Round 17: Newcastle Knights vs Canterbury Bulldogs

What is your prediction for this game ??

  • Knights 13+

    Votes: 7 70.0%

  • Knights 1-12

    Votes: 2 20.0%

  • Draw

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Bulldogs 1-12

    Votes: 1 10.0%

  • Bulldogs 13+

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    10
  • Poll closed .
josh2010 said:
the issue is who plays hooker when Levi comes off. Id say its between king and J.Saifiti as well as Moga out. Maybe something like

19. David Klemmer
9. Danny Levi,
20. Dan Saifiti
11. Jamie Buhrer,
12. Sione Mata'utia,
17. tim Glasby.
Interchange:
14. Jacob Saifiti,/Josh King
16. Phoenix Crossland,
13. Herman Ese'ese.
8. James Gavet
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Need someone to play 2nd row with Buhrer cover for Levi
 
I don’t understand how King continues to be selected. He has improved I’ll give him that, but he makes little to no impact as a prop and has an error and penalty in his game. Always runs with his elbow up too so he’ll eventually get caught out. Saulo is the much better option, Brown just isn’t giving him any time.
 
Matty23 said:
I don’t understand how King continues to be selected. He has improved I’ll give him that, but he makes little to no impact as a prop and has an error and penalty in his game. Always runs with his elbow up too so he’ll eventually get caught out. Saulo is the much better option, Brown just isn’t giving him any time.
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Pay more attention to his defence and you'll realise.
 
If Moga goes on it will be to let Mann go to hooker.
Moga is playing for his career.
If the guy has anything at all, he will try to show it if he gets on the field.
I wouldn't like to be the guy standing between him and the line.
 
I hope Moga has a real go.
It's a lot of money to be sitting in reserve grade and Mann and Sione shouldn't be in the centres.
It's Moga's chance to play for his future if he gets decent minutes.
 
Billy said:
https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/...f-a-certain-starter-against-the-dogs/?cs=7580

Pearce declares himself a certain starter, and expects the other 3 will as well.
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Pretty impressive cardio effort, he'll have awfully heavy legs later in the match. Wouldn't be surprised to see some cramping and an early shower if we're going well.

"Recalled Blues halfback Mitchell Pearce was the hardest working player on the field in terms of ground covered, easily topping both total distance covered and average metres per minute during ball-in-play time – even including bench players who played much fewer minutes.

Pearce's 8.4 km covered edged out opposition halves Corey Norman (8.1km) and Daly Cherry-Evans (8.0km).

It is rare for a player to maintain an intensity over 100 metres per minute at NRL level but for 80 minutes in Origin III, Pearce covered a remarkable 119 metres per minute ahead of the also-impressive Norman (114) and Cherry-Evans (113)."

https://www.nrl.com/news/2019/07/12/speed-freak-addo-carr-dethroned-in-origin-iii/
 
Not sure why King gets rubbished so badly.

Player A: 29 minutes 17 tackles (1.5 missed) 49 metres average per game
Player B: 40 minutes 23 tackles (2 missed) 53 metres average per game

Which one is King and which one is Sione playing middle?

King also described as hardest hitter at the club by other players. I reckon he's going OK.
 
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  • Aidan Guerra
  • Jacob Saifiti
  • Pasami Saulo
  • Tex Hoy
All added to the final reserve grade side. Hoy is backing up from under 20s origin.
 
King picks out the hardest hitter in the opposition and tries to belt them, and doesn't do a bad job of it. If Saulo did that, he'd take the spot.
 
Guerra’s return has been a bit of an anticlimax. Fitz and Barney out and he’s still in reserves. Hopefully he plays big minutes to show Brown he’s up to it post-injury. We’ll need the bloke raring to go come the back end of the year.
 
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