1. Joash Papaili
2. Brian Kelly
3. Will Penisini
4. Sean Russell
5. Josh Addo-Carr
6. Ronald Volkman
7. Mitchell Moses (c)
8. Luca Moretti
9. Ryley Smith
10. Junior Paulo
11. Charlie Guymer
12. Jack Williams
13. Dylan Walker
Interchange:
14. Tallyn Da Silva
15. Saxon Pryke
16. Toni Mataele
17. Jack De Belin
18. Kelma Tuilagi
19. Lorenzo Talataina
Reserves:
20. Araz Nanva
21. Jezaiah Funa-luta
22. Teancum Brown
INs: Jezaiah Funa-luta, Kelma Tuilagi, Sean Russell
OUTs: None
Referee: Peter Gough
Centre Sean Russell and back-rower Kelma Tuilagi are both named to return from concussion in a double boost for the Eels. Araz Nanva and Teancum Brown are the men to make way from the squad.
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Happy Guymer is starting over Tuilagi. As Muttman said, surely JDB starts over Walker
Could be wrong EA, but think its the carries / metres from backfield. They were pretty important, along with Penisini?
You could tell both of them had been directed to focus on metres to help our forwards, and neither disappointed. Its pretty vital with our current pack to get our back 5 moving us forward, and Papalli & JAC aren't big metre players.
Nanva's time will come no doubt, he was great.
Yea I agree especially since Russel, Papalii and Fox are not strong in that department.
Yeah exactly.
Kelly, Penisini and Nanva all had 100+ all-run meters but only The Fox made the weekly Top 20 player contribution rating, so Fox might not be a backfield metre-eater but overall his involvement is high
EA, did the Eels have to apply for dispensation for Nanva? I'm with you on wondering if it was contract mgmt more than form. On form Kelly is lucky Nanva didn't take wing. Kelly's work rate and a few attacking touches were good but defensively there were some unnecessary instances of leaving his winger open
They would need to apply for dispensation since he is on a train and trial contract.
Really missing Tuivaiti or Dooreys impact off the bench, just workhorses on that bench no real gamebreakers
We won the game against Dogs with that bench if they swap JDB and Walker. I agree they don't have the impact of Doorey and Tuivita but this bench was strong defensively which limited dogs meters and as such gave us better field position. Then it's up the spine to do their work
Agreed, EA. Pryke & Mataele in the middle had good first contact and stopped any progress through the middle. Made the game one of attrition, in which Moses' kicking game and some good work from Penisini, Kelly and Nanva in backfield meters let the Eels sweat on Dogs errors.
Maybe because the Eels' defense has been so bad that it's easy to miss how a team can attack with their defense?
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