Pre-Game Manly v Bulldogs [Round 24, 2021]

[Eagle 1]

millie is cute. shes the first prop ive been keen to give on to since spid carroll

seriously though it we have our heads on we should give 66 nil a red hot go.
they are going to be without their starting props and backrowers from last week and a bench forward. there should be carnage

Could be a change of tactics then, what about we go through the front door, instead of raining try's out wide. Wow !! are we spoilt for choice !!

 

[47MVEagle]

Maybe he was in the process of replaying his Mad Monday dance routine from a few years ago.

Sounds like they caught him just in the nick of time!

 

[47MVEagle]

We've all been to mens' bathrooms and I find it hard to believe these pair would prefer one to that of a female bathroom which, my limited experience tells me, provides a far more pleasant environment.

I dunno mate, I've heard the women's toilets can often be a LOT worse than the men's from WOMEN who have encountered some atrocities in them!

 

[Waz13]

millie is cute. shes the first prop ive been keen to give on to since spid carroll

seriously though it we have our heads on we should give 66 nil a red hot go.
they are going to be without their starting props and backrowers from last week and a bench forward. there should be carnage

You heading to the game @Cameron? Me and the boy got tix and I’m praying we don’t see a repeat of the Sharks debacle with lockdown! Come to think of it, not sure I got my refund on that yet.

 

[davohan123]

Match Officials​

• Referee: Chris Sutton
• Touch Judge: Drew Oultram
• Touch Judge: Belinda Sharpe
• Senior Review Official: Chris Butler

 

[davohan123]

Match Officials​

• Referee: Ashley Klein
• Touch Judge: Todd Smith
• Touch Judge: Jon Stone
• Senior Review Official: Henry Perenara

Match Officials for souths vs roosters game.

The fix is one
Roosters by whatever the ref's want.

 

[Raven Mad Manly Fan]

The Manly winger set to out-score the entire Bulldogs team in 2021​

Christian Nicolussi 10 hrs ago




© Getty Garrick, who sits on 274 points with 20 tries and 97 goals, is just ten points behind the Bulldogs' tally of 284 with two rounds remaining.
You know you are struggling as a team when a single opposition player could end up scoring more points than your entire squad in the space of one regular season.

That is the embarrassing scenario facing Canterbury on Sunday, when Manly's goal-kicking winger Reuben Garrick could single-handedly pass their team points tally for 2021.

Garrick, who sits on 274 points with 20 tries and 97 goals, is just ten points behind the Bulldogs' tally of 284 with two rounds remaining. And the 24-year-old scored 30 points alone when the Sea Eagles belted Canterbury 66-0 in round 16.

Not since Jason Taylor in 1996 has a player scored more points than a rival club. On that occasion Taylor, then a featherweight playmaker with North Sydney, posted 225 during the regular season and the entire South Queensland Crushers team could only muster up 220 points.

The same happened in 1978 when Newtown only posted 199 points for the season. Two players topped the Jets that year: Mick Cronin, a proud Gerringong export like Garrick, scored 260 points for Parramatta and Wests Peter Rowles posted 216.

Garrick finds it hard to believe he has a chance to join that rare club, but was quick to praise Manly for giving him plenty of shots at goal - especially superstar No. 1 Tom Trbojevic who set him up for "more than half my tries".

"It's pretty crazy to think about it, especially after last year when I didn't have the best year with my boot or with scoring tries," Garrick told the Herald on Monday. "All I wanted to do this year was be consistent.

"Being a goal-kicker and on the wing with Tommy in your team is a big factor. You don't get a shot at the points if the team isn't going well. And while I don't know the percentage of tries Tommy has given me, it's more than half, definitely."

Garrick has dived over for tries in the left corner on the back of countless plays featuring Kieran Foran, Brad Parker and Trbojevic.

"We have a good combination there," Garrick said. "We get a feel for what the other team will do defensively, then Tommy and I will adjust. He works it out quickly in the game and we're able to exploit the opposition not long afterwards."

Garrick was working with former Wallabies kicking coach Damien Hill on a weekly basis before the competition relocated to Queensland, and has a success rate of just over 80 per cent.

Hazem El Masri's regular-season NRL points record of 288 points in 2004 also looks certain to tumble.

"Good luck to Reuben, he's been playing well, and Manly are the dark horse in the competition," El Masri told the Herald. "They're travelling so well, especially with ‘Turbo' [Trbojevic]. What a player he has been.

"Records are meant to be broken. So many of them have already been broken this year. It's been a tough year for the Dogs. We've had our share of injuries, a lot of 50/50 calls have gone against us, and we don't have the calibre of player or X-factor in our team to turn things around when we do fall behind. Maybe it's best to get it all out of our system now and then with all the good signings look forward to next year."

