Roosters Report Round 7 Preview

After a bye for all three grades last weekend, the Roosters and Hens will be back on the paddock on Saturday playing Centrals in three grades at Rugby Park.
The Tigers come to Ayr just above the Roosters in A grade with one win, three losses and two byes to the Roosters one win, four losses and one bye.
Last Saturday, the Tigers were well beaten by the high flying Souths at the sports reserve 64 – 16.
In comparison, the Roosters have met Souths twice in the draw going down on both occasions 40 – 22 in Townsville and 46 – 20 at home.
On both occasions, the Roosters have held handy leads only to be run down twice.
Coach Steve Lansley said his team is not concentrating enough on the task at hand and that is why the drop off.
“We know we can do it as we did against Brothers, pay attention for the 80 minutes and the game is ours,” the coach said.
Lansley is looking at putting out the smallest half combination in the league with Rhett Williams going to half and Hayde Munro to five eight.
Hayde was one of the better players in the Towers and I have watched Rhett and I think he could give good service as he has a good pass, is fairly quick and defends well.
This week will see the return of Hayden Lammon after six weeks suspension.
The coach saw Lammon play Brothers in Airlie Beach and was impressed with him at both centre and in the forwards.
The coach has to wait on the allocation of Hawks and Cowboys players before he can name his team.
Chris Perry from the Reserves will also be seeing who he has from A Grade this week in an important match with the Tigers.
Centrals have been the high flyers in this grade this year but were belted by Souths in Townsville 42 – 6 last Saturday.
They come to Ayr with four wins, a loss and a bye to meet the Roosters with three wins, a draw, a loss and a bye.
The Roosters beat Souths in Townsville 26 – 24.
Mark Cervoni should be back this week from injury, and he adds plenty to the pack while Jerome Lacco will stop anybody near him.
Brody Horan, Kyle Ferguson, John Zaro, Beau Crowdey, Jared Thorley, Dom Arrate and Wassime Nauwali are all players who could turn the tide.
On top of that, Riley Horan could be back in the centres and he is a match winner.
Perry will also want to have another look at Paul Bunyungun who looked good in the Towers.
The Hens will have a top of the table clash with Centrals who come to Ayr having won three from three with three byes thrown in as well.
Their three wins have been a 74 nil romp over Norths, 20 – 12 over Brothers and 18 – 16 over Western Lions.
They have a fairly big side with some experienced players.
The Hens, under experienced Australian Touch coach Anita Hagarty, are letting the ball do the work and as a result have scored a 60 – 6 win over the Miners and a 40 – 10 win over Brothers.
Their only loss coupled with three byes has been the first game with Western Lions when they went down 44 – 12.
Since then, they have added some extra players with size and ability in Theo Mosby Nona, Anna Mari Bin Awel, Taleisha Bulgarelli, Abby King and Toni Daisy.
If they can get a fair share of the ball then the Monday twins, Stephanie and Martina, with Toni Daisy, Logan Roncato and Kezziah Lammon could score tries.
There will be a short break before the A grade when the Roosters Old Boys will be honoured, especially the 1994 under 19 and reserve grade premiers, the first in the RLTD – flick to page 27 for more.
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Contributed by Brian Carnes

Hayde Munro, Jones Munro and Hayden Lammon in replica jerseys marking the 30th year Burdekin has played competitive football in Townsville as a club side
Hayde Munro, Chris Perry and Jones Munro (great uncle and nephews)
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