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OLD DOGS, Territorial pride on the NEW TRICKS Mbye faces line between two old rivals latest challenge www.classicsports.com.au KICKING PAMELA Storm pack brace OFF WHALEY

AVEyoubeenblownawaybytheWests for revenge-hungry HTigers?BecauseIcertainlyhave.Iwrote their2018seasonpreviewforBig League earlier this year and spent a bit of time with theteamtalkingabouttheseasonahead, North and in particular, the first five rounds of thecompetition.Forateamthatfinished 14th at the end of last year, facing all of HE last time Melbourne and North the scales in the Cowboys favour, thepreviousseason’stopfour,including TQueenslandmetinanofficialNRL although the Storm still boast former thepremierstwiceinthefirstfiverounds matchitwasonrugbyleague’s Kiwi skipper , Origin –well,youdon’tneedmetotellyouthat’s biggest stage. On that first Sunday night prop and man-mountain atoughtask.TwiceinarownowIhaven’t in October, Jordan McLean celebrated Nelson Asofa-Solomona. tipped them thinking the impossible won’t withhisthen-Stormteam-mates,while “They’vemadeaverygood happen. But I haven’t made that mistake hisfutureCowboyscolleaguessat forwardgrouptheyhadlastyear this week. dejected in the other dressing room even better with ‘Macca’ and Matt Themostincrediblethingabouttheway after Melbourne’s resounding victory. Scottcomingbackaswell.You’vegot By BEN they’replayingatthemomentisthatno Almost six months later the grand LONERGAN two quality front-rowers there who oneplayerisastandout.They’replayingas finalistsmeetagain,butthistime @ben_lonergan they didn’t have in their team last aunifiedteamwithonecommongoal.Of McLean will be wearing the blue year,” Hoffman said. course,it’sonlyRound2,butit’sobvious and white of North Queensland. “It’sgoingtobeagreatchallenge, somethinghasshiftedattheclub.Theway With the two sides meeting in the especially with coming has changed their mindset -Johnathan Thurston down. I think Michael Morgan is going to be and playing style within the space of Testimonialmatch,McLeanhasalready back too, so there’s going to be great match an off-season is pretty remarkable and lockedhornswithhisoldteam-mat f ’ It ink we proofofmyfavouritephrase,‘hardwork –som beatstalentwhentalentdoesn’twork the hard’. However, if you, like me, have loved seeingBenjiMarshallflourishonceagain a in a jersey, we’ve got a treat foryou.Thisweekwehaveaposterofthe greatman,soripitout,stickitupon your t wall and celebrate like it’s 2005.

EANWHILE,you’remadeofstoneif Myou’re not excited about Sunday’s gameatAllianzStadium.It’sbeenafew monthssinceMitchellPearceleftBondi for Merewether but has filled out his old jersey nicely. Pearce has alsohadablindingstartwiththeKnights. Watchingtwooldfoeswithnewbeefbattle it out for bragging rights? Yes, please.

FEATURES 10 PETERO CIVONICEVA 16-17 CRONK v PEARCE 18 BRYSON GOODWIN – ESL 20-21 22-23 EELS FORWARDS 24

UPFRONT 3-15 LITTLE LEAGUE 30-31 CLUB NEWS 26-29 NRL TEAMS 36-51 OTHER COMPS 52-55 RESULTS 56-57 DRAW 62 COVER PHOTOS: NRLPHOTOS.COM: GREGG PORTEOUS & ROBB COX

e BIG LEAGUE 2018 3 Benji embraces new role By MARTIN GABOR

ENJI Marshall admits the rigours Bof 80-minute football in the halves have taken a toll on his body, but the veteran says he’s loving life in his second stint at the Wests Tigers and hopes it’s showing on the field. The experienced playmaker was being groomed to come off the bench to partner in the halves, with fellow recruit Josh Reynolds to move from five-eighth to hooker. However, the former Bulldog has missed the start of the season with a hamstring injury, forcing Marshall into the starting side. “I’ve got to be honest, it’s been pretty tiring,” he said of his unexpected workload. “Physically, I probably wasn’t ready for that with the interrupted pre-season that I had, having a baby and hurting my calf. “I was only supposed to play 30 or 40 minutes, come on and [Reynolds] was going to go to hooker. That’s obviously changed a bit, but what I have enjoyed is having to step up and trying to take a little bit of the pressure off Luke. He’s been here for a few years with a lot of pressure on his shoulders, but with two options to kick and two options to attack from, I feel I can help relieve a lot of that pressure for him. “The biggest thing – and I learnt this from Wayne (Bennett) at – is when you’re happy, you play good footy. I’m just trying to enjoy life off the field here and hopefully try and take that on the field.” NorebuildforRabbitohssaysWalker By MICHAEL BLOK “We’ve got the squad to go combination. It started in early all the way and we’re confident December, so we got a fair chunk FTER finishing 12th the with the squad we have.” of the pre-season together. Apast two seasons, bringing With halfback ‘Reyno’ missed a bit of the pre- in a new coach and buying set to spend time on the sidelines season with his foot so it gave us several new players, it would with a knee injury, Walker has an opportunity to work together.” be fair to think South a new halves partner in teenager Doueihi played four games for are in a rebuilding phase – but . Walker said it’s Lebanon in last year’s World Cup, Cody Walker doesn’t believe a big loss to be without Reynolds, which Walker says will help him that’s the case. but believes the 19-year-old will succeed in the NRL. Although they’ve started do the job for the team. “He played for Lebanon and the season with losses to the “It’s obviously not ideal, but did a quality job against some Warriors and Penrith, the star Doueihi did a full pre-season with great opposition. England and five-eighth believes the club is the club and has been here for have some great players ready to win another premiership. a number of years now,” he said. and he really held his own. He’s “I don’t think we’re in “We backed him and I thought shown he can play amongst the a rebuilding phase,” Walker he did a fair job. We’ve had best and I thought he did a great told Big League. enough time to work on that job [against Penrith].”

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T seems impossible to think that we’ve seen IthetryoftheyearafterRound2,butNene Macdonald’s incredible aerial effort against theSharkswillbehardtobeat. NotonlydidhemanagetocatchGareth Widdop’s pacy chip in swirling conditions, he somehow manoeuvred his legs mid-air, tookcontactfromValentineHolmesand plantedtheballataperfectangleinside the line, all in the blink of an eye.

8 BIG LEAGUE 2018 Round Three THIS WEEK IN RUGBY LEAGUE HISTORY... By Will Evans ANDREW VOSS IRVINE ACCUSED OF 1970 ‘WALK-OFF’ THREAT ADRAMATICscenariounfoldedatBelmore Sports Ground in the opening round of the1970premiership,withNorthSydney captain sensationally accused of attempting to lead the Bears from the fieldintheir16-14losstoCanterburyin protestofrefereeKeithPage’sperformance. PagesentoffJohnMcDonnell(kicking) andIrvine(dissent)justbeforehalf-time, prompting several Bears players to move towardsthesideline.Northsofficialsand coachRoyFrancissoothedapotential powder keg situation by ordering their playersbackontothefield. Theever-controversialPage–who controlled the highly-contentious grand finalthepreviousseason–claimedIrvine(pictured) hadmadeseveralthreatstoleadawalk-off. TheNSWRLreactedbybanningthelegendarywingerfortwomatches. TheBearsretortedbyallegingPagehadtreatedthem“likeadolescents”.Afterretiring,Irvine revealed in the Sun newspaper “some Norths players did walk off. Others threatened and for a time it seemed that the match would be called off.”

KNIGHTS SHATTERED 2004 BY ‘JOEY’S’ INJURY NEWCASTLE’S title prospects nosedived when captain and halfback wascartedoffwithaseason-endingknee injuryintheirRound3losstoParramatta. Widely regarded as the world’s best player, ‘Joey’s’ late-season injuries had cruelled the Knights’ 2002-03 finals campaigns, and they ultimately finished 10th as their linchpin recovered from a knee reconstruction. TheKnights’gallant38-34defeattothe Eels was compounded by the loss of fullback DavidSeage,toatornACL. In a silver lining, the club’s replacement captain, hooker , skippered NSWtoanOriginseriestriumphinJohns’ steadandwontheDallyMMedal. Meanwhile, Johns overcame his luckless runwithinjuryinspectacularstylein2005, steering the Blues to Origin glory with two spell-binding displays and landing second

HOBBLED HALFBACK: Murphy/NRLPhotos.com Joe (Johns); (Irvine, Bradman) Newspix Andrew Johns is intheDallyMcount–despiteplayingonly taken from the field 16gamesandtheKnights collecting the with a knee injury. wooden spoon. PHOTOS:

Round Three BIG LEAGUE 2018 9 THE WAY PETERO CIVONICEVA I SEE IT! BRONCOS, PANTHERS, MAROONS Don’tgojumpingto conclusions just yet INNING is important, but it’s not the onlythingcoachesareconcerned Waboutafterjusttwoweekendsof footy.It’sgreattogetofftoavictoriousstart but it’s certainly not panic stations if you’ve startedtheseasonwithacoupleoflosses. TheNRLisoneofthetoughestcompetitions intheworldandit’ssuchalongseason–there’s plenty of football to be played and lots of time for teams to recover. No coach likes to start a campaign with alossortwo,butthey’realsoconcernedabout building combinations and gaining cohesion between the players. Some of the top sides, such as Parramatta, Cronulla, Melbourne, Brisbane, North Queensland and the Roosters, havehadshocklosesalreadybutIhaveno doubtthatinthecomingmonthswe’llsee the best sides hitting their straps. I’ve been in situations at the Broncos where wehaven’tstartedwellandbouncedback.In 1999 we couldn’t string a win together and managedjustonewinintheopening10rounds. Things weren’t looking good, but we fought backandmadethefinals.Youhavetorealise it’salongseason,butit’simportanttoget backtowinningwaysasquicklyaspossible. It’sgreatifyou’replayinggoodcohesive footy straight off the bat, but often that just doesn’thappen.Attheendoftheday,it’sabout building into the season, although you don’t wanttogettoomanylosesunderyourbeltin the first month. EARLY DAYS: Struggling teams Lastseasonwasalongyearoffootball. ItstartedwiththeAucklandNinesinFebruary to bounce back like before 26 rounds of NRL, finals, State of Origin the Broncos. and the Rugby League World Cup. It could take some time for players to get back into TheBroncosshowedushowtobounceback were outstanding. Lots of young players are thegrind,butit’simportanttomanagefatigue after a disappointing start. They were poor in standing up and making it easier for the likes andworkloads–whichclubsarereallygood theseasonopeneragainstStGeorgeIllawarra of and Josh McGuire. It’s pleasing at these days. but were great last weekend against the toseethenextgenerationofyoungBroncos Someteamsaregoingtotaketimetogel, Cowboys. They copped a lot of criticism after standing up. andtheBulldogsareaprimeexample.They’ve theirfirstgame,andrightlyso,becauseitwas I’ve also been excited by the upsets early had the most upheaval over the off-season; uncharacteristic performance. It was great to intheseasonbysidesthatdidn’tdowelllast theyhaveanewcoachandsomebigsignings seethembouncebackandplaythestyleof year–liketheKnightsandWestsTigers. andwiththatcomesalotofexpectation. footyweknowtheycan. They’vebeenabletoreinventthemselvesand Theywoulddefinitelybefeelingthepressure, Therewasalotofcriticismoftheirhalves bringawholenewenergytohowtheyplay.It’s especially , who has been brought AnthonyMilfordandKodiNikorima,butitwas greattoseethosetwoproudclubsstartingthe totheclubonbigmoney.Theexpectationisto greattoseethemplayingwellandtakingthe seasonsowellandinspiringtheirfansagain. showyourvalueandbeingtheproudguyheis, gamebythescruffoftheneckinRound2. It was wonderful to see the crowd back the he’dbedisappointedafterstartingtheseason They were running the ball and playing to their newgenerationofKnightsandWestsTigers withtwolosses.It’salongseasonaheadand strengths, which certainly helped the team. playersandthey’vebeenrewardedwithsome they’llbehopingtogetintothewinners’circle Therewasalotofleadershipfrom tough and gritty performances and that’s what

this Friday against the Panthers. They’ll want the younger guys too. Tevita Pangai was thefanswanttosee.We’reonlytwoweeksinto Scott Davis/NRLPhotos.com toprovetotheirfansandsupportersthat outstanding, as were their front-rowers the season and there’s lots of exciting footy to

they’re going to be worthy contenders. – and a whole list of other forwards who be played. PHOTO:

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thefive-eighthandonethatwouldhavebeen So close appreciated by everyone in Melbourne. Penrith goalkicker ’s streak of successful goals ended at 32 last Saturday evening.Thehalfbackwasjustthreegoalsaway Devastating news fromHazemElMasri’sall-timerecordof35,but Panthers prop Sam McKendry may be the amissedpenaltygoalinthe80thminuteended unluckiestplayerintheNRLaftersuffering therun.ClearyadmittedtoBigLeaguethatthe anothertornACLinhisrightknee.McKendry recordwasonhismindashewasputtingtheball sufferedtheinjurywhilebeingtackledinthe onthekickingtee.“Ithinkitdidgettomeabit,” 42nd minute of Saturday’s game at Panthers hesaid.“LiningupforthatlastkickIdidhave Stadium. It’s the same ACL injury he endured alittlethinkaboutitandItriedtoquicklybrush in 2016 and 2017. it.Ididn’tknowabouttherecorduntilthisweek whenIsawafewarticles,and of course this was Putting things in theweekImissedakick.” perspective TheEelsandSharksheadintoSaturday’sgame Classof‘03 atANZStadiumwinlessaftertworounds,but Hissidehadjustdonetheimpossiblebybeating the clubs will be playing for more than two the Storm at AAMI Park, but before Benji competitionpointswhentheysquareoffinthe Marshall chatted with Fox Sports post-game, annual Johnny Mannah Cup. Mannah – whose the Wests Tigers veteran made sure his team- brotherTimplaysfortheEels–representedthe matesacknowledgedBillySlaterafterhis300th SharksbeforehelosthisbattlewithHodgkin’s appearance. Benji took his headphones off and lymphomain2013.Hislegacylivesonthrough marshalledthetroopstogivetheStormfullback the Mannah Foundation, which partners with a guard of honour. It was a classy moment from charities to raise money for the less fortunate. JUDICIARY WATCH

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since 2015. UU Manly are aiming for their 900th win since entering the premiership in 1947. UU Broncos back-rower will play his 100th NRL game this Friday night.

