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NRL Predictions - Round 25

August 29th 2008 07:39


It's finally getting down to the business end of the season and it should be another enthralling round of footy as teams jostle for top eight spots (or in the case of the Cowboys and Bulldogs look to avoid the wooden spoon).

Sydney Roosters v South Sydney Rabbitohs

Round 25 kicks off with the local derby between the Roosters and Rabbitohs and it's their first clash since the infamous 'prowler' tackle on Craig Wing in round one. However, culprit Riley Brown he isn't taking the field this time - which is probably a good thing from his perspective as he'll be safe on sideline from any potential acts of revenge. In terms of the actual game, I think the Roosters will win here. Their top four spot under threat and they'll be focused on grabbing the two points.

Wests Tigers v Cronulla Sharks

In a massive blow to Wests chances, hooker Robbie Farah has been ruled out with injury and captain Brett Hodgson remains in doubt. Interestingly, Cronulla haven't beaten the Tigers in their last eight encounters but I think this will change tonight. The Sharks will be determined to put a week of controversy behind them and I think RIcky Stuart's forward should be able to trample the Tigers' pack. Sharks to win.

Please check back tomorrow for a full round preview!

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I picked 7/8 last weekend (88%). My overall tally for the season stands at 109/176 (62%).
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Greg Eastwood joins Broncos' exodus

August 26th 2008 13:41


The Brisbane Broncos' player exodus has continued with second rower Greg Eastwood joining English Super League club Leeds Rhinos on a lucrative 3 year deal.

The 21 year old notched 60 first grade matches for the Broncos since his debut off the bench in 2005.

He has also represented New Zealand on three occasions.

CEO Bruno Cullen said the Rhinos presented an offer that Eastwood couldn't refuse.

"They've made him a very good offer, they've advised us of that and they've requested us to consider a release for him," Cullen told The Daily Telegraph.

"We don't want to stand in his way. He's been good for us this year, he's played more games than anyone else and we saw him as having a bright future. But he is only young. Who knows, he might be back."

Eastwood joins Ben Hannant, Denan Kemp, Michael Ennis, Tonie Carroll, Joel Moon, Shane Perry, Rodney Davies, Reece Robinson and Darius Boyd as players leaving the Broncos at the end of the season.
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NRL Teams - Round 25

August 26th 2008 06:25
Friday 7:30pm - Wests Tigers v Cronulla Sharks at Leichardt Oval

Tigers: 1. Brett Hodgson (c), 2. Taniela Tuiaki, 3. Tim Moltzen, 4. Chris Lawrence, 5. Beau Ryan, 6. Benji Marshall, 7. John Morris, 8. Ryan O’Hara, 9. Robbie Farah, 10. Bryce Gibbs, 11. Daine Laurie, 12. Chris Heighington, 13. Dene Halatau
Interchange: 14. Stuart Flanagan, 15. Liam Fulton, 16. Corey Payne, 17. Bronson Harrison, 20. Alan Schirnack
Sharks: 1 Brett Kearney, 2 Misi Taulapapa, 3 Ben Pomeroy, 4 David Simmons, 5 Luke Covell, 6 Brett Seymour, 7 Brett Kimmorley, 8 Ben Ross, 9 Isaac De Gois, 10 Adam Peek, 11 Luke Douglas, 12 Fraser Anderson, 13 Paul Gallen (c)
Interchange: 14 Danny Nutley, 15 Grant Millington, 16 Kade Snowden, 17 Terrence Seu Seu, 18 Blake Green

