ROUND 7 - Bulldogs VS Roosters - GAME DISCUSSION & TEAM LISTS

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Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs v Sydney Roosters,
Thursday 17th April at ANZ Stadium


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Bulldogs:
1 Moses Mbye
2 Brett Morris
3 Josh Morris
4 Will Hopoate
5 Marcelo Montoya
6 Jeremy Marshall-King
7 Kieran Foran
8 Aaron Woods
9 Michael Lichaa
10 David Klemmer
11 Josh Jackson (c)
12 Raymond Faitala-Mariner
13 Adam Elliott

14 Asipeli Fine
15 Danny Fualalo
16 Greg Eastwood
17 Kerrod Holland

18 John Olive - Named in NSW Cup - dropped out
19 Rhyse Martin - Named in NSW Cup
20 Renouf Toomaga - Named in NSW Cup
21 Matthew Frawley - Named in NSW Cup - dropped out

The Bulldogs are unchanged following their impressive performance against the Cowboys last week.

Roosters:
1 James Tedesco
2 Joseph Manu
3 Latrell Mitchell
4 Mitchell Aubusson
5 Blake Ferguson
6 Luke Keary
7 Cooper Cronk
8 Zane Tetevano
9 Jake Friend (c)
10 Dylan Napa
11 Boyd Cordner (c)
12 Ryan Matterson
13 Isaac Liu

Interchange:
14 Jared Waerea-Hargreaves
15 Frank-Paul Nuuausala
16 Nat Butcher
17 Victor Radley

Reserves:
18 Sitili Tupouniua - Named in NSW Cup (Wyong)
19 Sio Siua Taukeiaho - Unlikely as injured last week and due out for a few weeks. - dropped out
20 Kurt Baptiste - Named in NSW Cup (Wyong)
21 Reece Robinson - dropped out

Winger Reece Robinson has been dropped, with Joseph Manu shifting to the flank and Mitch Aubusson moving to centre. Jared Waerea-Hargreaves reverts to the bench with Zane Tetevano starting. Frank-Paul Nuuausala comes in for his first Roosters game since 2014. Sio Siua Taukeiaho is an outside chance of an early comeback from a knee injury after being named in the reserves (He has not despite what NRL.com say).

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NRL.COM MATCH PREVIEW

Just when we were nodding our collective heads at the Roosters' impressive substance-over-style road win over Cronulla, they turn up a week later and get steamrolled by a Sam Burgess-less Rabbitohs pack.

The score actually flattered the Chooks. The Bunnies frequently punched holes in their more fancied opponents' defensive line and would've won by more than 12 if they'd made the most of their many scoring opportunities.

It's still only early days and the Roosters (3-3) haven't endured the same struggles as the Cowboys and Eels, but make no mistake, coach Trent Robinson must be as concerned as he is frustrated. It doesn't matter how many Tedescos and Cronks you have if you get pulverised up front, and the Roosters haven't proved they can play a power game on a weekly basis.

The Bulldogs put together their best performance of the season last week in Townsville, claiming a much-needed second win with a wire to wire thumping of the under-achieving Cowboys.

They will really make us sit up and take notice if they account for the Roosters.

Head-to-head: Played 172; Roosters 87 wins; Bulldogs 80 wins; 5 draws.
Matches at venue: Played 17; Bulldogs 11 wins; Roosters 6 wins
2017 results: Roosters won 28-24 at Allianz Stadium in round 2 and 24-18 at ANZ Stadium in round 11
Points per game: Bulldogs 17.2; Roosters 29.7
Points conceded per game: Bulldogs 23.3; Roosters 16


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Bulldogs: The Bulldogs are unchanged following their impressive performance against the Cowboys last week. Rhyse Martin and Matt Frawley were dropped from the bench 24 hours out from kick-off.

Roosters: Winger Reece Robinson has been dropped, with Joseph Manu shifting to the flank and Mitch Aubusson moving to centre. Jared Waerea-Hargreaves reverts to the bench with Zane Tetevano starting. Frank-Paul Nuuausala comes in for his first Roosters game since 2014. Sio Siua Taukeiaho and Reece Robinson were dropped from the bench 24 hours out from kick-off.
 
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Great summation. Robinson won’t be under any pressure if they again lose which is likely, because he has mates in the media that adore him.
Crawley, Rothfield, Ritchie,Kent & Weildler all love him. When the Roosters ran 15th in 2016, they blamed it on the injuries despite the fact that they were all back by round 10 & won just 3 more matches.
Robinson is a fucking myth .
 

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Bulldogs unchanged from last week interesting to note Cogger is starting for the Knights this weekend.
just posted then deleted this :D haha, was stoked to see his name, Lamb has been woeful. So hopefully Cogger makes a fist of it and holds a spot for the rest of the year before he heads over to us
 

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The squad is :

1 Moses Mbye
2 Brett Morris
3 Josh Morris
4 Will Hopoate
5 Marcelo Montoya
6 Jeremy Marshall-King
7 Kieran Foran
8 Aaron Woods
9 Michael Lichaa
10 David Klemmer
11 Josh Jackson
12 Raymond Faitala-Mariner
13 Adam Elliott
14 Asipeli Fine
15 Danny Fualalo
16 Greg Eastwood
17 Kerrod Holland
19 John Olive
20 Rhyse Martin
21 Renouf To’omaga
23 Matt Frawley
 
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Great summation. Robinson won’t be under any pressure if they again lose which is likely, because he has mates in the media that adore him.
Crawley, Rothfield, Ritchie,Kent & Weildler all love him. When the Roosters ran 15th in 2016, they blamed it on the injuries despite the fact that they were all back by round 10 & won just 3 more matches.
Robinson is a fucking myth .
Robinson looks like warnie, if warnie was old, didn’t have any plastic surgery, and was stung by 1000 Africanized bees.
 
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Roosters: 1 James Tedesco, 2 Joseph Manu, 3 Latrell Mitchell, 4 Mitchell Aubusson, 5 Blake Ferguson, 6 Luke Keary, 7 Cooper Cronk, 8 Zane Tetevano, 9 Jake Friend (c), 10 Dylan Napa, 11 Boyd Cordner (c), 12 Ryan Matterson, 13 Isaac Liu

Interchange: 14 Jared Waerea-Hargreaves, 15 Frank-Paul Nuuausala, 16 Nat Butcher, 17 Victor Radley
 

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Well, team unchanged as we expected. I would still rather have Tualau on the bench in place of Fine. I'm warming to Holland on the bench given our roster... maybe that's Nasheed's fault lol
 

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Roosters really missing Tupou. His absence affects the entire backline. Aubusson offers fuck all in attack and Manu ain’t a winger. Defensively he’s horrid. Since 2013 whenever the Roosters have played the Dogs I’ve been always confident.
Not this time.
 

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Roosters really missing Tupou. His absence affects the entire backline. Aubusson offers fuck all in attack and Manu ain’t a winger. Defensively he’s horrid. Since 2013 whenever the Roosters have played the Dogs I’ve been always confident.
Not this time.
You still have your best player on the field.... Sutton.
 
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