Round Three BIG LEAGUE 2018 15 They’ve gone toe-to-toe in State of Origin classics and NRL blockbusters, but Sunday’s clash looms as the most-hyped battle Cooper Cronk and have ever had. By MARTIN GABOR @martinjgabor Tale of two

halvesARELY moments after the full-time siren had sounded on Friday night, an image Bof Cooper Cronk and Mitchell Pearce appeared on the big screen at Allianz Stadium to promote the Round 3 showdown between the Roosters and Knights. Had things played out differently in the off- season, this would have been your standard clash between one of the premiership favourites and a team looking to rebuild – but one colossal playmaking merry-go-round later, Sunday’s clash is now a blockbuster not to be missed. The storyline will focus squarely on the two halfbacks following Pearce’s move to the Hunter after 238 games in the iconic Tri-colours. He could have stayed at the club that handed him his NRL debut in 2007, but rather than play in the sheds after his side’s win over the Bulldogs, second fiddle to Cronk, he went in search of instead allowing Pearce to focus on his impending more opportunities at the Knights. match for the Knights. Cronk’s signature had been the talk of the “I understand it’s going to be a big story town once it was revealed he was moving to and you guys have every right to write whatever Sydney, and some were surprised he landed at you want, but with respect to Newcastle and Bondi Junction given they already had the NSW their game, I don’t want to comment too much No.7 on their books. now,” Cronk says after the Roosters’ win. A lot has been made of their rivalry at both “To be honest, from my point of view, our club and State of Origin level, but according to relationship is probably better than it ever was.” Cronk, their relationship has only improved in the wake of the playmaking reshuffle. OUT OF OBSCURITY The champion halfback wouldn’t be drawn Life in the Sydney bubble has come as a culture into the drama when the subject was broached change for Cronk, who had happily flown under

16 BIG LEAGUE 2018 Round Three R is3 4 OriginWins NRLWins 10 9 Cronk HEAD-TO-HEAD vs Pearce in Australia, but in particular Sydney. When you you Sydney. When particular in but in Australia, says. he six weeks,” Roosters. the on solely focus his weeks, with recent in media the ignored largely he has why That’s Melbourne. AFL-mad in radar the there’d be a few playful barbs exchanged exchanged barbs playful afew there’d be confident was and club old his against up to line capital. nation’s the in win astunning to steal try decisive the on laid he before Manly against seamlessly, potting the match-winning field goal spoon. wooden afourth-straight to avoid turn your TV on it’s one of the first stories on on stories first the of it’s one on TV your turn “Rugby league is so strong and passionate passionate and strong isso league “Rugby or month first the for shop up shut “I’ve The Knights co-captain said he was excited excited was he said co-captain Knights The in slotted has shot-caller Blues’ The men notching back-to-back wins as they aim aim as they wins back-to-back notching men Pearce and the Knights, with Nathan Brown’s the move north has worked wonders for for wonders worked has north move the relatively smooth sailing for Cronk, Cronk, for sailing smooth relatively much. I’m a pretty removed type of of type removed I’m apretty much. guy, and in the build up to Round 1, toRound up build the in guy, and While life as a Rooster has been been has aRooster as life While I heard a bit more. more. a bit I heard written – good or bad – doesn’t make make –doesn’t bad or –good written STARTING FRESH my football not be corrupted.” be not my football let and bit alittle back pull I should maybe that Irealised my team-mates. for and myperformance in is pride Icompete reason The more. compete or harder run or harder tackle me the news. When you’re driving in the the in driving you’re When news. the “I’ve never experienced that too too that experienced never “I’ve “My natural position is whatever is is iswhatever position natural “My car [and listening] to the radio, radio, tothe [and listening] car is talking about it. it. about talking it gives you that extra drive and motivation.” motivation.” and drive extra that you it gives because of apart tobe good be will build-up any I’m sure so players Roosters of heaps of movement this year and we’ve obviously got good mates there. my with laughs of acouple we’ll have sure I’m fans. Roosters the than more toget seem –we down tocome fans Knights of plenty get we’ll I’m sure crowd. abig get we hopefully and game exciting an tobe going it’s doubt no There’s time. along for known I’ve who mates Pearce says. different,” any be won’t week This again. debuting like been have two weeks The past toplay. wait Ican’t and journey. I’m pumped anew and me for club anew Dowall. “It’s Kenny- Shaun and Watson Connor Guerra, Aidan Roosters former especially Knights, new-look the and Tri-colours the between it’s like to face your former club is Roosters isRoosters club former your toface it’s like what most than better knows who man One BEEN THEREBEFORE playing off ‘Junior’.” outside backs good some got obviously they’ve him. around weapons good some he’s got and minutes 80 for compete going to He’s toget. going you’re what know and you year last 26 27 for or weeks him with I played animosity. any be there’ll I don’t think that. like stuff and emotional more get a bit you and feeling adifferent It’s up]. a bit fired you that. says. he awesome,” was he Ithought and week last game his him after on Sunday. best their tobring men merry his and Mitch isexpecting five-eighth the and 1win, Round himself.” tohandle how knows and he games big in he’s been well, really the game on,” says. he improve we’ll which tonight connections good afew We had nice. been has which footy of alot spoken we’ve five-eighth ; and like it or not, he’ll he’ll not, or it like and Keary; Luke five-eighth be in the thick of it come Sunday. 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PHOTOS: NRLPhotos.com: Paul Barkley (Pearce), Nathan Hopkins (Cronk) RYSONGoodwinhasfoundahomeawayfrom homeontheothersideoftheworld–oneyearon Bfromafamilytragedywhichrippedhislifeapart. This week marks the first anniversary since hiselderbrotherLeontookhisownlife.Goodwin poignantlymadehisownemotionaltributejustdays laterbyplayingfortheRabbitohsinwhatturnedout to be his final season before joining club Warrington. He’s moved 17,000km away from home, but there is no escaping the pain of his sibling’s passing. “I’vesortofcometotermswithit,butit’sstillhard,” the 32-year-old tells Big League. “I’msureit’sthesameforeveryonewhohaslost someoneclose.Youthinkyoucangivethemacalland justspeaktothem,andtheyarenotthereanymore. “I’mjusttryingtogetonwitheverydaylifeas bestasIcan.Youtryanddoyourbest,move on and take the memories with you.” Goodwin doesn’t think his departure from the NRL wasn’t influenced by his own personal trauma. “Itwasn’tthereasonforit,anditwasn’tgoing to stop me either,” the hard-running centre says. “Maybe it kind of helped me to get away, I’m not sure.” Whatheismorecertainaboutistheswitchthat hasfreshenedhimupafteradecadeintheNRLwith the Sharks, Bulldogs and Rabbitohs. Last month, his three children experienced snow forthefirsttimeand,lastweek,heplayedinFrance. AhecticEasterschedule–withtwogamesinfour days – the Magic Weekend in Newcastle and the startofthefamousChallengeCupcompetitionare on the horizon. He’salsohopingtosqueezeinatriptoseehis favourite Premier League soccer team, London-based Chelsea, in the near-future. “Everythingisnew,it’sexciting–it’sbeenachange for the good and freshened me up,” he says. “I’m taking it all in and my family are settled, too. Peopletalkabouttheweather,butIthoughtitwas goingtobeworse–itwasfreezinglastmonthbutthe kids loving seeing snow for the first time. “I’vereallyenjoyedmytimehere–hopefully ItwastoughyearforBryson westartwinningafewmoregamesandit’llbe even better.” Goodwin,buthe’srelishinganew Warrington,the2016minorpremiersand beatengrandfinalists,slippeddownthetable leaseonlifeontheothersideof lastyearandendedupbeingembroiledin an unexpected relegation scrap through the theworld.ByPHIL WILKINSON convoluted Super-8s system. Long-serving coach Tony Smith made way for SharksassistantStevePrice,buthehasstruggled tostamphisauthorityontheCheshireside despitethearrivalofGoodwinandfellowNRL reinforcements and Sitaleki Akauola. Robertswashandedararemarqueecontract– meaningachunkofhisbumper-contractdoesn’t countonthesalarycap–buthasfailedtosparkle intheiropeningsixgames,ofwhichtheywontwo. “It’sabigseasonandit’sonlyjustkickedoff,so I’mnotworriedatthemoment,”addsGoodwin,who had initially agreed to join Leigh before signing for the Wolves. “I know we’ve got a lot of improvement in us. Highs I’vebeenreallyimpressedbytheplayerswe’ve got, especially the England boys.” WarringtonfaceWakefieldthisFriday(UK time),butthetieoftheroundisundoubtedlythe Tim Williams/Getty Images grandfinalrematchbetweenchampionsLeeds andCastleford,whofinishedtheregularseason

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RRIVING at pre-season for I’ll b Athe first time with Iw as coach, Moses Mbye didn’t know what to expect. Of course he thr imagined there would be a handful good of changes with a new man in charge, Po but what came his way was something for he never expected would happen, his changing his career forever. anu With several fullback options at Pay’s By MICHAEL he’ BLOK disposal, including Will Hopoate and @michaelblok26 BrettMorris,thenewcoachgavethe No.1 jersey to Mbye – who hadn’t played at the the backsincehewasateenager. E Askedtorecallthelasttimeheplayedat differ fullback,Mbyepausesforafewmomentsto playin haveagoodthink.Afteralongsilencehesays career f it was too long ago to completely remember. “I think I’ “Ididn’tevenplaythereinjuniorfooty,” side expect fo Mbye tells Big League. Playing at h “Itwasagesago.Iwould’vebeenabout the Bulldogs st u 15,Ithink,andIprobablyonlyplayedone the club averaging ju or two games there.” fewest across the co It’sonlytwoweeksintotheseason,butMbye game was going stale. hasalreadyimpressedthetoughestcriticswith in2018hasgivenhima hisperformancesatfullback.Nowtheposition “Last year I was disa he never imagined playing is the place he wants verystale.WhenIfoun tomakeahomefortheremainderofhiscareer. fullback I was really exc “I never imagined playing at the back, learning the position a butIactuallyloveit.Rugbyleagueisafunny Hopefully I can grow int game,andasyouknow,peopleendupin Afterplayingtwoga somefunnysituations,”hesays. hasrealisedhisstyleof “Ithinkthisismypositionfromnowon. perfectly with his play I’mplanningongrowingintoitandkeeping good footwork. Becaus myspot.Iunderstandit’llcomedowntoform he’s eager to learn and andwhat’sbestfortheteam,butthisiswhere practice in order to get Iwanttoplay.” “The modern fullbac Mybeadmitshe’sstillfindinghisfeetin player anyway. It suits the new role, but is grateful he had the full to get my running game off-season to learn the new position. Mbye says. “IknewI’dplayatfullbackfromthestart. “Our assistant coach

Newspix Dean is straight up and down. He came in and Steve Antonelli have cer toldmewhatI’mdoingandhe’sbeenvery trying to help me get me

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20 BIG LEAGUE 2018 Round Three “He’s a work in progress and he’s going to get better each week. It’s like the rest of our football team, it’s going to take time for us all to gel and work together on the same page.” – Dean Pay Best foot foot Best need to reach his. new recruit may their potential abig Towinning. reach they needto start features –but of unique plenty The Eels’ pack has 22 BIG LEAGUE 2018 LEAGUE 22 BIG PHOTOS: NRLPhotos.com: Robb Cox (Fiji), Nathan Hopkins (Main), Gregg Porteous (training) Round Three Round PAINFUL CHOICE: Evans stayed with

wrist at the World Cup.

Roosters he joined the camp for the rldCup,butbrokehiswristinthefirstgame. much as it was disappointing, especially h how well Fiji did in the tournament, Evans ained positive. Given the option to head meforanearlyholidayorstayincamp, prop decided to remain with the side the remainder of the campaign. “I was blessed to be able to stay in camp h the Fiji team after the surgery. The boys lledmethroughitandthenIgotstraight ck into Parramatta training – it’s been an esome ride,” he says. “BeingincampwiththeFijianboysisthebest ng I’ve done in my life. I loved doing it and n’twaitforthenextone.WhileIwasinjured rewasneveradulldayincampandInever t down. There were people like dViliameKikautheretoliftmyspirits.” Fornowthough,Evanshasthejobof rking with his Eels team-mates to get ir season back on track. No team in the 110-year history of the mpetitionhaseverwonthepremiership er conceding 50 points in a match, but nny says there’s no need to panic. “It’sonlythesecondweek,andtheydon’t ve to panic too much,” he says. “I’veplayedingameswherewe’vehad points scored against us, and it gets to point where no matter what you try, it esn’t work. It was just one of those games dthey’llmoveon.Idon’tknowthattheycan WORKING TOGETHER: all the way, but they’ll make the top eight.” Evans is relishing the TheEelswillbeaimingforthefirstwinof cultural change at season when they take on Cronulla on the Eels. turday night.

