Game Day: Dragons v Manly [Round 22, 2023]

[Jethro]

Dragons v Manly [Round 22, 2023]


Pre-Match Thread here


MATCH DAY

Saturday 29th July 2023

Venue:.... WIN Stadium, Wollongong, NSW

Gates Open:.... 3:00pm.

NRL Kick Off Time:.... St George Illawarra Dragons v Manly Warringah Sea Eagles: 5:30pm.


TICKETING



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https://www.ticketmaster.com.au/st-...-wollongong-29-07-2023/event/13005E38D05B3AD3

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Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles

01. Reuben Garrick
02. Jason Saab
03. Brad Parker
04. Tolutau Koula
05. Christian Tuipulotu
06. Josh Schuster
07. Daly Cherry-Evans (C)

08. Toafofoa Sipley
09. Lachlan Croker
10. Matthew Lodge
11. Haumole Olakau'atu
12. Kelma Tuilagi
13. Jake Trbojevic

14. Dean Matterson
15. Aaron Woods
16. Sean Keppie
17. Ethan Bullemor


Replacement:

18. Kaeo Weekes.


Reserves:
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Out:

19. Ben Condon
20. Jake Arthur
21. Raymond Tuaimalo Vaega
22. Gordon Chan Kum Tong - Development Player.


Available But Not Selected:

• Morgan Harper
• Samuela Fainu
• Cooper Johns
• Morgan Boyle
• Zac Fulton
• Nathaniel Roache
• Latu Fainu
• Jamie Humphreys - Development Player
• Fletcher Myers - Development Player
• Jacob Sykes - Development Player.

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From the 'NRL Casualty Ward - All the Latest Injury News, Updates & Returns Details' web page, Here is the Latest NRL Injured or Unavailable Update:

* * * (Updated: Tuesday, 25 Jul 2023) * * *

NRL Casualty Ward: Alamoti dislocates elbow in Cup final

Tonga centre Paul Alamoti left the field early in the second half of Sunday's Pacific Cup final with a dislocated elbow while Kiwi winger Will Warbrick missed the game against PNG with a thigh injury.

www.nrl.com

Sea Eagles forward Taniela Paseka is set to miss the remainder of the regular season after rupturing his medial ligament in Round 21 against the Sharks.

The club confirmed Paseka will have an operation on Tuesday to repair the injury, with the recovery time estimated to be six weeks.

The news appears better for fellow forward Josh Aloiai, who suffered a recurrent shoulder dislocation against Cronulla, with scans revealing no significant worsening of the injury.

A shoulder specialist is now set to map out a management strategy for the remainder of the season.


Manly Sea Eagles

• Taniela Paseka (Knee, Round 27-Finals Week 1)
• Josh Aloiai (Shoulder, TBC)
• Ben Trbojevic (Hamstring, Round 23)
• Karl Lawton (Calf, Round 23-24)
• Tom Trbojevic (Pectoral, Season)

Also, from the NRL Casualty Ward, Manly hub page, there are slight variations to the information regarding the unavailable or injured players and their return periods:

Casualty Ward

Check the Official NRL Casualty Ward, which players are injured, and who is expected to make their way back onto the field and in the game.

www.nrl.com

• Ben Trbojevic (Hamstring, Round 23)
• Karl Lawton (Calf, Round 24)
• Josh Aloiai (Shoulder, TBC)
• Tom Trbojevic (Pectoral, Next Season)
• Taniela Paseka (Knee, Finals)

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MATCH OFFICIALS:

Chris Butler
Referee

Darian Furner
Touch Judge

TBA
Touch Judge

Kasey Badger
Senior Review Official

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It's Game Day !!!

Go Manly !!!

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[globaleagle]

GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAME DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!

Woohoo

Congrats DCE #300 #D300 #DCHundred

Congrats Croker!! #100 #HappyHooker

 

[Go manly]

Go manly says
Go manly
X 300
X 100

 

[The Wheel]

Do it for the skipper and the frog

 

[Budgie]

Get the witches out and break that hoodoo boyz!!!!!!

And yep, onya DCE and Crokes.

 

[manlyfan76]

Good day for a win boys.

 

[Eagle thru 'n' thru]

Slay those Dragons boys! Go Manly

 

[mickqld]

Whoo hoo game day and another chance to throw up a lame , limpdick performance against a bottom dweller. Goons by 8.

