{"id":370962,"date":"2024-02-27T04:01:39","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T05:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=370962"},"modified":"2024-02-27T06:02:27","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T06:02:27","slug":"vegas-teams-huge-call-as-roosters-axe-origin-gun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=370962","title":{"rendered":"Vegas teams: Huge call as Roosters axe Origin gun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/angus-crichton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"\">Angus Crichton<\/a> \ufeffhas been mysteriously left out of the <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/sydney-roosters\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Roosters\">Roosters<\/a> side to face the <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/brisbane-broncos\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Broncos\">Broncos<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/las-vegas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Las Vegas<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Crichton came off the bench in the Roosters&#x27; 36-22 victory over the Sea Eagles in the first week of the Pre-Season Challenge and has been a regular in the 17 since he first arrived in Bondi in a high profile move from the Rabbitohs after the 2018 season.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, Broncos veteran <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/corey-oates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Corey Oates<\/a> said late last year <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/news-2023-brisbane-broncos-corey-oates-signs-one-year-contract\/c202758c-235a-403c-b68e-0bbe5249c06e\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"in a club statement announcing he had signed a new one-year deal\">in a club statement announcing he had signed a new one-year deal<\/a> he wanted to prove he &quot;still had it&quot;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/news-2024-the-mole-reece-walsh-corey-parker-comments-brisbane-broncos\/d2062f4a-0822-42ac-a0e3-339d915b8b0c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Broncos legend serves Walsh brutal reality check<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/news-2024-phil-gould-exclusive-luke-brooks-manly-sea-eagles-wests-tigers-signing\/ad288ca1-2965-47db-8c9d-b48d24218c3e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>The Gus chat that helped convince Brooks to leave<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/news-2024-penrith-panthers-billy-slater-exclusive-prediction-stephen-crichton-nathan-cleary\/237d9548-b44e-4f5a-8020-d74c17b376c6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Slater&#x27;s fear for Panthers after &#x27;creativity&#x27; lost<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But he will have to wait at least until he&#x27;s back on Australian shores for a chance to do that, having been overlooked by coach <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/kevin-walters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kevin Walters<\/a> to play on the wing against the Roosters.<\/p>\n<p>Deine Mariner has instead been given the nod.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"cec1b6c1-0b6c-4a65-9a5f-6e15cb56e018\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/cec1b6c1-0b6c-4a65-9a5f-6e15cb56e018\" alt=\"SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 02: Angus Crichton during the round 25 NRL match between the Sydney Roosters and the South Sydney Rabbitohs at Allianz Stadium, on September 02, 2022, in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Cameron Spencer\/Getty Images)\" data-width=\"2941\" data-height=\"1655\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Red Hill veteran had a shocking run with injury through 2023 and played just nine matches. Although fit, Oates was overlooked for the Broncos&#x27; finals campaign in favour of Jesse Arthars.<\/p>\n<p>Oates was heavily linked to a move to the Knights at the end of last season after he felt &quot;disrespected&quot; by the Broncos initial offer, before signing a one-year deal in November.<\/p>\n<h3>Sunday | Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas (Times in AEDT)<\/h3>\n<p><strong>1.30pm\ufeff &#8211; Manly Sea Eagles vs South Sydney Rabbitohs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SEA EAGLES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1.<\/strong> Tom Trbojevic <strong>2.<\/strong> Jason Saab <strong>3.<\/strong> Tolutau Koula <strong>4.<\/strong> Reuben Garrick <strong>5.<\/strong> Jaxson Paulo <strong>6.<\/strong> Luke Brooks <strong>7.<\/strong> Daly Cherry-Evans <strong>8.<\/strong> Taniela Paseka <strong>9.<\/strong> Lachlan Croker <strong>10.<\/strong> Josh Aloiai <strong>11.<\/strong> Haumole Olakau&#x27;atu <strong>12.<\/strong> Ben Trbojevic <strong>13.<\/strong> Jake Trbojevic <strong>14.<\/strong> Karl Lawton <strong>15.<\/strong> Corey Waddell <strong>16.<\/strong> Ethan Bullemor <strong>17.<\/strong> Nathan Brown <strong>18.<\/strong> Jakob Arthur <strong>19.<\/strong> Raymond Tuiamalo Vaega <strong>20.<\/strong> Aaron Woods <strong>21.<\/strong> Tommy Talau <strong>22.<\/strong> Brad Parker<\/p>\n<p><strong>RABBITOHS\ufeff<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1.<\/strong> Latrell Mitchell <strong>2.<\/strong> Alex Johnston <strong>3.<\/strong> Isaiah Tass <strong>4.<\/strong> Richard Kennar <strong>5.<\/strong> Jacob Gagai <strong>6.<\/strong> Cody Walker <strong>7.<\/strong> Lachlan Ilias <strong>8.<\/strong> Tevita Tatola <strong>9.<\/strong> Damien Cook <strong>10.<\/strong> Sean Keppie <strong>11.<\/strong> Keaon Koloamatangi <strong>12.<\/strong> Jai Arrow <strong>13.<\/strong> Cameron Murray <strong>14.<\/strong> Siliva Havili <strong>15.<\/strong> Jacob Host <strong>16.<\/strong> Davvy Moale <strong>17.<\/strong> Thomas Burgess <strong>18.<\/strong> Tallis Duncan <strong>19.<\/strong> Michael Chee Kam <strong>20.<\/strong> Shaquai Mitchell <strong>21.