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PHOTOS: NRLPhotos.com: Gregg Porteous (Cleary, Trbojevic, Tupou, Mannah, Vunivalu), Grant Trouville (Lisone, Aitken), Robb Cox (Ponga), Scott Davis (Bolton) 26 BIG LEAGUE 2018 LEAGUE 26 BIG fie ev o o owr on.” work to alot got We’ve office. notgoingtobeagoodnightatthetheirteamifwedefendlikethat,it’sap be r won’t e t it t rematch, ys final i ggrand h ti nM e l b oagainsttheStorminThursday’s u effort r n defensive e . same the with pressconferenceiftheyshowup post-match the in declared Thurston and lostusthegameIthink.” down us let real what That’s that in periodtherejustbeforehalftime. well really tackle didn’t We difference.” the was that and dominated really played moreofafactorintheloss. 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Simon rower back- veteran of absence the despite counterparts, Coast Gold and Sydney South its outpointed categorically shine. to spine big-name the allowed has pack forward the by laid platform improved vastly a start, stunning Warriors’ the for plaudits the of most attracted have Luke Issac and Johnson Shaun Tuivasa-Sheck, Roger WHILE good to have him out there. there. out him good to have ofthisclubandit’salways part big a is (Mannering) told outofthat,”the24-year-oldfor2018andbeyond. stead good in pack unheralded relatively the holds leader spiritual their without winning a Lisone Sam room engine Warriors’ The Ovosy‘Dewey’ “Obviously “Wetakealotofconfidence i League Big (left) . says the boys.” the boys.” for up get they workhorses, they’re Pulu, Leivaha and day. all butwe’reamobilepack,” said. Lisone re-signed recently the off,” pre-seasonandit’spaying recruits. playing Warriors’ the of contribution the praised am a s s i v ei mtrainerAlexCorvohashad p a c head t new ,b u under th eaoverhaul l s o conditioning widely-publicised through.” coming boys forus,especiallytheyoung up ourgameandrunwithit. pick to got we’ve and boots atimewhenhehangsupthe “GuyslikeAdamBlair go can we durable, “We’re size, much have don’t “We “We’vehadatough team’s the confirmed Lisone “It’sagoodsteppingstone be to going there’s “But – WILL EVANS – WILL Cleary matters,” that all that’s win, yet. worried isn’t Cleary Nathan addresstheirslowstarts,halfback fixtures. both in buthavemanagedtofightback season, this games opening two their in 14-0 trailed They’ve late. of Panthers the for norm thehardwayhasbecomethe winning and slow STARTING representative accordingtoJakeTrbojevic. Parramatta, over win Manly’s themostpleasingthingabout was scoreless Eels the KEEPING bond.” agreat with bunch anyscore.Itshowswe’reatightknowingwecanfightbackfrom leads. away giving keep can’t we but circumstances, those in comeback to resilience wellasateamtoshowgreat really working We’re is. it what knows anyone think don’t I Rabbitohs on Saturday. Saturday. on Rabbitohs winless the face to Stadium ANZ wecankeepwinningnow.”thatwecanbeatanyone.Hopefullypre-seasonandwehavethebelief win. that from platform can a we build and confidence of lot a us competition. the in top sides the beat to confidence side the54-0victorywillgivethe “Aslongaswe’regettingthe to need they admitting Despite TheNewSouthWales confidence, of lot a us given “It’s “Idon’tknowwhatitis, h e alswl rvlto travel will Eagles Sea The “Weworkedreallyhardinthe“Keepingthemtonilwillgive (above) told (above) – MICHAEL BLOK – MICHAEL i League Big said . – MB – MB THE Tri-colours have suffered a huge setbackwithtoweringwingerDaniel Tupou (right) settomissbetween10-12 weeks after tearing his pec during his side’swinovertheBulldogs. Tupoureceivedscansoverthe weekend, with medical staff confirming thathewouldmissuptothreemonths. NewrecruitReeceRobinsonwillfillin onthewing,buttheRoosterscan’tafford anymoreinjuriesintheoutsidebacks giventheirdepthisalreadythinafter youngsterBernardLewiswasruledout fortheseasonwithakneeinjury. Inbetternews,MitchellAubusson isexpectedtofacetheKnightsafterhe wasforcedfromthefieldinthesecond isn’t hiding from the halfoftheRound2winhavingreceived fact that Parramatta’s start to the an accidental knee to the head. seasonhasbeenunacceptable. Theveteranutilityreceivedseveral TheEelscaptaindescribedhis stitches and underwent an HIA side’s performance in their 54-nil assessment which he ultimately passed. thrashingatthehandsofManlyas – MARTIN GABOR “embarrassing” and acknowledged they must fix their issues quickly with fellow winless outfit Cronulla awaiting this weekend. setting the NRL alight in the “I’ve got no explanation, we openingtworoundsoftheseasonhasn’t didn’t see it coming. We’ve got to surprised coach Nathan Brown – who says get some tough truths this week sustaining his stunning form is going to and be a lot better next week,” be the major challenge for Ponga over Mannah (above) said. thecomingweeks. “Wehavesomebigissueswe The 19-year-old (left) is tied with new have to address because we have team-mateMitchellPearceforsecondon anotherbiggameonSaturday.We the Dally M leaderboard with five votes know what we can do, but saying afteramagnificentstarttohisstintin it and going out there and doing it Newcastlewhichhasincludedatryanda12 are two different things.” – BL tackle-break performance on debut against Manly, and two try assists against Canberra. “Everyone can acknowledge Kalyn is an exceptionaltalent.Mywifehasprobably workedthatoutbynowandshedoesn’t reallyfollowrugbyleaguetoomuch,” Brown said. “He’sareallygood,level-headedkid. He’sgoingtogetalotofaccoladesand rightlyso,butasaplayerit’sgoingtoget harder for him because sides are going tostartseeingthingshe’sdoingwelland formulate ways to stop him.” – BL TWOyearsagomostoftherugby league world was oblivious to the existence of . HE’Sscoredtwotriesinasmanygames,butDragonscentre Fast forward two seasons EuanAitkensaysit’sadefensivefocusthat’sdrivinghimto andthe22-year-oldFijianflyer excelashereturnsfrominjury. (above) isthetwo-timereigning Followinganoff-seasonshoulderreconstruction,Aitkenhas NRL try-scoring champion about been especially driven to make sure he’s up to both his own and toplayhis50thNRLgame.He’s theclub’sstandardsfor2018.OnThursdayhemadeamammoth defied injuries and inexperience 21tacklesastheRedV’sedgedefenceforcederrorsandrepelled toearnareputationasoneofthe the Sharks, even with in the sin-bin. top wingers in the world. “I want to be that defensive player, not letting in tries and being “Intheunder-20sIstillhadthe consistent every week,” Aitken (right) said. rugbysideofme.Iwasalways “Iworkedonitinpre-seasonandIdidalotofworktonight,they stayingnearthesidelineandIwas keptgoingatourrightedgesoIhadtomakealotoftacklesthere. gettingtackledout,butnowIthink “Wechangedourdefensiveprinciplesabitthisyear,butit’s I’m footy smart and that’s thanks to definitelyworkingwellwithBenHunt,Frizelland‘Gypsy’.Our thecoachingstaff,”Vunivalusaid. combinationsarereallycomingtogether.” “Tocomethisfarwithallthe “Edgedefenceisn’taboutoneplayer,it’sabouttheteam injuries I’ve had, I’m stoked. I’m working together, talking and defending together. That’s how excitedandcan’twaittoplay you succeed.” – DAVID PIEPERS on Thursday.” –BENLONERGAN

Round Three BIG LEAGUE 2018 27 DESPITE teething problems at the back, has thrown his support behind beleaguered THEIR attack is still a work in team-mate . progress,butit’stheTigers’ AfteranightmareRound1 defence that has them sitting performance, Holmes was moved pretty after back-to-back wins to the wing for Round 2 and shared over the Roosters and the Storm. duties with his new team-mate. YOUNG Broncos halfback admitted he hasn’t Tipped to struggle in the early TheSharkshavekeptthesame watched much of NRL surprise packets the Wests Tigers as they rounds courtesy of the draw structure for Round 3. prepare for Friday night’s blockbuster in Campbelltown. fromhell,IvanCleary’smenhave “You can’t judge anyone on one “Tobehonest,Idon’twatchmuchfooty.Ihaven’tseenmuchof swappedflairforferocitytostun week,” said Dugan (above). what they’ve been doing,” he said. their more-fancied opponents. “ButIsaidI’dhelphim.It’smy The Kiwi International admitted that perhaps a touch of old The defence-oriented style of 10thyear(ofNRL)andeightof fashioned complacency crept into the Broncos before their shock play isn’t what we’re used to seeing thosehavebeenattheback,soI’ve loss to the Dragons in Round 1. fromtheTigers,butaccordingto got knowledge and I’m here to help. “Our heads weren’t in the right place, we probably went down halfback Luke Brooks (above),the “[Holmes]isoneofthebestball- therethinkingitwasgoingtobeeasy.Wedidn’tgetintothegrind newapproachisjustwhatthey runnersinthegamefullbackisn’t with the Dragons. That’s what changed last week for us.” need at this stage of the year. apositionyoucanlearnovernight. TheBroncosplaymakerwillgoupagainstresurgentformer “It’spleasingtoseethat You’vegottokeepworkingonit.” team-mate Benji Marshall and hopes some of what he learned off the we’re winning those tough games,” Duganwasatalosstoexplain former Golden Boot winner during his time at Red Hill can be added Brooks said after his side’s gutsy the Sharks’ capitulation against the tohisownplaybookashefindshisfeetintheNo.7jersey. win over the Storm. Dragons, but knows improvement “It’sgoodtolearnoffblokeslikethatwhohavealotofexperience. “That’swhatweneedtodo. is needed before Saturday’s clash NowallI’vegottodoisimplementthatintomygame,”hesaid. Whenyoulookbackattheseason with the also-winless Eels. There’snodoubtinghowmuchadmirationNikorimahasforhis andyourwins,youdon’tremember “Ican’tputmyfingeronit.[The formerteam-mateandwhathisfriendshipmeanstohim.He’sagreat how you won, as long as you get Dragons]cameoutinthatsecond bloke off the field and I’m just fortunate enough I can call one of my thetwopoints.We’re happywith half better than we did and every idols a friend now.” – LR where we’re at.” – MG time we got momentum back, we forced an error. It’s something we’ve got to work on.” – DP LINCHPINAshTaylor’swithdrawalwasacritical setbackaheadofGoldCoast’sroadtriptoAuckland, THEY squandered a half-time but said the Titans’ forwards have lead to fall to 0-2 for the season, shouldered the blame for the loss to the Warriors. buttherewerepositivesforthe “Wetrustwhoever(coach)GarthBrennanpickstodo Rabbitohs in their loss to the ajobforus.Despitetheloss,therewerealotofpositives Panthers,withrookiehalfback in what ‘Carty’ [] and Adam Doueihi shining on debut. producedforus,”Latu(left) told Big League. The lanky playmaker looked “Itcamedowntothestartingmiddlesnotperforming. comfortable in the first half (TheWarriors)weremoreaggressiveintheirrunning. and helped the Bunnies open “We’vegottofixourdefenceandruckspeedsowe up a 14-0 advantage. can control outcomes on every play the opposition runs.” DoueihiwillretaintheNo.7 Reinforcement is set to come in the form of Jarrod jerseywhileAdamReynolds Wallace’sreturnfromalate-2017suspensionthat recoversfromakneeinjury,and ruledhimoutoftheopeningtworounds. his coach is confident he’ll only get “Jarrod’sitchingtocomebackandplay,”Latusaid. betterasheadjuststofirstgrade. Latualsoconfirmedtherearenoregretsaround “Hemadeareallygooddebut,” his off-season departure from the Panthers. coachAnthonySeiboldsaid. “It’sbeengreat.Mywife(Kenina)enjoysitupthere “He’sgotthetrustofthesenior andwe’vegotalittlefamilyabouttostart,”hesaid, playersandhe’sdoneareallygood revealingtheLatusareexpectingababyboyinMay.

NRLPhotos.com: Scott Davis (Nikorima, Latu, Croker), Gregg Porteous (Woods, Brooks), Nathan Hopkins (Dugan) Porteous (Woods, Brooks), Hopkins Croker), Gregg Latu, Nathan NRLPhotos.com: (Nikorima, Scott Davis joboverthepre-season.Wehad “I’minthebestshapeI’vebeeninandI’mplaying no hesitation throwing him in after under a coach that I really like and really want to

PHOTOS: ‘Reyno’wasruledout.” –MG play for.” – WE

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AARONWoodssaysthere’sno need to panic after consecutive losses to start the season, citing North Queensland’s recovery from0-3toeventuallywinthe 2015premiershipasmotivation. It’sbeenatoughinitiation for the Woods (above),with Canterbury’s famed defence conceding66pointsintwogames. However, he says the mood in thedressingroomhasn’tdropped. “TheCowboyswere0-3andthey made a grand final, so there’s a bit oflightthere,”Woodssaid. “We’vejustgottoplaythe footythatweknowwe’recapable of.Ithoughtourattackwasall rightagainsttheStormbutwe went completely away from it on theweekendandthathurtsour defence at the same time.” – MG

JARROD Croker has assured Canberra fans the club’s worrying trendoflosingclosegames doesn’t stem from a lack of desire. Afterlosingeightgamesby sixpointsorlesslastseason,the Raidershavedroppedboththeir openingtwogamesof2018bytwo points, despite holding comfortable secondhalfleadsonbothoccasions. “I thought the boys played well again[inRound2].It’sfrustrating becausewesatinthesame position last week where we didn’t feel like we’d leaked 30 points – but at the end of the day we had and we’ve got to be better than that,” Croker (above) said. “I can’t question anyone’s effort out there.” – BL

Round Three BIG LEAGUE 2018 29 Did ’s injury have a big impact on your game?

What will you always remember You’reaTownsvillelocal,were Were you surprised the team about the game? the family always Cowboys fans? gotsofarlastyear,missing the players you were? Howfiredupistheteam to win it all this time? What do you remember about the week leading up?

Rugby league MATCH-UPS takes over down south AST week was action Lpacked for rugby league in south-westNSWandtheACT as school students across the region participated in multiple rugby league development events. There were ‘come and try’ days in Hay, Junee, Young and Yass,backyardleagueprograms in Griffith, a girls high school League Tag gala day in Wodonga, Summer Sevens and Legends Shield Finals in Canberra and traditional league carnivals, the said Cameron Woo, an NRL game Sheldrick Cup and Thunder Cups development officer. also getting underway. Referee courses were also held “Weofferavarietyofevents in local high schools. Young High for schools as teachers and School supplied 14 officials to parents enjoy the traditional oversee the games between other events but want all of their localschoolsattheareaevent, studentstoparticipate.LeagueTag with the Young officials looking andBackyardLeaguehelpusto comfortable and skilled with the introduce children to our game,” whistle in hand.

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PHOTO: Nathan Hopkins/NRLPhotos.com Error-riddled WOMEN IN RIKKI-LEE ARNOLD LEAGUE SWOOP start to the season Fairness ensures By MARTIN GABOR REAT yourself to an Easter egg if you’ve Tsomehowmanagedtolandaperfect16/16 tips.Fortherestofusmeremortals,finda close competition papertoweltowipethetraditionaleggoff yourfaceafterabizarrestartto2018. It’stakenjusttwoweeksforthehottestof HENRLissettointroduceatalent weputthiscompetitionon,thequalityof takestogostonecold,withpre-seasonfancies equalisation system to their women’s thecontesthastobeverygood.” T struggling and battlers leading the way. competitioninabidtokickofftheir WhiletheNRLmetwithsixclubs,it’s Whenthedrawcameoutlatelastyear, inaugural season on a high note. understood the competition could be cut the general consensus was that the Wests Tigers would most likely lose their first six matches. It was a horror schedule, but instead of complaining about the uncontrollable, Ivan Cleary and his troops knuckled down andfocusedonthetaskathand. The result? Back-to-back 10-8 wins over the Roosters (pre-season favourites) and the Storm (defending premiers). It’s not like the games were handedtothemonasilverplattereither,asthe Tigershadtodealwithaplayersenttothesin-bin ineachmatch,whilethewininMelbournewas extraspecialgiventheyhadtoweathertheadded occasionofBillySlater’s300thNRLgame. It’safarcryfromtheTigersofold,whoused to rely on their frenzied attack to outscore their opponents. They conceded almost 24 points agamein2017–they’veallowedtwotriesin theopeningfortnight.Alotofthecredithasto go to Cleary, but the sentimental hero has been veteran Benji Marshall, who has traded flair for finesseinastunningstarttotheseason. HowaboutthoseKnights?Whilemostofus tipped them to avoid a fourth-straight wooden spoon, few would have seen this start coming. Arevampedroster–ledbyMitchellPearce– hasstartedtheseasonwithback-to-backnarrow winstosendtheHunterintohysteria.Itusually takesnewcombinationsafewweekstogel,but NathanBrown’stroopshaveshownnosignsof rust to guts out consecutive wins at the death. Newcastle’sunwantedcutlerywastipped toheadacrosstheditchafteraseriesof poor showings from the Warriors. Instead,theNewZealandoutfithasproved the doubters wrong, with their star-studded spine finally clicking to have them in second spot after two rounds. While the Rabbitohs, Bulldogs and Storm allfalteredafterthetripbackfromPerth,the Warriors – who travelled the furthest – put onashowfortheirhomefans,whohavebeen waitingfartoolongforthissortofconsistency. Weren’ttherealsomeanttobedramasatthe footofthemountains?Theonlyproblemfor thePanthersatthemomentistheirfirsthalves. AndIthoughtWayneBennetthadlosthis aura.Wasn’tTrentRobinson’sjobontheline iftheRoostershypotheticallywonthreefrom 10 to start the season? Maybe we shouldn’t doubtthegame’selitecoaches.