Friday 7:30pm - Sydney Roosters v South Sydney Rabbitohs at SFS

Roosters: 1. Sam Perrett, 2. Amos Roberts, 3. Mitchell Aubusson, 4. Setaimata Sa, 5. Brent Grose, 6. Braith Anasta, 7. Mitchell Pearce, 8. Mark O'Meley, 9. James Aubusson, 10. Nate Myles, 11. Willie Mason, 12. Anthony Tupou, 13. Craig Fitzgibbon (c)
Interchange: 14. Lopini Paea, 15. David Shillington, 16. Sia Soliola, 17. Jake Friend
Rabbitohs: 1. Nathan Merritt, 2. Luke Capewell, 3. Fetuli Talanoa, 4. Beau Champion, 5. Jamie Simpson, 6. Craig Wing, 7. Chris Sandow, 8. Scott Geddes, 9. Issac Luke, 10. Roy Asotasi (c), 11. Luke Stuart, 12. David Fa’alogo, 13. John Sutton
Interchange: 14. Beau Falloon, 15. David Kidwell, 16. Manase Manuokafoa, 17. Eddy Pettybourne, 18. Shannan McPherson

Saturday 5:30pm - Newcastle Knights v Melbourne Storm at EnergyAustralia Stadium

Knights: 1. Kurt Gidley (c), 2. James McManus, 3. Junior Sau, 4. Adam MacDougall, 5. Wes Naiqama, 6. Jarrod Mullen, 7. Scott Dureau, 8. Daniel Tolar, 14. Matt Hilder, 10. Ben Cross, 11. Steve Simpson, 12. Cameron Ciraldo, 13. Mark Taufua
Interchange: 15. Jesse Royal, 16. Chris Bailey, 17. Matt White, 18. Chris Houston, 19. Akuila Uate
Storm: 1. Billy Slater, 2. Steve Turner, 3. Matt Geyer, 4. Israel Folau, 5. Anthony Quinn, 6. Greg Inglis, 7. Cooper Cronk, 8. Jeff Lima, 9. Cam Smith (c), 10. Brett White, 11. Michael Crocker, 12. Jeremy Smith, 13. Dallas Johnson
Interchange: 14. Aiden Tolman, 15. Adam Blair, 16. Sika Manu, 17. Antonio Kaufusi, 18. Scott Anderson

Saturday 7:30pm - North Queensland Cowboys v Canberra Raiders at Dairy Farmers Stadium

Cowboys: 1. Mark Henry, 2. Ty Williams, 3. Ashley Graham, 4. Ben Farrar, 5. John Williams, 6. Travis Burns, 7. Johnathan Thurston (c), 8. Carl Webb, 9. Aaron Payne, 10. Shane Tronc, 11. Luke O’Donnell, 12. Sione Faumuina, 13. Ben Harris
Interchange: 14. Steve Southern, 15. Ben Vaeau, 16. Ray Cashmere, 17. Matt Scott, 18. Dayne Weston
Raiders: 1. David Milne, 2. Adrian Purtell, 3. Colin Best, 4. Joel Monaghan, 5. Brett Kelly, 6. Terry Campese, 7. Alan Tongue (c), 8. Scott Logan, 9. Glen Buttriss, 10. Dane Tilse, 11. Trevor Thurling, 12. Joe Picker, 13. Nigel Plum
Interchange: 14. Josh Miller, 15. Marshall Chalk, 16. Neville Costigan, 17. Ryan Hinchcliffe, 18. Cy Lasscock, 19. Ben Jones

Saturday 7:30pm - St. George Illawarra Dragons v Parramatta Eels at ANZ Australia Stadium

Dragons: 1. Jason Nightingale, 2. Wendell Sailor, 3. Mark Gasnier (c), 4. Matt Cooper, 5. Josh Morris, 6. Ben Rogers, 7. Ben Hornby, 8. Dan Hunt, 9. Stuart Webb, 10. Jason Ryles, 11. Beau Scott, 12. Ben Creagh, 13. Dean Young
Interchange: 14. Matt Prior, 15. Kirk Reynoldson, 16. Lagi Setu, 17. Ben Ellis, 18. Rangi Chase, 19. Jarrod Saffy
Eels: 1. Jarryd Hayne, 2. Luke Burt, 3. Krisnan Inu, 4. Taulima Tautai, 5. Tony Williams, 6. Matt Keating, 7. Brett Finch, 8. Nathan Cayless [c], 9. Kris Keating, 10. Fuifui Moimoi, 11. Nathan Hindmarsh, 12. Chad Robinson, 13. Feleti Mateo
Interchange: 14. Josh Cordoba, 15. Weller Hauraki, 16. Junior Paulo, 17. Todd Lowrie

