NRL Round 16 - Dolphins Vs Knights - 5:30pm Saturday 21 June - HBF Park, Perth

[Billy]

'I love putting this jersey on': New dad Hastings not looking beyond Knights

Jackson Hastings admitted it looked 'pretty bleak at times'.

www.newcastleherald.com.au

Article on Hastings - seems to think his exile is over and he'll play this week - he doesn't say that but the tone of the article is that he went OK last week and expects to play.
A few quotes from O'Brien also say he did a good job.
I assume that means Sharp at fullback and no Ponga.

 

[lochygalvin]

What was up with him taking the line on so much, maybe he just wanted a try so bad.
I never seen him play a game like that.
And a kick to the winger not close to the try line in the last minute.
He could have kicked it in to the goal that way if the winger catches it and falls on it
It's a try or just kick it midfield bomb and hope someone flicks it back

 

[Lefty]

Dom’s has been selected to play outside Gags.

Ponga, Best, Marhew, Friz and Sharpe have all named in the 17 as well. Hetho has been selected in the extended squad.

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[Mclovin]

It's starting to look better

 

[Alex]

Hopefully Hetherington comes onto the bench for Cant.

 

[slotmachine]

Decent looking side, happy AOB stuck with Crossland at 13

 

[Wagyu Patty]

Like the look of the side. Unfortunately it might be too little too late for us getting troops back, we're a Saifiti and a Thompson away from full strength just about (flip of a coin for who's the better pick out of Gamble and Cogs)

But you'd have to think that if the attack doesn't click this week our finals hopes are all but dashed.

I like Crossland in the 13 and hope we persist, not the biggest body but neither was Connor Watson and he did a job for us.

Picking a tight one in this one with our boys having a lot to prove.

Knights by 2

 

[Defence wins games]

It's starting to look better

Looking better, but hope all injured returnees are fit enough to go flat out from start to finish. Don’t want to see players like Bradman return before he is ready, like last year.

 

[krustykraz]

Arthur not even in the squad

 

[Mclovin]

Arthur not even in the squad

This is the one that worries me just a little. I would rather him be on the extended just in case

 

[Hutcho]

I expect Ponga will drop out, Sharpe to fullback and Hastings to 6

 

[Frank McWilliams]

Don’t need him with both Crossland and Brailey in squad

 

[Hutcho]

Love Phoenix at 13. I think he could be our long-term 13.

 

[krustykraz]

Don’t need him with both Crossland and Brailey in squad

Brailey has been poor for weeks

 

[mozza]

Brailey has been poor for weeks

The Manly game was his best of the season.

 

[frankLauda]

Crossland is a similar mild to Conner Watson and Kurt Mann. He would be a similar size to those two, maybe bigger.

 

[krustykraz]

The Manly game was his best of the season.

Not a very high bar.

He is leaving, Arthur is the future, he needs some experience.

 

[bremsstrahlung]

wouldn’t surprise me if AOB is holding Arthur back until we are playing some better footy.

You could argue, he perhaps contributes and helps us play better.
But if it backfires, you have a young rookie hooker out there on a hiding to nothing.

I think once we start getting on the front foot in games, Arthur gets a run.

 

[Mclovin]

wouldn’t surprise me if AOB is holding Arthur back until we are playing some better footy.

You could argue, he perhaps contributes and helps us play better.
But if it backfires, you have a young rookie hooker out there on a hiding to nothing.

I think once we start getting on the front foot in games, Arthur gets a run.

Maybe he is just waiting for Brown to get here while Arthur builds on his game and learns our systems.
I doubt it but I am keen to see him get a crack sooner rather than later

 

[sherpa]

I just hope Brailey plays a standard dummy half role and doesn't try anything out of the box, because at this point in time it's well out of his skillset.