2018 NRL.com Fantasy thread part 8

St George Illawarra Dragons v Brisbane Broncos, 8.05pm (AEDT) Thursday, Jubilee Oval

Dragons: 18 Matthew Dufty, 2 Nene Macdonald, 3 Euan Aitken, 4 Tim Lafai, 5 Jason Nightingale, 6 Gareth Widdop (c), 7 Ben Hunt, 8 James Graham, 9 Cameron McInnes, 10 Paul Vaughan, 11 Tyson Frizell, 12 Tariq Sims, 13 Jack De Belin

Interchange: 14 Luciano Leilua, 15 Kurt Mann, 16 Leeson Ah Mau, 17 Hame Sele

Reserves: 19 Jeremy Latimore, 20 Zachary Lomax, 21 Blake Lawrie, 22 Joshua Kerr

Star signings Ben Hunt and James Graham will make their Red V debuts, with Tariq Sims taking the second-row spot vacated by Joel Thompson. Euan Aitken and Tim Lafai will start in the centres with Kurt Mann the backline utility on the bench.

Broncos: 1 Darius Boyd (c), 2 Corey Oates, 3 James Roberts, 4 Jordan Kahu, 5 Jamayne Isaako, 6 Anthony Milford, 7 Kodi Nikorima, 8 Matthew Lodge, 9 Andrew McCullough, 10 Samuel Thaiday, 11 Alex Glenn, 12 Matt Gillett, 13 Josh McGuire

Interchange: 14 Tevita Pangai Jnr, 15 Joe Ofahengaue, 16 Korbin Sims, 17 Jaydn Su'a

Reserves: 18 Tom Opacic, 19 Sam Tagataese, 20 Jonus Pearson, 21 George Fai

With new signing Jack Bird (shoulder) to miss the opening few weeks of the season, Jordan Kahu moves to centre with Jamayne Isaako getting a start on the wing, while recruit Matthew Lodge starts in the front row.



Newcastle Knights v Manly Warringah Sea Eagles, 6pm Friday, McDonald Jones Stadium

Knights: 1 Kalyn Ponga, 2 Shaun Kenny-Dowall, 3 Sione Mata'utia, 4 Tautau Moga, 5 Nathan Ross, 6 Connor Watson, 7 Mitchell Pearce (c), 8 Herman Ese'ese, 9 Slade Griffin, 10 Jacob Lillyman, 11 Lachlan Fitzgibbon, 12 Aidan Guerra, 13 Mitchell Barnett

Interchange: 14 Brock Lamb, 15 Chris Heighington, 16 Jamie Buhrer (c), 17 Daniel Saifiti

Reserves: 18 Ken Sio, 19 Jacob Saifiti, 20 Daniel Levi, 21 Luke Yates

New faces Kalyn Ponga, Tautau Moga, Connor Watson, Mitchell Pearce, Herman Ese'ese, Slade Griffin, Jacob Lillyman and Aidan Guerra all start, with fellow recruit Chris Heighington named on the bench. Brock Lamb in the backline option on the bench, meaning Danny Levi misses out on a spot in the 17.

Sea Eagles: 1 Tom Trbojevic, 2 Jorge Taufua, 3 Matthew Wright, 4 Brian Kelly, 5 Akuila Uate, 6 Lachlan Croker, 7 Daly Cherry-Evans (c), 8 Addin Fonua-Blake, 9 Apisai Koroisau, 10 Martin Taupau, 11 Joel Thompson, 12 Curtis Sironen, 13 Jake Trbojevic

Interchange: 14 Lewis Brown, 15 Shaun Lane, 16 Frank Winterstein, 17 Kelepi Tanginoa

Reserves: 18 Bradley Parker, 19 Jackson Hastings, 20 Jack Gosiewski, 21 Lloyd Perrett

With Darcy Lussick out suspended Addin Fonua-Blake starts at prop, while new recruit Joel Thompson is in the second row.



