NRL Round 13 - Knights V Bulldogs - 8:00pm Friday 31st May - McDonald Jones Stadium

[slotmachine]

I think he missed out more because of the form of Jones and the return of Saf. No room for him imo

Winning tight games when not playing great has come down to a few key defensive efforts from Jones.

Looks like there will be some rain on Friday evening. Good for us.

 

[Grandpa Joe]

With Schiller signing I don’t see why Maps would re-sign here? What is the odds he ends up at the Raiders?

Both with similar experience, and similar upside for mine, let them fight it out for 2026 when Gags retires.

 

[Billy]

So the best game I've seen from Mapapalangi was his first game of reserve grade I think.
He played left wing with Dylan Lucas at left centre.
Lucas scored 3 tries and Mapa had 2 try assists to Lucas IIRC.
They seemed to combine well on the left.
Maybe 1 game is too small a sample size, but it would be nice to see those two combining well again.

 

[jamesgould]

Interesting to see we have the fifth best defence this year (in terms of points against). Bulldogs are second though.

And our attack is second worst, only the Tigers have scored less points.

All signs point to a low scoring heartstopper. Especially if it rains again!

 

[Thieves Like Us]

“a low scoring heartstopper” our stock in trade!

 

[Grandpa Joe]

I don't care how we get the points as long as we get them.

 

[SportsFan]

We have two big tests coming up in Storm & Panthers, we typically get up for those matches (especially Penrith) but this will be a good game to see if the effort is still there after the break or if they need a kick up the backside again!

 

[Lefty]

Cant and Croker remain on the extended bench. So this means Hetherington will not be playing.

 

[Billy]

Why Knights tyro Krystian Mapapalangi is the centre of attention

'We want to back our guys in.'

www.newcastleherald.com.au

Article about Maps.
O'Brien says he's bigger, stronger and more skilful than he was when he debuted at 19.
Says all the squad has trust in him doing the job.

 

[jamesgould]

He said that yesterday in his press conference.

He also said Frizzel’s move to the centre isn’t permanent, which I was surprised by.

 

[Mclovin]

Getting much rain in Newy today??

 

[Sheldon]

Getting much rain in Newy today??

Looking pretty **** in coffs harbour today hopefully it's the same in newy

 

[Mclovin]

Canberra is getting belted pretty hard and looking at the BOM it looks like everyone seems to be.
But our boys have played well in the wet so far so let's hope they keep it up

 

[mozza]

Getting much rain in Newy today??

Not yet but it’s pretty overcast. We’ll probably get abit tonight but tomorrow and Sunday will be the worst of it.

 

[Grandpa Joe]

I have to admit finding it hard to get excited about this game which is weird as I hate the Dogs with a passion.

 

[Billy]

Knights v Rabbitohs NSW Cup Highlights Round 14

Relive all the action from Round 14 of The Knock-On Effect NSW Cup as the Newcastle Knights took on the South Sydney Rabbitohs.

www.nswrl.com.au

Highlights of round 14 2021 reserve grade game.
Krys Mapapalangi had his first game of reserve grade.
Dylan Lucas scored 4 tries.
First 2 were from sweet try assist passes from Maps.
Second 2 were just long range runaway tries.

 

[Thieves Like Us]

Knights v Rabbitohs NSW Cup Highlights Round 14

Relive all the action from Round 14 of The Knock-On Effect NSW Cup as the Newcastle Knights took on the South Sydney Rabbitohs.

www.nswrl.com.au

Highlights of round 14 2021 reserve grade game.
Krys Mapapalangi had his first game of reserve grade.
Dylan Lucas scored 4 tries.
First 2 were from sweet try assist passes from Maps.
Second 2 were just long range runaway tries.

Thanks @Billy! Who was the hooker in that team. Some pretty slick service out of the ruck from what I can see.

 

[Billy]

Thanks @Billy! Who was the hooker in that team. Some pretty slick service out of the ruck from what I can see.

Mitch Black
Mat Croker's cousin.
Played for NSW and Australian schoolboys through all the levels and currently one of the standout players in the real NRL

 

[Thieves Like Us]

Mitch Black
Mat Croker's cousin.
Played for NSW and Australian schoolboys through all the levels and currently one of the standout players in the real NRL

Thanks! A Chilean international too (according to Google).
Any idea why he didn’t make it through to FG?

 

[Billy]

Thanks! A Chilean international too (according to Google).
Any idea why he didn’t make it through to FG?

Covid and injuries lost him a couple of years.
I think he still played some games of reserve grade in 2022 and maybe even 2023.
We used to have him training with firstgrade whenever Brailey was injured because he was the hooker who most passed like Brailey.