Big League Weekly Edition – August 01, 2019

GAME SEVEN: Sydney Roosters v Gold Coast

Round 20 BIG LEAGUE 2019 49

ATTACK

DEFENCE

MATCH AVERAGES

HEAD-TO-HEAD

AT SYDNEY CRICKET GROUND

WINNING FORM

PAST8 CLASHES

2018 –

2017 –

2016 –

2015 –

2014 –

2013 –

BIGGEST HEAD-TO-HEAD WINS

NEXT CLASH

CASUALTY WARD

DATE:SUNDAY,AUGUST 4
VENUE:SYDNEYCRICKETGROUND
KICK-OFF:2PM
REFEREE:PETERGOUGH
ASSISTANTREFEREE:LIAMKENNEDY
TOUCHJUDGES:DARIANFURNER& NICKBEASHEL
SENIORREVIEWOFFICIAL:STEVECHIDDY
REVIEWOFFICIAL:BENGALEA
FOXLEAGUE:1.30PM
LIVERADIO: ABC, 2GB

ROOSTERS TITANS

3rd(26)

439

299

74

73%

46

13

14

49

36

7

4

4

3

24

17

174

334

1639

12

9

4

80%

HEAD-TO-HEADLEADERS

AVERAGE METRES

Ryan Hall 177

Siosiua Taukeiaho 157

AVERAGETACKLES

Mitch Rein 42

Jake Friend 38

Victor Radley 38

LINE-BREAKS

Dale Copley 8

Daniel Tupou 7

STATS

SydneyCricketGround

Sunday2pm

Form:Injuriesandsuspensions

maybeprovidinga short-term

distractionfortheRoostersbut

thereis a sensethatcoachTrent

Robinsonhashisteamexactly

wherehewantsthemwithsix

gamestoplaybeforethefinals.

Thoseconcernsareunlikely

toimpacttheteamthisweek

astheyconfronttheTitans.

CraigBellamyspelledhalfof

hissquadagainsttheTitansa

fortnightagoandit madeno

differencetothefinaloutcome.

TheTitanshavesomecertainty

nowthatJustinHolbrookis

firming as coach for 2020, but

it’shardtoseetheteampulling

outofa five-gamenosedivein

theimmediatefuture.Infive

consecutivelosses,theTitans

havegivenup 150 points.

History:TheTitanscaused

headachesfortheRoostersin

theirfirstdecadeintheNRL,

winningeightofthefirst 14

clashesbeforetheRoosters

slippedintoa winningpattern

overthepasttwoseasons,with

four-straightvictories.Latrell

Mitchellhasproveda constant

thornintheTitans’sidewithsix

triesinthepastfiveclashes.

TheRoostersachieveda rareslice

ofhistorywhentheseteamslast

metwhenPaulMomirovski,Sean

O’Sullivan and Poasa Faamausili

allscoredondebutina 20-12

victoryatCbusSuperStadium.

Dangersign:Complacency

wouldseemtheonlydanger

totheRoostersherehowever

thestandardssetbycoach

Robinsonandhisseniorplayers

makethatanunlikelyprospect.

TheTitanshaveneverplayed

attheSCGasa team,while

propJack Stockwellis the

onlyindividualplayerwith

NRLexperienceatthevenue.

BestBet?LookfortheRoosters

tostrengthentheirpositionwith

awinby13+points.

Money-spinner:ForFirst

TryscorerconsiderDaniel

TupouorPhillipSami,orfor

value try Mitchell Aubusson.

byDAVIDMIDDLETON

@Middleton_David

NRLPreview

Minor concerns for high-rolling Roosters

MICHAEL GORDON

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