Round 8 teams

This has got the makings of blowing up and being looked on as poor coaching - or it will be the difference of weathering the Golden Showers

So Kevin Gordon has passed his fitness test and as pointed out by Stumpy, the thought of Benji playing with Oranges rather than being in the midst of the action was too much and he's declared himself ready to turn off the taps

So Gordon and Marshall now move onto the bench, with Henry moving into the starting side leaving O'Donnell and Godinet the new Orange Peelers.

Updated Aardvarks for the weekend are -;

Greg Inglis
Michael Gordon
Justin O'Neill
Jordan Kahu
Jack Wighton
Jarrod Mullen
Ray Thompson
Kelepi Tanginoa
Josh Jackson
Ben Henry
James Tamou
Mitch Rein
Trent Merrin
Kevin Gordon
Benji Marshall
Martin Kennedy
Tim Grant
Michael Gordon

Martians
BOWEN, MATTHEW
ROBINSON, REECE
COOPER, MATT
TAYLOR, ELIJAH
SIO, KEN
WIDDUP, GARETH
PRINCE, SCOTT
ROCHOW, ROBERT
BLAIR, ADAM
LEWIS, LUKE
FIFITA, ANDREW
LUKE, ISAAC
CUTHBERTSON, ADAM
ROBSON, JEFF
COPLEY, DALE
FALLOON, BEAU
FRIEND, JAKE
PRINCE, SCOTT

Gavin Cooper in for Jeff Lima, Lima to drop back to the bench..........that could have been embarrasing

aardvark wrote:The Aardvarks have been getting used to getting out of tight scraps of late, with the last 3 games seeing us take home the bacon in very tight encounters - and we don't expect this week to be any different against the reigning premiers.

3/4 of our 3/4 line has changed this week with Ayshford, Gordon and Smith joining Benji with duties on the oranges this week to be replaced by O'Neill, Kahu and Wighton ... although a late fitness test on Kevin Gordon may see him reinstated.

Aardvarks for this week are -;

Greg Inglis
Michael Gordon
Justin O'Neill
Jordan Kahu
Jack Wighton
Jarrod Mullen
Ray Thompson
Kelepi Tanginoa
Josh Jackson
Luke O'Donnell
James Tamou
Mitch Rein
Trent Merrin
Ben Henry
Pita Godinet
Martin Kennedy
Tim Grant
Michael Gordon

You didn't hear this from me, Aardvark but I heard it from Benji himself about 2 hours ago - he's allergic to oranges

With a major injury crisis hitting the club, the one bright light is the long awaited debut of James Graham in the red and black. Coach Fairfax has named two makeshift centres as well as two makeshift backrowers, not to mention a makeshift kicker; but the Bears have never beaten the Komodos and that should be incentive enough for the boys to put in a strong effort.
The full squad is:

FB William Zillman
W Sisa Waqa
C Kalifa Faifai-Loa
C Tyson Frizell
W Akuila Uate
FE Terry Campese ©
HF Chad Townsend
BR Corey Parker
BR John Morris
BR Jeff Lima
FR James Graham
HK Michael Ennis
FR Nate Myles
ResBK Mitch Brown
ResBK Jorge Taufua
ResFD Sam Moa
ResFD Gavin Cooper
Kicker Corey Parker

J sau out & J Loko onto bench

Crushers
Brett STEWART
Darius BOYD
Jamie LYON
Ryan MORGAN
Bill TUPOU
Peter WALLACE
Mitchell PEARCE
Glen HALL
Ryan HOFFMAN
Kevin PROCTOR
Ben ROSS
Sam BURGESS
Sam THAIDAY
Manu VATUVEI
Sam PERRETT
Roy ASOTASI
Bronson HARRISON
Jamie LYON

HAYNE, Jarryd
LIKILKI, Siuatonga
MORRIS, Josh
JENNINGS, Michael
MEAD, David
THURSTON, Johnathan
FIEN, Nathan
JOHNSON, Dallas
MINICHIELLO, Mark
WILLIAMS, Sonny Bill
SUTTON, John
FARAH, Robbie
BROMWICH, Jesse
HOFFMAN, Josh
MORGAN, Michael
TAYLOR, Dave
BUCHANAN, Jack
THURSTON, Johnathan

