March 16, 2018 10:33am
MANLY and Parramatta players will have to wait until 40 minutes before kick-off to find out if heat restrictions are placed on Sunday’s blockbuster at Brookvale Oval.
Temperatures are set to sour in Sydney this weekend with forecasters predicting 38 degrees on Sunday.
The Sea Eagles host the Eels at 4.10pm, which could force the players to push through extreme conditions.
A spokesman from the NRL told The Daily Telegraph the game day officials will make a call on the heat 40 minutes prior to kick-off as per the competition’s heat rule for every premiership game.
It’s expected to get to 38 degrees on Sunday.Depending on the temperature, a decision will then be made to apply heat restrictions on the match.
Sea Eagles hooker Api Koroisau says controlling the ball will be the key to defying the warm conditions.
“It’s always hard to play when it is hot,” Koroisau said.
“We’ll have to control possession and really slow the game down, otherwise it can get away from you and the heat really takes a toll on your endurance and how fast you are going.”
Meanwhile, Daly Cherry-Evans says Parramatta’s recent domination over Manly isn’t pretty reading but he has urged his side to ignore the record books ahead of Sunday’s clash.
The Sea Eagles have lost their past six games against the Eels, including last year’s round 1 match at Brookvale Oval.
Cherry-Evans wants his side to forget the stats and focus on football.
“The trick is not to buy into the previous encounters,” Cherry-Evans said.
“They (Parramatta) have had the wood over us in the last two to three years.
“I mean, they’ve even beaten us a few times at Brooke.
“It’s certainly not nice hearing that a side has had six wins over you, but we can’t change that.
“It would be absolutely ridiculous for us to think about that or dwell on that.”
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The heat should actually favor teams with smaller packs such as us
The players also make heaps of mistakes training in these conditions.
I agree FF, even Timmy said the heat wasnt a factor and said the knights trial was hotter.
Its just making excuses, theres no way BA would be blaming the heat.
And both teams had the same heat so its cancelled out.
The biggest issue with the heat, and any other extreme weather conditions is that it is even harder to stop the momentum when it goes against you.
On Sunday the turning point was when Jenko put the shoulder charge on Waqa Blake after he had knocked on, the Panthers got some breathing space, got downfield for the first time and then Blake scores before halftime. After that we just kept handing possession back, which then meant we were constantly defending in the heat which is a killer.
It's just so much harder to reverse momentum in the heat.
What happens if theres heat restrictions? Does the game get called of or do they play 20min intervals?
They have water breaks at the closest break in play at the 20th & 60th minutes.
Except our smaller pack still puts in maximum effort because they work harder than other packs. So we're still rooted if we have to spend too long without the ball.
Pou its sort of the same theory with your little cashew penis, it has to work a lot harder to get the job done.
Sure but the key point is it gets the job done.
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