NSW Cup & Jersey Flegg Round 16 Preview

Author: Raiders.com.au
Timestamp: Thu 30 Jun 2022, 09:49 AM

The Raiders NSW Cup and Jersey Flegg sides take on the St George Illawarra Dragons this Sunday in round 16 action.

The NSW Cup side will be looking to continue their run of form when they face the Dragons at WIN Stadium in Wollongong on Sunday.

The Raiders have won their last three games including impressive victories over the Newtown Jets and Penrith Panthers, who both sit inside the top four.

The green machine currently sit in sixth place on the ladder, and will want to keep their spot firmly in the top eight with a win this weekend.

There have been a couple of changes to the side ahead of Sunday's clash with the Dragons. Utuloa Asomua returns to the side on the wing, after a great performance in the Under 19s origin match last weekend where he scored a double for NSW.

Matt Frawley will partner Brad Schneider in the halves, with Joshua James dropping back to the bench.

Peter Hola will start as prop and Trey Mooney comes back into the side in the second row.

Albert Hopoate has been named on the wing again, and will be looking to back up his stellar performance against the Knights in round 15. Hopoate scored four tries, ran for 266 metres and recorded three linebreaks and seven tackle breaks.

The Raiders take on Dragons side with plenty of NRL experience and many danger players across the park, including Tyrell Sloan, Jonathon Reuben, George Burgess and Max Feagai.

The battle between the backrow will be a big one in this game, with Corey Harawira-Naera, Harry Rushton and Trey Mooney coming up against Jack Gosiewski, Jackson Ford and Tyrell Fuimaono.

Gosiewski had a great performance last round, with 134 run metres, 41 post contact metres, a try assist, three tackle breaks and a line-break assist.

St George Illawarra suffered a last minute 41-40 loss to the Mounties last round, so will want to bounce back this weekend.

The Dragons currently sit in eight spot on the ladder, six points behind the Raiders.

The clash will kick off at 1:40pm at WIN Stadium in Wollongong before the Raiders v Dragons NRL match at 4pm.

Round 16 - Round 16 - Sunday 3 Jul

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Dragons

Raiders

Team Lists

Backs

Fullback for Dragons is number 1 Tyrell Sloan

Fullback for Raiders is number 1 Elijah Anderson
Winger for Dragons is number 2 Alexander Lobb

Winger for Raiders is number 2 Utuloa Asomua
Centre for Dragons is number 4 Max Feagai

Centre for Raiders is number 3 Mitchell Spencer
Centre for Dragons is number 19 Tautau Moga

Centre for Raiders is number 4 Semi Valemei
Winger for Dragons is number 3 Ethan Clark-wood

Winger for Raiders is number 5 Albert Hopoate
Five-Eighth for Dragons is number 6 Zach Herring
Halfback for Dragons is number 18 Jayden Sullivan

Halfback for Raiders is number 7 Matt Frawley

Forwards

Prop for Dragons is number 20 Josh Kerr

Prop for Raiders is number 8 Peter Hola
Hooker for Dragons is number 9 Connor Muhleisen

Hooker for Raiders is number 9 Adrian Trevilyan
Prop for Dragons is number 22 Jaiyden Hunt

Prop for Raiders is number 10 Ata Mariota
2nd Row for Dragons is number 11 Jack Gosiewski

2nd Row for Raiders is number 11 Trey Mooney
2nd Row for Dragons is number 21 Billy Burns

2nd Row for Raiders is number 12 Corey Harawira-Naera
Lock for Dragons is number 13 Tyrell Fuimaono

Lock for Raiders is number 13 Harry Rushton

Interchange

Interchange for Dragons is number 8 Poasa Faamausili

Interchange for Raiders is number 14 Joshua James
Interchange for Dragons is number 12 Jackson Ford

Interchange for Raiders is number 15 Joshua BAKER
Interchange for Dragons is number 14 Joshua CORIC

Interchange for Raiders is number 16 Juwan Compain
Interchange for Dragons is number 23 Declan Purcell

Interchange for Raiders is number 17 Jordan Martin

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The Raiders Jersey Flegg side also take on the Dragons this weekend, kicking off at 11:30am on Sunday at Collegians Sporting Complex, Wollongong.

The Raiders side is on a two game wining streak after impressive victories over the higher placed Panthers and Knights.

The Flegg side face a tough match against the second placed Dragons side this weekend but have shown in recent weeks that they can match it with the top sides.

Sione Vuki has been named at fullback, with Noah Ryan partnering Thomas Casey in the halves.

Centre Josh Billing and Casey have both scored six tries each so far this year and will be looking to add to their try-scoring tallies this weekend.

The Dragons are coming off the back of a 38-12 win over the Victoria Thunderbolts last round and have won their last five games in a row.