<\/strong> Peter Mamouzelos <strong>24.<\/strong> Dean Hawkins<\/p>\n<p><strong>Referee:<\/strong> Ashley Klein\ufeff<\/p>\n<p><img data-video-id=\"6347714635112\" src=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/cte.png\" alt=\"Wally launches new CTE awareness campaign\" data-vms-id=\"ref:clt3qrvxz00080gqkk7at7p0w\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>ANALYSIS:<\/strong> As expected, Luke Brooks has been picked to make his Manly debut at No.6 alongside Daly Cherry-Evans. It&#x27;ll be the first time they&#x27;ve ever played together, having not even had a trial to commence their halves partnership. Fellow off-season recruits Nathan Brown and Jaxson Paulo have also been picked to make their club debuts. Tom Trbojevic will also play his first game since round 15 last year.<\/p>\n<p>For the Bunnies, Cody Walker is in the side after missing the All Stars game with a calf injury. Interestingly, Sean Keppie will make his Souths debut as starting prop against his old side. Keppie was in and out of Manly&#x27;s 17 for much of 2023, but has clearly impressed in preseason. Jacob Gagai will also make his NRL debut after the club successfully applied to have his one-match ban from last year&#x27;s State Championship applied for the All Star match.\ufeff<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Watch the 2024 NRL premiership live and free on Nine and<\/strong><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.9now.com.au\/nrl-premiership?ocid=nine.com.au-9now-a19594-nrlpremiership&amp;_branch_match_id=1171248026869991093&amp;_branch_referrer=H4sIAAAAAAAAA8soKSkottLXt8zLL9dLLCjQy8nMy9b3c%2Fdw8g7MDitPTQIA0zCY0SEAAAA%3D\" title=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>9Now<\/strong><\/em><\/a><em><strong>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><img data-video-id=\"6347413252112\" src=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/tn-abdo.png\" alt=\"NRL boss responds to Las Vegas drug warning\" data-vms-id=\"ref:clsxtt2ir000n0hqzaxef4e9p\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>3.30pm &#8211; \ufeffSydney Roosters vs Brisbane Broncos<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>ROOSTERS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1.<\/strong> James Tedesco <strong>2.<\/strong> Daniel Tupou <strong>3.<\/strong> Billy Smith <strong>4.<\/strong> Joseph Manu <strong>5.<\/strong> Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii <strong>6.<\/strong> Luke Keary <strong>7.<\/strong> Sam Walker <strong>8.<\/strong> Spencer Leniu <strong>9.<\/strong> Brandon Smith <strong>10.<\/strong> Lindsay Collins <strong>11.<\/strong> Siua Wong <strong>12.<\/strong> Sitili Tupouniua <strong>13.<\/strong> Victor Radley <strong>14.<\/strong> Sandon Smith <strong>15.<\/strong> Naufahu Whyte <strong>16.<\/strong> Nat Butcher <strong>17.<\/strong> Terrell May <strong>18.<\/strong> Fetalaiga Pauga <strong>19.<\/strong> Angus Crichton <strong>20.<\/strong> Egan Butcher <strong>21.<\/strong> Zach Dockar-Clay <strong>22.<\/strong> Connor Watson<\/p>\n<p><strong>BRONCOS\ufeff<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1.<\/strong> Reece Walsh <strong>2.<\/strong> Jesse Arthars <strong>3.<\/strong> Kotoni Staggs <strong>4.<\/strong> Selwyn Cobbo <strong>5.<\/strong> Deine Mariner <strong>6.<\/strong> Ezra Mam <strong>7.<\/strong> Adam Reynolds <strong>8.<\/strong> Corey Jensen <strong>9.<\/strong> Billy Walters <strong>10.<\/strong> Payne Haas <strong>11.<\/strong> Brendan Piakura <strong>12.<\/strong> Jordan Riki <strong>13.<\/strong> Patrick Carrigan <strong>14.<\/strong> Tyson Smoothy <strong>15.<\/strong> Fletcher Baker <strong>16.<\/strong> Kobe Hetherington <strong>17.<\/strong> Xavier Willison <strong>18.<\/strong> Corey Oates <strong>19.<\/strong> Jock Madden <strong>20.<\/strong> Tristan Sailor <strong>21.<\/strong> Martin Taupau <strong>22.<\/strong> Jaiyden Hunt<\/p>\n<p><strong>Referee:<\/strong> Adam Gee\ufeff<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"26a4ed1d-173e-48f1-964f-0f8c603444d6\" src=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/26a4ed1d-173e-48f1-964f-0f8c603444d6\" alt=\"Corey Oates.\" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>ANALYSIS:<\/strong> For the Roosters, Angus Crichton has been mysteriously left out, named in the reserves alongside Connor Watson, who was overlooked on his return from injury in favour of Sandon Smith. Elsewhere, Spencer Leniu has slotted straight into the Chooks starting lineup in the front row. With Dom Young out injured, Joseph Suaalii will play on the wing with Billy Smith at centre.<\/p>\n<p>Having been overlooked for the 2023 finals series in favour of Jesse Arthars, Corey Oates was once again overlooked on the wing \u2013 this time in favour of Deine Mariner. Selwyn Cobbo has moved into the centres and Brendan Piakura has been named to play despite suffering an MCL strain the the Pre-Season Challenge. Fletcher Baker is another player named to play his first game for his new club against his old club, picked on the bench.\ufeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Angus Crichton \ufeffhas been mysteriously left out of the Roosters side to face the Broncos in Las Vegas. Crichton came off the bench in the <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=370962\" title=\"Vegas teams: Huge call as Roosters axe Origin gun\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":335847,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370962"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=370962"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370962\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":370966,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370962\/revisions\/370966"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/335847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=370962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=370962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=370962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}