NRL 2011 Finals Series

Grand Final:

[2] Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles v [6] New Zealand Warriors

ANZ Stadium, Sydney
Sunday 02 October, 17:20 AEST/08:20 GMT


Likely teams - will update when officially named.


Manly-Warringah:

1. Brett Stewart, 2. Michael Robinson, 3. Jamie Lyon, 4. Steve Matai, 5. William Hopoate, 6. Kieran Foran, 7. Daly Cherry-Evans
8. Joe Galuvao, 9. Matt Ballin, 10. Brent Kite, 11. Anthony Watmough, 12. Tony Williams, 13. Shane Rodney

14. Tim Robertson, 15. Jamie Buhrer, 16. Vic Mauro, 17. George Rose


NZ Warriors:

1. Kevin Locke, 2. Bill Tupou, 3. Lewis Brown, 4. Krisnan Inu, 5. Manu Vatuvei, 6. James Maloney, 7. Shaun Johnson
15. Russell Packer, 14. Lance Hohaia, 10. Jacob Lillyman, 17. Elijah Taylor, 12. Simon Mannering, 13. Michael Luck

8. Sam Rapira, 9. Aaron Heremaia, 11. Feliti Mateo, 16. Ben Matulino



Toyota Cup Grand Final:

[1] New Zealand Warriors v [2] North Queensland Cowboys

ANZ Stadium, Sydney
Sunday 02 October, 14:00 AEST/05:00 GMT

I'll post any team news and team line-ups when available.

Off the cuff I'd probably go for:

Tigers
Warriors (Broncos to get another crack in week 2)
Sea Eagles
Storm

Cowboys, Knights eliminated.

This would set up Week 2 Semis:
1st SF: Warriors v Dragons
2nd SF: Tigers v Broncos

If Melbourne, Manly & Broncos win but Tigers beat Dragons,
1st SF: Tigers v Warriors
2nd SF: Broncos v Dragons

If either the Cowboys or Knights win... then it gets very interesting.

Melbourne got hammered by the mighty Chooks.

40-8.

Would you believe I changed my fox tips today... nominating double points for this match. Just had that feeling you know.

Reason: It was the last match, meant nothing to the standings, was played at the SFS at night and the Roosters needed to go out with something positive.

Absolutely kicking myself I didn't put some money on it. Roosters 13+ was a very attractive $8.50

Nice thread Linebreaker , look forward to you keeping us informed .

Said it before come on you Tigers !!

Thanks mate. Took me ages to set it out.

Go Manly!

From what i've read, chances are that the grand final will be Melbourne v Manley probably, do you think this will be right? and who would be a goodcoutside bet to win it?

for mine and for what its worth:
St George to beat Wests.
Broncos to beat Warriors.(Even without Thaiday and Hoffman)
Melbourne to beat Newcastle (even without blair)
But for me the problem game is Manly v Cowboys. manly should recover from the Brisbane game, and I dont read too much into the Cowbays loss in Auckland as they never travel that well over to here.

The most likely outcome is that, this time next week , this posting will look very silly.

Results so far:

West Tigers 21 - 12 St George-Illawarra Dragons

Brisbane Broncos 40 - 10 New Zealand Warriors

Manly Sea Eagles 42 - 8 Nth Queensland Cowboys (eliminated)


So if Melbourne beat Newcastle, then Newcastle & Cowboys eliminated

and if Newcastle beat Melbourne, then Cowboys & Warriors eliminated

Linebreaker wrote:Results so far:

West Tigers 21 - 12 St George-Illawarra Dragons

Brisbane Broncos 40 - 10 New Zealand Warriors

Manly Sea Eagles 42 - 8 Nth Queensland Cowboys (eliminated)


So if Melbourne beat Newcastle, then Newcastle & Cowboys eliminated

and if Newcastle beat Melbourne, then Cowboys & Warriors eliminated

According to reports i've read the Broncos and the Sea Eagles were outstanding today. I think we're for a exciting final series with lots of skill on show.

Yes mate, the Broncos started very strongly and never looked back and were at their glorious best.

Manly after a scoreless first half (0-8) were a totallt different side in the 2nd.
I don't know what Dessy said to them... but it worked!

Not seen the game ( will have to have a look on the web ), but read the report ....it really does bring a new meening the the phrase ' a game of 2 halves '

Look like the team to beat Breaker

Morning Kenny,

So much sport yesterday... Swans bt St Kilda in the AFL too and Sam Stosur is the first Australian woman into US Open final for yonks.
(I watched 6 games yesterday!... and still a bit crook.)

It will be a great next few weeks.

Morning Breaker ,

There's a lot of sport coming up thats for sure , Hull KR had a good win beating Castleford 26 - 24 ( Cas played really well and we were lucky ) booking playoff game against either Catalans or Leeds .

i should get to see a bit more sports next week , shifts are better for me

That's a great win. They're obviously are made of the right stuff.

