krustykraz
Danny 'Bedsy' Buderus
Same,
Plus he played better at hooker than expected last week.
NRL Round 16 - Knights Vs Dragons - 8:00pm Friday, 19th of June - McDonald Jones Stadium
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Plus he played better at hooker than expected last week.
So it looks like Graham has won that bench hooker role over Smith?
Calf injuries are a bugger to get right.
Treadly
Todd Bates
Dont I know it. Everything seems 100% then bam! Sidelined again.
frankLauda
Tony Butterfield
Interesting if Smith is not quite right. If KP doesn’t play, which more than likely won’t then I would think Sharpe goes to the back and Smith 6. Otherwise Smith stays in the reserve and Graham plays 14. Hunt goes in at FB.
Lynchyknight
Darren Albert
Smith hasn’t been named in nsw cup while gamble and Schiller have so would assume Smith straight in if Ponga is out
KPGreatness
Josh Smith
Barring injury Smith will always be in the top 19, he is far to good for cup and way to good to leave out, he is a brilliant player to bring in for injury.
Lynchyknight
Darren Albert
So with Smith in for Ponga and Manu in for Lucas and Saulo out for 8 weeks that means our 6 man bench is Graham, Friz, Hopwood, Hunt, Gamble and Schiller only 2 forwards
I would assume knights will apply for a special grant to allow one of the Cup forwards to come in for Schiller
Crouch or Elijah would be my guess maybe Jones
I would assume knights will apply for a special grant to allow one of the Cup forwards to come in for Schiller
Crouch or Elijah would be my guess maybe Jones
Les Misérables
Sean Rudder
Sounds like we'll be missing
1. Ponga
2. Lucas
3. Saulo
4. McEwen
How does the team look without them? Dragons might be right in with a shot
1. Ponga
2. Lucas
3. Saulo
4. McEwen
How does the team look without them? Dragons might be right in with a shot
Billy
Danny 'Bedsy' Buderus
Jones will have had to have trained the house down to get a game now.
His second game of cup was much better than his first, but still way short of full fitness.
He might have got stuck into the training while everyone else had a week off, given he's had plenty of time off this year, but he'll have to have really impressed at training this week.
Crouch has been the form forward in cup for at least a month.
Having said that, ESL is the safe bet. He has done the job in firstgrade a few times and is fully fit and ready to go.
His second game of cup was much better than his first, but still way short of full fitness.
He might have got stuck into the training while everyone else had a week off, given he's had plenty of time off this year, but he'll have to have really impressed at training this week.
Crouch has been the form forward in cup for at least a month.
Having said that, ESL is the safe bet. He has done the job in firstgrade a few times and is fully fit and ready to go.
With those out I expect a dragons win, they also have a great record at our home.
Celticman98
Mark Hughes
Knights win 1-12 in a bludger of a match. Sharpe brilliance to win us the game.
Les Misérables
Sean Rudder
Considering we haven't won a game without Lucas since 2024, and we're without both starting edge backrowers AND we're without Ponga..
The Dragons are a big chance. And unless we fight hard for 80 mins and execute well we're almost relying on them not to play well in order to beat them
Lucas will be playing. The coach might of wanted to rest him but Saulo breaking his foot that luxury has gone.
KPGreatness
Josh Smith
Not like he is doing anything so far in origin, should be fine to come back into the club refreshed
I'm surprised he's only made 22 tackles. He was in everything defensively, would be nice if Cleary could reward him with a few nice runs 2nd half. He's been there to cover for Cleary's 6 missed tackles so far.
danknights
Danny 'Bedsy' Buderus
I've counted 35 tackle involvements on my piece of paper