Game Day: Raiders v Manly [Round 12, 2023]

[Jethro]

Raiders v Manly [Round 12, 2023]


Pre-Match Thread here


MATCH DAY

Sunday 21st May 2023

Venue:.... GIO Stadium Canberra, Bruce, ACT

Gates Open:.... 1:30pm.

NSW Cup Kick Off Time:.... Canberra Raiders v Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles: 1:50pm.

NRL Kick Off Time:.... Canberra Raiders v Manly Warringah Sea Eagles: 4:05pm.


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Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles

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

08. Taniela Paseka
09. Lachlan Croker
10. Sean Keppie
11. Haumole Olakau'atu
12. Ben Trbojevic
13. Jake Trbojevic

14. Karl Lawton
15. Samuela Fainu
16. Ethan Bullemor
17. Ben Condon


Replacement:

18. Kaeo Weekes.


Reserves:


Out:

19. Morgan Harper
20. Cooper Johns
21. Morgan Boyle.
22. Gordon Chan Kum Tong - Development Player.

Available But Not Selected:

• Raymond Tuaimalo Vaega
• Christian Tuipulotu
• 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: Friday, 19 May 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

The Sea Eagles have been dealt a huge blow after the club confirmed three forwards could spend up to six weeks on the sideline after suffering injuries on Sunday.

Lock Josh Aloiai will be out for up to six weeks after he suffered a dislocated shoulder that was put back in place by medical staff in Sunday's loss to the Sharks at 4 Pines Park.

Fellow forward Kelma Tuilagi will undergo surgery on a facial fracture and is expected to miss the club's next six matches while veteran prop Aaron Woods is also expected to miss 4-6 weeks due to a fractured thumb.

Manly Sea Eagles

• Josh Schuster (Quad, Round 12)
• Jake Trbojevic (Calf, Round 12)
• Cooper Johns (Ankle, Round 12-13)
• Toafofoa Sipley (Suspension, Round 13)
• Zac Fulton (Elbow, Round 14)
• Josh Aloiai (Shoulder, Round 16-17)
• Aaron Woods (Thumb, Round 17)
• Kelma Tuilagi (Facial Fracture, Round 18)

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

• Toafofoa Sipley (Suspension, Round 13)
• Josh Aloiai (Shoulder, Round 16)
• Aaron Woods (Thumb, Round 17)
• Kelma Tuilagi (Facial Fracture, Round 18)

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MATCH OFFICIALS:

Gerard Sutton
Referee

Darian Furner
Touch Judge

Dave Munro
Touch Judge

Ashley Klein
Senior Review Official

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It's Game Day !!!

Go Manly !!!

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[globaleagle]

Game Day!!!!

woohoo

Go Manly!​

 

[AlxFromNthNarra]

End of the round we'll be 3pts from the top of the ladder, or 3 pts from the bottom.

Plenty for some individuals to play for and fire up for:

• Turbo is being left out of most pundits Blues squad on form (as he should). Will this motivate him to a blinder, or will he limp into the Origin period with the same restraint he has shown all year?
• Haumole has 1 last chance to show if he is origin-ready, or still continues these fatal lapses in concentration.
• Jake is back early, potentially to prove he is also fit for the blues but playing at Lock for the first time this season.
• Schuster gets his chance to shake off many doubts fans have about the eggs the club put in his basket as our future 5/8th.
• 3 forwards out gives some fringers a chance to show us if they offer more than what we have seen the last 3 weeks - these are long-term injuries (6+ weeks) and we need some grunt to step up - will it be Keppie, Burbo, Condon, Bullemor or Fainu? Or will we be rotating benchers for the nert few weeks as we see the 8 move out of our reach.

Manly's best game of the season against the Storm (helped by them underperforming..) was followed up by 3 shockers:

• Titans we failed to convert early pressure when we were dominating, and when the tide started to turn, we couldn't wrestle the momentum back.
• Broncs we just didn't give ourselves any chance with the number of errors in 1H.
• Sharks we just didn't gain the ascendency at any time in the game until the Sharks had us beat, and late comeback aside we were never in it.

All of these games had boneheaded errors, penalties and the like, but the main thing that went missing was how we responded to momentum changes (or not having momentum ever swing our way until the game was gone).

We are missing a game-breaker right now and are playing a very lacklustre brand of footy - and I have my doubts that Siebold has the kit to turn it around unless some inspiration (other than DCE) is shown on the park - esp in the pack.

We can't make it into the 8 by the end of this round even with a win. If we fall too far off the pace it will be the season done.

 

[Go manly]

Go manly says
Go manly

 

[The '47ers]

Smash 'em!

 

[Budgie]

Jake

Josh

You're on!

 

[manlyfan76]

We have lost every game I have watched and won the ones I haven't.

