Tuesday, March 16, 2004
Smith sticks with beaten Eels
Coach Brian Smith has not dropped a single player from the team that was comprehensively trounced by the Bulldogs.
Despite the fact that almost all players were out of sorts last Saturday night, Smith has named almost an unchanged line-up for Sunday's clash against the Broncos. David Vaeliki has come into the starting squad for Jamie Lyon, while Aaron Cannings replaces the dissapointing Corey Pearson in the number eight jersey.
Smith has named a five-man bench opening up two positions. One of those goes to hooker James Webster, while the exciting Luke O'Dwyer gets the other slot. There are big raps on O'Dwyer who rapidly moved through the ranks last year in his rookie season with Parra feeder club, Tweed Heads, eventually winning a spot in the Queensland Residents team.
He impressed observers in the pre-season where he secured himself a full-time contract, is strong and fast and can fill almost any position on the park outside of prop (and God knows we don't need any more of those). The 1Eyed Eel certainly hopes he gets a shot at the big time this weekend.
1 - Luke BURT
2 - Wise KATIVERATA
3 - Matt PETERSEN
4 - David VAEALIKI
5 - Eric GROTHE
6 - Daniel WAGON
7 - Adam DYKES
8 - Aaron CANNINGS
9 - John MORRIS
10 - Michael VELLA
11 - Nathan HINDMARSH
12 - Nathan CAYLESS ©
13 - Lee HOPKINS
14 - James WEBSTER
15 - Craig STAPLETON
16 - Adam PEEK
17 - Corey PEARSON
18 - Luke O’DWYER
Coach – Brian Smith
Despite the fact that almost all players were out of sorts last Saturday night, Smith has named almost an unchanged line-up for Sunday's clash against the Broncos. David Vaeliki has come into the starting squad for Jamie Lyon, while Aaron Cannings replaces the dissapointing Corey Pearson in the number eight jersey.
Smith has named a five-man bench opening up two positions. One of those goes to hooker James Webster, while the exciting Luke O'Dwyer gets the other slot. There are big raps on O'Dwyer who rapidly moved through the ranks last year in his rookie season with Parra feeder club, Tweed Heads, eventually winning a spot in the Queensland Residents team.
He impressed observers in the pre-season where he secured himself a full-time contract, is strong and fast and can fill almost any position on the park outside of prop (and God knows we don't need any more of those). The 1Eyed Eel certainly hopes he gets a shot at the big time this weekend.
1 - Luke BURT
2 - Wise KATIVERATA
3 - Matt PETERSEN
4 - David VAEALIKI
5 - Eric GROTHE
6 - Daniel WAGON
7 - Adam DYKES
8 - Aaron CANNINGS
9 - John MORRIS
10 - Michael VELLA
11 - Nathan HINDMARSH
12 - Nathan CAYLESS ©
13 - Lee HOPKINS
14 - James WEBSTER
15 - Craig STAPLETON
16 - Adam PEEK
17 - Corey PEARSON
18 - Luke O’DWYER
Coach – Brian Smith