North Queensland Cowboys v Cronulla Sutherland Sharks, 7.05pm (8.05pm AEDT) Friday, 1300SMILES Stadium

Cowboys: 1 Ben Hampton, 2 Kyle Feldt, 3 Justin O'Neill, 4 Javid Bowen, 5 Antonio Winterstein, 6 Michael Morgan, 7 Johnathan Thurston (c), 8 Matthew Scott (c), 9 Jake Granville, 10 Jordan McLean, 11 Gavin Cooper, 12 Ethan Lowe, 13 Jason Taumalolo

Interchange: 14 Te Maire Martin, 15 Coen Hess, 16 Scott Bolton, 17 John Asiata

Reserves: 18 Corey Jensen, 19 Kyle Laybutt, 20 Francis Molo, 21 Enari Tuala

Ben Hampton replaces the injured Lachlan Coote (hamstring) at fullback, with Jordan McLean joining a very strong forward pack. Co-captains Johnathan Thurston and Matthew Scott are back in the side for Thurston's 300th NRL match.

Sharks: 1 Valentine Holmes, 2 Sosaia Feki, 3 Josh Dugan, 4 Ricky Leutele, 5 Sione Katoa, 6 Matthew Moylan, 7 Chad Townsend, 8 Andrew Fifita, 9 Jayden Brailey, 10 Matthew Prior, 11 Luke Lewis, 12 Wade Graham, 13 Paul Gallen (c)

Interchange: 14 Jayson Bukuya, 15 James Segeyaro, 16 Avagalu Seumanufagai, 17 Joseph Paulo

Reserves: 18 Kurt Capewell, 19 Kurt Dillon, 20 Aaron Gray, 21 Trent Hodkinson

Big-name recruits Josh Dugan and Matt Moylan start in the backline, with rookie Sione Katoa getting his NRL debut on the wing.



Wests Tigers v Sydney Roosters, 4.30pm Saturday, ANZ Stadium

Wests Tigers: 1 Tuimoala Lolohea, 2 Corey Thompson, 3 Esan Marsters, 4 Kevin Naiqama, 5 Malakai Watene-Zelezniak, 6 Josh Reynolds, 7 Luke Brooks, 8 Russell Packer, 9 Pita Godinet, 10 Ben Matulino, 11 Christopher Lawrence, 12 Robert Rochow, 13 Elijah Taylor

Interchange: 14 Benji Marshall, 15 Alex Twal, 16 Michael Chee Kam, 17 Matthew Eisenhuth

Reserves: 18 Matt Mcilwrick, 19 David Nofoaluma, 20 Timothy Grant, 21 Taane Milne

David Nofoaluma has dropped out of the top 17 with Corey Thompson taking his spot on the wing, with Tui Lolohea starting at fullback. New signing Pita Godinet starts at hooker, with fellow new faces Josh Reynolds and Russell Packer also starting. Benji Marshall has been named on the bench despite struggling with a calf injury.

Roosters: 1 James Tedesco, 5 Blake Ferguson, 4 Joseph Manu, 3 Latrell Mitchell, 2 Daniel Tupou, 6 Mitchell Cornish, 7 Cooper Cronk, 8 Jared Waerea-Hargreaves, 9 Jake Friend (c), 10 Sio Siua Taukeiaho, 11 Boyd Cordner (c), 12 Mitchell Aubusson, 13 Isaac Liu

Interchange: 14 Dylan Napa, 15 Zane Tetevano, 16 Ryan Matterson, 17 Victor Radley

Reserves: 18 Reece Robinson, 19 Luke Keary, 20 Nat Butcher, 21 Lindsay Collins

James Tedesco and Cooper Cronk will make their Roosters debuts on Saturday while goal-kicking forward Sio Siua Taukeiaho wills tart at prop.



