City v Country, Friday 12th May

[kamma]

City v Country
Friday 12th May 2006
APEX OVAL, Dubbo
7.30pm

City
1. Brett Hodgson (Tigers)
2. David Simmons (Sharks)
3. Luke Lewis (Panthers)
4. Matt Geyer (Storm)
5. Luke Rooney (Panthers)
6. Craig Gower (Panthers) (c)
7. Matt Orford (Sea Eagles)
8. Jason King (Sea Eagles)
9. Robbie Farah (Tigers)
10. Joel Clinton (Panthers)
11. Trent Waterhouse (Panthers)
12. Lance Thompson (Sharks)
13. Braith Anasta (Roosters)

Interchange:
14. Craig Wing (Roosters)
15. John Skandalis (Tigers)
16. Paul Gallen (Sharks)
17. Ryan Hoffman (Storm)


Country
1. Ben Hornby (Dragons) from Corrimal
2. Amos Roberts (Roosters) from Kempsey
3. Chris Hicks (Sea Eagles) from Taree
4. Adam MacDougall (Rabbitohs) from Coffs Harbour
5. Anthony Quinn (Knights) from Newcastle
6. Kurt Gidley (Knights) from Newcastle
7. Brett Finch (Roosters) from Maitland
8. Mitchell Sargent (Cowboys) from Canowindra
9. Luke Priddis (Panthers) from Woden
10. Brent Kite (Sea Eagles) from Queanbeyan
11. Andrew Ryan (c) (Bulldogs) from Dubbo
12. Ben Creagh (Dragons) from Wollongong
13. Craig Fitzgibbon (Roosters) from Dapto

Interchange:
14. Preston Campbell (Panthers) from Inverell
15. Dean Widders (Eels) from Armidale
16. Anthony Laffranchi (Tigers)
17. Brett White (Storm) from Cooma

http://www.nrl.com.au/News/Latest/NewsArticle/tabid/76/NewsId/1080/Default.aspx

City looks the better team. Win by about 2 tries.

Coverage: I think it is on Channel Nine.?

 

[akazie]

Not bad teams.

1 from Souths starting.
1 from the eels bench
0 from the Raiders who are a country team that just belted the eels and are sitting nicely on the ladder?

Whats going on?

No wonder the crowd support is down for the Raiders, ARL give the Raiders nothing.

Only decent thing is it's being played in Dubbo, should be a good crowd and money spinner for the city.

The ratings for this will suck in Qld, hehe, maybe the AFL ratings have a chance to crow for a week.

 

[Red_and_white]

So what are you guys? Country boys (or girls) or city slickers.

Me, I'm country.

 

[akazie]

Country.

Cities are over-rated.

 

[Philhawk]

I'm a City folk, but i'll be going definitely for Country. Bellamy and Brett White.

C'arn the Storm!

 

[nswfooty]

Haha I live in the country but go for city, it s alot of ppl to

 

[pies75]

I'm a melbourne person. Is it just me or is there a rep game every five minutes in this sport?

 

[charliemurphy]

I'm a melbourne person. Is it just me or is there a rep game every five minutes in this sport?

Not every five minutes, but at least there are rep games to be played!

I beleive city v country is irrelevent these days in the NRL... But thats one good thing about League there are rep games, you are able to see the best players playing with and against each other...

Rep games Aussies are involved in

ANZAC Test
City v Country
3 State of Origins
Tri Nations - AUS GB NZ
Tour Matches such as PNG, USA, France etc
World

 

[babyg]

Pretty useless without the test players. The best thing about this trial game is watching two guys competing for the same position completely hammering each other all night long. Spud Carrol v Paul Harrigan

 

[copa]

Country!

This game is great for the country towns who get to host it each year. The grounds aren't the biggest or the best but the locals love to go to see the game.

 

[copa]

Not every five minutes, but at least there are rep games to be played!

I beleive city v country is irrelevent these days in the NRL... But thats one good thing about League there are rep games, you are able to see the best players playing with and against each other...

Rep games Aussies are involved in

ANZAC Test
City v Country
3 State of Origins
Tri Nations - AUS GB NZ
Tour Matches such as PNG, USA, France etc
World

and the Australia 'a" and prime ministers select teams which played internationals last year.

In recent years there was also an ANZAC team against Cumbria which included non-first team players for NZ and OZ who were hangers on for the tri-nations tour in 2004.

The jersey was split down the middle.. half kiwi, half kangaroos.. even for the shorts.

 

[Therbs]

That Cumbria game was a smart move - gave the guys from both squads a chance to have a fun run. It was a nice addition to the tour schedule.

 

[copa]

That Cumbria game was a smart move - gave the guys from both squads a chance to have a fun run. It was a nice addition to the tour schedule.

I listened to the call of the match via a Cumbrian radio station's online broadcast.

Bit different to how they call a game here.. was a lot more relaxed.

 

[nswfooty]

Country!

This game is great for the country towns who get to host it each year. The grounds aren't the biggest or the best but the locals love to go to see the game.

Apex Oval has a brilliant new grandstand, used to be a bunch of wooden steps lol

 

[Calthorpe14]

I go 4 city because Bellamy and White play 4 country . Nah jkn, im a Qld supporter so stuff city vs country

 

[starz]

I'm going for City, Orford and Gower will be too hot to handle.

 

[sportznut]

Like most other Queenslanders, I rate this 9.5 out of 10 on the "Who cares?" scale. What a complete waste of time.

 

[copa]

Like most other Queenslanders, I rate this 9.5 out of 10 on the "Who cares?" scale. What a complete waste of time.

Why doesn't Qld have one of its own that we can all watch on the tele?

 

[Alkaline]

Country by 2 points. The final score was 10-12

 

[samiam]

Why doesn't Qld have one of its own that we can all watch on the tele?

They do. It is on June 24th in Cloncurry this year. It won't be televised, but when has been played in Brisbane in recent years the ABC has done so.

http://www.qrl.com.au/display.php?pg_id=1139

 

[copa]

good result.


Nice little ground too.

That stand looked quality.