Round 1: Roosters vs Souths

[Super Cronk]

Roosters

1 Anthony Minichiello
2 Amos Roberts
3 Ryan Cross
4 Iosia Soliola
5 Sam Perrett
6 Braith Anasta
7 Jamie Soward
8 Craig Fitzgibbon (c)
9 Brett Finch
10 Adrian Morley
11 Anthony Tupou
12 Chris Flannery
13 Ashley Harrison

Interchange:
14 Craig Wing
15 Shane Shackleton
16 Lopini Paea
17 David Shillington
18 Steve Meredith
(one to be omitted)

Souths

1) Todd Polglase
2) Nathan Merritt
3) Shannon Hegarty
4) Adam MacDougall
5) Paul Mellor
6) John Sutton
7) Ben Walker
8) Peter Cusack ?
9) Stuart Webb
10) Scott Geddes
11) David Fa?alogo
12) Luke Stuart
13) Shane Rigon

Interchange:

14) Jaiman Lowe
15) Manase Manuokafoa
16) Shane Walker
17) Joe Galuvao
18) Yileen Gordon

(One to be omitted)

[Sharks]

Rabbitohs by 6

[DIEHARD]

Come on Bunnies! I'm looking forward to seeing Merritt back in green and red.

[Ipswich Fan]

I think the Roosters will have too much strike power for Souths.

[Steelers]

After 9mins the Roosters lead 6-0, with Minichiello scoring in the 7th minute

[Eel 33]

Rabbits 12 Roosters 6 with 17 to go in the first half.

[qld power]

omg 18-6 halftme :roll:

[Eel 33]

The roosters better pull out 20 odd points so i get another winner in the tipping comp.

[Titanium_BD1103]

OMG Morley should HAVE BEEN SENT OFF...he purposely shoulder charged Walker in the head and knocked him out cold..

AND NOW THE ROOSTERS scored a try... and then another one... and poor Souths have no fullback... and the Roosters lead.. OMG.. this is so ridiculous.. I hope Morley gets what he deserves at the Judicary on Monday.. Poor Souths so unfair is this game... :box: :box: :box: :curse:

This has turned the game.. so stupid.. I hope souths win now... Roosters over Souths 22-18

[Steelers]

Go Souths! I tipped the Roosters and am currently 1/5 in tipping, but Go Souths!

[MOPL]

Pity when your not the best side how things can change in a game. Morley's hit was a joke and the ref and touchies are a bigger joke. Video ref is that still used. Should have been called back Morley reported Souths penalty no try Easts. Who knows if Souths would have scored or gone on to win, their chances were drastically reduced by this incident

Lets hope Morley's head shot does not go over the heads of the Judicary.

I can hear Ricky now, no swinging arm contact on the shoulder and stop picking on Adrian. He is trying so hard to adapt his technique. Round and round we go every time same old excuse

How many more chances should this serial head hunter get

[DeeGan]

Adrian Morley should get 10-12 weeks IMO given his poor record.

Great win to the Roosters who I thought were always going to come home stronger. The first half they were there own worst enemy and if they were to get the better of the ball in the second half I knew their firepower out wide would be too much for a gutsy Souths team.

Very good debut for Anasta too who looked like he was feeling his way at times.

Brett Finch was ordinary, how Stuart started him ahead of Australian rake Craig Wing is beyond me - doesn't look good for Wing's Australian representation this season.

[J-Storm]

This was probably the worst officiated game I have seen in a while. Jason Robinson further cemented his position in my mind as the NRL's worst referee. His TJ's were just as bad, they are more useless than the Video Referee. The whole officiating system needs to be overhauled for the money these guys are being paid (recent pay rise, correct?) and for costing teams field position, competition points etc. Morley goes, it's then 13 on 12 and who knows maybe the Rabbitohs don't lose the mental edge they still had and the actual game itself...