The Parramatta Eels line up to take on the Sydney Roosters at ANZ Stadium on Friday 29 March in Round Three of the NRL Telstra Premiership has been named by Blue & Gold Head Coach Brad Arthur.
Following a 36-16 victory over the Bulldogs, Arthur has made one change to his starting side with Michael Jennings returning from suspension, shifting Josh Hoffman to the extended bench alongside Oregon Kaufusi, Peni Terepo and George Jennings.
Kick off is at 7:55pm.
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Parramatta Eels
1. Clint Gutherson (c)
2. Maika Sivo
3. Michael Jennings
4. Brad Takairangi
5. Blake Ferguson
6. Dylan Brown
7. Mitch Moses
8. Daniel Alvaro
9. Reed Mahoney
10. Junior Paulo
11. Shaun Lane
12. Marata Niukore
13. Tepai Moeroa
Interchange
14. Jaeman Salmon
15. Tim Mannah (c)
16. Kane Evans
17. David Gower
18. Oregon Kaufusi
19. Peni Terepo
20. Josh Hoffman
21. George Jennings
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As I thought, Terepo will have to work his way back through Wenty. BA won't change a winning team.
Terepo will play.
Wait until Friday...
I Missed by one bench spot but i did quote there will be an extended bench, I’m sticking strong Teripo in for Gower come game day.
Just because Peni wasn't allowed to play in rounds 1 and 2, it doesn't mean he's not fit & raring to go. I reckon BA knows Peni wants to make it up to his teammates & fans, and Arthur won't want that energy & mind-set to be wasted playing for Wenty.
If Peni plays for Wenty this week, then you can't say "Time served already" regarding his 2 week NRL suspension because you may as well say he's serving a 3 week NRL suspension. We've gotta have him in our side this week. His leg speed is far better than Gower & Evans' and if we can hang in there with the roosters and not give them 75% ball-possession like we did with bulldogs in the first 30 mins, then Peni's leg-speed will be huge for us especially if we can fatigue the roosters forwards. But that can only happen if we complete our sets, have more than 50% possession, and not give away any penalties.
After 62 minutes versus the bulldogs, we were winning the penalty count 3-2. I think we also won the penalty count 10-2 against the Panthers. That's the kind of good discipline we'll need to show against the roosters if we're to have any chance of beating them. Plus we need to hope the roosters have an off-day with their ball handling like both the Panthers & dogs had against us these past 2 weeks.
I know our chances of not only beating the roosters, but also winning the penalty count 3 weeks in a row (when was the last time we've done that? Have we ever?) are very slim, but if we're ever gonna beat them with the squad we have, it has to be now while we can surprise them, and the roosters aren't at their very best just yet. Although they did improve last week. We've really gotta try to direct a lot of our traffic at Luke Keary so that he won't be as energetic in attack. But if we don't stay disciplined & have a high completion rate, FORGEDDABOUDIT
I would have Terepo in for Evans. But a winning team is a winning team.
Ordinarily I'd look at this team and heart aside, id honestly see flogging.
The premiers vs the wooden spooners.
One would think the triumphant return to ANZ will be enough to get the roosters pumped for a big one. BUT, anything is possible.
We've got 2 players coming back into our team really wanting to make it up to their teammates & fans after letting them down in different ways. One is a former rooster = M.Jennings, the other was chased by the roosters a few years ago = Terepo
Arthur must use their extra energy derived from their unfortunate situations to our advantage this week.
Terepo in for Evans and let’s get this party started.
French nowhere to be seen. How far he has fallen out of favor. Definitely his last season
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