Round 23 - Rabbitohs vs Storm

[yourhero]

Thursday 8th August
7:50pm
Accor Stadium

Storm very heavy favourite with the bookies (not like that mattered much last week).

Team list Tuesday today, so we will see what gets named this afternoon and whether the bench make-up gets tweaked.

This is the first game of the final 5 regular season games. We only play one at home in that time (against the Dolphins). The loss to the Dragons may have cost us a minor premiership.

[yourhero]

After a bit of a mid-season comeback, the Rabbits have returned to the poo they were dishing up at the start of the year.

Their last 4 games:
Rd22 vs Sharks (away) - LOST 20 - 6
Rd21 vs Raiders (away) - LOST 32 - 12
Rd20 vs Tigers (home) - WON 42 - 28
RD19 vs (away) - LOST 36 - 28

Leaking points like a sieve.

[yourhero]

In our 4 losses this year we have lost by 2, 7, 6 and 2. Whilst I think we haven’t played well virtually the entire year, we have never been substantially out of the contest.

[blazza18]

We don't have an easy finish to the season but this one should hopefully be a nice bounce back game for us. Gotta start settling on what 17 we want for the finals soon.

[yourhero]

1 Ryan Papenhuyzen
2 Will Warbrick
3 Jack Howarth
4 Nick Meaney
5 Grant Anderson
6 Cameron Munster
7 Jahrome Hughes
8 Tui Kamikamica
9 Harry Grant
10 Josh King
11 Shawn Blore
12 Trent Loiero
13 Nelson Asofa-Solomona

14 Tyran Wishart
15 Lazarus Vaalepu
16 Chris Lewis
17 Alec MacDonald

18 Kane Bradley
19 Sualauvi Faalogo
20 Tepai Moeroa
21 Dean Ieremia
22 Tristan Powell

[yourhero]

Katoa out hurts a lot IMO.

Bench looks mediocre.

Still no Welch.

[Shuttlesworth99]

Surprised no Joe Chan personally

[moffla]

It's a side that should really still get the job done but the bench looks a bit thin.

[Storm Spirit]

Geez this is danger game with that bench.

WTF is the deal with Welchy ? He's a big loss at the moment

No injury update. No Club update.

If it's personal...well just say he's absent for personal reasons and we'll stop asking questions about what's going on with him.

[Stormboi13]

I rekon we will see a couple of changes before kickoff.
Maybe Alec will shift to 13 and Nas back to the bench and id be changing Sua in for Lewis.

Or.....

Howarth to 2nd row
Anderson to centre
Faalogo to wing
Loierio to lock
Asofa-solamona to bench
Im still dropping Lewis off the bench for Moeroa

[Mattpoet]

Wishart to 13 is possible too

[sallymay]

Can see Bradley coming in ..he had a massive game for the tigers on the weekend

Bluh I booked to go up to Sydney for this game now it kinda just feels like a loss before the games even played

[Bullucked]

Surprised no Joe Chan personally

Is he still suspended? I agree though, I like him a lot.

[Bullucked]

Geez this is danger game with that bench.

WTF is the deal with Welchy ? He's a big loss at the moment

No injury update. No Club update.

If it's personal...well just say he's absent for personal reasons and we'll stop asking questions about what's going on with him.

He was on the ABC before the game last week, apart from his back he seemed as if there was nothing else going on

[Storm Spirit]

Geez this is danger game with that bench.

WTF is the deal with Welchy ? He's a big loss at the moment

No injury update. No Club update.

If it's personal...well just say he's absent for personal reasons and we'll stop asking questions about what's going on with him.

He was on the ABC before the game last week, apart from his back he seemed as if there was nothing else going on

Well I am pleased to hear that. Welchy is a true Storm boy and I would hate for him to be under pressure to hold his place. Father Time catches up with us all but I feel he still has heaps to offer the team.