Round 13 Dragons v Tigers Head to ANZ Stadium on Saturday 3 June for this Round 13 clash between the St George Illawarra Dragons and Wests Tigers. Bring the whole family along for a 3:00pm kick off on a Saturday afternoon.
NRL Squad for Round 13 v Wests Tigers: 1. Jason Nightingale (J Dugan) 2. Nene Macdonald 3. Taane Milne 4. Tim Lafai 5. Kalifa Faifai Loa 6. Kurt Mann (G Widdop) 7. Josh McCrone 8. Russell Packer 9. Cameron McInnes 10. Paul Vaughan 11. Tariq Sims 12. Joel Thompson 13. Jack de Belin Interchange: 14. Jacob Host 15. Leeson Ah Mau 16. Hame Sele 17. Jai Field 18. Tyrone McCarthy 19. Josh Dugan 20. Tyson Frizell 21. Gareth Widdop 22. Blake Lawrie Players unavailable: Euan Aitken (hamstring) – indefinite Will Matthews (hip) – indefinite Drew Hutchison (knee) – indefinite Siliva Havili (pectoral) – indefinite Kiti Glymin (shoulder) – indefinite Levi Dodd (knee) – season
The Nrl is going to have resort to computerised crowds and canned cheering for the Anz venue. The Saints are getting a long list of injured unavailable players. On the rumour front the Hayne plane appears to be slow at resigning with the titans so maybe the Dragons are chatting to him but he would want FB money to.
Dragons: Tyson Frizell, Josh Dugan and Gareth Widdop expected to play. Wests Tigers: James Tedesco and Aaron Woods expected to play.
NRL Squad for Round 13 v Wests Tigers 19. Josh Dugan 2. Nene Macdonald 6. Kurt Mann 4. Tim Lafai 1. Jason Nightingale 21. Gareth Widdop (c) 7. Josh McCrone 8. Russell Packer 9. Cameron McInnes 10. Paul Vaughan 20. Tyson Frizell 12. Joel Thompson 13. Jack de Belin Interchange: 3. Taane Milne 5. Kalifa Faifai Loa 11. Tariq Sims 14. Jacob Host 15. Leeson Ah Mau 16. Hame Sele 18. Tyrone McCarthy NYC Squad for Round 13 v Wests Tigers 1. Steven Marsters 2. Matheson Johns 3. Reuben Garrick 4. Zac Lomax 5. Jason Gillard 6. Tristan Sailor 7. Jackson Willis 8. Stuart Mason 9. Reece Robson 10. TJ Uele 11. Jackson Ford 12. Jayden Morgan 13. Joe Lovodua Interchange: 14. Matt Sheppard 15. Bailey Dickenson 16. Dylan Morris 17. Tom Angel 18. Trent Peoples 20. Max Bailey 21. Cooper Purcell
any time the Dragons can get a win after a Bye week is good result. Dragons looked on fire early and Widdop returned in good form. More than a few iffy ref decisions. Nene caught out of position again The Dragons stand and wait defence was solid in the first half but left gaps in the second. Teddy probably the most dangerous looking player with the ball. I might be biased but I thought Thommo was lifting his leg out of the way and Teddy was playing milkman
The "sympathy" penalties almost got them back into the game. But - a good game - if error prone - by both sides after a tough SOO by their stars.