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34 BIG LEAGUE 2018 Round Three DAY

JACK WIGHTON 19(RAIDERS) 9 RUNNING METRES

THAT’S how much ground the fullback covered withtheballtuckedunderhisarmagainstthe Knightslastweek.AgainsttheGoldCoastandthen Newcastle, the 25-year-old was at his powerful best.It’sbeenanupanddownfewseasonsfor Wighton, who was tested at five-eighth, centre and on the wing before settling in at fullback for the Raiders. His improvement across the first two rounds is proof he belongs there. Against the Knightshewashardtostop,with69post-contact metres, a try assist and a line-break assist. He averaged 163.3 metres per game last year and hecouldbeinforabetterseason in 2018.

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100 0 1 200 0 STORM COWBOYS 8th (2) 9th (2) 44 40 220 8 Suliasi VUNIVALU 2 210 4 28 38 ATTACK 200 0 William CHAMBERS 3 Justin O’NEILL 210 4 77 71% 75% 210 4 4 200 0 45 12 20 220 8 Josh ADDO-CARR 5 200 0 DEFENCE 46 200 0 6 Michael MORGAN 000 0 42 03 200 0 7 Johnathan THURSTON (C) 20612 01 MATCH AVERAGES 200 0 Jesse BROMWICH 8 Matt SCOTT (C) 200 0 44 23 22 20 20816 Cameron SMITH (C) 9 210 4 14 19 164 179 200 0 Nelson ASOFA-SOLOMONA 10 Jordan McLEAN 210 4 299 285 1478 1350 54 100 0 11 220 8 10 9 33 200 0 12 210 4 89% 67% HEAD-TO-HEAD 200 0 13 200 0 AT AAMI PARK INTERCHANGE WINNING FORM 2018 200 0 Tim GLASBY 14 200 0

210 4 15 200 0 PAST 8 CLASHES 2017 –

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RESERVES 2015 – 000 0 18 200 0 BIGGEST HEAD-TO-HEAD WINS 000 0 19 Kyle LAYBUTT 000 0

000 0 Billy WALTERS 20 000 0

000 0 Brandon SMITH 21 000 0 NEXT CLASH

COACHES CASUALTY WARD Craig BELLAMY Paul GREEN PENALTIES SCRUMS PENALTIES SCRUMS 1234 1234 5678 5678 9101112 9101112 13 14 15 16 13 14 15 16

36 BIG LEAGUE 2018 Round Three GAME ONE: Melbourne v North Queensland 122 metres in Round 2

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20510 Moses MBYE 1 200 0 BULLDOGS PANTHERS 15th (0) 3rd (4) 30 42 210 4 2 200 0 66 28 ATTACK 210 4 Josh MORRIS 3 23012 56 75% 73% 200 0 Will HOPOATE 4 200 0 44 01 11 200 0 5 Dallin WATENE-ZELEZNIAK 200 0 DEFENCE 11 5 200 0 Jeremy MARSHALL-KING 6 James MALONEY 200 0 43 31 200 0 7 Nathan CLEARY 20918 41 MATCH AVERAGES 200 0 Aaron WOODS 8 200 0 33 63 15 21 200 0 9 (C) 200 0 33 14 178 174 200 0 10 Reagan CAMPBELL-GILLARD 200 0 295 328 1452 1635 44 210 4 Josh JACKSON (C) 11 210 4 15 10 44 210 4 Raymond FAITALA-MARINER 12 200 0 83% 90% HEAD-TO-HEAD 200 0 13 210 4 AT ANZ STADIUM INTERCHANGE WINNING FORM 2018 200 0 14 210 4

100 0 Asipeli FINE 15 Corey HARAWIRA-NAERA 200 0 PAST 8 CLASHES 2017 –

200 0 Danny FUALALO 16 100 0 2016 –

000 0 Fa’amanu BROWN 17 James FISHER-HARRIS 200 0 2015 – 2014 – RESERVES BIGGEST HEAD-TO-HEAD WINS 000 0 Francis TUALAU 19/18 Sione KATOA 000 0

000 0 Kerrod HOLLAND 20/19 Nick LUI-TOSO 000 0

000 0 Renouf TO’OMAGA 21/20 000 0 NEXT CLASH

000 0 John OLIVE 23/21 Christian CRICHTON 000 0 CASUALTY WARD

COACHES Dean PAY Anthony GRIFFIN PENALTIES SCRUMS PENALTIES SCRUMS 1234 1234 5678 5678 9101112 9101112 13 14 15 16 13 14 15 16

38 BIG LEAGUE 2018 Round Three GAME TWO: Canterbury-Bankstown v Penrith 8 tackle- breaks in Round 2

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40 BIG LEAGUE 2018 Round Three GAME THREE: Wests Tigers v Brisbane 50 post- contact Danger sign: metres in Round 2

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210 4 1 Roger TUIVASA-SHECK (C) 210 4 RAIDERS WARRIORS 12th (0) 2nd (4) 2 56 52 200 0 David FUSITU’A 24016 60 28 ATTACK 21922 Jarrod CROKER (C) 3 200 0 910 78% 75% 210 4 Joey LEILUA 4 220 8 75 24 01 210 4 5 210 4 DEFENCE 10 5 201 2 6 Blake GREEN 200 0 95 10 200 0 Sam WILLIAMS 7 20612 00 MATCH AVERAGES 200 0 Sia SOLIOLA 8 200 0 55 53 28 26 210 4 9 200 0 30 14 151 177 200 0 10 200 0 308 304 1354 1571 11 22 200 0 Leivaha PULU 200 0 819 67 23012 12 200 0 83% 55% HEAD-TO-HEAD 200 0 13 200 0 AT GIO STADIUM INTERCHANGE WINNING FORM 2018 200 0 14 000 0

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42 BIG LEAGUE 2018 Round Three GAME FOUR: Canberra v Warriors 5 tackle- breaks in Round 2

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200 0 Alex JOHNSTON 1 200 0 RABBITOHS SEA EAGLES 14th (0) 6th (2) 34 72 220 8 Richard KENNAR 2 220 8 50 19 ATTACK 200 0 (C) 3 Brad PARKER 100 0 612 73% 77% 200 0 4 Brian KELLY 210 4 410 12 10 200 0 Robert JENNINGS 5 Akuila UATE 200 0 DEFENCE 93 23012 Cody WALKER 6 Lachlan CROKER 210 4 73 20 103 6 Adam DOUEIHI 7 Daly CHERRY-EVANS (C) 211228 00 MATCH AVERAGES 200 0 Thomas BURGESS 8 Addin FONUA-BLAKE 210 4 36 52 17 36 210 4 9 Api KOROISAU 210 4 25 10 173 182 200 0 Sam BURGESS 10 200 0 340 286 1609 1639 44 200 0 John SUTTON 11 Joel THOMPSON 200 0 10 19 58 200 0 12 220 8 71% 86% HEAD-TO-HEAD 200 0 Cameron MURRAY 13 210 4 AT ANZ STADIUM INTERCHANGE WINNING FORM 2018 000 0 14 100 0

200 0 Mark NICHOLLS 15 210 4 PAST 8 CLASHES 2017 –

200 0 George BURGESS 16 110 4 2016 –

200 0 Junior TATOLA 17 Kelepi TANGINOA 200 0 2015 – 2014 – RESERVES BIGGEST HEAD-TO-HEAD WINS 000 0 18 Matthew WRIGHT 100 0

000 0 Jason CLARK 19 Jack GOSIEWSKI 000 0 NEXT CLASH

000 0 20 100 0 CASUALTY WARD 000 0 Kyle TURNER 21 000 0

COACHES Anthony SEIBOLD PENALTIES SCRUMS PENALTIES SCRUMS 1234 1234 5678 5678 9101112 9101112 13 14 15 16 13 14 15 16

44 BIG LEAGUE 2018 Round Three GAME FIVE: South Sydney v Manly Warringah 2 tries in Round 2

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46 BIG LEAGUE 2018 Round Three GAME SIX: Parramatta v Cronulla-Sutherland 1 try assist in Round 2

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48 BIG LEAGUE 2018 Round Three GAME SEVEN: Gold Coast v St George Illawarra 2 try assists in Round 2

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50 BIG LEAGUE 2018 Round Three GAME EIGHT: v Newcastle 203 metres in Round 2

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BOOK NOW! CALL 1300 885 718 or email [email protected] www.therugbyleagueexperience.com.au [email protected] TheRugbyLeagueExperience CANTERBURY V MOUNTIES WESTS VWYONG ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA V NORTH SYDNEY 1 Watson HELETA 1 Luke SHARPE Jai FIELD 1 Viliami KAVEINGA Joshua BERGAMIN 2 Lucas PRICE 2 Chris CENTRONE John TOHI 2 3 Toni TALI 3 3 Jake TAGO John OLIVE 4 Tyler CORNISH Taane MILNE 4 Matthew IKUVALU Matheson JOHNS 4 Jacob GAGAN 5 5/19 Reece ROBINSON Jordan PEREIRA 5 Amanaki VEAMATAHAU Joshua CLEELAND 6 Cooper BAMBLING Tyson GAMBLE 6 Dean MATTERSON 6 7 Ata HINGANO Josh DRINKWATER 7 Mitchell CORNISH Darren NICHOLLS 7 8 Royce HUNT Tim GRANT 8/21 Frank-Paul NUUAUSALA 8 Vincent LEULUAI Bronson GARLICK 9 Patrice SIOLO 9 Mitchell WILLIAMS Reece ROBSON 9 Renouf TO’OMAGA 10 Makahesi MAKATOA Sauaso SUE 10 Lindsay COLLINS 10 11 Jarrad KENNEDY Chris McQUEEN 11 Brock GRAY 11 (C) 12 12 12 Thomas FREEBAIRN 13 Liam KNIGHT 13 Nat BUTCHER Blake LAWRIE 13 14 Jack NELSON 14 Kalani GOING, 15 Sam DUGGAN 14 Joseph RATU 8 14 Jack PAYNE 14 15 16 Emre GULER 15 JJ FELISE 14 Chris SMITH 15 15 Tarquinn ALATIPI 16 D’Rhys MILLER 17 Mitch CAHALANE 16 Cowen EPERE 15 Reuben PORTER 16 Ash NISBET 16 Samuel JOHNSTONE 17 18 Mitch KENNEDY 18 Braden ROBSON 16 17 TJ UELE,18JoeLOVODUA 17 Jesse MARTIN 19 Haveatarna LUANI 20 19 Liam PAKAU 19 Stuart MASON Steve GEORGALLIS Ryan CARR Rip TAYLOR Mat HEAD Shane MILLARD

