Official Team List vs Brisbane

[Tommy Magpie]

Small back row. Terrible bench.

We'll give it a good crack for the first 30 minutes and get run down by the broncos quality.

 

[Fraze23]

I am interested to see people's thoughts on team selection compared to the previous Coach…

As a big Taylor critic and a big Ivan fan I find this team selection confusing and a little frightening.

Majority are off contract for next season. Maybe he wants to give them a chance and see what they're capable of, before scrapping them or opening the checkbook.

 

[clifferdSH]

Does anyone in the 17 kick goals?

I think littlejohn is a fairly decent goal kicker

Cant seem to remember him ever kicking for goal in any game I have seen him played. Looked up his stats their is no mention of him being a goal kicker. Good chance I would say Rankin might start somewhere on the weekend (not that I want to see him in the side).

Yeah I was thinking of Drinkwater who we released my bad. Suli can kick I heard and I think he could be our goal kicker next year

 

[GNR4LIFE]

It is what it is.

2018 can't come soon enough.

 

[Mac_tiger]

As long as they demonstrate good attitude and decent line speed, i'm not too worried about the result. Go boys!

 

[InBenjiWeTrust]

Does anyone in the 17 kick goals?

Even Sue before Lawrence :smiley:

 

[Spud_Murphy]

I like it, though I would've preferred Felise on the bench instead of Lovett, especially with Ava not there. LIttlejohn is a much better choice at 5/8 than Rankin - Cleary ain't stupid! Good to see Woods back too, we had zero go forward without him last week. Apparently Daley wanted him to play this week to prove his fitness for Origin. Hope the hammy holds out.

 

[WT2K]

Nothing from wt about ava.. Wonder what's happened

 

[Tacky]

Nothing from wt about ava.. Wonder what's happened

I hope it's not disciplinary reasons. This seems pretty common with stuff that teams want to sweep under the rug. We can't afford anymore bad press at the moment.

 

[Nucky_Thompson]

Lovett over MCK. Strange.

I Thought mck dogged it last week. Maybe performance?

 

[tigerap]

Does anyone in the 17 kick goals?

I think littlejohn is a fairly decent goal kicker

Tedesco…If he doesn't dog them

 

[sideline_eye]

One thing Lovett is sure to do if he plays is give it a real red hot go. He may not be up with the best in size and skill but he will never give less than 100%. We could do with a few more with his work ethic.

Work ethic is moot if there is no skill to go with it. And he has zero skill.

I disagree but certainly the reverse is true.

 

[ricksen]

Ava's absence is a bit odd. Not named in ISP or the injury report.

 

[VanillaThunder]

So still nothing official on Ava then? Seems a bit strange for him to just drop off the face of the earth without the club saying anything…

 

[kh_canada]

Nothing from wt about ava.. Wonder what's happened

I hope it's not disciplinary reasons. This seems pretty common with stuff that teams want to sweep under the rug. We can't afford anymore bad press at the moment.

I thought the same thing, it would most likely be the club sweeping it under the rug. They may even release something towards the end of the week

 

[Seantice]

I have a funny feeling malakai is going to go well at centres. Hes got a good build, reasonable pace and is the perfect age. No nrl experience but i bet hes played alot of centre. Wish him luck.

 

[Club_Sandwich]

Terrible team but hey, you can't polish a turd.

 

[05TIGZ]

Come on Cleary lets look towards 2018:

No thanks to lovett, edwards and good riddance to ava.

Masters, felise and tatola will all be here next year, they deserve a shot.

 

[WT2K]

Supercoach guys from the DT show saying Brooks is in doubt and reason why Rankin has been seen kicking. They also said, Brooks will be our kicker for the season.

 

[Geo]

1\. James Tedesco
2\. David Nofoaluma
3\. Malakai Watene-Zelezniak
4\. Moses Suli
5\. Kevin Naiqama
6\. Jack Littlejohn
7\. Luke Brooks
8\. Aaron Woods (capt.)
9\. Matt McIlwrick
10\. Sauaso Sue
11\. Joel Edwards
16\. Kyle Lovett
13\. Elijah Taylor

Interchange:
14\. Tim Grant
15\. Josh Aloiai
17\. Jacob Liddle
21\. Michael Chee Kam

Reserves:
19\. Matthew Eisenhuth
20\. Jordan Rankin

http://www.weststigers.com.au/news/2017/05/18/nrl_team_update_roun.html