Written by Oliver Kellner-Dunk
Saturday, 3rd of July, 5:30 pm, Round 16, GIO Stadium, Canberra, Knights vs Cowboys NRL Match Fixture
Newcastle scraped out a win against the Warriors last week but must improve if they are to beat the Cowboys, who could move into the top eight with a win in this one, the Cowboys will need to turn up as the Knights will be hard to stop as they play another round with Mitchell Pearce in their halves and Ponga returns to fullback.
Players In | No | Players In |
---|---|---|
Jirah Momoisea | 1 | Connelly Lemuelu |
Kalyn Ponga | 2 | Corey Jensen |
Phoenix Crossland | 3 | Heilum Luki |
Simi Sasagi | 4 | Peter Hola |
Team Lineups
KNIGHTS | VS | COWBOYS |
---|---|---|
Kalyn Ponga | 1 | Valentine Holmes |
Dominic Young | 2 | Kyle Feldt |
Kurt Mann | 3 | Javid Bowen |
Enari Tuala | 4 | Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow |
Hymel Hunt | 5 | Murray Taulagi |
Jake Clifford | 6 | Scott Drinkwater |
Mitchell Pearce | 7 | Tom Dearden |
Jacob Saifiti | 8 | Coen Hess |
(C) Jayden Brailey | 9 | Reece Robson |
Daniel Saifiti | 10 | Jordan McLean |
Mitchell Barnett | 11 | Shane Wright |
Lachlan Fitzgibbon | 12 | Mitchell Dunn |
Sauso Sue | 13 | (C) Jason Taumalolo |
Connor Watson | 14 | Jake Granville |
David Klemmer | 15 | Lachlan Burr |
Josh King | 16 | Francis Molo |
Brodie Jones | 17 | Heilum Luki |
Jack Johns | 18 | Peter Hola |
Phoenix Crossland | 19 | Daejarn Asi |
Simi Sasagi | 20 | Connelly Lemuelu |
Jirah Momoisea | 21 | Corey Jensen |
Coaches
Knights | Adam O’Brien
Cowboys | Todd Payten
LAST TIME THEY MET
Knights vs Cowboys! The last time these two met, the Cowboys were successful in conquering the Knights 36-20.
ERL CURRENT TIPPING RATE
69%
ERL PREDICTION
Newcastle Knights by 8.
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