@ said:
Lol. He's a flop.
Can't see em winning this game.
Lol. He's a flop.
Can't see em winning this game.
GoldXR50Leroy
New member
@ said:
Wonder why I suffer from depression?…........
G
Guest
Guest
Magpies desperate to bounce back against Sea Eagles
Author Dan Talintyre Timestamp Fri 27 Jul 2018, 10:31 AM
Wests Tigers Intrust Super Premiership side, Western Suburbs, will be desperate to bounce back on Saturday when they face the Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles.
Seemingly locked in for a top four finish and a potential minor premiership tilt a month ago, a disappointing run of form has seen the Magpies drop out of the top four and in to a battle now just to stay inside the top eight with five games remaining in the Intrust Super Premiership regular season.
After going down 40-22 to the Bulldogs at Belmore last week, Western Suburbs again find themselves on the road this Saturday — as they will for every game remaining in the season — and the trip across to the Northern Beaches to take on the Sea Eagles at Lottoland won't be easy. Manly's feeder team have lost just two games at the venue this year (both of which were against very tough sides), and after pushing the high-flying Mounties all the way last week, will be far from a push-over come Saturday afternoon.
It was Western Suburbs who emerged triumphant when these two sides met earlier in the season with a gritty 26-18 win at Leichhardt Oval but it's shaping as a very different looking team this weekend.
Tim Grant, Oliver Clark, Tuimoala Lolohea and Toni Tali are all absent with injury, while Robbie Rochow has been called up to the first-grade squad following the injuries to Chris Lawrence and Josh Aloiai.
Their unavailability sees Joseph Ratu, Cowen Epere and development forward Sam McIntyre move in to the starting side, and they'll face a tough test against a dominant Sea Eagles pack containing plenty of first-grade experience in Toafofoa Sipley, Joey Lussick, Lloyd Perrett, James Hasson and Lewis Brown.
Jersey Flegg-eligible forwards Ben Seufale and Alex Seyfarth also join the bench as the Magpies depth is tested once again, although there is some welcome relief in the inclusion of Malakai Watene-Zelezniak (NRL) and Jacob Liddle (illness) who both missed last week's heavy loss to the Bulldogs.
Liddle in particular looms as a key player in Saturday's game; his last-start performance in a losing side to Mounties was nothing short of exceptional with eight runs for 140 metres, 3 tackle breaks and a club-record 73 tackles in 80 minutes. If he can generate space out of dummy half and, in turn, bring Tyson Gamble and Pita Godinet in to the game more close to the line, then the Magpies have shown to have enough talent within their side to bounce back and get the two points available this weekend.
It's far from desperate times for Western Suburbs, who will still sit in the top eight regardless of this week's result, and a top four spot is certainly not out of the question given they are only two points back of the Dragons in fourth. But with an extremely tough schedule coming up away to the Panthers (1st) and Mounties (2nd) over the next two weeks, bouncing back this Saturday is certainly going to be key.
Tune in to FOX League from 12:30pm AEST to catch all the action ahead of kickoff at 12:45pm.
Author Dan Talintyre Timestamp Fri 27 Jul 2018, 10:31 AM
Wests Tigers Intrust Super Premiership side, Western Suburbs, will be desperate to bounce back on Saturday when they face the Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles.
Seemingly locked in for a top four finish and a potential minor premiership tilt a month ago, a disappointing run of form has seen the Magpies drop out of the top four and in to a battle now just to stay inside the top eight with five games remaining in the Intrust Super Premiership regular season.
After going down 40-22 to the Bulldogs at Belmore last week, Western Suburbs again find themselves on the road this Saturday — as they will for every game remaining in the season — and the trip across to the Northern Beaches to take on the Sea Eagles at Lottoland won't be easy. Manly's feeder team have lost just two games at the venue this year (both of which were against very tough sides), and after pushing the high-flying Mounties all the way last week, will be far from a push-over come Saturday afternoon.
It was Western Suburbs who emerged triumphant when these two sides met earlier in the season with a gritty 26-18 win at Leichhardt Oval but it's shaping as a very different looking team this weekend.
Tim Grant, Oliver Clark, Tuimoala Lolohea and Toni Tali are all absent with injury, while Robbie Rochow has been called up to the first-grade squad following the injuries to Chris Lawrence and Josh Aloiai.
