Pre-Game Discussion - Bulldogs V Manly [Round 21, 2025]

[Jethro]

Bulldogs V Manly [Round 21, 2025]


MATCH DAY

Sunday 27 July 2025.

Venue:.... Allianz Stadium, Moore Park, NSW

Members Gates Open:.... 2:00pm.

Public Gates Open:.... 2:30pm.

NRL Kick Off Time:.... Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs V Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles: 4:05pm.


TICKETING

VS

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https://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=DOGSSFS25

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Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles

01. Lehi Hopoate
02. Reuben Garrick
03. Tolutau Koula
04. Tom Trbojevic
05. Jason Saab
06. Luke Brooks
07. Daly Cherry-Evans (C)

08. Matthew Lodge
09. Jazz Tevaga / Jake Simpkin / Lachlan Croker
10. Siosiua Taukei'aho
11. Haumole Olakau'atu / Corey Waddell
12. Ben Trbojevic
13. Jake Trbojevic

14. Jake Simpkin / Corey Waddell / Lachlan Croker
15. Jazz Tevaga
16. Ethan Bullemor
17. Toafofoa Sipley


Replacement:

18. Tommy Talau / Corey Waddell.


Reserves:

19. Corey Waddell / Michael Chee Kam / Lachlan Croker
20. Michael Chee Kam
21. Lachlan Croker
22. Clayton Faulalo
23. Caleb Navale
24. Joey Walsh
25. Chris Patolo
26. Aaron Schoupp
27. Gordon Chan Kum Tong
28. Raymond Tuaimalo Vaega
29. Dean Matterson
30. Aitasi James
31. D’Jazirhae ‘Mia’ Pua'avase - Development Player
32. Simione Laiafi - Development Player
33. Zaidas Muagututia - Development Player.


Out:

TBA.


Available But Not Selected:

• TBA.

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From the 'NRL 2025, Injuries, Suspension Return Dates, Casualty Ward and Key Information for the 2025 NRL Telstra Premiership Season' web page, Here is the Latest NRL Injured or Unavailable Update:

* * * (Updated: Saturday, 19 July 2025) * * *

The Sea Eagles lost hooker Jake Simpkin late in the first half of the game against the Storm after he was deemed to have suffered a Category 1 head knock following an elbow to the face from Nelson Asofa-Solomona as Nelson tried to get up to play the ball.

Manly Sea Eagles

• Jake Simpkin (HIA, TBC)
• Haumole Olakau'atu (Shoulder, Round 21)
• Lachlan Croker (Concussion, Round 21-22)
• Josh Aloiai (Shoulder, TBC)
• Taniela Paseka (Achilles, Round 26)
• Nathan Brown(Biceps, Finals)

NRL Casualty Ward: Holmes' season over; Tupouniua, Koloamatangi injured

The Dragons have confirmed that centre Valentine Holmes will miss the remainder of the 2025 season due to a shoulder injury, while Keaon Koloamatangi has joined the casualty ward at Souths with an ankle injury.

www.nrl.com

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

• Haumole Olakau'atu (Shoulder, Round 21)
• Lachlan Croker (Concussion, Round 22)
• Taniela Paseka (Achilles, Round 26)
• Josh Aloiai (Shoulder, TBC)
• Jake Simpkin (Head Knock, TBC)
• Nathan Brown(Biceps, TBC)

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

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[TJ55]

25 year anniversary of the 1995 grandfinal
This should be an absolute cracker
The day Jim Dymock got his Clive Churchill Medal
Lets Go!!

 

[Brookie1973]

25 year anniversary of the 1995 grandfinal
This should be an absolute cracker
The day Jim Dymock got his Clive Churchill Medal
Lets Go!!View attachment 30733

I hope you’ve got a thick skin mate, this thread could get ugly. 😀

 

[TJ55]

I hope you’ve got a thick skin mate, this thread could get ugly. 😀

I wouldnt be on here if I didnt have thick skin feathered friend ha ha

 

[eaglezap]

At Allianz, not Accor !

 

[Brookie1973]

At Allianz, not Accor !

Would have been a cracker at Brookie.

 

[SeaEagleSI1]

 

[Rafferty]

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Definitely should challenge this, nothing to lose everything to gain, think we need him against the dogs, great effort from Jazz last night, but he was doing it tough towards the end of the game, dogs will be a step up in pace and Jazz 80 mins back to back might just be too much of an ask.

Surely there can be an independent medical assessment and request to play off the back of it.

 

[TJ55]

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I dont normally like to whinge about the ref but how that big log didnt get 10 in the bin is a deadset joke

 

[Ron E. Gibbs]

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I think they got the transcription of that quote from Seibold wrong. Watching the press conference, pretty sure he said Jake "doesn't have a mark on his face". Sounds like they were confident he didn't show any category 1 symptoms and could have played on. Which would make it crazy for him not to be able to play next week as well.

 

[Brookie1973]

The whole system sounds crazy to me. How many people are doing these HIA tests where we get to a point where we are arguing over the outcome? And I still don’t understand why we couldn’t activate our 18th man for a clear instance of foul play that we lost a player over.

 

[eaglebuzz]

25 year anniversary of the 1995 grandfinal
This should be an absolute cracker
The day Jim Dymock got his Clive Churchill Medal
Lets Go!!View attachment 30733

30 year anniversary

 

[Bradza]

I dont normally like to whinge about the ref but how that big log didnt get 10 in the bin is a deadset joke

I’m sure you weren’t whinging about the ref in the 95 GF! 🙄

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

@TJ55 Not sure of your age but I was there for that game , an absolute travesty as the game was largely won by a try by you guys after a 7 tackle set.

That wasn’t the only score but it was a very very tight game until that point with the half time score being 6-4.

Andrew Ryan ( a young fella from Moree , whom I knew personally ) was playing centre for you guys and on the last tackle screamed down the right flank and almost made it.

Everyone thought it was the end of the set and a changeover , and as Andrew got up he saw Eddie Ward waving his arm for the last tackle so played the ball and one of your second rowers grabbed the ball and dived over , without a Manly player even attempting a tackle.

It really broke their hearts ( Manly ) and you went on to score again with Baa Baa Lamb also slotting a field goal at the end.

Of course back then , no bunker , no challenge.

One of the ones that sadly got away.

Funnily enough I saw Andrew years later at a Moree footy reunion and reminded him of it , he laughed and said “ Yep we got away with that one didn’t we “.

 

[Stuey Davis’s Socks]

Yep and that was all after the first Dogs try off a 2m forward pass that was let go.

 

[mickqld]

At Allianz, not Accor !

We also play the Tigers at Allianz according to the draw. Much better for us. More home for Manly then either the dogs or tigers.

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

Yep and that was all after the first Dogs try off a 2m forward pass that was let go.

Ah yes there was that too

 

[Once Was Brissie Kid]

Yep and that was all after the first Dogs try off a 2m forward pass that was let go.

And early on Cliffy put Beaver through a huge hole and he was try bound until Terry Lamb, who had been so far offside he had been level with the previous play the ball, took Beaver down. Sure he got 10 minutes in the bin, but that early try would've sparked the nervous young Manly team on their way.

 

[Once Was Brissie Kid]

if Dogs are wearing 1995 replica jersey which is mostly white, Manly will have to wear their 2025 home jersey or the retro V again from the Souths game.

 

[Stuey Davis’s Socks]

if Dogs are wearing 1995 replica jersey which is mostly white, Manly will have to wear their 2025 home jersey or the retro V again from the Souths game.

If only our 2025 defence was as good as our 1995 Pepsi Sea Eagles!