PENRITHVWARRIORS BLACKTOWN V NEWTOWN WENTWORTHVILLE V NEWCASTLE 1 Honeti TUHA 23/1 Will KENNEDY Anthony LAYOUN 1 Thomas CRONAN 2 Johnny TUIVASA-SHECK Jade ANDERSON 4/2 Matt EVANS George JENNINGS 2 Harry van DARTEL 3 John FOLAU 19/3 Jesse RAMIEN Dane AUKAFOLAU 3 4 Anthony GELLING Matthew WRIGHT 20/4 Reubenn RENNIE Nathan DAVIS 4 Cory DENNISS Ratu TUISESE 5 Lewis SOOSEMEA Jono WRIGHT 5 Edrick LEE Greg LELEISIUAO 5 Ken SIO Chad O’DONNELL 6 Chanel HARRIS-TAVITA Tom WRIGHT 6 Kyle FLANAGAN Kauri APPOURI 6 Christian HAZARD Liam COLEMAN 7 Mason LINO (C) 14/7 Trent HODKINSON Zach NICHOLLS 7 Oliver CLARK 8 Albert VETE Taniela PASEKA 18/8 Siosaia VAVE 8 Wayde EGAN 9 Manase FAINU 9 Brad DEITZ 9 Danny LEVI Paea PUA 10 Chris SATAE 10 Wes LOLO Magnus STROMQUIST 10 Jacob SAIFITI KaideELLIS(C) 11 Matiu LOVE-HENRY Jack GOSIEWSKI 11 Matt WOODS 11 Reed IZZARD 12 Joseph VUNA Frank WINTERSTEIN 12 Briton NIKORA 12 13 James BELL (C) Lewis BROWN 13 Jack WILLIAMS Sam GORMAN 13 Luke YATES 14 Soni LUKE 14 3TekinaVALIEA 14 Anthony MORAITIS 14 Tony WILLIAMS 14 Jack JOHNS, 15 Junior ROQICA 15 Sarafu FATIAKI 15 Patrick SIPLEY 15 16 15 Andy SAUNDERS 16 Bobby TREACY, 17 Tyrone 16 Henry SEUMANU 16 Sione AFEMUI 16 18 Jesse MARSCHKE 16 Haimona HIROTI AMEY, 18 Faitotoa FAITOTOA, 19 17 Atonio PELESASA 17 Trent SCHAUMKEL 17 Tyler CASSEL 24 Brock ILETT 17 Piki ROGERS PatMATA’UTIA,20ChrisRANDALL 18 Cole WAAKA 22 Fred Junior MAUALA 26 Ben MARSCHKE 21JacobGAGAI,22Daniel PECK Guy MISSIO John TEINA Steven HALES Greg MATTERSON Nathan CAYLESS Simon WOOLFORD Review: SeaEaglessoarasMountiesbounceRoos BY DAVID PIEPERS and Western Suburbs was tightly CANTERBURY 30 (J Olive 2, J Nelson, J Okunbor, F TEAM P W D L B F A +/- PTS contested, with scores even heading Browntries;RMartin3goals)D. WARRIORS 14 (H WESTERN T was a clash of the Cornishes when into the final 10 minutes before the Perham 2, L Soosemea tries; G Lino goal). SUBURBS 34 (BRobson2,MFonua,WHeleta,LTali,T IMounties came up against Wyong, Magpies crossed twice. Penrith Grant tries; J Drinkwater 5 goals) D. NEWCASTLE 22 (B butTylerCornishclaimedvictory trailed North Sydney at half-time, but Jones 2, B Naden, K Sio tries; Sio 3 goals). MOUNTIES overbrotherMitch.Astrongfirsthalf atrytoChristianCrichtoninthefirst 42 (BAbbey2,JKennedy2,MRavalawa,KGoing, gaveMountiesa20-6leadandthey minuteofthesecondhalfhelpedthe TCornishtries;SMoceidreke7goals)D. WYONG 6 BLACKTOWN 46 pushed on after the break. Blacktown Panthers roll over their opponents. (K Ikuvalu try; M Cornish goal). (J kept Wentworthville scoreless during Gosiewski4,JAnderson2,MFainu,TPaseka,TWright tries; J Lussick 5 goals) D. WENTWORTHVILLE 0. their46-pointonslaught.Jack NEWTOWN 24 (S Sorensen, W Kennedy, B Brailey, E PENRITH 30 (TEisenhuth2,WEgan2,CCrichtontries;C Gosiewskihadafieldday,scoringfour Lee,WLolotries;JMarschke2goals)D. ST GEORGE O’Donnell 5 goals) D. NORTH SYDNEY 24 (T Freebairn, B tries. The clash between Newcastle ILLAWARRA 12 (A Clune, J Ford tries; J Field 2 goals). Burns, R Farah, A Veamatahau tries; M Hiroti 4 goals). 52BIGLEAGUE2018 Round Three MOUNTIES V CANTERBURY ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA V NORTH SYDNEY PENRITHVWARRIORS Andre NIKO 1 Blake CLAYTON Jason GILLARD 1 Kyle TUKAPUA Daine LAURIE 1 Tevita MIKAELE Via TUILANGI 2 Frank KURESA Sam McCANN 2 Tyrone TAUKAMO Justin JONES 2 Kayal IRO Matt LYONS 3 Kyle CASSEL Steve MARSTERS 3 Ethan ABOU-GHAIDA Shannon HARRIS 3 Seb KRIS 4 Tui KATOA Shaun SAUNI-ESAU 4 Arisento BOU-SLEIMAN Zac RYAN 4 Patrick ELIA Semi VALEMI 5 Jonty TIMOTI Dante LUSIO 5 Sean SABUTEY Brian TOO 5 Elijah SUFIA Paul ROACHE 6 Alex SEVE Tristan SAILOR 6 Kieran HAYMAN Adam FEARNLEY 6 Paul TURNER Brendan O’HAGAN 7 Brandon WAKEHAM Jackson WILLIS 7 Kurtis PREECE (C) Isaac THOMPSON 7 Eiden ACKLAND Stefano HALA 8 Kayne KALACHE Josh DOWEL 8 Samuel JOHNSTONE Mitch REVELL 8 Soane HUFUNGA (C) Kyle PATERSON 9 Reuben TAYLOR Jack CROSS 9 Treymaine BROWN Meni LUKE 9 Dylan TAVITA Matt SCOTT 10 Giordan PATEA Juvilee SAMIU 10 Jubilee SOLOA Brad GAUT 10 Preston RIKI Josh STUCKEY 11 Javvier PITOVAO Trent PEOPLES 11 Cameron YEATES Billy BURNS 11 Havi TUPOUNIUA Daniel KIER 12 Jacob WINTERSTEIN Jayden MORGAN 12 Luke HODGE J’maine HOPGOOD 12 Brody TAMARUA 13 Samuel RADOVU Hayden LOMAX 13 Corey KURNOTH Mitch KENNY (C) 13 Tyler SLADE (C) 14 Lachlan COOPER 14 Corey MATTHEWS, 15 Elie EL-ZAKHEM 14 , 15 Bailey 14 Luke CASSON 14 Isaiah NIUMATA 14 Sam NATI 15 DarbyMEDLYN,16CharlieRORKE 16SuaAIILOILO,17DanielSAKISI DICKINSON, 16 Tom ANGEL 15 Matthew FRENCH 15 John TRIMBOLI, 16 James 15 Wesley VEIKOSO 17 Nicholas TOOMATA, 18 Liam MOCK 19 John SALATIELU, 20 Amosa MANU 17 Matthew DELBANCO, 18 Tyran 16 Nicholas MOUGIOS CONROY, 17 Jack QUINN 16 Lotu INISI 19 Thomas McGRADY, 20 Jesse DENT 21 Nikau WILLIAMS, 22 Spike TIEO WISHART, 19 Tyler MOON 17 Caleb CAMPBELL 18 Bryn CALLAGHAN, 19 Ryan 17 Sione TUIPULOTU, 18 Tayhler 21 Adam RIZK 23 Alvin MAUNGAATI 20 Dylan MORRIS PRITCHARD, 21 Dean BLORE PAORA, 20 Lewis SIO Peter MARRAPODI Brad HENDERSON Wayne COLLINS Willie LEYSHON Ben HARDEN Ricky HENRY

WESTSTIGERSVROOSTERS MANLY V CRONULLA PARRAMATTA V NEWCASTLE Dylan SMITH 1 Nicholas O’MELEY Zaan WEATHERALL 1 Luke POLSELLI Haze DUNSTER 1 Matt COOPER Shondre LEE SILVA 2 Zane BLAKE Alfred SMALLEY 2 Chris TUPOU Michael CHEER 2 Lachlan FARR Connelly LEMUELU 3 Billy SMITH Semisi KIOA 3 Bronson XERRI Tuimavave AFUALO 3 Brayden MUSGROVE Heath GIBBS 4 Tevita FUNA 4 Noel AUKAFOLAU 4 Mitch ANDREWS Israel SEUFALE 5 Tyrell NEIUFI Bilal MAARBANI 5 Isaac LUMELUME Taufa AFU 5 Justin WORLEY Gus GARZANITI 6 Luke METCALF 6 Luke JURD Joey TAIPARI 6 Nash BIRCH Ben STEVANOVIC 7 Sean O’SULLIVAN Cade CUST (C) 7 Braydon TRINDALL 7 Hayden LOUGHREY TJ CARTER (C) 8 Daniel SULUKA FIFITA Jaiden TARRANT 8 Cruz TOPAI-AVAEI Sean KEPPIE 8 Jake SCOTT 9 Max BARRY 9 Harry SMITH 9 Thomas MIKAELE 10 Jackson FREI John TUIVAITI 10 Monty RAPER 10 Jirah MOMOISEA 11 Blake ANDREWS 11 Teig WILTON Dylan CLIFFORD 11 Kurtis DARK Sam McINTYRE 12 Lyndon HILLS Haumole OLAKAU’ATU 12 Josh CARR Nick OKLADNIKOV 12 Ben SEUFALE 13 Jordan MAIN 13 James ROUMANOS Michael TUPOU 13 Brandon RUSSELL 14 James TAUTAIOLEFUA, 15 Harrison 14 Phillip MAKATOA 14 Michael FENN 14 Lachlan SCARPELLI, 15 Fine KULA 14 Jesse CRONIN, 15 Beni VALU 14 Tevita ALIFA LEONARD, 16 Kane McQUIGGIN, 15 Kenese KENESE (C) 15 Kees NICHOLSON, 16 Blake MANOWSKI, 17 Kalani 16 Sam McGREGOR, 17 James 15 Henry-Siriah FUIMAONO 17 Alatanu WRIGHT 16 Stanley MALAE 16 Sosaia TALIVAKAOLA, 17 Kurt PEWHAIRANGI-CHARLIE, 18 Jayden PORTER, 18 Austin DIAS, 19 Bruce 16 Luke HUTH, 17 Will DAVIES 18 Riley CHESHIRE, 19 Bennett 17 Freddy LUSSICK SCHULTZ, 18 Finn HEATH MILLARD,19TomCAUGHLAN,20 WAKELING, 20 PJ VAIGALU, 21 18 Matthew CROKER WHEELHOUSE, 20 Curtis WILSON 19 Ben GLEESON , 21 Jackson STEWART Jaydn FIELD, 22 Ethan PARRY 19 Joe BROMAGE Craig WILSON Anthony BARNES Wayne LAMBKIN David HOWLETT Dean FEENEY Todd LOWRIE Preview: Knights rise to the top after punishing Tigers BY DAVID PIEPERS sufferedthesamefateintheir tries; O’Hagan goal) D. SYDNEY ROOSTERS 16 (J Curran TEAM P W D L B F A +/- PTS respective defeats to Mounties and 2,SVerrillstries;SO’Sullivan2goals).PENRITH 28 (J Jones 3, I Thompson, M Luke, D Laurie tries; Thompson EWCASTLE remain atop the Cronulla. Both sides ran up first-half 2goals)D. NORTH SYDNEY 18 (K Preece, T Butler, A Nladder after a second-half leads,butneitheraddedtotheirscores Bou-Sleimantries;DHawkins3goals). CRONULLA scoringspreeagainstWestsTigers. after the break and were defeated. 22 (TWilton,ILumelume,BXerri,JCarrtries;B Parramattamovedtofifthafter The Bulldogs jumped to second Trindall 3 goals) D. ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA 18 (J a rampage against Manly as Taufa place with a valuable away win Morgan,SSauni-Esau,TAngeltries;ZLomax3goals). NEWCASTLE 40 (JWorley,KDark,NBirch,BFermor,H AfuandMichaelTupoubothscored over the Warriors. doubles.Ahat-tricktoJustinJones Loughrey,JMomoisea,MAndrewstries;KDark6goals) CANTERBURY 28 (DSakisi,JWinterstein,SAiloilo, D. WESTS TIGERS 18 (S McIntyre, S Silva, E Carter tries; got the Panthers on the front foot T Katoa, N Williams tries; B Wakeham 4 goals) D. C Lemuelu 3 goals). PARRAMATTA 38 (TAfu2,MTupou earlyagainsttheBears. WARRIORS 10 (K Iro 2 tries; E Ackland goal). MOUNTIES 2,OKaufusi,MCheer,RMahoneytries;DBrown 5 goals) The Roosters and Dragons 22 (J Stuckey, M Lyons, L Cooper, D Keir, B O’Hagan D. MANLY 6 (J Main try; L Metcalf goal).

Round Three BIG LEAGUE 2018 53 TWEED HEADS V BURLEIGH EASTSTIGERSVIPSWICH MACKAYVCQCAPRAS Alex GRANT 1 1 Michael PURCELL Yamba BOWIE 1 Zeik FOSTER Kiah COOPER 2 Tyronne ROBERTS-DAVIS Linc PORT 2 Marmin BARBA Kurt WILTSHIRE 2 Ken TOFILAU Ryland JACOBS 3 Sami SAUILUMA Kea PERE 3 Pio SECI Nathan SAUMALU 3 Connor BROADHURST Brayden McGRADY 4 Conor CAREY 4/17 Rory HUMPHREYS Blake ATHERTON 4 Nathan BASSANI Tevita FOLAU 5 Henare WELLS Jarrod McINALLY 5 Wes CONLON Johnny FALETAGOA’I 5 Chanel SEIGAFO AJ BRIMSON 6 Dallas WELLS Joseph BOND 6 Julian CHRISTIAN Nicho HYNES 6 Blake GOODMAN Eli LEVIDO 7 Brayden TORPY 7 Dane PHILLIPS Kyle LAYBUTT 7 Aaron TEROI Tristan LUMLEY 8 (C) David TYRRELL 8 Tyson LOFIPO Sam HOARE (C) 8 Bill CULLEN Sam MESKELL (C) 21/9 Chris OSTWALD 9/21Kierran MOSELEY Josh CHUDLEIGH 9 Billy GILBERT Moeaki FOTUIAKA 10 Dylan KELLY Patrick KAUFUSI 10 Nat NEALE Nicholas BROWN 10 Phil NATI Lamar MANUEL-LIOLEVAVE 11 Hayden SCHWASS 11 Ben WHITE Bennett LESLIE 11 Jerry KEY (C) Hiale ROYCROFT 12 Ash LITTLE 12 Seb PANDIA Kellen JENNER 12 Dave TAYLOR Tony MATAUTIA 13 Sam COSTER Jarred TUITE 13 Ben SHEA Jardine BOBONGIE 13 James HILL 14 Beau CORDTZ, 15 Jordan AIONA -FATU, 17 Kia 14JaiWHITBREAD,15Josh 14 James SALTER, 15 Anton IARIA 4 Sam CASLICK, 9 Jayden 14JaydenHODGES,15MitchellDUNN 15TysonWHITE,16BradLUPI,17Luke SANDS,18SamSAVILLE,19LindonMcGRADY, AILAOMAI, 16 Christopher LAW 16 Jack ANDERSON, 17 Harley AIONO CONNORS, 14 Denzel BURNS 16LonaKAIFOTO,17JordanGRANT GEORGE, 18 Vic HALFPENNY, 19 Aaron 20 Jenan PARRISH, 22 Jarrod MORFETT 17 Matthew ROBINSON 18 Harry PONDEKAS 16 Rowan WINTERFIELD 18 Leonati FEILOAKITAU-FETUANI FLANAGAN, 21 Peter ROGERS Ben WOOLF Jim LENIHAN Scott SIPPLE Ben WALKER & Shane WALKER Steve SHEPPARD Kim WILLIAMS

