NRL 2013 Season Thread

[Hitman Hodgson]

Matty Bowen to the Titans next year?

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Matty Bowen to the Titans next year?

I sort of hope not, he's at the end of his career and the Titans don't need another fullback plus Zillman's playing well.

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NSW Team for Game 1

1. Jarryd Hayne (Eels)
2. Brett Morris (Dragons)
3. Michael Jennings (Roosters)
4. Josh Morris (Bulldogs)
5. Blake Ferguson (Raiders)
6. James Maloney (Roosters)
7. Mitchell Pearce (Roosters)
8. Paul Gallen (Sharks, capt)
9. Robbie Farah (Tigers)
10. James Tamou (Cowboys)
11. Ryan Hoffman (Storm)
12.Luke Lewis (Sharks)
13. Greg Bird (Titans)

Interchange

14. Kurt Gidley (Knights)
15. Anthony Watmough (Manly)
16. Andrew Fifita (Sharks)
17. Trent Merrin (Dragons)

Nathan Merritt unlucky not to be picked, again.

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Queensland Team for Game 1

1. Billy Slater (Melbourne Storm)
2. Darius Boyd (Newcastle Knights)
3. Greg Inglis (South Sydney Rabbitohs)
4. Justin Hodges (Brisbane Broncos)
5. Brent Tate (North Queensland Cowboys)
6. Johnathan Thurston (North Queensland Cowboys)
7. Cooper Cronk (Melbourne Storm)
8. Matt Scott (North Queensland Cowboys)
9. Cameron Smith (c) (Melbourne Storm)
10. David Shillington (Canberra Raiders)
11. Nate Myles (Gold Coast Titans)
12. Sam Thaiday (Brisbane Broncos)
13. Ashley Harrison (Gold Coast Titans)

Interchange

14. Corey Parker (Brisbane Broncos)
15. Matt Gillett (Brisbane Broncos)
16. Ben Te’o (South Sydney Rabbitohs)
17. Chris McQueen (South Sydney Rabbitohs)
18. Daly Cherry-Evans (Manly Sea Eagles)
19. Josh Papalii (Canberra Raiders)

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Also Kurt Gidley ruled out of game 1 with a foot injury.

[Hitman Hodgson]

NSW look stronger on paper than the last few years but it's still Queensland's series to lose.

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GO QUEENSLAND! Can't wait.

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Congrats to NSW for winning, but Queensland were off in the first half, not playing like they normally do. Game 2, Greg Inglis needs to get the ball more. Look what happened in the second half when they did.

And Paul Gallen is lucky not to have been sin binned or sent off, if that was a normal NRL game he would've been at least sin binned for sure.

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NSW team for Game 2

1. Josh Dugan (St George Illawarra)
2. Brett Morris (St George Illawarra)
3. Michael Jennings (Sydney)
4. Josh Morris (Canterbury)
5. Blake Ferguson (Canberra)
6. James Maloney (Sydney)
7. Mitchell Pearce (Sydney)
8. Paul Gallen (c) (Cronulla)
9. Robbie Farah (vc) (Wests Tigers)
10. Aaron Woods (Wests Tigers)
11. Ryan Hoffman (Melbourne)
12. Luke Lewis (Cronulla)
13. Greg Bird (Gold Coast)

Interchange

14. Andrew Fifita (Cronulla)
15. Trent Merrin (St George Illawarra)
16. Josh Reynolds (Canterbury)
17. Anthony Watmough (Manly)

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Blake Ferguson has been stood down and Merritt finally gets picked.

Queensland have made two changes to their team for game 2 dropping Ashley Harrison and David Shillington and replacing them with Cherry-Evans and Josh Papalii.