Saturday’s NRL 2018 Round 14 match is between Newcastle Knights and Sydney Roosters. The opening kick is set to commence at 17:30 local time with the game to be played at McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle. The away team Sydney Roosters are the favourites for the match. View our preview and teams for the game between Newcastle Knights and Sydney Roosters.
When: 17:30 | Saturday 09/06/2018
Where: McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle
Preview:
I might be biased in going in favour of a good mate but Cooper Cronk’s influence in games has been terrific and again I feel will be the difference.
Odds:
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Tip: Sydney Roosters at $1.36
Value Tip: First Try Scorer: Daniel Tupou at $10.00
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Teams:
Newcastle Knights:
1 Kalyn Ponga, 2 Ken Sio, 3 Sione Mata’utia, 4 Cory Denniss, 5 Shaun Kenny-Dowall, 6 Connor Watson, 7 Jack Cogger, 8 Herman Ese’ese, 9 Slade Griffin, 10 Daniel Saifiti, 11 Lachlan Fitzgibbon, 12 Mitchell Barnett, 13 Aidan Guerra (c)
Interchange: 14 Danny Levi, 15 Chris Heighington, 16 Jamie Buhrer (c), 17 Josh King
Reserves: 18 Jacob Lillyman, 19 Luke Yates, 20 Nicholas Meaney, 21 Brock Lamb.
Sydney Roosters: 
1 James Tedesco, 2 Daniel Tupou, 3 Latrell Mitchell, 4 Joseph Manu, 5 Blake Ferguson, 6 Luke Keary, 7 Cooper Cronk, 8 Jared Waerea-Hargreaves, 9 Jake Friend (c), 10 Dylan Napa, 11 Boyd Cordner, 12 Siosiua Taukeiaho, 13 Isaac Liu
Interchange: 14 Zane Tetevano, 15 Kurt Baptiste, 16 Mitchell Aubusson, 17 Victor Radley
Reserves: 18 Nat Butcher, 19 Lindsay Collins, 20 Frank-Paul Nuuausala, 21 Paul Momirovski, 22 Billy Smith, 24 Mitchell Cornish.
NRL News:
Sydney Roosters star Luke Keary has been so focused on putting his State of Origin omission behind him, he hasn’t returned two missed calls from NSW coach Brad Fittler.
A week after losing out on his Blues debut to James Maloney and Nathan Cleary, Keary bounced back with another strong effort in the Roosters’ heart-stopping NRL win over Wests Tigers on Sunday.
He insists he wasn’t overly disappointed by missing out.
“It’s pretty cool to have your name thrown around up there. The people they picked definitely deserved their spot too. I’ll just keep playing and see what happens. It’s a long series,” Keary said on Monday.
Fittler has previously revealed how close Keary was to selection, saying Maloney and Cleary’s efforts in Penrith’s last-start win over St George Illawarra were critical.
After announcing his team last week, Fittler called a number of players to explain his decisions.
While Ferguson – a NSW incumbent – was disappointed not to be among them, Keary was.
“I missed a couple (of calls),” he said. “I haven’t got him back but I’ll speak to him the next couple of weeks I’m sure. I definitely didn’t expect to be picked.
“You don’t know what’s going to happen. It’s not really disappointing but it’s just part of it.”
Keary said it was important the Roosters’ unlucky Origin hopefuls bounced back.
And Ferguson responded with a barnstorming effort against the Tigers, where he carried the ball for a game-high 219 metres, set up a try and produced a match-saving four-pointer at the death.
“He was really good for us last night. He obviously disappointed that he missed out on Origin so it’s good to see him have a big one,” Keary said.
“It’s important this time of year to get wins, doesn’t matter how you get them. The next six weeks is a funny time of the year. You just want to get some wins and build yourself for the back end.”
