TRIAL 1 - NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS V CANTERBURY BULLBOGS 21/2/2022

Billy

Danny 'Bedsy' Buderus
NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS V CANTERBURY BULLBOGS
McDonald Jones Stadium on Monday, February 21.

Newcastle Knights

Canterbury Bulldogs
Paul Alamoti,
Jake Averillo,
Bailey Biondi-Odo,
Declan Casey,
Josh Cook,
Eli Clarke,
Larson Dale-Doyle,
Matt Dufty,
Kyle Flanagan,
Reece Hoffman,
Jack Hetherington,
Josh Jackson,
Max King,
Jacob Kiraz,
Jeremy Marshall-King,
Jayden Okunbor,
Tevita Pangai jnr,
Chris Patolo,
Ava Seumanufagai,,
Aaron Schoupp,
Joe Stimson,
Luke Thompson,
Creedence Toia,
Jackson Topine,
Paul Vaughan,
Corey Waddell,
Brandon Wakeham.

 
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I think we will name a big squad in both firsts and reserves and the top players will either sit out the first trial or only play limited minutes.

Team I'd name;

1 Hodgson
2 Young
3 Tuala
4 Hunt
5 Lee
6 Crossland
7 Clune
8 Jake Saifiti
9 Randall
10 Momoisea
11 Jones
12 Talty
13 Mann

14 Mac Baker
15 Croker
16 Saulo
17 Thompson
18 Lucas
19 Rugless
20 Mapapalangi
 
I can't even guess at what the reserve grade squad would look like because we have heard next to nothing about who is training.

Phythian, Vae'ila, Naigalovia, Myles Martin, Mitch Henderson are all guys I'd give a run that we know are training. I'd hope Camroux, Mitch Black, Ticehurst, Harry Croker, Cooper Jenkins, Liam Wilkinson are all still with us.
 

NRL.COM game page.

Says the game will be broadcast on kayo - which might be useful to some.

Foxtel are covering all the trials this season so all of them will be on Kayo.
 
We should see the trial teams in the next few days.

The reserve grade side will be the most interesting.

I don't think I could name one player with total confidence - even guys like Pythian, Croker and Lucas might be on the extended bench for firstgrade.
I fully expect that Garth Brennan has been trialling players he has coached in the past who will come as a real shock to us.
 
Aaron Schoupp
Ava Seumanufagai
Bailey Biondi-Odo
Brandon Wakeham
Chris Patolo
Corey Waddell
Creedence Toia
Declan Casey
Eli Clarke
Jack Hetherington
Jackson Topine
Jacob Kiraz
Jake Averillo
Jayden Okunbor
Jeremy Marshall-King
Joe Stimson
Josh Cook
Josh Jackson
Kyle Flanagan
Larson Dale-Doyle
Luke Thompson
Matthew Dufty
Max King
Paul Alamoti
Paul Vaughan
Reece Hoffman
Tevita Pangai Junior
Bulldogs side
 
I think it's just the guys who played in All stars left out - leaves them a bit thin in the outside backs though
 
I see Vea'ila and Sutton weren't named in under 19s.
I suspect they'll both get a run in reserves - Vea'ila might even be on the extended bench for firsts.
 
Dogs probably line up like this:

Starters

1 Dufty
2 Okunbor
3 Schoupp
4 Alamoti
5 Kiraz
6 Biondi-Odo
7 Averillo
8 Thompson
9 Marshall-King
10 Vaughan
11 Hetherington
12 Pangai Junior
13 Jackson

Bench

14 Toia
15 Casey
16 Clarke
17 Hoffman
18 Dale-Doyle
19 Wakeham
20 Flanagan
21 Seumanufagai
22 Cook
23 King
24 Waddell
25 Topine
26 Stimson
27 Patolo
 
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