RD 24: Dragons vs Tigers

[Queenslander]

ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS v WESTS TIGERS
Sunday 20th August at OKI Jubilee Stadium, 3.00pm

Referee: Shayne Hayne

Team Notes:

Dragons

INJURY has further dented St George Illawarra's season with halfback Mathew Head and winger Colin Best both ruled out of Sunday's crucial NRL clash with Wests Tigers at OKI Jubilee Stadium.

Other players out: Shane Millard, Corey Payne and Shaun Timmins

St George Illawarra have called up winger Wes Naiqama - once ruled out for the season with an ankle injury - for Sunday's game against Wests Tigers.

Aaron Gorrell (ribs) and Michael Henderson (calf) also return for the OKI Jubilee Stadium game, while Colin Best (ribs) and Mathew Head (knee) are out.

Ben Hornby moves from fullback to half with Clint Greenshields filling the custodian role.

Tigers

Players out: Liam Fulton, Bryce Gibbs, Sam Harris, Brett Hodgson, Benji Marshall and Paul Whaturia

DRAGONS:

Clint Greenshields,
Wes Naiqama,
Mark Gasnier,
Matt Cooper,
Brett Morris,
Trent Barrett (capt),
Ben Hornby,
Luke Bailey,
Dean Young,
Jason Ryles,
Matt Bickerstaff,
Ashton Sims,
Ben Creagh.

Interchange:

Danny Wicks,
Michael Henderson,
Sam Isemonger,
Aaron Gorrell.

TIGERS:

Shannon McDonnell,
Taniela Tuiaki,
Dean Collis,
Daniel Fitzhenry,
Chris Lawrence,
Shane Elford,
Scott Prince (capt),
Todd Payten,
Robbie Farah,
John Skandalis,
Anthony Laffranchi,
Chris Heighington,
Dene Halatau.

Interchange:

Ben Galea,
Bronson Harrison,
Ben Jeffery,
Ryan O'Hara.

***Please use this thread for game day spoilers***

[Hoppy2007Dragons]

Come one Dragons, time for a win ay.

[Poida]

dragons are in trouble and the tigers have a bit of dominance recently over them .
tigers 29-16

[Steelers]

If we lose this, then 2006 is DEFINATELY all but over

[Super Cronk]

Both teams have alot of injuries...but i think the Dragons have shown better form then that of the Tigers.

Dragons by 8 points.

[Hoppy2007Dragons]

Weve only lost to the tigers when they have marshall, ps. Gasnier and Cooper love playing the tigers, Gasnier always scores tries in the 3 or 4 category.

[jenny]

Weve only lost to the tigers when they have marshall, ps. Gasnier and Cooper love playing the tigers, Gasnier always scores tries in the 3 or 4 category.

Dragons by 10...

[dan the man]

I saw wes play on the w/end... in premier against doggies.. bar some match fitness he was excellent great.......kicked 4 from 5 on the sideline.. moreover he had that solid defence (even though in the centres) that colin does not have.. even though he is a winger i believe no doubt they have missed him.... mainly for his hitups after kicks....and his strong defence unlike some other dragon winger

[Meh]

for the love of god come up with a win tigers....

[Meh]

if the dragons win this game then its official that, the warriors have been screwed out of finals contention by the NRL this season. :hmm:

[Grimmace]

dont think the tigers are going to make a comeback at 34-4 sorry meh the warriors season is over

[Meh]

dang eace:

[Hoppy2007Dragons]

I said Gasnier is a scoring machine against the tigers, the most pleasing thing about this game, apart from winning, was the control of the ball with little errors and penalties Also the forwards really sttod up, Ryles had one of his best games, Bailey dug deep like every week. But Gasnier 2 words............
Pure Brilliance.

If the Dragons and Broncos keep this form up, a Dragons Broncos GF is a real possibility. :win:

[Tobes]

Loved the commentators refering to Balmain as the Magpies. It kept me interested for 10 minutes!

STUFF THE BIFF, BRING BACK THE BIRD!!!!!! :afro:

[Steelers]

Poor performance yet again... not happy... we were just out-muscled and we made way too many mistakes. I will go as far to say that we will not make the top 8 unless something drastically changes.

Not only are we now clear top 8 contenders... but IMO we are now deep into this premiership challenge! If we keep that sort of form up through the finals we will be very close, if not there come October What a performance! I am so happy with the way we played today! There were so many opportunities for offloads that they would have taken for the past 5 weeks... but they held themselves back because they were too risky! Never felt so happy after a win