Pre-Game Manly V Souths [Round 18, 2025]

[Mark from Brisbane]

Well Keppie won’t be firing up because he’s playing his old club

https://twitter.com/x/status/1939897615883411831

 

[Ben]

Well Keppie won’t be firing up because he’s playing his old club

https://twitter.com/x/status/1939897615883411831

Spewing he isn’t playing. Usually he is good for a defensive try assist each game.

 

[manlyfan76]

Keppie has been Blanked.

 

[Wombat64]

I think we win this one , Souths are **** , maybe ****tier than us.

I thought the same. Only thing that worries me is that I do think Wayne will be able to out Coach Seibold.

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1939927729199014090

 

[Ron E. Gibbs]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1939927729199014090

Pleasantly surprised to see we're sticking with Jazz and Simpkin at hooker.

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

Pleasantly surprised to see we're sticking with Jazz and Simpkin at hooker.

Wish we had another decent hooker option so Jazz could be in the middle , but guess it is what it is.

 

[eaglebuzz]

Probably the lightest bench we have named all year but the way the modern game is played that might actually be ok

 

[Eagledare2dream]

Spot on Disco

Incidentally the bookies have us at 25/1 to be in the bottom 4

Given half of the posters on here seem think we are a bottom 4 team that's got to be appealing to some

26/1 now on Sportsbet

 

[JenEagle]

Wish we had another decent hooker option so Jazz could be in the middle , but guess it is what it is.

yeah will Gordie come into the starting side for Talau ?

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

yeah will Gordie come into the starting side for Talau ?

Gordie is done & dusted , they’ve tried him and obviously he’s surplus to needs currently.

 

[Jethro]

Pleasantly surprised to see we're sticking with Jazz and Simpkin at hooker.

Lachlan Croker's return from concussion has been pushed back to Round 20.

(Don't forget that Round 19 is a Bye Round for us, so his return probably would have been Round 19 if it wasn't the Bye Round).

NRL Casualty Ward: Metcalf's season over; Surgery for Brown

Warriors playmaker Luke Metcalf will miss the rest of the season after scans confirmed he ruptured his ACL against the Broncos while Manly forward Nathan Brown has undergone surgery to repair a ruptured biceps tendon.

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[Jethro]

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[SeaEagleRock8]

I like Talau as a player but surprised that Navale is not on the bench to replace Brown. I'd have thought it was the perfect time to bring him in. Can only assume he hasn't come up to expectations?

 

[Rafferty]

Just looking through the team sheets on the NRL site, gee Moale looks more like Tolu than Tolu, weird, then I saw this photo of Ben and thought that’s even weirder, like there’s something about Ben……..

 

[bob dylan]

I thought the same. Only thing that worries me is that I do think Wayne will be able to out Coach Seibold.

So could Clyde the chimp.

 

[Waz13]

yeah will Gordie come into the starting side for Talau ?

No

 

[Waz13]

Of the players we have available I think that team is as good as Siebs can pick. Jazz will act as an extra middle when Simpkin comes on 30mins in. Talau good coverage in the backs and I reckon maybe even cover second row! He’s also not small. Then Toff and Bully. Actually really like the list.

 

[double hoops]

MCK 18 man is a little interesting.
He's been playing centre in ressies of late.
One of the back rowers must be in doubt I guess.