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Fri June 27 2008, 7:30PM AEST GMT+10Fri: Sydney Roosters 24 d. Bulldogs 14 at Sydney Football Stadium, Driver Ave, Moore Park, Sydney (NSW)Crowd: 9,271 Fri June 27 2008, 7:30PM AEST GMT+10Fri: Penrith Panthers 12 drew Brisbane Broncos 12 at Penrith Stadium, Mulgoa Road, Penrith, Sydney (NSW)Crowd: 9,963 Sat June 28 2008, 5:30PM AEST GMT+10Sat: Gold Coast Titans 22 l. St.George-Illawarra Dragons 26 at Skilled Park, Robina, Gold Coast (QLD)Crowd: 26,453 Sat June 28 2008, 7:30PM AEST GMT+10Sat: Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 28 d. Newcastle Knights 12 at BlueTongue Central Coast Stadium, Gosford, Central Coast (NSW)Crowd: 13,798 Sat June 28 2008, 7:30PM AEST GMT+10Sat: North Queensland Cowboys 28 l. South Sydney Rabbitohs 29 at Dairy Farmers Stadium, Kirwan, Townsville (QLD)Crowd: 15,631 Sun June 29 2008, 2:00PM AEST GMT+10Sun: Wests Tigers 26 l. New Zealand Warriors 28 at Leichhardt Oval, Leichhardt, Sydney (NSW)Crowd: 15,027 Sun June 29 2008, 3:00PM AEST GMT+10Sun: Parramatta Eels 24 d. Melbourne Storm 22 at Parramatta Stadium, Parramatta, Sydney (NSW)Crowd: 12,597 Mon June 30 2008, 7:00PM AEST GMT+10Mon: Canberra Raiders 24 l. Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 36 at Canberra Stadium, Bruce, Canberra (ACT)Crowd: 9,136
Tue June 24, 2008 Steve Simpson might have been dropped from the NSW side today, but he has received some good news being named Newcastle's captain for Saturday's clash against Manly in Gosford. Simpson missed out on a position in the NSW side for the Origin decider with fellow Knights team-mate Ben Cross returning from injury after missing the second Origin clash. Newcastle came within a whisker of knocking off the star-studded Roosters last weekend, but this Saturday will be without inspirational captain Danny Buderus. KNIGHTS v SEA EAGLES Bluetongue Stadium NRL Saturday 28 June, 2008 Coach: Brian Smith 1. Wes Naiqama 2. James McManus 3. Junior Sau 4. Adam MacDougall 5. Cooper Vuna 6. Chris Bailey 7. Jarrod Mullen 8. Steve Simpson [c] 9. Matt Hilder 10. Jesse Royal 11. Chris Houston 12. Cory Paterson 13. Zeb Taia Subs: 15. Daniel Tolar 16. Richard Fa'aoso 17. Danny Wicks 20. Scott Dureau KNIGHTS V SEA EAGLES Bluetongue Stadium NYC Saturday 28 June, 2008 Coach: Trent Robinson 1. Marty Paulson 2. Peter Mata'utai 3. Daniel Isaac 4. Simon Williams 5. Kalifa Faifai Loa 6. Ryan Stig 7. Joel Burraston 8. Scott Dobbins 9. Joel Brown 10. Joel Edwards 11. Callan Richardson [c] 12. Zane Tetavano 13. Jason Schirnack Subs: 14. Byron Fruean 15. Mitchell Garbutt 16. Josh Ailaomai 17. Trent Hilton * The Central Newcastle Knights NSW Cup side has a bye week Tue June 24, 2008 Premiership leaders Manly continue on their merry way this season and have only lost fullback Brett Stewart due to State of Origin duty for Saturday's clash against Newcastle in Gosford. Manly have moved their home match against the Knights from Brookvale to Gosford. The Central Coast locals for years have screamed blue murder about not having an NRL presence and Saturday night they have the chance to prove they should be in the NRL in their own right. The Gold Coast locals prior to their readmission to the NRL would pack out regular club matches not featuring a locally based side. Michael Robertson moves to fullback in the absence of Stewart and Manly's strength is the fact Steve Menzies is on the bench and Adam Cuthbertson can't make the top 17. Manly duo Matt Orford and Brent Kite can consider themselves unlucky not to gain State of Origin honours. The NSW selectors only selected two specialist props in their squad of 17 and Orford missed out to teenage halfback Mitchell Pearce. TELSTRA PREMIERSHIPManly-Warringah Sea Eagles v Newcastle Knights BlueTongue Stadium, Gosford Saturday 28th June 2008 7:30pm Sea Eagles (NRL): 1 Michael Robertson 2 Michael Bani 3 Steve Bell 4 Steve Matai 5 David Williams 6 Jamie Lyon 7 Matt Orford (c) 8 Brent Kite 9 Matt Ballin 10 Josh Perry 11 Anthony Watmough 12 Glenn Stewart 13 Luke Williamson Subs: 14 Heath L'Estrange 15 Glenn Hall 16 Mark Bryant 17 Steve Menzies 18 Nick Bradley-Qalilawa 20 Adam Cuthbertson (three to be omitted) Coach: Des Hasler TOYOTA CUPManly-Warringah Sea Eagles v Newcastle Knights BlueTongue Stadium, Gosford Saturday 28th June 2008 7:30pm Sea Eagles (NYC): 1 Rhys Wolloghan 2 Bodie O'Connell 3 Mark Page 4 Trent Reilly 5 John Grey 6 Kieran Foran 7 Daly Cherry-Evans 8 Ilija Radan 9 Brad Bennett 10 Jared Waerea-Hargreaves 11 Darcy Lussick 12 Kenny Edwards 13 Zac Bowles Subs: 14 Jamie Buhrer 15 Michael Tiopira 16 Todd Wilson 17 Inoke Tapaatoutai 21 Jai Jones-Wiegold (one to be omitted) Coach: David Penna |