Monday’s only NRL Round 12 match is between Newcastle Knights and Parramatta Eels. The opening bounce is placed to commence at 17:05 local time using the game for being played at Hunter Stadium. The away team Parramatta Eels include the favourites for your match. View our preview and teams for your game between Newcastle Knights and Parramatta Eels.
Knights: 1 Jake Mamo 2 Cory Denniss 3 Sione Mata’utia 4 Nathan Ross 5 Akuila Uate 6 Jaelen Feeney 7 Trent Hodkinson 8 Sam Mataora 9 Danny Levi 10 Daniel Saifiti 11 Tariq Sims 12 Pauli Pauli 13 Jeremy Smith. Interchange: 14 Tyler Randell 15 Korbin Sims 16 Joshua King 17 Mickey Paea 18 David Bhana 19 Pat Mata’utia.
Eels: 1 Michael Gordon, 2 Semi Radradra, 3 Vai Afu Toutai, 4 Bradley Takairangi, 5 Clinton Gutherson, 6 Corey Norman, 7 Kieran Foran, 8 Junior Paulo, 9 Isaac De Gois, 10 Danny Wicks, 11 Manu Ma’u, 12 Beau Scott, 13 Tepai Moeroa. Interchange: 14 Kaysa Pritchard, 15 Peni Terepo, 16 David Gower, 17 Kenneth Edwards.
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Newcastle coach Nathan Brown has launched an impassioned plea for Trent Hodkinson to retain his NSW No.7 jersey, saying he’s to not blame because of their dire predicament.
It’s tough to tell if Hodkinson did enough to hold on to his spot in Blues coach Laurie Daley’s line up for your June 1 series opener, after the mixed performance inside Knights’ 20-12 NRL loss to West Tigers on Saturday.
While he scored a vital try to claw his side back into the game before halftime, his opportunities were few in number.
Hodkinson is the NSW halfback for your last two series however his selection is really a gamble after failing to ignite the last-placed Knights since moving to your Hunter from Canterbury this season.
However Brown suggested his charge’s name must be read out when Daley names his side on Monday and said he was the sort of player that flourished around a great team.
“I’ve stated it before, Trent’s playing in the team that’s got plenty of young kids within it and very inexperienced,” Brown said.
“It can be far easier playing for NSW than playing for Newcastle in the minute with the situation we’re in.”
The jostle for that NSW halfback spot can be a race between three with South Sydney’s Adam Reynolds and Sydney Roosters’ Mitchell Pearce all in contention.
It has been difficult to gauge Hodkinson’s form through the entire first 11 weeks, and further clouding Daley’s thinking could be the fact that the 27-year-old missed the week prior caused by a recurring knee injury.
Hodkinson has battled the problem to the last several years and will have in all probability to manage it for your rest of his career.
However he explained he felt fit and refreshed after missing last week’s 62-0 spanking in the hands of Cronulla.
“It felt better today, getting the week off. I was nice and refreshed and I felt as though it had been one of my better games for that Knights,” Hodkinson said.
“But my focus has arrived and not on Origin.”
Knights: 1 Jake Mamo 2 Cory Denniss 3 Sione Mata’utia 4 Nathan Ross 5 Akuila Uate 6 Jaelen Feeney 7 Trent Hodkinson 8 Sam Mataora 9 Danny Levi 10 Daniel Saifiti 11 Tariq Sims 12 Pauli Pauli 13 Jeremy Smith. Interchange: 14 Tyler Randell 15 Korbin Sims 16 Joshua King 17 Mickey Paea 18 David Bhana 19 Pat Mata’utia.
Eels: 1 Michael Gordon, 2 Semi Radradra, 3 Vai Afu Toutai, 4 Bradley Takairangi, 5 Clinton Gutherson, 6 Corey Norman, 7 Kieran Foran, 8 Junior Paulo, 9 Isaac De Gois, 10 Danny Wicks, 11 Manu Ma’u, 12 Beau Scott, 13 Tepai Moeroa. Interchange: 14 Kaysa Pritchard, 15 Peni Terepo, 16 David Gower, 17 Kenneth Edwards.
News:
Newcastle coach Nathan Brown has launched an impassioned plea for Trent Hodkinson to retain his NSW No.7 jersey, saying he’s to not blame because of their dire predicament.
It’s tough to tell if Hodkinson did enough to hold on to his spot in Blues coach Laurie Daley’s line up for your June 1 series opener, after the mixed performance inside Knights’ 20-12 NRL loss to West Tigers on Saturday.
While he scored a vital try to claw his side back into the game before halftime, his opportunities were few in number.
Hodkinson is the NSW halfback for your last two series however his selection is really a gamble after failing to ignite the last-placed Knights since moving to your Hunter from Canterbury this season.
However Brown suggested his charge’s name must be read out when Daley names his side on Monday and said he was the sort of player that flourished around a great team.
“I’ve stated it before, Trent’s playing in the team that’s got plenty of young kids within it and very inexperienced,” Brown said.
“It can be far easier playing for NSW than playing for Newcastle in the minute with the situation we’re in.”
The jostle for that NSW halfback spot can be a race between three with South Sydney’s Adam Reynolds and Sydney Roosters’ Mitchell Pearce all in contention.
It has been difficult to gauge Hodkinson’s form through the entire first 11 weeks, and further clouding Daley’s thinking could be the fact that the 27-year-old missed the week prior caused by a recurring knee injury.
Hodkinson has battled the problem to the last several years and will have in all probability to manage it for your rest of his career.
However he explained he felt fit and refreshed after missing last week’s 62-0 spanking in the hands of Cronulla.
“It felt better today, getting the week off. I was nice and refreshed and I felt as though it had been one of my better games for that Knights,” Hodkinson said.
“But my focus has arrived and not on Origin.”
