NRL Round 17 - Knights Vs Tigers - 4:05pm Sunday, 28th of June - McDonald Jones Stadium

[Newygirl]

I agree Phins have great depth.

But the Tigers were pretty well full strength when we played them and in good form.

Phins played them with out Douehi, Samula Fainu, Alex Twal, KPP, and Royce Hunt. Big outs for them. Samula Fainu is an absolute gun 2nd rower. Douehi was up there for one the form 7’s in the comp before he got injured. They were missing Luai that game.

It’s a shame the Knights and Fins game will be Origin affected. I was looking forward to seeing how these two teams match up at full strength

 

[Alex]

I think with KP, Lucas and McEwen back and not to mention Braddy with some match fitness too, we'll be far too good for the Tigers at home.

The rain that's forecast concerns me a bit though

 

[knights80]

Ponga,Lucas and McEwen all back to starting spots
Sharpe to 6
Sandon is 14 with Friz,Hopwwod and Can’t on bench with Graham back to 21

Big team selection news in Lachy Crouch in number 18 so possible debut this week depending on how we line up

 

[Billy]

Crouch has earned a shot.
Manu out of the 19 is unlucky, but it was either him or Cant.

 

[frankLauda]

Both sides have named pretty well full strength teams. Tigers have Twal and Douhie back in. They are missing there two starting 2nd rowers in KPP and Sam Fineu. Should be a good game. This Tigers side is much stronger so we need to play better than we have previous weeks.

 

[Alex]

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[frankLauda]

Think it will be closer then what the bookies have.

 

[Jon Snow]

I feel the knights are terrible favourites too. This is a big game, good strong win require to show we’re the real deal.

 

[mozza]

Tigers side looks good. They were playing great footy earlier this season with pretty much this side. We’ll need to be a lot better than our last few games to win this one.

 

[Newygirl]

I’d like this to be a good win where we only concede about 2 tries, instead of the average 25 points per game we’ve been conceding.

The defence so far, is the worst in the Top 8, so it would be good if we could start to improve in that area, while maintaining the good attack.

 

[Lynchyknight]

Noticed Ponga in a red no contact bib in the training photos plus Schiller not named in cup like Graham and Manu have been? Anyone heard anything

 

[Alex]

Noticed Ponga in a red no contact bib in the training photos plus Schiller not named in cup like Graham and Manu have been? Anyone heard anything

Maybe he actually did get a bit of a concussion from that hit in Origin from Staggs ...

 

[Grug]

It’s a shame the Knights and Fins game will be Origin affected. I was looking forward to seeing how these two teams match up at full strength

Same. Wife and kid got us a flight down and tickets for the game for my birthday. They didn’t realise it was Origin affected.

 

[Grug]

Think it will be closer then what the bookies have.

Those odds look a bit silly. Last place lost to us last week by poor goal kicking.
Might need a sneaky couple on the line.

 

[Alex]

Tigers side looks good. They were playing great footy earlier this season with pretty much this side. We’ll need to be a lot better than our last few games to win this one.

Yeah admittedly the Tigers team definitely looks a lot better on paper this week.
On the same note, this is probably the best team line up that we've announced since round 1 tbh

 

[Les Misérables]

Yeah admittedly the Tigers team definitely looks a lot better on paper this week.
On the same note, this is probably the best team line up that we've announced since round 1 tbh

Im not so sure. I'd say our best team has Graham not Smith playing interchange hooker. I'd suggest that Saulo is better prop than Crouch, too

 

[KPGreatness]

Im not so sure. I'd say our best team has Graham not Smith playing interchange hooker. I'd suggest that Saulo is better prop than Crouch, too

Hard to gauge, Saulo is a great defender but offers close to nothing in attack despite his size, now Crouch has never played firsts so it’s impossible to tell who the better player is but in cup Crouch is known for being a great defender whilst adding big metres.

So if Crouch can do what he does in cup in firsts than he would already be the better player but that’s just basing it of if he can bring his cup form up.

 

[The Artist Formerly Known as Aku'd]

Think it will be closer than what the bookies have.

. This will be a close game and a good one for the neutrals! Cant believe Graeme won’t be on the bench. Gives us something every time he comes on. But, on paper, full strength I guess.

 

[Les Misérables]

Hard to gauge, Saulo is a great defender but offers close to nothing in attack despite his size, now Crouch has never played firsts so it’s impossible to tell who the better player is but in cup Crouch is known for being a great defender whilst adding big metres.

So if Crouch can do what he does in cup in firsts than he would already be the better player but that’s just basing it of if he can bring his cup form up.

Crouch is old enough at 23 to come into FG and have a memorable debut - if he is capable of it. Gut tells me he is

 

[Billy]

Crouch is a hardworking toiler with a big motor.
He won't have much impact on the game if he gets 20 or 30 minutes off the bench - but he shouldn't do much wrong either.
If he reaches his full potential for us, he might be giving us 60 minutes hard work with few mistakes as a starting prop, and be allowing Saf and Mooney to do shorter minutes with more impact.
In his first game, we just need him do a job for however long he gets on the field. We'll probably hardly notice him, and that's OK.