Tanks
SLATER, Billy
KOROIBETE, Marika
GAGAI, Dane
WHARE, Dean
GOODWIN, Bryson
ROBERTS, Ben
SANDOW, Chris
MANNERING, Simon
CREAGH, Ben
TE'O, Ben
KITE, Brent
BALLIN, Matt
PLUM, Nigel
WRIGHT, Matthew
OLDFIELD, Michael
PRITCHARD, Frank
RAPIRA, Sam
SANDOW, Chris

The Bluetongues welcome two new Eagles - one who has been on the long term injury list - Glenn Stewart and hos feeder club companion David Williams who is smarting over being acrimoniously dumped by the Showers and the rumours concerning him leaving the GC for a modelling career.

The full side is....

NORMAN, Corey
WILLIAMS, David
IDRIS, Jamal
FONUA, Mahe
TOUTAI, Vai
KELLY, Luke
ROBERTS, Tyrone
STEWART, Glenn
SIMS, Tariq
FULTON, Liam
BAILEY, Luke
SMITH, Cameron
HUNT, Dan
LAFAI, Timoteo
LEE, Edrick
HEIGHINGTON, Chris
CORDNER, Boyd
SMITH, Cameron

Well we have no depth at all and currently 8 players out with either injury or playing shitsville cup so hopefully our new kicker who has been in shithouse form can pull his finger out and get us home.

Seagulls
A.Minichello
M.Utai
J.Wright
S.Michaels
J.McManus
J.Soward
J.McRone
M.Gillett
T.Lowrie
J.Warea-Hargraves
B.Matulino
M.McIlwrick
A.Tolman
A.Don
J.Sau
G.Burgess
J.Reithmuller
J.Soward

One forced change for the Komodo's this week with new recruit McKendry suffering a minor injury last week and forced out with a broken neck. Rumours abound that Kasiano has finally found his legs but we will wait until next week before drafting him into the top side.

Komodos
LOCKE, Kevin
NIGHTINGALE, Jason
CHAMPION, Beau
TATE, Brent
EVERINGHAM, Andrew
JOHNSON, Shaun
CRONK, Cooper
GALLEN, Paul
RYAN, Matthew
BIRD, Greg
HANNANT, Ben
GLENN, Alex
SNOWDEN, Kade
GRAHAM, Ashley
SIRONEN, Curtis
STOCKWELL, Jack
MANU, Sika
JOHNSON, Shaun

The Aardvarks have been getting used to getting out of tight scraps of late, with the last 3 games seeing us take home the bacon in very tight encounters - and we don't expect this week to be any different against the reigning premiers.

3/4 of our 3/4 line has changed this week with Ayshford, Gordon and Smith joining Benji with duties on the oranges this week to be replaced by O'Neill, Kahu and Wighton ... although a late fitness test on Kevin Gordon may see him reinstated.

Aardvarks for this week are -;

Greg Inglis
Michael Gordon
Justin O'Neill
Jordan Kahu
Jack Wighton
Jarrod Mullen
Ray Thompson
Kelepi Tanginoa
Josh Jackson
Luke O'Donnell
James Tamou
Mitch Rein
Trent Merrin
Ben Henry
Pita Godinet
Martin Kennedy
Tim Grant
Michael Gordon

Allstars
James Tedesco
Daniel Tupou
Jack Reed
Tom Symonds
Beau Ryan
Kurt Gidley
Daniel Mortimer
Shaun Fensom
Chris Houston
Anthony Watmough
Luke Douglas
Andrew McCullough
Scott Anderson
Robert Lui
Konrad Hurrell
Matthew Keating
Dene Halatau
Kurt Gidley

Showers vs Try Hard Varks
New recruit doesn't geta start, but he was signed a s aback-up to the first team so it's all as planned. Losing Tim Mannah last week sees a slightly different bench, but we are confident they can do the job.

Showers
Nathan Stapleton
Lachlan Maranta
Timana Tahu
Mitch Aubusson
Brett Morris
Albert Kelly
Adam Reynolds
Chris McQueen
Rory Kostjasyn
Feleti Mateo
Brenton Lawrence
Kevin Kingston
Aaron Woods
David Simmons
Daniel Vidot
Matt Scott
Tony Williams
Adam Reynolds