Weekly wrap: Round 13 winners, losers, injuries


<p>Ahh the bye rounds. Where we plan for weeks (even months for some) all for one lousy weekend. Stressful nights, tossing and turning over trades, reversing&#8230; Reversing all to land on Kotoni F*****g Staggs!</p>



<p>Yep, I was that guy&#8230; But I had my reasons. None of them are making sense at 6pm on Sunday night after a look at the scores from Marzhew, Isaako, and DWZ, but it’s a three week play. If it lasts that long!</p>



<p>Despite only having 13 players, there were some huge scores out and about! Marzhew bookending the weekend with a hat trick, Cook and Walker going big, and Big Red staking some serious keeper claims!</p>



<p>The Philly Hamstrings were a bit hamstrung, managing only 869 but seeing some minor green arrows to put me in 16227 overall whilst my co-contributor Clem, who is having the week off (She will be having the bye in Rounds 13 and 19, so avoid as a trade in option!) scored 963 thanks largely to Isaako and a Captain Cook.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Dolphins v Dragons</strong></h2>



<p>Ahh Jamayne. I said last week we were all sleeping on you, now everyone’s awake! A neat 100 for 10,915 new owners who traded in the outside back. He crossed for a double and really kicked off the weekend. Plenty of owners were able to loop his big score and enabled a worry-free weekend.</p>



<p>The Dolphins’ run is still red hot over the bye period so he’s still a viable option if you wanted him. Will cost you around 40k more than last week, but you have a try scoring outside back who kicks goals not named Reuben. Simples!</p>



<p>JMK also rewarded new and old owners with a score of 89. He too was a popular trade target and now looks as good as Grant in a hooking position offering very little in 2023. IF you can pair him and Grant you are doing very well. If you had to choose one of the two, JMK by a whisker.</p>



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<p>But it wasn’t all good news&#8230; Valance Te Whare got on for 4 minutes!! Groans from owners rang loud and clear. He made a tackle and had a hit up or 2 so finished with 4. This stint will stunt the cash projection.</p>



<p>And I won’t be spending too much time on the Dragons. Why should I? They were awful!</p>



<p>Jack Bird went off after 52 minutes. Any reason why? Managed 48 in that time with a try whilst Tyrell Sloan&#8230; I was once an owner for about 40 points, but since ANZAC Day he’s gone 18, 20, 27, 29, and 25. Looks a lot like my batting numbers for the cricket season just gone.</p>



<p><strong>Minutes played: </strong>JMK 80, Lemuele 80, Te Whare 4, JDB 70, Bird 52,</p>



<p><strong>Injuries: </strong>Nil</p>



<p><strong>Judiciary: </strong>Jack De Belin (Dangerous Contact), Ray Stone (Dangerous Throw), Kodi Nikorima (Careless High Tackle)</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Eels v Cowboys</strong></h2>



<p>Transport NSW kept a close eye on this game, seeing if a few of the Cowboys players could do some Mon-Fri work as turnstiles as they did such a good job of it last week! They are languishing at the bottom of the ladder and don’t look like moving for a while yet although there were some positive signs.</p>



<p>Plenty of eyes were on D Bags and despite carrying what seemed like the majority of Supercoach, still managed a mighty 84, whilst only being credited for 1 TA. He is an absolute must-have for the year; I can’t speak more highly of him and what he has done in the past 6 weeks. And he is only 22?!? How? Seems to have been around forever and if he keeps playing the way he is, can see him overtaking Munster very, very soon.</p>



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<p>The halfback and the fullback put up good showings for new owners, scoring 95 and 81 respectively. But it did come at a cost&#8230; They just find more ways to grind on the nerves of any non-Parra supporters! The pair ran in from nearly Goulburn to dispute a decision late in the piece and the way they flap their arms, it wouldn’t surprise me to see one if not both of them fly away one day.</p>



<p>Hopgood. Just can’t believe I got rid of him. It must have been for a reason back when I did, but hasn’t put a foot wrong since. I’m pretty stubborn and won’t buy him back so the least Billy could do would be to pick him in Origin so he misses a game or 2.</p>



<p>Cartwright and Doorey both got through 80 minutes whilst Joe O went off early with a calf complaint for the few that traded him in.</p>



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<p>Helium Luki put last week’s poor effort behind him scoring a solid 87 including a very silky assist for a try. Made 33 points in tackles and a further 30 in runs. Looks a star.</p>



<p>Scotty D was the Cowboys best, scoring one and setting up two others. He finished with 117 points which gives him a 3RA of 95. Takes on the Storm this week followed by the Panthers. Doesn’t get much tougher&#8230;</p>



<p><strong>Minutes played: </strong>Greg 47, Hopgood 80, Doorey 80, JoeO 10, Luki 71,</p>



