Newcastle Knights 1. Darius Boyd 2. James McManus 3. Anthony Quinn 17. Alex McKinnon 5. Akuila Uate 6. Jarrod Mullen 14. Tyrone Roberts 8. Kade Snowden 18. Kurt Gidley (c) 19. Willie Mason 11. Robbie Rochow 12. Chris Houston 13. Jeremy Smith Bench 9. Danny Buderus 10. David Fa’alogo 15. Neville Costigan 16. Adam Cuthbertson Canberra Raiders 1. Reece Robinson 2. Sandor Earl 3. Jarrod Croker 4. Blake Ferguson 5. Jack Wighton 6. Josh McCrone (c) 7. Sam Williams 8. David Shillington (c) 9. Glen Buttriss 10. Brett White 11. Josh Papalii 12. Joel Edwards 13. Shaun Fensom Bench 14. Shaun Berrigan 15. Joe Picker 16. Dane Tilse 17. Tom Learoyd-Lahrs 18. Matt McIlwrick Really loving the Knights side. Think it's pretty much what it should be. Add in Gagai and Tahu when they come back and it'll be gun.
Yeah me too. I think if you're going to use a Gidley/Buderus hooker rotation though that Buderus should definitely start.
And further to that, it should be a rotation. At the moment they're too small having both Gidley and Buderus in the forwards.
Ah. OK. I just saw both on the field and Boyd still at fullback and assumed. Surely you'd move Boyd to centre or wing rather than Gidley.
It would be better for them in attack as well. Having Gidley at fullback instead of Boyd wouldn't stuff up any spine in the world.
So the refs just told Buderus and Costigan to move forward at marker. Costigan didn't move at all and then made a tackle. How is that not a penalty?
They reckon you have to tuck your shoulder in and lean into the defender. IMO Buderus just braced himself, he didn't 'charge' the defender.