Team List vs Raiders

Full Team Lists, Round 7: Saturday 12 March 2025, 7.35pm AEST at TIO Stadium, Darwin

Weather: Expected to be Fine
Ground Conditions: Expected to be good
Referee: Wyatt Raymond
Touchies: Drew Oultram, Belinda Sharpe
Senior Review Official (bunker): Grant Atkins

Eels: 1. Isaiah Iongi 2. Josh Addo-Carr 3. Viliami Penisini 4. Sean Russell 5. Zac Lomax 6. Dylan Brown 7. Dean Hawkins 8. Joe Ofahengaue 9. Ryley Smith 10. Junior Paulo 11. Shaun Lane 12. Kitione Kautoga 13. J’maine Hopgood
Bench: 14. Dylan Walker 15. Luca Moretti 16. Charlie Guymer 17. Sam Tuivaiti
18th/Extended bench: 18. Joash Papali’i 19. Dan Keir 20. Bailey Simonsson 21. Ronald Volkman 22. Ryan Matterson
Head Coach: Jason Ryles

Raiders: 1. Kaeo Weekes 2. Savelio Tamale 3. Matthew Timoko 4. Sebastian Kris 5. Xavier Savage 6. Ethan Strange 7. Jamal Fogarty 8. Josh Papali’i 9. Tom Starling 10. Joseph Tapine 11. Hudson Young 12. Matt Nicholson 13. Corey Horsburgh
Bench: 14. Owen Pattie 15. Simi Sasagi 16. Morgan Smithies 17. Ata Mariota
18th/Extended bench: 18. Trey Mooney 19. Jed Stuart 20. Adam Cook 21. Pasami Saulo 22. Danny Levi
Head Coach: Ricky Stuart

"If there was a star 5/8 available you'd sign them. That would give us the finish product straight away and it's probably my preferred route however I'm not seeing many 5/8's you'd break the bank for. Joash is worth persisting with and an off season…"

Replies

Make Parra Great Again April 8, 2025 at 4:29pm

Win no.2 comin up this weekend, can feel it in my saggy sac
Eel Nut April 8, 2025 at 4:33pm

Weekes needs to be peppered with bombs!
- LB > Eel Nut April 8, 2025 at 5:18pm
  
  More so pressured by Lomax.
- fake midget pseudoachondroplasia > Eel Nut April 8, 2025 at 7:10pm
  
  We didn't bomb Sloan once on the weekend who is 1 of the worse under the highball so don't hold your breath.
Yehez April 8, 2025 at 5:13pm

Hawkins needs to step up his kicks against Weekes. We'll should have some good aerial chasers with Lomax and the likes of Russell and Lane too to cause trouble.

Canberra are a weird team so no set way to beat them, but maybe going wide and using JAC's pace will be a weapon. Interesting game.

Squad list wise: I'd bring Matterson in for Kautoga or Ofahengaue. Play Matterson at 13 for the whole game then have Hopgood rotate between 9, 12 and prop.

We'll see. A win is very possible.
fishbulb April 8, 2025 at 5:33pm

I reckon we missed an opportunity last week not playing Hands.

Out due to a rash? Shoulda played him - no fucker would have wanted to tackle him lol!
Muttman April 8, 2025 at 5:51pm

The Matto situation is a strange one.
- Coryn Hughes > Muttman April 8, 2025 at 6:40pm
  
  Nah it's not Mutts it's probably similar how BA put the line through Nathan Brown JR doesn't want Matto here and the only reason he is was because he signed his option and no one else wanted him pretty much.
  
  It wouldn't shock me to see Matto outside of injury see reserve grade the rest of the year.I mean JRs sticking with his guys and the youth movements here.Matto definitely won't be here next year you can mark that down.
  - Blue Eel > Coryn Hughes April 8, 2025 at 6:45pm
    
    Yes finally some other people that get it,express it about Matterson. I'm sure he will get some game time through out the year due to injuries etc, but Ryles has not wanted him from the start and said so. Only when Matterson told the club he was taking up his player option did that change publicly.
    
    It looks like Ryles tried to give him a chance in first grade and Matto pulled a sore back at short notice when named in the front row. How this plays out will be theatre.
    - Titan > Blue Eel April 8, 2025 at 7:02pm
      
      Regardless of the games Ryles/matto play, we need him this year and he is 3 x the player Lane is. For the sake of the team and fans, Matto should be back rower next to Brown. Great tackler, great ball runner and had a magic pass