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SEA EAGLES V EELSSun 05 Mar 2017, 4:00pm, Brookvale OvalSea Eagles: 1. Tom Trbojevic 2. Jorge Taufua 3. Matthew Wright 4. Dylan Walker 5. Akuila Uate 6. Blake Green 7. Daly Cherry-Evans 8. Brenton Lawrence 9. Apisai Koroisau 10. Nate Myles 11. Curtis Sironen 12. Martin Taupau 13. Jake Trbojevic. Interchange: 14. Jackson Hastings 15. Addin Fonua-Blake 16. Shaun Lane 17. Lloyd PerrettNotes:* Star recruit Blake Green slots in at five-eighth, with Apisai Koroisau to play hooker and Matt Parcell (Leeds) released.* Dylan Walker replaces Jamie Lyon (retired) at right centre.* Matthew Wright is favoured to win the centre spot of Steve Matai (expected to retire), but he faces competition from Jono Wright and Brian Kelly.* How Manly’s forward pack will look for round one is anyone’s guess given high player turnover, but we have recruits Curtis Sironen, Shaun Lane and Lloyd Perrett earning spots following the exits of Jamie Buhrer, Siosaia Vave, Josh Starling, Feleti Mateo, Blake Leary, Luke Burgess, Nathan Green and Tom Symonds.Injuries/suspensions:* Jake Trbojevic and Nate Myles miss the All Stars through injury.* Jackson Hastings (ankle) missed the Auckland Nines but is expected to be fit for round one.* Darcy Lussick (wrist) will miss at least the first five games.* Brett Stewart (knee) and Steve Matai (neck) are expected to retire.* Matthew Wright (fractured hand) should be right for the start of the season.* Pita Godinet (concussion, final trial) went down at the Nines.* Dylan Walker (calf) picked up a minor injury at the Nines.Eels: 1. Bevan French 2. Semi Radradra 3. Michael Jennings 4. Brad Takairangi 5. Josh Hoffman 6. Clinton Gutherson 7. Corey Norman 8. Tim Mannah 9. Cameron King 10. Nathan Brown 11. Manu Ma’u 12. Beau Scott 13. Tepai Moeroa. Interchange: 14. Kenny Edwards 15. Suaia Matagi 16. Sosaia Vave 17. Frank PritchardNotes:* Clinton Gutherson is being groomed to play five-eighth following the exit of Kieran Foran (Warriors).* Bevan French takes the fullback spot of Michael Gordon (Roosters), with recruit Josh Hoffman (Titans) slotting in on the wing.* Cameron King has been heavily-backed to score the starting hooker spot, with coach Brad Arthur claiming he would prefer an 80 minute hooker to rotate four big-men on the bench.* Recruits Nathan Brown (Rabbitohs), Suaia Matagi (Panthers), Sosaia Vave (Sea Eagles) and Frank Pritchard (Hull FC) add serious size and aggression to the pack.Injuries/suspensions:* Corey Norman (hamstring) missed the latter part of the Nines with a minor injury.* Kenny Edwards (calf) couldn’t finish the Nines.* Semi Radradra and Kenny Edwards both have impending court dates on domestic violence charges.* Peni Terepo (disciplinary) will miss first three rounds due to drink driving.Originally published as Ins and outs: Predicted round one NRL teams

"HFK, Fair point. Sure, we could. But balancing incoming youth with experience is almost a perennial issue. A constant cycle. It never really goes away. At least not for too long. "

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ParraTime February 7, 2017 at 4:06pm

Sounds about right in regards to our team. The only thing I would probably change is Brown and Matagi, I would switch them around.
- LegendTHECROWEELS > ParraTime February 7, 2017 at 4:08pm
  
  I would switch Tim and matagi
Wile E. Coyote February 7, 2017 at 4:09pm

For what it is worth, I would have
Brown as starting 13
Moeroa off the bench as an edge forward to encourage him to come on giving it the aggression he used to have
Vave as the other starting prop to soften them up and balance out the size on the bench
Swap Radradra with Hoffman
- RazorRam0n > Wile E. Coyote February 7, 2017 at 4:30pm
  
  agree with most of this except matagi deserves the start from his 9s performance
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- ParraTime February 7, 2017 at 4:32pm
  
  My exact thought.
  
  8. Mannah
  
  10. Matagi
  
  14. Brown
  
  15. Pritchard
  
  16. Vave
  
  17. Edwards
  
  (Bench in no particular order).
  - True EEL > ParraTime February 8, 2017 at 12:03pm
    
    Yep, this is it.
RazorRam0n February 7, 2017 at 4:29pm

* Semi Radradra and Kenny Edwards both have impending court dates on domestic violence charges.

* Peni Terepo (disciplinary) will miss first three rounds due to drink driving.

embaressing as a fan
- Wile E. Coyote > RazorRam0n February 7, 2017 at 4:49pm
  
  To be fair to Kenny, all he apparently did was pour his drink on his wife. Depending on how it was done, it is fairly weak
CP February 7, 2017 at 4:50pm

Hoffman 3 tries on debut for Eels against Manly...
CP February 7, 2017 at 4:51pm

All islander bench;

14. Kenny Edwards 15. Suaia Matagi 16. Sosaia Vave 17. Frank Pritchard