South Sydney Rabbitohs v New Zealand Warriors, 4pm (7pm AEDT) Saturday, Perth Stadium

Rabbitohs: 1 Alex Johnston, 2 Richie Kennar, 3 Dane Gagai, 4 Greg Inglis (c), 5 Robert Jennings, 6 Cody Walker, 7 Adam Reynolds, 8 Thomas Burgess, 9 Damien Cook, 10 Mark Nicholls, 11 John Sutton, 12 Angus Crichton, 13 Sam Burgess

Interchange: 14 Cameron Murray, 15 Tyrell Fuimaono, 16 George Burgess, 17 Tevita Tatola

Reserves: 18 Robbie Farah, 19 Jason Clark, 20 Hymel Hunt, 21 Adam Doueihi

Greg Inglis will make his return from injury in the centres with Alex Johnston starting at fullback and Richie Kennar joining the backline on the wing. Damien Cook has won the race for the hooker position with Robbie Farah among the reserves in jersey 18. Young forward Tevita Tatola gets a spot on the bench.

Warriors: 1 Roger Tuivasa-Sheck (c), 2 David Fusitua, 3 Peta Hiku, 4 Solomone Kata, 5 Ken Maumalo, 6 Blake Green, 7 Shaun Johnson, 8 James Gavet, 9 Issac Luke, 10 Adam Blair, 11 Isaiah Papali'i, 12 Tohu Harris, 13 Ligi Sao

Interchange: 14 Sam Cook, 15 Leivaha Pulu, 16 Sam Lisone, 17 Bunty Afoa

Reserves: 18 Jazz Tevaga, 20 Mason Lino, 21 Agnatius Paasi, 22 Anthony Gelling

Simon Mannering is out with a shoulder injury. New signings Peta Hiku, Blake Green, Adam Blair and Tohu Harris start, as do young forwards Isaiah Papali'I and Ligi Sao, while hooker Sam Cook will make his NRL debut off the bench.



Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs v Melbourne Storm, 6.05pm (9.05pm AEDT) Saturday, Perth Stadium

Bulldogs: 1 Moses Mbye, 2 Brett Morris, 3 Josh Morris, 4 Will Hopoate, 5 Marcelo Montoya, 6 Matthew Frawley, 7 Kieran Foran, 8 Aaron Woods, 9 Michael Lichaa, 10 David Klemmer, 11 Joshua Jackson (c), 12 Raymond Faitala-Mariner, 13 Danny Fualalo

Interchange: 14 Adam Elliott, 15 Aiden Tolman, 16 Greg Eastwood, 17 Jeremy Marshall-King

Reserves: 19 Asipeli Fine, 20 Kerrod Holland, 21 Francis Tualau, 23 John Olive

Matthew Frawley joins Kieran Foran in the halves with Moses Mbye lining up at fullback, while youngsters Raymond Faitala-Mariner and Danny Fualalo have earned starting berths in the back row. New recruit Jeremy Marshall-King - younger brother of Benji - is the bench utility.

Storm: 1 Cameron Munster, 2 Suliasi Vunivalu, 3 Will Chambers, 4 Curtis Scott, 5 Josh Addo-Carr, 6 Ryley Jacks, 7 Brodie Croft, 8 Jesse Bromwich, 9 Cameron Smith (c), 10 Nelson Asofa-Solomona, 11 Felise Kaufusi, 12 Ryan Hoffman, 13 Dale Finucane

Interchange: 14 Tim Glasby, 15 Kenny Bromwich, 16 Christian Welch, 17 Joe Stimson

Reserves: 18 Young Tonumaipea, 19 Tui Kamikamica, 20 Sam Kasiano, 21 Billy Walters

Cameron Munster moves to fullback to cover for the injured Billy Slater (shoulder), with Ryley Jacks joining Brodie Croft in the halves. Nelson Asofa-Solomona starts in the front row while the returning Ryan Hoffman is in the second row in place of the departed Jordan McLean and Tohu Harris.



