1st Semi Final vs Roosters @ AAMI Park
Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2023 11:06 am
Here we are guys, week 2 of the finals and it’s all do or die from this point on, we have just had one of our most demoralising and darkest days and there’s not much time to dwell on it, now the dust has settled and the doomsayers (myself included) have had time to cool off it’s time to focus on the task at hand.
We will see what the guys are made of, will we fold and shut up shop after such a tough result or will it galvanise us? Well we typically don’t lose 2 in a row and are usually quite fired up after a loss so the latter would be fantastic to see, the boys are used to winning and being the elite players of the competition so the fallout and humiliation should spurn on the Grants and Munsters etc to prove they are still the best in the business.
The Roosters are an interesting match up, they have a lot of injuries and are no where near full strength but they showed so much heart, desire and defensive resolve to scrape past the Sharks and we could certainly take a page from their book in that regard, I’m sure “Cheese” will be up for a big one against us too!
Potential line ups -
1. Nick MEANEY
2. Will WARBRICK
3. Reimis SMITH
4. Justin OLAM
5. Sua FA’ALOGO
6. Cameron MUNSTER
7. Jahrome HUGHES
8. Tariq SIMS
9. Bronson GARLICK
10. Tepai MOEROA
11. Eliesa KATOA
12. Nelson ASOFA-SOLOMONA
13. Josh KING
14. Harry GRANT
15. Tom EISENHUTH
16. Tui KAMIKAMIKA
17. Alec MACDONALD
With the injuries to Paps & X and the potential HIA stand down for Seve and Loiero I think this might be the best line up for us, personal opinion of course, I think we need to start big and aggressive with our form forwards which means no room for Welch at all, and I think Harry after 20 minutes worked beautifully earlier this season so that might be another option to let Garlick take that early sting out of the game, recalls for Olam, Reimis, Moeroa & Macca for me and Sua I think deserves a shot with the injuries either in the 1 jersey or on the wing.
1. James TEDESCO (c)
2. Junior PAUGA
3. Billy SMITH
4. Corey ALLAN
5. Jaxon PAULO
6. Luke KEARY
7. Sam WALKER
8. Fletcher BAKER
9. Brandon SMITH
10. Lindsay COLLINS
11. Siua WONG
12. Nat BUTCHER
13. Victor RADLEY
14. Sandon SMITH
15. Egan BUTCHER
16. Terrell MAY
17. Angus CRICHTON
It’s already been confirmed this morning Sua’alli, Manu and Tupou won’t be available for this game which is huge, that’s most of their backline strike. JWH is still suspended also, they are busted and on the short turnaround and have to travel to AAMI, if we are fair dinkum we give them a hiding but it’s all about how we respond to the Brisbane defeat.
It ain’t over til it’s over as they say, let’s see if the boys can rally and shake the competition up!
We will see what the guys are made of, will we fold and shut up shop after such a tough result or will it galvanise us? Well we typically don’t lose 2 in a row and are usually quite fired up after a loss so the latter would be fantastic to see, the boys are used to winning and being the elite players of the competition so the fallout and humiliation should spurn on the Grants and Munsters etc to prove they are still the best in the business.
The Roosters are an interesting match up, they have a lot of injuries and are no where near full strength but they showed so much heart, desire and defensive resolve to scrape past the Sharks and we could certainly take a page from their book in that regard, I’m sure “Cheese” will be up for a big one against us too!
Potential line ups -
1. Nick MEANEY
2. Will WARBRICK
3. Reimis SMITH
4. Justin OLAM
5. Sua FA’ALOGO
6. Cameron MUNSTER
7. Jahrome HUGHES
8. Tariq SIMS
9. Bronson GARLICK
10. Tepai MOEROA
11. Eliesa KATOA
12. Nelson ASOFA-SOLOMONA
13. Josh KING
14. Harry GRANT
15. Tom EISENHUTH
16. Tui KAMIKAMIKA
17. Alec MACDONALD
With the injuries to Paps & X and the potential HIA stand down for Seve and Loiero I think this might be the best line up for us, personal opinion of course, I think we need to start big and aggressive with our form forwards which means no room for Welch at all, and I think Harry after 20 minutes worked beautifully earlier this season so that might be another option to let Garlick take that early sting out of the game, recalls for Olam, Reimis, Moeroa & Macca for me and Sua I think deserves a shot with the injuries either in the 1 jersey or on the wing.
1. James TEDESCO (c)
2. Junior PAUGA
3. Billy SMITH
4. Corey ALLAN
5. Jaxon PAULO
6. Luke KEARY
7. Sam WALKER
8. Fletcher BAKER
9. Brandon SMITH
10. Lindsay COLLINS
11. Siua WONG
12. Nat BUTCHER
13. Victor RADLEY
14. Sandon SMITH
15. Egan BUTCHER
16. Terrell MAY
17. Angus CRICHTON
It’s already been confirmed this morning Sua’alli, Manu and Tupou won’t be available for this game which is huge, that’s most of their backline strike. JWH is still suspended also, they are busted and on the short turnaround and have to travel to AAMI, if we are fair dinkum we give them a hiding but it’s all about how we respond to the Brisbane defeat.
It ain’t over til it’s over as they say, let’s see if the boys can rally and shake the competition up!