ISP Team Announcement: Round 1 v Wyong Roos

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ISP Team Announcement: Round 1

Tue 28th February, 03:50PM

Wests Tigers Intrust Super Premiership Coach Willie Peters has named his team for the Club's Round 1 match against the Wyong Roos this Saturday afternoon.

Kickoff for the match is at 3:00pm AEDT from Morry Breen Oval at Wyong.

Peters' squad is boosted by the inclusion of several key players including full-time players Watson Heleta, Jack Littlejohn, Justin Hunt, JJ Felise, Junior Tatola and Bayley Sironen.

Veteran hooker Matt Ballin will also make his return from injury in the team, coming off the interchange bench with Jeremy Marshall-King named to start the match at hooker.

Peters also announced that Nathan Milone and Matt Eisenhuth will co-captain the team in season 2017, saying that the recognition was a great reward for both players.

"We have Matt obviously representing the full-time group, and he came from the part-time squad in 2016, which is outstanding work on his behalf," Peters said.

"Nathan is coming back from a long-term injury and really applied himself with the part-time squad in the off-season. He was in the full-time group last year so I think we have a good blend of the full-time and part-time in those positions, that way we can make both groups feel as though they are a part of it.

"I'm looking forward to seeing what the boys have to offer as far as leadership goes."

See how Wests Tigers Intrust Super Premiership side will line up in Round 1 below!

Be there for our first home game of 2017 when we take on the Penrith Panthers!
WESTS TIGERS

1\. Watson Heleta
2\. Moses Suli
3\. Toni Tali
4\. Nathan Milone (capt.)
5\. Christian Yassmin
6\. Jack Littlejohn
7\. Justin Hunt
8\. Jordan Grant
9\. Jeremy Marshall-King
10\. JJ Felise
11\. Esan Marsters
12\. Bayley Sironen
13\. Darcy Cox

Interchange:
14\. Matt Ballin
15\. Wesley Lolo
16\. Junior Tatola
17\. Veiru Mapesone
18\. Jackson Williams

Coach: David Heath

http://www.weststigers.com.au/news/2017/02/28/isp_team_announcemen.html
 
Heleta, Suli, Tali, Yassmin, Sironen, Marsters, Marshall=King, Tatola and JJ. It is a smorgasboard of talent and our hope for the future.
 
Some good reporting there…..Willie Peters is coaching at Manly but still able to pick the team.....David Heath must be spewing :slight_smile:

Where is that young backrower from Cronulla???
What are people's opinion on Wesley Lolo? He looks the part (good size across) Is he just a career reserve grade player? Does he have what it takes to play 1st grade???
 
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Some good reporting there…..Willie Peters is coaching at Manly but still able to pick the team.....David Heath must be spewing :slight_smile:

Where is that young backrower from Cronulla???
What are people's opinion on Wesley Lolo? He looks the part (good size across) Is he just a career reserve grade player? Does he have what it takes to play 1st grade???
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It was good of Heath to let Peters have one last crack at team selection :smiley:
 
It sucks that Suli isn't playing FG but this is a strong team. Hopefully they will go far this season, the talent is there.
 
Sorry but I want to see Mapesone given a chance to start in the halves

I think he could be a goer at NRL level if he can prove he can make the step up in ISP
 
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Sorry but I want to see Mapesone given a chance to start in the halves

I think he could be a goer at NRL level if he can prove he can make the step up in ISP
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You know with the NRL's new TLT rules that ISP initial lines up's aren't really worth the paper they are printed on any more don't you…

Expect Changes.. :wink:
 
FINAL TEAM

WESTS TIGERS

1\. Watson Heleta
19\. Jordan Rankin
3\. Toni Tali
4\. Nathan Milone (capt.)
5\. Christian Yassmin
**17\. Veiru Mapesone**
7\. Justin Hunt
8\. Jordan Grant
9\. Jeremy Marshall-King
10\. JJ Felise
11\. Esan Marsters
12\. Bayley Sironen
21\. Joel Edwards

Interchange:
13\. Darcy Cox
15\. Wesley Lolo
16\. Junior Tatola
18\. Jackson Williams

Coach: David Heath

http://www.weststigers.com.au/news/2017/03/04/late_changes_intrust.html
 
Ballin expected to be available next week. Hopefully Liddle is right to go too.
 
Obviously left their attitude at home today. Disappointing after 2 decent trial efforts.
 
Courtesy of the official Wests Tigers website:

Match Report: Intrust Super Premiership Round 1

Dan Talintyre
Sat 4th March, 05:00PM

Wests Tigers Intrust Super Premiership side have gone down 42-0 to the Wyong Roos on Saturday in wet and tough conditions at Morry Breen Oval.

With rain and howling wind featuring prominently throughout the match, David Heath's side were left to rue a number of missed attacking opportunities in the first half, with the home side making the most of their chances to emerge with a comfortable 42-point win.

The match began in perfect fashion for Wyong, who quickly built a two-try lead through Chris Centrone and Chris Smith to lead 8-0 after the first ten minutes of play.

However, Josh Mantellato's two sideline conversions were waved away, giving Wests Tigers somewhat of a repreive after a dominant opening period from the home side.

Nathan Milone and Watson Heleta went close to bringing Wests Tigers back into the match after some strong defence forced errors from the hosts, but the final pass and kick was lacking.

It proved to be costly for Wests Tigers, as Wyong took advantage of a chance just before the break to extend their lead through Jayden Nikorima down the right wing.

Mantellato's third conversion attempt was waved away, leaving it at 12-0.

Running with the win in the second half, Wyong began where they left off in the first, with the kicking game of Tyler Cornish and Nikorima causing all sorts of problems for the visitors.

After Brock Gray crashed over in the 42nd minute, Dale Copley would inflict more pain with a quick double — giving Wyong a commanding 28-0 lead with still 20 minutes to play.

Threatening to score seemingly every time they attacked Wests Tigers' right edge, Nikorima's kicking game continued to pin the visitors on their own line, allowing Centrone to take advantage of an attempted shift to the left to swoop on an intercept and run the better part of 50m to score under the posts.

Copley would then complete his hat-trick in the final 10 minutes of the match after a grubber from Mitch Williams found the centre down the short side — taking the score to 38-0.

As the siren sounded, Mantellato would complete a stellar day out for the home side, crashing over in the corner to give the Roos a commanding 42-point victory in the end.
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FULL TIME — Wyong Roos 42 (Copley 3, Centrone 2, Smith, Gray, Mantellato tries; 5/8 goals) def. Wests Tigers 0 at Morry Breen Oval
 
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