Big League Weekly Edition – August 01, 2019

GAME FOUR: Manly Warringah v Newcastle

Round 20 BIG LEAGUE 2019 43

ATTACK

DEFENCE

MATCH AVERAGES

HEAD-TO-HEAD

AT LOTTOLAND

WINNING FORM

PAST8 CLASHES

2019 –

2018 –

2017 –

2016 –

2015 –

2014 –

BIGGEST HEAD-TO-HEAD WINS

NEXT CLASH

CASUALTYWARD

DATE:SATURDAY,AUGUST 3
VENUE:LOTTOLAND
KICK-OFF:3PM
REFEREE:HENRYPERENARA
ASSISTANTREFEREE:PHILHENDERSON
TOUCHJUDGES:NICKMOREL& LIAMNICHOLLS
SENIORREVIEWOFFICIAL:STEVECHIDDY
REVIEWOFFICIAL:BENGALEA
FOXLEAGUE:2.30PM
LIVERADIO: ABC, TRIPLEM,NRLNATION

KNIGHTS

9th(18 )

371

362

59

77%

40

15

4

60

44

6

9

3

3

21

20

173

340

1510

9

8

3

83%

SEAEAGLES

5th(24)

378

322

64

76%

42

11

10

55

34

17

3

4

3

21

18

183

308

1636

10

14

4

79%

HEAD-TO-HEADLEADERS

AVERAGE METRES

David Klemmer 176

Martin Taupau 153

AVERAGETACKLES

Jake Trbojevic 43

David Klemmer 35

Api Koroisau 29

LINE-BREAKS

Tom Trbojevic 10

Jorge Taufua 7

STATS

Lottoland

Saturday3pm

Form:Manlyhaveentered

theframefora top-fourfinish

afterfivewinsfromtheirpast

sixgamesculminatedinlast

Saturday’sgoldenpointvictory

overtheStorm.Althoughthey

rodetheirluck,theSeaEagles’

abilitytohangtoughfor 90

minuteswillstandthemin

goodsteadintheweeksahead.

TheKnightsfindthemselvesin

a completelydifferentplaceafter

a runoffourlosseshaslefttheir

finalsaspirationsonlifesupport.

Afterholdinga placeinthetop

fourmidwaythroughtheseason,

they’re now ninth and rapidly

fadingfromthefinalspicture.

Unlesstheycanpulloutoftheir

nosedive,alloftheirhardwork

fromearlierintheseasonwill

countfornothing.

History:TheKnightsmayhave

wonlittlemorethan 37 percent

oftheirgamesagainsttheSea

Eaglessince1988,buttheir

loyalsupporterscouldn’tcare

less.Tothem,their 1997 Grand

FinalwinoverManlywillnever

bediminished.Inrecentyears,

theSeaEagles’dominancehas

grownwitheightwinsfromthe

past 10 encounters.Backin

Round5,Manlyclaimeda 26-18

winatMcDonaldJonesStadium.

Dangersign:Theconfidence

generated by defeating the

StorminMelbournecannot

beunder-estimatedandthe

oldSeaEagles’swaggeris

expectedtobebackinfullforce

atLottolandthisSaturday.

TheKnightswillhavetobring

theirbestperformancewith

themif theyaretogettheir

seasonbackontrack.They

wonatBrookvalelastyear,

butit wasonlytheirthirdwin

therein 30 years.

BestBet? LookfortheSea

Eaglestopowertheirwayto

a winby13+points.

Money-spinner:Best

hopesforFirstTryscorerare

ReubenGarrickandHymel

Huntorforvalue,look to

CurtisSironen.

byDAVIDMIDDLETON

@Middleton_David

NRLPreview

Sea Eagles rediscover their swagger

DANIEL SAIFITI

145

metresin

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