Penrith Panthers v Parramatta Eels, 4.10pm Sunday, Panthers Stadium

Panthers: 1 Dylan Edwards, 2 Josh Mansour, 3 Waqa Blake, 4 Tyrone Peachey, 5 Dallin Watene-Zelezniak, 6 James Maloney, 7 Nathan Cleary, 8 James Tamou, 9 Peter Wallace (c), 10 Reagan Campbell-Gillard, 11 Viliame Kikau, 12 Isaah Yeo, 13 Trent Merrin

Interchange: 14 Corey Harawira-Naera, 15 Sam McKendry, 16 Moses Leota, 17 James Fisher-Harris

Reserves: 18 Sione Katoa, 19 Tim Browne, 20 Christian Crichton, 21 Jarome Luai

James Maloney will line up for his new team in the halves while Viliame Kikau will start in the second row, keeping Corey Harawaira-Naerea and James Fisher-Harris on the bench.

Eels: 1 Bevan French, 2 Josh Hoffman, 3 Michael Jennings, 4 Jarryd Hayne, 5 Kirisome Auva'a, 6 Corey Norman, 7 Mitchell Moses, 8 Daniel Alvaro, 9 Cameron King, 10 Tim Mannah (c), 11 Manu Ma'u, 12 Tepai Moeroa, 13 Nathan Brown

Interchange: 14 Beau Scott (c), 15 Brad Takairangi, 16 Suaia Matagi, 17 Kane Evans

Reserves: 18 Will Smith, 19 Kenny Edwards, 20 David Gower, 21 Kaysa Pritchard

Jarryd Hayne will make his return in Eels colours at centre with Bevan French playing fullback. Tepai Moeroa has won a starting spot in the second row meaning Brad Takairangi will come off the bench along with new signing Kane Evans.



Gold Coast Titans v Canberra Raiders, 5.30pm (6.30 AEDT) Sunday, Cbus Super Stadium

Titans: 1 Michael Gordon, 2 Anthony Don, 3 Dale Copley, 4 Konrad Hurrell, 5 Phillip Sami, 6 Kane Elgey, 7 Ashley Taylor, 8 Jai Arrow, 9 Nathan Peats, 10 Leilani Latu, 11 Kevin Proctor, 12 Ryan James (c), 13 Bryce Cartwright

Interchange: 14 Mitch Rein, 15 Max King, 16 Will Matthews, 17 Morgan Boyle

Reserves: 18 Joe Greenwood, 19 Jai Whitbread, 20 Tyronne Roberts Davis, 21 Aj Brimson

Recruits Jai Arrow, Leilani Latu and Bryce Cartwright all start in a new-look forward pack that features skipper Ryan James in an edge role. Mitch Rein is also into the squad as a bench hooker.

Raiders: 1 Jack Wighton, 2 Nick Cotric, 3 Jarrod Croker (c), 4 Joseph Leilua, 5 Jordan Rapana, 6 Aiden Sezer, 7 Sam Williams, 8 Junior Paulo, 9 Siliva Havili, 10 Shannon Boyd, 11 Josh Papalii, 12 Joseph Tapine, 13 Elliott Whitehead

Interchange: 14 Blake Austin, 15 Luke Bateman, 16 Dunamis Lui, 17 Iosia Soliola

Reserves: 18 Charlie Gubb, 19 Brad Abbey, 20 Royce Hunt, 21 Craig Garvey

Sam Williams has won the halfback jersey, with Aidan Sezer moving to five-eighth and Blake Austin to come off the bench. Siliva Havili is the starting hooker, with fellow rake Craig Garvey among the reserves.

surmo13 wrote:

there are drink-driving, dangerous driving, assault and vandalism charges in his past, the bubbling incident is only the tip of the iceburg, while none of the incidents are on the scale of a Lodge or Packer, the problem is that Carney wouldn't be getting his 2nd chance, he'd be getting his 5th chance, i read somewhere that he is yet to see out the full term of any of the contracts he has signed playing professional rugby league.