<p><strong>Injuries: </strong>Joe Ofahengaue (calf)</p>



<p><strong>Judiciary: </strong>Nil</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Warriors v Broncos</strong></h2>



<p>The Broncos took their first overseas trip from Brisbane Airport for 2023 and from all reports, they didn’t do what I did after Magic Round and book a flight 14 hours before I arrived!</p>



<p>In fact, they made it to NZ and put up a hell of a show to come away with a win. Did their best to lose it though as we got to see the next gen of the Broncs with Mariner and Sailor all having strong showings.</p>



<p>Reynolds controlled things for the Broncs without his Origin star, as both Capewell and Riki had strong games on the edges.</p>



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<p>And if it wasn’t for a lazy jumper pull, we would be talking about a Warriors win! They were so close to pulling it off but just ran out of time.</p>



<p>The hyphenated surnames had blinders as DWZ, CNK, and AFB all stood tall for the Warriors. AFB’s partner &#8211; everyone’s new front rower &#8211; Tohu Harr-(THR? THS?) had his standard 60+ point game but got through it injury free.<strong></strong></p>



<p><strong>Minutes played: </strong>AFB 68, Tohu 80, Curran 59, Piakura 52</p>



<p><strong>Injuries: </strong>Freddy Lussick (head knock)</p>



<p><strong>Judiciary: </strong>Xavier Willison (Dangerous Contact)</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Rabbitohs v Raiders</strong></h2>



<p>Despite the outs, there were still several Supercoach relevant players getting about their work on Saturday night.</p>



<p>None other than the Big Red Machine, Corey Horsburgh! What a performance for owners! Bagged a try and a couple line breaks all with a fast new haircut! He looked at home on the edge as he took the Origin snubbing personally. As a non-owner, I am now wishing Billy picked him. I reckon he may be in for a big month of footy.</p>



<p>The Raiders big men were on another level as Papali’i and Tapine both had their best games to date.</p>



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<p>Taps at lock?! I like it! Especially if he can bust out 80 odd points every week. Came through with the goods when it mattered, scoring 82 which was all in base!! Yep, 8 points awarded for 2 tackle busts and 2 offloads, he made 45 tackles and then some. Do us a solid Rick and keep him there.</p>



<p>Cody had a very good game but you could tell he was looking for Trell at some stages in that match. Still managed 68 for owners but a big score went begging.</p>



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<p>Cook dived on a loose ball to save owners from a substandard score whilst AJ crossed for a double but couldn’t break more than 70 points!</p>



<p>Where does this leave owners? His scores have been good, but scoring doubles and not going big? Very frustrating. Has yet to break 100 points this season.</p>



<p><strong>Minutes played: </strong>Sele 48, Cartwright 79, Horsburgh 80, Tapine 68, Papali’i 54</p>



<p><strong>Injuries: </strong>Corey Harawira-Naera (seizure/medical), Sebastian Kris (ankle), Jordan Rapana (head knock)</p>



<p><strong>Judiciary: </strong>Blake Taaffe (Careless High Tackle), Nick Cotric (Shoulder Charge)</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Knights v Sea Eagles</strong></h2>



<p>That was an excruciating 80 minutes of NRL. They didn’t deserve to have that on live TV and should have been shunted to beIN Sports it was that bad. Newcastle should have won by 30 but couldn’t put Manly away, whilst my Sea Eagles looked like me in a hardware store: Lost and no idea what to do!</p>



<p>They were awful attacking the line and life without DCE is looking dire.</p>



<p>It was even worse as Marzhew went absolutely bonkers, scoring a huge 138. I reckon two of those tries probably weren’t but I’ll save that for my email to Graham Annesley tomorrow.</p>



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<p>Marzhew was another I got rid of weeks ago, as the Knights are about as trustworthy as that three-day-old Chinese in the fridge, but he still is scoring well even if he doesn’t cross the line. Anyway, I hope he goes big again for all you owners out there next week too.. Oh wait…</p>



<p>And imagine his score if Bradman Best wasn’t inside him! The only saving grace from that game was that he could have gone 180 if ol’ Araldite inside him fed him some footy.</p>



<p>Schuster, Garrick, and Fainu all scored around 50 odd with Fainu spending 77 minutes in the middle, a good sign for owners. Schuster is set to make some serious coin which is a blessing for patient owners. Will have to wait a week or so though as Manly have the bye and will need to spend a fair bit of it watching Rugby League 101.</p>



<p><strong>Minutes played – </strong>Elliot 64, Thompson 40, Fainu 77,</p>



<p><strong>Injuries:</strong> Lachlan Fitzgibbon (calf)</p>



<p><strong>On report:</strong> Tolutau Koula (Dangerous Contact)</p>


Weekly wrap: Round 13 winners, losers, injuries

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