St George Illawarra Dragons vs Newcastle Knights highlights: NRL scores, blog

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25th June, 2017

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Kickoff: 2pm AEST
Venue: UOW Jubilee Oval
TV: Live, Fox Sports
Betting: St George $1.22, Newcastle $4.30
Last 5 matches: St George WBWLL Newcastle LBLLB
Referee: Adam Gee

St George
1. Josh Dugan 2. Nene Macdonald 3. Kurt Mann 4. Tim Lafai 5. Jason Nightingale 6. Gareth Widdop (c) 7. Josh McCrone 8. Russell Packer 9. Cameron McInnes 10. Paul Vaughan 11. Tariq Sims 12. Joel Thompson 13. Jack de Belin (suspended – to be replaced).

Interchange (four to be omitted): 14. Jacob Host 15. Leeson Ah Mau 16. Hame Sele 17. Taane Milne 18. Will Matthews 19. Tyson Frizell 20. Blake Lawrie 21. Euan Aitken 22. Matthew Dufty

Coach: Paul McGregor

Newcastle
1. Dane Gagai 2. Ken Sio 3. Brendan Elliot 4. Peter Mata’utia 5. Nathan Ross 6. Brock Lamb 7. Jaelen Feeney 8. Daniel Saifiti 9. Danny Levi 10. Josh Starling 11. Sione Mata’utia 12. Lachlan Fitzgibbon 13. Mitchell Barnett.

Interchange (four to be omitted): 14. Luke Yates 15. Josh King 16. Tyler Randell 17. Jacob Saifiti 18. Sam Mataora 19. Jacob Gagan 20. Trent Hodkinson 21. Tom Hughes

Coach: Nathan Brown

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Match result:

The St George Illawarra Dragons have scored four unanswered second half tries to snatch a 32-28 victory over Newcastle, after trailing 28-10 at half-time.

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Final score
St George Illawarra Dragons 32
Newcastle Knights 28

Match preview:

The sixth-placed St George Illawarra Dragons host cellar dwellers the Newcastle Knights in Round 16. Join The Roar for live scores and a blog from 2pm (AEST).

The Dragons have Josh Dugan backing up from Origin and starting at fullback, with fellow Blues’ representative Tyson Frizell named on an extended interchange bench.

Jack De Belin is on suspension for a week for a crusher tackle in last week’s loss to Parramatta. One of the bench players will be promoted to take his place before kickoff.

The Knights have named the same squad that lost a tight encounter 18-14 against Manly two weeks ago. They should be fresh coming off a bye last week.

Dane Gagai is their only player backing up from Origin, and the two-try hero form Wednesday night has once again been named at fullback for Newcastle.

Out of favour halfback Trent Hodkinson has been named on an extended interchange bench.

St George are coming into the match on the back of losses to Canterbury and Parramatta.

They’ll be very keen for the two points after slipping down the ladder in recent weeks, especially against Newcastle who only have two wins to show for their efforts this season.

The Knights should be motivated for a win to keep them off the bottom of the ladder.

The Tigers are currently sitting last on 8 points along with the Knights, but have a worse for and against differential.

Prediction
St George by 10.

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