St George Illawarra Dragons vs Wests Tigers highlights: Tigers by 13

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24th July, 2016

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Kickoff: 4pm (AEST)
Venue: ANZ Stadium
TV: Live, Nine Network and Fox Sports
Last meeting: Dragons defeated Wests Tigers 32-30 (Round 26, 2015)
Head-to-head: 31 played – Dragons 17, Wests Tigers 14
Dragons last three games: 12-32 versus Titans, 6-36 versus Sea Eagles, 30-18 versus Knights
Wests Tigers last three games: 22-32 versus Bulldogs, 34-26 versus Panthers, 20-29 versus Storm

St George Illawarra Dragons
1. Adam Quinlan, 2. Kurt Mann, 3. Euan Aitken, 4. Taane Milne, 5. Jason Nightingale, 6. Gareth Widdop (c), 7. Benji Marshall, 8. Russell Packer, 9. Mitch Rein, 10. Tariq Sims, 11. Tyson Frizell, 12. Joel Thompson, 13. Jack de Belin
Interchange: 14. Mike Cooper, 15. Leeson Ah Mau, 16. Jacob Host, 17. Jake Marketo

Wests Tigers
1. James Tedesco, 2. David Nofoaluma, 3. Tim Simona, 4. Kevin Naiqama, 5. Jordan Rankin, 6. Mitchell Moses, 7. Luke Brooks, 8. Aaron Woods (c), 9. Dene Halatau, 10. Sauaso Sue, 11. Josh Aloiai, 12. Chris Lawrence, 13. Elijah Taylor
Interchange: 14. Tim Grant, 15. Ava Seumanufagai, 16. Robbie Farah, 17. Kyle Lovett, 18. Joel Edwards

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Riley Pettigrew

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24th July, 2016

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Match result:

Despite the omission of Robbie Farah, the Wests Tigers took a 13-point win over the Dragons on Sunday afternoon.

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Final score
Dragons 12
Tigers 25

Match preview:

After a horror last start, the St George Illawarra Dragons will be hoping to redeem themselves when they host the Wests Tigers at ANZ Stadium. Join The Roar from 4pm (AEST) for live coverage.

Benji Marshall will be celebrating his 250th first grade game against his old club as the Red V look to move back into the top eight.

The former New Zealand international returns after the Illawarra side were on the receiving end of a heavy 32-12 loss to the Titans at Kogarah.

Pressure is now building on Dragons coach Paul ‘Mary’ McGregor with a loss to the Wests Tigers to put his future at the club at long odds.

It comes after the Red V have fallen on hard times in recent weeks with many fans frustrated with the current administration and coaching staff.

Marshall will have to prove his team are capable of playing finals footy and are in full support of Mary’s regime with a strong performance against the Tigers who are hot on their tail.

Drama is also brewing at Concord after Jason Taylor dropped club legend Robbie Farah to reserve grade during the week.

Like the McGregor situation at the Dragons, the Wests Tigers club are divided with calls suggesting the club could move to Perth as soon as 2020 while a number of fans yesterday released their frustrations with Taylor at an Intrust Super Premiership match against Newtown.

The joint venture go into this game as favourites and must win the battle in the middle of the park with Aaron Woods and Sauaso Sue requiring a big effort.

It will also be down to Mitchell Moses and Luke Brooks to get James Tedesco as involved as possible against a weak Dragons defensive line.

Last time they met the Dragons had a narrow 32-30 win to qualify for the finals in round 26 last year.

It was their seventeenth victory over the Wests Tigers since 2000 with the black, white and gold winning 14 fixtures.

Prediction
The Dragons will continue their form slump with a heavy loss to the Wests Tigers.

Wests Tigers by 18.

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You can find Riley on Twitter @rileypettigrew.

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