Wednesday, April 21, 2004
Tsoulos gets call up
Only last week, Justin Tsoulos found himself back in Jersey Flegg, however the young prop has made a sudden leap after he was named in the Eels NRL team this week.
Michael Vella's knee injury and Fuifui Moimoi's rib injury has forced the Eels to reshuffle its prop. Chris Armit has been dropped back to the bench, a curious move considering he had his best game of the year last year and Craig Stapleton and Adam Peek have been named as the starting props.
The Eels have assumed that representative players Nathan Hindmarsh and Nathan Cayless will back up from the Friday night test and David Vaeliki has also been named in the team despite a rib injury ruling him out of the New Zealand team. Ronald Prince has been named on a five man bench and may be there to cover Vaeliki if he does not recover from the injury in time.
Lee Hopkins was not considered, again but Corey Pearson's name was no where to be seen. The prop who has struggled to recover from a back injury was not listed in any team but was not in the "not considered" list either.
The team is:
1 - Luke BURT
2 - Matt PETERSEN
3 - Junior LANGI
4 - David VAEALIKI
5 - Eric GROTHE
6 - Daniel WAGON
7 - Adam DYKES
8 - Adam PEEK
9 - John MORRIS
10 - Craig STAPLETON
11 - Nathan HINDMARSH
12 - Nathan CAYLESS (C)
13 - Luke O'DWYER
14 - James WEBSTER
15 - Chris ARMIT
16 - Dean WIDDERS
17 - Justin TSOULOS
18 - Ronald PRINCE
Coach – Brian Smith
Not Considered
Aaron Cannings
Lee Hopkins
Jamie Lyon
Fuifui Moimoi
Michael Vella
Michael Vella's knee injury and Fuifui Moimoi's rib injury has forced the Eels to reshuffle its prop. Chris Armit has been dropped back to the bench, a curious move considering he had his best game of the year last year and Craig Stapleton and Adam Peek have been named as the starting props.
The Eels have assumed that representative players Nathan Hindmarsh and Nathan Cayless will back up from the Friday night test and David Vaeliki has also been named in the team despite a rib injury ruling him out of the New Zealand team. Ronald Prince has been named on a five man bench and may be there to cover Vaeliki if he does not recover from the injury in time.
Lee Hopkins was not considered, again but Corey Pearson's name was no where to be seen. The prop who has struggled to recover from a back injury was not listed in any team but was not in the "not considered" list either.
The team is:
1 - Luke BURT
2 - Matt PETERSEN
3 - Junior LANGI
4 - David VAEALIKI
5 - Eric GROTHE
6 - Daniel WAGON
7 - Adam DYKES
8 - Adam PEEK
9 - John MORRIS
10 - Craig STAPLETON
11 - Nathan HINDMARSH
12 - Nathan CAYLESS (C)
13 - Luke O'DWYER
14 - James WEBSTER
15 - Chris ARMIT
16 - Dean WIDDERS
17 - Justin TSOULOS
18 - Ronald PRINCE
Coach – Brian Smith
Not Considered
Aaron Cannings
Lee Hopkins
Jamie Lyon
Fuifui Moimoi
Michael Vella