Their unavailability sees Joseph Ratu, Cowen Epere and development forward Sam McIntyre move in to the starting side, and they'll face a tough test against a dominant Sea Eagles pack containing plenty of first-grade experience in Toafofoa Sipley, Joey Lussick, Lloyd Perrett, James Hasson and Lewis Brown.
Jersey Flegg-eligible forwards Ben Seufale and Alex Seyfarth also join the bench as the Magpies depth is tested once again, although there is some welcome relief in the inclusion of Malakai Watene-Zelezniak (NRL) and Jacob Liddle (illness) who both missed last week's heavy loss to the Bulldogs.
Liddle in particular looms as a key player in Saturday's game; his last-start performance in a losing side to Mounties was nothing short of exceptional with eight runs for 140 metres, 3 tackle breaks and a club-record 73 tackles in 80 minutes. If he can generate space out of dummy half and, in turn, bring Tyson Gamble and Pita Godinet in to the game more close to the line, then the Magpies have shown to have enough talent within their side to bounce back and get the two points available this weekend.
It's far from desperate times for Western Suburbs, who will still sit in the top eight regardless of this week's result, and a top four spot is certainly not out of the question given they are only two points back of the Dragons in fourth. But with an extremely tough schedule coming up away to the Panthers (1st) and Mounties (2nd) over the next two weeks, bouncing back this Saturday is certainly going to be key.
Tune in to FOX League from 12:30pm AEST to catch all the action ahead of kickoff at 12:45pm.
Jacob Liddle is class
18 All now after Blacktown scored of an intercept to lead 18-6..
Tries to Godinet and Gamble ..level it up
Tries to Godinet and Gamble ..level it up
Liddle strolls through a massive gap and scores at will…Wests 24 Blacktown 18
Liddle again busts Blacktown on a 30m run pulled up just short ..the Wetene-Zelezniak scores 1 pass off the ruck
Wests 28 Blacktown 18.. 15min to go..
Wests 28 Blacktown 18.. 15min to go..
Little Harry O'Toole picks up a Blacktown attacking kick and goes 104m to score..
Wests 32-18..7min to go
Wests 32-18..7min to go
Blacktown get 2 late tries
FT Wests 32-26..
Liddle Gamble Heleta Siolo our best
FT Wests 32-26..
Liddle Gamble Heleta Siolo our best
Tigers4ever
Active member
Huge win, Go the Tigers!!!!
GNR4LIFE
Well-known member
@ said:
Umm
The_Patriot
Well-known member
Good to see them bounce back. Unexpected.
G
Guest
Guest
Magpies fight back to down Sea Eagles
Author Dan Talintyre Timestamp Sat 28 Jul 2018, 02:19 PM
A stirring second half comeback from the Western Suburbs Magpies has seen them down the Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles 32-26 on Saturday afternoon at Lottoland.
Trailing by 12 points in the second half and on the verge of a fourth straight defeat, the Magpies clicked in to gear with some stirring defensive pressure to put them on the attack, and it was the class of Jacob Liddle, Pita Godinet and Tyson Gamble in the spine that got the visitors home in the end.
The win sees Western Suburbs back in the hunt for a top four finish in the Intrust Super Premiership competition, with tough away trips in the next fortnight against the Panthers (1st) and Mounties (2nd).
In an entertaining opening 20 minutes that only failed to produce any points, it was the visitors who eventually opened the scoring after 25 minutes as Liddle broke away from inside his own half to send Godinet over under the posts. Off the back of that try, the game would suddenly come to life, with Blacktown Workers also finding their feet in attack — Tevita Funa and Tom Wright breaking the Magpies open on a number of occasions to put the home side back in the lead heading in to half-time.
Wright, in particular, was causing the right edge defence of the Magpies all sorts of problems with his quick feet, and the visitors were somewhat fortunate to head in to the half-time break only down by six.
The fleet-footed Sea Eagles playmaker would continue his good form early in the second half as he collected an intercept from Jonathan Wright to burn the cover defence and score untouched — giving the home side an 18-6 lead that was well-deserved for their dominance in the match so far.
However, the visitors weren't going away, and off the back of Godinet's second try in the match, began to claw their way back in to the contest with several strong turnover tackles in defence.
