Big League Weekly Edition – July 25, 2019

GAME SEVEN: Canterbury-Bankstown v Sydney Roosters

Round 19 BIG LEAGUE 2019 49

ATTACK

DEFENCE

MATCH AVERAGES

HEAD-TO-HEAD

AT ANZ STADIUM

WINNING FORM

PAST8 CLASHES

2019 –

2018 –

2017 –

2016 –

2015 –

BIGGEST HEAD-TO-HEAD WINS

NEXT CLASH

CASUALTY WARD

DATE:SUNDAY,JULY 28
VENUE:ANZSTADIUM
KICK-OFF:2PM
REFEREE:ADAMGEE
ASSISTANTREFEREE:ZIGGYPRZEKLASA-ADAMSKI
TOUCHJUDGES:JEFFYOUNIS& DARIANFURNER
SENIORREVIEWOFFICIAL:HENRYPERENARA
REVIEWOFFICIAL:BRYANNORRIE
FOXLEAGUE:1.30PM
LIVERADIO: ABC, 2GB

ROOSTERS

3rd(24)

419

287

71

73%

44

13

13

47

34

7

4

4

3

25

17

174

333

1651

12

9

4

79%

BULLDOGS

15th(12 )

216

392

38

80%

23

12

3

66

48

10

8

2

4

13

23

184

353

1586

8

13

3

78%

HEAD-TO-HEADLEADERS

AVERAGE METRES

Dallin Watene-Zelezniak 177

Jayden Okunbor 171

AVERAGETACKLES

Jake Friend 38

Victor Radley 37

Jeremy Marshall-King 36

LINE-BREAKS

Jayden Okunbor 10

Daniel Tupou 6

STATS

ANZStadium

Sunday4pm

Form:TheBulldogshave

enjoyedrecentsuccess

againsttheSharksandthe

Knightsbuttheyweredealt

a harshdoseofrealitybythe

BroncoslastThursdaynightin

a 28-6drubbingatSuncorp.

TheRoostersbouncedback

impressivelyaftera leanrun

tothrashtheKnights48-10

lastSaturday.Thedefending

premierswelcomedthereturn

ofa numberofkeyplayersto

runineighttriesandsound

a warningforrivalclubsin

theruntothefinals.

History:Theseteamsmeet

forthe175thtimethisSunday

after the rivalry kicked off in

1935.ThefledglingCanterbury

sidewasunluckytoruninto

futureImmortalDaveBrownat

thepeakofhispowerswhen

theteamsfirstmetatSydney

SportsGroundthatyear.Brown

blazedhiswaytofivetriesand

15 goalsfora 45-pointhaul

thathasneverbeensurpassed

atpremiershiplevel.Eastern

Suburbswon87-7beforethey

inflictedfurthertraumalaterin

theseasonwitha 65-10result

atPrattenPark.Brownscored

sixtriesthatdaybutmanaged

only 10 goalsfor 38 points.

ThankfullyforCanterbury,

resultsrapidlyimprovedandthe

nextseasontheyqualifiedfor

thefinals.By 1938 theyclaimed

their first title after defeating

Eastsinthedecider.After

84 seasons,theRoostershold

an89-80leadinoverallresults

(therehavebeenfivedraws).

Dangersign:If theRoosters

hittheirstrapstheoutcome

couldbeparticularlygrimfor

theBulldogs.Canterbury’s

never-say-diedefensive

attitudeshouldensurethe

resultdoesnotassume

1935 proportionsbutit

couldstillbea challenging

afternoonforsupporters.

BestBet?Lookforthe

Roosterstorattleupanother

winby13+points.

Money-spinner:Lookfor

ReimisSmithorDanielTupoufor

FirstTryscorerorconsiderthe

value of Corey Harawira-Naera.

byDAVIDMIDDLETON

@Middleton_David

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