NSW Cup Round 4: Balmain V Wentworthville

[system]

Team announcements due soon but it will be uphill for BRET this week.

Not only have they lost a huge amount of players to the call up for NRL but have an injury toll as well.

Add to this the Parra NRL team sees the dropping of FuiFui and other NRL standard players to the Wenty Reggies side.

Tough week

 

[system]

Balmain Ryde Eastwood Tigers coach Paul Fletcher has announced his team for Round 4 of the 2011 NSW Cup.

The Balmain Ryde Eastwood Tigers take on the Wentworthville Magpies.

The game is being played at Ringrose Park starting at 4.00pm on Sunday.

See you at the game.

The team is:
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TEAM LIST

1 Jake Mullaney
2 Joe Ulibau
3 Justin Smith
4 Jake Clarke
5 Sam Latu

6 Sean Meaney C
7 Charlie Herekotukutuku

8 Andrew Pearn
9 George Nadira
10 Rhys Curran
11 Mark Flanagan
12 Matthew Ryan
13 Matthew Hyland

14 Eloni Vunakece
15 Sione Tovo
16 Matt Davidson
17 Sean Craig
18 Ben Saunders

 

[system]

Interesting that Charlie H has been purchased from Bundy Red Cup

Farlow called up perhaps?

 

[fergiefurr]

That's not the ex cowboy Justin smith is it?

 

[Guest]

Rhys Curran at prop? Poor bloke doesn't even crack 100kg in bodyweight. Obviously a very light weight forward pack and Joe Ulibau has also been called up from the Toyota Cup squad. Really feeling for the club at the moment with all the injuries clearly taking it's toll.

 

[Guest]

That's not the ex cowboy Justin smith is it?

Don't think so, I think it is one of the eligible Toyota Cup players.

 

[system]

Smith is a player we got from the Knights NYC squad from last year

 

[alien]

why the heck is fui playing nsw cup???

 

[happy_tiger]

why the heck is fui playing nsw cup???

Probably making an example of him because he got sent to sin bin and Rabbits got 2 tries

 

[Vicious]

Fui is suspended for a high tackle.

 

[system]

Ahh my bad guys. Did not look at the charge sheets beyond seeing no Tigers players were up

Wenty Side

1\. Henry Raiwalui
2\. Jordan Atkins
3\. Paul Whatuira
4\. Troy Savage
5\. Chris Hicks
20\. Aaron Fluke
7\. Brendan Waters (C)
8\. Pele Peletelese
9\. Matt Hunt
10\. Manase Manuokafoa
11\. Nathan Armit
12\. Peter Prime
13\. Mitch Stanfield

14\. Ben Falcone
15\. Valu Nasio
16\. Brad Lupi
17\. Benson Tupou

COACH: Brett Cook

 

[Joel Helmes]

Good to see Flanaghan back on the field.

 

[system]

He played against the Wolves. No idea why his injury status was not updated

 

[thinkbig]

Interesting that Charlie H has been purchased from Bundy Red Cup

Farlow called up perhaps?

Didn't see Farlow's name in the NRL side. Is he insured? maybe left the club?

 

[system]

No idea what is going on there

 

[tig_prmz]

Meaney named here, but people said he's been training with first grade. Interesting….

 

[happy_tiger]

Ahh my bad guys. Did not look at the charge sheets beyond seeing no Tigers players were up

Wenty Side

1\. Henry Raiwalui
2\. Jordan Atkins
3\. Paul Whatuira
4\. Troy Savage
5\. Chris Hicks
20\. Aaron Fluke
7\. Brendan Waters (C)
8\. Pele Peletelese
9\. Matt Hunt
10\. Manase Manuokafoa
11\. Nathan Armit
12\. Peter Prime
13\. Mitch Stanfield

14\. Ben Falcone
15\. Valu Nasio
16\. Brad Lupi
17\. Benson Tupou

COACH: Brett Cook

Wenty side looks pretty good on paper

 

[you_know_who]

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Wentworthville Magpies Vs Balmain Ryde-Eastwood Tigers
Ringrose Park, Sunday, April 3
Kick-off: 4.00pm
Referee: Ricky McFarlane>>

Summary: The Wentworthville Magpies, off the back of a two week break, got the job done against a Windsor side that was perhaps still feeling the effects of a grueling match a week earlier against the Magpies opponents here in the Tigers.
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The Tigers should not have the same excuse as Windsor considering they had the bye last round and have had a fortnight to prepare for their trip to Ringrose Park. The Tigers newest signing in Charlie Herekotukutuku will make his debut here as Balmain attempt to find Sean Meaney an able assistant while regular number seven, Nathan Waters, is out injured.
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Anthony Mitchell, Carl Webb and Joel Reddy are all unavailable here for the Magpies while the Tigers are missing several players due to injury at NSW Cup and NRL level as already noted. >>

Game Breaker: Mitch Stanfield – While the Magpies field a backline that is the envy of most sides in the competition, it is perhaps their forward pack that will have the final say on how far they go in 2011.
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And perhaps the most underrated player in that pack is Stanfield. A nuts and bolts type player with an extremely competitive streak, Stanfield may not always be the guy getting the wraps, but he will be the guy making the difference. >>

Prediction: The Tigers do not appear to be carrying that aura that they had for most of last season while the Magpies looked every bit the title contender with a strong win away to the Wolves last week. Given the Tigers injury concerns I expect the home side to make it two straight. >>

>>Manly Sea Eagles have the BYE
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[thinkbig]

Anyone got a result and report from this game?? Couldn't get out to the game today.

 

[Wagga_Tiger]

Balmain lost 18-12