Round 2: St George-Illawarra Dragons vs Gold Coast Titans

[DIEHARD]

St George-Illawarra Dragons vs Gold Coast Titans

WIN Stadium
Sat 21 Mar 2009 5:30pm

Titans
1. Preston Campbell, 2. Esi Tonga, 3. Josh Graham, 4. Brett Delaney, 5. Jordan Atkins, 6. Mat Rogers, 7. Scott Prince (c), 8. Luke Bailey, 9. Nathan Friend, 10. Matt White, 11. Anthony Laffranchi, 12. Mark Minichiello, 13. Ashley Harrison

Interchange: 14. Aaron Cannings, 15. Brad Meyers, 16. Luke O'Dwyer, 17. William Zillman

[Boofhead]

My side for round 2:

1. William Zillman (Made a great impact against the Knights at the back, will become a Legend at the Titans)
2. Chris Walker (It's time to bring Walks back into the side, great player)
3. Mat Rogers (I'm a fan of Rogers at five eight, but he played better footy in the centers)
4. Brett Delaney
5. Jordan Atkins (His performance against the Knights was one of his best in a while)
6. Preston Campbell (Will be able to concentrate more on attack without the added pressure of fullback)
7. Scott Prince (c)
8. Luke Bailey (c)
9. Nathan Friend
10. Matt White (We have so much depth in the FR!)
11. Anthony Laffranchi
12. Mark Minichiello
13. Ashley Harrison

14. Brad Meyers (Had an amazing game against the Knights securing his spot)
15. Josh Graham (Can play in centers and forwards - great player to have on bench)
16. Luke O'Dwyer (Silenced alot of critics against the Knights, keep it up Luke!)
17. Daniel Conn (To make the team perfect, we need some Conn-crete)

[patskE]

yeh that side looks great aye
bar i think tonga has done enough to keep his spot aye.
dnt know, hopefully that try by zillman is enough to force carty to put him in.
hopefully going to make it to this game.
is conn back but? i would think he would play a week or two back in qld cup

[Steve]

I don't reckon we'll see much of a change unless there's some injuries. Everyone played well on Sunday.

[Coaster]

Storm showed Soward is there weakness in defense. To me you dont want Preston in the front line against guys like Creagh and Young.

So i would have Zillman at Center, Graham to the bench , and the rest as is.

[Tamwelg]

My side for round 2:

1. William Zillman (Made a great impact against the Knights at the back, will become a Legend at the Titans)
2. Chris Walker (It's time to bring Walks back into the side, great player)
3. Mat Rogers (I'm a fan of Rogers at five eight, but he played better footy in the centers)
4. Brett Delaney
5. Jordan Atkins (His performance against the Knights was one of his best in a while)
6. Preston Campbell (Will be able to concentrate more on attack without the added pressure of fullback)
7. Scott Prince (c)
8. Luke Bailey (c)
9. Nathan Friend
10. Matt White (We have so much depth in the FR!)
11. Anthony Laffranchi
12. Mark Minichiello
13. Ashley Harrison

14. Brad Meyers (Had an amazing game against the Knights securing his spot)
15. Josh Graham (Can play in centers and forwards - great player to have on bench)
16. Luke O'Dwyer (Silenced alot of critics against the Knights, keep it up Luke!)
17. Daniel Conn (To make the team perfect, we need some Conn-crete)

nice team. The only change I'd make is to lose either O'Dwyer or Graham for a bigger forward like Cannings or Henderson. I can't see a need for 2 utility players on the bench. Can't pick which I'd drop, both played good games.

[curly_11]

I too would like to see Rogers/Zillman in the centres but the reality is it is most likely not going to happen. Rogers played well at 5/8 but would be better in the centres to give us more attacking strength out wide.

I would also keep the wingers as they did what was required of them. People say they didnt get involved enough and that has a lot to do with our centres...

I also agree that i would like to see 1 utility player not 2. I say this because Josh Graham in my opinion is a utility not a centre. I dont think he ran at the line hard enough or really created anything. But was rather solid in defence....

My team

1. Presto
2. Tonga
3. Zillman
4. Delany
5. Atkins
6. Rogers
7. Prince
8. Bailey
9. Friend
10. White
11. Laffranchi
12. Minichiello
13. Harrison

14. Luke Odwyer
15. Aaron Cannings
16. Henderson
17. Tagatese/Conn (if fit)

I think we'll need more size on the bench against the dragons pack!

2009 is the year the Titans put the Dragons to the sword

[patskE]

Storm showed Soward is there weakness in defense. To me you dont want Preston in the front line against guys like Creagh and Young.

So i would have Zillman at Center, Graham to the bench , and the rest as is.

to campbell credit
he did 2 one on one tackles to save it from a try. just put him next to harrison.

[Coaster]

He would have to make 32 if he was number 6.

[Supergoose]

He would have to make 32 if he was number 6.

Exactly and that is why Cartwright won't change anything at least not for this week. The Dragons centres will run riot if we make changes to our centre line. We can maybe squeeze Zillman in on the wing marking Nightingale and push Tonga into the centres. I don't think there'll be many changes as the side went really well. Can anyone tell us how some of the fringe players went in the Qld Cup?

[curly_11]

Some good news is that Justin Poore is out for 4 weeks with a fractured hand

[Teegy]

Some good news is that Justin Poore is out for 4 weeks with a fractured hand

the bad news is his replacement will be nev costigan and he played a great game on the weekend for shellhabour.

[lonegull]

gold coast has named the same squad as last week no changes

[hully gully]

No reason for this, Just a feeling Chris Walker might be incuded to travel for this one. Would be ironic for the 1st try score to come back for this.....

[titanstattman]

No reason for this, Just a feeling Chris Walker might be incuded to travel for this one. Would be ironic for the 1st try score to come back for this.....

Hahaha it would be good for the 2007 1st try scorer to come back and than score the 1st try on sat night.....