Gamble would be awarded a somewhat fortuitous four-pointer in the 52nd minute to level the match, but there would be nothing controversial about the following 15-minute spell from Western Suburbs, with Liddle again starring as his side began to run away with the contest at Lottoland.
The young gun hooker would catch the defence out in the 58th minute to put the Magpies back in front, before again breaking the line to allow Malakai Watene-Zelezniak to crash his way over soon after.
Blacktown tried desperately to stay with the Magpies, but when Harry O'Toole collected a kick from Funa and raced over 100 metres to score at the other end of the field, it was all over bar the shouting.
Vai Toutai would crash over late for the Sea Eagles after a clever pass from Jade Anderson before Folau grabbed his second in the dying moments of the game, but their efforts would be nothing more than a consolation prize for the disappointed home side as the full-time sounded at Lottoland.
Western Suburbs will take on the top-of-the-table Panthers next Sunday at Penrith in a match that will have huge bearings on the final make up of the regular season ladder with just four games left in the year.
Western Suburbs 32 (Godinet 2, Gamble, Liddle, Watene-Zelezniak, O'Toole tries; Gamble 1/1, Godinet 3/4, Aldridge 0/1 goals) def. Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles 26 (Folau 2, J.Wright, T.Wright, Toutai tries; Funa 3/5 goals) at Lottoland
Author Dan Talintyre Timestamp Sat 28 Jul 2018, 02:19 PM
A stirring second half comeback from the Western Suburbs Magpies has seen them down the Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles 32-26 on Saturday afternoon at Lottoland.
Trailing by 12 points in the second half and on the verge of a fourth straight defeat, the Magpies clicked in to gear with some stirring defensive pressure to put them on the attack, and it was the class of Jacob Liddle, Pita Godinet and Tyson Gamble in the spine that got the visitors home in the end.
The win sees Western Suburbs back in the hunt for a top four finish in the Intrust Super Premiership competition, with tough away trips in the next fortnight against the Panthers (1st) and Mounties (2nd).
In an entertaining opening 20 minutes that only failed to produce any points, it was the visitors who eventually opened the scoring after 25 minutes as Liddle broke away from inside his own half to send Godinet over under the posts. Off the back of that try, the game would suddenly come to life, with Blacktown Workers also finding their feet in attack — Tevita Funa and Tom Wright breaking the Magpies open on a number of occasions to put the home side back in the lead heading in to half-time.
Wright, in particular, was causing the right edge defence of the Magpies all sorts of problems with his quick feet, and the visitors were somewhat fortunate to head in to the half-time break only down by six.
The fleet-footed Sea Eagles playmaker would continue his good form early in the second half as he collected an intercept from Jonathan Wright to burn the cover defence and score untouched — giving the home side an 18-6 lead that was well-deserved for their dominance in the match so far.
However, the visitors weren't going away, and off the back of Godinet's second try in the match, began to claw their way back in to the contest with several strong turnover tackles in defence.
Gamble would be awarded a somewhat fortuitous four-pointer in the 52nd minute to level the match, but there would be nothing controversial about the following 15-minute spell from Western Suburbs, with Liddle again starring as his side began to run away with the contest at Lottoland.
The young gun hooker would catch the defence out in the 58th minute to put the Magpies back in front, before again breaking the line to allow Malakai Watene-Zelezniak to crash his way over soon after.
Blacktown tried desperately to stay with the Magpies, but when Harry O'Toole collected a kick from Funa and raced over 100 metres to score at the other end of the field, it was all over bar the shouting.
Vai Toutai would crash over late for the Sea Eagles after a clever pass from Jade Anderson before Folau grabbed his second in the dying moments of the game, but their efforts would be nothing more than a consolation prize for the disappointed home side as the full-time sounded at Lottoland.
Western Suburbs will take on the top-of-the-table Panthers next Sunday at Penrith in a match that will have huge bearings on the final make up of the regular season ladder with just four games left in the year.
Western Suburbs 32 (Godinet 2, Gamble, Liddle, Watene-Zelezniak, O'Toole tries; Gamble 1/1, Godinet 3/4, Aldridge 0/1 goals) def. Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles 26 (Folau 2, J.Wright, T.Wright, Toutai tries; Funa 3/5 goals) at Lottoland
happy_tiger
Well-known member
Is Liddle ready for a run in NRL yet ??
73 tackles last week and sounds like he played well again
73 tackles last week and sounds like he played well again