But far from talking up his points haul, Garrick said the highlight of the Saturday afternoon when they ran riot against the Dogs at an empty Bankwest Stadium was the Sea Eagles' defence and keeping Canterbury scoreless.

"It was our most clinical performance of the year," he said.

Trbojevic looks set to return after being rested from the Canberra clash, with the giant Raiders' pack ensuring Garrick was still feeling battered and bruised on Monday.

A win for Manly on Sunday at Redcliffe - where Manly skipper and local junior Daly Cherry-Evans will be the crowd favourite - plus a loss for the Sydney Roosters against Souths on Friday night will see the Sea Eagles move into the top four for the first time all year.

 

[pjayz]

Parker and Tom both back, Suli 18th man. Siro retains his spot.

NRL Team list: Round 24 v Bulldogs

Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Coach Des Hasler has named his Round 24 squad to take on the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs at 1.50pm this Sunday at Moreton Daily Stadium, Redcliffe.

www.seaeagles.com.au

 

[40 nil]

Parker and Tom both back, Suli 18th man. Siro retains his spot.

Team as expected. Keppie should return next week - maybe Paseka also?

 

[Will on the hill]

Match Officials​

• Referee: Chris Sutton
• Touch Judge: Drew Oultram
• Touch Judge: Belinda Sharpe
• Senior Review Official: Chris Butler

Appears that Sutton hates the Bulldogs.

 

[pjayz]

Team as expected. Keppie should return next week - maybe Paseka also?

Yeah, from the injury update it sounded like both might return against the cowboys, which might mean Marty gets a rest before finals.

I thought Des might rest a player or two this week but that seems unlikely now unless he shuffles things around as we get closer to Sunday.

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

Match Officials​

• Referee: Ashley Klein
• Touch Judge: Todd Smith
• Touch Judge: Jon Stone
• Senior Review Official: Henry Perenara

Match Officials for souths vs roosters game.

The fix is one
Roosters by whatever the ref's want.

Yep fix is in , Roosters by a fair bit

 

[Kalvin]

Team as expected. Keppie should return next week - maybe Paseka also?

Assuming des has picked the strongest team... be interesting to see who drops out when paseka and keppie return?
Obvious one is sironen (looks to be playing injured anyhow) but wonder if Keppie would be ahead of sipley/ walker/Lawton?

 

[Ron E. Gibbs]

Appears that Sutton hates the Bulldogs.

Every right-thinking person hates the Bulldogs.

 

[Dee Why Eagle]

Assuming des has picked the strongest team... be interesting to see who drops out when paseka and keppie return?
Obvious one is sironen (looks to be playing injured anyhow) but wonder if Keppie would be ahead of sipley/ walker/Lawton?

If we were talking strictly forwards, Keppie must be ahead of Walker...
But I guess we need some cover for the backs.
Oh sh!t, I don't know!

 

[Kalvin]

If we were talking strictly forwards, Keppie must be ahead of Walker...
But I guess we need some cover for the backs.
Oh sh!t, I don't know!

To me I would prefer Lawton or walker not both (if I had to choose 1 I'd go Lawton as he can cover hooker to)... however des seems to like walks playing that middle ball playing role..
I have a feeling it'll be between keppie and sipley for the last bench role come finals time (if everyone remain fit)

 

[Dee Why Eagle]

To me I would prefer Lawton or walker not both (if I had to choose 1 I'd go Lawton as he can cover hooker to)... however des seems to like walks playing that middle ball playing role..
I have a feeling it'll be between keppie and sipley for the last bench role come finals time (if everyone remain fit)

I'm inclined to agree with you... but I haven't seen Lawton play in the backline. Would love to see that before the semis

 

[Eagles4Life]

I'm inclined to agree with you... but I haven't seen Lawton play in the backline. Would love to see that before the semis

Lawton might surprise a few on here if he was asked to play in the backline. He can definitely cover the halves and centre. Personally, I think he would do a better job at fullback then Walker, if he was ever asked to cover that position, due to injuries on game day. He is a pure footballer who can also cover backrow, lock and hooker. I think he provides more versatility than Walker, so if it came to playing one or the other, I would definitely go with Lawton.

 

[Stewbojevic]

Assuming des has picked the strongest team... be interesting to see who drops out when paseka and keppie return?
Obvious one is sironen (looks to be playing injured anyhow) but wonder if Keppie would be ahead of sipley/ walker/Lawton?

It’s such a tough call… He seems to like Walker at 14 in that ball playing role based on his minutes compared to Lawton. I do as well to be fair, but can’t find it in me to leave Lawton out of the 17.

Paseka will start with Marty I think. Then the bench will be:

14. Walker
15. Lawton
16. Aloiai
17. Keppie/Sipley/Siro

Tough call for 17

 

[Cliffymagic]

Thought Parker should have another week off. As long as turbo stays in I'm happy