Sunday 2:00pm - New Zealand Warriors v Penrith Panthers Mount Smart Stadium

Warriors: 1. Wade McKinnon, 2. Malo Solomona, 3. Brent Tate, 4. Jerome Ropati, 5. Manu Vatuvei, 6. Michael Witt, 7. Nathan Fien, 8. Ruben Wiki (vc), 9. Ian Henderson, 10. Steve Price (c), 11. Simon Mannering, 12. Ben Matulino, 13. Micheal Luck
Interchange: 14. Lance Hohaia, 15. Wairangi Koopu, 16. Sam Rapira, 17. Logan Swann, 18. Evarn Tuimavave
Panthers: 1. Rhys Wesser, 2. Luke Rooney, 3. Michael Jennings, 4. Brad Tighe, 5. Michael Gordon, 6. Maurice Blair, 7. Luke Lewis, 8. Tony Puletua, 9. Luke Priddis, 10. Petero Civoniceva (c), 11. Matthew Bell, 12. Trent Waterhouse, 13. Nathan Smith
Interchange: 14. Daniel Penese, 15. Adam Woolnough, 16. Frank Puletua, 17. Paul Aiton, 18. Jarrod Sammut, 19. Josh Bateman

Sunday 3:00pm - Canterbury Bulldogs v Brisbane Broncos at ANZ Stadium

Bulldogs: 1. Hazem El Masri, 2. Heka Nanai, 3. Jamal Idris, 4. Tim Winitana, 5. Matt Utai, 6. Ben Roberts, 7. Daniel Holdsworth, 8. Jarrad Hickey, 9. Corey Hughes, 10. Chris Armit, 11. Gary Warburton, 12. Andrew Ryan (c), 13. Lee Te Maari
Interchange: 14. Frank Winterstein, 15. Brad Morrin, 16. Charlie Leaeno, 17. Nick Kouparitsas
Broncos: 1. Karmichael Hunt, 2. Darius Boyd, 3. Joel Moon, 4. Justin Hodges, 5. Denan Kemp, 6. Darren Lockyer (c), 7. Peter Wallace, 8. Ben Hannant, 9. Michael Ennis, 10. Joel Clinton, 11. Corey Parker, 12. Sam Thaiday, 13. Tonie Carroll
Interchange: 14. Ashton Sims, 15. Greg Eastwood, 16. Nick Kenny, 17. David Stagg

Monday 7:00pm - Manly Sea Eagles v Gold Coast Titans at Brookvale Oval

Sea Eagles: 1. Brett Stewart, 2. Michael Robertson, 3. Steve Bell, 4. Steve Matai, 5. David Williams, 6. Anthony Watmough, 7. Matt Orford (c), 8. Brent Kite, 9. Matt Ballin, 10. Josh Perry, 11. Steve Menzies, 12. Glenn Hall, 13. Glenn Stewart
Interchange: 14. Heath L'Estrange, 15. Mark Bryant, 16. Adam Cuthbertson, 17. Jason King
Titans: 1. Ben Jeffery, 2. Jordan Atkins, 3. Josh Graham, 4. Brett Delaney, 5. Esi Tonga, 6. Mat Rogers, 7. Scott Prince (c), 8. Brad Meyers, 9. Nathan Friend, 10. Michael Hodgson, 11. Anthony Laffranchi, 12. Gavin Cooper, 13. Ashley Harrison
Interchange: 14. James Stosic, 15. Will Matthews, 16. Daniel Conn, 17. Luke O’Dwyer, 18. Aaron Cannings, 20. Clint Amos
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NRL Predictions - Round 24

August 22nd 2008 06:07


Brisbane Broncos v Gold Coast Titans
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Can anyone beat the Storm?