TOWNSVILLE V NORTHERN PRIDE WYNNUM MANLY V REDCLIFFE SOUTHS LOGAN V Carlin ANDERSON 1 Jack MURPHY Patrick TEMPLEMAN 1 Tony TUMUSA 1 Jack AHEARN Jonathon REUBEN 2 Peter GUBB 2 Jonus PEARSON Cameron BOOTH 2 Paul ULBERG Shaun HUDSON 3 Brett ANDERSEN Jeriah GOODRICH 3 3 4 Enari TUALA Delouise HOETER 4 Moses PANGAI Scott DOYLE 4 Chevi ELLIS Michael CARROLL 5 Shawn BOWEN Daniel OGDEN 5 Joshua BEEHAG Lenny MAGEY 5 Samuel WRIGHT Jaelen FEENEY 6 Jordan BIONDI-ODO Shaun NONA 6 Manaia RUDOLPH Guy HAMILTON 6 Gary RICCARDI Zach DOCKAR-CLAY 7 Michael DOBSON 7 CameronCULLEN(C) Sam SCARLETT 7 Todd MURPHY Francis MOLO 8 Darryn SCHONIG Ngarima PITA 8 Sam ANDERSON George FAI 8 Sam TAGATAESE Krys FREEMAN 9 Ryan GHIETTI Mitch CRONIN 9 Hugh PRATT Jordan SCOTT 9 Alex BISHOP 10 William BUGDEN Max ELLIOTT 10 Nathan WATTS Sam LAVEA 10 Oshae TUIASAU Jake MARKETO 11 Tom HANCOCK 11 Scott SCHULTE Simi FATAFEHI 11 Moses NOOVAO-McGREAL Andrew NIEMOELLER (C) 12 Nathan WALES Til VEA 12 Brendon GIBB 12 Joe BOYCE 13 Graham CLARK Mitch FREI (C) 13 Samson GRAHAM 13 (C) 14 Jordan KENWORTHY 14ConnorJONES,15AidanDAY,16Emry 14 Jayden BERRELL, 15 Adam TUIMAVAVE- 14TobyRUDOLF,15James 14BradleyFRITH,15PhilDENNIS(C) 14 Calum GAHAN, 15 Carne DOYLE-MANGA 16 Ross BELLA, 17 Temone PERE,17TroyKAPEA,18JustinCASTELLARO GERRARD, 16 Salesi FUNAKI TAYLOR, 16 Tom GERAGHTY 16 Uiti BAKER, 17 Thomas FLEGLER 16 Hemi MULLEN, 17 Guy WILLIAMS POWER, 22 Sione LOUSI 19 David MURPHY, 20 Colin WILKIE 17 , 18 Alex Barr 17 Sheldon PITAMA 20 Rhys MELVILLE 18 Iain RICCARDI, 19 Danny KERR Ty WILLIAMS Adam BRIDESON Adam MOGG Jon BUCHANAN Rohan SMITH Review: JetssoarinupsetwhileHunterssufferearlysetback PSWICH caused an early anearlyhitagainstNorthern MDunn,KLaybutt,NSaumalu,JFaletagoa’i SUNSHINE COAST V PNG Iboilover with a two-point Pride, while Souths Logan made tries;KLaybutt2goals).SUNSHINE COAST 23 (JOlam,ACopelin,HGranttries;KAldridge 1 Stargroth AMEAN win over . Sunshine light work of Tweed Heads. Coastprevailedinathrillerover 5 goals; Aldridge field goal) D. WYNNUM MANLY 22 Matt SOPER-LAWLER 2 Wawa PAUL Wynnum Manly. A barrage of (DOgden2,PGubb,SFunaki IPSWICH 20 (WConlon,MBarba,R tries;SNona3goals).SOUTHS LOGAN 28 (S 3 Adex WERA penalty goals from Kurt Aldridge 4 Humphreys tries; Conlon 4 goals) D. Scarlett,JScott,PMago,GHamilton,BGibb Jye BALLINGER kepttheFalconsintouchand TOWNSVILLE 18 (F Molo, J Feeney, K tries; Hamilton 4 goals) D. TWEED HEADS 10 Alex COPELIN 5 Brendon GOTUNO hewascalledonagaintoseal FaifaiLoatries;CAnderson3goals). (BMcGrady2tries;LMcGradygoal). thegamewithalatefieldgoal. BURLEIGH 25 (S Sauiluma, T Davis, D Kurt ALDRIDGE 6 AseBOAS(C) TEAM P W D L B F A DIFF TOTAL Easts Tigers were also given Wells,KRowetries;JFogarty4goals; Brentt WARR 7 PPolitonifieldgoal)D. REDCLIFFE Tui KAMIKAMICA18/8 a scare by Mackay, and found 12 (JPearson,MPangaitries;M themselves trailing by 10 within Rudolph2goals).NORTHERN PRIDE Harry GRANT 9 Wartovo PUARA thefirst15minutes.TheTigers 26 (SBowen2,MTaulagi,NWales Lachlan TIMM 10 Dilbert ISSAC fought back to level the scores tries; J Clifford 5 goals) D. PNG 14 11 Nixon PUTT by half-time. Norths Devils lead (CSimonse,ABoas,BMorristries; Dane HOGAN (C) Boas goal). NORTHS DEVILS 36 (M Christopher LEWIS 12 John ANDY the competition after two rounds Sio,JTaunoa-Brown,JAhearn,P Harrison MULLER 13 Rahdly BRAWA thanks to a 20-point win over Ulberg,STagataese,GRiccarditries; 14 Jacob HIND, 15 Liam McDONALD, 14CharlieSIMON,15IlaALU,16Silas the Capras. Burleigh also surged TMurphy6goals)D. CQ CAPRAS 16 16 Louis GERAGHTY, 17 Lachlan toacomfortablevictoryover (P Nati, M Morseau, C Seigafo tries; C GAHUNA, 17 Mekenzie YEI, 18 William MONE EASTS TIGERS ROE, 19 Connor DONEHUE 19 Junior RAU, 20 Patrick MOREA Redcliffeinaresultthatkeeps Broadhurst 2 goals). 26 (CCarey,JMcInally,JTuite,J theDolphinswinless.Inother Craig INGEBRIGTSEN Svendsen,SDrinkwatertries;BTorpy results, PNG’s title defence took 3 goals) D. MACKAY 24 (K Wilshire, 54 BIG LEAGUE 2018 Round Three TWEED HEADS V BURLEIGH EASTSTIGERSVVICTORIA MACKAY V CQ CAPRAS Bayley GILL 1 Corey ALEXANDER James PRICE 1 Sale FINAU Jayden O’SHANNESSY 1 Blake MOORE Aublix TAWHA 2 Thomas BERKERS Lorenzo MULITALO 2 Christopher SCHWALGER Walter LAUENSTEIN 2 Zaine HAMMOND (C) Lee TURNER 3 Mikey WILLIAMS Zakaria TAIBI 3 Kelma TUILAGI Leeroy PARTER 3 Christian SMITH Curtis DANSEY-SMALLER 4 Jaxson PAULO Kea PERE 4 Jacob CORDTZ Hayden PACE 4 Eli NOOVAO Gerard AH-NAU 5 Reece TAPINE Jesse ENRIGHT 5 Iliesa RATUVA Viliami PAKI 5 Elijah ANDERSON Bostyn HAKARAIA (C) 6 Taine TUAUPIKI Joshua CURTI 6 Matt STIMSON (C) Matthew VESSEY 6 Richard SISIFA Kel SHEATHER 7 Harry FITZHUGH Nathan BROWN (C) 7 Harry GREEN 7 Jack WHITE Benjamin THOMAS 8 Tyler SZEPANOWSKI Bailey MACDONALD 8 Derek MAOTA Harrison BLACK 8 Zantanamaud POMARE-TUTAGALEVAO Liam HAMPSON 9 Kai O’DONNELL Anthony MELEISEA-MURRAY 9 Trent TOELAU Brendan WHITE (C) 9 Jack PATTIE Jack PEACOCK 10 Lochlyn SHELDON Blake PYLE 10 Jordin LEIU Jye ANDERSEN 10 Connor McGARRY William WOOLLEY 11 Darius FARMER Josef CASH-TOBIN 11 Kayleb MILNE Liam MENG 11 Ricky McHUGH Daniel BROWNBILL 12 Api NOEME-MATENGA (C) Tevita’unga WOLSKE 12 Tino FA’ASUAMALEAUI Luke SCHULTE 12 Lawson STOREY Jese SMITH-SHIELDS 13 Sean GARNER Zac TEEVAN 13 Nick HAY Sam MURPHY 13 Chalice ATOI 14 Senn KANE 14 Brodie HANNON, 15 Huston HOLLOWAY 14 Bailey COURT, 15 Tiui MISI 14TroyHANITA-PAKI,15NicholasFLOCAS 14 Toby BRICE, 15 Darcy HEAD 14 Matthew WILSON, 15. Roarke 15 Lachlan DOUGLAS 16ReihanaMARSH,17BenVALENI,18Arron 16 Christian MIKAELE, 17 Tyrone 16 RyanWESCOMBE,17ZevJOHN 16BlakeFAULL,17MaloniSOANE CHRISTENSEN, 16 Derome MAFI 16 Isaac LEE, 17 Charlie GEE SHELFORD, 19 Callum BOOMER TITASEY, 18 Jack STOCK 19 Seuiavatele SEUIAVATELE, 20 Sulio FIFITA 18 Luke CAMPBELL, 19 Ryan MOLLOY 17 William NEVEN, 18 Callum ROBERTSON Steve DOWD Jamie MAHON Ian GOUGH Ben JACK Jim WILSON Neil BECKETT and Damien SEIBOLD

TOWNSVILLE V NORTHERN PRIDE SOUTHS LOGAN V NORTHS DEVILS WESTERN MUSTANGS V IPSWICH Marshall HUDSON 1 Brandon JACKONIA Thane KELLERMEYER 1 Kegan TUHEGA Dylan QUINN 1 Austin MASIUTAMA Lachlan LA ROSA 2 Mark ROSENDALE Alan WHITE 2 David FAUID Nat JONES 2 Liam MULLINS Thomas McCAGH 3 Iliani NALEBA Vesi SA’U 3 Elliot VINCENT Errol SIMPSON 3 Shar WALDEN (C) Samuel MARTIN (C) 4 Lui LOCKINGTON Kye OATES 4 Ethan QUAI-WARD Letuituia ELIU 4 Harrison DOUGLAS Jake RILEY 5 Joshtel CHARLIE Ashton WATSON 5 Michael McGRATH Jacob LEACH 5/17 David IOPU Sean MULANEY 6 Evan CHILD Sato KETIA OPO 6 Gerome BURNS Wally PEGLER 6 Josh WILLIAMS Brodie CHAFFEY 7 Jack CAMPAGNOLO Dray NGATUERE-WROE 7 Braydan MORTON Zac BUTLER 7 Mana FOX-SWNEY Jayden STEPHENS 8 Wiremu GRIEG Broughton CLARK 8 Eddie BLACKER Michael NASERI 8 Jaye ALLERY Brent WOOLF 9 Patrick GALLEN (C) Blake SCOTT 9 Lochlann SMITH Cody McNIECE 9 Ethan PRINGLE Logan BAYLISS 10 Terrence CASEY-DOUGLAS Rory FERGUSON 10 Joesph McGUIRE (C) Junior CHONG-NEE 10 Dallas HORNBUCKLE Nathan BARRETT 11 Ewan MOORE Jacob ALICK 11 Jack PEOPLES Tevita COCKER 11 Folau MATANGI Duarne DEMPSEY (C) 12 James CLARK Clayton MACK 12 Jamie TANUVASA James ROBINSON 12 Blake LENEHAN Jack GLOSSOP 13 Luke BURTON 13 Matthew SILA Blake CULLEN 13 Tyler COBURN 14 Lachlan TAYLOR, 15 William FOX 14 Quinlyn CANNON, 15 Elijah SIMPSON 14 Sam TOLU, 15 Bruce TEN 14 Jacob CHAMBERS, 15 Lionel JOHNSON 14BryceWHALE,15MalikBROWN16HediKAFOA, 5 Kaygen MUNRO, 14 Regan WILDE 16 Solomon VASUVULAGI 16 Matt KLOWSS, 17 Chase TAIA, 18. Dion WALES 16 Sosaieti MATAELE 16 JakeSTRASSER,17ThomasBEST 17 Joshua FOSTER, 18 James CHRISTENSEN 15 John VAIROA 17 Yaza STEPHEN 19 Jaymon MOORE, 20 Ethan SCHOBER 17 Amosa AUMUA 18 Jordan ATLEY, 19 Zane JONES, 20 Cody HEATHWOOD 19 ZacharySTEVENS,20PercyCUBBY 19 Faatupu LISATII David TANGATA-TOA Dave SCOTT Shane BOYD Kevin NEIGHBOUR Eugene SEDDON Brendon MARSHALL

WYNNUM MANLY V REDCLIFFE Reece McKENZIE-O’BRIEN 1 Samuel ARMSTRONG Rashaun DENNY 2 Michael WALIT Ryan O’KEEFE 3 Harrison SKINNER Trevor SPICER 4 Dwight SAUEHA Jalen TANGIITI-TURNER 5 Joshua COOPER Shannon GARDINER 6 Radean ROBINSON TEAM P W D L B F A DIFF TOTAL David QUINLIN 7 Kyle FOXWELL Payden PORTER 8 Zach KERR Jack CALLOW 9 Oscar CARTER Zayne HOLLERAN 10 Patrick RANDALL Lachlan PERRY 11 Edward BURNS 12 Jacob CONLAN Sam BALLINGER 13 James FLACK (C) 14 Zane WALLACE, 15 Soakai 14 Jayden NEWBOULD, 15 William PALELEI, 16 Brayden DALY GREENSILL, 16 Brett ANDERSON 17 Lachlan BUCHANAN 17 Justice UTATAO, 18 Alexander BROWN Joe O’CALLAGHAN Chris LITTLE

