After the biggest rivalry of the rugby league season has seen its second edition for the season, what a great follow up that the Intrust Super Cup Round 16 is the reverse fixture list of the Rivalry round from earlier in the season.
It is a weekend full of the best clashes the Intrust Super Cup has to offer, from local derbies in Brisbane, the Gold Coast, Central Queensland, North Queensland, and a Grand final replay between the Hunters and Falcons no less.
There’s even a few games in different locations like Atherton for the big Cairns-Townsville rivalry of the Pride and Blackhawks, and at Suncorp Stadium as Broncos feeder clubs Norths and Souths Logan provide the pre match entertainment for their NRL club.
There’s something for everyone, so get into the quick preview of Intrust Super Cup Round 16.
Intrust Super Cup Round 16 PREVIEW – MATCH BY MATCH IN A FEW WORDS OR SO
SATURDAY 1:10pm – IPSWICH JETS v EASTS TIGERS
The TV cameras will be at North Ipswich Reserve for what should be n entertaining game, Ipswich with their attacking skills, and try scoring machine prop Nat Neale, and the Tigers with their super talented side. Exciting to see Michael Purcell, Marmin Barba and Wes Conlon all in the Jets squad, as well as 2015 Grand Final hero Billy McConnachie. Easts also have an exciting backline headlined by the halves Walters and Croft, and Scott Drinkwater at the back. Plenty of points likely.
Previous 2018 Result – Easts 26 Ipswich 32
Teams
Ipswich Jets
- Michael Purcell 2. Marmin Barba 3. Ben White 4. Isimeeli Hafoka 5. Richie Pandia 6. Chris Ash 7. Dane Phillips 8. Tyson Lofipo 15. Kierran Moseley 10. Nat Neale (c) 11. Rowan Winterfield 12. Seb Pandia 13. Ben Shea 14. Jayden Connors 16. Huskie Teutau 17. Billy McConnachie 18. Wes Conlon 19. Mitch Carpenter
Easts Tigers
- Scott Drinkwater 2. Linc Port 4. Cheyse Blair 3. Shane Neumann 5. Jarrod McInally 6. Billy Walters 7. Brodie Croft 8. Ash Little 9. Chris Ostwald 10. Brett Greinke 11. Jake Foster (c) 12. Jarred Tuite 13. Jack Svendsen 14. Michael Egan 16. Anton Iaria 17. Harley Aiono 15. Conor Carey
SATURDAY 5pm – NORTHS DEVILS v SOUTHS LOGAN MAGPIES @ Suncorp Stadium
Norths surprised the Magpies, and some of the competition early in the season when they defeated the Magpies, on their way to being early front runners of the 2018 Intrust Cup season. Souths Logan too have been flying high during 2018, but both the Magpies and Devils recent form has slipped away and so has their ladder position. Norths have won just once in their last six games, and Souths Logan have lost their last three. With a number of teams below them finding form, a turnaround in results is needed soon to stay in the hunt for finals football.
Previous 2018 Result – Souths Logan 24 Norths 26
Teams
Norths Devils
- Jack Ahearn 2. Michael Lucas 3. Luke Pollock 4. Gehamat Shibasaki 5. Paul Ulberg 6. Zach Strasser 7. Troy Dargan 8. Riley Leota 9. Michael Sio 10. Jamayne Taunoa-Brown 11. Oshae Tuiasau 12. Brandon Lee 13. John Palavi (c) 15. Carne Doyle-Manga 16. Sam Tagataese 17. Guy Williams 19. Jack Miers
Souths Logan Magpies
- Corey Allan 2. Benaiah Bowie 3. Marion Seve 4. Dan Russell 5. Paul Rokolati 6. Guy Hamilton 7. Sam Scarlett 8. George Fai 9. Travis Waddell 10. Rhys Melville 11. Brendon Gibb 12. David Fifita 13. Phil Dennis (c) 14. Jordan Scott 15. Kobe Tararo 16. Daniel Tamou 17. Sam Elliott
SATURDAY 6pm – NORTHERN PRIDE v TOWNSVILLE BLACKHAWKS @ Atherton
The Pride take their big FNQ derby against the Blackhawks to the town of Atherton, which among other things is known as the town which saved the NRL career of Todd Carney once. The former NRL bad boy could possibly have made the return with the Pride for this match if he hadn’t walked out on the club to return to Sydney. The Pride haven’t really missed him, as their recent winning form of wins in a row sees them sitting very nicely in fourth, and their halves Jordan Biondi-Odo and Jake Clifford have certainly done the job. Townsville are in top form too, winning their last three, and took the competition lead last round. A quality match up awaits. The earlier rivalry round clash saw the Pride’s first ever win over Townsville.