August 20th 2008 08:21


The question is simple… can anyone stop the Melbourne Storm from claiming the 2008 Premiership?
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NRL Teams - Round 24

August 19th 2008 03:36
Friday 7:30pm - Brisbane Broncos v Gold Coast Titans at Suncorp Stadium

Broncos: 1. Karmichael Hunt 2. Darius Boyd 3. Joel Moon 4. Justin Hodges 5. Denan Kemp 6. Darren Lockyer (C) 7. Peter Wallace 8. Ben Hannant 9. Michael Ennis 10. Joel Clinton 11. Corey Parker 12. Sam Thaiday 13. Tonie Carroll


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NRL Predictions - Round 23

August 15th 2008 03:31


Brisbane Broncos v St. George Illawarra Dragons
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NRL Results - Round 22

August 8th 2008 22:55
Storm triumph in nailbiter

The Melbourne Storm have defeated the Manly Sea Eagles 18-10 in the top of the table clash at Brookvale Oval


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NRL Predictions - Round 22

August 8th 2008 02:07


Melbourne Storm v Manly Sea Eagles
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NRL Readers' Poll - Results (Part Two)

August 4th 2008 22:26



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Comment by ethos
on Can anyone beat the Storm?

August 29th 2008 07:58


NRL Live
Cheers for the comment anony.

The Sharks wins over Melbourne and Manly came in round one and two. I think it's far to say that they're both much tougher opposition now than they were then.

Cronulla definitely have the right attitude but I don't think they've got enough individual talent in the backline to trouble the better teams.

It'd be nice to see the Sharks finally break their premiership virginity after 40 long years but I can't see it happening.

It'll be interesting to watch how it all pans out though!

Comment by ethos
on Heighington, the Green Machine, & the Dally M's

August 21st 2008 01:13


NRL Live
Apart from five or so games at the start of the year, Sims has been pretty poor for the Broncos.

Should not be anywhere near the 'buy of the year'.

Comment by ethos
on Welcome to LeagueBot

August 20th 2008 23:18


NRL Live
I'd have Glenn Stewart as a bolter for a backrow spot.

I hope the selectors go with some in form players, although it's hard to see anyone challenging Australia regardless of who they pick.

Comment by ethos
on 2009 NRL Player Movements (Updated 29/08)

August 20th 2008 09:02


NRL Live
Thanks for those.

There's almost a signing a day at the moment..

Comment by ethos
on 2009 NRL Player Movements (Updated 29/08)

August 19th 2008 03:12


NRL Live
Cool mate.

I'll put in it the rumours section for the time being until something official pops up.

Comment by ethos
on 2009 NRL Player Movements (Updated 29/08)

August 16th 2008 23:02


NRL Live
Thanks for those. I'll add some of them in.

Would you happen to have a link to a news article about the signings of Armit and Cleal? I had a quick look around on the internet but I couldn't find anything.

Just want to double check to make sure.

Comment by ethos
on 2009 NRL Player Movements (Updated 29/08)

August 16th 2008 03:29


NRL Live
Thanks mate. I'll add them to the list.

And if anyone out there comes across any signing news or rumours, please feel free to post it here. I'll try and update the article as soon as I can.


Comment by ethos
on 2009 NRL Player Movements (Updated 29/08)

August 15th 2008 04:37


NRL Live
I heard that one about Boyd as well but I'm fairly certain that he's going to follow Bennett to the Dragons next season.

As for the Lockyer one, he's been saying in the media he wants to see out his current contract, so I'm going to take his word on that.

Also, watch out for the Broncos to announce the signing of a dummy half in the near future. Not quite sure who it is though..

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on 2009 NRL Player Movements (Updated 29/08)

August 13th 2008 11:01


NRL Live
Thanks for the comment anonymous.

Interesting to see that Costigan wants to reunite with Bennett even though he was sacked from the Broncos a few years ago.

And apologies about the lack of content on the site in recent times. It's been pretty busy lately for both myself and BroncoKiwi. Hopefully we can get some writing happening over the next week or so!

Comment by ethos
on NRL Live Predictions - Round 21

July 31st 2008 09:16


NRL Live
Cheers for the comment Sharksfan.

Believe me, that was one of the more difficult tips of the round. But the Sharks didn't really impress me against the Broncos last weekend.

It'll be a good game either way though!