Tuesday, June 08, 2004
Pearson back
Corey Pearson has been rushed back into the Parramatta first grade team after his return from injury in last week's Premier League match.
Brian Smith has named almost an identical team to the one that beat Newcastle last week.
The only changes see:
- Lee Hopkins move from the bench to take the starting place of Nathan Hindmarsh, who is on origin duty
- Pearson's promotion to the bench
- Chris Muckert takes Feleti Mateo's position as the 18th man
In an audio interview on the Parramatta website, Smith said that Muckert "had been performing in premiere league during the last few weeks".
The Eels have named Michael Witt at five-eighth despite the fact that he is staring down the barrel of a two-week suspension, however Smith seemed confident the Eels could defence the charge (see related story).
1 - Wade McKINNON
2 - Ashley GRAHAM
3 - Junior LANGI
4 - Luke BURT
5 - Matt PETERSEN
6 - Michael WITT
7 - Adam DYKES
8 - Craig STAPLETON
9 - John MORRIS
10 - Michael VELLA
11 - Lee HOPKINS
12 - Jack AFAMASAGA
13 - Daniel WAGON ©
14 - Dean WIDDERS
15 - Chris ARMIT
16 - Corey PEARSON
17 - Justin TSOULOS
18 - Chris MUCKERT
Brian Smith has named almost an identical team to the one that beat Newcastle last week.
The only changes see:
- Lee Hopkins move from the bench to take the starting place of Nathan Hindmarsh, who is on origin duty
- Pearson's promotion to the bench
- Chris Muckert takes Feleti Mateo's position as the 18th man
In an audio interview on the Parramatta website, Smith said that Muckert "had been performing in premiere league during the last few weeks".
The Eels have named Michael Witt at five-eighth despite the fact that he is staring down the barrel of a two-week suspension, however Smith seemed confident the Eels could defence the charge (see related story).
1 - Wade McKINNON
2 - Ashley GRAHAM
3 - Junior LANGI
4 - Luke BURT
5 - Matt PETERSEN
6 - Michael WITT
7 - Adam DYKES
8 - Craig STAPLETON
9 - John MORRIS
10 - Michael VELLA
11 - Lee HOPKINS
12 - Jack AFAMASAGA
13 - Daniel WAGON ©
14 - Dean WIDDERS
15 - Chris ARMIT
16 - Corey PEARSON
17 - Justin TSOULOS
18 - Chris MUCKERT