Previous 2018 Result – Townsville 6 Pride 26
Teams
Northern Pride
- Jack Murphy 2. Justin Castellaro 3. Brett Anderson 4. Bradley Stephen 5. Gideon Gela-Mosby 6. Jordan Biondi-Odo 7. Jake Clifford 8. William Bugden 9. Ryan Ghietti (c) 10. David Murphy 11. Graham Clark 12. Tom Hancock 13. Emry Pere 14. Connor Jones 15. Sheldon Powe-Hobbs 16. Darryn Schonig 17. Troy Kapea 18. Wales 19. Shawn Bowen 20. Aidan Day
Townsville Blackhawks
- Zachary Santo 2. Jonathon Reuben 3. Levi Dodd 4. Ty Carucci 5. Kalifa Faifai-Loa 6. Shaun Hudson 7. Jaelen Feeney 8. Cade Maloney 9. Krys Freeman 10. Rod Griffin 11. Temone Power 12. Andrew Niemoeller (c) 13. Joe Boyce 14. Davin Crampton 15. Jordan Drew 16. Ross Bella 17. Bacho Salam 19. Brent Woolf 22. Sione Lousi
SATURDAY 6pm – CENTRAL CAPRAS v MACKAY CUTTERS
This is a battle of the bottom of the ladder with second last playing last in Rockhampton. Both sides have just three wins for the 2018 season so far, but neither side has been terrible, and both have caused the occasional upset or pushed the big teams all the way. With a little more luck, both of these sides could well be challenging for the top six, but as they are both four points adrift of their nearest team, this game will be all about getting off the bottom of the ladder.
Previous 2018 Result – Mackay 18 Central 16
Teams
CQ Capras
- Zeik Foster 2. Junior Kirisome 3. Connor Broadhurst 4. Nathan Bassani 5. Chanel Seigafo 6. Blake Goodman 7. Jack Madden (c) 8. Oliver Percy 9. Aaron Teroi 10. Jerry Key 11. Bill Cullen 12. Dave Taylor 13. Jamie Hill 14. Billy Gilbert 15. Dave Cowhan 16. Peter Rogers 17. Brad Lupi 18. Maipele Morseau
Mackay Cutters
- Jack Joass 2. Yamba Bowie 3. Kyle Laybutt 4. Kurt Wiltshire 5. Nathan Saumalu 6. Nicho Hynes 7. Cooper Bambling 8. Jordan Grant 9. Jayden Hodges 10. Nicholas Brown 11. Mitchell Dunn 12. Shane Wright 13. Thomas Murphy (c) 14. Kellen Jenner 15. Bennett Leslie 16. Brenden Treston 17. Johnny Faletagoa’i 18. Lona Kaifoto 19. Dane Francis
SUNDAY 2pm – BURLEIGH BEARS v TWEED HEADS SEAGULLS
It’s been five straight for the Bears over the Seagulls in the Gold Coast derby, however Tweed Heads arrive at Pizzey Park with their best chance of breaking that sequence for a little while. For starters Burleigh have now lost their last two at home after being seemingly impossible to beat at Pizzey Park, and they arrive with a cavalry of NRL talent with the likes of Konrad Hurrell and Kane Elgey. They should have been joined by Bryce Cartwright who was named below, but the former Penrith star was injured in midweek training and won’t play. Doubt too on one of the stars for Burleigh as halfback Jamal Fogarty is nursing an injury picked up the Queesnland Resident’s loss to their NSW counterparts on Origin Sunday.
Previous 2018 Result – Tweed Heads 12 Burleigh 32
Teams
Burleigh Bears
- Kurtis Rowe 2. Troy Leo 3. Sami Sauiluma 4. Henare Wells 5. Tyrone Roberts-Davis 6. Dallas Wells 7. Jamal Fogarty 8. Luke Page (c) 9. Pat Politoni 10. Matt White 11. Hayden Schwass 12. Matthew Robinson 13. Sam Coster 14. Jess Savage 15. Toby McIntosh 16. Tyler Sparkes 17. Kai O’Donnell 18. Josh Rogers 19. Jeff Lynch 20. Jerome Veve
Coach: Jim Lenihan
Tweed Heads Seagulls
- Talor Walters 2. Ryland Jacobs 3. Brendan Elliot 4. Konrad Hurrell 5. Kiah Cooper 6. Lindon McGrady 7. Kane Elgey 8. Tristan Lumley 9. Eli Levido 16. Maia Sands 11. Lamar Manuel-Liolevave (c) 12. Bryce Cartwright 13. Ryan Simpkins 10. Jarrod Morfett 14. Hiale Roycroft 15. Jack Cook 18. Sam Meskell (c)
SUNDAY 2pm – REDCLIFFE DOLPHINS v WYNNUM SEAGULLS
Another installment of the Herald Cup awaits, with Redcliffe favourites to seal the rivalry after winning the first leg at Wynnum earlier in the season. That was at BMD Kougari Oval where Wynnum have had no luck in 2018, and the Seagulls have much better luck on the road this year with four of their five wins coming away. A good omen for them too, as the away side has won the past Herald Cup clashes. They also welcome back halfback and name you know Michael Dobson from injury.