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58 BIG LEAGUE 2018 LEAGUE 58 BIG HU ONO WRIR)06012 0 6 12 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 3 3 0 (WARRIORS) JOHNSON SHAUN (COWBOYS) THURSTON JOHNATHAN (RAIDERS) WHITEHEAD ELLIOTT (RABBITOHS) WALKER CODY (PANTHERS) BLAKE WAQA ARL ICEL(OSES 14 0 7 0 (ROOSTERS) MITCHELL LATRELL HDTWSN SAK)07014 0 7 0 (SHARKS) TOWNSEND CHAD IHE ODN(IAS 14 16 0 0 16 7 8 0 18 0 0 0 0 4 9 0 (TITANS) GORDON MICHAEL (STORM) SMITH CAMERON (WARRIORS) FUSITU’A DAVID (PANTHERS) CLEARY NATHAN IHE ODN(IAS 88% 8 7 MICHAEL GORDON (TITANS) 20 0 8 22 22 1 0 0 11 9 0 1 (KNIGHTS) PONGA KALYN (DRAGONS) WIDDOP GARETH (RAIDERS) CROKER JARROD AY OG KIHS 89% 100% 89% 9 7 82% 9 8 7 11 90% 8 85% 10 9 13 9 86% 11 14 (SHARKS) TOWNSEND CHAD (KNIGHTS) PONGA KALYN (STORM) SMITH 12 CAMERON (RAIDERS) CROKER JARROD (PANTHERS) CLEARY NATHAN (DRAGONS) WIDDOP GARETH CHERRY-EVANSDALY EAGLES) (SEA GOALKICKERS TOP 28 0 12 1 CHERRY-EVANSDALY EAGLES) (SEA POINTSCORERS TOP SHARKS i 3: Big 28/38 Illawarra George St Rates: 5 Completion from 4 (Dragons) Widdop Gareth Goalkickers: Judges: Touch Referee: Assistant Referee: Off: Sent Bin: Sin Penalties: Scrums: Crowd: Half-time: Townsend Chad 4goals) tries; 27’ Feki Sosaia 15’, Bukuya i 3 Big 32/39 Canterbury-Bankstown Rates: Completion MosesMbye(Bulldogs)2from2Goalkickers: Judges: Touch Referee: Assistant Referee: Off: Sent Bin: Sin Penalties: Scrums: Crowd: goals) 2 Half-time: Mbye Moses tries; 62’ Jackson Josh 12 CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN 54’, RyanMatterson76’tries;LatrellMitchell5goals) Cronk Cooper 38’, Tedesco James 17’, Ferguson 30 ROOSTERS SYDNEY BULLDOGS v ROOSTERS 4goals) TysonFrizell46’,EuanAitken57’tries;GarethWiddop 20 ILLAWARRA GEORGE ST :3 Tedesco; 2 Keary; 1 Ferguson –M.G 1Ferguson 2Keary; Tedesco; :3 3 Frizell; 2 Macdonald; 1 Aitken –D.P 1Aitken 2Macdonald; 3Frizell; 13,517 .COUL-UHRAD16 CRONULLA-SUTHERLAND D. 12,226 Jason Nightingale (Dragons) 62’ (Dragons) Nightingale Jason Isaac Liu (Roosters) 21’ (Roosters) Liu Isaac rnlaSteln 7-6 Cronulla-Sutherland atruyBnson9-3 Canterbury-Bankstown ai Badger Gavin eadSutton Gerard Nil Nil vDRAGONS tGog laar 12-8 Illawarra George St 9-all rnlaSteln 14-4 Cronulla-Sutherland ynyRotr 18-0 Roosters Sydney hdTwsn Sak)4fo 4, from 4 (Sharks) Townsend Chad LatrellMitchell(Roosters)5from7, efYui,ZgyPrzeklasa-Adamski Ziggy Younis, Jeff lyo hre ae Badger Kasey Sharpe, Clayton rnlaSteln 28/37, Cronulla-Sutherland ynyRotr 26/37, Roosters Sydney ee Gough Peter hi Butler Chris Lk er 12’, Keary (Luke Blake Round Three Round Nn adnl 34’, Macdonald (Nene (JoshMorris49’, OL TEPS% ATTEMPTS GOALS TGFGPTS (Jayson D. The Broncos have won seven of their past eight games against the Wests Tigers. Wests the against games eight past their of seven won have Broncos The Matterson 8038111210900 Taukeiaho 5734101011900 UMAALLHA(ET IES 75% 4 3 TIGERS) (WESTS LOLOHEA TUIMOALA Paulo 25151055400 DMDUII(ABTH)33100% 3 3 (RABBITOHS) DOUEIHI ADAM Waerea-Hargreaves42332086100 iia6 1101 3 2 2 130 19 0 1 31 62 GrahamPrior 7434401411302Fifita 802130139201Leutele 8010201511501 Segeyaro 195201801 83% 100% 4 6 4 5 (BRONCOS) ISAAKO JAMAYNE (BULLDOGS) MBYE MOSES HU ONO WRIR)61 55% 11 67% 6 9 6 (WARRIORS) JOHNSON SHAUN (COWBOYS) THURSTON JOHNATHAN LATRELL RNO OBY 46,080 12,226 BRONCOS v COWBOYS BULLDOGS v ROOSTERS oa 00284 7 361 10 12 1326 172 2 40 298 1040 Total Interchange Moylan 801120138130 801011012301Feki SHARKS CROWDS 2 247 493 DYLAN BLAKEFERGUSON(ROOSTERS) METRES RUNNING TOP Keary 8011001313720 TetevanoInterchange 32160065401 oa 00352 6 751 8 14 1785 167 5 24 335 1040 Total ROGER JORGE Manu 80940109813Tupou 3012088121 Aubusson 2150033300 JAI JOSH LEESON NENE MOSES JOSH AKWGTN(ADR)38142 154 2 308 158 316 JASON (RAIDERS) WIGHTON JACK RYAN (ROOSTERS) TEDESCO JAMES MARTIN RO TTN)32112 181 362 (TITANS) ARROW AE TTN)30152 155 310 (TITANS) JAMES DOCR SOM 8 4 2 145 289 (STORM) ADDO-CARR ASU PNHR)31162 166 331 (PANTHERS) MANSOUR ADNL DAOS 9 4 2 145 290 (DRAGONS) MACDONALD AFA(E ALS 6 8 2 181 361 EAGLES) TAUFUA (SEA AMLL CWOS 0 5 2 154 307 (COWBOYS) TAUMALOLO DAD PNHR)37142 184 367 (PANTHERS) EDWARDS UVS-HC WRIR)33122 172 343 (WARRIORS) TUIVASA-SHECK BE(ULOS 9 4 2 149 297 (BULLDOGS) MBYE HMU(RGN)29152 145 289 2 (DRAGONS) MAU 165 AH 330 EAGLES) TAUPAU (SEA DRAGONS v ICEL(OSES 78% 9 7 (ROOSTERS) MITCHELL

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Offloads is8 4001 5 0 1 153 15 0 0 14 80 Sims ▼ lme 72 21001 0 150 22 0 0 22 57 Klemmer Vaughan 5537101311701 atl-aie 02 51912 1 109 15 0 2 24 80 Faitala-Mariner Woods 5931101613514 Graham 452510117601 FrawleyHopoate 801111119801 8021201511701 oa 00361 6 361 10 11 1356 162 1 13 326 1040 Total Widdop 80100073810 aioe3 8001 702 0 87 10 0 0 18 35 Latimore Mann 145000000 Interchange oa 00282 0 49616 6 1479 201 4 21 298 1040 Total Interchange BMorris 8032086100 adnl 03102 9 1 0 197 22 0 1 3 80 Lafai 809001010111Macdonald i e11000000 Fine Tolman 40221096001

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Offloads 3-0 start for only the third time in the history of the joint-venture. the of history inthe time third the only for start 3-0

PHOTOS: Jason McCawley/Getty Images; Gregg Porteous/NRLPhotos.com ERT AETTL324,769 GAME PER AVERAGE TOTAL DATE TO YEAR TR ET IES18,189 15,995 AVERAGE TOTAL KNIGHTS v RAIDERS EELS v EAGLES SEA TIGERS WESTS v STORM RABBITOHS v PANTHERS ODCATTTN 10,238 10,502 13,517 TITANS COAST GOLD EAGLES WARRINGAH SEA MANLY ROOSTERS SYDNEY SHARKS CRONULLA-SUTHERLAND BRISBANE OPEE SETS COMPLETED AVERAGES HOME CLUB TITANS v WARRIORS TGOG LAAR RGN 14,457 15,900 38,824 WARRIORS 38,824 DRAGONS ILLAWARRA GEORGE ST COWBOYS QUEENSLAND NORTH STORM MELBOURNE TIGERS WESTS PANTHERS PENRITH KNIGHTS NEWCASTLE SOUTHSYDNEYRABBITOHS BULLDOGS CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN NEWCASTLE AL ARNA E ALS65 WESTS TIGERS WARRINGAH SEAMANLY EAGLES i 3: Big Rates: Completion MichaelGordon(Titans)2from2Goalkickers: Judges: Touch Referee: Assistant Referee: Off: Sent Bin: Sin Penalties: Scrums: Crowd: Half-time: try;MichaelGordon2goals) i 3: Big 34/41 Queensland Rates: Completion JohnathanThurston(Cowboys)4from4Goalkickers: Judges: Touch Referee: Assistant Referee: Off: Sent Bin: Sin Penalties: Scrums: Crowd: Half-time: 71’ tries; Granville Jake JohnathanThurston4goals) 61’, Cooper Gavin 3’, McLean Isaako4goals)AlexGlenn27’,KodiNikorima68’tries;Jamayne 24 BRISBANE Johnson2goals)Tuivasa-Sheck23’,SolomoneKata63’tries;Shaun 20 WARRIORS WARRIORSvTITANS BRONCOS 3 Tuivasa-Sheck; 2 Hiku; 1 Harris –B.L 1Harris 2Hiku; 3Tuivasa-Sheck; 3 McCullough; 2 Thurston; 1 Pangai –B.L 1Pangai 2Thurston; 3McCullough; E GAME PER BRONCOS 14,132 46,080 Nil Nil KNIGHTS odCat6-3 Coast Gold ot uesad4-3 Queensland North dmGee Adam e Cummins Ben Nil Nil 8-all aros12-2 Warriors rsae18-8 Brisbane North Queensland 11-5 Queensland North vCOWBOYS hu ono Wrir)2fo 4, from 2 (Warriors) Johnson Shaun JamayneIsaako(Broncos)4from4, (TevitaPangai18’,TomOpacic23’, .NRHQENLN 20 QUEENSLAND NORTH D. DvdFst’ 2 8 2,Roger 72’, 18’ (2) Fusitu’a (David ChrisMcMillan,MichaelWise ikBahl rt Suttor Brett Beashel, Nick .GL OS 8 COAST GOLD D. aros2/6 odCat27/35 Coast Gold 25/36, Warriors rsae2/5 North 26/35, Brisbane ai Reynolds Gavin hi Sutton Chris (Anthony Don 77’ 77’ Don (Anthony (Jordan 143,267 20,298 17,908 10,502 18,189 12,626 14,132 12,626 18,243 18,748 23,516 46,080 12,226 14,132 62 67 Gillett 80345098500 PangaiLodge 39303196112 4731101110801Milford 182001500Kahu 8013001511902 f a412321119611Afoa HarrisBlair 623100107205 8043201714711Green 80190187510 80351063501Kata fhnae3 20065 0 0 56 6 0 0 22 39 OpacicOfahengaue 62132053500 CANBERRA RAIDERS oa 00392 4 481 5 10 1408 146 4 27 369 1040 Total Interchange Oates 806011111820 oa 00302 9 501 28 11 1570 192 7 26 330 1040 0 0 Total 130 12 0 0 73242074414Pulu 1 3 24 Interchange 116 50 11 0 2 7 Gavet 80 Fusitu’a O T SD E RB I O S53 SOUTHSYDNEYRABBITOHS RNLASTELN HRS48 SHARKS CRONULLA-SUTHERLAND ROOSTERS SYDNEY TGOG LAAR RGN 57 BULLDOGS CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN TITANS COAST GOLD DRAGONS ILLAWARRA GEORGE ST STORM MELBOURNE PANTHERS PENRITH NORTH WARRIORS BRONCOS BRISBANE UU UESADCWOS59 COWBOYS QUEENSLAND Centre Josh Morris will become the 11th player to appear in 200 first grade game grade first in200 11th the appear to become will player Morris Josh Centre

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Offloads Handlingerrors 54 56 58 53 55 57 52 47 Offloads 47 ▼ IHR ENR(ABTH) 2 RICHARD KENNAR (RABBITOHS) RSAEBOCS69% BRONCOS BRISBANE AHA IZIBN(NGT)2 FITZGIBBONLACHLAN (KNIGHTS) AE OET (BRONCOS) ROBERTS JAMES SYDNEY UNATE (DRAGONS) AITKEN EUAN RNLASTELN HRS70% SHARKS CRONULLA-SUTHERLAND AI OPR(COWBOYS) COOPER GAVIN (EELS) HOFFMAN JOSH O G T U U (E EG E )2 JORGETAUFUA(SEAEAGLES) PARRAMATTA LIT HTHA RIES 3 (RAIDERS) WHITEHEAD ELLIOTT EBUN STORM MELBOURNE ct 01 29 0 0 99 12 0 3 16 40 Scott OYWLE RBIOS 3 (RABBITOHS) WALKER CODY ST ig3 4101 0 2 1 106 12 0 1 24 36 HipgraveKing 35210098300 AABAE(PANTHERS) BLAKE WAQA ERT PANTHERS PENRITH McLean 4117001716100MartinBowen 80192084021 8092086311 AL ARNA E ALS77% NORTH BULLDOGS CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN TITANS COAST GOLD EAGLES SEA WARRINGAH MANLY CANBERRA RAIDERS TIGERS WESTS KNIGHTS NEWCASTLE COMPLETION oa 00283 9 3989 8 1359 193 2 37 298 1040 Total SOUTH WARRIORS AI UIUA(WARRIORS) FUSITU’A DAVID TRYSCORERS TOP oa 00314 7 48711 7 1488 179 2 45 321 1040 0 0 87 10 Total 0 5 14 36 Interchange JamesLatu 8033311111200Arrow 6334402119903Elgey 80205073410Hurrell 802101512610Don 804301513910 1 1 91 Interchange 16 0 Lowe 49124096000 2 6 80 Feldt es5 8101 912 1 59 11 0 1 28 57 Hess Jensen 1280032700 EREILWRADAOS72% DRAGONS ILLAWARRA GEORGE YNYRBIOS73% RABBITOHS SYDNEY UESADCOWBOYS QUEENSLAND ROOSTERS

