Chk Chk Boom! Wenins report from the Cross – The high’s and the lows of the DT weekend.

Howdy DTers, not much to report on this weekend, the boys were well behaved and I was in another world at Splendour. The only controversy involved some sleeping pills and energy drinks.....Boring!!

So let us just get on with the highs and the lows of a rather disappointing week of dream team.

Highs

Jamie Simpson

With the news of the passing of a close friend in the back of his head, this steal of the weekend ($156,800) racked up a hat trick of tries, to score a fantastic return of 77 points in Souths win over the hapless Roosters.

Scott Prince and the Titans.

Finally the Titans look set for a finals birth in 2009. Despite a horrid run of injuries again this year Gold Coast continue to make skill stadium a house of pain for opposition teams. Who has been nearly a forgotten man this year, Scott Prince ($223,400) demonstrated why he is one of the elite half backs of the completion on the weekend. He amassed an incredible 110 points for a half, which is not easy to do. Prince had a hand in every single one of the Titans tries and he collected 1 try himself, 16 tackles, 4 try assists, 3 line break assists and 5 hitups throughout.
In order to free up some bank for some upcoming finals blockbuster trades I had to choose between him and Mortimer ($227,300) for a downgrading. I chose to trade Prince out!! Hopefully my choice doesn’t backfire on me in coming weekends..…

The Titans will be tested again this weekend, especially in the forwards, with the loss of a DT favourite Laffranchi ($339,100) to suspension and Ashley Harrison ($273,400) has been ruled out.

Parramatta Eels.

The Eels scored one of the biggest upsets of the year over the weekend, defeating the nearly unstoppable Bulldogs 27-8. Daniel Anderson stated that this victory was the best under his leadership.

My two new DT heroes Daniel Mortimer ($227,300) and Nathan Hindmarsh ($361,300) had large scores again with 70 and 81. The only disappointment for this game was the absence of David Stagg ($321,200) who was a late withdrawal. The Eels were amazing in defence and hold a usually bullish dogs attack to only 8 points. Jamal Idris ($202,400) showed just how good he is at DT, scoring 57 despite the low dogs score. Very happy I brought him in last week, he is a gun!
If the Eels can continue their form over the last two weeks, who knows how far they can go!

Lows of the weekend

The Broncos and their injury problems.

The Broncos have caused some serious DT headaches this year through both Origin commitments and injuries. Already this season we have seen Hodges and Folou miss large chunks of the season. This week was no exception, the Broncos were without Lockyer, Wallace, Carrol and Thaiday. Sam Thaiday is a massive out for DTers as at his great price of $228,900 he was just starting to hit some form. If he can get himself back on the paddock he will be a great pickup come finals time.

Current casualty ward

http://www.nrl.com/telstrapremiership/casualtyward/tabid/10247/default.aspx

I know these updates are a bit useless, but I am struggling to find anything better on the net. If I do, you will be the first to know..

Results from the weekend

Manly 44 - Newcastle 20

Gold Coast 34 - Broncos 18

Bulldogs 8 - Parra 27

NQ 20 - Panthers 28

Melbourne 30 - Sharks 10

Raiders 4 - Tigers 25

NZ 4 - Dragons 29

Souths 40 - Roosters 20

Until next weekend, happy DTing.

Wenin out!