Melbourne - Newcastle kicks off shortly...

Storm won 18-8

1st SF: Tigers v Warriors
2nd SF: Broncos v Dragons

Linebreaker wrote:Storm won 18-8

1st SF: Tigers v Warriors
2nd SF: Broncos v Dragons

To close to call these 2 games are for me. I wouldn't be surprised who won.

1st SF- I have to stick with my bet and go with the Tigers

2nd SF- I'm going to say Dragons

should be 2 good games .

I'll join in the spirit of the thread and say wins for Wests and Brisbane.

Yeah, I'll go the Tigers and a big win for the Broncos.

Winner of SF1 to play Melbourne Storm
Winner of SF2 to play Manly

I'd love the Warriors to do it but I can't see it happening Ill go for Wests and I think Broncs will hammer the Dragons. It should be and interesting grand final if Melbourne and Manly meet after the shamozzle's at Brookvale a few week's ago.

Yes, at least Manly will have Glenn Stewart back if they get that far.
We're expecting a heat wave this weekend... already very warm today. Exciting time of the year.

Tigers to win, Benji is going to give big manu a day to forget.
Broncos at Suncorp,even without Thaiday and a one legged hodges.

fooookin go the Warriors, 22-20 to the Warriors, take that Benji

Yeah, that was a little unexpected. Well done Warriors.

Broncos looking very confident for tonight - Lockyers's last home appearance.

there goes my bet

Well at least my picks are consistent.all year iv'e only had about a 50% success rate, this week no different and thats with only 2 games.

Me too. Absolutely no idea... hovering under 50%.

So next week it's:

Warriors v Storm
Broncos v Sea Eagles

In the Toyota Cup, the NZ Warriors will be chasing a second consecutive Grand Final appearance when they take on the dark horses; the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, who held on to defeat a fast-finishing Melbourne Storm 22-20 - after leading 22-8 midway through the 2nd half.

On Friday night, the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks sent the Roosters out with a two tries to one 14-4 win and will now meet the Cowboys with the winner advancing to the Grand Final.

Sharks v Cowboys
Friday SFS, 17:15 AEST/08:15 GMT

Warriors v Bulldogs
Saturday, AAMI, 17:15 AEST/08:15 GMT

It would be good to see a Warriors - Sharks GF, perhaps?

Latest Betting:

NZ Warriors $1.60
Cowboys $4.50
Sharks $5.50
Bulldogs $11.00

Cant call the next round my predictions are all out the window , who should i give the kiss of death to next ?

I think we're all going about this the wrong way,why dont we all do our picks next monday morning?

Linebreaker wrote:Me too. Absolutely no idea... hovering under 50%.

So next week it's:

Warriors v Storm
Broncos v Sea Eagles

I'll go Storm and Broncos, but for me its too close to call. A wrong call by either ref will affect the result, its that tight in my opinion.

Manly and Storm for me but Id love for the Warriors to win.

dublfcynwa wrote:Manly and Storm for me but Id love for the Warriors to win.

What a boost it would be for Rugby League in NZ if the warriors were to get to the grand final again.

George Hotel1895 wrote:

dublfcynwa wrote:Manly and Storm for me but Id love for the Warriors to win.

What a boost it would be for Rugby League in NZ if the warriors were to get to the grand final again.

Yeah, I feel like dubfc too, I think it might be Storm v Manly but I would like to see Warriors make the GF again.

I'm going for a Warriors v Manly GF

Lookin at the Warriors Toyota cup team I feel it's only a matter of time before they win a grand final.

Apparently Darren Lockyer won't play on the weekend... so that was his last game at Suncorp.

I take it he's injured

Yes, press conference on now... he's not playing. Cheek bone injury. Doctors said he could do more serious damage if he played.

Would he be fit for the final if they make it ?

He's leaving his options open but he doesn't sound too confident.
If he has the operation on Sunday... still not enough time to recover.

He has already had the operation. He had it on sunday. He will miss this weeks game against manly and will play the grand final next week when the get in.

Also there were to be no more games in Brisbane this year. They are playing Manly in Sydney.

Linebreaker wrote:Apparently Darren Lockyer won't play on the weekend... so that was his last game at Suncorp.

Probably played his last game of Rugby League.

He is a certainty for 4 Nations.

Burleigh Boy wrote:He is a certainty for 4 Nations.

I'll don't think he will come over. I would love to see him play out his career at the 4 nations, but a high shot on him could cause him permanent damage.and i don't think he will take the risk.

If he has played his last game what a sad way to bow out , what a player though .

Yes, it would be a let down. Such a great player for so many years.

He should end up scoring the winning try in the GF