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Offloads 69% 86% 73% 78% 76% 75% 75% 75% 71% 71% 81% 2 2 2 2 3 4 60 BIG LEAGUE 2018 LEAGUE 60 BIG OHAD-AR(TR)2 2 2 2 (STORM) ADDO-CARR JOSH (WARRIORS) KATA SOLOMONE CURTISSIRONEN(SEAEAGLES) FRIZELL (DRAGONS) TYSON A RO TTN)36 (TITANS) ARROW JAI JOHNATHAN JOSH JORGE BLAKE TACKLERS TOP OI OIL RIES 76 81 (RAIDERS) SOLIOLA IOSIA JAKE LUKE (PANTHERS) MERRIN TRENT CAMERON 101 PETER ANDREW API DAMIEN JAKE TIGERS) (WESTS TAYLOR ELIJAH OTHIT-UPS/RUNS MOST ROGER LD RFI KIHS 86 CAMERON ALEX (KNIGHTS) GRIFFIN SLADE AIDAN i 3: Big 30/39 Tigers Rates: Completion 4 from 3 (Tigers) Marsters Esan Goalkickers: Judges: Touch Referee: Assistant Referee: Off: Sent Bin: Sin Penalties: Scrums: Crowd: Half-time: 64’try;CameronSmith2goals) ases3goals) 3 Marsters WESTSTIGERS10STORMvTIGERS 3: Big 30/38 Sydney Rates: 3 Completion from 3 (Rabbitohs) Doueihi Adam Goalkickers: Judges: Touch Referee: Assistant Referee: Off: Sent Bin: Sin Penalties: Scrums: Crowd: Half-time: goals) 3 Doueihi Adam 14 SYDNEY Peachey76’tries;NathanCleary3goals) 18 OOSU(E ALS 93 EAGLES) KOROISAU (SEA ROEI SAEGE)77 EAGLES) (SEA TRBOJEVIC 100 (ROOSTERS) FRIEND LN BOCS 82 (BRONCOS) GLENN AEA RIES 78 (RAIDERS) BATEMAN ASU PNHR)39 (PANTHERS) MANSOUR URA(NGT)87 (KNIGHTS) GUERRA ALC PNHR)91 (PANTHERS) WALLACE AFA(E ALS 40 45 EAGLES) TAUFUA (SEA (ROOSTERS) FERGUSON UVS-HC WRIR)41 (WARRIORS) TUIVASA-SHECK OK(ABTH)94 (RABBITOHS) COOK 3 Taylor; 2 Marshall; 1 Brooks –P.W 1Brooks 2Marshall; 3Taylor; 3 Cleary; 2 Mansour; 1 Merrin –M.B 1Merrin 2Mansour; 3Cleary; cULUH(RNO)91 (BRONCOS) McCULLOUGH cNE DAOS 81 88 (DRAGONS) McINNES (STORM) SMITH 18,189 15,995 Ben Matulino (Tigers) 64’ (Tigers) Matulino Ben Nil HRTN(OBY)38 (COWBOYS) THURSTON WestsTigers9-5 ot yny7-4 Sydney South rn Atkins Grant er Perenara Henry Nil Nil ebun 18-8 Melbourne Penrith 13-9 SouthSydney14-0 WestsTigers4-0 (CodyWalker15’,Damien Cook 39’ tries; (Trent Merrin Blake 52’, 66’, Tyrone Waqa RABBITOHS v aeo mt Som rm3, from 2 (Storm) Smith Cameron ahnCer Pnhr)3fo 4, from 3 (Panthers) Cleary Nathan ikMrl hlHenderson Phil Morel, Nick oa et dmCassidy Adam Best, Rohan .MLORE8 MELBOURNE D. Lk ros7’ty Esan try; Brooks(Luke 78’ ebun 14,Wests 31/44, Melbourne ert 24,South 32/42, Penrith o Stone Jon aeMunro Dave Round Three Round (Suliasi Vunivalu Vunivalu (Suliasi .SOUTH D. AO AMLL CWOS 33 34 33 34 35 35 (COWBOYS) 36 TAUMALOLO JASON 36 (DRAGONS) MACDONALD NENE 35 (BULLDOGS) WOODS AARON (KNIGHTS) ESE’ESE HERMAN TIGERS) (WESTS EISENHUTH MATTHEW MARTINTAUPAU(SEAEAGLES) (WARRIORS) MAUMALO KEN (PANTHERS) EDWARDS DYLAN (BULLDOGS) KLEMMER DAVID SNMRTR WSSTGR)10 11 ESAN MARSTERS (WESTS TIGERS) MARTINTAUPAU(SEAEAGLES) OFFLOADS MOST 3 4 3 3 (WARRIORS) HARRIS TOHU (COWBOYS) THURSTON JOHNATHAN (WARRIORS) TUIVASA-SHECK ROGER (DRAGONS) WIDDOP GARETH ASSISTS LINE-BREAK TOP LK RE WRIR)2 2 2 2 2 2 2 (WARRIORS) GREEN BLAKE 2 2 EAGLES) TRBOJEVIC (SEA TOM (RAIDERS) AUSTIN BLAKE (PANTHERS) WALLACE PETER (TITANS) TAYLOR ASH 2 (RABBITOHS) JOHNSTON ALEX (ROOSTERS) KEARY LUKE (RABBITOHS) REYNOLDS ADAM (RABBITOHS) GAGAI DANE CHERRY-EVANSDALY EAGLES) (SEA P OOSU(E ALS 2 EAGLES) (SEA KOROISAU API fullback Alex Johnston has scored 17 tries in his past seven g seven past 17 inhis tries scored has Johnston Alex fullback Rabbitohs Sydney South e 02 41712 1 137 14 0 0 29 80 Yeo Kasiano 900034410 MunsterScott 8010001010430 801610128500 Maloney 809501310020 oa 00363 9 651 11 11 1675 194 3 30 316 1040 Total McKendryKikau 391500109810Interchange 34191087701 Mansour 809002319511 oa 00263 6 371 7 16 1327 169 1 32 296 1040 3 Total 1 106 13 KBromwich 0 1 1 3 Interchange 13 101 11 44 Hoffman 1 1 Asofa-Solomona 4 JBromwich 31200075601 80 80261096911Vunivalu 532430119411 0 1 94 10 0 3 31 55 Campbell-Gillard Tamou 473510109000 Whare 801200129302

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Offloads ohw6 8801 710 1 87 12 0 8 18 68 Rochow Matulino 31190075202 PackerMarshall 41254054200Naiqama 80940117302 671020119400 Interchange 14 8 1662 186 2 40 Thompson 356 1040 0 1 Total 804001813713 104 Tatola 10 0 Nicholls 3 29220076300Interchange 27 43 Crichton 16121033200SBurgess Burgess T Walker 8039401410001Gagai 8018301713111 8019401311622Kennar 6826301412212 803111412902 oa 00213 8 42924 9 1412 187 1 38 291 1040 Total Aloiai 4021001211001Twal 33122053410

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Wss Wests Offloads Tigers are aiming to open their season with three straight wins for the fi the for wins straight three with season their open to aiming are Tigers

PHOTO:Scott Davis/NRLPhotos.com AEO cNE DAOS 9 (DRAGONS) McINNES CAMERON LD RFI KIHS 6 6 7 7 7 7 8 7 RICHARD KENNAR (RABBITOHS) 8 (KNIGHTS) GRIFFIN SLADE (KNIGHTS) WATSON CONNOR (KNIGHTS) ROSS NATHAN (STORM) SMITH CAMERON (STORM) CHAMBERS WILL (BRONCOS) McCULLOUGH ANDREW (RAIDERS) RAPANA JORDAN (DRAGONS) MACDONALD NENE .PRAAT 0. PARRAMATTA D. 61’,JorgeTaufua79’tries;DalyCherry-Evans13’,LachlanCroker36’,JakeTrbojevic53’,LloydPerrettCherry-Evans5’,ApisaiKoroisau7’,AddinFonua-Blake 9 goals) i 3: Big 20/29 Parramatta Rates: Completion 9from10 Goalkickers: Judges: Touch Referee: Assistant Referee: Off: Sent Bin: Sin Penalties: Scrums: Crowd: Half-time: 54 WARRINGAH MANLY SEA i 3: Big Rates: Completion Ponga(Knights)5from6Goalkickers: Judges: Touch Referee: Assistant Referee: Off: Sent Bin: Sin Penalties: Scrums: Crowd: Half-time: Croker6goals) Jarrod 61’ tries; Croker Jarrod 16’, Rapana Jordan Watson 28 Connor CANBERRA D. 49’, Moga Tautau 65’,SioneMata’utia74’tries;KalynPonga5goals) 27’, Fitzgibbon 30 NEWCASTLE RAIDERSvKNIGHTS ALSvEELS v EAGLES 3 Cherry-Evans; 2 J Trbojevic; 1 Sironen –M.B 1Sironen 2JTrbojevic; 3Cherry-Evans; 3 Pearce; 2 Ponga; 1 Boyd –P.W 1Boyd 2Ponga; 3Pearce; 10,502 12,626 Mitch Moses (Eels) 59’ (Eels) Moses Mitch Nil al arna 7-4 Warringah Manly abra7-6 Canberra atCecchin Matt slyKlein Ashley Nil Nil al arna 12-10 Warringah Manly Canberra 12-7 al arna 30-0 Warringah Manly 14-all ayCer-vn SaEagles) (Sea Cherry-Evans Daly JarrodCroker(Raiders)6from7,Kalyn hi utn hi Butler Chris Sutton, Chris ikyMcaln,BlnaSleeman Belinda MacFarlane, Rickey AdnGer 1,Lachlan 11’, Guerra (Aidan (ElliottWhitehead(2)32’45’, al arna 36/41, Warringah Manly Canberra 32/37, Newcastle 27/32 Newcastle 32/37, Canberra lnShortall Alan atNoyen Matt Cri ioe (2) Sironen (Curtis

▼ 9 7,Daly 57’, 29’ AE OET BOCS 12 12 11 13 13 (WARRIORS) TUIVASA-SHECK ROGER (BRONCOS) ROBERTS JAMES (PANTHERS) MANSOUR JOSH (WARRIORS) JOHNSON SHAUN (RAIDERS) WIGHTON JACK AI OPR(OBY)1 1 1 (COWBOYS) COOPER GAVIN (BRONCOS) GILLETT MATT CHERRY-EVANSDALY EAGLES) (SEA CHARGE-DOWNS MOST AN ULL BLDG)18 19 20 19 21 DANNY FUALALO (BULLDOGS) (BULLDOGS) TOLMAN AIDEN (ROOSTERS) CORDNER BOYD (EELS) BROWN NATHAN 11 (COWBOYS) COOPER GAVIN DECOYS MOST 11 14 (ROOSTERS) TEDESCO JAMES 13 TIGERS) (WESTS NOFOALUMA DAVID 14 17 15 1 1 (COWBOYS) TAUMALOLO JASON (DRAGONS) DUFTY MATT (RAIDERS) RAPANA JORDAN (PANTHERS) EDWARDS DYLAN (KNIGHTS) PONGA KALYN TACKLE-BREAKS MOST (ROOSTERS) CRONK COOPER (EELS) MOSES MITCH HLI AI(IAS 11 11 10 (KNIGHTS) KENNY-DOWALL SHAUN (TITANS) SAMI PHILLIP (RAIDERS) COTRIC NICK

htha 02 18 1 0 83 11 1 3 21 80 Whitehead od3 3001 2 0 0 120 12 0 0 23 36 Boyd Soliola 80392096810 ioe 01 18 4 1 85 11 1 1 14 70 Sironen Austin 8011111413201 ou-lk 41 21901 0 129 12 1 0 13 44 TaupauFonua-Blake Croker 3613001714915 6791195100 Leilua 2330032001 ae5 4101 5 0 0 154 15 0 1 14 54 TanginoaLane 4016001411810Kelly 801022611200Taufua 805011412210 Gubb 2290054700 Interchange Interchange Cotric 8022179620 oa 00251 11713 20 6 1631 187 11 14 205 1040 Total oa 00252 7 46612 6 1486 176 5 21 275 1040 Total al 41 29 3 0 97 12 0 0 18 44 Paulo rst time in their history. intheir time rst

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Line-breaks OTSUPPORTS MOST O ROEI SAEGE)20 23 EAGLES) (SEA TRBOJEVIC TOM (PANTHERS) EDWARDS DYLAN RECEIPTS KICK MOST 76 91 (ROOSTERS) TEDESCO JAMES (PANTHERS) EDWARDS DYLAN YNJMS(IAS 16 17 17 JAMES SCOTT 17 17THOMAS ETHAN (TITANS) JAMES RYAN (BULLDOGS) FAITALA-MARINER RAYMOND (SHARKS) PRIOR MATT (BULLDOGS) WOODS AARON TARIQSIMS(DRAGONS) ANGUS Missed 42 tackles 48 46 46 50 53 54 54 (TITANS) JAMES RYAN 66 EAGLES) CROKER (SEA LACHLAN 63 (PANTHERS) MALONEY JAMES (RAIDERS) SOLIOLA 75 57 IOSIA (PANTHERS) CLEARY NATHAN EAGLES) TRBOJEVIC (SEA TOM TIGERS) (WESTS BROOKS LUKE (RAIDERS) WIGHTON JACK CHERRY-EVANSDALY EAGLES) (SEA (COWBOYS) MARTIN MAIRE TE ELGEY (TITANS) KANE (TITANS) GORDON MICHAEL

Totalhit-ups/runs UU Line-breaks OTN(OBY)15 (COWBOYS) BOLTON OE(OBY)16 (COWBOYS) LOWE AO PNHR)15 (PANTHERS) TAMOU RCTN(ABTH)18 (RABBITOHS) CRICHTON Raiders captain Jarrod Croker has scored 17 tries in 16 games against the War the 17 in16 against games tries scored has Croker Jarrod captain Raiders Metresgained 15 (RABBITOHS) BURGESS Totalhit-ups/runs

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Offloads TakairangiMannahEvans 38334063611 36236056600 562510107003 aft 21 32 Saifiti J oa 00383 4 3384 8 1373 145 5 32 308 1040 Total egigo 31 33 Heighington Interchange 13 12 1 1080 136 0 0 91 50 12 341 0 1040 4 28 44 Total Smith 49242043011Moeroa Interchange NormanHayneHoffman 80135097511 80115094600 8010054210 WatsonMoga 802111210611 74284064230Kenny-Dowall 805001212610 ura8 53165 0 0 59 6 1 3 45 80 Guerra LillymanEse’ese 38250099800 5728301211301

Minutesplayed ROGER EIAPNA BOCS 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 (BRONCOS) PANGAI TEVITA 3 (SHARKS) MOYLAN MATT (COWBOYS) BOWEN JAVID TIGERS) (WESTS THOMPSON COREY (DRAGONS) LAFAI TIM (BULLDOGS) FORAN KIERAN (PANTHERS) MALONEY JAMES EAGLES) CROKER (SEA LACHLAN ERRORS HANDLING MOST E APO CWOS 12 12 15 13 16 16 BLAKE (COWBOYS) HAMPTON BEN (RAIDERS) WIGHTON JACK (RABBITOHS) JOHNSTON ALEX (BRONCOS) BOYD DARIUS (ROOSTERS) TEDESCO JAMES (TITANS) DON ANTHONY IC ANT KIHS 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 (KNIGHTS) BARNETT MITCH (BULLDOGS) WOODS AARON EAGLES) (SEA SIRONEN CURTIS (RABBITOHS) WALKER CODY (TITANS) PROCTOR KEVIN (BRONCOS) LODGE MATTHEW (STORM) HOFFMAN RYAN JAMAYNE NATHAN MATT MOSES BEVAN Round Three Round Totaltackles Minutesplayed

Missedtackles 11 (DRAGONS) DUFTY EGSN(OSES 12 (ROOSTERS) FERGUSON RNH(ES 12 (EELS) FRENCH UVS-HC WRIR)18 (WARRIORS) TUIVASA-SHECK Totaltackles 11 (BULLDOGS) MBYE OS(NGT)11 (KNIGHTS) ROSS SAO(RNO)11 (BRONCOS) ISAAKO Line-breaks 72077900 81054700 Missedtackles

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