NRLW Round 3 - Eels V Knights - Sunday 6 August 12:00pm - CommBank Stadium

Gotta be some changes for mine:

1. Upton
2. Gallagher
3. Parker
4. Roache
5. Leati
6. Roche
7. J Southwell
8. Butler
9. Higgins
10. Romaniuk
11. Clydsdale
12. Johnston
13. H Southwell

14. Maynard
15. Predebon
16. Karpani
17. Albert-Jones

Though part of me thinks CJ should go back to prop and we should play Albert-Jones on that edge.
 
Butler was outstanding when on the field but there’s a reason she only played 23 minutes. Think bringing her on later and having the half time break to split up her stint makes more sense. Predebon is capable of being just as impactful (definitely wasn’t today) and playing bigger minutes.

I wouldn’t have moved Johnston to the edge to begin with but doubt they move away from it so quickly, and thought she was good today. Could’ve used her aggression in the middle though, once Butler went off we had none of that. Predebon usually brings it but was off today for whatever reason. Southwell brings plenty of that when she’s back. Romaniuk, Karpani & Tinao for all their positives are not that type of player. Not worried about a lack of talent or options in the forwards just have to figure out what works best.

Roche in for Moran would be my only change in the backline. Strange had a shocker but saw nothing from Leati in the trial to suggest she’s a better option. I’d stick with Strange for now and hope it was an off day.

Any complacency should be gone now. We aren’t the premiers anymore, we’re in the same race as the 9 other teams and can’t expect to just show up and win.
 
You’ve got 210 middle minutes to divvy up in the women’s game and Predebon showed us why she tended to play less than 30 last year. Rima our most effective middle did all her damage in 23 minutes.

Hannah Southwell & CJ playing about 50 each, Romaniuk about 40, and then 20-25 each for Rima, Tayla and whichever other strong ball runner, feels like a better balance. Higgins/Maynard rotated at hooker rather than leaving Higgins on at lock, I think she gets in the way horribly in attack at 13. You get 10 substitutions in the NRLW I’m pretty sure so that leaves genuine scope to play the heavier girls who kill it in yardage but get beaten by footwork defensively in short impact stints.

I’ve liked the look of Laishon and she looks like she should be able to handle playing on an edge.
 
We've got Jules Kirkpatrick who is a good young second rower.
Johnson needs to be in our prop rotation.
 
Predebon has done well with bigger minutes before and was off the pace as soon as she came on, don’t think the longer minutes were to blame there. Don’t think she was 100%.

Kirkpatrick is the only player not to be named in either extended squad yet and she picked up a knee injury in the trial, not sure she’s healthy. Reckon they’d go with Kia if they were bringing in a new second-rower.
 
Moran out for Roach.

Laishon was impressive and I think was badly missed. Likes of Karpani and Davison don’t offer a lot. Add H Southwell and the squad is markedly better.
 
Griffiths has stuck fast with Moran and talked her up multiple times.
She must look great at training, going through all the drills with no pressure on, because in games only about a quarter of what she does works out.
 
Griffiths isn't going to replace Moran for Roach who's had no game time
It will be Moran and roach one of the bench likely roach and it will be this for a couple of weeks at least

The girls played poorly today and I don't think it was anything other than they figured this was going to be a breeze after getting to 10 nil up... They got cocky and the cowboys lifted and we chocked
Let's hope this is a wake up call otherwise we ain't even making the finals
 
1. Tamika Upton
2. Sheridan Gallagher
3. Shanice Parker
4. Abigail Roache
5. Jasmin Strange
6. Georgia Roche
7. Jesse Southwell
8. Rima Butler
9. Olivia Higgins
10. Simone Karpani
11. Caitlan Johnston
12. Yasmin Clydsdale
13. Hannah Southwell (C)

14. Nita Maynard
15. Kayla Romaniuk
16. Laishon Albert-Jones
17. Tayla Predebon

18. Felila Kia
19. Tiana Davison
20. Jayde Herdegen
21. Tamerah Leati
22. Viena Tinao
 
No Moran in the squad.

Predebon named on the bench is interesting but could just be a copy and paste of how we started on the weekend, and Griffiths often makes late changes anyway.
 
Thailands Novacastrian said:
Griffiths isn't going to replace Moran for Roach who's had no game time
It will be Moran and roach one of the bench likely roach and it will be this for a couple of weeks at least

The girls played poorly today and I don't think it was anything other than they figured this was going to be a breeze after getting to 10 nil up... They got cocky and the cowboys lifted and we chocked
Let's hope this is a wake up call otherwise we ain't even making the finals
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Well I was way wrong on my dribble 😂
 
Ruptured ACL for Jules Kirkpatrick so her season is over before it started. Will be able to replace her in the top squad with another player. Jacinta Carter is the only forward in our development squad but she's more of a prop and we're light on edges now.
 
mullenmagic said:
Ruptured ACL for Jules Kirkpatrick so her season is over before it started. Will be able to replace her in the top squad with another player. Jacinta Carter is the only forward in our development squad but she's more of a prop and we're light on edges now.
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**** really?!? That’s tragic. Was so keen to see how she’d god this yr. Hopefully she gets a good recovery and gets back into the squad.
 
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