 

[Pete W]

I would be starting Keppie over Sips. Sean always plays better when he starts. Lodge can provide the metres, and Sean some aggression and sting in defence when things are tight, and before he gets a little slow laterally, Woods' experience can tighten up the middle again for a short stint before half time. Keppie to return fresh for start of 2nd half.

Meanwhile, when Lodge is gassed, Sips and/or Bully can provide better impact and go-forward.

Either way, if these 5 guys do their job to the best of their ability, we win (it will also help if Schu's attitude today is on point)

Rip in Manly, MIGOTY

 

[Kalvin]

Ah the inaugural Flanagan cup.... can't wait!

 

[manly al]

All about continuing to stay alive boys and to play accordingly .

 

[Woodsie]

If the Shooey can't produce a gang-buster performance against this dysfunctional mob ... then he is NO chance of ever getting a piece of @Budgie 's orange cake ... if he doesn't I'm officially off the bandwagon.

We'll flog the mugs .... rip in boys ...

 

[ManEagle]

I worry we don't have a great record when it comes to milestones the past few years.

That said everything to play for today
Your Frogster
Your Captain
Your Team

Rip in, go hard and leave nothing and everything on the field

Go Manly

Ps, fk Flanno get it up him !

 

[Ryan]

I would be starting Keppie over Sips. Sean always plays better when he starts. Lodge can provide the metres, and Sean some aggression and sting in defence when things are tight, and before he gets a little slow laterally, Woods' experience can tighten up the middle again for a short stint before half time. Keppie to return fresh for start of 2nd half.

Meanwhile, when Lodge is gassed, Sips and/or Bully can provide better impact and go-forward.

Either way, if these 5 guys do their job to the best of their ability, we win (it will also help if Schu's attitude today is on point)

Rip in Manly, MIGOTY

If we were serious, Fainu would be getting selected - but he isn't a Moses player.

 

[KNUCKLES]

Hopefully we can back up again this week. Seems to be the trend with us. We put in a good performance. Hopes are raised and we dish up nonsense the following week. Fingers crossed. This week should be a good enough reason to do it for dce

 

[Alfreddo]

Obvious must win today. But obviously we will win this one whether it is ugly or pretty, we will prove to be too strong for a struggling Dragons outfit. I am expecting a good solid team performance tonight. The boys will be extra pumped for DCE's Big 300. We can't afford to put ourselves under any excessive pressure defensively with the short turnaround next week vs The Roosters in 5 days time. We need to dominate the Dragons and win the battle of possession. If we do then I expect us to score 5 or 6 tries and win by 13+

This is one of those games where we do need to be looking at next week and play smart by conserving our energy and minimising our errors.

If we beat both the Dragons and the Roosters we are definitely back in the 8 unless the Sharks manage to beat the Panthers this week which is highly unlikely.

From there we would need to win 3 of our last 4 games to finish in 7th or 8th spot.

So we are definitely going to have to beat either the Panthers or the Warriors in our run home and win our last two games against the Bulldogs and the Tigers which we certainly should.

One thing for certain if we sneak into the 8 we will go into the finals as one of the form teams of the comp.

Tonight - Manly 32 Dragons 12

 

[ALinda]

So much to play for today, with DCE & Croker's milestone games as well as striving for the top 8. Hope the special occasion doesn't overtake the task at hand. If we don't break the hoodoo today against our bogey team at that bogey ground, we may as well give up.

Rip in and Go Manly!!

 

[Disco]

Manly 13+

 

[BOZO]

If the Shooey can't produce a gang-buster performance against this dysfunctional mob ... then he is NO chance of ever getting a piece of @Budgie 's orange cake ... if he doesn't I'm officially off the bandwagon.

I agree with you @Woodsie
The Dragons have been an inconsistent dysfunctional team and have not been capable of wining back to back all season

The only X factor thing they have going for them is their unbeaten 20 year Record at the gong

But as we all know ....
Records
Game plans
Defensive lines
and Salary caps are All meant to be Broken

To Our Manly Boys ..
If records refuse to be broken, Shatter them and Slay the Dragons

 

[BOZO]

Do it for the skipper and the frog

FOREMOST ...
Do it for the Glory of our Legendary club
No club
No Manly team
No Manly players
No Manly supporters
And Today the forum and the game do not exist