Darius Boyd Wing..................... Matt Cooper Centre
Neville Costigan Second Row.... Ben Creagh Lock
Nick Emmett Centre .................Daniel Fepuleai Hooker
Mathew Head Halfback............... Ben Hornby Fullback
Dan Hunt Prop........................... Brett Morris Wing
Jason Nightingale Wing................ Mickey Paea Second Row
Justin Poore Prop........................ Luke Priddis Hooker
Matt Prior Second Row................. Alex Ranieri Prop
Jarrod Saffy Second Row ..............Wendell Sailor Wing
Beau Scott Second Row................ Jeremy Smith Second Row
Jamie Soward Halfback .................Chase Stanley Centre
Ricky Thorby Prop......................... Michael Weyman Prop
Dean Young Lock/Hooker

COACH.wayne bennent

If I can offer a weakness, it is at prop. Considering Weyman is so injury and suspension prone, you're left with Poore and Hunt as experienced first-graders and Hunt is really still only borderline experienced.

Other than that, it looks good.

saints lose their 2 best players last year and end up with a heaps better team.

thats bennett.

hooker was a big weakness and priddis is a massive signing

saints were close to getting tonie carroll too.

lots of backs and chase stanley can play centre or in the forwards.

Good squad that but the props look weak without Ryles.

we are going too play ball this year

Look forward to watching them, there going to be a much improved tea. They look pretty dam good on paper....

weyman, jeremy smith for the price of ryles?

he had a good season last year but directly cost saints a couple of games.

if you saw what he didnt against cronulla at homebush the guy is a dead set dope

Smith isn't a prop.

Jeremy Smith is a back rower.

world cup winner

and our coach

In brighter news for the Panthers, the club is the equal favourite, with St George Illawarra, to snare Todd Carney to a long-term deal from the 2010 season onwards. It is understood the banished former Canberra Raiders playmaker will make a bid to play for the NSW Cup feeder side of whatever NRL club he joins. www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/s ... 23,00.html

In brighter news for the Panthers, the club is the equal favourite, with St George Illawarra, to snare Todd Carney to a long-term deal from the 2010 season onwards. It is understood the banished former Canberra Raiders playmaker will make a bid to play for the NSW Cup feeder side of whatever NRL club he joins. www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/s ... 23,00.html

BRETT MORRIS, Neville Costigan, Mathew Head and Mickey Paea have missed out on St George Illawarra's first NRL team under Wayne Bennett for Friday night's season opener against Melbourne at Olympic Park. Australian World Cup star Darius Boyd, who followed Bennett from Brisbane to the Dragons, has won the fullback spot ahead of Morris and Kiwi international Jason Nightingale, who will start on the wing. Having already placed his trust in Ben Hornby to lead the Dragons as captain and halfback, Bennett named Boyd at fullback - thrusting teenage talent Chase Stanley into the centres. However, the former Broncos flyer revealed his shift to fullback was not necessarily permanent. www.leaguehq.com.au/news/news/be ... 08948.html

BRETT MORRIS, Neville Costigan, Mathew Head and Mickey Paea have missed out on St George Illawarra's first NRL team under Wayne Bennett for Friday night's season opener against Melbourne at Olympic Park. Australian World Cup star Darius Boyd, who followed Bennett from Brisbane to the Dragons, has won the fullback spot ahead of Morris and Kiwi international Jason Nightingale, who will start on the wing. Having already placed his trust in Ben Hornby to lead the Dragons as captain and halfback, Bennett named Boyd at fullback - thrusting teenage talent Chase Stanley into the centres. However, the former Broncos flyer revealed his shift to fullback was not necessarily permanent. www.leaguehq.com.au/news/news/be ... 08948.html

Very good squad.

Big fan of Darius Boyd.

This would have been my side

1. Ben Hornby ©
2. Jason Nightingale
3. Wendell Sailor
4. Matt Cooper
5. Brett Morris
6. Jamie Soward
7. Matthew Head
8. Justin Poore
9. Luke Priddis
10. Michael Weyman
11. Beau Scott
12. Ben Creagh
13. Dean Young

14. Jeremy Smith
15. Darius Boyd
16. Neville Costigan
17. Mickey Paea


Reserves

Jarrod Saffy
Matt Prior
Dan Hunt
Nick Emmett
Dean Whare

No Soward ?

thought he was playing 6 and hornby at 7

Me too but footy fever doesn't seem to think so. 6. Hornby 7. Head

no. head missed out

as i thought

i fear about tomorrow mate.

think storm by more than 10.

as long as saints keep it close ill be more than pleased and theyll smash the titans next week at the gong

The biggest problem as I see it is Priddis - he is 3 years past his best. Hooker is such a key position if the Dragons are to prosper they need a better solution at 9 than Priddis

yes because when woolford was there he was such a great contributor.

STORM: Billy Slater, Steve Turner, Will Chambers, Willie Isa, Anthony Quinn, Greg Inglis, Cooper Cronk, Jeff Lima, Cameron Smith (capt), Adam Blair, Sika Manu, Ryan Hoffman, Dallas Johnson. Interchange: Ryan Hinchcliffe, Kevin Proctor, Aiden Tolman, Brett White.

DRAGONS: Darius Boyd, Jason Nightingale, Chase Stanley, Matt Cooper, Wendell Sailor, Jamie Soward, Ben Hornby (capt), Justin Poore, Dean Young, Michael Weyman, Beau Scott, Ben Creagh, Jeremy Smith. Interchange: Dan Hunt, Matt Prior, Luke Priddis, Jarrod Saffy

Referees: Tony Archer, Gavin Badger

dont like young at hooker, he should go to lock, pridis at hooker.

and stanley in the centres?

why did he drop morris.

no room for morris

round 3 at kogarah is the big one.

hope my cousin got me a season ticket.

he upgraded to a corporate box and didnt offer me one the bludger.