Official Round 22 Bulldogs V Warriors - Team Lists and Discussion Thread

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The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs will welcome Raiders duo, Ryan James and Corey Horsburgh, into their side for this Sunday's clash with the Warriors in Redcliffe (2:00PM AEST).
Both players have been loaned to the Bulldogs for two weeks from the Canberra Raiders.
Their loans have come about after a request from the Bulldogs, based on the fact that they will be missing both Dylan Napa (3 matches) and Jack Hetherington (2 matches), due to suspension after taking early guilty pleas.

In addition, Luke Thompson is still out with suspension and Renouf Atoni has returned to Sydney to attend the birth of his child.
Bulldogs - General Manager of Football, Phil Gould, thanked Ricky Stuart, the Raiders and the NRL.
“The Bulldogs would like to thank Raiders coach Ricky Stuart and the entire Raiders organisation for this kind gesture in loaning our club two players for the next fortnight to cover our extraordinary circumstances.
Sincere thanks also to Peter V’Landys and his fellow Commissioners, NRL CEO Andrew Abdo and his salary cap team for showing discretion under the rules to allow these player loans to take place.
It’s greatly appreciated by the Bulldogs, our members, fans and corporate partners.
It’s been a tough year for the club, but the coach and players want to continue being competitive right until the very last siren rings out.
In our hour of need, to have another NRL club show us such support, typifies the unity amongst all NRL clubs in these difficult times.
Hopefully it’s never needed, but if the opportunity ever arises one day, we will be certain to return the favour”.
In other team news:
  • Ryan James will start at prop, with Corey Horsburgh coming off the bench
  • Ava Seumanufagai will start in the other front row position
  • Matt Doorey will start in the second row, with Joe Stimson coming on to the bench. Corey Waddell drops out of the squad
The match will also see Adam Elliott play his 100th NRL game for the Bulldogs.
Match: Warriors v Bulldogs
ROUND 22 - SUNDAY 15TH AUGUST
1:50pm


No.PlayerSponsor
1Nick MeaneyHy-Tec
2Corey AllanGuardian Venue Management
3Will HopoateCincotta Chemist Campsie
4Aaron SchouppAustralasian Industrial Wrappings & Coatings
5Falakiko ManuCanterbury League Club
6Bailey Biondi-OdoPenny's Crispy Pork Crackling
7Jake AverilloSydney Freezers
8Ava SeumanufagaiIntello IT
9Jeremy Marshall-KingJay Productions & Events
10Ryan JamesMMX Projects
11Adam ElliottTLH Recruitment
12Matt DooreyDental on Evaline
13Josh Jackson (c)Daily Press
InterchangeRecovery Partners
14Sione KatoaKhalil Family Lawyers
15Chris PatoloUrbanista Café & Convenience
16Corey HorsburghYour Property People
17Joe StimsonMcDonalds Punchbowl/Lakemba
Reserves
19Kyle Flanagan
20Jayden Okunbor
21Jackson Topine
22Lachlan Lewis
 

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What happened to Waddles?
 

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James and Horse will be a huge upgrade over Hetherington and Crapa but I'm not a fan of a two week player loan even if it does make us more competitive for a few weeks. The NRL is taking the piss allowing moves like this. If they're going to allow player loans, they should be for several months at least.
 

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can Katoa hurry up and F off jesus christ... St Helens is calling youuu
Baz logic lol... He played way worse at the start of the season and didn't get dropped.. he's been looking somewhat better recently and even scores a try and then gets dropped... Wtf is going on with his thought process
 

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James is a big unit, 6'4" and 110+ kgs, be interesting to see how he goes, at 30 probably not a long term prospect.

Horsburgh (ex Redcliffe Dolphins, Australian U23 rep) has offloading skills, only 23 and has the usual ranga rep for being a bit "firey", sounds like a good Hetherington stand in. Maybe the refs will mark him down for 10 minutes too, what am I saying of course they will, he will be in Bulldogs jersey.

Add a bit of variety to the game anyway.


My view, it's not bad publicity spin, "we only need them because the refs keep picking on us", it'll be mentioned all through the broadcast and give the NRL some shit.

Always a Bulldog
 
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