2021 NRL – Manly Sea Eagles vs St. George Illawarra Dragons Preview & Prediction
THE FACTS
When is Manly Sea Eagles vs St. George Illawarra Dragons taking place? Friday 16th July, 2021 – 11:05 (UK)
Where is Manly Sea Eagles vs St. George Illawarra Dragons taking place? Cbus Super Stadium, Gold Coast
Where can I get tickets for Manly Sea Eagles vs St. George Illawarra Dragons? Click here for ticket information on 2021 NRL matches
What channel is Manly Sea Eagles vs St. George Illawarra Dragons on? Sky Sports Arena will be televising selected NRL games in the UK and you can find their schedule here. For Australian broadcasters, you can find a list here
Where can I stream Manly Sea Eagles vs St. George Illawarra Dragons? If televised on Sky Sports, then subscribers will be able to stream the match live via Sky Go. Alternatively, the match will be available to subscribers of Watch NRL
THE TEAM NEWS
MANLY SEA EAGLES
Starting 13: Garrick, Saab, Parker, Harper, Suli, Foran, Cherry-Evans, Paseka, Croker, Taupau, Olakau’atu, Schuster, Keppie – Interchanges: Walker, Lawton, De Luis, Sipley – Reserves: Funa, Cust
Unavailable: Manase Fainu (Suspended), Andrew Davey (Injured), Morgan Boyle (Injured), Josh Aloiai (Injured), Zac Saddler (Injured), Curtis Sironen (Injured), Jake Trbojevic (Injured), Tom Trbojevic (Rested)
- Manly Sea Eagles’ top four hopes suffered a huge blow as they were on the end of a shock loss to Canberra Raiders last week with Manly unable to overcome the loss of Origin pair Tom Trbojevic and Daly Cherry-Evans.
- The former will once again be missing as he is rested following his efforts for New South Wales on Wednesday but the Sea Eagles will believe that they can respond as they aim to put their first loss in four games behind them.
ST. GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS
Starting 13: Sloan, Ramsey, Bird, Wiliame, Beale, Norman, B. Hunt, Lawrie, McCullough, de Belin, Kerr, Sims, Ford – Interchanges: Faamausili, Taunoa-Brown, McGuire, Burns – Reserves: Clune, J. Hunt
Unavailable: Cameron McInnes (Injured), Zac Lomax (Isolating), Matt Dufty (Suspended), Tyrell Fuimaono (Injured), Kaide Ellis (Suspended), Daniel Alvaro (Isolating)
- St. George Illawarra Dragons made it back-to-back wins by edging New Zealand Warriors in Golden Point but the joy of their superb fightback was short-lived as a major COVID-19 breach by many of the club’s players overshadowed that success.
- Paul Vaughan was sacked a result of the party that he organised while a further 12 players will serve one-match bans across four rounds with Matt Dufty, Tyrell Fuimaono and Kaide Ellis selected to sit out this contest.
THE PREDICTION
St. George Illawarra Dragons have been in the headlines for all the
wrong reasons since their dramatic win over New Zealand Warriors and
they will be eager to attempt to put things right on the field as they
take on Many Sea Eagles. The ill-fated party which cost Paul Vaughan his
job has had far-reaching ramifications on the club and they must pay
the price by sitting out some players in each of their next four
matches. That could impact their chances of making it seven wins from
eight matches against Manly and while the Sea Eagles are missing key man
Tom Trbojevic, they will be desperate to respond to last week’s shock
loss to Canberra Raiders by getting back on track here. The top four may
well be beyond them now but they will at least look to stay in the hunt
and they can do just that by winning this by 13+ points.
