Garry Owens
Alan Cameron (40)
Wests v Brothers
The Heavyweight bout upfront that promises plenty of Fury -from Brothers at least. Wests forwards , 1 to 8 were completely underwhelming last week and fired no shots , in fact , in comparison , Mother Hubbard's Cupboard looks like a Sizzler's Buffet Bar.
But as the story goes , old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard to fetch her poor dog a done , but when she got there , the cupboard was bare , and so the poor dog had none.
So no bone for the Dogs this weekend as Brothers outmuscle and out hustle upfront that allows the Brothers halves and midfield to dominate. I would expect Ryan , Tapuosi and Waia to have big days in the outside backs.
Brothers 16.5-
Easts v GPS
On the assumption that GPS have lost their starting Centres this one could get ugly. Roseanne Arnold ugly. But then again I'm not so sure.
Again, upfront , Easts have a couple of young bloods in their front row , in Max Craig (2) and Tom Zuidam (3) that supposedly have the talent but will be packing down against wily 20 year olds in James "Bam Bam" Pierce,(3) Gus "The Bus" Dillman (2) and Bad Blayke Adams (1) the latter who made a disgrace of Harry Vella's last club game in Brisbane in the Jeeps v Brothers Semi Final last year. I really like Jeeps lock Darcy Hammond and with the promise of Stuart Tualima + the usual god bothering righteous grittiness of the inevitable heavily Maristian Flankerstein backrow factory at Jeeps (matched by the industrious Wilson and Stoddart).............I'm calling the main bearing on this result coming down to who gets on top in the Top 5.
If Hudson Meyer is back at 9 for Jeeps this will be big, but , mid field is where Jeeps struggle - even against an Easts play making midfield that in the combo of it all have the vision of Stevie Wonder and the selflessness of Karen from Bunnings.
Easts should feast but won't get past the 1st course.
Easts 9.5-
UQ v Norths
UQ's forwards are a Panzer Tank division. Commanded by Ivan Drago from Rocky 4 with Clubber Lang from Rocky 3 his 2IC. Even in sunnier times now (compared to the seasons immediately past) they are a dour 11 man brand of Rugby. Not 10. 11 (on account of the fullback being the general play kicker under this 10 man style) There is a Ferrari on the wing, in Ben McMahon, that is being kept in the garage for now and the question is does anyone know how to get out on the open road to drive it ?
I gave Norths a hard time last week and the only thing I can say is there isn't a cricket pitch close to where this game will be played. So no cricket score. And certainly not with an Ivan Drago brand of Rugby.
Norths have spunk. They are spunky. They'll hang in and lay the odd sock bomb or two in the tank tracks , but UQ will just continue to over power them upfront.
UQ 18.5-
Sunnybank v Bond
Hard to know here. So I'm taking a flyer as I know nothing about Sunnybank other than the seem to have a feel good story going on with Brendan Underwood and from one trial I saw of Bond, I wasn't convinced about much.
I'm going with The Cinderella Story with Sunnybank to stick the glass slipper into Bond.
Sunnybank by 4.5-
The Heavyweight bout upfront that promises plenty of Fury -from Brothers at least. Wests forwards , 1 to 8 were completely underwhelming last week and fired no shots , in fact , in comparison , Mother Hubbard's Cupboard looks like a Sizzler's Buffet Bar.
But as the story goes , old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard to fetch her poor dog a done , but when she got there , the cupboard was bare , and so the poor dog had none.
So no bone for the Dogs this weekend as Brothers outmuscle and out hustle upfront that allows the Brothers halves and midfield to dominate. I would expect Ryan , Tapuosi and Waia to have big days in the outside backs.
Brothers 16.5-
Easts v GPS
On the assumption that GPS have lost their starting Centres this one could get ugly. Roseanne Arnold ugly. But then again I'm not so sure.
Again, upfront , Easts have a couple of young bloods in their front row , in Max Craig (2) and Tom Zuidam (3) that supposedly have the talent but will be packing down against wily 20 year olds in James "Bam Bam" Pierce,(3) Gus "The Bus" Dillman (2) and Bad Blayke Adams (1) the latter who made a disgrace of Harry Vella's last club game in Brisbane in the Jeeps v Brothers Semi Final last year. I really like Jeeps lock Darcy Hammond and with the promise of Stuart Tualima + the usual god bothering righteous grittiness of the inevitable heavily Maristian Flankerstein backrow factory at Jeeps (matched by the industrious Wilson and Stoddart).............I'm calling the main bearing on this result coming down to who gets on top in the Top 5.
If Hudson Meyer is back at 9 for Jeeps this will be big, but , mid field is where Jeeps struggle - even against an Easts play making midfield that in the combo of it all have the vision of Stevie Wonder and the selflessness of Karen from Bunnings.
Easts should feast but won't get past the 1st course.
Easts 9.5-
UQ v Norths
UQ's forwards are a Panzer Tank division. Commanded by Ivan Drago from Rocky 4 with Clubber Lang from Rocky 3 his 2IC. Even in sunnier times now (compared to the seasons immediately past) they are a dour 11 man brand of Rugby. Not 10. 11 (on account of the fullback being the general play kicker under this 10 man style) There is a Ferrari on the wing, in Ben McMahon, that is being kept in the garage for now and the question is does anyone know how to get out on the open road to drive it ?
I gave Norths a hard time last week and the only thing I can say is there isn't a cricket pitch close to where this game will be played. So no cricket score. And certainly not with an Ivan Drago brand of Rugby.
Norths have spunk. They are spunky. They'll hang in and lay the odd sock bomb or two in the tank tracks , but UQ will just continue to over power them upfront.
UQ 18.5-
Sunnybank v Bond
Hard to know here. So I'm taking a flyer as I know nothing about Sunnybank other than the seem to have a feel good story going on with Brendan Underwood and from one trial I saw of Bond, I wasn't convinced about much.
I'm going with The Cinderella Story with Sunnybank to stick the glass slipper into Bond.
Sunnybank by 4.5-
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