I'm travelling home today and could miss the game
Feeling confident

 

[The Wheel]

Just do it, hoping the refs give Sticky something to complain

 

[nightster]

End of the round we'll be 3pts from the top of the ladder, or 3 pts from the bottom.

Plenty for some individuals to play for and fire up for:

• Turbo is being left out of most pundits Blues squad on form (as he should). Will this motivate him to a blinder, or will he limp into the Origin period with the same restraint he has shown all year?
• Haumole has 1 last chance to show if he is origin-ready, or still continues these fatal lapses in concentration.
• Jake is back early, potentially to prove he is also fit for the blues but playing at Lock for the first time this season.
• Schuster gets his chance to shake off many doubts fans have about the eggs the club put in his basket as our future 5/8th.
• 3 forwards out gives some fringers a chance to show us if they offer more than what we have seen the last 3 weeks - these are long-term injuries (6+ weeks) and we need some grunt to step up - will it be Keppie, Burbo, Condon, Bullemor or Fainu? Or will we be rotating benchers for the nert few weeks as we see the 8 move out of our reach.

Manly's best game of the season against the Storm (helped by them underperforming..) was followed up by 3 shockers:

• Titans we failed to convert early pressure when we were dominating, and when the tide started to turn, we couldn't wrestle the momentum back.
• Broncs we just didn't give ourselves any chance with the number of errors in 1H.
• Sharks we just didn't gain the ascendency at any time in the game until the Sharks had us beat, and late comeback aside we were never in it.

All of these games had boneheaded errors, penalties and the like, but the main thing that went missing was how we responded to momentum changes (or not having momentum ever swing our way until the game was gone).

We are missing a game-breaker right now and are playing a very lacklustre brand of footy - and I have my doubts that Siebold has the kit to turn it around unless some inspiration (other than DCE) is shown on the park - esp in the pack.

We can't make it into the 8 by the end of this round even with a win. If we fall too far off the pace it will be the season done.

Our spine has been playing damaged or filled with stop gaps - you can't win nrl games without a strong spine ....
Turbo for whatever reason/s has been woeful
Froggy, not a true 9, but with a big ticker and work ethic, is playing broken
Johns is a stop gap and not first grade level, in defence he is a speed bump
DCE ..... uninspiring needs an organising 5/8 (in the Foran mold) so he can be the running half he is
We absolutely need to sort the spine and add to that a couple of hard hard working footy head forwards .... and we will start to go north.
Our recruitment for quite a while now has been mystifying
having said that
GO MANLY

 

[Waz13]

This game is huge. There’s every chance we will lose 4 to origin tonight for next week.

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

I’m expecting a significant loss , due to lack of enthusiasm, lack of speed , lack of desire ( not all players but the majority ).

So the balls in their court , not the coach , not the refs , not the ball boys the actual men that handle the ball & make the tackles.

Let’s see if they can surprise me.

 

[Waz13]

I think we’ll win today. I have no sound evidence base whatsoever to base my prediction on - perhaps other than the Raiders are due for a loss.
Manly 24
Canberra 16
Ben Turbo first tryscorer

 

[ricardo]

Game day! I am very excited! Will be in Canberra for the day and cheering the boys on. Go Manly!!

 

[mickqld]

Whoop hooo Game Day !!!!! Another flogging Raiders by 20. Glad I'll miss watching it.

 

[The '47ers]

This game is huge. There’s every chance we will lose 4 to origin tonight for next week.

I'm thinking one, DCE.

 

[Waz13]

I'm thinking one, DCE.

Can only hope.

 

[Mitch]

This is when you start really see what direction we’ll take for the remainder of the year. It’s no coincidence our attack has been terrible with Cooper at 6. Josh comes back in with a point to prove.

Jake will ensure the lack of defensive line speed is gone this week.

We need to win this game. Win and we’ll have confidence leading into Newcastle next week and then the bye.

 

[Frogz]

I’m expecting a significant loss , due to lack of enthusiasm, lack of speed , lack of desire ( not all players but the majority ).

So the balls in their court , not the coach , not the refs , not the ball boys the actual men that handle the ball & make the tackles.

Let’s see if they can surprise me.

Its a must win, especially after a few of the teams below us winning.... I hope they surprise us all.

 

[SeaEagleRock8]

This game will go one of two ways. (Though I suppose there is always the chance of a draw.) 🤓
Can't help thinking it'll be down to how much our players want it.
Would love to see Burbo and Samuela stake a claim for keeping their spots long term.
And a booming Sea Eagle debut for Condon would be timely too!
This game is actually as big a challenge as any we've had all year, so a win will be our best this year.
Go Manly!

 

[ManEagle]

Here go again Go Manly
Hopefully with a few forced changes, some new blood we can at least harden up, show some enthusiasm and effort.
God knows what we will get, hopefully a bloody miracle

GO MANLY