Grand Final Team Announced

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WESTS TIGERS TEAM FOR TOYOTA CUP GRAND FINAL
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Wests Tigers Coach Grant Jones has named his team to play Melbourne Storm in the Toyota Cup Grand Final.

The match kicks-off at 2.10pm at ANZ Stadium on Sunday, October 4.

Wests Tigers wish Grant Jones, captain Darren Nicholls and the team the very best of luck.

1 Jake Mullaney
2 Joel Jackson
3 Joel Wisbey
4 Jake Clarke
5 Sama Sauvao
6 Robert Lui
7 Darren Nicholls ©
8 Andrew Fifita
9 Chris Corby
10 Aaron Woods
11 Simon Dwyer
12 Jason Schirnack
13 Matt Hyland

Interchange
14 Jay Florimo
15 Monikura Tikinau
16 David Fifita
17 Rhys Curran
18 Leivaha Pulu

 

[Aladinsane]

Surprise Surprise….....it must be a massive advantage for the team that Grant Jones can pick that same 18 nearly for the last 2 months......Go you Good Things 😛ray:

 

[Geo]

Consistancy is key…....hope Palu gets a run ahead of Tikinau.....

Seen enough of them this year to know..........They have got Melbourne covered......no doubt in my mind.........

 

[Aladinsane]

Consistancy is key…....hope Palu gets a run ahead of Tikinau.....

Seen enough of them this year to know..........They have got Melbourne covered......no doubt in my mind.........

The Tigers are paying $2.70 for the win…...glad the Bookmakers aren't so confident as you Geo

 

[softlaw]

C'mon boys!!

 

[tigesup]

Consistancy is key…....hope Palu gets a run ahead of Tikinau.....

Seen enough of them this year to know..........They have got Melbourne covered......no doubt in my mind.........

The Tigers are paying $2.70 for the win…...glad the Bookmakers aren't so confident as you Geo

But they aren't always right and what great odds to get on.I think they have Melbourne well covered.

Woodsy at $51 first and last tryscorer is my go as well!!! Surely he's got to score one!!!!!!!!

 

[simonthetiger]

Ive really enjoyed watching our boys this year…...wish them all the best,and a hat trick to big fifita......outstanding year from the big feller.

 

[Guest]

The team is as expected but they key to winning the grand final is to reproduce the same form and gameplan as last week, complete their sets and roll Melbourne up the middle. The Tigers have enough size and go forward and with the likes of Dwyer lurking out wide with his offload, and Lui and Mullaney causing havoc out wide, the Tigers have enough talent to win this one.

 

[Aladinsane]

Sportsbet offering better than Centrebet…..$2.90 for the win.

 

[Raptor]

Put some money on the Tigers to win the 20's a couple of weeks ago got on a $9

 

[Aladinsane]

**Tiger cubs out to earn stripes in Toyota Cup Grand Final**
By Steve Gee From: The Daily Telegraph October 02, 2009

WESTS Tigers' Toyota Cup coach Grant Jones says he works overtime on defence, spending twice as many hours than he does on his team's dazzling attack.

As he prepares his Tigers for Sunday's Grand Final clash with Melbourne Storm at ANZ Stadium, Grant is at pains to explain why there are so many blow-out scorelines.

"The fact is these kids come from schoolboys, where they play 25 minutes [halves]," Grant told MainGame. "It's a big jump to 40 minutes and that's why sides can't hold out for long periods or back-to-back sets in defence. Mentally they just can't concentrate for that period.

"They don't have the experience and the mental aptitude."

Now in its second season, the Toyota Cup has already produced a string of players now starring at NRL level, headed by Souths halfback Chris Sandow, last season's Toyota Cup player of the year.

Among those expected to kick on from 2009 include Tigers' five-eighth Robert Lui, who caught the eye with a handful of NRL impressive performances at halfback late in the year.

Tigers fullback Jake Mullaney, who topped the Toyota Cup poinstcorers, is another star on the rise, while backrower Simon Dwyer will graduate to the top 25 next year after impressing head coach Tim Sheens in the NRL this year.

Melbourne, who finished third in the minor premiership, feature two players from the 2009 Toyota Cup Team of the Year, with English fullback Gareth Widdup and and Kiwi front-rower Jesse Bromich.

The Tigers and Storm have one win apiece this year, with both emerging victorious on the road.

The round 6 clash went to Melbourne 38-22, while Wests Tigers had their revenge in round 15, winning 38-28.

Grant said the win against the Storm was the team's first against a higher-ranked side and proved to be a catalyst for their Grand Final run.

The Tigers typify the topsy-turvy nature of the Toyota Cup, where drawing a form line can be impossible as sides lose players to the NRL and NSW Cup. They finished fourth but fell 46-22 to Brisbane in the first week of the play-offs.

That put them in sudden-death matches against the Raiders and Dragons.

"We've been good at beating sides below us, but hadn't beaten a top-four contender until we beat them [the Storm], so it was probably a bit of a turning point," Grant said.

"It gave them the boost of confidence. It should be a great game on Sunday."