When at the Roosters, Carney himself was not charged with assault, but he was sacked for his involvement with Anthony Watts (another sacked player) who was charged after assaulting his former partner. He was already on thin ice at the Roosters after being charged with (and later convicted of) a low-level drink driving offence (He was his P's at the time, so his limit was 0.0, although IIRC he did blow slightly above 0.5).

He was on his P plates because he had lost his licence a couple of years earlier for a negligent driving offence where he failed to stop for police (and fled on foot).

He also received a 12 month suspended sentence for vandalism in 2009.

He's also failed to maintain club-imposed Alcohol bans. 

Yeah I agree with you. This would be like his 7th chance with the NRL.

So Cameron Murray out of everyone's teams.

Rochow in (even though I think he'll be a trap)

TPJ not starting makes him a bit less attractive. Easy E starting looks more so.

surmo13 wrote:

found a handy-dandy timeline,up until his Sharks sacking, i'm almost positive i heard about him getting into more trouble during his stint at Catalans, but i can't find it, note i was a little bit off, theres a couple assault complaints but no charges ever laid -

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-06-29/todd-carney27s-history-of-trouble/5558332

I remember New Year's Eve 2009 one clearly. I was playing cricket with the victim. No complaint was made because they were mates and still are.

Both centres I had were not named in starting sides and one not even in the side (taka and hunt).. hahaha.

RETHINK

Arrow named in the 8 is fairly promising.

Any interesting news today?

Clear team.

Wonder if Munster will be given DPP for WFB again now he is back there ?

A few that need to be added like Nicholls/Arrow and that will help me slot one up into FRF

Nelson Asofa Solomona starts in FRF now too, heaps of subtle changes in these lists

Arrow and Latu the Titans props. Who makes way when Wallace comes back?

How long will Kikau keep CHN out of the 2nd row.

Moeroa over Taka for Parramatta

Muster to fullbackl and Jack to five-eighth for Melbourne

Danny Fualalo lock for the dogs

Nicholls retains starting prop

SST starts with Napa on the bench

Eisenhuth onbench for togers, as part of prop rotation by the looks of it. Chee-Kam there to spell Lawrence and/or Rochow
Nofo named in 19 - still a chance for last minute reprieve

Manly bench as named is light on for props. Lane or Winterstein will have to play as prop if they run out 1-17

Ese'ese startng of Saifiti for newcastle.
No Levi as predicted. Lamb to hooker, or Watson to hooker and Lamb to halves when Griffin goes off?

Sam Williams starting? That's a trap.

raider with plenty of interest now. no injuries (apart from hodgson) whitehead at lock, tapine at second row, sammy williams at 7 with austin on the bench.

L-Jimmy wrote:TPJ not starting makes him a bit less attractive. Easy E starting looks more so.

wouldnt be long term anyway but I'm bennett theres a last minute switch for TPJ to start hooker and macca on bench

I aint falling for the Papalli trap again.

pretty happy with all that, turf TPJ for Fualalo and i have 3 days to find a CTR replacement for Milne that i don't hate, but other than that, i don't see much of a need to fiddle any further

anyone think it is worth holding murray in the team and waiting for him to get a starting gig?? how many mins we predicting for RD 1?? 50?

What's the story with Pita Godinet?

He's not available in the system yet

StormTrooper96 wrote:anyone think it is worth holding murray in the team and waiting for him to get a starting gig?? how many mins we predicting for RD 1?? 50?

If he gets 50 minutes, every chance he beats his BE (37) and makes a small profit. Bit too much of an unknown for me. I'll chuck in Brown/Merrin instead and bring in Murray later if he looks the goods.

Chewie wrote:What's the story with Pita Godinet?

He's not available in the system yet

Liddle not back from injury yet

StormTrooper96 wrote:anyone think it is worth holding murray in the team and waiting for him to get a starting gig?? how many mins we predicting for RD 1?? 50?

Can see his price rising much off the bench and a lot of risk. I think it's better to wait and then pick him up if he looks to move into the starting spot.