your club salary is guaranteed.

Hey if someone gave me that sort of money for ‘overtime’ I would do it in a heartbeat as well.

But there needs to be some accountability from the NRL for this type of situation

Even munster. 1 day he has apparently stood on a land mine, the next he is ripe to go for origin.

[yourhero]

Sydney Cricket Ground

According to Justin Rodski on SEN, this game may be moved away from the SCG due to it falling in a COVID hotspot, which would prevent us returning to Melbourne.

Contingency planning underway...

I assume it just moves up the road somewhere in Sydney. Hopefully that happens and it throws the Roosters off their game a bit.

[sallymay]

Should bloody move it to Melbourne as well as origin

[Storm Spirit]

Should bloody move it to Melbourne as well as origin

100%

[six rings]

It will now be played in Newcastle.

[sallymay]

https://www.roosters.com.au/news/2021/0 ... l-fixture/

Moved to Newcastle

[TC]

https://www.roosters.com.au/news/2021/0 ... l-fixture/

Moved to Newcastle

Not complaining. Half an hour away from me. And Marathon (or whatever they're calling it now - Macdonald Jones?) is a good ground to watch at.
Just an annoyance it's on a school night, but I'll be there anyway.