Previous 2018 Result – Wynnum 20 Redcliffe 36
Teams
Redcliffe Dolphins
- Tony Tumusa 2. Jonus Pearson 3. Jeremy Hawkins 4. Tom Opacic 5. Josh Beehag 6. Bryce Donovan 7. Cameron Cullen (c) 8. Nathan Watts 9. Jake Turpin 10. Sam Anderson 11. Toby Rudolf 12. Aaron Whitchurch 13. Jamil Hopoate 14. Moses Pangai 15. James Taylor 16. Tom Geraghty 17. Sheldon Pitama
Wynnum Manly Seagulls
- Daniel Ogden 2. Peter Gubb 3. Alex Barr 4. Delouise Hoeter 5. Edward Burns 6. Patrick Templeman 7. Michael Dobson 8. Stedman Lefau 9. Mitch Cronin 10. Max Elliott 11. Salesi Funaki 12. Til Vea 13. Patrick Carrigan 14. Mitchell Moore 15. Mitch Frei (c) 16. Keenan Palasia 17. Lachlan Lee 18. Adam Tuimavave-Gerrard 19. Kalolo Saitaua 20. Junior Pita
SUNDAY 3pm – PNG HUNTERS v SUNSHINE COAST FALCONS
A rematch of the 2017 Grand Final which was stolen at the death by a sliding Willie Minoga for the Hunters, and the PNG side will be coming into this game with buckets of confidence after a number of them played in the Kumuls win over Fiji last weekend. Nixon Putt and Junior Rau in particular were excellent for the Kumuls They will need to be as the Falcons have won their last three and are sitting just outside of the Top 6 in seventh. Despite sitting 11th, the Hunters can draw level with the Sunshine Coast with a win, and their home form is reasonable against the Falcons, unlike their match ups at Sunshine Coast Stadium. Sandor Earl continues his comeback to the NRL with the Falcons, and will liekly never get it tougher on his comeback trail facing opposition centre Willie Minoga and the Hunters in Port Moresby.
Previous 2018 Result – Sunshine Coast 24 Hunters 10
Teams
PNG Hunters
- Paul Wawa 2. Junior Rau 3. Thompson Teteh 4. Willie Minoga 5. Brendon Gotuno 6. Ase Boas (c) 7. Watson Boas 8. Enock Maki 9. Wartovo Puara 10. Stanton Albert 11. Nixon Putt 12. Mekenzie Yei 13. Rahdly Brawa 14. Charlie Simon 15. Ila Alu 16. Dilbert Issac 17. Edene Gebbie 18. Moses Meninga 19. William Mone 20. Baundo Aba
Sunshine Coast Falcons
- Ryan Papenhuyzen 2. Matt Soper-Lawler 3. William Toloi 4. Sandor Earl 5. Iliesa Ratuva 6. Brentt Warr 7. Rhys Jacks 18. Liam McDonald (c) 9. Caleb Daunt 12. Harrison Muller 11. Christopher Lewis 10. Jacob Hind 13. Sam Burns 14. Lachlan Roe 15. Jake Ainsworth 16. Louis Geraghty 17. Jordan Brown 19. Martin Cordwell 20. Nick Timm
INTRUST SUPER CUP ROUND 16 PREVIEW – TIPS, ODDS AND SODS
IPSWICH +2.5 start
NORTHS to win
MACKAY to win
PRIDE +4.5 start
TWEED HEADS to win
WYNNUM +8.5 start
PNG HUNTERS to win
$1 “wins” $105
Last Week: 4/7
Season best: 6/7 x 2
CURRENT PREMIERSHIP ODDS
Brackets is change from pre Round 15 odds
Townsville $4.50 (-)
Burleigh $5.00 (+0.50)
Redcliffe $5.00 (+0.50)
Magpies $9.00 (+3.50)
Pride $11.00 (-10.00)
Falcons $11.00 (-1.00)
Easts $13.00 (+3.00)
Tweed Heads $15.00 (-1.00)
Norths $21.00 (-5.00)
PNG Hunters $21.00 (-5.00)
Ipswich $34.00 (-17.00)
Wynnum $34.00 (-)
Mackay $201.00 (+100.00)
Central $251.00 (-80.00)
All odds courtesy of WIlliam Hill as of 28/6/2018
WHAT’S ON TV/LIVE STREAM
Can’t get to a game? Here’s the details about how you can watch some of the action this weekend.
CHANNEL NINE TV GAME
Saturday 1pm – IPSWICH v EASTS
