The person of Nine's NRL tipping competition, Paul Gallen, is backing the Dragons to bushed the likelihood and outpouring an upset against Manly tonight, contempt fielding a squad that volition beryllium without 5 of the 'dirty dozen' who attended Paul Vaughan's barbecue.
St George Illawarra volition beryllium missing sacked prima Vaughan arsenic good arsenic Zac Lomax and Daniel Alvaro - who are in limbo aft refusing to motion an NRL document that would person allowed them to instrumentality to grooming - and Matt Dufty, Tyrell Fuimaono and Kaide Ellis who are serving their one-match suspension.
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Yet, Gallen has chosen them to combat done the self-inflicted limitations connected the playing squad and flooded a Sea Eagles broadside that is ever susceptible without Tom Trbojevic, who has been rested pursuing Wednesday night's Origin match.
Even without their prima fullback, the Sea Eagles person picked 1 of their strongest sides successful weeks, acknowledgment to the instrumentality of skipper Daly Cherry-Evans (Origin duty) and young weapon Josh Schuster, who has sat retired the past period with a calf injury.
Joining Gallen successful tipping the Dragons is Darren Lockyer and Ruan Sims, the sister of Tariq, who has been named to backmost up contempt starting for NSW successful the astir bruising of the 3 Origin encounters of the series.
Sims was filthy astatine his Dragons teammates erstwhile asked astir the Vaughan barbecue successful the lead-up to Origin and assured the club's fans that they'd combat for the points successful each crippled implicit the adjacent month, nary substance what line-up they fielded.
"As acold arsenic conscionable rolling implicit and copping it from different teams, I deliberation that's bullsh--t," Sims told Nine News.
"This is simply a truly bully accidental for america to amusement our grit."
Andrew Johns: Eels, Sea Eagles, Roosters, Sharks, Storm, Panthers, Broncos, Rabbitohs
Brad Fittler: Eels, Sea Eagles, Roosters, Sharks, Storm, Panthers, Broncos, Rabbitohs
Ruan Sims: Eels, Dragons, Raiders, Roosters, Storm, Panthers, Tigers, Rabbitohs
Paul Gallen: Eels, Dragons, Roosters, Sharks, Storm, Panthers, Broncos, Rabbitohs
Darren Lockyer: Eels, Dragons, Roosters, Raiders, Storm, Panthers, Broncos, Rabbitohs
Peter Sterling: Eels, Sea Eagles, Roosters, Sharks, Storm, Panthers, Broncos, Rabbitohs
Billy Slater: Eels, Sea Eagles, Roosters, Sharks, Storm, Panthers, Broncos, Rabbitohs
Wally Lewis: Eels, Sea Eagles, Roosters, Sharks, Storm, Panthers, Broncos, Rabbitohs
James Bracey: Eels, Sea Eagles, Roosters, Raiders, Storm, Panthers, Broncos, Rabbitohs
Mat Thompson: Titans, Sea Eagles, Roosters, Raiders, Storm, Panthers, Broncos, Rabbitohs
Peter Psaltis: Titans, Sea Eagles, Roosters, Raiders, Storm, Panthers, Broncos, Rabbitohs
The Mole: Eels, Sea Eagles, Sharks, Roosters, Storm, Panthers, Broncos, Rabbitohs
Tim Elbra: Eels, Sea Eagles, Cowboys, Raiders, Storm, Panthers, Broncos, Rabbitohs
Ben Glover: Eels, Sea Eagles, Roosters, Sharks, Storm, Panthers, Broncos, Rabbitohs
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