Referees: Gerard Sutton, Ben Cummins Sideline Officials: Steve Carrall, Brett Suttor Video Referees: Ashley Klein, Luke Phillips 1. Michael Morgan 2. Kyle Feldt 3. Tautau Moga 4. Kane Linnett 5. Antonio Winterstein 6. Robert Lui 7. Johnathan Thurston 8. Matthew Scott 9. Rory Kostjasyn 10. Ashton Sims 11. Gavin Cooper 12. Tariq Sims 13. Jason Taumalolo 14. Ray Thompson 15. Scott Bolton 16. Glenn Hall 17. James Tamou 1. Justin Hodges 2. Daniel Vidot 3. Corey Oates 4. Dale Copley 5. Lachlan Maranta 6. Ben Barba 7. Ben Hunt 8. Josh McGuire 9. Andrew McCullough 10. Corey Parker 11. Alex Glenn 12. Matt Gillett 13. Sam Thaiday 14. Jarrod Wallace 15. Martin Kennedy 16. Ben Hannant 17. Todd Lowrie 18. David Hala
If we can limit Matt Scott's go forward......the Cowboys become a different side. Thurston in turn naturally suffers as well. Depending on how Brisbane turn up to play and the right bounce of the ball, I think we're in with a real chance of an upset. Brisbane 8+
Well, hopefully if we took anything from the last round, it's that Hodges can't be fullback in defence. I just hope it doesn't mean he can't be fullback in attack either though.
It's catching on. Apparently Hoffman trained today. If he goes to left centre, Oates to bench and Lowrie to retirement, we are a chance. If Hoffman goes to fullback, we lose by 20.
I've read elsewhere that the training run consisted of only a few minutes before heading back into the sheds for treatment. It seems unlikely at this stage that he'll play.
Hodges said: “I’d love to stay at fullback, it gives me more freedom than the centres. But it all depends on what Hoffman does - if he comes back I will obviously go back to the centres.”
*Out of a Griffin coached side. Lowrie would be fine in our side if he wasn't used in some bullshit attempt at an impact role. It just makes no sense. Considering this season we have quite often conceded 1-2 tries within the 1st 10 minutes; playing a defensive player like him in that period would actually be a smart thing to do. Which is clearly beyond Hook.
